How to cite the R package rgbif
rgbif is a popular R package that is available at https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/rgbif/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 rgbif package have suggested.
Example of an in-text citation
Analysis of the data was done using the rgbif package (v3.5.2; Chamberlain et al., 2021).
Reference list entry
Chamberlain, S., Barve, V., Mcglinn, D., Oldoni, D., Desmet, P., Geffert, L., & Ram, K. (2021). rgbif: Interface to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility API. https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=rgbif
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 rgbif package v3.5.2 (1).
Reference list entry
1.Chamberlain S, Barve V, Mcglinn D, Oldoni D, Desmet P, Geffert L, et al. rgbif: Interface to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility API [Internet]. 2021. Available from: https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=rgbif
BibTeX
Reference entry in BibTeX format. Simply copy it to your favorite citation manager.
@MISC{Chamberlain2021-yy,
title = "rgbif: Interface to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility
{API}",
author = "Chamberlain, Scott and Barve, Vijay and Mcglinn, Dan and Oldoni,
Damiano and Desmet, Peter and Geffert, Laurens and Ram, Karthik",
year = 2021,
url = "https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=rgbif"
}
RIS
Reference entry in RIS format. Simply copy it to your favorite citation manager.
TY - MISC AU - Chamberlain, Scott AU - Barve, Vijay AU - Mcglinn, Dan AU - Oldoni, Damiano AU - Desmet, Peter AU - Geffert, Laurens AU - Ram, Karthik TI - rgbif: Interface to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility API PY - 2021 DA - 2021 UR - https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=rgbif ER -
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rgbif R package release history
| Version | Release date |
|---|---|
| 3.5.0 | 2021-01-13 |
| 3.4.2 | 2021-01-06 |
| 3.4.0 | 2020-12-03 |
| 3.3.0 | 2020-09-08 |
| 3.2.0 | 2020-07-23 |
| 3.1.0 | 2020-06-30 |
| 3.0.0 | 2020-06-23 |
| 2.3 | 2020-05-28 |
| 2.2.0 | 2020-03-09 |
| 2.1.0 | 2020-02-13 |
| 2.0.0 | 2020-01-31 |
| 1.4.0 | 2019-10-30 |
| 1.3.0 | 2019-05-08 |
| 1.2.0 | 2019-02-26 |
| 1.1.0 | 2018-10-20 |
| 1.0.2 | 2018-07-06 |
| 1.0.0 | 2018-07-03 |
| 0.9.9 | 2017-11-12 |
| 0.9.8 | 2017-04-19 |
| 0.9.7 | 2017-01-21 |
| 0.9.6 | 2016-12-06 |
| 0.9.5 | 2016-10-06 |
| 0.9.4 | 2016-06-29 |
| 0.9.3 | 2016-03-29 |
| 0.9.2 | 2016-02-02 |
| 0.9.0 | 2015-11-25 |
| 0.8.9 | 2015-10-07 |
| 0.8.8 | 2015-07-24 |
| 0.8.6 | 2015-07-03 |
| 0.8.4 | 2015-06-08 |
| 0.8.0 | 2015-03-09 |
| 0.7.7 | 2014-11-07 |
| 0.7.0 | 2014-07-31 |
| 0.6.2 | 2014-04-24 |
| 0.6.0 | 2014-04-17 |
| 0.5.0 | 2014-02-16 |
| 0.4.0 | 2013-11-20 |
| 0.3.0 | 2013-07-19 |
| 0.2.0 | 2013-03-01 |
| 0.1.5 | 2012-12-04 |
| 0.0.1 | 2012-03-21 |