How to cite the R package meta

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

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the meta package (v4.17-0; Balduzzi et al., 2019).

Reference list entry

Balduzzi, S., Rücker, G., & Schwarzer, G. (2019). How to perform a meta-analysis with R: a practical tutorial. In Evidence-Based Mental Health (Issue 22, pp. 153–160).

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 meta package v4.17-0 (1).

Reference list entry

1.
Balduzzi S, Rücker G, Schwarzer G. How to perform a meta-analysis with R: a practical tutorial. Evidence-Based Mental Health. 2019. p. 153–60.

BibTeX

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

BibTeX
@MISC{Balduzzi2019-de,
  title   = "How to perform a meta-analysis with {R}: a practical tutorial",
  author  = "Balduzzi, Sara and R{\"u}cker, Gerta and Schwarzer, Guido",
  journal = "Evidence-Based Mental Health",
  number  =  22,
  pages   = "153--160",
  year    =  2019
}

RIS

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

RIS
TY  - MISC
AU  - Balduzzi, Sara
AU  - Rücker, Gerta
AU  - Schwarzer, Guido
TI  - How to perform a meta-analysis with R: a practical tutorial
T2  - Evidence-Based Mental Health
IS  - 22
SP  - 153-160
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2019
ER  - 

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meta R package release history

VersionRelease date
4.16-22021-01-27
4.16-12021-01-19
4.16-02021-01-18
4.15-12020-10-02
4.15-02020-09-29
4.14-02020-09-09
4.13-02020-07-03
4.12-02020-05-04
4.11-02020-02-20
4.10-02020-01-29
4.9-92019-12-19
4.9-82019-12-16
4.9-72019-09-28
4.9-62019-08-06
4.9-52019-04-11
4.9-42019-01-03
4.9-32018-11-29
4.9-22018-06-07
4.9-12018-03-22
4.9-02017-12-06
4.8-42017-08-12
4.8-32017-07-22
4.8-22017-05-25
4.8-12017-03-17
4.8-02017-03-12
4.7-12017-02-13
4.7-02016-12-16
4.6-02016-10-13
4.5-02016-08-17
4.4-12016-06-20
4.4-02016-05-14
4.3-22015-12-02
4.3-12015-11-16
4.3-02015-07-02
4.2-02015-05-08
4.1-02015-02-04
4.0-32015-01-07
4.0-22014-12-06
4.0-12014-11-19
3.8-02014-09-12
3.7-12014-07-29
3.7-02014-07-11
3.6-02014-05-27
3.5-12014-05-14
3.5-02014-04-19
3.2-12014-03-26
3.2-02014-03-12
3.1-22013-12-01
3.1-12013-11-20
3.1-02013-11-12
3.0-12013-09-18
2.5-12013-08-09
2.5-02013-07-25
2.4-12013-06-20
2.4-02013-06-17
2.3-02013-05-12
2.2-12013-03-21
2.2-02013-03-12
2.1-42012-11-29
2.1-32012-11-20
2.1-22012-10-25
2.1-12012-08-12
2.1-02012-05-18
2.0-42012-05-03
2.0-22012-04-17
2.0-12012-04-04
2.0-02012-03-20
1.6-12010-10-28
1.6-02010-06-21
1.5-02010-05-06
1.1-82010-01-12
1.1-72010-01-11
1.1-52009-12-21
1.1-42009-11-04
1.1-32009-10-30
1.1-22009-10-11
1.0-62009-08-31
0.9-192009-04-15
0.9-182009-03-03
0.9-172009-01-29
0.9-152008-12-08
0.8-22007-02-13
0.812006-11-30
0.82006-11-24
0.52006-02-08