How to Cite SoyBase

We use references to SoyBase in the literature as one way to demonstrate the utility of SoyBase to the research community. Unfortunately, placing only a link within the paper (e.g., https://www.soybase.org) is not enough as we cannot easily track these sorts of references. Instead, please also include 'SoyBase' at least once in your paper as well as the URL, e.g. ....SoyBase (https://soybase.org)....

When needed a SoyBase reference should be

Grant, D., Nelson, R.T., Cannon, S.B. and Shoemaker, R.C. (2010) SoyBase, the USDA-ARS soybean genetics and genomics database.
Nucl. Acids Res. (2010) 38 (suppl 1): D843-D846. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkp798

How to Cite SoyBase or Data Store data

The citation for SoyBase and Data Store data should always be the citation of the original paper that discribes the data. That can be found in the metadata file of the data in the data store or in the SoyBase Project page in the event that the data was unpublished. Otherwise the data source will be specified in the tools description