How to cite the R package ggmap

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

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the ggmap package (v3.0.0; Kahle & Wickham, 2013).

Reference list entry

Kahle, D., & Wickham, H. (2013). ggmap: Spatial Visualization with ggplot2. In The R Journal (Vol. 5, Issue 1, pp. 144–161). https://journal.r-project.org/archive/2013-1/kahle-wickham.pdf

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 ggmap package v3.0.0 (1).

Reference list entry

1.
Kahle D, Wickham H. ggmap: Spatial Visualization with ggplot2 [Internet]. Vol. 5, The R Journal. 2013. p. 144–61. Available from: https://journal.r-project.org/archive/2013-1/kahle-wickham.pdf

BibTeX

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

BibTeX

@MISC{Kahle2013-iq,
  title   = "ggmap: Spatial Visualization with ggplot2",
  author  = "Kahle, David and Wickham, Hadley",
  journal = "The R Journal",
  volume  =  5,
  number  =  1,
  pages   = "144--161",
  year    =  2013,
  url     = "https://journal.r-project.org/archive/2013-1/kahle-wickham.pdf"
}

RIS

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

RIS

TY  - MISC
AU  - Kahle, David
AU  - Wickham, Hadley
TI  - ggmap: Spatial Visualization with ggplot2
T2  - The R Journal
VL  - 5
IS  - 1
SP  - 144-161
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2013
UR  - https://journal.r-project.org/archive/2013-1/kahle-wickham.pdf
ER  -

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ggmap R package release history

Version	Release date
2.6.2	2019-01-23
2.6.1	2016-01-23
2.6	2015-12-19
2.5.2	2015-08-21
2.4	2015-03-05
2.3	2013-04-13
2.2	2012-09-06
2.1	2012-04-30
2.0	2012-04-13
1.3	2012-03-16
1.2	2012-03-01
0.7	2011-11-30