How to cite the R package spider

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

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the spider package (v1.5.0; Brown et al., 2012).

Reference list entry

Brown, S. D. J., Collins, R. A., Boyer, S., Lefort, M.-C., Malumbres-Olarte, J., Vink, C. J., & Cruickshank, R. H. (2012). SPIDER: an R package for the analysis of species identity and evolution, with particular reference to DNA barcoding. In Molecular Ecology Resources (Vol. 12, pp. 562–565).

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 spider package v1.5.0 (1).

Reference list entry

1.
Brown SDJ, Collins RA, Boyer S, Lefort MC, Malumbres-Olarte J, Vink CJ, et al. SPIDER: an R package for the analysis of species identity and evolution, with particular reference to DNA barcoding. Vol. 12, Molecular Ecology Resources. 2012. p. 562–5.

BibTeX

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

BibTeX

@MISC{Brown2012-gt,
  title   = "{{SPIDER}}: an {R} package for the analysis of species identity
             and evolution, with particular reference to {DNA} barcoding",
  author  = "Brown, Samuel D J and Collins, Rupert A and Boyer, Stephane and
             Lefort, Marie-Caroline and Malumbres-Olarte, Jagoba and Vink, Cor
             J and Cruickshank, Robert H",
  journal = "Molecular Ecology Resources",
  volume  =  12,
  pages   = "562--565",
  year    =  2012
}

RIS

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

RIS

TY  - MISC
AU  - Brown, Samuel D J
AU  - Collins, Rupert A
AU  - Boyer, Stephane
AU  - Lefort, Marie-Caroline
AU  - Malumbres-Olarte, Jagoba
AU  - Vink, Cor J
AU  - Cruickshank, Robert H
TI  - SPIDER: an R package for the analysis of species identity and evolution,
      with particular reference to DNA barcoding
T2  - Molecular Ecology Resources
VL  - 12
SP  - 562-565
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012
ER  -

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spider R package release history

Version	Release date
1.3-0	2013-12-27
1.2-0	2012-12-25
1.1-5	2012-11-15
1.1-3	2012-04-23
1.1-2	2012-03-14
1.1-1	2011-12-27
1.1-0	2011-11-12