How to cite the R package automap

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

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the automap package (v1.0-14; Hiemstra et al., 2009).

Reference list entry

Hiemstra, P. H., Pebesma, E. J., Twenhöfel, C. J. W., & Heuvelink, G. B. M. (2009). Real-time automatic interpolation of ambient gamma dose rates from the Dutch radioactivity monitoring network. Computers & Geosciences, 35(8), 1711–1721.

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 automap package v1.0-14 (1).

Reference list entry

1.
Hiemstra PH, Pebesma EJ, Twenhöfel CJW, Heuvelink GBM. Real-time automatic interpolation of ambient gamma dose rates from the Dutch radioactivity monitoring network. Comput Geosci. 2009 Aug;35(8):1711–21.

BibTeX

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

BibTeX

@ARTICLE{Hiemstra2009-js,
  title     = "Real-time automatic interpolation of ambient gamma dose rates
               from the Dutch radioactivity monitoring network",
  author    = "Hiemstra, Paul H and Pebesma, Edzer J and Twenh{\"o}fel, Chris J
               W and Heuvelink, Gerard B M",
  journal   = "Comput. Geosci.",
  publisher = "Elsevier BV",
  volume    =  35,
  number    =  8,
  pages     = "1711--1721",
  month     =  aug,
  year      =  2009,
  url       = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2008.10.011",
  language  = "en",
  issn      = "0098-3004, 1873-7803",
  doi       = "10.1016/j.cageo.2008.10.011"
}

RIS

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

RIS

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Hiemstra, Paul H
AU  - Pebesma, Edzer J
AU  - Twenhöfel, Chris J W
AU  - Heuvelink, Gerard B M
TI  - Real-time automatic interpolation of ambient gamma dose rates from the
      Dutch radioactivity monitoring network
T2  - Comput. Geosci.
VL  - 35
IS  - 8
SP  - 1711-1721
PY  - 2009
DA  - 2009/8
PB  - Elsevier BV
SN  - 0098-3004
DO  - 10.1016/j.cageo.2008.10.011
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2008.10.011
ER  -

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automap R package release history

Version	Release date
1.0-12	2012-02-08
1.0-11	2011-07-23
1.0-10	2011-05-30
1.0-9	2010-12-21
1.0-8	2010-11-17
1.0-7	2010-05-04
1.0-5	2009-11-23
1.0-4	2009-11-17
1.0-2	2009-07-18
1.0-0	2009-03-19