How to cite the R package nlstools

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

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the nlstools package (v1.0-2; Baty et al., 2015).

Reference list entry

Baty, F., Ritz, C., Charles, S., Brutsche, M., Flandrois, J.-P., & Delignette-Muller, M.-L. (2015). A Toolbox for Nonlinear Regression in R: The Package nlstools. In Journal of Statistical Software (Vol. 66, Issue 5, pp. 1–21). http://www.jstatsoft.org/v66/i05/

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 nlstools package v1.0-2 (1).

Reference list entry

1.
Baty F, Ritz C, Charles S, Brutsche M, Flandrois JP, Delignette-Muller ML. A Toolbox for Nonlinear Regression in R: The Package nlstools [Internet]. Vol. 66, Journal of Statistical Software. 2015. p. 1–21. Available from: http://www.jstatsoft.org/v66/i05/

BibTeX

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

BibTeX

@MISC{Baty2015-wu,
  title   = "A Toolbox for Nonlinear Regression in {R}: The Package {nlstools}",
  author  = "Baty, Florent and Ritz, Christian and Charles, Sandrine and
             Brutsche, Martin and Flandrois, Jean-Pierre and Delignette-Muller,
             Marie-Laure",
  journal = "Journal of Statistical Software",
  volume  =  66,
  number  =  5,
  pages   = "1--21",
  year    =  2015,
  url     = "http://www.jstatsoft.org/v66/i05/"
}

RIS

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

RIS

TY  - MISC
AU  - Baty, Florent
AU  - Ritz, Christian
AU  - Charles, Sandrine
AU  - Brutsche, Martin
AU  - Flandrois, Jean-Pierre
AU  - Delignette-Muller, Marie-Laure
TI  - A Toolbox for Nonlinear Regression in R: The Package nlstools
T2  - Journal of Statistical Software
VL  - 66
IS  - 5
SP  - 1-21
PY  - 2015
DA  - 2015
UR  - http://www.jstatsoft.org/v66/i05/
ER  -

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nlstools R package release history

Version	Release date
1.0-1	2015-02-26
1.0-0	2014-06-25
0.0-15	2013-09-13
0.0-14	2012-12-10
0.0-13	2012-11-30
0.0-12	2012-05-06
0.0-11	2012-01-15
0.0-10	2010-02-22
0.0-9	2009-08-28
0.0-8	2009-02-20
0.0-5	2007-10-29
0.0-4	2007-07-22