How to cite the R package surface

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

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the surface package (v0.5; Ingram et al., 2013).

Reference list entry

Ingram, & Mahler, T., & D.L. (2013). SURFACE: detecting convergent evolution from comparative data by fitting Ornstein-Uhlenbeck models with stepwise AIC. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 4: 416-425. In Methods in Ecology and Evolution (Vol. 4, pp. 416–425).

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 surface package v0.5 (1).

Reference list entry

1.
Ingram, & Mahler T, D.L. SURFACE: detecting convergent evolution from comparative data by fitting Ornstein-Uhlenbeck models with stepwise AIC. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 4: 416-425. Vol. 4, Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 2013. p. 416–25.

BibTeX

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

BibTeX

@MISC{Ingram2013-ci,
  title   = "{SURFACE}: detecting convergent evolution from comparative data by
             fitting {Ornstein-Uhlenbeck} models with stepwise {AIC}. Methods
             in Ecology and Evolution 4: 416-425",
  author  = "{Ingram} and \& Mahler, T and {D.L.}",
  journal = "Methods in Ecology and Evolution",
  volume  =  4,
  pages   = "416--425",
  year    =  2013
}

RIS

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

RIS

TY  - MISC
AU  - Ingram
AU  - & Mahler, T
AU  - D.L.
TI  - SURFACE: detecting convergent evolution from comparative data by fitting
      Ornstein-Uhlenbeck models with stepwise AIC. Methods in Ecology and
      Evolution 4: 416-425
T2  - Methods in Ecology and Evolution
VL  - 4
SP  - 416-425
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2013
ER  -

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surface R package release history

Version	Release date
0.4-1	2014-02-14
0.4	2013-11-01
0.3	2013-02-21
0.2	2013-01-04