How to cite the Bioconductor package xcms

xcms is a popular Bioconductor package that is available at https://bioconductor.org/packages/xcms. 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 xcms package have suggested.

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the xcms package (v3.12.0; Smith et al., 2006).

Reference list entry

Smith, C.A., Want, E.J., O’Maille, G., Abagyan,R., Siuzdak, & G. (2006). XCMS: Processing mass spectrometry data for metabolite profiling using nonlinear peak alignment, matching and identification. In Analytical Chemistry (Vol. 78, pp. 779–787).

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 xcms package v3.12.0 (1).

Reference list entry

1.
Smith, C.A., Want, E.J., O’Maille, G., et al. XCMS: Processing mass spectrometry data for metabolite profiling using nonlinear peak alignment, matching and identification. Vol. 78, Analytical Chemistry. 2006. p. 779–87.

BibTeX

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

BibTeX

@MISC{Smith2006-es,
  title   = "{XCMS}: Processing mass spectrometry data for metabolite profiling
             using nonlinear peak alignment, matching and identification",
  author  = "{Smith} and {C.A.} and {Want} and {E.J.} and {O'Maille} and {G.}
             and {Abagyan,R.} and {Siuzdak} and {G.}",
  journal = "Analytical Chemistry",
  volume  =  78,
  pages   = "779--787",
  year    =  2006
}

RIS

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

RIS

TY  - MISC
AU  - Smith
AU  - C.A.
AU  - Want
AU  - E.J.
AU  - O'Maille
AU  - G.
AU  - Abagyan,R.
AU  - Siuzdak
AU  - G.
TI  - XCMS: Processing mass spectrometry data for metabolite profiling using
      nonlinear peak alignment, matching and identification
T2  - Analytical Chemistry
VL  - 78
SP  - 779-787
PY  - 2006
DA  - 2006
ER  -

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