6. Citing

To cite the ect software, please use the following JOSS publication:

Ayub, Yemeen, Elizabeth Munch, Sarah McGuire Scullen, and Daniel H. Chitwood. ect: A Python Package for the Euler Characteristic Transform. Journal of Open Source Software, 11(120), 9691. doi:10.21105/joss.09691. 2026.

For background on the Euler Characteristic Transform itself, see:

Munch, Elizabeth. An Invitation to the Euler Characteristic Transform. The American Mathematical Monthly, 132(1), 15-25. doi:10.1080/00029890.2024.2409616. 2024.