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How should I cite MatCraft data in publications?

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When using MatCraft data in academic publications, please cite both MatCraft and the original data source(s).

Citing MatCraft

Include the MatCraft URL and access date:

Materials data retrieved from MatCraft (https://matcraft.ai), accessed [date].

Citing Original Sources

Each material's detail page shows which database it comes from. Cite the appropriate source:

  • Materials Project: A. Jain et al., "Commentary: The Materials Project: A materials genome approach to accelerating materials innovation," APL Materials 1, 011002 (2013).
  • AFLOW: S. Curtarolo et al., "AFLOW: An automatic framework for high-throughput materials discovery," Computational Materials Science 58, 218-226 (2012).
  • JARVIS-DFT: K. Choudhary et al., "The joint automated repository for various integrated simulations (JARVIS) for data-driven materials design," npj Computational Materials 6, 173 (2020).

Per-Material Citation

Click the "Cite" button on any material detail page to copy a formatted citation that includes the material ID, data source, and access date.

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