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 #### Code of Conduct
 
 The code of conduct can be accessed [here](./CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
+
+#### Citation
+
+To cite package ‘RNAsum’ in publications use:
+
+  > Kanwal S, Marzec J, Diakumis P, Hofmann O, Grimmond S (2024). “RNAsum: An R
+  package to comprehensively post-process, summarise and visualise genomics and
+  transcriptomics data.” version 1.1.0, <https://umccr.github.io/RNAsum/>.
+
+A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
+
+```
+  @Unpublished{,
+    title = {RNAsum: An R package to comprehensively post-process, summarise and visualise genomics and transcriptomics data},
+    author = {Sehrish Kanwal and Jacek Marzec and Peter Diakumis and Oliver Hofmann and Sean Grimmond},
+    year = {2024},
+    note = {version 1.1.0},
+    url = {https://umccr.github.io/RNAsum/},
+  }
+```
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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 #### Code of Conduct
 
 The code of conduct can be accessed [here](./CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
+
+#### Citation
+
+To cite package ‘RNAsum’ in publications use:
+
+> Kanwal S, Marzec J, Diakumis P, Hofmann O, Grimmond S (2024). “RNAsum:
+> An R package to comprehensively post-process, summarise and visualise
+> genomics and transcriptomics data.” version 1.1.0,
+> <https://umccr.github.io/RNAsum/>.
+
+A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
+
+      @Unpublished{,
+        title = {RNAsum: An R package to comprehensively post-process, summarise and visualise genomics and transcriptomics data},
+        author = {Sehrish Kanwal and Jacek Marzec and Peter Diakumis and Oliver Hofmann and Sean Grimmond},
+        year = {2024},
+        note = {version 1.1.0},
+        url = {https://umccr.github.io/RNAsum/},
+      }
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+bibentry(
+  bibtype  = "Unpublished",
+  title    = "RNAsum: An R package to comprehensively post-process, summarise and visualise genomics and transcriptomics data",
+  author   = "Sehrish Kanwal, Jacek Marzec, Peter Diakumis, Oliver Hofmann, Sean Grimmond",
+  year     = 2024,
+  note     = "version 1.1.0",
+  url      = "https://umccr.github.io/RNAsum/"
+)