To cite rtransparency in publications, please cite both the package and the foundational validation paper: Serghiou S, Sofi-Mahmudi A (2026). _rtransparency: Identify Indicators of Transparency in the Biomedical Literature_. R package version 1.0.0, . A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is @Manual{, title = {{rtransparency}: Identify Indicators of Transparency in the Biomedical Literature}, author = {Stylianos Serghiou and Ahmad Sofi-Mahmudi}, year = {2026}, note = {R package version 1.0.0}, url = {https://github.com/choxos/rtransparency}, } Serghiou S, Contopoulos-Ioannidis D, Boyack K, Riedel N, Wallach J, Ioannidis J (2021). “Assessment of transparency indicators across the biomedical literature: How open is open?” _PLOS Biology_, *19*(3), e3001107. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3001107 . A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is @Article{, title = {Assessment of transparency indicators across the biomedical literature: How open is open?}, author = {Stylianos Serghiou and Despina G. Contopoulos-Ioannidis and Kevin W. Boyack and Nico Riedel and Joshua D. Wallach and John P. A. Ioannidis}, journal = {PLOS Biology}, year = {2021}, volume = {19}, number = {3}, pages = {e3001107}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pbio.3001107}, }