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More Than 25 Years of CRAN

Kurt Hornik & Uwe Ligges

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics2026https://doi.org/10.1111/anzs.70039article
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We discuss the development of the package repository of CRAN, its design principles and how these are put into practice. We provide insights into how the regular and submission checks are organised and the actions resulting from these checks. We describe some of the challenges of the current approach, including constraints on the available human resources and how these can possibly be mitigated in order to keep CRAN feasible and successful in the future.

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@article{kurt2026,
  title        = {{More Than 25 Years of CRAN}},
  author       = {Kurt Hornik & Uwe Ligges},
  journal      = {Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics},
  year         = {2026},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/anzs.70039},
}

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0.37

Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.16 × 0.4 = 0.06
M · momentum0.53 × 0.15 = 0.08
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

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