I'm about to present a report (for internal use of governmental agency). I used extensively R , contibuted packages, as well as communications on the R-list As well as citing R, I would like to know how to cite the contributed packages (it is not so easy, as some have been used exensively, other marginally, some are called from another package and some were not used as softwares but gave me insight of how to proceed), as well as thank the persons who generously responded to my demands on the list... Is there an established way of doing that? Thanks I take the occasion of thanking all of you! The R project is really a wonderful idea and realisation Anne ---------------------------------------------------- Anne Piotet Tel: +41 79 359 83 32 (mobile) Email: anne.piotet@m-td.com --------------------------------------------------- M-TD Modelling and Technology Development PSE-C CH-1015 Lausanne Switzerland Tel: +41 21 693 83 98 Fax: +41 21 646 41 33 -------------------------------------------------- [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
Anne wrote:> I'm about to present a report (for internal use of governmental agency). I used extensively R , contibuted packages, as well as communications on the R-list > > As well as citing R, I would like to know how to cite the contributed packages (it is not so easy, as some have been used exensively, other marginally, some are called from another package and some were not used as softwares but gave me insight of how to proceed), as well as thank the persons who generously responded to my demands on the list... > > Is there an established way of doing that? > > Thanks > > I take the occasion of thanking all of you! The R project is really a wonderful idea and realisation > > AnneGood question Anne. I don't know of an established way but here are examples based on the way I prefer people to site my packages. For Hmisc, one of the two following ways works (BibTeX format): @MISC{Hmisc, author = {Harrell, Frank E.}, year = 2005, title = {{\tt Hmisc}: {A} library of miscellaneous \textsc{S} functions}, howpublished = {Available from {\tt biostat.\-mc.\-vanderbilt.\-edu/\-s/Hmisc}} } or @MISC{alzsplus, author = {Alzola, Carlos F. and Harrell, Frank E.}, year = 2004, title = {An {Introduction} to {S} and the {Hmisc} and {Design} {Libraries}. {Available} from {\tt http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/\-twiki/pub/Main/\-RS/sintro.pdf}.}, note = {Electronic book, 308 pages} } For Design one of the following 2: @book{rms, author = {Harrell, Frank E.}, year = 2001, title = {Regression Modeling Strategies, with Applications to Linear Models, Survival Analysis and Logistic Regression}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {New York} } or @MISC{Design, author = {Harrell, Frank E.}, year = 2005, title = {{\tt Design}: {S} functions for biostatistical/epidemiologic modeling, testing, estimation, validation, graphics, prediction, and typesetting by storing enhanced model design attributes in the fit. Available from {\tt biostat.\-mc.\-vanderbilt.\-edu/s/\-{Design}}} } I am never clear on the proper year to use for referencing the packages by themselves, as the packages are constantly being improved. Frank> > ---------------------------------------------------- > Anne Piotet > Tel: +41 79 359 83 32 (mobile) > Email: anne.piotet at m-td.com > --------------------------------------------------- > M-TD Modelling and Technology Development > PSE-C > CH-1015 Lausanne > Switzerland > Tel: +41 21 693 83 98 > Fax: +41 21 646 41 33 > -------------------------------------------------- > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >-- Frank E Harrell Jr Professor and Chair School of Medicine Department of Biostatistics Vanderbilt University
On Sun, 9 Jan 2005, Anne wrote:> I'm about to present a report (for internal use of governmental agency). > I used extensively R , contibuted packages, as well as communications on > the R-list > > As well as citing R, I would like to know how to cite the contributed > packages (it is not so easy, as some have been used exensively, other > marginally, some are called from another package and some were not used > as softwares but gave me insight of how to proceed), as well as thank > the persons who generously responded to my demands on the list... > > Is there an established way of doing that?See the citation() function, which works for packages too and a few authors have taken advantage of the means of customizing it. -- Brian D. Ripley, ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595
I'd thank them in the acknowledgement section. I think some (most?) journal will allow such a section, and most people use that to thank their research funding sources and/or collaborators who had not made the list of authors. Andy> From: Anne > > > well, all these responses address part of my question! > - what about citing people who helped with comments/ > suggestions even code > on the list? I do think they deserve acknowledgement! > > > Thanks > > Anne > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Romain Fran?ois" <francoisromain at free.fr> > To: "Gabor Grothendieck" <ggrothendieck at myway.com>; "RHELP" > <R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch> > Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 6:07 PM > Subject: Re: [R] R-etiquette > > > > hello, > > > > package MASS has one that looks just like that : > > > > citHeader("To cite the VR bundle (MASS, class, nnet, spatial) in > > publications use:") > > > > citEntry(entry="Book", > > title = "Modern Applied Statistics with S", > > author = personList(as.person("W. N. Venables"), > > as.person("B. D. Ripley")), > > publisher = "Springer", > > edition = "Fourth", > > address = "New York", > > year = 2002, > > note = "ISBN 0-387-95457-0", > > url = "http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/MASS4", > > > > textVersion > > paste("Venables, W. N. & Ripley, B. D. (2002)", > > "Modern Applied Statistics with S.", > > "Fourth Edition. Springer, New York. ISBN > 0-387-95457-0") > > ) > > > > or package base : > > > > citHeader("To cite R in publications use:") > > > > citEntry(entry="Manual", > > title = "R: A language and environment for statistical > computing", > > author = person(last="R Development Core Team"), > > organization = "R Foundation for Statistical Computing", > > address = "Vienna, Austria", > > year = version$year, > > note = "{ISBN} 3-900051-07-0", > > url = "http://www.R-project.org", > > > > textVersion > > paste("R Development Core Team (", version$year, "). ", > > "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.", > > sep="") > > ) > > > > citFooter("We have invested a lot of time and effort in > creating R,", > > "please cite it when using it for data analysis.", > > "See also", sQuote("citation(\"pkgname\")"), > > "for citing R packages.") > > > > > > That's all I found. Hope this helps. > > > > Romain. > > > > > > Gabor Grothendieck a ?crit : > > > > >Prof Brian Ripley <ripley <at> stats.ox.ac.uk> writes: > > > > > >: > > >: On Sun, 9 Jan 2005, Anne wrote: > > >: > > >: > I'm about to present a report (for internal use of governmental > agency). > > >: > I used extensively R , contibuted packages, as well as > communications > on > > >: > the R-list > > >: > > > >: > As well as citing R, I would like to know how to cite > the contributed > > >: > packages (it is not so easy, as some have been used > exensively, other > > >: > marginally, some are called from another package and > some were not > used > > >: > as softwares but gave me insight of how to proceed), > as well as thank > > >: > the persons who generously responded to my demands on > the list... > > >: > > > >: > Is there an established way of doing that? > > >: > > >: See the citation() function, which works for packages > too and a few > > >: authors have taken advantage of the means of customizing it. > > >: > > > > > > > > >Could someone point out a few packages that have a CITATION file > > >to use as examples. In a search I did I only found one. > > > > > > > > -- > > Romain FRANCOIS : francoisromain at free.fr > > page web : http://addictedtor.free.fr/ (en construction) > > 06 18 39 14 69 / 01 46 80 65 60 > > _______________________________________________________ > > Etudiant en 3eme ann?e > > Institut de Statistique de l'Universit? de Paris (ISUP) > > Fili?re Industrie et Services > > http://www.isup.cicrp.jussieu.fr/ > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > >