How to cite the R package knitr
knitr is a popular R package that is available at https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/knitr/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.
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 knitr package have suggested.
Example of an in-text citation
Analysis of the data was done using the knitr package (v1.31; Xie, 2021).
Reference list entry
Xie, Y. (2021). knitr: A General-Purpose Package for Dynamic Report Generation in R. https://yihui.org/knitr/
Vancouver citation
Formatted according to Vancouver style. Simply copy it to the references section as is.
Example of an in-text citation
Analysis of the data was done using the knitr package v1.31 (1).
Reference list entry
1.Xie Y. knitr: A General-Purpose Package for Dynamic Report Generation in R [Internet]. 2021. Available from: https://yihui.org/knitr/
BibTeX
Reference entry in BibTeX format. Simply copy it to your favorite citation manager.
@MISC{Xie2021-ps, title = "knitr: A {General-Purpose} Package for Dynamic Report Generation in {R}", author = "Xie, Yihui", year = 2021, url = "https://yihui.org/knitr/" }
RIS
Reference entry in RIS format. Simply copy it to your favorite citation manager.
TY - MISC AU - Xie, Yihui TI - knitr: A General-Purpose Package for Dynamic Report Generation in R PY - 2021 DA - 2021 UR - https://yihui.org/knitr/ ER -
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knitr R package release history
Version | Release date |
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1.30 | 2020-09-22 |
1.29 | 2020-06-23 |
1.28 | 2020-02-06 |
1.27 | 2020-01-16 |
1.26 | 2019-11-12 |
1.25 | 2019-09-18 |
1.24 | 2019-08-08 |
1.23 | 2019-05-18 |
1.22 | 2019-03-09 |
1.21 | 2018-12-11 |
1.20 | 2018-02-20 |
1.19 | 2018-01-29 |
1.18 | 2017-12-27 |
1.17 | 2017-08-10 |
1.16 | 2017-05-18 |
1.15.1 | 2016-11-22 |
1.15 | 2016-11-09 |
1.14 | 2016-08-13 |
1.13 | 2016-05-09 |
1.12.3 | 2016-01-22 |
1.12 | 2016-01-07 |
1.11 | 2015-08-14 |
1.10.5 | 2015-05-06 |
1.10 | 2015-04-23 |
1.9 | 2015-01-20 |
1.8 | 2014-11-11 |
1.7 | 2014-10-13 |
1.6 | 2014-05-25 |
1.5 | 2013-09-28 |
1.4.1 | 2013-08-12 |
1.4 | 2013-08-10 |
1.2 | 2013-07-16 |
1.3 | 2013-07-15 |
1.1 | 2013-02-16 |
1.0.5 | 2013-01-21 |
0.9 | 2013-01-20 |
1.0 | 2013-01-14 |
0.8 | 2012-09-04 |
0.7 | 2012-07-17 |
0.6.3 | 2012-06-22 |
0.6 | 2012-06-11 |
0.4 | 2012-04-29 |
0.5 | 2012-04-29 |
0.3 | 2012-02-28 |
0.2 | 2012-01-28 |
0.1 | 2012-01-17 |