Arxiv might be an option midway between a URL and JStatSoft. But, depending
on the journal, once it's on arxiv, it may no longer be publishable. I am
from a physics background and the use of arxiv is not a problem (it is
encouraged). I am not sure what the ASA's policy on arxiv publications are.

http://arxiv.org/

-David
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The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet. - William Gibson



2011/11/8 John Darrington <j...@darrington.wattle.id.au>

> On Mon, Nov 07, 2011 at 10:10:19AM -0800, Ben Pfaff wrote:
>      Jason Stover <j...@math.gcsu.edu> writes:
>
>     > On Fri, Nov 04, 2011 at 06:26:55PM -0400, David Sean wrote:
>     >> What is the preferred way to cite the use of PSPP in scientific
> articles?
>     >
>     > It looks like no one has responded, so here is my best attempt:
>     >
>     > There is no standard way to cite PSPP that I know of, but PSPP is
> part
>     > of the GNU project, so you could give a reference like
>     >
>     > B. Pfaff, J. Darrington et. al. GNU PSPP.
> http://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/
>
>     I think that David mentioned in IRC that citations of webpages
>     weren't really looked on well in his journal.
>
> One of the reasons that web citations are looked upon poorly is their
> transient
> nature.  There are a number of projects which have been set up to try to
> address this. One
> such project is http://webcitation.org
>
> Another problem is their lack of peer review.  I've been considering if it
> would be appropriate
> to submit something to http://www.jstatsoft.org   They seem to be a
> reasonably reputable
> journal, and apparently accept "white papers".
>
> J'
>
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