.. _citing_pylipd:

Citing PyLiPD
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If PyLiPD played any role in your research, please add us to your reference list. If you want to cite the software directly, use our Zenodo citation with the appropriate `version <https://github.com/LinkedEarth/pylipd/blob/main/CITATION.cff>`_:

@software{Ratnakar_PyLiPD_a_Python_2025,
    author = {Ratnakar, Varun and Khider, Deborah},
    doi = {10.5281/zenodo.7951201},
    month = aug,
    title = {{PyLiPD: a Python package for the manipulation of LiPD datasets}},
    url = {https://github.com/LinkedEarth/pylipd},
    version = {v1.5.2},
    year = {2025}
}

PyLiPD is also published in the Journal Of Open Source Software (`JOSS <https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.08861>`_). Cite as below:

@article{Ratnakar2025, 
    doi = {10.21105/joss.08861},
    url = {https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.08861}, 
    year = {2025}, 
    publisher = {The Open Journal}, 
    volume = {10}, 
    number = {115}, 
    pages = {8861}, 
    author = {Ratnakar, Varun and Khider, Deborah},    
    title = {PyLiPD: A python package for the manipulation of paleoclimate datasets}, journal = {Journal of Open Source Software}}