The idea of pulling key (and sexy) figures from papers is an awesome idea. I know when I am trying to make figures, I often search around looking at the different styles that people use to present similar data. There is also something different about publication level plots than the simple examples that MPL has on the gallery page now. Sure some of them are neat, but more importantly, they show you how to do something. Pulling figures from papers show you how to convey information and look good doing it.
I'll certainly cite MPL and ipython as I have used those a lot to both develop and present my results. Sadly, most of us in astronomy are still using IDL for all of the figure making. Steven On Fri 05 Oct 2012 12:45:30 PM CDT, Nelle Varoquaux wrote: > > > I think including a gallery of published examples would be great, > however, there will be some serious challenges with regards to > copyright. It would be great to show MPL being used in high impact > journals (which it is), but getting permission from them to show > the plots on the MPL website may require some paperwork. So, a > list of citations might be a good place to start. Here's mine: > http://jeb.biologists.org/content/215/11/1783.full > > > I just came back from a bioinformatics workshop: I was suprised by the > amound of people using matplotlib to display results. > I think it wouldn't be too hard to gather images and published them on > matplotlib's website if the authors are OK with it. Also, in cancer > research, publications and/or plots are often available publicly. > > I don't think citations would be as efficient: I personnally wouldn't > bother looking at those. > Here is an example on circos' website of how they advertise the use of > their plotting library in research: > http://circos.ca/intro/published_images/ > > Cheers, > N > > > - Floris > > On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Damon McDougall > <damon.mcdoug...@gmail.com <mailto:damon.mcdoug...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 5:55 PM, Gökhan Sever > <gokhanse...@gmail.com <mailto:gokhanse...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 10:26 AM, Fernando Perez > <fperez....@gmail.com <mailto:fperez....@gmail.com>> > > wrote: > >> > >> > >> @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.}, > >> address = {10662 LOS VAQUEROS CIRCLE, PO BOX 3014 > <tel:3014>, LOS ALAMITOS, > >> CA 90720-1314 USA}, > >> bdsk-url-1 = > >> > >> > > {http://gateway.isiknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=Alerting&SrcApp=Alerting&DestApp=WOS&DestLinkType=FullRecord;KeyUT=000245668100019}, > >> date-added = {2010-09-23 12:22:10 -0700}, > >> date-modified = {2010-09-23 12:22:10 -0700}, > >> isi = {000245668100019}, > >> isi-recid = {155389429}, > >> month = may # "/" # jun, > >> publisher = {IEEE COMPUTER SOC}, > >> year = 2007 > >> } > > > > > > That wos link is useful, however I see only a paper listed > following the > > "Time Cited" link in the atmospheric science field. A few > papers I have seen > > mentions mpl in acknowledgement section, but some not, > though the plots in > > them are obviously produced by mpl. > > > > Should we list some articles here, as a base for a section > that would go to > > mpl website? > > > > -- > > Gökhan > > Short version: > I think this is a good idea. > > Long version: > I think a 'Who uses matplotlib?' section in the website would > provide > good solid academic backing, too. I know the Met Office > (PHIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) and some of the guys in the PECOS group > at ICES > use it. > > Actual papers is great, but probably rather drab? I think if > we want > to show it off, we should include sample images from > citations, rather > than just citations. After all, how many people are going to > chase a > citation to see sample output when we have a gallery section? > Better > still would be to have an 'academic gallery' section. Perhaps this > could be part of the gallery re-work someone was going to do > (was it > Tony? I forget). > > I don't know. I think the idea is good, but I think there > needs to be > some thought and consensus regarding the *best* way to get > people to > *visually* judge matplotlib's capabilities in the academic realm. > > This is just my two. > > -- > Damon McDougall > http://www.damon-is-a-geek.com > B2.39 > Mathematics Institute > University of Warwick > Coventry > West Midlands > CV4 7AL > United Kingdom > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. 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