Citation

If DROPPS contributes to a study, cite both the software release and the accompanying article. Use the final journal metadata for the article after it has been assigned by the publisher.

Software citation

The release includes a machine-readable CITATION.cff file. Its citation metadata identifies:

Yiming Tang, Zhongyuan Yang, Weikai Xie, Yun Zhou, Zihan Wang,
Qiyue Zhang, and Guanghong Wei. DROPPS: Distributed Rapid Operation
Platform for Phase-separation Simulations. Version 1.0 (2026).
https://dropps.online

Include the exact version, the artifact or repository location used, and—when available—a persistent archive DOI in the methods or software-availability statement.

Machine-readable metadata

The source distribution and wheel contain CITATION.cff. Citation File Format-aware tools can read it directly, avoiding manual transcription of author names and release metadata.