.. _cite_nest:

Cite NEST
=========

Please cite the *version of NEST you used in your work*.

For all versions from 2.8 onwards, you can find the full citation `on Zenodo <https://zenodo.org/search?q=title%3ANEST%20AND%20-description%3Agraphical%20AND%20simulator&l=list&p=1&s=10&sort=publication-desc>`_
You can also specify the commit hash for work done in the development branches.

You can :ref:`let us know <contact_us>` about your publications that used NEST, and we
will add them to our `publication list <https://www.nest-simulator.org/publications/>`_; this will help make them
visible to potential readers.

You can also `get the NEST logo <https://github.com/nest/nest-simulator/tree/master/doc/logos>`_ for your poster or presentation.

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For all versions below NEST 2.8.0 and for citing NEST without referring
to a specific version, please use: `Gewaltig M-O & Diesmann M (2007) NEST (Neural Simulation Tool) Scholarpedia
2(4):1430 <http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/NEST_(Neural_Simulation_Tool)>`__.

Here is a suitable BibTeX entry:

.. code:: latex

    @ARTICLE{Gewaltig:NEST,
      author  = {Marc-Oliver Gewaltig and Markus Diesmann},
      title   = {NEST (NEural Simulation Tool)},
      journal = {Scholarpedia},
      year    = {2007},
      volume  = {2},
      pages   = {1430},
      number  = {4},
      doi     = {10.4249/scholarpedia.1430}
    }