diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
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@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 LICENSE
 TODO.md
 matlab
-CHANGELOG.md
\ No newline at end of file
+CHANGELOG.md
+CITATION.cff
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diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
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@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# YAML 1.2
+---
+message: "If you use this software, please cite it using these metadata or by issuing `citation(rBAPS)` within an R session"
+authors:
+  -
+    family-names: Leoncio
+    given-names: Waldir
+    name-suffix: Netto
+    email: "w.l.netto@medisin.uio.no"
+    affiliation: "Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology"
+  -
+    family-names: Corander
+    given-names: Jukka
+    email: "jukka.corander@medisin.uio.no"
+    affiliation: "Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology"
+  -
+    family-names: Tonkin-Hill
+    given-names: Gerry
+    email: gqt20@cam.ac.uk
+title: "rBAPS: Bayesian Analysis of Population Structure"
+version: 0.0.0.9000
+date-released: 2020-01-01
+license: GPL-3.0-or-later
+cff-version: 1.1.0
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3a5a7ba..107a86e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ rBAPS is Open Software licenced under the [GPL-3](https://tldrlegal.com/license/
 
 ### How to cite this project
 
-After installing the package, issue `citation("rBAPS")` in R. You will get a pure text and a BibTeX entry of rBAPS.
+After installing the package, issue `citation("rBAPS")` in R. You will get a pure text and a BibTeX entry of rBAPS. Alternatively, you can use the [CITATION.cff](CITATION.cff) file, which conforms to the (Citation File Format)[https://citation-file-format.github.io/] standard.
 
 ### Scientific papers