How to cite the R package sms

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

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the sms package (v2.3.1; Kavroudakis, 2015).

Reference list entry

Kavroudakis, D. (2015). sms: AnRPackage for the Construction of Microdata for Geographical Analysis. Journal of Statistical Software, 68(2). https://doi.org/10.18637/jss.v068.i02

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 sms package v2.3.1 (1).

Reference list entry

1.
Kavroudakis D. sms: AnRPackage for the Construction of Microdata for Geographical Analysis. J Stat Softw [Internet]. 2015;68(2). Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.18637/jss.v068.i02

BibTeX

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

BibTeX

@ARTICLE{Kavroudakis2015-et,
  title     = "sms: {AnRPackage} for the Construction of Microdata for
               Geographical Analysis",
  author    = "Kavroudakis, Dimitris",
  journal   = "J. Stat. Softw.",
  publisher = "Foundation for Open Access Statistic",
  volume    =  68,
  number    =  2,
  year      =  2015,
  url       = "http://dx.doi.org/10.18637/jss.v068.i02",
  language  = "en",
  issn      = "1548-7660",
  doi       = "10.18637/jss.v068.i02"
}

RIS

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

RIS

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Kavroudakis, Dimitris
TI  - sms: AnRPackage for the Construction of Microdata for Geographical
      Analysis
T2  - J. Stat. Softw.
VL  - 68
IS  - 2
PY  - 2015
DA  - 2015
PB  - Foundation for Open Access Statistic
SN  - 1548-7660
DO  - 10.18637/jss.v068.i02
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.18637/jss.v068.i02
ER  -

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sms R package release history

Version	Release date
2.3	2014-07-08
2.2	2014-03-06
2.1	2013-04-19
1.0	2012-09-26