[Open-access] How to cite the Panton Principles?

Wed Feb 15 14:11:17 UTC 2012

I would use the standard website citation style for the journal/publisher you are working with. If you wish then add the author names but something along the lines of:

> Panton Principles, Principles for open data in science, Murray-Rust P, Neylon C, Pollock R, Wilbanks J, available at http://pantonprinciples.org/ [accessed date]

cheers

Cameron

On 15 Feb 2012, at 00:53, Peter Murray-Rust wrote:

> You've stumped me! 
> 
> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 11:15 PM, Ross Mounce <ross.mounce at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've been lucky enough to be invited to help write a book chapter on
> the theme of collaboration, code, and data sharing.
> Thus the Panton Principles, Science Code Manifesto and other such
> things immediately came to mind...
> 
> But, having looked around a few papers that have already cited the
> Panton Principles
> e.g. these http://www.citeulike.org/user/rossmounce/tag/cites_panton_principles
> 
> I'm a bit confused, because most have cited it as just a website, yet
> there are four authors clearly listed (PMR, Cameron, Rufus, John)! So
> um... it may seem a very simple question but...
> 
> It isn't. It shows the futility of the citation economy. For me the website is fine, except that it suffers from possibly impermanence - maybe the site should have a DOI? Or maybe it should be bunged i a repository.
>                     
> A) How would you recommend I cite this?
> 
> I suppose it depends on why it should be cited. Is it because you wish to increase the authors' hindexes? Because it won't. Most citations are rituals - people never read the contents. Whether putting authors' names increases actual readers I don't know.
> 
> How would you cite the US declaration of independence? Washington, Jefferson et. al? (Not that the PP are quite as important yet)
> 
> B) Perhaps once a recommended format is decided upon, could we put it
> up on the Panton Principles website, to make it easier for others to
> cite? e.g. a 'suggested citation format'
> 
> That's a good idea.
>  
> Some example citation forms I've seen so far include:
> 
> Panton Principles, Principles for open data in science,
> http://pantonprinciples.org/
> Panton Principles for Open Data in Science: http://pantonprinciples.org/
> 
> I'd favour this as it's the actual title.
>  
> Panton Principles Web site http://pantonprinciples.org/
> Panton Principles - Principles for Open Data in Science
> 
> 
> Best,
> 
> Ross
> 
> 
> -- 
> Peter Murray-Rust
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> Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
> University of Cambridge
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