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, 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.

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @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},
  }

  @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},
  }