How to cite the Bioconductor package ggtree

ggtree is a popular Bioconductor package that is available at https://bioconductor.org/packages/ggtree. 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 7^th edition. Simply copy it to the References page as is.

APA

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 ggtree package have suggested.

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the ggtree package (v2.4.1; Yu, 2020).

Reference list entry

Yu, G. (2020). Using ggtree to Visualize Data on Tree‐Like Structures. Et al [Current Protocols in Bioinformatics], 69(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/cpbi.96

Vancouver citation

Formatted according to Vancouver style. Simply copy it to the references section as is.

Vancouver

Example of an in-text citation

Analysis of the data was done using the ggtree package v2.4.1 (1).

Reference list entry

1.
Yu G. Using ggtree to Visualize Data on Tree‐Like Structures. Curr Protoc Bioinformatics [Internet]. 2020 Mar;69(1). Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cpbi.96

BibTeX

Reference entry in BibTeX format. Simply copy it to your favorite citation manager.

BibTeX

% The entry below contains non-ASCII chars that could not be converted
% to a LaTeX equivalent.
@ARTICLE{Yu2020-pa,
  title     = "Using ggtree to Visualize Data on {Tree‐Like} Structures",
  author    = "Yu, Guangchuang",
  journal   = "Curr. Protoc. Bioinformatics",
  publisher = "Wiley",
  volume    =  69,
  number    =  1,
  month     =  mar,
  year      =  2020,
  url       = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cpbi.96",
  copyright = "http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions\#vor",
  language  = "en",
  issn      = "1934-3396, 1934-340X",
  doi       = "10.1002/cpbi.96"
}

RIS

Reference entry in RIS format. Simply copy it to your favorite citation manager.

RIS

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Yu, Guangchuang
AD  - Department of Bioinformatics, School of Basic Medical SciencesSouthern
      Medical University Guangzhou Guangdong China
TI  - Using ggtree to Visualize Data on Tree‐Like Structures
T2  - Curr. Protoc. Bioinformatics
VL  - 69
IS  - 1
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/3
PB  - Wiley
SN  - 1934-3396
DO  - 10.1002/cpbi.96
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cpbi.96
ER  -

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