Citation policy
The Allen Institute for Cell Science, a division of the Allen Institute, provides the Content on the Site as free open resources as a public courtesy. Any term that is capitalized but is not defined in this Citation Policy is defined in the Terms of Use.
Unless otherwise noted, we own the copyright for, and reserve all rights to, all of the copyrightable Content on our Site. We also own a number of trademarks that are on our Site including Allen Institute for Cell Science (logo and words). Other trademarks appearing on our Site are the property of their respective owners.
While we encourage you to use these resources for your research or other noncommercial purposes, we want to ensure that our Content is afforded proper citation as detailed below in all cases where it is used publicly. For clarification about commercial use restrictions, please read the Terms of Use.
If you are unsure about how to cite a source or would like written approval for a specific use that is otherwise prohibited, please send us a message.
Please send us a copy of your publication or other work citing these resources to publications@alleninstitute.org. This helps us track when and how our Content is being used, and thus guide and support our continued efforts to provide useful open public resources.
Unless otherwise noted, we own the copyright for, and reserve all rights to, all of the copyrightable Content on our Site. We also own a number of trademarks that are on our Site including Allen Institute for Cell Science (logo and words). Other trademarks appearing on our Site are the property of their respective owners.
While we encourage you to use these resources for your research or other noncommercial purposes, we want to ensure that our Content is afforded proper citation as detailed below in all cases where it is used publicly. For clarification about commercial use restrictions, please read the Terms of Use.
If you are unsure about how to cite a source or would like written approval for a specific use that is otherwise prohibited, please send us a message.
Please send us a copy of your publication or other work citing these resources to publications@alleninstitute.org. This helps us track when and how our Content is being used, and thus guide and support our continued efforts to provide useful open public resources.
Citation guidelines
If you cite or display any Content, or reference our organization, in any format, written or otherwise, including print or web publications, presentations, grant applications, websites, other online applications such as blogs, or other works, you must follow these Citation Guidelines.
If you use specific images or other data downloaded from the Site, in addition to citing the resource as indicated below, please cite the specific image or data used and the URL that links directly to that information in a manner that would allow a third party to navigate to that image or data on the Site.
If you use specific images or other data downloaded from the Site, in addition to citing the resource as indicated below, please cite the specific image or data used and the URL that links directly to that information in a manner that would allow a third party to navigate to that image or data on the Site.
General guidance
Primary publication
In cases where there is a primary publication about the specific resource, cite both the publication and the specific Site. Citation of the primary publication is essential when citing the resource in a scientific publication. In cases where it is not feasible to cite the primary publication, and only in such cases, the Site citation is sufficient on its own.
Integrating our data into a website
When integrating our data into a website, cite the source in a manner that is clear, accurate and easily discoverable and link to the source. Also, be sure that our Content is never displayed in the absence of such citation.
White paper or other document
When citing a white paper or other document associated with a particular resource, cite the specific document by title and date, as well as the Site for that resource.
In cases where there is a primary publication about the specific resource, cite both the publication and the specific Site. Citation of the primary publication is essential when citing the resource in a scientific publication. In cases where it is not feasible to cite the primary publication, and only in such cases, the Site citation is sufficient on its own.
Integrating our data into a website
When integrating our data into a website, cite the source in a manner that is clear, accurate and easily discoverable and link to the source. Also, be sure that our Content is never displayed in the absence of such citation.
White paper or other document
When citing a white paper or other document associated with a particular resource, cite the specific document by title and date, as well as the Site for that resource.
Specific citation guidance
Images
For images obtained from the Allen Cell Explorer website at www.allencell.org, use the following citation:
Image credit: Allen Institute for Cell Science, a division of the Allen Institute.
Universal web citation format
Use the following general citation format for any Allen Institute for Cell Science resource accessed digitally through the Allen Cell Explorer website or Allen Institute GitHub:
Examples:
Use the Universal Web Citation Format for reference to Allen Institute for Cell Science website versions of the following resources (year for citation is in parenthesis):
Primary publication citations for Allen Institute for Cell Science resources
Allen Cell Collection:
Roberts, B. et al. (2017) Systematic gene tagging using CRISPR/Cas9 to illuminate stem cell organizationBiorXiv xxx. doi: 10.xxxxx
For images obtained from the Allen Cell Explorer website at www.allencell.org, use the following citation:
Image credit: Allen Institute for Cell Science, a division of the Allen Institute.
Universal web citation format
Use the following general citation format for any Allen Institute for Cell Science resource accessed digitally through the Allen Cell Explorer website or Allen Institute GitHub:
- © [[year of first publication]] Allen Institute for Cell Science. [Name of Allen Institute Resource]. Available from: [Resource URL]
Examples:
- © 2016 Allen Institute for Cell Science. Project Overview. Available from: alleninstitute.org/what-we-do/cell-science/our-research/project-overview/
Use the Universal Web Citation Format for reference to Allen Institute for Cell Science website versions of the following resources (year for citation is in parenthesis):
- 3D Cell Viewer (2017)
- Interactive Plotting (2017)
- Allen Institute resources available through GitHub (use year indicated on the resource)
- Any other online Allen Institute for Cell Science resources (use year indicated on the resource)
Primary publication citations for Allen Institute for Cell Science resources
Allen Cell Collection:
Roberts, B. et al. (2017) Systematic gene tagging using CRISPR/Cas9 to illuminate stem cell organizationBiorXiv xxx. doi: 10.xxxxx