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How to Cite rOpenSci?

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  • To cite the rOpenSci project: Boettiger, C., Chamberlain, S., Hart, E., & Ram, K. (2015). Building Software, Building Community: Lessons from the rOpenSci Project. Journal of Open Research Software, 3(1), e8. doi:10.5334/jors.bu

  • To cite rOpenSci Software Peer Review: Ram, K., Boettiger, C., Chamberlain, S., Ross, N., Salmon, M., & Butland, S. (2018) A Community of Practice Around Peer-review for Long-term Research Software Sustainability. Computing in Science & Engineering, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 59-65, 1 March-April 2019 doi:10.1109/MCSE.2018.2882753

  • To cite rOpenSci Statistical Software Peer Review: mark padgham, Maëlle Salmon, Noam Ross, Jakub Nowosad, Rich FitzJohn, yilong zhang, Christoph Sax, Francisco Rodriguez-Sanchez, François Briatte, & Leonardo Collado-Torres. (2021). ropensci/statistical-software-review-book: Official first standards versions (v0.1.0). Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.5556756

  • To cite the Multilingual Project: Yanina Bellini Saibene, Maëlle Salmon, Paola Corrales, Elio Campitelli, Steffi LaZerte, & Tan Ho. (2024). rOpenSci Localization and Translation Guidelines (v2.0). Zenodo. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.14501074.

  • To cite a specific rOpenSci package, if you e.g. use the magick package, run citation("magick") in your R console to find the appropriate text.

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