Project Information

This final section provides supplementary information about the bib-ami project, including its software dependencies, guidance on how to cite the tool in your own work, and details on contributing.

Dependencies

The bib-ami tool relies on a small set of well-maintained, open-source Python packages. These will be installed automatically when you install bib-ami via pip.

bibtexparser: For robust parsing and writing of BibTeX files.
requests: For handling all HTTP requests to the CrossRef API.
fuzzywuzzy: For performing the fuzzy string matching required for deduplication.
python-Levenshtein: An optional but highly recommended C-based library that significantly speeds up the string similarity calculations used by fuzzywuzzy.

How to Cite bib-ami

If you use bib-ami in your research workflow and would like to cite it, please use the following BibTeX entry. Citing software helps the developers and maintainers justify their work and secure funding for future development.

@misc{bib_ami_2024,
  author       = {Rolf Carlson},
  title        = {bib-ami: A BibTeX Integrity Manager},
  year         = {2025},
  publisher    = {GitHub},
  url          = {https://github.com/hrolfrc/bib-ami},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.15795718}
}

Contributing & License

Contributing

This project is open source and contributions are welcome. If you would like to contribute, please visit the project’s GitHub repository. You can contribute by reporting bugs, suggesting new features, or submitting pull requests with code improvements. Please consult the CONTRIBUTING.md file in the repository for specific guidelines.

License

The bib-ami tool is distributed under the MIT License. This is a permissive open-source license that allows for broad use, modification, and distribution. Please see the LICENSE file in the source repository for the full text of the license.