How to cite the R package tidyverse
tidyverse is a popular R package that is available at https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/tidyverse/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.
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 tidyverse package have suggested.
Example of an in-text citation
Analysis of the data was done using the tidyverse package (v1.3.0; Wickham et al., 2019).
Reference list entry
Wickham, H., Averick, M., Bryan, J., Chang, W., McGowan, L., François, R., Grolemund, G., Hayes, A., Henry, L., Hester, J., Kuhn, M., Pedersen, T., Miller, E., Bache, S., Müller, K., Ooms, J., Robinson, D., Seidel, D., Spinu, V., … Yutani, H. (2019). Welcome to the tidyverse. Journal of Open Source Software, 4(43), 1686.
Vancouver citation
Formatted according to Vancouver style. Simply copy it to the references section as is.
Example of an in-text citation
Analysis of the data was done using the tidyverse package v1.3.0 (1).
Reference list entry
1.Wickham H, Averick M, Bryan J, Chang W, McGowan L, François R, et al. Welcome to the tidyverse. J Open Source Softw. 2019 Nov 21;4(43):1686.
BibTeX
Reference entry in BibTeX format. Simply copy it to your favorite citation manager.
@ARTICLE{Wickham2019-mu,
title = "Welcome to the tidyverse",
author = "Wickham, Hadley and Averick, Mara and Bryan, Jennifer and Chang,
Winston and McGowan, Lucy and Fran{\c c}ois, Romain and
Grolemund, Garrett and Hayes, Alex and Henry, Lionel and Hester,
Jim and Kuhn, Max and Pedersen, Thomas and Miller, Evan and
Bache, Stephan and M{\"u}ller, Kirill and Ooms, Jeroen and
Robinson, David and Seidel, Dana and Spinu, Vitalie and
Takahashi, Kohske and Vaughan, Davis and Wilke, Claus and Woo,
Kara and Yutani, Hiroaki",
journal = "J. Open Source Softw.",
publisher = "The Open Journal",
volume = 4,
number = 43,
pages = "1686",
month = nov,
year = 2019,
url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.21105/joss.01686",
copyright = "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
issn = "2475-9066",
doi = "10.21105/joss.01686"
}
RIS
Reference entry in RIS format. Simply copy it to your favorite citation manager.
TY - JOUR AU - Wickham, Hadley AU - Averick, Mara AU - Bryan, Jennifer AU - Chang, Winston AU - McGowan, Lucy AU - François, Romain AU - Grolemund, Garrett AU - Hayes, Alex AU - Henry, Lionel AU - Hester, Jim AU - Kuhn, Max AU - Pedersen, Thomas AU - Miller, Evan AU - Bache, Stephan AU - Müller, Kirill AU - Ooms, Jeroen AU - Robinson, David AU - Seidel, Dana AU - Spinu, Vitalie AU - Takahashi, Kohske AU - Vaughan, Davis AU - Wilke, Claus AU - Woo, Kara AU - Yutani, Hiroaki TI - Welcome to the tidyverse T2 - J. Open Source Softw. VL - 4 IS - 43 SP - 1686 PY - 2019 DA - 2019/11/21 PB - The Open Journal SN - 2475-9066 DO - 10.21105/joss.01686 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.21105/joss.01686 ER -
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tidyverse R package release history
| Version | Release date |
|---|---|
| 1.2.1 | 2017-11-14 |
| 1.2.0 | 2017-11-07 |
| 1.1.1 | 2017-01-27 |
| 1.1.0 | 2017-01-20 |
| 1.0.0 | 2016-09-09 |