# Citing SeroVerse

If you use **SeroVerse** (`seroverse`, `seroref`, `kbank`, `serogen`, or `seroepi`) in your research, genomic serotyping, glycomic analyses, or epidemiological publications, please cite the software using the metadata below.

```bibtex
@software{Stanton_SeroVerse,
  author       = {Stanton, Thomas David},
  title        = {{SeroVerse: Core data structures, graph algorithms, and async database clients for bacterial genomics, glycomics, and sero-epidemiology}},
  url          = {https://seroverse.github.io/SeroVerse/},
  repository   = {https://github.com/SeroVerse/SeroVerse},
  license      = {GPL-3.0-only}
}
```

```text
Stanton, T. D. SeroVerse: Core data structures, graph algorithms, and async database clients for bacterial genomics, glycomics, and sero-epidemiology [Computer software]. https://github.com/SeroVerse/SeroVerse
```

CITATION.cff

```yaml
cff-version: 1.2.0
message: "If you use SeroVerse in your work, please cite it using the following metadata."
title: "SeroVerse: Core data structures, graph algorithms, and async database clients for bacterial genomics, glycomics, and sero-epidemiology"
type: software
authors:
  - family-names: "Stanton"
    given-names: "Thomas David"
    email: "tomdstanton@gmail.com"
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-4432"
    affiliation: "Monash University"
repository-code: "https://github.com/SeroVerse/SeroVerse"
url: "https://seroverse.github.io/SeroVerse/"
license: "GPL-3.0-only"
keywords:
  - bioinformatics
  - genomics
  - glycomics
  - epidemiology
  - serotyping
  - microbiology
```