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We have a working tool built off of various packages in python. I am not sure how to cite these packages for a paper I am working on. How do I properly cite python packages? One of them have a way they ask us to cite them via a book. Most say nothing on citations that I can find. Is there a standard?
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For open-source software like Python, you could name the organization or give the website: ...for the simulations we used the Python programming language (Python Software Foundation, https://www.python.org/).
If NumPy has been significant in your research, and you would like to acknowledge the project in your academic publication, we suggest citing the following paper: Harris, C.R., Millman, K.J., van der Walt, S.J. et al. Array programming with NumPy.
This link has the preferred citation method for scipy and its related packages. If you aren't using one of these packages you could follow the style they use.
https://scipy.org/citing-scipy/
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It is the same as for every software. Search for reference preferred by authors on the Internet. Else try to find a manual. If there is no manual, cite it directly as "software" or cite webpage with documentation.
A lot of preferred citations for Python packages are at the citebay.com, for example:
Numpy: http://citebay.com/how-to-cite/numpy/
Pandas: http://citebay.com/how-to-cite/pandas/
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