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 ## Table of Contents
+- [Citation](#citation)
 - [License](#license)
 - [Online Web](#online-web)
 - [Install](#Install)
@@ -45,6 +45,25 @@ The computation of vulnerabilities can also be exploited programmatically via th
 - [Contributing](#contributing)
 
 
+## Citation
+
+```bib
+@article{10.1093/bioinformatics/btad053,
+    author = {Oarga, Alexandru and Bannerman, Bridget P and Júlvez, Jorge},
+    title = "{CONTRABASS: exploiting flux constraints in genome-scale models for the detection of vulnerabilities}",
+    journal = {Bioinformatics},
+    volume = {39},
+    number = {2},
+    pages = {btad053},
+    year = {2023},
+    month = {01},
+    issn = {1367-4811},
+    doi = {10.1093/bioinformatics/btad053},
+    url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btad053},
+    eprint = {https://academic.oup.com/bioinformatics/article-pdf/39/2/btad053/49123769/btad053.pdf},
+}
+```
+
 ## License
 
 CONTRABASS is released under [GPLv3 license](LICENSE).