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Citing and Acknowledging

When using ASDCache in your research or work in general, please make sure to cite the following works, using the appropriate citation format and conventions.

First and foremost, cite the NIST Atomic Spectra Database that curates and publishes the relevant data.

They have a recommended citation format on a dedicated page, with relevant version history information.

Below is a summary of these, but be sure to update the version information if necessary.

Citation

Kramida, A., Ralchenko, Yu., Reader, J. and NIST ASD Team (2024). NIST Atomic Spectra Database (version 5.12), [Online]. Available: https://physics.nist.gov/asd [Thu Dec 12 2024]. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18434/T4W30F

Citation style

Author(s)/editor(s) (Year). Title (edition), [Type of medium]. Available: URL [Access date].

@dataset{Kramida2024NISTASD,
    doi = {10.18434/T4W30F},
    url = {https://physics.nist.gov/asd},
    author = {Kramida,  Alexander and Ralchenko,  Yuri and Reader, Joseph and {NIST ASD Team}},
    langid = {en},
    title = {{NIST} {A}tomic {S}pectra {D}atabase},
    titleaddon = {{NIST} {S}tandard {R}eference {D}atabase 78},
    organization = {National Institute of Standards and Technology},
    note = {Online},
    version = {5.12},
    year = {2024},
    month = nov
}

In addition, you can cite ASDCache itself, using the Zenodo DOI identifier 10.5281/zenodo.14673489, which points to all versions archived on Zenodo.

You can also use the following suggested citations below, making sure to reference the correct version/release.

Citation

Salden, A., (2025), AntoineTUE/ASDCache: retrieve data from the NIST ASD, using caching. Zenodo. Available: AntoineTUE/ASDCache, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14673489

@software{Salden2024readASD,
    doi = {10.5281/zenodo.14673488},
    url = {https://github.com/AntoineTUE/ASDCache},
    author = {Salden, Antoine},
    title = {ASDCache: retrieve data from the NIST ASD, using caching},
    publisher = {Zenodo},
    version = {0.2.0},
    year = {2024},
    note = {Available on PyPI: \url{https://pypi.org/project/ASDCache}}
}