How to cite the R package spam
spam is a popular R package that is available at https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/spam/index.html. By citing R packages in your paper you lay the grounds for others to be able to reproduce your analysis and secondly you are acknowledging the time and work people have spent creating the package.
APA citation
Formatted according to the APA Publication Manual 7th edition. Simply copy it to the References page as is.
The minimal requirement is to cite the R package in text along with the version number. Additionally, you can include the reference list entry the authors of the spam package have suggested.
Example of an in-text citation
Analysis of the data was done using the spam package (v2.6-0; Furrer & Sain, 2010).
Reference list entry
Furrer, R., & Sain, S. R. (2010). Spam: A sparse MatrixRPackage with emphasis on MCMC methods for Gaussian Markov random fields. Journal of Statistical Software, 36(10). https://doi.org/10.18637/jss.v036.i10
Vancouver citation
Formatted according to Vancouver style. Simply copy it to the references section as is.
Example of an in-text citation
Analysis of the data was done using the spam package v2.6-0 (1).
Reference list entry
1.Furrer R, Sain SR. Spam: A sparse MatrixRPackage with emphasis on MCMC methods for Gaussian Markov random fields. J Stat Softw [Internet]. 2010;36(10). Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.18637/jss.v036.i10
BibTeX
Reference entry in BibTeX format. Simply copy it to your favorite citation manager.
@ARTICLE{Furrer2010-ld,
title = "Spam: A sparse {MatrixRPackage} with emphasis on {MCMC} methods
for Gaussian Markov random fields",
author = "Furrer, Reinhard and Sain, Stephan R",
journal = "J. Stat. Softw.",
publisher = "Foundation for Open Access Statistic",
volume = 36,
number = 10,
year = 2010,
url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.18637/jss.v036.i10",
language = "en",
issn = "1548-7660",
doi = "10.18637/jss.v036.i10"
}
RIS
Reference entry in RIS format. Simply copy it to your favorite citation manager.
TY - JOUR
AU - Furrer, Reinhard
AU - Sain, Stephan R
TI - Spam: A sparse MatrixRPackage with emphasis on MCMC methods for Gaussian
Markov random fields
T2 - J. Stat. Softw.
VL - 36
IS - 10
PY - 2010
DA - 2010
PB - Foundation for Open Access Statistic
SN - 1548-7660
DO - 10.18637/jss.v036.i10
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.18637/jss.v036.i10
ER -
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spam R package release history
| Version | Release date |
|---|---|
| 2.5-1 | 2019-12-12 |
| 2.5-0 | 2019-12-06 |
| 2.4-0 | 2019-11-02 |
| 2.3-0.2 | 2019-10-28 |
| 2.3-0.1 | 2019-10-26 |
| 2.3-0 | 2019-09-14 |
| 2.2-2 | 2019-03-08 |
| 2.2-1 | 2018-12-20 |
| 2.2-0 | 2018-06-19 |
| 2.1-4 | 2018-04-12 |
| 2.1-3 | 2018-03-28 |
| 2.1-2 | 2017-12-22 |
| 2.1-1 | 2017-07-03 |
| 2.1-0 | 2017-07-01 |
| 1.4-0 | 2016-08-30 |
| 1.3-0 | 2015-10-29 |
| 1.2-1 | 2015-09-30 |
| 1.0-1 | 2014-09-09 |
| 0.41-0 | 2014-02-26 |
| 0.40-0 | 2013-09-12 |
| 0.30-1 | 2013-08-25 |
| 0.29-3 | 2013-04-24 |
| 0.29-2 | 2012-08-17 |
| 0.29-1 | 2012-05-05 |
| 0.29-0 | 2012-05-01 |
| 0.28-0 | 2012-01-12 |
| 0.27-0 | 2011-08-18 |
| 0.23-0 | 2010-09-02 |
| 0.22-0 | 2010-06-09 |
| 0.21-0 | 2010-04-20 |
| 0.20-3 | 2010-01-13 |
| 0.20-2 | 2009-12-16 |
| 0.15-5 | 2009-09-18 |
| 0.15-4 | 2009-04-15 |
| 0.15-3 | 2009-02-21 |
| 0.15-2 | 2008-09-12 |
| 0.15-1 | 2008-09-06 |
| 0.15-0 | 2008-06-15 |
| 0.13-3 | 2008-04-22 |
| 0.13-2 | 2008-01-05 |
| 0.13-1 | 2007-12-05 |
| 0.13 | 2007-11-23 |
| 0.12 | 2007-09-30 |
| 0.11 | 2007-09-08 |