How to cite the R package reshape

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

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the reshape package (v0.8.8; Wickham, 2007).

Reference list entry

Wickham, H. (2007). Reshaping data with the reshape package. In Journal of Statistical Software (Vol. 21, Issue 12). http://www.jstatsoft.org/v21/i12/paper

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 reshape package v0.8.8 (1).

Reference list entry

1.
Wickham H. Reshaping data with the reshape package [Internet]. Vol. 21, Journal of Statistical Software. 2007. Available from: http://www.jstatsoft.org/v21/i12/paper

BibTeX

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

BibTeX
@MISC{Wickham2007-wb,
  title   = "Reshaping data with the reshape package",
  author  = "Wickham, Hadley",
  journal = "Journal of Statistical Software",
  volume  =  21,
  number  =  12,
  year    =  2007,
  url     = "http://www.jstatsoft.org/v21/i12/paper"
}

RIS

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

RIS
TY  - MISC
AU  - Wickham, Hadley
TI  - Reshaping data with the reshape package
T2  - Journal of Statistical Software
VL  - 21
IS  - 12
PY  - 2007
DA  - 2007
UR  - http://www.jstatsoft.org/v21/i12/paper
ER  - 

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reshape R package release history

VersionRelease date
0.8.72017-08-06
0.8.62016-10-21
0.8.52014-04-23
0.8.42011-01-28
0.8.32009-04-28
0.8.22008-11-04
0.8.12008-09-28
0.8.02007-07-07
0.7.42007-05-31
0.7.32007-05-22
0.7.22007-04-11
0.7.12006-09-29
0.72006-08-03
0.6.22006-06-23
0.6.32006-06-23
0.6.12006-04-07
0.62006-02-06
0.52005-09-22
0.42005-08-05