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| Evaluating the popularity of R in ecology | |
Lai, Jiangshan1; Lortie, Christopher J.; Muenchen, Robert A.; Yang, Jian5; Ma, Keping
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| 2019 | |
| Source Publication | ECOSPHERE
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| ISSN | 2150-8925 |
| Volume | 10Issue:1 |
| Abstract | The programming language R is widely used in many fields. We explored the extent of reported R use in the field of ecology using the Web of Science and text mining. We analyzed the frequencies of R packages reported in more than 60,000 peer-reviewed articles published in 30 ecology journals during a 10-yr period ending in 2017. The number of studies reported using R as their primary tool in data analysis increased linearly from 11.4% in 2008 to 58.0% in 2017. The top 10 packages reported were lme4, vegan, nlme, ape, MuMIn, MASS, mgcv, ade4, multcomp, and car. The increasing popularity of R has most likely furthered open science in ecological research because it can improve reproducibility of analyses and captures workflows when scripts and codes are included and shared. These findings may not be entirely unique to R because there are other programming languages used by ecologists, but they do strongly suggest that given the relatively high frequency of reported use of R, it is a significant component of contemporary analytics in the field of ecology. |
| Keyword | code ecology journal open science packages R reproducibility statistical programming Web of Science |
| Subject Area | Ecology |
| DOI | 10.1002/ecs2.2567 |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Language | 英语 |
| WOS Keyword | CODE |
| WOS Research Area | Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
| WOS ID | WOS:000456857400026 |
| Publisher | WILEY |
| Subtype | Article |
| Publication Place | HOBOKEN |
| Funding Organization | National Key Research and Development Project of China [2016YFC0500202] ; National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [41471044] ; NSERC DGNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) ; NCEAS |
| Corresponding Author Email | lai@ibcas.ac.cn |
| OA | gold |
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| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.ibcas.ac.cn/handle/2S10CLM1/19592 |
| Collection | 植被与环境变化国家重点实验室 |
| Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Bot, State Key Lab Vegetat & Environm Change, Beijing 100093, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 3.Lortie, Christopher J.] York Univ, Dept Biol, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada 4.Lortie, Christopher J.] Natl Ctr Ecol Anal & Synth, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 USA 5.Muenchen, Robert A.] Univ Tennessee, OIT Res Comp Support, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA 6.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Bot, Key State Lab Systemat & Evolutionary Bot, Beijing 100093, Peoples R China |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Lai, Jiangshan,Lortie, Christopher J.,Muenchen, Robert A.,et al. Evaluating the popularity of R in ecology[J]. ECOSPHERE,2019,10(1). |
| APA | Lai, Jiangshan,Lortie, Christopher J.,Muenchen, Robert A.,Yang, Jian,&Ma, Keping.(2019).Evaluating the popularity of R in ecology.ECOSPHERE,10(1). |
| MLA | Lai, Jiangshan,et al."Evaluating the popularity of R in ecology".ECOSPHERE 10.1(2019). |
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