I'm not sure what the "official description" of R is beyond that given in citation(), but the R FAQ gives this: "[R] consists of a language plus a run-time environment." Part of R's personality, as far as I can tell, comes from the fact it straddles the general purpose language/domain specific language/application/platform divide without coming down hard on any particular side (though history suggests it's gotten much more "language"-y than the early versions of S).
As far as what to put in an article, it's probably sensitive to the domain of the publication: in something like JSS, it would be silly to explain what R is, while it might be worth being more specific in non-stats journals. Given how people tend to use the terminology, I'd probably use "statistical programming language" if I were talking to non-computer scientists and the quoted phrase above in an audience where "programming language" might be more strictly defined. R-Core might want to say more as to their preferences, but I'd imagine if you have the citation() around, that's going to be acceptable to 99% of journal editors. Hope this helps, Michael On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 12:08 PM, gianni lavaredo <gianni.lavar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry > > I don't know the citation inside the report is corret > > The Analysis was done using a script written in the statistical computing > environment of R (R Development Core Team, 2011) > > is It correct the form "statistical computing environment" ? > > Gianni > > > On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 5:38 PM, Sarah Goslee <sarah.gos...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Typing >> citation() >> at an R prompt will provide you with complete citation information for >> the version of >> R you are using. Same goes for packages, with citation("pkgname"). >> >> Sarah >> >> On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 11:29 AM, gianni lavaredo >> <gianni.lavar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Dear Reasearchers, >> > >> > I am writing a report and i need (and wish) cite R. somebody know the >> > citation of R for the 2012? or the more actual? >> > >> > thanks in advance >> > Gianni >> > >> >> -- >> Sarah Goslee >> http://www.functionaldiversity.org >> > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.