[R] prevalence of R in publications and institutions

[David L Carlson]

>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). 

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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
> 
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