How to cite the R package overlapping

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

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the overlapping package (v1.6; Pastore, 2018).

Reference list entry

Pastore, M. (2018). Overlapping: A R package for estimating overlapping in empirical distributions. Journal of Open Source Software, 3(32), 1023.

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 overlapping package v1.6 (1).

Reference list entry

1.
Pastore M. Overlapping: A R package for estimating overlapping in empirical distributions. J Open Source Softw. 2018 Dec 5;3(32):1023.

BibTeX

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

BibTeX

@ARTICLE{Pastore2018-et,
  title     = "Overlapping: A {R} package for estimating overlapping in
               empirical distributions",
  author    = "Pastore, Massimiliano",
  journal   = "J. Open Source Softw.",
  publisher = "The Open Journal",
  volume    =  3,
  number    =  32,
  pages     = "1023",
  month     =  dec,
  year      =  2018,
  url       = "http://dx.doi.org/10.21105/joss.01023",
  copyright = "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  issn      = "2475-9066",
  doi       = "10.21105/joss.01023"
}

RIS

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

RIS

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Pastore, Massimiliano
TI  - Overlapping: A R package for estimating overlapping in empirical
      distributions
T2  - J. Open Source Softw.
VL  - 3
IS  - 32
SP  - 1023
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2018/12/5
PB  - The Open Journal
SN  - 2475-9066
DO  - 10.21105/joss.01023
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.21105/joss.01023
ER  -

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overlapping R package release history

Version	Release date
1.5.4	2019-08-20
1.5.3	2019-05-28
1.5.2	2018-12-20
1.5.1	2018-12-06
1.5.0	2017-06-15
1.4.0	2017-01-19
1.3	2016-06-24
1.2	2016-02-08
1.1	2016-01-08