FACTS Software
Please cite FACTS when you are writing papers or preparing slides for which you have used FACTS. The correct way to cite FACTS is to include the FACTS software version number in the text and then point to the full reference, like so: We used FACTS 7.1 [1] to simulate the trial. Here are the most common citation formats:
FACTS Development Team. (2025). FACTS: Fixed and Adaptive Clinical Trial Simulator [Computer software]. Berry Consultants LLC, Austin, TX, USA. https://www.berryconsultants.com/software/facts/FACTS Development Team. FACTS: Fixed and Adaptive Clinical Trial Simulator. Berry Consultants LLC, 2025, https://www.berryconsultants.com/software/facts/. Accessed 14 May. 2025.FACTS Development Team. 2025. FACTS: Fixed and Adaptive Clinical Trial Simulator [Computer software]. Austin, TX: Berry Consultants LLC. https://www.berryconsultants.com/software/facts/ (accessed May 14, 2025).FACTS Development Team, 2025. FACTS: Fixed and Adaptive Clinical Trial Simulator [Computer software]. Austin, TX: Berry Consultants LLC. Available at: <https://www.berryconsultants.com/software/facts/> (Accessed: 14 May 2025).FACTS Development Team. FACTS: Fixed and Adaptive Clinical Trial Simulator [Computer software]. Austin, TX: Berry Consultants LLC; 2025. Available from: https://www.berryconsultants.com/software/facts/ [cited 2025 May 14].@Manual{FACTS,
title = {{FACTS: Fixed and Adaptive Clinical Trial Simulator}},
author = {{FACTS Development Team}},
organization = {{Berry Consultants LLC}},
type = {Computer Software},
address = {Austin, TX, USA},
year = {2025},
note = {https://www.berryconsultants.com/software/facts/}
}@Manual{FACTS,
title = {{FACTS: Fixed and Adaptive Clinical Trial Simulator}},
author = {{FACTS Development Team}},
organization = {{Berry Consultants LLC}},
type = {Computer Software},
address = {Austin, TX, USA},
year = {2025},
url = {https://www.berryconsultants.com/software/facts/}
}Pages on the FACTS Knowledge Hub
Please cite the FACTS Knowledge Hub when you are writing papers or preparing slides for which you have used the FACTS Knowledge Hub. The correct way to cite the FACTS Knowledge Hub is to point to the full reference and giving the date when the webpage was accessed. There are two options with respect to who to name as the author.
If the webpage you are referencing does not contain an explicit author, use “Berry Consultants LLC” as author, like so: For more information on Time Course Hierarchical Longitudinal Models, see the FACTS Knowledge Hub [2]. Here are the most common citation formats using the above example (please substitute the title and link with the actual page you want to cite):
Berry Consultants LLC. (2025). Longitudinal Models for Continuous Endpoints. Retrieved May 14, 2025, from https://docs.berryconsultants.com/documentation/v71/userguides/core/longitudinalmodels/continuous.htmlBerry Consultants LLC. Longitudinal Models for Continuous Endpoints. 2025, https://docs.berryconsultants.com/documentation/v71/userguides/core/longitudinalmodels/continuous.html. Accessed 14 May. 2025.Berry Consultants LLC. 2025. Longitudinal Models for Continuous Endpoints. https://docs.berryconsultants.com/documentation/v71/userguides/core/longitudinalmodels/continuous.html (accessed May 14, 2025).Berry Consultants LLC, 2025. Longitudinal Models for Continuous Endpoints. [online] Available at: <https://docs.berryconsultants.com/documentation/v71/userguides/core/longitudinalmodels/continuous.html> [Accessed 14 May 2025].Berry Consultants LLC. Longitudinal Models for Continuous Endpoints [Internet]. 2025 [cited 2025 May 14]. Available from: https://docs.berryconsultants.com/documentation/v71/userguides/core/longitudinalmodels/continuous.html@misc{FACTSKH,
title = {{Longitudinal Models for Continuous Endpoints}},
author = {{Berry Consultants LLC}},
year = {2025},
howpublished = {\url{https://docs.berryconsultants.com/documentation/v71/userguides/core/longitudinalmodels/continuous.html}},
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-14]},
}@online{FACTSKH,
title = {{Longitudinal Models for Continuous Endpoints}},
author = {{Berry Consultants LLC}},
year = {2025},
url = {https://docs.berryconsultants.com/documentation/v71/userguides/core/longitudinalmodels/continuous.html},
urldate = {2025-05-14},
}If the webpage you are referencing does contain an explicit author, like a blog post would, use that author as author, like so: For more information on Optimizing Group Sequential Designs using Machine Learning, see Tom Parke’s blog on the FACTS Knowledge Hub [3]. Here are the most common citation formats using the above example (please substitute the title and link with the actual page you want to cite):
Tom Parke. (2025). Optimizing Group Sequential Designs using Machine Learning. Retrieved May 14, 2025, from https://docs.berryconsultants.com/blog/posts/2025-03-04.htmlTom Parke. Optimizing Group Sequential Designs using Machine Learning. 2025, https://docs.berryconsultants.com/blog/posts/2025-03-04.html. Accessed 14 May. 2025.Tom Parke. 2025. Optimizing Group Sequential Designs using Machine Learning. https://docs.berryconsultants.com/blog/posts/2025-03-04.html (accessed May 14, 2025).Tom Parke, 2025. Optimizing Group Sequential Designs using Machine Learning. [online] Available at: <https://docs.berryconsultants.com/blog/posts/2025-03-04.html> [Accessed 14 May 2025].Tom Parke. Optimizing Group Sequential Designs using Machine Learning [Internet]. 2025 [cited 2025 May 14]. Available from: https://docs.berryconsultants.com/blog/posts/2025-03-04.html@misc{FACTSKH,
title = {{Optimizing Group Sequential Designs using Machine Learning}},
author = {{Tom Parke}},
year = {2025},
howpublished = {\url{https://docs.berryconsultants.com/blog/posts/2025-03-04.html}},
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-14]},
}@online{FACTSKH,
title = {{Optimizing Group Sequential Designs using Machine Learning}},
author = {{Tom Parke}},
year = {2025},
url = {https://docs.berryconsultants.com/blog/posts/2025-03-04.html},
urldate = {2025-05-14},
}