DBLP

DBLP, short for Digital Bibliography and Library Project, is a free online repository of bibliographic information on major computer science journals and conference proceedings. It provides metadata and bibliographic records for publications and is widely used by researchers and librarians for citation and reference purposes.

The project was founded in 1993 by Michael Ley at the University of Trier in Germany. It collects data from publishers and conference organizers and standardizes entries with fields such as author(s), title, venue, year, and pagination. DBLP offers export formats including BibTeX, enabling researchers to incorporate references into their documents easily.

DBLP covers a broad range of computer science topics and is organized by author pages and venue pages. Each author page lists publications attributed to the author and links to entry details. The site also links to publisher pages and, where available, DOIs, providing quick access to source material.

Access is via dblp.org, and the database offers data dumps and an API for programmatic retrieval. It emphasizes data quality, author name disambiguation, and regular updates, making it a reliable resource for citation indexing and bibliographic reference generation. The project is maintained by a team of editors and software developers, with ongoing contributions from the research community.