The R Foundation

The R Foundation is happy to be a partner on the project

"Enabling the next generation of R contributors"

awarded £500k under the Research Software Maintenance Fund (Software Sustainability Institute, UK).

Announcement: www.software.ac.uk/ssi-awards-f...

Congratulations to the project team!

#rstats
It is with profound sadness I heard that my long-time friend and colleague, John Fox passed away this week.
He was the author of {car}, {effects}, {Rcmdr}, ... and numerous influential books. I will miss him greatly.
www.john-fox.ca

R version 4.5.2 "[Not] Part in a Rumble" (source version) has been released. (You can find it in cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-4/, or wait for CRAN to be updated.)

Screenshot of the CRAN Task View "Anomaly Detection" at https://CRAN.R-project.org/view=AnomalyDetection

🚨 New CRAN Task View: Anomaly Detection
#rstats #anomalydetection

By Priyanga Dilini Talagala, Rob J. Hyndman @robjhyndman.com, Gaetano Romano

URL: cran.r-project.org/view=Anomaly...

New on The R Blog from Tomas Kalibera: Reducing the Backlog of Open Bug Reports

blog.r-project.org/2025/10/13/r...

#RStats

A promotional image for the UseR! Conference. Top text: "UseR! Conference, 7-9 July, 2026, Warsaw". Image: A scenic photograph of the Warsaw, Poland skyline at sunset, featuring prominent skyscrapers like the Palace of Culture and Science bathed in golden light. Bottom section: A text box with the useR! logo in the corner. The text reads: "Why Sponsor useR! 2026? useR!2026 brings together R users, developers, and enthusiasts from around the world. Your sponsorship helps us maintain affordable registration rates while delivering a high-quality conference experience."

Support Open-Source Data Science-Sponsor UseR! 2026
Join us in Warsaw 6–9 July 2026 at the premier event for R. As a sponsor, you help power an inclusive, high-impact event while reaching thousands of researchers, developers, and educators.
user2026.r-project.org/about/sponso...

#RStats #useR2026

New #RStats blog by Tomas Kalibera showing the impact of the recent investment by @sovereign.tech in the R project: Reducing the Backlog of Open Bug Reports

blog.r-project.org/2025/10/13/r...

📢 R Dev Day @ New Zealand 2025

🏢 Auckland University
🌐 Remote, Americas / Asia-Pacific
📅 Tue 16 - Wed 17 Dec

Registration deadline: Sunday 7 Dec
pretix.eu/r-contributo...

Attend this free event to collaborate on contributions to #RStats.

#RDevDay #RSEng

R Dev Day @ Australia 2025 Fri, Nov. 21st, 2025

**Just 2 in-person tickets left, a wait list is available!**

📢 R Dev Day @ Australia
🏢 Monash University, Melbourne
🌐 Remote, Australia
📅 Fri 21 Nov

Registration deadline: Sun 16 Nov

pretix.eu/r-contributo...

Attend this free event to collaborate on contributions to #RStats.

#RDevDay #RSEng

R version 4.5.1 "Great Square Root" (source version) has been released. (You can find it in cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-4/, or wait for CRAN to be updated.)

An autumn scene of the Duke Belltower along with the useR! 2025 logo and text about the early bird ticket special.

Early Bird for useR! 2025 is open until April 30th!

Join this gathering of leaders in industry, academia, and the government to network while you increase your expertise in #R.
useR! will be held from August 8th to August 10th at Duke University.

Conference page: user2025.r-project.org
#rstats

Applications closing soon!

R version 4.5.0 "How About a Twenty-Six" (source version) has been released. (You can find it in cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-4/, or wait for CRAN to be updated.)

📢 R Dev Day @ RSECon25
🏢Warwick University, UK
📅 Fri 12 Sep

Apply to attend this free event, to collaborate on contributions to #RStats.

✨Travel funding available for participants from UK, Europe & Global South✨

Deadline Wed 23 Apr: warwick.ac.uk/statistics/n...

#RSECon25 #RDevDay #RSEng

Apply to participate in R Dev Day @ useR! 2025, deadline Tuesday 15 April:
user2025.r-project.org/additional/r...
- registration at useR! 2025 is separate and not required.

#RStats #RDevDay

R version 4.4.3 "Trophy Case" (source version) has been released. (You can find it in cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-4/, or wait for CRAN to be updated.)

This coincides with as-close-as-we-can-get-to 25 years since the release of R 1.0.0.
#rstats

UseR! 2025 Call for Proposals is now open! We invite R users and developers from around our region and the world to submit abstracts for useR! 2025.
Deadline: Monday 3rd March 2025

useR! will be held from August 8th to 10th at Duke University in Durham, NC, USA.

user2025.r-project.org/call
#RStats

The R project has its own standard Windows toolchain to maintain binary compatibility between R, CRAN packages, and statically linked libraries. Tomas discusses the advantages and disadvantages of this approach before describing his experience testing R on Windows with alternative toolchains.

New #RStats blog post by Tomas Kalibera: Alternative toolchains on Windows.

blog.r-project.org/2025/01/28/a...

Participants at an R Dev Day sat at desks in classroom layout. The closest group has turned to smile at the camera, while others further away are glued to their laptop. A mix of ages, genders and nationalities are represented.

Join us at the R Dev Day @ Rencontres R 2025!

🏢 University of Mons, Belgium
📅 Thu 22 May, 09:00 - 17:00 CEST

We'll collaborate on contributions to the code, documentation & translations of base R, or infrastructure that supports such contribution.

Free and […]

[Original post on hachyderm.io]

Our friend and colleague Fritz Leisch died in April last year. In a new contribution to The R Journal we honor Fritz and commemorate his many contributions to science in general and to the R community in particular. #rstats

journal.r-project.org/articles/RJ-...

The useR! 2025 site is live! You can check out the key dates to get a head start on writing your submission or travel planning. Who is looking forward to visiting North Carolina? The area should be beautiful in August for sure!

#rstats

user2025.r-project.org

The CRAN team is currently working on supporting ROR information in package metadata.

The idea is to display it similar to ORCID information @orcid.org

And also include it in the Crossref data associated with the DOI @crossref.bsky.social

🚨 Two #rstats related research orgs just joined @researchorgs.bsky.social

R Core Team (developing base R)
ror.org/02zz1nj61

R Foundation @r-foundation.bsky.social (broader group supporting R, confs, journal, etc.)
ror.org/05qewa988

Iconv is a POSIX function for converting strings from one character encoding to another. MacOS 14.0 ships with a version of iconv that can cause crashes and incorrect conversions. This #RStats blog post by Tomas Kalibera describes the workarounds in R.

blog.r-project.org/2024/12/11/p...

New #RStats blog post from Tomas Kalibera: Faster downloads.

blog.r-project.org/2024/12/02/f...

We've put together a CRAN Task View for the paleontological community - a curated list of R packages relevant for paleontological research 📦🦕.

You can install the CRAN Task View via:

ctv::install.views("Paleontology")

Docs: cran.r-project.org/web/views/Pa...

#Paleontology #Rstats #Palaeoverse

The #LatinR2024 videos are up already!

Watch by the day, session or individual talks:

https://www.youtube.com/@LatinR

Talk title indicates the language: Spanish/Portuguese/English

Join us at the online R Dev Day #LatinR 2024!

We'll collaborate on contributions to the code, documentation & translations of base R in two sessions, 18 and 19 November, 17:30 - 20:00 (UTC-3).

Free and open registration: latinr.org/en/cronogram...

#RStats #LatinR2024 #RDevDay

Hi Jeremy, Thanks for putting this together. We've just created a bluesky account and would be grateful if you added this account to the list.