To cite TraMineR in publications please use:

For the package and state sequences:

  Gabadinho, A., Ritschard, G., Müller, N. S., & Studer, M. (2011).
  Analyzing and Visualizing State Sequences in R with TraMineR. Journal
  of Statistical Software, 40(4), 1-37. DOI
  https://doi.org/10.18637/jss.v040.i04.

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

  @Article{,
    title = {Analyzing and Visualizing State Sequences in {R} with {TraMineR}},
    author = {Alexis Gabadinho and Gilbert Ritschard and Nicolas S. Müller and Matthias Studer},
    journal = {Journal of Statistical Software},
    year = {2011},
    volume = {40},
    number = {4},
    pages = {1--37},
    doi = {10.18637/jss.v040.i04},
  }

For dissimilarity measures:

  Studer, M. & Ritschard, G. (2016). What matters in differences
  between life trajectories: A comparative review of sequence
  dissimilarity measures, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society,
  Series A, 179(2), 481-511. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/rssa.12125

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

  @Article{,
    author = {Matthias Studer and Gilbert Ritschard},
    title = {What matters in differences between life trajectories: a comparative review of sequence dissimilarity measures},
    journal = {Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A},
    year = {2016},
    volume = {179},
    number = {2},
    pages = {481--511},
    doi = {10.1111/rssa.12125},
  }

For multidomain/multichannel sequence analysis:

  Ritschard, G., Liao, T.F. & Struffolino, E.  (2023). Strategies for
  multidomain sequence analysis in social research, Sociological
  Methodology, 53(2), 288-322. DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1177/00811750231163833

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

  @Article{,
    author = {Gilbert Ritschard and Tim F. Liao and Emanuela Struffolino},
    title = {Strategies for multidomain sequence analysis in social research},
    journal = {Sociological Methodology},
    year = {2023},
    volume = {53},
    number = {2},
    pages = {288-322},
    doi = {10.1177/00811750231163833},
  }

For discrepancy analysis:

  Studer, M., Ritschard, G., Gabadinho, A. & Müller, N.S. (2011),
  Discrepancy analysis of state sequences, Sociological Methods and
  Research, 40(3), 471-510. DOI
  https://doi.org/10.1177/0049124111415372

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

  @Article{,
    author = {Matthias Studer and Gilbert Ritschard and Alexis Gabadinho and Nicolas S. Müller},
    title = {Discrepancy analysis of state sequences},
    journal = {Sociological Methods and Research},
    year = {2011},
    volume = {40},
    number = {3},
    pages = {471--510},
    doi = {10.1177/0049124111415372},
  }

  Studer, M., Ritschard, G., Gabadinho, A. & Müller, N.S. (2010),
  Discrepancy analysis of complex objects using dissimilarities, In
  Guillet, F., Ritschard, G., Zighed, D.A. & Briand, H. (eds) Advances
  in Knowledge Discovery and Management. Series: Studies in
  Computational Intelligence. Volume 292, pp. 3-19. Berlin: Springer.
  DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00580-0_1

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

  @InCollection{,
    author = {Matthias Studer and Gilbert Ritschard and Alexis Gabadinho and Nicolas S. Müller},
    title = {Discrepancy analysis of complex objects using dissimilarities},
    booktitle = {Advances in Knowledge Discovery and Management},
    publisher = {Springer},
    year = {2010},
    editor = {Fabrice Guillet and Gilbert Ritschard and Djamel A. Zighed and Henri Briand},
    series = {Studies in Computational Intelligence},
    volume = {292},
    address = {Berlin},
    pages = {3-19},
    doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-00580-0_1},
  }

For representative sequences:

  Gabadinho, A. & Ritschard, G. (2013), Searching for typical life
  trajectories applied to child birth histories, In R. Lévy & E. Widmer
  (eds.), Gendered life courses.  pp. 287-312. Vienna: LIT

