How to cite Vesta
Cite the software and version you used, and the method papers behind the analyses you ran. Reviewers look for both.
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Citing the software
Include the product name, version, publisher and URL. Your project's version number appears under Help → About.
APA
BioMedware, Inc. (2026). Vesta Online (Version 1.0) [Computer software].
https://vesta.biomedware.com
Vancouver
BioMedware Inc. Vesta Online [software]. Version 1.0.
Jerome (MI): BioMedware; 2026. Available from: https://vesta.biomedware.com
BibTeX
@software{vesta_online_2026,
author = {{BioMedware, Inc.}},
title = {Vesta Online},
version = {1.0},
year = {2026},
url = {https://vesta.biomedware.com}
}02
A methods paragraph you can adapt
Edit the bracketed values to match your analysis. The Advisor can draft this from your project.
Example · KrigingSpatial analyses were performed in Vesta Online (version [3.18]; BioMedware, Inc., Jerome, MI). [Variable] was interpolated by [ordinary] kriging using a [spherical] variogram model (nugget [0.08], sill [0.92], range [21 km]) fitted to [n] samples; model performance was assessed by leave-one-out cross-validation.
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Citing the methods
Cite the method as well as the software. These papers describe methods implemented in Vesta.
- Poisson kriging Goovaerts, P. (2005). Geostatistical analysis of disease data: estimation of cancer mortality risk from empirical frequencies using Poisson kriging. International Journal of Health Geographics 4.
- Space-time joinpoint Goovaerts, P. (2013). Analysis of geographical disparities in temporal trends of health outcomes using space-time joinpoint regression. Int. J. Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 22.
- Local Moran's I with neutral models Goovaerts, P. and Jacquez, G.M. (2005). Detection of temporal changes in the spatial distribution of cancer rates using local Moran's I and geostatistically simulated spatial neutral models. Journal of Geographical Systems 7.
- Q-statistics Jacquez, G.M. et al. (2005). Global, local and focused geographic clustering for case-control data with residential histories. Environmental Health 4.