How is R cited in research outputs? Structure, impacts, and citation standard

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Highlights：

• R and its packages are having strong impacts in PLoS database.

• R and its packages are cited in these papers in a fairly consistent way.

• Complex structure of software should be considered by software citation standard.

摘要

•R and its packages are having strong impacts in PLoS database.•R and its packages are cited in these papers in a fairly consistent way.•Complex structure of software should be considered by software citation standard.

论文关键词：R,Software citation,Content analysis,Bibliometrics,Scholarly communication

论文评审过程：Received 2 February 2017, Revised 9 August 2017, Accepted 9 August 2017, Available online 26 September 2017, Version of Record 26 September 2017.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2017.08.003