To cite package 'Claddis' in a publication use: Lloyd, Graeme T. (2016). Estimating morphological diversity and tempo with discrete character-taxon matrices: implementation, challenges, progress, and future directions. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 118, 131-151. A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is @Article{, title = {Estimating morphological diversity and tempo with discrete character-taxon matrices: implementation, challenges, progress, and future directions}, author = {Graeme T. Lloyd}, journal = {Biological Journal of the Linnean Society}, year = {2016}, volume = {118}, pages = {131-151}, doi = {10.1111/bij.12746}, } Lloyd, Graeme T. (2018). Journeys through discrete-character morphospace: synthesizing phylogeny, tempo, and disparity. Palaeontology, 61, 637-645. A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is @Article{, title = {Journeys through discrete-character morphospace: synthesizing phylogeny, tempo, and disparity}, author = {Graeme T. Lloyd}, journal = {Palaeontology}, year = {2018}, volume = {61}, pages = {637-645}, doi = {10.1111/pala.12380}, } Lehmann, Oscar E. R., Ezcurra, Martin D., Butler, Richard J. and Lloyd, Graeme T. (2019). Biases with the Generalized Euclidean Distance measure in disparity analyses with high levels of missing data. Palaeontology, 62, 837-849. A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is @Article{, title = {Biases with the Generalized Euclidean Distance measure in disparity analyses with high levels of missing data}, author = {Oscar E. R. Lehmann and Martin D. Ezcurra and Richard J. Butler and Graeme T. Lloyd}, journal = {Palaeontology}, year = {2019}, volume = {62}, pages = {837-849}, doi = {10.1111/pala.12430}, } As Claddis is evolving rapidly, you may want to also cite its version number (found with 'library(help = Claddis)').