# 在学术论文中引用 Discourse **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature\ **Created:** [2019年一月4日 00:21 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/citing-discourse-in-an-academic-paper/105661 "2019-01-04T00:21:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![albertocottica](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/albertocottica/32/119622_2.png) [@albertocottica](https://meta.discourse.org/u/albertocottica)\ **Post date:** [2019年一月4日 00:21 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/citing-discourse-in-an-academic-paper/105661/1 "2019-01-04T00:21:33Z")
How would one cite Discourse in an academic paper? There are guidelines for folks who use LATEX and Bibtex, but I am not sure where to find the relevant information, specifically the author and the year. This is the recommended format for the bibliography item: ``` @Misc{popinet00, author = {Stephane Popinet}, title = {{GTS}: {GNU} {Triangulated} {Surface} library}, howpublished = {\url{http://gts.sourceforge.net/}}, year = {2000--2004} } ``` ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [2019年一月4日 00:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/citing-discourse-in-an-academic-paper/105661/2 "2019-01-04T00:50:47Z")
Gosh I don’t know. Any thoughts @pfaffman you have some expertise in this area? ---
**Author:** ![danekhollas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/danekhollas/32/79637_2.png) [@danekhollas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danekhollas)\ **Post date:** [2019年一月4日 11:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/citing-discourse-in-an-academic-paper/105661/3 "2019-01-04T11:42:38Z")
Note that especially for academic software one can create a DOI tracking Github repo via [Zenodo](https://zenodo.org/) with Github integration. Probably an overkill in this case though. 🙂 Otherwise, listing all authors in an open source project seems to be a futile task so I would keep it simple and mention e.g. only founders? ---
**Author:** ![albertocottica](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/albertocottica/32/119622_2.png) [@albertocottica](https://meta.discourse.org/u/albertocottica)\ **Post date:** [2019年一月4日 12:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/citing-discourse-in-an-academic-paper/105661/4 "2019-01-04T12:06:49Z")
> [@danekhollas](#): > > Otherwise, listing all authors in an open source project seems to be a futile task so I would keep it simple and mention e.g. only founders? Definitely overkill – not even sure about the notion of authoriality in open source software. But who are the founders? Where do I find the info? For example, on the NetLogo site there is a “copyright” page with the guidelines for citing: [Copyright and License Information - NetLogo 7.0.4 User Manual](https://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/docs/copyright.html). ---
**Author:** ![fhe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fhe/32/113345_2.png) [@fhe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fhe)\ **Post date:** [2019年一月4日 13:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/citing-discourse-in-an-academic-paper/105661/5 "2019-01-04T13:42:45Z")
I’d go with ```plaintext @Misc{discourse13, author = {Jeff Atwood and Robin Ward and Sam Saffron and Neil Lalonde}, title = {{Discourse: Civilized Discourse Construction Kit}}, howpublished = {\url{https://www.discourse.org/}}, year = {2013--2019} } ``` based on [AUTHORS.md](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/AUTHORS.md). If you want to reflect that it’s built by a community of people rather than the four founding members, I’d use `Discourse Development Team` or something similar. ---
**Author:** ![albertocottica](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/albertocottica/32/119622_2.png) [@albertocottica](https://meta.discourse.org/u/albertocottica)\ **Post date:** [2019年一月4日 14:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/citing-discourse-in-an-academic-paper/105661/6 "2019-01-04T14:06:02Z")
Brilliant, thank you @fhe! I think it is for the development community, rather than myself, to decide how they want to be cited. ---
**Author:** ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Post date:** [2019年一月4日 16:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/citing-discourse-in-an-academic-paper/105661/7 "2019-01-04T16:05:08Z")
> [@fhe](#): > > four founding members Keep in mind, if you’re going for technicality here Neil is not a co-founder. While he has been around since nearly the beginning, and deserves heaps and heaps (and heaps) of credit, he’s not legally a co-founder. ---
**Author:** ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\ **Post date:** [2019年一月4日 20:54 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/citing-discourse-in-an-academic-paper/105661/8 "2019-01-04T20:54:30Z")
Why not > Jeff Atwood, Robin Ward, Sam Saffron, et al. ---
**Author:** ![danekhollas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/danekhollas/32/79637_2.png) [@danekhollas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danekhollas)\ **Post date:** [2019年一月4日 21:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/citing-discourse-in-an-academic-paper/105661/9 "2019-01-04T21:48:31Z")
> [@Mittineague](#): > > Why not Not all journals support _et al_, many require full author listing ---
**Author:** ![supermathie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/supermathie/32/507518_2.png) [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\ **Post date:** [2019年一月4日 22:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/citing-discourse-in-an-academic-paper/105661/10 "2019-01-04T22:29:34Z")
> [@fhe](#): > > `howpublished = {\url{https://www.discourse.org/}},` `howpublished` should probably be [https://github.com/discourse/discourse](https://github.com/discourse/discourse) if you’re pointing at the software itself, rather than the company?