How to cite the R package minerva

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

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the minerva package (v1.5.8; Albanese et al., 2012).

Reference list entry

Albanese, D., Filosi, M., Visintainer, R., Riccadonna, S., Jurman, G., & Furlanello, C. (2012). Minerva and minepy: a C engine for the MINE suite and its R, Python and MATLAB wrappers. In Bioinformatics (p. bts707). Oxford Univ Press.

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 minerva package v1.5.8 (1).

Reference list entry

1.
Albanese D, Filosi M, Visintainer R, Riccadonna S, Jurman G, Furlanello C. Minerva and minepy: a C engine for the MINE suite and its R, Python and MATLAB wrappers. Bioinformatics. Oxford Univ Press; 2012. p. bts707.

BibTeX

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

BibTeX

@MISC{Albanese2012-ez,
  title     = "Minerva and minepy: a {C} engine for the {MINE} suite and its R,
               Python and {MATLAB} wrappers",
  author    = "Albanese, Davide and Filosi, Michele and Visintainer, Roberto
               and Riccadonna, Samantha and Jurman, Giuseppe and Furlanello,
               Cesare",
  journal   = "Bioinformatics",
  publisher = "Oxford Univ Press",
  pages     = "bts707",
  year      =  2012
}

RIS

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

RIS

TY  - MISC
AU  - Albanese, Davide
AU  - Filosi, Michele
AU  - Visintainer, Roberto
AU  - Riccadonna, Samantha
AU  - Jurman, Giuseppe
AU  - Furlanello, Cesare
TI  - Minerva and minepy: a C engine for the MINE suite and its R, Python and
      MATLAB wrappers
T2  - Bioinformatics
SP  - bts707
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
PB  - Oxford Univ Press
ER  -

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minerva R package release history

Version	Release date
1.5.7	2019-05-23
1.5	2018-12-14
1.4.7	2017-07-21
1.4.5	2016-03-15
1.4.1	2014-08-26
1.4	2014-08-15
1.3	2013-01-07
1.2	2012-11-27
1.1	2012-10-15
1.0	2012-08-22