Guidelines
We ask users to cite:
-  Any specific publications of plugins used.
 
-  The general paper of ImageJ distribution(s) used—e.g., if you used Fiji, cite the Fiji paper.
 
-  The general ImageJ paper.
 
If journal reference limits interfere, the plugin-specific publications should take precedence.
In general, please cite these projects—their long-term future depends on it!
Thank you for your support.
Publications to cite
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 Project
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 Citation
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|  Core projects
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 ImageJ2
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 Rueden, C. T.; Schindelin, J. & Hiner, M. C. et al. (2017), "ImageJ2: ImageJ for the next generation of scientific image data", BMC Bioinformatics 18:529, PMID 29187165, doi:10.1186/s12859-017-1934-z, <https://bmcbioinformatics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12859-017-1934-z> (on Google Scholar).
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 ImageJ 1.x
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 Schneider, C. A.; Rasband, W. S. & Eliceiri, K. W. (2012), "NIH Image to ImageJ: 25 years of image analysis", Nature methods 9(7):  671-675, PMID 22930834, <http://www.nature.com/nmeth/journal/v9/n7/full/nmeth.2089.html> (on Google Scholar).
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|  Distributions of ImageJ
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 Fiji
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 Schindelin, J.; Arganda-Carreras, I. & Frise, E. et al. (2012), "Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis", Nature methods 9(7):  676-682, PMID 22743772, doi:10.1038/nmeth.2019, <http://www.nature.com/nmeth/journal/v9/n7/full/nmeth.2019.html> (on Google Scholar).
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 BoneJ
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 Doube, M.; Kłosowski, M. M. & Arganda-Carreras, I. et al. (2010), "BoneJ: Free and extensible bone image analysis in ImageJ", Bone 47(6):  1076-1079, PMID 20817052, <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S8756328210014419> (on Google Scholar).
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 Bio7
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 Austenfeld, M. & Beyschlag, W. (2012), "A Graphical User Interface for R in a Rich Client Platform for Ecological Modeling.", Journal of Statistical Software 49(4):  1-19, <https://www.jstatsoft.org/article/view/v049i04> (on Google Scholar).
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|  Supporting libraries
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 ImgLib2
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 Pietzsch, T.; Preibisch, S. & Tomancak, P. et al. (2012), "ImgLib2—generic image processing in Java", Bioinformatics 28(22):  3009-3011, PMID 22962343, <http://bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org/content/28/22/3009.full> (on Google Scholar).
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 SciJava Common
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 Rueden, C., Schindelin, J., Hiner, M. & Eliceiri, K. (2016). SciJava Common [Software]. https://scijava.org/.
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 SCIFIO
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 Hiner, M.C.; Rueden, C.T. & Eliceiri, K.W. (2016 Dec 7), "SCIFIO: an extensible framework to support scientific image formats.", BMC Bioinformatics 17(1):  521, PMID 27927161, doi:10.1186/s12859-016-1383-0, <https://bmcbioinformatics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12859-016-1383-0> (on Google Scholar).
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 ImageJ Ops
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 Rueden, C., Dietz, C., Horn, M., Schindelin, J., Northan, B., Berthold, M. & Eliceiri, K. (2016). ImageJ Ops [Software]. https://imagej.net/Ops.
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See the list of citable software and publications using Fiji for additional citation information.