How to cite the R package statnet

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

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the statnet package (v2019.6; Handcock et al., 2018).

Reference list entry

Handcock, M. S., Hunter, D. R., Butts, C. T., Goodreau, S. M., Krivitsky, P. N., & Morris, M. (2018). ergm: Fit, Simulate and Diagnose Exponential-Family Models for Networks. The Statnet Project (http://www.statnet.org). https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=ergm

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 statnet package v2019.6 (1).

Reference list entry

1.
Handcock MS, Hunter DR, Butts CT, Goodreau SM, Krivitsky PN, Morris M. ergm: Fit, Simulate and Diagnose Exponential-Family Models for Networks [Internet]. The Statnet Project (http://www.statnet.org); 2018. Available from: https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=ergm

BibTeX

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

BibTeX

@MISC{Handcock2018-lr,
  title       = "ergm: Fit, Simulate and Diagnose {Exponential-Family} Models
                 for Networks",
  author      = "Handcock, Mark S and Hunter, David R and Butts, Carter T and
                 Goodreau, Steven M and Krivitsky, Pavel N and Morris, Martina",
  institution = "The Statnet Project (http://www.statnet.org)",
  year        =  2018,
  url         = "https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=ergm"
}

RIS

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

RIS

TY  - MISC
AU  - Handcock, Mark S
AU  - Hunter, David R
AU  - Butts, Carter T
AU  - Goodreau, Steven M
AU  - Krivitsky, Pavel N
AU  - Morris, Martina
TI  - ergm: Fit, Simulate and Diagnose Exponential-Family Models for Networks
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2018
UR  - https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=ergm
ER  -

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statnet R package release history

Version	Release date
2018.10	2018-10-22
2016.9	2016-09-10
2016.4	2016-04-04
2015.11.0	2015-11-10
2015.6.2	2015-07-18
2014.2.0	2014-02-10
2013.11.0	2013-11-29
3.1-0	2013-05-13
3.0-1	2012-07-16
2.6	2011-02-03
2.5	2011-01-25
2.1-1	2009-12-11
2.1	2008-05-02
2.0-7	2008-04-18
2.0-6	2008-03-21
2.0-5	2008-01-28
2.0-4	2008-01-27
2.0-3	2008-01-23
2.0-2	2008-01-19
2.0-1	2008-01-17
2.0	2008-01-16