How to cite the R package bfp

bfp is a popular R package that is available at https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/bfp/index.html. By citing R packages in your paper you lay the grounds for others to be able to reproduce your analysis and secondly you are acknowledging the time and work people have spent creating the package.

APA citation

Formatted according to the APA Publication Manual 7th edition. Simply copy it to the References page as is.

APA

The minimal requirement is to cite the R package in text along with the version number. Additionally, you can include the reference list entry the authors of the bfp package have suggested.

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the bfp package (v0.0-42; Sabanés Bové & Held, 2011).

Reference list entry

Sabanés Bové, D., & Held, L. (2011). Bayesian fractional polynomials. Statistics and Computing, 21(3), 309–324.

Vancouver citation

Formatted according to Vancouver style. Simply copy it to the references section as is.

Vancouver

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the bfp package v0.0-42 (1).

Reference list entry

1.
Sabanés Bové D, Held L. Bayesian fractional polynomials. Stat Comput. 2011 Jul;21(3):309–24.

BibTeX

Reference entry in BibTeX format. Simply copy it to your favorite citation manager.

BibTeX
@ARTICLE{Sabanes_Bove2011-yc,
  title     = "Bayesian fractional polynomials",
  author    = "Saban{\'e}s Bov{\'e}, Daniel and Held, Leonhard",
  journal   = "Stat. Comput.",
  publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media LLC",
  volume    =  21,
  number    =  3,
  pages     = "309--324",
  month     =  jul,
  year      =  2011,
  url       = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11222-010-9170-7",
  language  = "en",
  issn      = "0960-3174, 1573-1375",
  doi       = "10.1007/s11222-010-9170-7"
}

RIS

Reference entry in RIS format. Simply copy it to your favorite citation manager.

RIS
TY  - JOUR
AU  - Sabanés Bové, Daniel
AU  - Held, Leonhard
TI  - Bayesian fractional polynomials
T2  - Stat. Comput.
VL  - 21
IS  - 3
SP  - 309-324
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011/7
PB  - Springer Science and Business Media LLC
SN  - 0960-3174
DO  - 10.1007/s11222-010-9170-7
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11222-010-9170-7
ER  - 

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bfp R package release history

VersionRelease date
0.0-412020-06-21
0.0-402019-01-22
0.0-39.12019-01-16
0.0-392018-05-14
0.0-382018-01-23
0.0-372018-01-10
0.0-352017-04-05
0.0-312016-05-30
0.0-302016-03-09
0.0-272013-12-10
0.0-252012-05-30
0.0-192011-01-20
0.0-172010-09-24
0.0-162010-09-22