Citing

Canonical citation

To cite GeoPandas please use the following software paper published in the Computers, Environment and Urban Systems.

Fleischmann, M., Van den Bossche, J., Jordahl, K., Richards, M. J., McBride, J., Wasserman, J., Ward, B., & Wolf, L. J. (2026). GeoPandas: Fundamental data structures for vector spatial data in Python. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 130, 102495. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2026.102495

BibTeX:

@article{fleischmann2026GeoPandas,
  title = {{{GeoPandas}}: {{Fundamental}} Data Structures for Vector Spatial Data in {{Python}}},
  shorttitle = {{{GeoPandas}}},
  author = {Fleischmann, Martin and Van den Bossche, Joris and Jordahl, Kelsey and Richards, Matthew John and McBride, James and Wasserman, Jacob and Ward, Brendan and Wolf, Levi John},
  year = 2026,
  month = dec,
  journal = {Computers, Environment and Urban Systems},
  volume = {130},
  pages = {102495},
  issn = {01989715},
  doi = {10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2026.102495},
  urldate = {2026-08-01},
  langid = {english},
}

Citing specific version

If you’d like to refer to a specific version, you can use Zenodo DOI for each release alongside the canonical citation above. Below is the example of resulting BiBTeX record for GeoPandas 1.1.4 and a reference using APA 6^th ed.

Joris Van den Bossche, Kelsey Jordahl, Martin Fleischmann, Matt Richards, James McBride, Jacob Wasserman, Adrian Garcia Badaracco, Alan D. Snow, Pieter Roggemans, Brendan Ward, Jeff Tratner, Jeffrey Gerard, Mike Taves, Matthew Perry, carsonfarmer, Geir Arne Hjelle, Nicholas YS Tan, Ray Bell, rraymondgh, … Sergio Rey. (2026). geopandas/geopandas: Version 1.1.4 (Version v1.1.4) [Computer software]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20938197

@software{joris_van_den_bossche_2026_20938197,
  author       = {Joris Van den Bossche and
                  Kelsey Jordahl and
                  Martin Fleischmann and
                  Matt Richards and
                  James McBride and
                  Jacob Wasserman and
                  Adrian Garcia Badaracco and
                  Alan D. Snow and
                  Pieter Roggemans and
                  Brendan Ward and
                  Jeff Tratner and
                  Jeffrey Gerard and
                  Mike Taves and
                  Matthew Perry and
                  carsonfarmer and
                  Geir Arne Hjelle and
                  Nicholas YS Tan and
                  Ray Bell and
                  rraymondgh and
                  Micah D. Cochran and
                  Giacomo Caria and
                  Ewout ter Hoeven and
                  Christine P. Chai and
                  Lucas Culbertson and
                  Matt Bartos and
                  Nick Eubank and
                  sangarshanan and
                  John Flavin and
                  Sergio Rey},
  title        = {geopandas/geopandas: Version 1.1.4},
  month        = jun,
  year         = 2026,
  publisher    = {Zenodo},
  version      = {v1.1.4},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.20938197},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20938197},
}