I used R and the quantreg package in a manuscript that is currently in the proofs stage. I cited both R and quantreg as suggested by citation() and noted the version of R and quantreg that I used in the main text as
"All tests were computed with the R v2.9.0 statistical programming language (R Development Core 2008). Quantile regressions were conducted with the quantreg v4.27 package (Koenker 2008) for R." The editor has asked me to also "provide the date when the webpage was accessed" for both R and quantreg. This does not seem like an appropriate request to me as both R and the quantreg package are versioned. This request seems to me to be the same as asking someone when they purchased commercial package X version Y (which I don't think would be asked). Am I thinking about this correctly or has the editor made a valid request? I would be interested in any comments or opinions. Dr. Derek H. Ogle Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences and Natural Resources Northland College 1411 Ellis Avenue Box 112 Ashland, WI 715.682.1300 www.ncfaculty.net/dogle/ [[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.