How to cite the R package rfishbase

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

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the rfishbase package (v3.1.6; Boettiger et al., 2012).

Reference list entry

Boettiger, C., Lang, D. T., & Wainwright, P. C. (2012). rfishbase: exploring, manipulating and visualizing FishBase data from R. Journal of Fish Biology, 81(6), 2030–2039.

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 rfishbase package v3.1.6 (1).

Reference list entry

1.
Boettiger C, Lang DT, Wainwright PC. rfishbase: exploring, manipulating and visualizing FishBase data from R. J Fish Biol. 2012 Nov;81(6):2030–9.

BibTeX

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

BibTeX

@ARTICLE{Boettiger2012-mv,
  title     = "rfishbase: exploring, manipulating and visualizing {FishBase}
               data from {R}",
  author    = "Boettiger, C and Lang, D T and Wainwright, P C",
  journal   = "J. Fish Biol.",
  publisher = "Wiley",
  volume    =  81,
  number    =  6,
  pages     = "2030--2039",
  month     =  nov,
  year      =  2012,
  url       = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03464.x",
  language  = "en",
  issn      = "0022-1112, 1095-8649",
  doi       = "10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03464.x"
}

RIS

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

RIS

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Boettiger, C
AU  - Lang, D T
AU  - Wainwright, P C
TI  - rfishbase: exploring, manipulating and visualizing FishBase data from R
T2  - J. Fish Biol.
VL  - 81
IS  - 6
SP  - 2030-2039
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012/11
PB  - Wiley
SN  - 0022-1112
DO  - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03464.x
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03464.x
ER  -

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rfishbase R package release history

Version	Release date
3.1.5	2021-01-18
3.1.4	2021-01-13
3.0.4	2019-06-27
3.0.3	2019-03-13
3.0.1	2019-03-02
3.0.0.1	2019-03-01
3.0.0	2018-11-09
2.1.2	2017-04-19
2.1.1	2016-07-22
2.1.0	2015-11-10
2.0.3	2015-09-09
2.0.2	2015-09-02
2.0.1	2015-08-15
0.2-2	2014-01-07
0.2-1	2013-02-14
0.0-9	2012-05-15
0.0-8	2012-04-03
0.0-7	2011-10-26