To cite statnet in publications use:

Handcock, M., Hunter, D., Butts, C., Goodreau, S., & Morris, M. (2008). statnet: Software Tools for the Representation, Visualization, Analysis and Simulation of Network Data. Journal of Statistical Software 24(1), 1 - 11.<doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.18637/jss.v024.i01>. Package version 2021.6.

The package ‘statnet’ is distributed under the terms of the license GPL-3 + file LICENSE.

Corresponding BibTeX entry:

  @Article{,
    title = {statnet: Software Tools for the Representation,
      Visualization, Analysis and Simulation of Network Data},
    author = {Mark S. Handcock and David R. Hunter and Carter T. Butts
      and Steven M. Goodreau and Martina Morris},
    journal = {Journal of Statistical Software},
    year = {2008},
    volume = {24},
    number = {1},
    pages = {1--11},
    doi = {10.18637/jss.v024.i01},
    url = {https://www.jstatsoft.org/v024/i01},
    note = {Package version 2021.6},
  }