How to cite the R package moult

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

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the moult package (v2.1.0; Erni et al., 2013).

Reference list entry

Erni, B., Bonnevie, B. T., Oschadleus, H.-D., Altwegg, R., & Underhill, L. G. (2013). moult: An R Package to Analyze Moult in Birds. In Journal of Statistical Software (Vol. 52, Issue 8, pp. 1–23). http://www.jstatsoft.org/v52/i08/

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 moult package v2.1.0 (1).

Reference list entry

1.
Erni B, Bonnevie BT, Oschadleus HD, Altwegg R, Underhill LG. moult: An R Package to Analyze Moult in Birds [Internet]. Vol. 52, Journal of Statistical Software. 2013. p. 1–23. Available from: http://www.jstatsoft.org/v52/i08/

BibTeX

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

BibTeX

@MISC{Erni2013-ar,
  title   = "{moult}: An {R} Package to Analyze Moult in Birds",
  author  = "Erni, Birgit and Bonnevie, Bo T and Oschadleus, Hans-Dieter and
             Altwegg, Res and Underhill, Les G",
  journal = "Journal of Statistical Software",
  volume  =  52,
  number  =  8,
  pages   = "1--23",
  year    =  2013,
  url     = "http://www.jstatsoft.org/v52/i08/"
}

RIS

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

RIS

TY  - MISC
AU  - Erni, Birgit
AU  - Bonnevie, Bo T
AU  - Oschadleus, Hans-Dieter
AU  - Altwegg, Res
AU  - Underhill, Les G
TI  - moult: An R Package to Analyze Moult in Birds
T2  - Journal of Statistical Software
VL  - 52
IS  - 8
SP  - 1-23
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2013
UR  - http://www.jstatsoft.org/v52/i08/
ER  -

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moult R package release history

Version	Release date
2.0.0	2016-05-05
1.4	2014-10-08
1.3	2013-08-08
1.2	2013-01-16
1.1	2012-06-23
1.0	2011-05-12