How to cite the R package metafor

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

Vancouver citation

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BibTeX

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

@MISC{Viechtbauer2010-bc,
  title   = "Conducting meta-analyses in {R} with the {metafor} package",
  author  = "Viechtbauer, Wolfgang",
  journal = "Journal of Statistical Software",
  volume  =  36,
  number  =  3,
  pages   = "1--48",
  year    =  2010,
  url     = "https://www.jstatsoft.org/v36/i03/"
}

RIS

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

TY  - MISC
AU  - Viechtbauer, Wolfgang
TI  - Conducting meta-analyses in R with the metafor package
T2  - Journal of Statistical Software
VL  - 36
IS  - 3
SP  - 1-48
PY  - 2010
DA  - 2010
UR  - https://www.jstatsoft.org/v36/i03/
ER  - 

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