How to cite the Norwegian Pathogens Portal

We encourage the reuse and recognition of material made available on the Norwegian Pathogens Portal to align with the FAIR principles and Open Science. This page provides information on properly citing the portal when reusing and referencing its content. Be aware that the information on the portal pages can become updated, and therefore it is important to reference specific versions or provide access dates within citations. The Norwegian Pathogen Portal is operated by the Tromsø node of ELIXIR Norway and has the persistent Research Resource Identifier RRID:SCR_025641. This helps to facilitate reuse, collect information, and track usage. When you cite a specific page in the portal you can use this identifier as well as referencing the corresponding authors of that page.

Citation templates in APA, MLA and Chicago citation styles

This example is for citing the page “Antibiotic resistance” (pathogens.no/topics/antibiotic-resistance)

APA Citation Style

Author(s). (Year, Month Day). Title of the webpage. Norwegian Pathogen Portal (RRID: SCR_025641). URL

Kovachich, P., Åberg, E., Hjerde, E. (2024, June 15). Antibiotic resistance. Norwegian Pathogen Portal (RRID: SCR_025633). https://pathogens.no/topics/antibiotic-resistance

MLA Citation Style

Author(s). "Title of the Webpage." Norwegian Pathogen Portal, operated by Tromsø node of ELIXIR Norway, Day Month Year, URL. RRID: SCR_025641.

Kovachich, Peter, et al. "Antibiotic resistance." Norwegian Pathogen Portal, operated by Tromsø node of ELIXIR Norway, 15 June 2023, https://pathogens.no/topics/antibiotic-resistance. RRID: SCR_025641.

Chicago Citation Style

Author(s). "Title of the Webpage." Norwegian Pathogens Portal. Operated by Tromsø node of ELIXIR Norway. Last modified Month Day, Year. URL. RRID: SCR_025641.

Kovachich, Peter, Åberg, Espen and Hjerde, Erik. "Antibiotic resistance." Norwegian Pathogen Portal. Operated by Tromsø node of ELIXIR Norway. Last modified June 15, 2023. https://pathogens.no/topics/antibiotic-resistance. RRID: SCR_025641.

Citing underlying code

The Norwegian Pathogens Portal was developed and is operated by the Tromsø node of ELIXIR Norway at the UiT The Arctic University of Norway. Many have contributed to the code and the source code for the website is available on GitHub. All of the code that we have produced is available for reuse under theApache licence 2.0.