How to cite the R package plink

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

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the plink package (v1.5-1; Weeks, 2010).

Reference list entry

Weeks, J. P. (2010). plink: An R Package for Linking Mixed-Format Tests Using IRT-Based Methods. In Journal of Statistical Software (Vol. 35, Issue 12, pp. 1–33). http://www.jstatsoft.org/v35/i12/

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 plink package v1.5-1 (1).

Reference list entry

1.
Weeks JP. plink: An R Package for Linking Mixed-Format Tests Using IRT-Based Methods [Internet]. Vol. 35, Journal of Statistical Software. 2010. p. 1–33. Available from: http://www.jstatsoft.org/v35/i12/

BibTeX

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

BibTeX

@MISC{Weeks2010-ns,
  title   = "{plink}: An {R} Package for Linking {Mixed-Format} Tests Using
             {IRT-Based} Methods",
  author  = "Weeks, Jonathan P",
  journal = "Journal of Statistical Software",
  volume  =  35,
  number  =  12,
  pages   = "1--33",
  year    =  2010,
  url     = "http://www.jstatsoft.org/v35/i12/"
}

RIS

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

RIS

TY  - MISC
AU  - Weeks, Jonathan P
TI  - plink: An R Package for Linking Mixed-Format Tests Using IRT-Based Methods
T2  - Journal of Statistical Software
VL  - 35
IS  - 12
SP  - 1-33
PY  - 2010
DA  - 2010
UR  - http://www.jstatsoft.org/v35/i12/
ER  -

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plink R package release history

Version	Release date
1.5-0	2017-04-07
1.3-1	2011-07-25
1.3-0	2011-02-12
1.2-7	2010-10-19
1.2-6	2010-09-15
1.2-5	2010-08-13
1.2-4	2010-07-27
1.2-3	2010-04-19
1.2-2	2009-10-23
1.2-1	2009-09-29
1.2-0	2009-08-19
1.1-6	2009-08-07
1.1-5	2009-07-26
1.1-4	2009-06-19
1.1-3	2009-06-14
1.1-2	2009-06-02
1.1-1	2009-05-28
1.1-0	2009-05-15
1.0.0	2009-04-19
0.1-1	2009-01-26
0.1-0	2008-09-28
0.0-6	2008-09-10
0.0-5	2008-09-08
0.0-4	2007-12-05
0.0-3	2007-12-02
0.0-2	2007-09-21
0.0-1	2007-09-13
0.0-0	2007-09-04