How to cite the R package ggtern

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

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the ggtern package (v3.3.0; Hamilton & Ferry, 2018).

Reference list entry

Hamilton, N. E., & Ferry, M. (2018). Ggtern: Ternary diagrams using ggplot2. Journal of Statistical Software, 87(Code Snippet 3). https://doi.org/10.18637/jss.v087.c03

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 ggtern package v3.3.0 (1).

Reference list entry

1.
Hamilton NE, Ferry M. Ggtern: Ternary diagrams using ggplot2. J Stat Softw [Internet]. 2018;87(Code Snippet 3). Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.18637/jss.v087.c03

BibTeX

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

BibTeX

@ARTICLE{Hamilton2018-ys,
  title     = "Ggtern: Ternary diagrams using ggplot2",
  author    = "Hamilton, Nicholas E and Ferry, Michael",
  journal   = "J. Stat. Softw.",
  publisher = "Foundation for Open Access Statistic",
  volume    =  87,
  number    = "Code Snippet 3",
  year      =  2018,
  url       = "http://dx.doi.org/10.18637/jss.v087.c03",
  language  = "en",
  issn      = "1548-7660",
  doi       = "10.18637/jss.v087.c03"
}

RIS

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

RIS

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Hamilton, Nicholas E
AU  - Ferry, Michael
TI  - Ggtern: Ternary diagrams using ggplot2
T2  - J. Stat. Softw.
VL  - 87
IS  - Code Snippet 3
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2018
PB  - Foundation for Open Access Statistic
SN  - 1548-7660
DO  - 10.18637/jss.v087.c03
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.18637/jss.v087.c03
ER  -

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ggtern R package release history

Version	Release date
3.1.0	2018-12-19
3.0.0.1	2018-11-06
3.0.0	2018-08-22
2.2.1	2017-07-17
2.2.0	2016-11-23
2.1.4	2016-07-22
2.1.3	2016-07-15
2.1.2	2016-07-05
2.1.1	2016-03-31
2.1.0	2016-03-18
2.0.1	2016-01-16
1.0.6.1	2015-10-12
1.0.6.0	2015-08-03
1.0.5.0	2015-04-15
1.0.3.2	2014-05-31
1.0.3.1	2014-01-31
1.0.2.0	2014-01-04
1.0.1.3	2013-12-18