To cite the movecost package in publications, use:

Alberti G (2019). “MovEcost: An R package for calculating accumulated slope-dependent anisotropic cost-surfaces and least-cost paths.” SoftwareX, 10, 100331. doi:10.1016/j.softx.2019.100331.

Alberti G (2026). movecost: Calculation of Slope-Dependant Accumulated Cost Surface, Least-Cost Paths, Least-Cost Corridors, Least-Cost Networks Related to Human Movement Across the Landscape. R package version 3.0.0.

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @Article{,
    title = {MovEcost: An R package for calculating accumulated
      slope-dependent anisotropic cost-surfaces and least-cost paths},
    author = {Gianmarco Alberti},
    journal = {SoftwareX},
    year = {2019},
    volume = {10},
    pages = {100331},
    doi = {10.1016/j.softx.2019.100331},
  }

  @Manual{,
    title = {movecost: Calculation of Slope-Dependant Accumulated Cost
      Surface, Least-Cost Paths, Least-Cost Corridors, Least-Cost
      Networks Related to Human Movement Across the Landscape},
    author = {Gianmarco Alberti},
    year = {2026},
    note = {R package version 3.0.0},
  }