Thank you for your reply Stephan,

I like to be very thorough and make sure all names are attributed so in the
case that I check the url of a package and it lists contributing authors
that aren't provided with citation() would it be appropriate to cite it
like this:

Smith, J. [pr] and Johnson, J. [cr] (2013). Awesome package name. R package
version 2.1. http://CRAN.R-project.org/package=awesome_package

I am just unsure if there is a standard approach for situations such as
this whether it is omitting the contributing author, different acronym
designation, etc.

Regards



On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Stephan Kolassa <Stephan.Kolassa@gmx.de>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> it usually is a good idea to look at the output of citation() (which,
> however, also often is auto-generated) or at the authors listed in package
> vignettes.
>
> And thanks for citing R package authors. When I review papers, I often
> have to remind authors of this...
>
> Best
> Stephan
>
>
> On 26.08.2013 21:56, Charles Determan Jr wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I am familiar with the function cite('packageName') which provides the
>> output generated from the DESCRIPTION file.  In most cases this is
>> sufficient but I was wondering if there are contributing authors (in
>> addition to the primary) also listed on the CRAN page.  Is there a proper
>> way to account for them or are they generally not listed?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>


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Charles Determan
Integrated Biosciences PhD Candidate
University of Minnesota

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