How to cite the R package ctl

ctl is a popular R package that is available at https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/ctl/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 7^th 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 ctl package have suggested.

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the ctl package (v1.0.0-4; Arends et al., 2016).

Reference list entry

Arends, D., Li, Y., A. Brockmann, G., C. Jansen, R., W. Williams, R., & Prins, P. (2016). Correlation Trait Loci (CTL) mapping: phenotype network inference subject to genotype. Journal of Open Source Software, 1(6), 87.

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 ctl package v1.0.0-4 (1).

Reference list entry

1.
Arends D, Li Y, A. Brockmann G, C. Jansen R, W. Williams R, Prins P. Correlation Trait Loci (CTL) mapping: phenotype network inference subject to genotype. J Open Source Softw. 2016 Oct 30;1(6):87.

BibTeX

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

BibTeX

@ARTICLE{Arends2016-ct,
  title     = "Correlation Trait Loci ({CTL}) mapping: phenotype network
               inference subject to genotype",
  author    = "Arends, Danny and Li, Yang and A. Brockmann, Gudrun and C.
               Jansen, Ritsert and W. Williams, Robert and Prins, Pjotr",
  journal   = "J. Open Source Softw.",
  publisher = "The Open Journal",
  volume    =  1,
  number    =  6,
  pages     = "87",
  month     =  oct,
  year      =  2016,
  url       = "http://dx.doi.org/10.21105/joss.00087",
  copyright = "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  issn      = "2475-9066",
  doi       = "10.21105/joss.00087"
}

RIS

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

RIS

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Arends, Danny
AU  - Li, Yang
AU  - A. Brockmann, Gudrun
AU  - C. Jansen, Ritsert
AU  - W. Williams, Robert
AU  - Prins, Pjotr
TI  - Correlation Trait Loci (CTL) mapping: phenotype network inference subject
      to genotype
T2  - J. Open Source Softw.
VL  - 1
IS  - 6
SP  - 87
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2016/10/30
PB  - The Open Journal
SN  - 2475-9066
DO  - 10.21105/joss.00087
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.21105/joss.00087
ER  -

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ctl R package release history

Version	Release date
1.0.0-2	2018-08-03
1.0.0-1	2018-07-06
1.0.0-0	2016-09-20