How to cite the R package variables

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

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the variables package (v1.0-3; Hothorn, 2020).

Reference list entry

Hothorn, T. (2020). Most Likely Transformations: The mlt Package. Journal of Statistical Software, 92(1). https://doi.org/10.18637/jss.v092.i01

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 variables package v1.0-3 (1).

Reference list entry

1.
Hothorn T. Most Likely Transformations: The mlt Package. J Stat Softw [Internet]. 2020;92(1). Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.18637/jss.v092.i01

BibTeX

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

BibTeX

@ARTICLE{Hothorn2020-om,
  title     = "Most Likely Transformations: The mlt Package",
  author    = "Hothorn, Torsten",
  journal   = "J. Stat. Softw.",
  publisher = "Foundation for Open Access Statistic",
  volume    =  92,
  number    =  1,
  year      =  2020,
  url       = "http://dx.doi.org/10.18637/jss.v092.i01",
  language  = "en",
  issn      = "1548-7660",
  doi       = "10.18637/jss.v092.i01"
}

RIS

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

RIS

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Hothorn, Torsten
TI  - Most Likely Transformations: The mlt Package
T2  - J. Stat. Softw.
VL  - 92
IS  - 1
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020
PB  - Foundation for Open Access Statistic
SN  - 1548-7660
DO  - 10.18637/jss.v092.i01
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.18637/jss.v092.i01
ER  -

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variables R package release history

Version	Release date
1.0-2	2019-06-20
1.0-1	2018-09-17
1.0-0	2018-03-08
0.0-31	2018-02-23
0.0-30	2016-02-19