# Citing Node-RED in a scientific publication

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/citing-node-red-in-a-scientific-publication/52412>\
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**Created:** [19 October 2021 11:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/citing-node-red-in-a-scientific-publication/52412 "2021-10-19T11:52:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![FiloCara](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/filocara/32/27473_2.png) [@FiloCara](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/FiloCara)\
**Post date:** [19 October 2021 11:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/citing-node-red-in-a-scientific-publication/52412/1 "2021-10-19T11:52:35Z")

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Hello,

I'm wondering if there is a standard format for citing Node-RED in a scientific publication. I would like to cite Node-RED in my PhD dissertation.

I think it should be interesting to provide this information in the Node-RED webpage. Maybe in the _About_ section.

Thank you in advance.

Filippo

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [19 October 2021 12:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/citing-node-red-in-a-scientific-publication/52412/2 "2021-10-19T12:06:07Z")

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Hi @FiloCara

what information in particular do you need to cite the project?

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**Author:** ![FiloCara](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/filocara/32/27473_2.png) [@FiloCara](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/FiloCara)\
**Post date:** [19 October 2021 12:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/citing-node-red-in-a-scientific-publication/52412/3 "2021-10-19T12:46:18Z")

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Hi @knolleary,

I was thinking about something like that -\> [Tensorflow](https://www.tensorflow.org/about/bib)  
Actually, they propose to cite their whitepaper in order to give credit to the software.

Basically, I would like to give credit to the Node-RED and to provide the reader some basic information about the project. The bibliography reference should contain at least the following information:

- The project name
- The URL to the webpage
- The authors name

I have found different scientific publications citing Node-RED, but all of them use a different formats. In some references there is only the URL link to the project webpage, other times you find also the project name...

Filippo

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**Author:** ![drmibell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/drmibell/32/8424_2.png) [@drmibell](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/drmibell)\
**Post date:** [19 October 2021 13:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/citing-node-red-in-a-scientific-publication/52412/4 "2021-10-19T13:52:56Z")

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The NetLogo agent-based simulation project uses just a link to their website: [NetLogo 6.2.0 User Manual: Copyright and License](https://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/docs/copyright.html).

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [21 October 2021 10:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/citing-node-red-in-a-scientific-publication/52412/5 "2021-10-21T10:38:38Z")

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@FiloCara Having dug around to see what other projects do, there isn't any real consistency - and there are lots of different suggested ways of citing software.

To try to help matters, I have added a section to the website that hopefully provides the information you need to create a [proper citation](https://nodered.org/about/#citing-node-red) in whatever format your particular case needs.

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**Author:** ![FiloCara](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/filocara/32/27473_2.png) [@FiloCara](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/FiloCara)\
**Post date:** [21 October 2021 11:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/citing-node-red-in-a-scientific-publication/52412/6 "2021-10-21T11:06:47Z")

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Thank you @knolleary.

For anyone using _LaTeX_, I have used the following ".bib" entry:

```auto
@misc{nodered,
    title = {Node-RED},
    author = {OpenJS Foundation, Contributors},
    url = {https://nodered.org}
}

```

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [4 November 2021 11:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/citing-node-red-in-a-scientific-publication/52412/7 "2021-11-04T11:07:33Z")

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