How to cite the R package spd

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

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the spd package (v2.0-1; Ghalanos, 2015).

Reference list entry

Ghalanos, A. (2015). spd: Semi-Parametric Distribution.

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 spd package v2.0-1 (1).

Reference list entry

1.
Ghalanos A. spd: Semi-Parametric Distribution. 2015.

BibTeX

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

BibTeX

@MISC{Ghalanos2015-wu,
  title  = "spd: {Semi-Parametric} Distribution",
  author = "Ghalanos, Alexios",
  year   =  2015
}

RIS

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

RIS

TY  - MISC
AU  - Ghalanos, Alexios
TI  - spd: Semi-Parametric Distribution
PY  - 2015
DA  - 2015
ER  -

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spd R package release history

Version	Release date
2.0-0	2014-07-02
1.9	2013-04-09
1.8	2012-12-18
1.7	2012-03-16
1.6	2011-09-14
1.5	2011-01-26