How to cite the R package bibliometrix
bibliometrix is a popular R package that is available at https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/bibliometrix/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 bibliometrix package have suggested.
Example of an in-text citation
Analysis of the data was done using the bibliometrix package (v3.0.4; Aria & Cuccurullo, 2017).
Reference list entry
Aria, M., & Cuccurullo, C. (2017). bibliometrix : An R-tool for comprehensive science mapping analysis. Journal of Informetrics, 11(4), 959–975.
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 bibliometrix package v3.0.4 (1).
Reference list entry
1.Aria M, Cuccurullo C. bibliometrix : An R-tool for comprehensive science mapping analysis. J Informetr. 2017 Nov;11(4):959–75.
BibTeX
Reference entry in BibTeX format. Simply copy it to your favorite citation manager.
@ARTICLE{Aria2017-qr,
title = "bibliometrix : An R-tool for comprehensive science mapping
analysis",
author = "Aria, Massimo and Cuccurullo, Corrado",
journal = "J. Informetr.",
publisher = "Elsevier BV",
volume = 11,
number = 4,
pages = "959--975",
month = nov,
year = 2017,
url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2017.08.007",
language = "en",
issn = "1751-1577, 1875-5879",
doi = "10.1016/j.joi.2017.08.007"
}
RIS
Reference entry in RIS format. Simply copy it to your favorite citation manager.
TY - JOUR AU - Aria, Massimo AU - Cuccurullo, Corrado TI - bibliometrix : An R-tool for comprehensive science mapping analysis T2 - J. Informetr. VL - 11 IS - 4 SP - 959-975 PY - 2017 DA - 2017/11 PB - Elsevier BV SN - 1751-1577 DO - 10.1016/j.joi.2017.08.007 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2017.08.007 ER -
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bibliometrix R package release history
| Version | Release date |
|---|---|
| 3.0.3 | 2020-09-28 |
| 3.0.2 | 2020-06-17 |
| 3.0.1 | 2020-05-25 |
| 3.0.0 | 2020-04-16 |
| 2.3.2 | 2019-11-23 |
| 2.3.1 | 2019-10-30 |
| 2.3.0 | 2019-10-17 |
| 2.2.1 | 2019-06-27 |
| 2.2.0 | 2019-05-03 |
| 2.1.2 | 2019-03-14 |
| 2.1.1 | 2019-02-07 |
| 2.1.0 | 2019-01-11 |
| 2.0.2 | 2018-11-16 |
| 2.0.1 | 2018-10-09 |
| 2.0.0 | 2018-09-10 |
| 1.9.4 | 2018-06-25 |
| 1.9.3 | 2018-05-15 |
| 1.9.2 | 2018-03-28 |
| 1.9.1 | 2018-03-14 |
| 1.9 | 2018-01-18 |
| 1.8 | 2017-09-14 |
| 1.7 | 2017-07-07 |
| 1.6 | 2017-05-09 |
| 1.5 | 2017-03-15 |
| 1.4 | 2017-01-24 |
| 1.3 | 2016-12-09 |
| 1.2 | 2016-10-18 |
| 1.1 | 2016-09-07 |
| 1.0 | 2016-07-28 |
| 0.8 | 2016-06-20 |
| 0.5 | 2016-05-30 |
| 0.3 | 2016-05-21 |
| 0.2 | 2016-05-19 |
| 0.1 | 2016-05-08 |