To cite the dscore package in publications, please use:

van Buuren S, Eekhout I, Huizing A, Seiden J (2025). dscore: D-score for Child Development. R package version 2.0.0, https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=dscore.

van Buuren S, Eekhout I, McCray G, Lancaster G, Waldman M, McCoy D, Gladstone M, Cavallera V, Dua T, Black M, GSED Team (2025). “Enhancing comparability in early child development assessment with the D-score.” International Journal of Behavioral Development, 49(4), 348-364. doi:10.1177/01650254241294033. https://doi.org/10.1177/01650254241294033.

For the underlying methodology, please cite van Buuren et al. (2025), International Journal of Behavioral Development, 49(4), 348-364.

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @Manual{dscore-package,
    title = {dscore: D-score for Child Development},
    author = {Stef {van Buuren} and Iris Eekhout and Arjan Huizing and
      Jonathan Seiden},
    year = {2025},
    note = {R package version 2.0.0},
    url = {https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=dscore},
  }

  @Article{vanBuuren2025-dscore,
    title = {Enhancing comparability in early child development
      assessment with the D-score},
    author = {Stef {van Buuren} and Iris Eekhout and Gareth McCray and
      Gillian A. Lancaster and Matthew R. Waldman and Dana C. McCoy and
      Melissa Gladstone and Vanessa Cavallera and Tarun Dua and Maureen
      M. Black and {GSED Team}},
    journal = {International Journal of Behavioral Development},
    year = {2025},
    volume = {49},
    number = {4},
    pages = {348-364},
    doi = {10.1177/01650254241294033},
    url = {https://doi.org/10.1177/01650254241294033},
  }