How to cite the R package rgbif

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

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the rgbif package (v3.5.2; Chamberlain et al., 2021).

Reference list entry

Chamberlain, S., Barve, V., Mcglinn, D., Oldoni, D., Desmet, P., Geffert, L., & Ram, K. (2021). rgbif: Interface to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility API. https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=rgbif

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 rgbif package v3.5.2 (1).

Reference list entry

1.
Chamberlain S, Barve V, Mcglinn D, Oldoni D, Desmet P, Geffert L, et al. rgbif: Interface to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility API [Internet]. 2021. Available from: https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=rgbif

BibTeX

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

BibTeX
@MISC{Chamberlain2021-yy,
  title  = "rgbif: Interface to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility
            {API}",
  author = "Chamberlain, Scott and Barve, Vijay and Mcglinn, Dan and Oldoni,
            Damiano and Desmet, Peter and Geffert, Laurens and Ram, Karthik",
  year   =  2021,
  url    = "https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=rgbif"
}

RIS

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

RIS
TY  - MISC
AU  - Chamberlain, Scott
AU  - Barve, Vijay
AU  - Mcglinn, Dan
AU  - Oldoni, Damiano
AU  - Desmet, Peter
AU  - Geffert, Laurens
AU  - Ram, Karthik
TI  - rgbif: Interface to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility API
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021
UR  - https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=rgbif
ER  - 

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rgbif R package release history

VersionRelease date
3.5.02021-01-13
3.4.22021-01-06
3.4.02020-12-03
3.3.02020-09-08
3.2.02020-07-23
3.1.02020-06-30
3.0.02020-06-23
2.32020-05-28
2.2.02020-03-09
2.1.02020-02-13
2.0.02020-01-31
1.4.02019-10-30
1.3.02019-05-08
1.2.02019-02-26
1.1.02018-10-20
1.0.22018-07-06
1.0.02018-07-03
0.9.92017-11-12
0.9.82017-04-19
0.9.72017-01-21
0.9.62016-12-06
0.9.52016-10-06
0.9.42016-06-29
0.9.32016-03-29
0.9.22016-02-02
0.9.02015-11-25
0.8.92015-10-07
0.8.82015-07-24
0.8.62015-07-03
0.8.42015-06-08
0.8.02015-03-09
0.7.72014-11-07
0.7.02014-07-31
0.6.22014-04-24
0.6.02014-04-17
0.5.02014-02-16
0.4.02013-11-20
0.3.02013-07-19
0.2.02013-03-01
0.1.52012-12-04
0.0.12012-03-21