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+.. _citation_guide:
+
+===============================================
+Citing XRTpy in Publications and Presentations
+===============================================
+
+
+If XRTpy has been useful in your research, we encourage you to consider including a citation or acknowledgment in your work. Below are suggested formats to credit XRTpy in your scientific papers, posters, or presentations. While this is not required, it is greatly appreciated.
+
+Suggested Citations
+===================
+
+For a scientific paper
+----------------------
+You may use the following format to cite XRTpy in your publications:
+
+    "We acknowledge the use of XRTpy (v0.4.1) for Hinode X-Ray Telescope data analysis, available at https://xrtpy.readthedocs.io/ (Velasquez et al. 2024, JOSS, DOI: 10.21105/joss.06396)."
+
+For a poster or presentation
+----------------------------
+If you are presenting work that involves XRTpy in a poster or presentation, you may use the following acknowledgment:
+
+    "This work made use of XRTpy (v0.4.1), a Python package for solar
+    Hinode X-Ray Telescope data analysis, available at https://xrtpy.readthedocs.io/ (Velasquez et al. 2024, JOSS, DOI: 10.21105/joss.06396)."
+
+References
+==========
+Velasquez, J., Murphy, N., Reeves, K. K., Slavin, J., Weber, M., & Barnes, W. (2024). XRTpy: A Hinode-X-Ray Telescope Python Package. The Journal of Open Source Software, 9(100), 6396. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.06396
+
+.. _joss_citation: https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.06396
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    contributing
    installation_for_development
    release_guide
+   acknowledging_xrtpy