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How to cite TRACE

If TRACE contributes to published work, please cite the software release and core scientific dependencies.

Beta Citation Notice (Updated March 3, 2026)

Citation metadata may be updated while releases are stabilized.

Use the project release DOI when available.

TRACE Development Team (Year). TRACE: HF Ray Tracing Toolkit (Version X.Y.Z). DOI: <release-doi>

BibTeX Template

@software{trace,
  author = {TRACE Development Team},
  title = {TRACE: HF Ray Tracing Toolkit},
  year = {2026},
  version = {X.Y.Z},
  doi = {<release-doi>},
  url = {https://github.com/shibaji7/trace}
}

Publications Using TRACE

  • Add your paper here via pull request.

Core Scientific Python References

  • Matplotlib: Hunter, J.D. (2007), Computing in Science & Engineering.
  • NumPy: van der Walt et al. (2011), Computing in Science & Engineering.
  • SciPy: Virtanen et al. (2020), Nature Methods.
  • Pandas: McKinney (2010), Proc. 9th Python in Science Conference.

PyIRI Citation

TRACE uses PyIRI for IRI-based electron density generation. Please also cite:

Forsythe, V. V., Bilitza, D., Burrell, A. G., Dymond, K. F., Fritz, B. A., & McDonald, S. E. (2024). PyIRI: Whole-globe approach to the International Reference Ionosphere modeling implemented in Python. Space Weather, 22, e2023SW003739. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023SW003739

@article{forsythe2024pyiri,
  author = {Forsythe, V. V. and Bilitza, D. and Burrell, A. G. and Dymond, K. F. and Fritz, B. A. and McDonald, S. E.},
  title = {PyIRI: Whole-globe approach to the International Reference Ionosphere modeling implemented in Python},
  journal = {Space Weather},
  volume = {22},
  pages = {e2023SW003739},
  year = {2024},
  doi = {10.1029/2023SW003739},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1029/2023SW003739}
}

SciencePlots Citation

TRACE uses SciencePlots styling in plotting workflows. Please also cite:

@article{SciencePlots,
  author       = {John D. Garrett},
  title        = {{garrettj403/SciencePlots}},
  month        = sep,
  year         = 2021,
  publisher    = {Zenodo},
  version      = {1.0.9},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.4106649},
  url          = {http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4106649}
}

PHaRLAP Citation / Acknowledgement

TRACE interfaces with PHaRLAP for 2D/3D ray tracing. Please include a PHaRLAP acknowledgement in publications using PHaRLAP-derived results.

Recommended acknowledgement (from PHaRLAP distribution notes):

The results published in this paper were obtained using the HF propagation toolbox, PHaRLAP, created by Dr Manuel Cervera, Defence Science and Technology Group, Australia.

Optional BibTeX software entry:

@software{pharlap,
  author = {Cervera, Manuel A.},
  title = {PHaRLAP: Provision of High-frequency Raytracing Laboratory for Propagation studies},
  year = {2023},
  note = {Defence Science and Technology Group, Australia},
  url = {Available by request from the author}
}