Academic citation
The Lazarus and Free Pascal teams as well as external contributors have invested a lot of time and effort in creating and maintaining the software. Please cite the tools when using them for scientific purposes.
Citing software that was used for a scientific project is also necessary to make research reproducible. Therefore, correct citations contribute to both credibility and scientific utility of publications.
The following citing style is the result of a discussion on the Lazarus forum, which took place over several months in the beginning of 2016.
Citing Free Pascal
- Free Pascal Team (1993-2016). Free Pascal: A 32, 64 and 16 bit professional Pascal compiler. Version 3.0. URL http://www.freepascal.org. RRID:SCR_014360.
A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
@Manual{,
title = {Free Pascal: A 32, 64 and 16 bit professional Pascal compiler},
author = {{Free Pascal Team}},
year = {1993-2016},
address = {Fairfax, VA},
note = {{version} 3.0},
note = {{rrid} SCR_014360},
url = {http://www.freepascal.org},
}
Citing Lazarus
- Lazarus Team (1993-2016). Lazarus: The professional Free Pascal RAD IDE. Version 1.6. URL http://www.lazarus-ide.org. RRID:SCR_014362.
A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
@Manual{,
title = {Lazarus: The professional Free Pascal RAD IDE},
author = {{Lazarus Team}},
year = {1993-2016},
address = {Fairfax, VA},
note = {{version} 1.6},
note = {{rrid} SCR_014362},
url = {http://www.lazarus-ide.org},
}
Citing documentation
Additionally, you might want to cite official and unofficial handbooks and other documentation. See Pascal and Lazarus Books and Magazines for details.
External links
- Software Sustainability Institute: How to cite and describe software
