Citing BMDS Results

An exported Word report from BMDS Online/Desktop/pybmds contains a recommended citation for that product; for example, a report from BMDS Desktop will show only the BMDS Desktop citation. The user can adapt the citation as appropriate.

The following example citations include each application’s package version and timestamps to aid in reproducing the analysis. 

BMDS Online

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2025). BMDS Online (25.1; pybmds 25.1; bmdscore 25.1) [Software]. Available from https://bmdsonline.epa.gov. Accessed April 29, 2025.

BMDS Desktop

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2025). BMDS Desktop (25.1; pybmds 25.1; bmdscore 25.1) [Software]. Available from https://pypi.org/project/bmds-ui/. Accessed April 29, 2025.

pybmds

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2025). pybmds (25.1; bmdscore 25.1) [Software]. Available from https://pypi.org/project/pybmds/. Executed on April 29, 2025.

BMDS Excel 3.3.2

United States Environmental Protection Agency. (2023). Benchmark Dose Software (BMDS) (Build 3.3.2; Model Library Version 2023.03.1) [Computer Software]. Available from https://www.epa.gov/bmds/download-bmds.