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# How to cite this software
If you use RegionMatch in your work — whether for scientific publications, reports, presentations, or teaching — we would really appreciate a proper citation. Citing the software helps us demonstrate its impact, improve it further, and justify continued development and maintenance.

To make this as easy as possible, we provide ready-to-use citation formats below. Simply choose the format that best fits your workflow.

```{eval-rst}
.. card:: Thank you for citing RegionMatch!

   .. tab-set::

      .. tab-item:: APA

         .. citation-info::
            :format: apalike

      .. tab-item:: BibTex

         .. citation-info::
            :format: bibtex

      .. tab-item:: RIS

         .. citation-info::
            :format: ris

      .. tab-item:: Endnote

         .. citation-info::
            :format: endnote

      .. tab-item:: CFF

         .. citation-info::
            :format: cff
```

If you have any questions about how to cite RegionMatch or would like to reference a specific version or dataset, feel free to [get in touch](contact).