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How to cite the R package spam

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

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the spam package (v2.6-0; Furrer & Sain, 2010).

Reference list entry

Furrer, R., & Sain, S. R. (2010). Spam: A sparse MatrixRPackage with emphasis on MCMC methods for Gaussian Markov random fields. Journal of Statistical Software, 36(10). https://doi.org/10.18637/jss.v036.i10

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 spam package v2.6-0 (1).

Reference list entry

1.
Furrer R, Sain SR. Spam: A sparse MatrixRPackage with emphasis on MCMC methods for Gaussian Markov random fields. J Stat Softw [Internet]. 2010;36(10). Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.18637/jss.v036.i10

BibTeX

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

BibTeX
@ARTICLE{Furrer2010-ld,
  title     = "Spam: A sparse {MatrixRPackage} with emphasis on {MCMC} methods
               for Gaussian Markov random fields",
  author    = "Furrer, Reinhard and Sain, Stephan R",
  journal   = "J. Stat. Softw.",
  publisher = "Foundation for Open Access Statistic",
  volume    =  36,
  number    =  10,
  year      =  2010,
  url       = "http://dx.doi.org/10.18637/jss.v036.i10",
  language  = "en",
  issn      = "1548-7660",
  doi       = "10.18637/jss.v036.i10"
}

RIS

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

RIS
TY  - JOUR
AU  - Furrer, Reinhard
AU  - Sain, Stephan R
TI  - Spam: A sparse MatrixRPackage with emphasis on MCMC methods for Gaussian
      Markov random fields
T2  - J. Stat. Softw.
VL  - 36
IS  - 10
PY  - 2010
DA  - 2010
PB  - Foundation for Open Access Statistic
SN  - 1548-7660
DO  - 10.18637/jss.v036.i10
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.18637/jss.v036.i10
ER  -

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spam R package release history

VersionRelease date
2.5-12019-12-12
2.5-02019-12-06
2.4-02019-11-02
2.3-0.22019-10-28
2.3-0.12019-10-26
2.3-02019-09-14
2.2-22019-03-08
2.2-12018-12-20
2.2-02018-06-19
2.1-42018-04-12
2.1-32018-03-28
2.1-22017-12-22
2.1-12017-07-03
2.1-02017-07-01
1.4-02016-08-30
1.3-02015-10-29
1.2-12015-09-30
1.0-12014-09-09
0.41-02014-02-26
0.40-02013-09-12
0.30-12013-08-25
0.29-32013-04-24
0.29-22012-08-17
0.29-12012-05-05
0.29-02012-05-01
0.28-02012-01-12
0.27-02011-08-18
0.23-02010-09-02
0.22-02010-06-09
0.21-02010-04-20
0.20-32010-01-13
0.20-22009-12-16
0.15-52009-09-18
0.15-42009-04-15
0.15-32009-02-21
0.15-22008-09-12
0.15-12008-09-06
0.15-02008-06-15
0.13-32008-04-22
0.13-22008-01-05
0.13-12007-12-05
0.132007-11-23
0.122007-09-30
0.112007-09-08