Citing VTK

If you use VTK in your research or publications, please cite it appropriately.

Recommended Citation

When citing VTK in academic papers, please use:

Schroeder, W., Martin, K., and Lorensen, B., The Visualization Toolkit: An Object-Oriented Approach to 3D Graphics, 4th Edition, Kitware Inc., 2006.

BibTeX

@book{vtk,
  title     = {The Visualization Toolkit: An Object-Oriented Approach to 3D Graphics},
  author    = {Schroeder, Will and Martin, Ken and Lorensen, Bill},
  edition   = {4th},
  publisher = {Kitware, Inc.},
  year      = {2006},
  isbn      = {978-1-930934-19-1}
}

Citing Specific Features

If your work relies on a specific VTK algorithm or capability, consider also citing the original paper describing that algorithm. Many VTK classes reference the relevant publications in their documentation.

Software Citation

For citing a specific version of VTK software:

@software{vtk-software,
  title   = {VTK - The Visualization Toolkit},
  author  = {{Kitware, Inc.}},
  url     = {https://vtk.org},
  version = {9.x},
  year    = {2024}
}