Use of pycWB in Scientific Publications

If you use pycWB in a scientific publication, cite the pycWB paper and the underlying cWB method paper. Depending on the analysis, also cite the cWB software overview, the cWB-2G performance paper, and any release-specific software DOI or version archive that applies to the exact software you used.

Please also report the pycWB version, tag, or git hash used for the analysis.

pycWB Paper

@article{pycwb,
  title = {PycWB: A user-friendly, Modular, and python-based framework for gravitational wave unmodelled search},
  journal = {SoftwareX},
  volume = {26},
  pages = {101639},
  year = {2024},
  issn = {2352-7110},
  doi = {10.1016/j.softx.2024.101639},
  url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352711024000104},
  author = {Xu, Yumeng and Tiwari, Shubhanshu and Drago, Marco},
  keywords = {Gravitational waves, Burst search}
}

The article is available from SoftwareX.

cWB Method Paper

pycWB implements the coherent WaveBurst search method, so publications should also cite the core cWB method paper:

@article{cwb_method,
  title = {Method for detection and reconstruction of gravitational wave transients with networks of advanced detectors},
  author = {Klimenko, S. and Vedovato, G. and Drago, M. and Salemi, F. and Tiwari, V. and Prodi, G. A. and Lazzaro, C. and Ackley, K. and Tiwari, S. and Da Silva, C. F. and Mitselmakher, G.},
  journal = {Phys. Rev. D},
  volume = {93},
  issue = {4},
  pages = {042004},
  year = {2016},
  doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.93.042004},
  url = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.042004}
}

cWB Software Overview

For work that discusses the cWB software framework, public cWB releases, or the software lineage that pycWB builds on, cite the cWB SoftwareX overview:

@article{cwb_softwarex,
  title = {coherent WaveBurst, a pipeline for unmodeled gravitational-wave data analysis},
  author = {Salemi, F. and others},
  journal = {SoftwareX},
  volume = {14},
  pages = {100678},
  year = {2021},
  doi = {10.1016/j.softx.2021.100678},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2021.100678}
}

cWB-2G Paper

For analyses that rely on or compare against cWB-2G search performance, ranking, or production-search strategy, cite the cWB-2G paper:

@article{cwb_2g,
  title = {Optimizing searches for gravitational wave bursts using coherent WaveBurst-2G},
  author = {Martini, A. and others},
  journal = {Classical and Quantum Gravity},
  volume = {43},
  pages = {055016},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.1088/1361-6382/ae4717},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/ae4717}
}

Software Releases and Derived Work

If your result depends on a specific pycWB or cWB release, cite the release-specific DOI or archived software record when one is available. Avoid using generic “latest release” wording in papers and internal notes; record the exact version, tag, or git hash instead.

If you develop software from pycWB or cWB, cite the relevant project URL and state which code version your work is derived from.