How to cite the R package cocor

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

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the cocor package (v1.1-3; Diedenhofen & Musch, 2015).

Reference list entry

Diedenhofen, B., & Musch, J. (2015). Cocor: A comprehensive solution for the statistical comparison of correlations. PloS One, 10(4), e0121945.

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 cocor package v1.1-3 (1).

Reference list entry

1.
Diedenhofen B, Musch J. Cocor: A comprehensive solution for the statistical comparison of correlations. PLoS One. 2015 Apr 2;10(4):e0121945.

BibTeX

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

BibTeX

@ARTICLE{Diedenhofen2015-ir,
  title     = "Cocor: A comprehensive solution for the statistical comparison
               of correlations",
  author    = "Diedenhofen, Birk and Musch, Jochen",
  journal   = "PLoS One",
  publisher = "Public Library of Science (PLoS)",
  volume    =  10,
  number    =  4,
  pages     = "e0121945",
  month     =  apr,
  year      =  2015,
  url       = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121945",
  copyright = "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  language  = "en",
  issn      = "1932-6203",
  doi       = "10.1371/journal.pone.0121945"
}

RIS

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

RIS

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Diedenhofen, Birk
AU  - Musch, Jochen
TI  - Cocor: A comprehensive solution for the statistical comparison of
      correlations
T2  - PLoS One
VL  - 10
IS  - 4
SP  - e0121945
PY  - 2015
DA  - 2015/4/2
PB  - Public Library of Science (PLoS)
SN  - 1932-6203
DO  - 10.1371/journal.pone.0121945
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121945
ER  -

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cocor R package release history

Version	Release date
1.1-2	2015-10-18
1.1-1	2015-04-10
1.1-0	2015-01-07
1.0-0	2013-09-21
0.01-4	2013-04-04
0.01-3	2013-03-12
0.01-2	2013-02-21
0.01-1	2012-11-30