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I'm writing a scientific article in which I used Python for simulations. How is the Python language properly referenced? Are there any articles in journals available I could link to?
This is also relevant for theses and dissertations in fields where Python is not commonly known.
Edit: See here for the answer: https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/5482/how-do-i-reference-the-python-programming-language-in-a-thesis-or-a-paper
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In order to cite a programming language, a possible way is to cite the reference manual, including the version of the language you use (your approach might no longer work with the version of Python available in 20 years ...). According to this thread, you can also cite the original CWI TR: "G.
In order to cite a programming language like Python, you can cite a reference manual. This is the generally preferred way how to cite a programming language. Other option is to cite a standard textbook or popular book. You should always consider what reference will provide the most suitable information for you readers.
The Python Software Foundation (PSF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation that holds the intellectual property rights behind the Python programming language.
Well, in principle you could cite the language reference, but to tell the truth it'd be a bit weird to cite the programming language in use as a bibliographical reference. That's just a tool for your thesis or article, not a scientific body of work, and as such is not part of the foundations of your research - therefore there's no need to cite it IMHO. Unless your research happens to be in the general field of programming languages and Python in particular.
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