How to cite the R package pmc

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

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the pmc package (v1.0.4; Boettiger et al., 2012).

Reference list entry

Boettiger, C., Coop, G., & Ralph, P. (2012). Is your phylogeny informative? Measuring the power of comparative methods: Is your phylogeny informative? Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution, 66(7), 2240–2251.

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 pmc package v1.0.4 (1).

Reference list entry

1.
Boettiger C, Coop G, Ralph P. Is your phylogeny informative? Measuring the power of comparative methods: Is your phylogeny informative? Evolution. 2012 Jul;66(7):2240–51.

BibTeX

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

BibTeX

@ARTICLE{Boettiger2012-oj,
  title     = "Is your phylogeny informative? Measuring the power of
               comparative methods: Is your phylogeny informative?",
  author    = "Boettiger, Carl and Coop, Graham and Ralph, Peter",
  journal   = "Evolution",
  publisher = "Wiley",
  volume    =  66,
  number    =  7,
  pages     = "2240--2251",
  month     =  jul,
  year      =  2012,
  url       = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01574.x",
  language  = "en",
  issn      = "0014-3820, 1558-5646",
  doi       = "10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01574.x"
}

RIS

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

RIS

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Boettiger, Carl
AU  - Coop, Graham
AU  - Ralph, Peter
TI  - Is your phylogeny informative? Measuring the power of comparative methods:
      Is your phylogeny informative?
T2  - Evolution
VL  - 66
IS  - 7
SP  - 2240-2251
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012/7
PB  - Wiley
SN  - 0014-3820
DO  - 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01574.x
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01574.x
ER  -

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pmc R package release history

Version	Release date
1.0.3	2018-05-17
1.0.2	2016-12-05
1.0.1	2015-09-14
1.0.0	2015-06-26
0.0-8	2013-03-04
0.0-7	2012-06-20
0.0-5	2012-03-01
0.0-4	2012-01-22