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+# This CITATION.cff file was generated with cffinit.
+# Visit https://bit.ly/cffinit to generate yours today!
+
+cff-version: 1.2.0
+title: DoubleML - Double Machine Learning in Python
+message: >-
+  If you use this software, please cite it using the
+  metadata from this file.
+type: software
+authors:
+  - given-names: Philipp
+    family-names: Bach
+    email: philipp.bach@uni-hamburg.de
+    affiliation: University of Hamburg
+    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7183-9239'
+  - given-names: Victor
+    family-names: Chernozhukov
+    affiliation: MIT
+    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3250-6714'
+    email: vchern@mit.edu
+  - given-names: Sven
+    family-names: Klaassen
+    email: sven.klaassen@uni-hamburg.de
+    affiliation: University of Hamburg
+    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9080-0809'
+  - given-names: Malte S.
+    family-names: Kurz
+  - given-names: Martin
+    family-names: Spindler
+    email: martin.spindler@uni-hamburg.de
+    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1294-7782'
+    affiliation: University of Hamburg
+repository-code: 'https://github.com/DoubleML/doubleml-for-py'
+url: 'https://docs.doubleml.org/stable/index.html'
+license: BSD-3-Clause
+references:
+  - type: article
+    authors:
+      - given-names: Philipp
+        family-names: Bach
+      - given-names: Victor
+        family-names: Chernozhukov
+      - given-names: Malte S.
+        family-names: Kurz
+      - given-names: Martin
+        family-names: Spindler
+    title: "DoubleML - An Object-Oriented Implementation of Double Machine Learning in Python"
+    journal: Journal of Machine Learning Research
+    year: 2022
+    volume: 23
+    issue: 53
+    start: 1
+    end: 6
+    url: http://jmlr.org/papers/v23/21-0862.html
+
+  - type: article
+    authors:
+      - given-names: Philipp
+        family-names: Bach
+      - given-names: Malte S.
+        family-names: Kurz
+      - given-names: Victor
+        family-names: Chernozhukov
+      - given-names: Martin
+        family-names: Spindler
+      - given-names: Sven
+        family-names: Klaassen
+    title: "DoubleML: An Object-Oriented Implementation of Double Machine Learning in R"
+    journal: Journal of Statistical Software
+    year: 2024
+    volume: 108
+    issue: 3
+    start: 1
+    end: 56
+    doi: 10.18637/jss.v108.i03
+    url: https://www.jstatsoft.org/index.php/jss/article/view/v108i03
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 If you use the DoubleML package a citation is highly appreciated:
 
+You can click the **"Cite this repository"** button at the top of the GitHub page to cite the package directly.
+Alternatively, you can cite the following paper:
+
 Bach, P., Chernozhukov, V., Kurz, M. S., and Spindler, M. (2022), DoubleML - An
 Object-Oriented Implementation of Double Machine Learning in Python,
 Journal of Machine Learning Research, 23(53): 1-6,