Here's a good citation for Clojure: http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1408682
Thanks, Ambrose On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 1:46 PM, Christopher Small <metasoar...@gmail.com>wrote: > I'm not disagreeing with you. When you're talking about a language, and > none of the papers specifically points to the language as a whole - that's > fine. But in the case of specific software packages/programs, I think it is > often better to cite a paper if it exists. For example, if I write a paper > that uses BEAST in an analysis, I'm going to cite the paper for BEAST, not > the BEAST website. But if I cite R, I'll cite the website (as running > `citation()` from the command line suggests I should). > > However, I think you're generalizing a bit too strongly when it comes to > academic publications. For example, BEAST2 was published in an Open Access, > online only journal called PLoS ( > http://www.ploscompbiol.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003537). > No paper need apply, and all of the content is CC :-) That's not to say > that PLoS isn't an island of refuge in sea of ossified stodginess, or that > even it couldn't be better in ways. But it's not *all* so bad, and does > serve *some* purpose. Something to consider is this - citing a paper (if > it exists) could be more beneficial professionally for the authors of the > paper, as those things are (I think) tracked more closely. > > Lastly, sometimes formats have publications. For example - > http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0031009. I > don't know if Edn does or not though. I would just search around for one, > or cite the website if you don't find it. > > Chris > > > > On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Ben Wolfson <wolf...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 9:44 AM, Phillip Lord < >> phillip.l...@newcastle.ac.uk> wrote: >> >>> >>> The idea that you can't cite websites is a conceit that ensures that >>> academics continue to spend a 1000s of pounds a paper on puplication >>> costs, when you can achieve much the same with a blog, some metadata and >>> archive.org. >>> >>> Ah, that was good, I feel better now! >>> >> >> The woes of academic publishing have nothing to do with the idea that you >> can't cite websites; MLA and Chicago style both have provisions for citing >> websites and I'm sure less widespread style guides do as well. >> >> -- >> Ben Wolfson >> "Human kind has used its intelligence to vary the flavour of drinks, >> which may be sweet, aromatic, fermented or spirit-based. ... Family and >> social life also offer numerous other occasions to consume drinks for >> pleasure." [Larousse, "Drink" entry] >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Clojure" group. >> To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com >> Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with >> your first post. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "Clojure" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/clojure/pLxZPvlPHBw/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
