[R] [Rd] Citation for R

[Friedrich.Leisch@tuwien.ac.at]

That sound all very reasonable, so unless there are any protests I
will make the suggested changes on one of the next days.

Thanks a lot,
Fritz

>>>>> On Sun, 19 Feb 2006 11:05:33 -0500,
>>>>> White, Charles E WRAIR-Wash DC (WCEWD) wrote:

  > My subject line refers to a thread from June 2005 where I found
  > explanations from Uwe Ligges and Friedrich Leisch as to what is intended
  > by the R citation recommended within the software. Forgive me if I
  > missed some points within the thread but when I found myself circling
  > through messages I had already read, I stopped trying to follow it. I
  > understand and mostly agree with how the R citation is currently
  > suggested, though I would like to make two recommendations:

  > (1) Include the version number in the citation.

  > When editors realize I'm citing software, they want to know which
  > version I am citing. Since the document we are citing (called the
  > 'Reference Index' under the 'Manuals' link) actually includes the
  > version number anyway, I recommend that the R Development Core Team
  > expand the reference to include that information. A suggested format
  > follows:

  > R Development Core Team (2005). R: A language and environment for
  > statistical computing, reference index version 2.2.1. R Foundation for
  > Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria. ISBN 3-900051-07-0, URL
  > http://www.R-project.org.

  > (2) Help editors find the cited document by (a) explicitly providing a
  > citation link on the main web page for the R-project and (b) referencing
  > the cited document on the web site by the name under which it is cited.

  > Imagine the hapless editor following the R-project link expecting to
  > find a document called "R: A language and environment for statistical
  > computing." They then Google the ISBN number and find it referring to
  > multiple versions of the software. <grin> With regard to the citation
  > link, I recommend that it be called 'Citing R' and that it be placed on
  > the left side of the web page under the header called 'About R.' With
  > regard to the text on the page linked to 'Citing R,' I suggest something
  > like the following:

  > The R Development Core Team recommends the following citation for the
  > current major release of R:

  > R Development Core Team (2005). R: A language and environment for
  > statistical computing, reference index version 2.x.x. R Foundation for
  > Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria. ISBN 3-900051-07-0, URL
  > http://www.R-project.org.

  > With regard to the version number, 2 is the major release, the first x
  > is the minor release, and the last x is the patch level. The ISBN number
  > covers both the software and the tightly bundled reference index. This
  > number changes with each major release of R.
  > ...

  > Thanks for your time.

  > Chuck

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