The R Journal: article published in 2009, volume 1:2

Aspects of the Social Organization and Trajectory of the R Project
John Fox , The R Journal (2009) 1:2, pages 5-13.

Based partly on interviews with members of the R Core team, this paper considers the development of the R Project in the context of open-source software development and, more generally, voluntary activities. The paper describes aspects of the social organization of the R Project, including the organization of the R Core team; describes the trajectory of the R Project; seeks to identify factors crucial to the success of R; and speculates about the prospects for R.

@article{RJ-2009-014,
  author = {John Fox},
  title = {{Aspects of the Social Organization and Trajectory of the R
          Project}},
  year = {2009},
  journal = {{The R Journal}},
  doi = {10.32614/RJ-2009-014},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.32614/RJ-2009-014},
  pages = {5--13},
  volume = {1},
  number = {2}
}