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 bam-readcount
 =============
 
+[![DOI](https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.03722/status.svg)](https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.03722)
+![latest release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/genome/bam-readcount)
 ![tests](https://github.com/seqfu/bam-readcount/actions/workflows/tests.yml/badge.svg?branch=samtools-1.10)
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+![Docker Pulls](https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/mgibio/bam-readcount?style=plastic)
+![GitHub](https://img.shields.io/github/license/genome/bam-readcount)  
+
 
 `bam-readcount` is a utility that runs on a `BAM` or `CRAM` file and generates low-level information about
 sequencing data at specific nucleotide positions. Its outputs include observed bases,
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 are also useful as input for variant detection tools and for resolving ambiguity between
 variant callers.
 
+If you find `bam-readcount` useful in your work, please cite our [paper](https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.03722):
+
+> Khanna et al., (2022). Bam-readcount - rapid generation of basepair-resolution sequence metrics. _Journal of Open Source Software_, 7(69), 3722. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.03722
+
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  * [Installation](#installation)