To cite the LTG-SMD framework, please cite the companion paper:

  Nakamura, D. (2026). The denominator chooses the estimand: A
  target-population true-score framework for standardized mean
  differences. Psychological Methods. Advance online publication.
  https://doi.org/10.1037/met0000875

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

  @Article{,
    title = {The Denominator Chooses the Estimand: A Target-Population True-Score Framework for Standardized Mean Differences},
    author = {Daiki Nakamura},
    journal = {Psychological Methods},
    year = {2026},
    note = {Advance online publication},
    doi = {10.1037/met0000875},
  }

To cite the ltgsmd software itself, please use:

  Nakamura, D. (2026). ltgsmd: Latent true-score and target-population
  anchored geometric SMD (Version 0.2.3) [R package].
  https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.ltgsmd

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

  @Manual{,
    title = {{ltgsmd}: Latent True-Score and Target-Population Anchored Geometric {SMD}},
    author = {Daiki Nakamura},
    year = {2026},
    note = {R package version 0.2.3},
    doi = {10.32614/CRAN.package.ltgsmd},
    url = {https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=ltgsmd},
  }