Difference between revisions of "Citing WormBase"

From WormBaseWiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
(New page: Please cite WormBase as follows: WormBase web site, http://www.wormbase.org, release WSXX, date XXX. Use the current WS release number and release date in your citation. This informatio...)
 
 
(7 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
Please cite WormBase as follows:
+
If you base hypotheses or experiments on data found in WormBase, please cite us according to the following guidelines:  
  
 
  WormBase web site, http://www.wormbase.org, release WSXX, date XXX.
 
  WormBase web site, http://www.wormbase.org, release WSXX, date XXX.
Line 7: Line 7:
 
For data analysis and citation purposes, WormBase offers periodic freezes of both the database and WormBase software. These freezes, occuring with every tenth release of the database, are permanently archived at wsXXX.wormbase.org. They can be cited using the following URLs:
 
For data analysis and citation purposes, WormBase offers periodic freezes of both the database and WormBase software. These freezes, occuring with every tenth release of the database, are permanently archived at wsXXX.wormbase.org. They can be cited using the following URLs:
  
  WS170    09 February 2007       http://ws170.wormbase.org/
+
WS204    29 Jul 2009            http://ws204.wormbase.org/
  WS160    31 July 2006           http://ws160.wormbase.org/
+
WS200    20 Mar 2009            http://ws200.wormbase.org/
  WS150    30 November 2005       http://ws150.wormbase.org/
+
WS190    16 May 2008            http://ws190.wormbase.org/
  WS140    26 March 2005         http://ws140.wormbase.org/
+
WS180    07 Sep 2007            http://ws180.wormbase.org/
  WS130    10 October 2004       http://ws130.wormbase.org/
+
  WS170    09 Feb 2007           http://ws170.wormbase.org/
  WS120    1 March 2004           http://ws120.wormbase.org/
+
  WS160    31 Jul 2006           http://ws160.wormbase.org/
  WS110    1 October 2003         http://ws110.wormbase.org/
+
  WS150    30 Nov 2005           http://ws150.wormbase.org/
 +
  WS140    26 Mar 2005           http://ws140.wormbase.org/
 +
  WS130    10 Oct 2004           http://ws130.wormbase.org/
 +
  WS120    01 Mar 2004           http://ws120.wormbase.org/
 +
  WS110    01 Oct 2003           http://ws110.wormbase.org/
 
  WS100    10 May 2003            http://ws100.wormbase.org/
 
  WS100    10 May 2003            http://ws100.wormbase.org/
  
Line 34: Line 38:
 
==== Published references ====
 
==== Published references ====
  
You may also wish to cite the [[Publications|WormBase Nucleic Acids Research papers]].
+
You may also wish to cite the [[Publications|WormBase Nucleic Acids Research papers]] or make mention of WormBase in the Acknowledgements section of your paper.
 +
 
 +
 
 +
 
 +
[[Category:User Guide]]
 +
[[Category:Website]]

Latest revision as of 21:19, 5 July 2011

If you base hypotheses or experiments on data found in WormBase, please cite us according to the following guidelines:

WormBase web site, http://www.wormbase.org, release WSXX, date XXX.

Use the current WS release number and release date in your citation. This information is available at the top of the WormBase home page.

For data analysis and citation purposes, WormBase offers periodic freezes of both the database and WormBase software. These freezes, occuring with every tenth release of the database, are permanently archived at wsXXX.wormbase.org. They can be cited using the following URLs:

WS204    29 Jul 2009            http://ws204.wormbase.org/
WS200    20 Mar 2009            http://ws200.wormbase.org/
WS190    16 May 2008            http://ws190.wormbase.org/
WS180    07 Sep 2007            http://ws180.wormbase.org/
WS170    09 Feb 2007            http://ws170.wormbase.org/
WS160    31 Jul 2006            http://ws160.wormbase.org/
WS150    30 Nov 2005            http://ws150.wormbase.org/
WS140    26 Mar 2005            http://ws140.wormbase.org/
WS130    10 Oct 2004            http://ws130.wormbase.org/
WS120    01 Mar 2004            http://ws120.wormbase.org/
WS110    01 Oct 2003            http://ws110.wormbase.org/
WS100    10 May 2003            http://ws100.wormbase.org/

Citing A Specific Page

If you'd like to cite a specific page, you should use the WormBase "get" URL. Although pages may change or be retired, this special URL ensures that an object of interest will always be available, even if specific displays are retired.

Make note of the "name" and "class" of the current page:

 http://www.wormbase.org/db/gene/gene?name=unc-26;class=Gene_name

Substitute these values into the "Get" URL:

 http://www.wormbase.org/db/get?name=NAME;class=CLASS

From the example above, the URL would be:

 http://www.wormbase.org/db/get?name=unc-26;class=Gene_name

Published references

You may also wish to cite the WormBase Nucleic Acids Research papers or make mention of WormBase in the Acknowledgements section of your paper.