# Citation of Julia Packages

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/citation-of-julia-packages/121600>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** package, citation\
**Created:** [October 22, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/citation-of-julia-packages/121600 "2024-10-22T15:44:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![runjaj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/runjaj/32/23628_2.png) [@runjaj](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/runjaj)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/citation-of-julia-packages/121600/1 "2024-10-22T15:44:31Z")

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I want to start adding the bibliographic references of the packages I use in my teaching. Some packages include in their websites the references the authors want us to cite. However, it’s time consuming to look for this information.

It would be fantastic if Pkg had the function `citation("PackageName", format)`, the output could be the bibliographic reference(s) in several formats (html, md or BibTex). It seems that it’s a standard practice in the R community ([How to Cite R and R Packages](https://www.r-bloggers.com/2021/11/how-to-cite-r-and-r-packages/)).

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**Author:** ![heliosdrm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/heliosdrm/32/3851_2.png) [@heliosdrm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/heliosdrm)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/citation-of-julia-packages/121600/2 "2024-10-22T16:11:54Z")

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Hi. That can be done with PkgCite.jl (although I have not used it myself, so don’t know how well it works).