To cite phonics in publications use:

Howard, II JP (2020). “Phonetic Spelling Algorithm Implementations for R.” Journal of Statistical Software, 95(8), 1–21. doi:10.18637/jss.v095.i08.

Howard, II JP (2018). “Phonetic Algorithms in R.” Journal of Open Source Software, 3(22), 480. doi:10.21105/joss.00480.

Howard, II JP (2021). phonics: Phonetic Spelling Algorithms in R. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1041982, R package version 1.3.10, https://jameshoward.us/phonics-in-r/.

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @Article{,
    title = {Phonetic Spelling Algorithm Implementations for {R}},
    author = {James P. {Howard, II}},
    journal = {Journal of Statistical Software},
    year = {2020},
    volume = {95},
    number = {8},
    pages = {1--21},
    doi = {10.18637/jss.v095.i08},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {Phonetic Algorithms in {R}},
    author = {James P. {Howard, II}},
    year = {2018},
    journal = {Journal of Open Source Software},
    volume = {3},
    number = {22},
    pages = {480},
    doi = {10.21105/joss.00480},
  }

  @Manual{,
    title = {{phonics}: Phonetic Spelling Algorithms in R},
    author = {James P. {Howard, II}},
    year = {2021},
    note = {R package version 1.3.10},
    doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1041982},
    url = {https://jameshoward.us/phonics-in-r/},
  }