How to cite the R package heavy

heavy is a popular R package that is available at https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/heavy/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 7th 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 heavy package have suggested.

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the heavy package (v0.38.196; Osorio & F., 2019).

Reference list entry

Osorio, & F. (2019). heavy: Robust estimation using heavy-tailed distributions. https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=heavy

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 heavy package v0.38.196 (1).

Reference list entry

1.
Osorio, F. heavy: Robust estimation using heavy-tailed distributions [Internet]. 2019. Available from: https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=heavy

BibTeX

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

BibTeX
@MISC{Osorio2019-xa,
  title  = "heavy: Robust estimation using heavy-tailed distributions",
  author = "{Osorio} and {F.}",
  year   =  2019,
  url    = "https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=heavy"
}

RIS

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

RIS
TY  - MISC
AU  - Osorio
AU  - F.
TI  - heavy: Robust estimation using heavy-tailed distributions
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2019
UR  - https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=heavy
ER  - 

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heavy R package release history

VersionRelease date
0.38.192018-02-13
0.38.12017-04-05
0.382016-07-07
0.32016-03-21
0.2-352014-09-01
0.2-32013-03-22
0.22011-01-03
0.1-12009-12-15