How do I cite a specific pathway in my work?

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• To cite a specific pathway, use its permalink, for example: https://www.wikipathways.org/instance/WP254. The permalink for each pathway is available in the options menu. When citing the live version of a pathway, attribution of individual contributors is not necessary since it is continuously tracked and displayed on each pathway page.
• To cite a specific version of a pathway, we recommend downloading the pathway in the format you used for your analysis (GPML, PDF) (see options menu) and uploading it to Zenodo to generate a DOI that you can then reference in your paper. Alternatively, your can upload and image file or figure that you have made using WikPathways content. An example Zenodo record can be found here. Follow these steps:
  • Log in to Zenodo. Accounts are free.
  • Go to the WikiPathways community upload page.
  • Upload a PDF (or image) of the pathway you want to reference.
  • Complete the fields and click "Publish".
• Once your paper is published, Add a citation to the corresponding pathway page(s):
  • To complete these steps, first make sure you are logged in to your GitHub account.
  • Find the corresponding pathway on WikiPathways, for example WP4629.
  • In the Cited In section, click the pencil icon to edit the list. This will open a new browser tab with the "citedin_lookup.yaml" file open in edit mode.
  • Click anywhere in the editable area and use Ctrl+F to search for the WPID, for example WP4629.
  • If the PMCID or DOI for the publication has not already been added, add an entry under the relevant WPID in the following format:
    - link: PMC5698080
- title: Developing Tools for Analysis of Renal Genomic Data":" An Invitation to Participate
    Note that any colon (:) in the title has to be in quotes, as in the example above.
  • Enter a commit message ("added citation for WP4629") and click "Commit changes".
• To cite a specific version of bulk pathway downloads, we recommend to specify the release title from the archive Download page.

See How to Cite for more detailed information.