From b61b097bd43379b0933ea8c1ef2e50c23f7c22f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Kevin J. Sung" <kevjsung@umich.edu>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2023 16:55:36 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] add citation instructions to README

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 README.md | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 57fb02d20..438a0cb13 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -107,3 +107,15 @@ You can also use `pytest` to run the tests directly. For example,
 ```bash
 pytest tests/
 ```
+
+## Cite ffsim
+
+You can cite ffsim using the following BibTeX:
+
+```bibtex
+@software{ffsim,
+  author = {{The ffsim developers}},
+  title = {ffsim},
+  url = {https://github.com/qiskit-community/ffsim}
+}
+```