matplotlib · mdboom · Dec 3, 2012 · Dec 2, 2012
diff --git a/doc/_templates/citing.html b/doc/_templates/citing.html
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{% extends "layout.html" %}
+{% set title = "Citing matplotlib" %}
+{% block body %}
+
+<h1>Citing matplotlib</h1>
+<p>
+If matplotlib contributes to a project that leads to a scientific publication,
+please acknowledge this fact by citing the project. You can use this
+BibTeX entry:
+</p>
+<pre>
+@Article{Hunter:2007,
+  Author    = {Hunter, J. D.},
+  Title     = {Matplotlib: A 2D graphics environment},
+  Journal   = {Computing In Science \& Engineering},
+  Volume    = {9},
+  Number    = {3},
+  Pages     = {90--95},
+  abstract  = {Matplotlib is a 2D graphics package used for Python
+  for application development, interactive scripting, and
+  publication-quality image generation across user
+  interfaces and operating systems.},
+  publisher = {IEEE COMPUTER SOC},
+  year      = 2007
+}
+</pre>
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/doc/_templates/index.html b/doc/_templates/index.html
@@ -171,6 +171,18 @@ <h1>Toolkits</h1>
 pathto('mpl_toolkits/axes_grid/index') }}">axes_grid</a> and more.
 </p>

+<h1>Citing matplotlib</h1>
+
+<p>
+  matplotlib is the brainchild of John Hunter (1968-2012), who has put an
+  inordinate amount of effort into producing a piece of software utilized by
+  thousands of scientists worldwide.
+
+  If matplotlib contributes to a project that leads to a scientific publication,
+  please acknowledge this fact by citing the project. You can use this
+  <a href="{{ pathto('citing') }}">ready-made citation entry</a>.
+</p>
+
  <h1>Open source</h1>

 <p>Please

diff --git a/doc/_templates/layout.html b/doc/_templates/layout.html
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
        <li><a href="{{ pathto('search') }}">search</a>|&nbsp;</li>
        <li><a href="{{ pathto('examples/index') }}">examples</a>|&nbsp;</li>
        <li><a href="{{ pathto('gallery') }}">gallery</a>|&nbsp;</li>
+        <li><a href="{{ pathto('citing') }}">citation</a>|&nbsp;</li>
        <li><a href="{{ pathto('contents') }}">docs</a> &raquo;</li>
 {% endblock %}