How to cite the R package coloc

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

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the coloc package (v3.2-1; Wallace et al., 2012).

Reference list entry

Wallace, C., Rotival, M., Cooper, J. D., Rice, C. M., Yang, J. H. M., McNeill, M., Smyth, D. J., Niblett, D., Cambien, F., Tiret, L., Todd, J. A., Clayton, D. G., Blankenberg, S., & The Cardiogenics Consortium. (2012). Statistical colocalization of monocyte gene expression and genetic risk variants for type 1 diabetes. Human Molecular Genetics, 21(12), 2815–2824.

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 coloc package v3.2-1 (1).

Reference list entry

1.
Wallace C, Rotival M, Cooper JD, Rice CM, Yang JHM, McNeill M, et al. Statistical colocalization of monocyte gene expression and genetic risk variants for type 1 diabetes. Hum Mol Genet. 2012 Jun 15;21(12):2815–24.

BibTeX

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

BibTeX

@ARTICLE{Wallace2012-pg,
  title     = "Statistical colocalization of monocyte gene expression and
               genetic risk variants for type 1 diabetes",
  author    = "Wallace, Chris and Rotival, Maxime and Cooper, Jason D and Rice,
               Catherine M and Yang, Jennie H M and McNeill, Mhairi and Smyth,
               Deborah J and Niblett, David and Cambien, Fran{\c c}ois and
               Tiret, Laurence and Todd, John A and Clayton, David G and
               Blankenberg, Stefan and {The Cardiogenics Consortium}",
  journal   = "Hum. Mol. Genet.",
  publisher = "Oxford University Press (OUP)",
  volume    =  21,
  number    =  12,
  pages     = "2815--2824",
  month     =  jun,
  year      =  2012,
  url       = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hmg/dds098",
  copyright = "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/",
  language  = "en",
  issn      = "0964-6906, 1460-2083",
  doi       = "10.1093/hmg/dds098"
}

RIS

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

RIS

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Wallace, Chris
AU  - Rotival, Maxime
AU  - Cooper, Jason D
AU  - Rice, Catherine M
AU  - Yang, Jennie H M
AU  - McNeill, Mhairi
AU  - Smyth, Deborah J
AU  - Niblett, David
AU  - Cambien, François
AU  - Tiret, Laurence
AU  - Todd, John A
AU  - Clayton, David G
AU  - Blankenberg, Stefan
AU  - The Cardiogenics Consortium
AD  - Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation/Wellcome Trust Diabetes and
      Inflammation Laboratory, Department of Medical Genetics, NIHR Biomedical
      Research Centre, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of
      Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XY, UK,;
      INSERM UMRS 937, Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC, Paris 6) and
      Medical School, Paris F-75634, France,; Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute,
      Hinxton CB10 1SA, UK; Department of Medicine II, Johannes
      Gutenberg-University Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, Mainz 55131, Germany
TI  - Statistical colocalization of monocyte gene expression and genetic risk
      variants for type 1 diabetes
T2  - Hum. Mol. Genet.
VL  - 21
IS  - 12
SP  - 2815-2824
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012/6/15
PB  - Oxford University Press (OUP)
SN  - 0964-6906
DO  - 10.1093/hmg/dds098
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hmg/dds098
ER  -

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coloc R package release history

Version	Release date
3.1	2018-02-24
2.3-1	2013-09-29
2.3	2013-09-25
2.2	2013-06-19
2.1	2013-06-03
2.0	2013-05-23
1.11	2013-01-25
1.10	2012-11-30
1.08	2012-04-12
1.07	2012-02-22
1.05	2012-01-04