How to cite the R package rworldmap

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

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the rworldmap package (v1.3-6; South, 2011).

Reference list entry

South, A. (2011). rworldmap: A New R package for Mapping Global Data. In The R Journal (Vol. 3, Issue 1, pp. 35–43). http://journal.r-project.org/archive/2011-1/RJournal_2011-1_South.pdf

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 rworldmap package v1.3-6 (1).

Reference list entry

1.
South A. rworldmap: A New R package for Mapping Global Data [Internet]. Vol. 3, The R Journal. 2011. p. 35–43. Available from: http://journal.r-project.org/archive/2011-1/RJournal_2011-1_South.pdf

BibTeX

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

BibTeX

@MISC{South2011-hj,
  title   = "rworldmap: A New {R} package for Mapping Global Data",
  author  = "South, Andy",
  journal = "The R Journal",
  volume  =  3,
  number  =  1,
  pages   = "35--43",
  month   =  jun,
  year    =  2011,
  url     = "http://journal.r-project.org/archive/2011-1/RJournal_2011-1_South.pdf",
  issn    = "2073-4859"
}

RIS

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

RIS

TY  - MISC
AU  - South, Andy
TI  - rworldmap: A New R package for Mapping Global Data
T2  - The R Journal
VL  - 3
IS  - 1
SP  - 35-43
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011/6
UR  - http://journal.r-project.org/archive/2011-1/RJournal_2011-1_South.pdf
ER  -

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rworldmap R package release history

Version	Release date
1.3-1	2013-12-12
1.02	2012-10-05
1.01	2012-10-03
0.1310	2012-04-25
0.1300	2012-03-07
0.1211	2011-02-15
0.121.1	2011-02-11
0.121	2010-12-19
0.120	2010-12-13
0.110	2010-08-31
0.107	2010-02-03
0.106	2010-01-06