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

  @InCollection{,
    author = {Alexis Gabadinho and Gilbert Ritschard},
    title = {Searching for typical life trajectories applied to child birth histories},
    booktitle = {Gendered life courses},
    publisher = {Vienna: LIT},
    year = {2013},
    editor = {R. Lévy and E. Widmer},
    pages = {287-312},
  }

For longitudinal characteristics (complexity, badness, precarity, ...):

  Ritschard, G. (2023), Measuring the nature of individual sequences,
  Sociological Methods and Research, 52(4) 2016-2049. (First published
  online Sep 2021.) DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/00491241211036156

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

  @Article{,
    author = {Gilbert Ritschard},
    title = {Measuring the nature of individual sequences},
    journal = {Sociological Methods and Research},
    year = {2023},
    volume = {52},
    number = {4},
    pages = {2016-2049},
    doi = {10.1177/00491241211036156},
    note = {(First published online Sep 2021)},
  }

  Gabadinho, A., Ritschard, G., Studer, M. & Müller, N.S. (2010),
  Indice de complexité pour le tri et la comparaison de séquences
  catégorielles, In Extraction et gestion des connaissances (EGC 2010),
  Revue des nouvelles technologies de l'information RNTI. Vol. E-19,
  pp. 61-66.

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

  @Article{,
    author = {Alexis Gabadinho and Gilbert Ritschard and Matthias Studer and Nicolas S. Müller},
    title = {Indice de complexité pour le tri et la comparaison de séquences catégorielles},
    booktitle = {Extraction et gestion des connaissances (EGC 2010)},
    journal = {Revue des nouvelles technologies de l'information (RNTI)},
    year = {2010},
    volume = {E-19},
    pages = {61-66},
  }

  Ritschard, G., Bussi, M. & O'Reilly, J. (2018), An Index of Precarity
  for Measuring Early Employment Insecurity, In Ritschard, G. & Studer,
  M. (eds) Sequence Analysis and Related Approaches: Innovative Methods
  and Applications. Series: Life Course Research and Social Policies.
  Vol. 10, pp. 279-295. Cham: Springer. DOI
  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95420-2_16

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

  @InCollection{,
    author = {Gilbert Ritschard and Marherita Bussi and Jacqueline O'Reilly},
    title = {An Index of Precarity for Measuring Early Employment Insecurity},
    booktitle = {Sequence Analysis and Related Approaches: Innovative Methods and Applications},
    publisher = {Springer},
    year = {2018},
    editor = {Gilbert Ritschard and Matthias Studer},
    series = {Life Course Research and Social Policies},
    address = {Cham},
    volume = {10},
    pages = {279-295},
    doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-95420-2_16},
  }

For event sequences:

  Ritschard, G., Bürgin, R. & Studer, M. (2013), Exploratory Mining of
  Life Event Histories, In J.J. McArdle & G. Ritschard (eds.),
  Contemporary Issues in Exploratory Data Mining in the Behavioral
  Sciences.  pp. 221-253. New York: Routledge

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

  @InCollection{,
    author = {Gilbert Ritschard and Reto Bürgin and Matthias Studer},
    title = {Exploratory Mining of Life Event Histories},
    booktitle = {Contemporary Issues in Exploratory Data Mining in the Behavioral Sciences},
    publisher = {New York: Routledge},
    year = {2013},
    editor = {J.J. McArdle and G. Ritschard},
    pages = {221-253},
  }

  Bürgin, R. & Ritschard, G. (2014), A decorated parallel coordinate
  plot for categorical longitudinal data, The American Statistician
  68(2), 98-103.  DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/00031305.2014.887591

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

  @Article{,
    author = {Reto Bürgin and Gilbert Ritschard},
    title = {A decorated parallel coordinate plot for categorical longitudinal data},
    journal = {The American Statistician},
    year = {2014},
    volume = {68},
    pages = {98-103},
    number = {2},
    doi = {10.1080/00031305.2014.887591},
  }

See ‘citation()’ for citing R itself.