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 ## Contributing
 We appreciate all contributions to the code, the documentation and the examples. If you want to get involved please have a look at our [contribution guideline](https://github.com/fjosw/pyerrors/blob/develop/CONTRIBUTING.md).
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+## Citing pyerrors
+If you use `pyerrors` for research that leads to a publication we suggest citing the following papers:
+- Fabian Joswig, Simon Kuberski, Justus T. Kuhlmann, Jan Neuendorf, *pyerrors: a python framework for error analysis of Monte Carlo data*. Comput.Phys.Commun. 288 (2023) 108750.
+- Ulli Wolff, *Monte Carlo errors with less errors*. Comput.Phys.Commun. 156 (2004) 143-153, Comput.Phys.Commun. 176 (2007) 383 (erratum).
+- Alberto Ramos, *Automatic differentiation for error analysis of Monte Carlo data*. Comput.Phys.Commun. 238 (2019) 19-35.
+- Stefan Schaefer, Rainer Sommer, Francesco Virotta, *Critical slowing down and error analysis in lattice QCD simulations*. Nucl.Phys.B 845 (2011) 93-119.