A quick search of google scholar found 2556 cites to the classic paper
by Ihaka et al.
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&lr=&cites=15992947024900415641
On 8/15/07, Andy Bunn <Andy.Bunn at wwu.edu>
wrote:> Hello, is there an up-to-date reference for how many people use R? I'm
> giving an R demo and want to cite wonderful R usage stats. How many
> people use it (or download it)? How often is R used in peer-reviewed
> pubs, etc. Is there any whiz-bang citation that says something like "R
> is great and developed by the best minds in statistical computing."
Any
> thoughts?
>
> -Andy
>
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