[R] citation of a task view

[PabloEmilio.Verde at uni-duesseldorf.de]

Hi Achim and Murdoch,

Thanks a lot!

Cheers,

Pablo


Achim Zeileis <Achim.Zeileis at uibk.ac.at> escribió:

> On Thu, 4 Sep 2014, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>
>> On 04/09/2014 4:52 AM, Dr. Pablo E. Verde wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Which is a formal bibliography citation of an R's task view? For example
>>> if I want to make a citation of "MetaAnalysis" task view.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>> I don't think there is a recognized standard one.
>
> Not yet. But since this summer the web pages contain <meta> tags  
> (both in Highwire Press and Dublin Core format) that state how the  
> pages can be cited.
>
>> I would use whatever format your journal requires for citing any  
>> web page, e.g. something like
>>
>> Lewin-Koh, Nicholas (2013).  CRAN Task View: Graphic Displays &  
>> Dynamic Graphics & Graphic Devices & Visualization.
>> Web page with URL  
>> <http://cran.r-project.org/web/views/Bayesian.html>, retrieved  
>> Sept. 4, 2014.
>
> I would recommend two changes: (1) Use the official stable URL  
> http://CRAN.R-project.org/view=... (2) Instead of the "retrieved"  
> information, use the version date stated on the task view. For  
> example for the current version of the MetaAnalysis view:
>
> Michael Dewey (2014). CRAN Task View: Meta-Analysis. Version 2014-07-25.
> URL http://CRAN.R-project.org/view=MetaAnalysis.
>
> or in BibTeX:
>
> @Misc{,
>   author = {Michael Dewey},
>   note = {Version~2014-07-25},
>   title = {{CRAN} Task View: Meta-Analysis},
>   year = {2014},
>   url = {http://CRAN.R-project.org/view=MetaAnalysis}
> }
>
> hth,
> Z
>
>> Duncan Murdoch
>>
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