On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 6:46 AM, Travis Perry <travis.perry at furman.edu> wrote:> Dr. Bates, > Our department is considering replacing existing statistical > software packages in our curriculum with R, at my request. To better inform > this decision we are interested to know the prevalence of R in the published > literature and its use across academic and research institutions. I have so > far been unable to find satisfactory information on the subject. Any > information you could provide would be much appreciated. > > Thank you in advance for your time and consideration. > > best, > > -- > Travis Perry > Associate Professor of Biology > Department of Biology > Furman University > 3300 Poinsett Highway > Greenville, SC 29613 > > Senior Research Associate > Rhodes University > Grahamstown, South Africa > Cell (864)-561-4240 >Because R is an Open Source system which is freely distributed and may be freely redistributed there is no way of keeping track of the downloads and its use in academic and research institutions. Searching for "R statistics" at a book site such as amazon.com or barnesandnoble.com should produce enough hits to convince your colleagues of an active development community. On scholar.google.com the system itself has been cited 3782 times and the initial paper on the system by Ihaka and Gentleman has been cited over 6000 times. Others on the R-help list may be able to give more information regarding the use of R in the biological sciences.
On 08/17/2012 09:25 AM, Douglas Bates wrote:> On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 6:46 AM, Travis Perry <travis.perry at furman.edu> wrote: >> Dr. Bates, >> Our department is considering replacing existing statistical >> software packages in our curriculum with R, at my request. To better inform >> this decision we are interested to know the prevalence of R in the published >> literature and its use across academic and research institutions. I have so >> far been unable to find satisfactory information on the subject. Any >> information you could provide would be much appreciated. >> >> Thank you in advance for your time and consideration. >> >> best, >> >> -- >> Travis Perry >> Associate Professor of Biology >> Department of Biology >> Furman University >> 3300 Poinsett Highway >> Greenville, SC 29613 >> >> Senior Research Associate >> Rhodes University >> Grahamstown, South Africa >> Cell (864)-561-4240 >> > > Because R is an Open Source system which is freely distributed and may > be freely redistributed there is no way of keeping track of the > downloads and its use in academic and research institutions. > > Searching for "R statistics" at a book site such as amazon.com or > barnesandnoble.com should produce enough hits to convince your > colleagues of an active development community. > > On scholar.google.com the system itself has been cited 3782 times and > the initial paper on the system by Ihaka and Gentleman has been cited > over 6000 times. > > Others on the R-help list may be able to give more information > regarding the use of R in the biological sciences.The Bioconductor annual report includes attempts to quantify scholarly citations http://bioconductor.org/about/annual-reports/ The July 2012 report section 1.4 indicates 4115 Google Scholar citations of Gentleman et al., 2004, which introduced the project. There were at least 321 PubMed citations with the term 'Bioconductor' in 2011. A fun game is to open your favourite high-profile science journal and play spot-the-R-or-Bioconductor figure or analysis; this is not a challenging game. Martin> > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >-- Computational Biology / Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center 1100 Fairview Ave. N. PO Box 19024 Seattle, WA 98109 Location: Arnold Building M1 B861 Phone: (206) 667-2793
Thank you both for your time and assistance. On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Douglas Bates <bates@stat.wisc.edu> wrote:> ** ** > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 6:46 AM, Travis Perry <travis.perry@furman.edu> > wrote: > > Dr. Bates, > > Our department is considering replacing existing statistical > > software packages in our curriculum with R, at my request. To better > inform > > this decision we are interested to know the prevalence of R in the > published > > literature and its use across academic and research institutions. I > have so > > far been unable to find satisfactory information on the subject. Any > > information you could provide would be much appreciated. > > > > Thank you in advance for your time and consideration. > > > > best, > > > > -- > > Travis Perry > > Associate Professor of Biology > > Department of Biology > > Furman University > > 3300 Poinsett Highway > > Greenville, SC 29613 > > > > Senior Research Associate > > Rhodes University > > Grahamstown, South Africa > > Cell (864)-561-4240 > > > > Because R is an Open Source system which is freely distributed and may > be freely redistributed there is no way of keeping track of the > downloads and its use in academic and research institutions. > > Searching for "R statistics" at a book site such as amazon.com or > barnesandnoble.com should produce enough hits to convince your > colleagues of an active development community. > > On scholar.google.com the system itself has been cited 3782 times and > the initial paper on the system by Ihaka and Gentleman has been cited > over 6000 times. > > Others on the R-help list may be able to give more information > regarding the use of R in the biological sciences. > >-- Travis Perry Associate Professor of Biology Department of Biology Furman University 3300 Poinsett Highway Greenville, SC 29613 Senior Research Associate Rhodes University Grahamstown, South Africa Cell (864)-561-4240 [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
David L Carlson
2012-Aug-17 21:38 UTC
[R] prevalence of R in publications and institutions
>From a blurb I wrote recently:Publishing on R has accelerated over the last few years. Chapman and Hall/CRC Press publish over 50 books on R and has recently issued a call for new submissions. Springer has a growing series called "Use R!" (38 volumes). Wiley has a series called "Statistics Using R" (28 volumes). ---------------------------------------------- David L Carlson Associate Professor of Anthropology Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-4352> -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r- > project.org] On Behalf Of Travis Perry > Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 3:14 PM > To: Douglas Bates > Cc: r-help > Subject: Re: [R] prevalence of R in publications and institutions > > Thank you both for your time and assistance. > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Douglas Bates <bates at stat.wisc.edu> > wrote: > > > ** ** > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 6:46 AM, Travis Perry > <travis.perry at furman.edu> > > wrote: > > > Dr. Bates, > > > Our department is considering replacing existing > statistical > > > software packages in our curriculum with R, at my request. To > better > > inform > > > this decision we are interested to know the prevalence of R in the > > published > > > literature and its use across academic and research institutions. > I > > have so > > > far been unable to find satisfactory information on the subject. > Any > > > information you could provide would be much appreciated. > > > > > > Thank you in advance for your time and consideration. > > > > > > best, > > > > > > -- > > > Travis Perry > > > Associate Professor of Biology > > > Department of Biology > > > Furman University > > > 3300 Poinsett Highway > > > Greenville, SC 29613 > > > > > > Senior Research Associate > > > Rhodes University > > > Grahamstown, South Africa > > > Cell (864)-561-4240 > > > > > > > Because R is an Open Source system which is freely distributed and > may > > be freely redistributed there is no way of keeping track of the > > downloads and its use in academic and research institutions. > > > > Searching for "R statistics" at a book site such as amazon.com or > > barnesandnoble.com should produce enough hits to convince your > > colleagues of an active development community. > > > > On scholar.google.com the system itself has been cited 3782 times and > > the initial paper on the system by Ihaka and Gentleman has been cited > > over 6000 times. > > > > Others on the R-help list may be able to give more information > > regarding the use of R in the biological sciences. > > > > > > > -- > Travis Perry > Associate Professor of Biology > Department of Biology > Furman University > 3300 Poinsett Highway > Greenville, SC 29613 > > Senior Research Associate > Rhodes University > Grahamstown, South Africa > Cell (864)-561-4240 > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting- > guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.