.. _how_to_cite_label:

How to Cite
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If you use AMEP for a project that leads to a scientific publication, please acknowledge 
the use of AMEP within the body of your publication for example by copying or adapting 
the following formulation:

*Data analysis for this publication utilized the AMEP library [1].*

| [1] Hecht L., Dormann, K.-R., Spanheimer, K. L., Ebrahimi, M., Cordts, M., Mandal, S., 
|     Mukhopadhyay, A. K. & Liebchen, B. (2025). "AMEP: The Active Matter Evaluation Package for Python", *Comput. Phys. Commun., 309*, 109483. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2024.109483

The publication is available as open access at `Comput. Phys. Commun. <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2024.109483>`_. To cite this reference, 
you can use the following BibTeX entry:

.. code-block:: bibtex

   @article{hecht2025amep,
        title = {AMEP: The Active Matter Evaluation Package for Python}, 
        author = {Lukas Hecht and 
                  Kay-Robert Dormann and 
                  Kai Luca Spanheimer and 
                  Mahdieh Ebrahimi and 
                  Malte Cordts and 
                  Suvendu Mandal and 
                  Aritra K. Mukhopadhyay and 
                  Benno Liebchen},
        journal = {Computer Physics Communications},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {309},
        pages = {109483},
        doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2024.109483}
    }