About Python

This collection publishes articles describing new Python modules and libraries, as well as applications developed in Python. Python is a free, open source programming language with an emphasis on readability which is widely used in science due to its ease of use and high-performance. Python’s usefulness in research is further bolstered by scientific libraries and tools such as Numpy, Scipy, Pandas, IPython and MatPlotlib. As for example demonstrated by Biopython, Python libraries can be incredibly valuable to other researchers. Publishing a citable, peer reviewed article outlining a new package boosts its visibility and enables its creators to receive proper credit for their contribution.

The F1000Research platform, with its article versioning system, support for LaTeX and markdown submissions, and proper syntax highlighting, is particularly well-suited to publishing software articles. Visit the Python official website for more information.

Joint Python and CIS call for papers.
We are inviting article contributions to the CIS Gateway and Python Collection. We’re welcoming any submissions around Python software related to chemoinformatics, big data analysis, AI. This is a great opportunity to get credit for the software you’re producing and bring further visibility and impact to your work by having it featured as part of the CIS gateway and the Python Collection.

If you are interested in contributing or have any questions, please get in contact with any of the CIS advisors or email [email protected].