How to cite the Bioconductor package rain

rain is a popular Bioconductor package that is available at https://bioconductor.org/packages/rain. 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 rain package have suggested.

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the rain package (v1.24.0; Thaben & Westermark, 2014).

Reference list entry

Thaben, P. F., & Westermark, P. O. (2014). Detecting rhythms in time series with RAIN. Journal of Biological Rhythms, 29(6), 391–400.

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 rain package v1.24.0 (1).

Reference list entry

1.
Thaben PF, Westermark PO. Detecting rhythms in time series with RAIN. J Biol Rhythms. 2014 Dec;29(6):391–400.

BibTeX

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

BibTeX

@ARTICLE{Thaben2014-gv,
  title     = "Detecting rhythms in time series with {RAIN}",
  author    = "Thaben, Paul F and Westermark, P{\aa}l O",
  journal   = "J. Biol. Rhythms",
  publisher = "SAGE Publications",
  volume    =  29,
  number    =  6,
  pages     = "391--400",
  month     =  dec,
  year      =  2014,
  url       = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0748730414553029",
  language  = "en",
  issn      = "0748-7304, 1552-4531",
  doi       = "10.1177/0748730414553029"
}

RIS

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

RIS

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Thaben, Paul F
AU  - Westermark, Pål O
AD  - Institute for Theoretical Biology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin,
      Berlin, Germany
TI  - Detecting rhythms in time series with RAIN
T2  - J. Biol. Rhythms
VL  - 29
IS  - 6
SP  - 391-400
PY  - 2014
DA  - 2014/12
PB  - SAGE Publications
SN  - 0748-7304
DO  - 10.1177/0748730414553029
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0748730414553029
ER  -

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