From znmeb at cesmail.net  Mon Jun 13 03:02:20 2005
From: znmeb at cesmail.net (M. Edward (Ed) Borasky)
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 18:02:20 -0700
Subject: [Rd] Citation for R
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Gordon K Smyth wrote:

>This is just a note that R would get a lot more citations if the recommended citation was an
>article in a recognised journal or from a recognised publisher.
>
>I use R in work leading to publications often, and I strongly want to give the R core team credit
>for their work.  However I find that I can't persuade my biological collaborators to include the
>current R citation (below) in their reference lists, because it is not an article in a recognised
>journal nor from a recognised publisher.  I can cite the 1996 paper by Ihaka and Gentleman, and
>sometimes this what I do, but I'd really like to give credit to the other R core members as well,
>for example the CRAN people and those involved in the Windows version.
>
>I know this is more work for the R team, like everything else, but an article on the story of R
>since the creation of the core team would be really nice to see.
>  
>

Are there any restrictions on the domain of discourse where said
publication could take place? For example, last year's Computer
Management Group (CMG) proceedings had a paper by someone who is using R
in much the same manner as I am -- to analyze computer performance data.
It's not biology, but it *is* peer-reviewed. Try "Using R for System
Performance Analysis" by James Holtman in the 2004 Proceedings of the CMG.



[Rd] Citation for R
M. Edward (Ed