How to cite the R package geiger

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

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the geiger package (v2.0.7; Alfaro et al., 2009).

Reference list entry

Alfaro, M. E., Santini, F., Brock, C., Alamillo, H., Dornburg, A., Rabosky, D. L., Carnevale, G., & Harmon, L. J. (2009). Nine exceptional radiations plus high turnover explain species diversity in jawed vertebrates. In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (Vol. 106, pp. 13410–13414).

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 geiger package v2.0.7 (1).

Reference list entry

1.
Alfaro ME, Santini F, Brock C, Alamillo H, Dornburg A, Rabosky DL, et al. Nine exceptional radiations plus high turnover explain species diversity in jawed vertebrates. Vol. 106, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2009. p. 13410–4.

BibTeX

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

BibTeX

@MISC{Alfaro2009-kx,
  title   = "Nine exceptional radiations plus high turnover explain species
             diversity in jawed vertebrates",
  author  = "Alfaro, M E and Santini, F and Brock, C and Alamillo, H and
             Dornburg, A and Rabosky, D L and Carnevale, G and Harmon, L J",
  journal = "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United
             States of America",
  volume  =  106,
  pages   = "13410--13414",
  year    =  2009
}

RIS

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

RIS

TY  - MISC
AU  - Alfaro, M E
AU  - Santini, F
AU  - Brock, C
AU  - Alamillo, H
AU  - Dornburg, A
AU  - Rabosky, D L
AU  - Carnevale, G
AU  - Harmon, L J
TI  - Nine exceptional radiations plus high turnover explain species diversity
      in jawed vertebrates
T2  - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of
      America
VL  - 106
SP  - 13410-13414
PY  - 2009
DA  - 2009
ER  -

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geiger R package release history

Version	Release date
2.0.6.4	2020-01-25
2.0.6.3	2020-01-23
2.0.6.2	2019-06-04
2.0.6.1	2019-01-16
2.0.6	2015-09-07
2.0.5	2015-09-03
2.0.3	2014-05-16
2.0.1	2014-03-07
2.0	2014-02-10
1.99-3.1	2013-11-14
1.99-3	2013-04-12
1.99-2	2013-04-06
1.3-1	2009-10-20
1.2-14	2008-11-21
1.2-13	2008-03-07
1.2-06	2008-01-31
1.2-04	2008-01-25
1.2-02	2007-12-20
1.0-91	2007-10-19
1.0-7	2007-10-14
1.0-4	2007-09-25
0.2-6	2007-05-18
0.2-5	2007-04-26