How to cite the R package mclust
mclust is a popular R package that is available at https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/mclust/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 mclust package have suggested.
Example of an in-text citation
Analysis of the data was done using the mclust package (v5.4.7; Scrucca et al., 2016).
Reference list entry
Scrucca, L., Fop, M., Murphy, T. brendan, & Raftery, A. (2016). Mclust 5: Clustering, classification and density estimation using Gaussian finite mixture models. The R Journal, 8(1), 289.
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 mclust package v5.4.7 (1).
Reference list entry
1.Scrucca L, Fop M, Murphy T brendan, Raftery A. Mclust 5: Clustering, classification and density estimation using Gaussian finite mixture models. R J. 2016;8(1):289.
BibTeX
Reference entry in BibTeX format. Simply copy it to your favorite citation manager.
@ARTICLE{Scrucca2016-vx,
title = "Mclust 5: Clustering, classification and density estimation
using Gaussian finite mixture models",
author = "Scrucca, Luca and Fop, Michael and Murphy, T ,brendan and
Raftery, Adrian,e",
journal = "R J.",
publisher = "The R Foundation",
volume = 8,
number = 1,
pages = "289",
year = 2016,
url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.32614/rj-2016-021",
language = "en",
issn = "2073-4859",
doi = "10.32614/rj-2016-021"
}
RIS
Reference entry in RIS format. Simply copy it to your favorite citation manager.
TY - JOUR
AU - Scrucca, Luca
AU - Fop, Michael
AU - Murphy, T ,brendan
AU - Raftery, Adrian,e
TI - Mclust 5: Clustering, classification and density estimation using Gaussian
finite mixture models
T2 - R J.
VL - 8
IS - 1
SP - 289
PY - 2016
DA - 2016
PB - The R Foundation
SN - 2073-4859
DO - 10.32614/rj-2016-021
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.32614/rj-2016-021
ER -
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mclust R package release history
| Version | Release date |
|---|---|
| 5.4.6 | 2020-04-11 |
| 5.4.5 | 2019-07-08 |
| 5.4.4 | 2019-06-27 |
| 5.4.3 | 2019-03-14 |
| 5.4.2 | 2018-11-17 |
| 5.4.1 | 2018-06-27 |
| 5.4 | 2017-11-22 |
| 5.3 | 2017-05-21 |
| 5.2.3 | 2017-03-13 |
| 5.2.2 | 2017-01-22 |
| 5.2.1 | 2017-01-03 |
| 5.2 | 2016-03-31 |
| 5.1 | 2015-10-27 |
| 5.0.2 | 2015-07-08 |
| 5.0.1 | 2015-04-22 |
| 5.0.0 | 2015-04-09 |
| 4.4 | 2014-09-16 |
| 4.3 | 2014-03-31 |
| 4.2 | 2013-07-19 |
| 4.1 | 2013-05-01 |
| 4.0 | 2012-08-09 |
| 3.5 | 2012-07-22 |
| 3.4.11 | 2012-01-07 |
| 3.4.10 | 2011-05-30 |
| 3.4.9 | 2011-05-28 |
| 3.4.8 | 2010-12-12 |
| 3.4.7 | 2010-10-23 |
| 3.4.6 | 2010-08-10 |
| 3.4.5 | 2010-07-24 |
| 3.4.4 | 2010-04-08 |
| 3.4.3 | 2010-02-20 |
| 3.4.2 | 2010-02-13 |
| 3.4.1 | 2010-01-22 |
| 3.4 | 2009-12-16 |
| 3.3.2 | 2009-10-13 |
| 3.3.1 | 2009-07-01 |
| 3.2.1 | 2009-06-19 |
| 3.2 | 2009-04-29 |
| 3.1-10.3 | 2009-03-08 |
| 3.1-10 | 2008-11-30 |
| 3.1-9 | 2008-10-08 |
| 3.1-8 | 2008-09-29 |
| 3.1-7 | 2008-09-19 |
| 3.1-6 | 2008-08-21 |
| 3.1-5 | 2008-05-19 |
| 3.1-4 | 2008-05-16 |
| 3.1-3 | 2008-02-14 |
| 3.1-2 | 2007-11-17 |
| 3.1-1 | 2007-03-01 |
| 3.1-0 | 2007-01-25 |
| 3.0-0 | 2006-10-04 |
| 2.1-14 | 2006-09-14 |
| 2.1-13 | 2006-09-08 |
| 2.1-12 | 2006-03-24 |
| 2.1-11 | 2005-05-30 |
| 2.1-10 | 2005-05-11 |
| 2.1-9 | 2005-04-28 |
| 2.1-8 | 2005-01-18 |
| 2.1-7 | 2004-12-10 |
| 2.1-6 | 2004-09-28 |
| 2.1-5 | 2004-03-19 |
| 2.1-4 | 2004-03-02 |
| 2.1-3 | 2004-02-19 |
| 2.1-2 | 2003-10-14 |
| 2.1-1 | 2003-04-23 |
| 2.1-0 | 2003-03-26 |
| 2.0-3 | 2002-11-16 |
| 2.0-2 | 2002-10-23 |
| 2.0-1 | 2002-10-09 |
| 1.1-7 | 2002-04-26 |
| 1.1-6 | 2002-02-15 |
| 1.1-5 | 2001-12-12 |
| 1.1-4 | 2001-11-29 |
| 1.1-3 | 2001-05-09 |
| 1.1-2 | 2001-01-25 |
| 1.1-1 | 1999-11-04 |