{"id":392,"date":"2010-12-13T13:29:55","date_gmt":"2010-12-13T13:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/desktop\/2010\/12\/13\/citing-file-exchange-submissions\/"},"modified":"2010-12-13T13:29:55","modified_gmt":"2010-12-13T13:29:55","slug":"citing-file-exchange-submissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/community\/2010\/12\/13\/citing-file-exchange-submissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Citing File Exchange Submissions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many of our community members are involved in some aspect of research and publication. Often they find content on MATLAB Central’s File Exchange<\/a> that they want to reference in a paper. The question is how does one actually cite files downloaded from File Exchange? It’s not like citing a book, because the nature of the File Exchange is that submitters can, and do frequently, update their files. So how can a reader tell if the version is the same version used by the author of the paper they are reading? <\/p>\n

This topic was discussed by a group of senior community members a while back. The server where their final recommendations were documented has been decommissioned so I thought I’d share their recommendations here for our community members.<\/p>\n

The Approach<\/strong>
\nThere are many publication styles such as APA <\/a>or Chicago styles<\/a>. Different styles often recommend different formats, but the information that should be shared usually includes:<\/p>\n