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Please cite Quantum GIS when using the software in your work. Here are some, probably not complete, examples depending on what project ressources were used. if you are insecure, please write to the QGIS developer mailing list. The QGIS project also provides a list where people can add links to QGIS articles or others resources at http://www.qgis.org/wiki/Journals.

Cite the QGIS project in general
  • Quantum GIS Development Team, <YEAR>. Quantum GIS Geographic Information System. Open Source Geospatial Foundation Project. http://qgis.osgeo.org
Cite the QGIS Developers Manual Cite the QGIS Installation Guide
  • Quantum GIS Development Team, <YEAR>. Quantum GIS <VERSION Geographic Information System Installation Guide. Open Source Geospatial Foundation Project. Electronic document: http://www.qgis.org/wiki/Installation_Guide
Cite the QGIS User Guide Cite the QGIS API Documentation
  • Quantum GIS Development Team, <YEAR>. Quantum GIS <VERSION> Geographic Information System API Documentation. Open Source Geospatial Foundation Project. Electronic document: http://doc.qgis.org/<DOCUMENT>

Preferred format: BibTeX

Example BibTeX entry:

<pre>
  @Manual{Quantum_GIS_software,
    title = {Quantum GIS Geographic Information System},
    author = {{Quantum GIS Development Team}},
    organization = {Open Source Geospatial Foundation},
    year = {2009},
    url = {http://qgis.osgeo.org},
  }
</pre>

Helpful tools

  • Google Scholar - "Search for "Quantum GIS"":http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Quantum+GIS (activate BibTex export in "Scholar preferences")
  • CiteULike - "Search for "QGIS"":http://www.citeulike.org/tag/grass
  • Bibutils bibliography conversion utilities
  • Gbib BibTeX editor for GTK+Gnome
  • JabRef Multi-platform, multi-format bibliography tool