How to cite the R package picante
picante is a popular R package that is available at https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/picante/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 picante package have suggested.
Example of an in-text citation
Analysis of the data was done using the picante package (v1.8.2; Kembel et al., 2010).
Reference list entry
Kembel, S. W., Cowan, P. D., Helmus, M. R., Cornwell, W. K., Morlon, H., Ackerly, D. D., Blomberg, S. P., & Webb, C. O. (2010). Picante: R tools for integrating phylogenies and ecology. In Bioinformatics (Vol. 26, pp. 1463–1464).
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 picante package v1.8.2 (1).
Reference list entry
1.Kembel SW, Cowan PD, Helmus MR, Cornwell WK, Morlon H, Ackerly DD, et al. Picante: R tools for integrating phylogenies and ecology. Vol. 26, Bioinformatics. 2010. p. 1463–4.
BibTeX
Reference entry in BibTeX format. Simply copy it to your favorite citation manager.
@MISC{Kembel2010-cm,
title = "Picante: {R} tools for integrating phylogenies and ecology",
author = "Kembel, S W and Cowan, P D and Helmus, M R and Cornwell, W K and
Morlon, H and Ackerly, D D and Blomberg, S P and Webb, C O",
journal = "Bioinformatics",
volume = 26,
pages = "1463--1464",
year = 2010
}
RIS
Reference entry in RIS format. Simply copy it to your favorite citation manager.
TY - MISC AU - Kembel, S W AU - Cowan, P D AU - Helmus, M R AU - Cornwell, W K AU - Morlon, H AU - Ackerly, D D AU - Blomberg, S P AU - Webb, C O TI - Picante: R tools for integrating phylogenies and ecology T2 - Bioinformatics VL - 26 SP - 1463-1464 PY - 2010 DA - 2010 ER -
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picante R package release history
| Version | Release date |
|---|---|
| 1.8.1 | 2020-02-13 |
| 1.8 | 2019-03-21 |
| 1.7 | 2018-05-14 |
| 1.6-2 | 2014-03-05 |
| 1.6-1 | 2013-11-01 |
| 1.6-0 | 2013-05-31 |
| 1.5-2 | 2012-10-09 |
| 1.5-1 | 2012-10-02 |
| 1.4-2 | 2012-09-22 |
| 1.4-1 | 2012-09-04 |
| 1.3-0 | 2011-04-24 |
| 1.2-0 | 2010-07-24 |
| 1.1-1 | 2010-05-22 |
| 1.1-0 | 2010-04-10 |
| 1.0-1 | 2010-03-04 |
| 1.0-0 | 2010-02-15 |
| 0.7-2 | 2009-10-27 |
| 0.7-1 | 2009-07-03 |
| 0.7-0 | 2009-05-24 |
| 0.6-1 | 2009-03-19 |
| 0.6-0 | 2009-02-25 |
| 0.5-3 | 2009-01-28 |
| 0.5-2 | 2009-01-27 |
| 0.4-0 | 2008-08-23 |
| 0.3-0 | 2008-07-20 |
| 0.2-0 | 2008-06-18 |
| 0.1-2 | 2008-06-03 |