When I use Slicer in a publication, I have been citing this paper.
Kikinis R, Pieper SD, Vosburgh KG. 2014. 3D Slicer: A Platform for Subject-Specific Image Analysis, Visualization, and Clinical Support. In: Intraoperative Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy. Springer, New York, NY. p 277–289. Available from: 3D Slicer: A Platform for Subject-Specific Image Analysis, Visualization, and Clinical Support | SpringerLink
However, there are many extensions and other functionalities that are not part of the core, where citing only this paper is not appropriate to acknowledge their contributions. I also noticed that acknowledgement sections of modules usually does not necessarily provide a citation, beyond a URL to documentation, which is under help.
What I had in mind is something similar to R citation function. e.g. for a non-peer reviewed contribution:
citation(‘Hotelling’)
To cite package ‘Hotelling’ in publications use:
James M. Curran (2013). Hotelling: Hotelling’s T-squared test and variants. R package version
1.0-2. CRAN - Package Hotelling
A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
@Manual{,
title = {Hotelling: Hotelling’s T-squared test and variants},
author = {James M. Curran},
year = {2013},
note = {R package version 1.0-2},
url = {CRAN - Package Hotelling},
}
or a peer-reviewed paper example
citation(‘geomorph’)
To cite package ‘geomorph’ in a publication use:
Adams, D.C., and E. Otarola-Castillo. 2013. geomorph: an R package for the collection and analysis
of geometric morphometric shape data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 4:393-399.
A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
@Article{,
title = {geomorph: an R package for the collection and analysis of geometric morphometric shape data},
author = {D.C. Adams and E. Otarola-Castillo},
journal = {Methods in Ecology and Evolution},
year = {2013},
volume = {4},
pages = {393-399},
}
As geomorph is evolving quickly, you may want to cite also its version number (found with
‘library(help = geomorph)’).