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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.
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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.
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Please cite the tools when using them for scientific purposes.
  
The following citing style is the result of a [http://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,31319.0.html discussion on the Lazarus forum], which took place over several months in the beginning of 2016.
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Citing software that was used for a scientific project is also necessary to make research reproducible.
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Therefore, correct citations contribute to both credibility and scientific utility of publications.
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The following citation style is the result of a [http://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,31319.0.html discussion on the Lazarus forum], which took place over several months in 2016 and 2017.
  
 
== Citing Free Pascal ==
 
== Citing Free Pascal ==
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* Free Pascal Team (1993-2019). Free Pascal: A 32, 64 and 16 bit professional Pascal compiler. Version 3.0.4. URL https://www.freepascal.org. RRID:[https://scicrunch.org/browse/resources/SCR_014360 SCR_014360].
  
* 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.
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A BibTeX entry for <math>\LaTeX</math> users is
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<syntaxhighlight lang="bibtex">
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@Manual{,
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title  = {Free Pascal: A 32, 64 and 16 bit professional Pascal compiler},
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author  = {{Free Pascal Team}},
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year    = {1993-2019},
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address = {Fairfax, VA},
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note    = {{version} 3.0.4},
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note    = {{rrid} SCR_014360},
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url    = {https://www.freepascal.org/},
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}
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</syntaxhighlight>
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Of course, the version in the foregoing examples should be replaced by the version of the Free Pascal compiler that was used.
  
A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
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== Citing Lazarus ==
  @Manual{,
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* Lazarus Team (1993-2019). Lazarus: The professional Free Pascal RAD IDE. Version 1.8.4. URL http://www.lazarus-ide.org. RRID:[https://scicrunch.org/browse/resources/SCR_014362 SCR_014362].
    title = {Free Pascal: A 32, 64 and 16 bit professional Pascal compiler},
 
    author = <nowiki>{{Free Pascal Team}}</nowiki>,
 
    year = {1993-2016},
 
    address = {Fairfax, VA},
 
    url = {http://www.freepascal.org},
 
  }
 
  
== Citing Lazarus ==
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A BibTeX entry for <math>\LaTeX</math> users is
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<syntaxhighlight lang="bibtex">
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@Manual{,
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title  = {Lazarus: The professional Free Pascal RAD IDE},
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author  = {{Lazarus Team}},
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year    = {1993-2019},
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address = {Fairfax, VA},
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note    = {{version} 1.8.4},
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note    = {{rrid} SCR_014362},
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url    = {https://www.lazarus-ide.org},
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}
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</syntaxhighlight>
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Please don't forget to replace the Lazarus version in the examples from above with the version that was used for your scientific project.
  
* Lazarus Team (1993-2016). Lazarus: The professional Free Pascal RAD IDE. URL http://www.lazarus-ide.org. RRID:SCR_014362.
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== Citing documentation ==
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Additionally, you might want to cite official and unofficial handbooks and other documentation.
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See [[Pascal and Lazarus Books and Magazines]] for details.
  
A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
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== External links ==
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* [https://www.freepascal.org/docs.html Free Pascal Documentation]
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* Software Sustainability Institute: [https://www.software.ac.uk/how-cite-and-describe-software How to cite and describe software]
  
  @Manual{,
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== See also ==
    title = {Lazarus: The professional Free Pascal RAD IDE},
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* [[Pascal and Lazarus Books and Magazines]]
    author = <nowiki>{{Lazarus Team}}</nowiki>,
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* [[Lazarus Documentation]]
    year = {1993-2016},
 
    address = {Fairfax, VA},
 
    url = {http://www.lazarus-ide.org},
 
  }
 
  
 
[[Category:SciTech]]
 
[[Category:SciTech]]

Revision as of 17:30, 27 January 2019

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 citation style is the result of a discussion on the Lazarus forum, which took place over several months in 2016 and 2017.

Citing Free Pascal

A BibTeX entry for [math]\displaystyle{ \LaTeX }[/math] users is

@Manual{,
	title   = {Free Pascal: A 32, 64 and 16 bit professional Pascal compiler},
	author  = {{Free Pascal Team}},
	year    = {1993-2019},
	address = {Fairfax, VA},
	note    = {{version} 3.0.4},
	note    = {{rrid} SCR_014360},
	url     = {https://www.freepascal.org/},
}

Of course, the version in the foregoing examples should be replaced by the version of the Free Pascal compiler that was used.

Citing Lazarus

A BibTeX entry for [math]\displaystyle{ \LaTeX }[/math] users is

@Manual{,
	title   = {Lazarus: The professional Free Pascal RAD IDE},
	author  = {{Lazarus Team}},
	year    = {1993-2019},
	address = {Fairfax, VA},
	note    = {{version} 1.8.4},
	note    = {{rrid} SCR_014362},
	url     = {https://www.lazarus-ide.org},
}

Please don't forget to replace the Lazarus version in the examples from above with the version that was used for your scientific project.

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

See also