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 cff-version: 1.2.0
 title: ASReview LAB - A tool for AI-assisted systematic reviews
 message: >-
-  If you use this software, please cite the software and Van
-  de Schoot et al. (2021).
-  https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-020-00287-7
+  If you use the ASReview software in your work, please cite it as indicated.
+  For referencing the underlying methodology, cite Van de Schoot et
+  al. (2021 - https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-020-00287-7).
+
 type: software
 authors:
   - given-names: ASReview LAB developers
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -73,9 +73,8 @@ LAB](https://asreview.readthedocs.io/en/latest/about.html).
 
 ## Citation
 
-The following publication in [Nature Machine
-Intelligence](https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-020-00287-7) can be used to cite
-the project.
+If you wish to cite the underlying methodology of the ASReview software,
+please use the following publication in Nature Machine Intelligence:
 
 > van de Schoot, R., de Bruin, J., Schram, R. et al. An open source machine
   learning framework for efficient and transparent systematic reviews.