This is just a note that R would get a lot more citations if the recommended citation was an article in a recognised journal or from a recognised publisher. I use R in work leading to publications often, and I strongly want to give the R core team credit for their work. However I find that I can't persuade my biological collaborators to include the current R citation (below) in their reference lists, because it is not an article in a recognised journal nor from a recognised publisher. I can cite the 1996 paper by Ihaka and Gentleman, and sometimes this what I do, but I'd really like to give credit to the other R core members as well, for example the CRAN people and those involved in the Windows version. I know this is more work for the R team, like everything else, but an article on the story of R since the creation of the core team would be really nice to see.> citation()To cite R in publications use: R Development Core Team (2005). R: A language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria. ISBN 3-900051-07-0, URL http://www.R-project.org. Gordon
There is one easy way to do this. Make R-core the guest editor of a special issue of JSS and use that special issue to publish the manuals (which again have R-core as author). On Jun 12, 2005, at 17:37 , Gordon K Smyth wrote:> This is just a note that R would get a lot more citations if the > recommended citation was an > article in a recognised journal or from a recognised publisher. > > I use R in work leading to publications often, and I strongly want > to give the R core team credit > for their work. However I find that I can't persuade my biological > collaborators to include the > current R citation (below) in their reference lists, because it is > not an article in a recognised > journal nor from a recognised publisher. I can cite the 1996 paper > by Ihaka and Gentleman, and > sometimes this what I do, but I'd really like to give credit to the > other R core members as well, > for example the CRAN people and those involved in the Windows version. > > I know this is more work for the R team, like everything else, but > an article on the story of R > since the creation of the core team would be really nice to see. > > >> citation() >> > > To cite R in publications use: > > R Development Core Team (2005). R: A language and environment for > statistical > computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, > Austria. ISBN > 3-900051-07-0, URL http://www.R-project.org. > > > Gordon > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > >==Jan de Leeuw; Distinguished Professor and Chair, UCLA Department of Statistics; Editor: Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Journal of Statistical Software US mail: 8130 Math Sciences Bldg, Box 951554, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1554 phone (310)-825-9550; fax (310)-206-5658; email: deleeuw at stat.ucla.edu .mac: jdeleeuw ++++++ aim: deleeuwjan ++++++ skype: j_deleeuw homepages: http://gifi.stat.ucla.edu ++++++ http://www.cuddyvalley.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------- No matter where you go, there you are. --- Buckaroo Banzai http://gifi.stat.ucla.edu/sounds/nomatter.au
Gordon K Smyth wrote:>This is just a note that R would get a lot more citations if the recommended citation was an >article in a recognised journal or from a recognised publisher. > >I use R in work leading to publications often, and I strongly want to give the R core team credit >for their work. However I find that I can't persuade my biological collaborators to include the >current R citation (below) in their reference lists, because it is not an article in a recognised >journal nor from a recognised publisher. I can cite the 1996 paper by Ihaka and Gentleman, and >sometimes this what I do, but I'd really like to give credit to the other R core members as well, >for example the CRAN people and those involved in the Windows version. > >I know this is more work for the R team, like everything else, but an article on the story of R >since the creation of the core team would be really nice to see. > >Are there any restrictions on the domain of discourse where said publication could take place? For example, last year's Computer Management Group (CMG) proceedings had a paper by someone who is using R in much the same manner as I am -- to analyze computer performance data. It's not biology, but it *is* peer-reviewed. Try "Using R for System Performance Analysis" by James Holtman in the 2004 Proceedings of the CMG.
It's not clear to me why a journal publication is necessary (although I guess it couldn't hurt). What do you cite when you use SAS? Or Stata? -roger Gordon K Smyth wrote:> This is just a note that R would get a lot more citations if > the recommended citation was an article in a recognised > journal or from a recognised publisher. > > I use R in work leading to publications often, and I strongly > want to give the R core team credit for their work. However I > find that I can't persuade my biological collaborators to > include the current R citation (below) in their reference > lists, because it is not an article in a recognised journal > nor from a recognised publisher. I can cite the 1996 paper by > Ihaka and Gentleman, and sometimes this what I do, but I'd > really like to give credit to the other R core members as > well, for example the CRAN people and those involved in the > Windows version. > > I know this is more work for the R team, like everything else, > but an article on the story of R since the creation of the > core team would be really nice to see. > > >> citation() > > > To cite R in publications use: > > R Development Core Team (2005). R: A language and environment > for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical > Computing, Vienna, Austria. ISBN 3-900051-07-0, URL > http://www.R-project.org. > > > Gordon > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel >
On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Gordon K Smyth wrote:> This is just a note that R would get a lot more citations if the > recommended citation was an article in a recognised journal or from a > recognised publisher. >This is unfortunately true, but R is *not* an article or a book, it is a piece of software. I don't think I'm the only person who thinks it is counterproductive in the long run to encourage users to cite an article that they probably haven't read instead of citing the software they actually used. Jan's suggestion of the Journal of Statistical Software might provide a solution, since JSS *does* publish software. -thomas
>Note also that R does have a User Guide, i.e., while there is plenty of >excellent documentation, >there is no single document which is a guide to the whole project.Oops, I meant to write "R does not have a User Guide". Just to explain this further, the citation() function asks me to cite a "Manual" with the title "R: A language and environment for statistical computing". Although R comes with excellent documentation, including at least 6 manuals on different aspects of the software, no manual or document with that title actually exists, as far as I know. Gordon