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1-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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3-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.
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5-The following citation style is the result of a [discussion on the Lazarus forum](<http://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,31319.0.html>), which took place over several months in 2016 and 2017.
1+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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7-## Contents
3+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.
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9- * 1 Citing Free Pascal
10- * 2 Citing Lazarus
11- * 3 Citing documentation
12- * 4 External links
13- * 5 See also
5+The following citation style is the result of a [discussion on the Lazarus forum](http://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,31319.0.html), which took place over several months in 2016 and 2017.
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157## Citing Free Pascal
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17- * Free Pascal Team (1993-2022). Free Pascal: A 32, 64 and 16 bit professional Pascal compiler. Version 3.2.2. URL <https://www.freepascal.org>. RRID:[SCR_014360](<https://scicrunch.org/browse/resources/SCR_014360>).
9+- Free Pascal Team (1993-2022). Free Pascal: A 32, 64 and 16 bit professional Pascal compiler. Version 3.2.2. URL <https://www.freepascal.org>. RRID:[SCR_014360](https://scicrunch.org/browse/resources/SCR_014360).
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19-A BibTeX entry for [math]\displaystyle{ \LaTeX }[/math] users is
20-```
11+A BibTeX entry for $`\LaTeX`$ users is
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13+``` bibtex
2114@Manual{,
22- title = {Free Pascal: A 32, 64 and 16 bit professional Pascal compiler},
23- author = {{Free Pascal Team}},
24- year = {1993-2022},
25- address = {Fairfax, VA},
26- note = {{version} 3.2.2},
27- note = {{rrid} SCR_014360},
28- url = {https://www.freepascal.org/},
29- }
15+ title = {Free Pascal: A 32, 64 and 16 bit professional Pascal compiler},
16+ author = ,
17+ year = {1993-2022},
18+ address = {Fairfax, VA},
19+ note = {{version} 3.2.2},
20+ note = {{rrid} SCR_014360},
21+ url = {https://www.freepascal.org/},
22+}
3023```
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32-Of course, the version in the foregoing examples should be replaced by the version of the Free Pascal compiler that was used.
25+Of course, the version in the foregoing examples should be replaced by the version of the Free Pascal compiler that was used.
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3427## Citing Lazarus
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36- * Lazarus Team (1993-2022). Lazarus: The professional Free Pascal RAD IDE. Version 2.2.4. URL <http://www.lazarus-ide.org>. RRID:[SCR_014362](<https://scicrunch.org/browse/resources/SCR_014362>).
29+- Lazarus Team (1993-2022). Lazarus: The professional Free Pascal RAD IDE. Version 2.2.4. URL <http://www.lazarus-ide.org>. RRID:[SCR_014362](https://scicrunch.org/browse/resources/SCR_014362).
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38-A BibTeX entry for [math]\displaystyle{ \LaTeX }[/math] users is
39-```
31+A BibTeX entry for $`\LaTeX`$ users is
32+
33+``` bibtex
4034@Manual{,
41- title = {Lazarus: The professional Free Pascal RAD IDE},
42- author = {{Lazarus Team}},
43- year = {1993-2022},
44- address = {Fairfax, VA},
45- note = {{version} 2.2.4},
46- note = {{rrid} SCR_014362},
47- url = {https://www.lazarus-ide.org},
48- }
35+ title = {Lazarus: The professional Free Pascal RAD IDE},
36+ author = ,
37+ year = {1993-2022},
38+ address = {Fairfax, VA},
39+ note = {{version} 2.2.4},
40+ note = {{rrid} SCR_014362},
41+ url = {https://www.lazarus-ide.org},
42+}
4943```
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51-Please don't forget to replace the Lazarus version in the examples from above with the version that was used for your scientific project.
45+Please don't forget to replace the Lazarus version in the examples from above with the version that was used for your scientific project.
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5347## Citing documentation
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55-Additionally, you might want to cite official and unofficial handbooks and other documentation. See [[Pascal and Lazarus Books and Magazines]] for details.
49+Additionally, you might want to cite official and unofficial handbooks and other documentation. See [[Pascal and Lazarus Books and Magazines]] for details.
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5751## External links
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59- * [Free Pascal Documentation](<https://www.freepascal.org/docs.html>)
60- * Software Sustainability Institute: [How to cite and describe software](<https://www.software.ac.uk/how-cite-and-describe-software>)
53+- [Free Pascal Documentation](https://www.freepascal.org/docs.html)
54+- Software Sustainability Institute: [How to cite and describe software](https://www.software.ac.uk/how-cite-and-describe-software)
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6256## See also
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64- * [[Pascal and Lazarus Books and Magazines]]
65- * [[Scientific publications]]
66- * [[Lazarus Documentation]]
58+- [[Pascal and Lazarus Books and Magazines]]
59+- [[Scientific publications]]
60+- [[Lazarus Documentation]]
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6862---
69-*From the Free Pascal wiki, page "Academic citation", as the Internet Archive kept it on 2024-09-07. Copyright stays with the author who wrote it, according to the old wiki's [[Licensing]] page. If you have concerns about this material, [message the admin](/wiki-contact).*
63+*From the Free Pascal wiki, page "Academic citation", as it stood on 2022-10-30 after a change by Jwdietrich, out of the wiki's dump of 2024-05-26. Copyright stays with the author who wrote it, according to the old wiki's [[Licensing]] page. If you have concerns about this material, [message the admin](/wiki-contact).*
64+Category: SciTech

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