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|lfkitlogo| Citation
====================

If you use LFKit in your work, please cite it using the citation metadata
provided with the repository.

How to cite LFKit
-----------------

The recommended citation is stored in the project repository as
``CITATION.cff``. GitHub uses this file to generate citation information
automatically.

Current citation metadata:

.. code-block:: yaml

   cff-version: 1.2.0
   message: >
     If you use LFKit in your research, cite it using the metadata below.

   title: "LFKit: Luminosity functions and photometric corrections toolkit"

   authors:
     - family-names: "Šarčević"
       given-names: "Nikolina"
       email: "nikolina.sarcevic@gmail.com"
       orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7301-6415"

   version: "0.2.0"
   date-released: 2026-05-15

   repository-code: "https://github.com/cosmology-kit/lfkit"
   url: "https://github.com/cosmology-kit/lfkit"

   license: MIT

   abstract: >
     LFKit is a modular Python toolkit for luminosity function modeling,
     k-corrections, e-corrections, and photometric response handling,
     designed for cosmological analyses.