How to cite the R package mets

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

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the mets package (v1.2.8.1; Holst et al., 2016).

Reference list entry

Holst, K. K., Scheike, T. H., & Hjelmborg, J. B. (2016). The liability threshold model for censored twin data. Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 93, 324–335.

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 mets package v1.2.8.1 (1).

Reference list entry

1.
Holst KK, Scheike TH, Hjelmborg JB. The liability threshold model for censored twin data. Comput Stat Data Anal. 2016 Jan;93:324–35.

BibTeX

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

BibTeX

@ARTICLE{Holst2016-am,
  title     = "The liability threshold model for censored twin data",
  author    = "Holst, Klaus K and Scheike, Thomas H and Hjelmborg, Jacob B",
  journal   = "Comput. Stat. Data Anal.",
  publisher = "Elsevier BV",
  volume    =  93,
  pages     = "324--335",
  month     =  jan,
  year      =  2016,
  url       = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csda.2015.01.014",
  language  = "en",
  issn      = "0167-9473, 1872-7352",
  doi       = "10.1016/j.csda.2015.01.014"
}

RIS

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

RIS

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Holst, Klaus K
AU  - Scheike, Thomas H
AU  - Hjelmborg, Jacob B
TI  - The liability threshold model for censored twin data
T2  - Comput. Stat. Data Anal.
VL  - 93
SP  - 324-335
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2016/1
PB  - Elsevier BV
SN  - 0167-9473
DO  - 10.1016/j.csda.2015.01.014
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csda.2015.01.014
ER  -

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mets R package release history

Version	Release date
1.2.8	2020-08-27
1.2.7.1	2020-03-04
1.2.7	2020-02-19
1.2.6	2019-08-05
1.2.5	2018-11-20
1.2.4	2018-08-13
1.2.3.1	2018-04-30
1.2.3	2018-02-09
1.2.2	2017-03-30
1.2.1	2017-02-27
1.2	2017-02-04
1.1.1	2015-05-29
1.1.0	2015-02-16
1.0	2014-11-18
0.2.8	2014-05-13
0.2.7	2014-02-20
0.2.6	2013-12-17
0.2.5	2013-12-16
0.2.4	2013-07-13
0.2.3	2013-05-22
0.2.2	2013-05-21
0.2.1	2013-04-24
0.1-13	2013-01-21
0.1-12	2012-11-20
0.1-11	2012-07-06
0.1-8	2012-05-14