How to cite the R package elsa

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

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the elsa package (v1.1-28; Naimi et al., 2019).

Reference list entry

Naimi, B., Hamm, N. A. S., Groen, T. A., Skidmore, A. K., Toxopeus, A. G., & Alibakhshi, S. (2019). ELSA: Entropy-based local indicator of spatial association. Spatial Statistics, 29, 66–88.

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 elsa package v1.1-28 (1).

Reference list entry

1.
Naimi B, Hamm NAS, Groen TA, Skidmore AK, Toxopeus AG, Alibakhshi S. ELSA: Entropy-based local indicator of spatial association. Spat Stat. 2019 Mar;29:66–88.

BibTeX

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

BibTeX

@ARTICLE{Naimi2019-ka,
  title     = "{ELSA}: Entropy-based local indicator of spatial association",
  author    = "Naimi, Babak and Hamm, Nicholas A S and Groen, Thomas A and
               Skidmore, Andrew K and Toxopeus, Albertus G and Alibakhshi, Sara",
  journal   = "Spat. Stat.",
  publisher = "Elsevier BV",
  volume    =  29,
  pages     = "66--88",
  month     =  mar,
  year      =  2019,
  url       = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.spasta.2018.10.001",
  language  = "en",
  issn      = "2211-6753",
  doi       = "10.1016/j.spasta.2018.10.001"
}

RIS

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

RIS

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Naimi, Babak
AU  - Hamm, Nicholas A S
AU  - Groen, Thomas A
AU  - Skidmore, Andrew K
AU  - Toxopeus, Albertus G
AU  - Alibakhshi, Sara
TI  - ELSA: Entropy-based local indicator of spatial association
T2  - Spat. Stat.
VL  - 29
SP  - 66-88
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2019/3
PB  - Elsevier BV
SN  - 2211-6753
DO  - 10.1016/j.spasta.2018.10.001
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.spasta.2018.10.001
ER  -

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