Updated April 2, 2025
How to Cite and Acknowledge CyVerse
Please cite or acknowledge CyVerse in any research work, publication, poster, or presentation that uses CyVerse resources, services, or extends the cyberinfrastructure.
1. Standard Acknowledgment (Required)
This is the standard acknowledgment citing the crucial support from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Please include this in your acknowledgements section of publications, posters, and presentations:
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Award Numbers DBI-0735191, DBI-1265383, and DBI-1743442. URL: https://cyverse.org
(Further information regarding NSF acknowledgment policies can often be found on the NSF website.)
2. Citing CyVerse in Peer-Reviewed Publications
If you wish to cite the CyVerse cyberinfrastructure itself as a platform or resource in a publication, please use one or more of the following papers. We recommend prioritizing the most recent publication:
Swetnam, T.L., et al. "CyVerse: Cyberinfrastructure for open science." PLOS Computational Biology 20.1 (2024): e1011270. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011270
Merchant, N., et al. "The iPlant Collaborative: Cyberinfrastructure for Enabling Data to Discovery for the Life Sciences." PLOS Biology 14.1 (2016): e1002342. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002342.
Goff, S.A., et al. "The iPlant Collaborative: Cyberinfrastructure for Plant Biology." Frontiers in Plant Science 2 (2011): 34. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2011.00034.
3. Citing Specific Resources Used within CyVerse
Citing Data Hosted on CyVerse
For data curated in the Data Commons:
Creator (Year). Title (Version number). CyVerse Data Commons.
For all other data stored or used via CyVerse:
Author/Rightsholder. (Year). Title of data set (Version number) [Description of form]. Retrieved from https://cyverse.org
(For more information, see CyVerse's Data Policy.)
Citing Specific Software Applications Used via CyVerse
Always cite the creators of the open source scientific software packages that you use in CyVerse.
To cite specific applications used within the CyVerse environment (e.g., in the Discovery Environment):
Author (or Integrator) (Published Year). App Title (Version number). cyverse.org; App URL [if available].
4. Acknowledging Assistance from CyVerse Staff
If a CyVerse staff member provided significant assistance (e.g., through the External Collaborative Partnership program), you may wish to acknowledge their specific contribution:
We thank [consultant's name(s)] for [his/her/their] assistance with [describe tasks accomplished], which was made possible through CyVerse's External Collaborative Partnership program.
5. CyVerse Software License
Copyright (c) 2010-2025, The Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of The University of Arizona
All rights reserved.
Developed by: CyVerse as a collaboration between participants at BIO5 at The University of Arizona (the primary hosting institution), Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, The University of Texas at Austin, and individual contributors. Find out more at http://cyverse.org/.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
* Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
* Neither the name of CyVerse, BIO5, The University of Arizona, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, The University of Texas at Austin, nor the names of other contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
6. Using the CyVerse Logo
Guidelines for using the CyVerse logo can be found on the Use Logo page.
Questions?
If you have additional questions about how to cite or acknowledge CyVerse, please contact info@cyverse.org.