How to cite the Bioconductor package dada2

dada2 is a popular Bioconductor package that is available at https://bioconductor.org/packages/dada2. 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 dada2 package have suggested.

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the dada2 package (v1.18.0; Callahan et al., 2016).

Reference list entry

Callahan, B. J., McMurdie, P. J., Rosen, M. J., Han, A. W., Johnson, A. J. A., & Holmes, S. P. (2016). DADA2: High-resolution sample inference from Illumina amplicon data. Nature Methods, 13(7), 581–583.

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 dada2 package v1.18.0 (1).

Reference list entry

1.
Callahan BJ, McMurdie PJ, Rosen MJ, Han AW, Johnson AJA, Holmes SP. DADA2: High-resolution sample inference from Illumina amplicon data. Nat Methods. 2016 Jul;13(7):581–3.

BibTeX

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

BibTeX

@ARTICLE{Callahan2016-sp,
  title     = "{DADA2}: High-resolution sample inference from Illumina amplicon
               data",
  author    = "Callahan, Benjamin J and McMurdie, Paul J and Rosen, Michael J
               and Han, Andrew W and Johnson, Amy Jo A and Holmes, Susan P",
  journal   = "Nat. Methods",
  publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media LLC",
  volume    =  13,
  number    =  7,
  pages     = "581--583",
  month     =  jul,
  year      =  2016,
  url       = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.3869",
  language  = "en",
  issn      = "1548-7091, 1548-7105",
  doi       = "10.1038/nmeth.3869"
}

RIS

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

RIS

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Callahan, Benjamin J
AU  - McMurdie, Paul J
AU  - Rosen, Michael J
AU  - Han, Andrew W
AU  - Johnson, Amy Jo A
AU  - Holmes, Susan P
TI  - DADA2: High-resolution sample inference from Illumina amplicon data
T2  - Nat. Methods
VL  - 13
IS  - 7
SP  - 581-583
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2016/7
PB  - Springer Science and Business Media LLC
SN  - 1548-7091
DO  - 10.1038/nmeth.3869
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.3869
ER  -

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