Cite CottonGen

Why cite CottonGen?

One of the ways we can demonstrate that CottonGen is a useful resource is by tracking references to CottonGen in the literature. If you wish to make reference to the project, placing a link within the paper (e.g., http://wwwcottongen.org) is not enough!  Although we appreciate the inclusion of any reference to CottonGen in your publications, we cannot track these sorts of references.  Instead, please use the following as a guide to citing CottonGen within your publications.

If you use CottonGen data or tools in your research, please use the following citation to reference us (not just by the database URL):

2021

Yu, J. et al (2021) CottonGen: The Community Database for Cotton Genomics, Genetics, and Breeding Research.  Plants 2021, 10(12), 2805

By citation format

MLA  Yu, Jing, et al. "CottonGen: The community database for cotton genomics, genetics, and breeding research." Plants 10.12 (2021): 2805.
APA  Yu, J., Jung, S., Cheng, C. H., Lee, T., Zheng, P., Buble, K., ... & Main, D. (2021). CottonGen: The community database for cotton genomics, genetics, and breeding research. Plants, 10(12), 2805.
Chicago 
Yu, Jing, Sook Jung, Chun-Huai Cheng, Taein Lee, Ping Zheng, Katheryn Buble, James Crabb et al. "CottonGen: The community database for cotton genomics, genetics, and breeding research." Plants 10, no. 12 (2021): 2805.
Harvard 
Yu, J., Jung, S., Cheng, C.H., Lee, T., Zheng, P., Buble, K., Crabb, J., Humann, J., Hough, H., Jones, D. and Campbell, J.T., 2021. CottonGen: The community database for cotton genomics, genetics, and breeding research. Plants, 10(12), p.2805.
Vancouver 
Yu J, Jung S, Cheng CH, Lee T, Zheng P, Buble K, Crabb J, Humann J, Hough H, Jones D, Campbell JT. CottonGen: The community database for cotton genomics, genetics, and breeding research. Plants. 2021 Dec 18;10(12):2805.

 2014

Yu, J. et al (2014) CottonGen: a genomics, genetics and breeding database for cotton research  Nucleic Acids Research, 2014, Vol. 42, Database issue D1229–D1236 doi:10.1093/nar/gkt1064

By citation format

MLA  Yu, Jing, et al. "CottonGen: a genomics, genetics and breeding database for cotton research." Nucleic acids research 42.D1 (2014): D1229-D1236.
APA  Yu, J., Jung, S., Cheng, C. H., Ficklin, S. P., Lee, T., Zheng, P., ... & Main, D. (2014). CottonGen: a genomics, genetics and breeding database for cotton research. Nucleic acids research42(D1), D1229-D1236.
Chicago  Yu, Jing, Sook Jung, Chun-Huai Cheng, Stephen P. Ficklin, Taein Lee, Ping Zheng, Don Jones, Richard G. Percy, and Dorrie Main. "CottonGen: a genomics, genetics and breeding database for cotton research." Nucleic acids research 42, no. D1 (2014): D1229-D1236.
Harvard  Yu, J., Jung, S., Cheng, C.H., Ficklin, S.P., Lee, T., Zheng, P., Jones, D., Percy, R.G. and Main, D., 2014. CottonGen: a genomics, genetics and breeding database for cotton research. Nucleic acids research42(D1), pp.D1229-D1236.
Vancouver  Yu J, Jung S, Cheng CH, Ficklin SP, Lee T, Zheng P, Jones D, Percy RG, Main D. CottonGen: a genomics, genetics and breeding database for cotton research. Nucleic acids research. 2014 Jan 1;42(D1):D1229-36.