According to R's website, R should be cited as "R: A Language and Environment for Statistical Computing". According to the home page, "R is a free environment for statistical computing and graphics". I think the term "Language" is important and should be included. But not everyone using R uses it for statistics or graphics. Some people use it for numerical linear algebra, discrete mathematics, computer algebra, differential equations, optimization or probability, amongst other things. So I think it would be better to say "R: A Language and Environment for Mathematics and Statistics" or "R is a language and environment for mathematics and statistics". (I'm removing the word "Computing"), I think changing R's identity to reflect mathematics more would make it more appealing. On a side issue, I think probability and statistics should be separated. According to Wikipedia, probability theory is a branch of mathematics, which I agree with. [[alternative HTML version deleted]]