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An R package for calculating movement-based metrics

The primary aim of the animetric package is to provide methods for calculating movement-based metrics, including kinematics, navigational statistics, and social interaction measures.

Installation

You can install the development version of animetric with:

install.packages('animetric', repos = c('https://animovement.r-universe.dev', 'https://cloud.r-project.org'))

Once you have installed the package, you can load it with:

Citation

If you enjoy the package, please make sure to cite it. If you find a bug, feel free to open an issue.

To cite animetric in publications use:

citation("animetric")
#> To cite animetric in publications, please cite the animovement toolbox
#> as a whole (the first entry below). If your work used only animetric,
#> you may cite the package directly instead (the second entry).
#> 
#>   Roald-Arbøl M (2026). "animovement: An R toolbox for analysing
#>   movement across space and time." doi:10.5281/zenodo.13235277
#>   <https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13235277>.
#>   <https://animovement.dev/animovement/>.
#> 
#>   Roald-Arbøl M (2026). "animetric: An R package for calculating
#>   movement-based metrics." doi:10.5281/zenodo.17818613
#>   <https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17818613>.
#>   <https://animovement.dev/animetric/>.
#> 
#> To see these entries in BibTeX format, use 'print(<citation>,
#> bibtex=TRUE)', 'toBibtex(.)', or set
#> 'options(citation.bibtex.max=999)'.