How to cite the R package seas

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

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the seas package (v0.5-2; Toews et al., 2007).

Reference list entry

Toews, M. W., Whitfield, P. H., & Allen, D. M. (2007). Seasonal statistics: The ‘seas’ package for R. Computers & Geosciences, 33(7), 944–951.

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 seas package v0.5-2 (1).

Reference list entry

1.
Toews MW, Whitfield PH, Allen DM. Seasonal statistics: The ‘seas’ package for R. Comput Geosci. 2007 Jul;33(7):944–51.

BibTeX

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

BibTeX

@ARTICLE{Toews2007-ct,
  title     = "Seasonal statistics: The `seas' package for {R}",
  author    = "Toews, Michael W and Whitfield, Paul H and Allen, Diana M",
  journal   = "Comput. Geosci.",
  publisher = "Elsevier BV",
  volume    =  33,
  number    =  7,
  pages     = "944--951",
  month     =  jul,
  year      =  2007,
  url       = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2006.11.011",
  language  = "en",
  issn      = "0098-3004, 1873-7803",
  doi       = "10.1016/j.cageo.2006.11.011"
}

RIS

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

RIS

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Toews, Michael W
AU  - Whitfield, Paul H
AU  - Allen, Diana M
TI  - Seasonal statistics: The ‘seas’ package for R
T2  - Comput. Geosci.
VL  - 33
IS  - 7
SP  - 944-951
PY  - 2007
DA  - 2007/7
PB  - Elsevier BV
SN  - 0098-3004
DO  - 10.1016/j.cageo.2006.11.011
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2006.11.011
ER  -

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seas R package release history

Version	Release date
0.4-3	2014-02-26
0.4-2	2013-06-21
0.4-1	2013-01-08
0.3-9	2010-05-07
0.3-8	2007-10-02
0.3-7	2007-08-09
0.3-6	2007-06-10
0.3-5	2007-04-23
0.3-4	2007-04-04
0.3-3	2007-02-28
0.3-2	2006-11-09
0.3-1	2006-10-26
0.2-1	2006-04-06
0.1-3	2006-03-15