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 # spras-benchmarking
 
 See [#64](https://github.com/Reed-CompBio/spras-benchmarking/issues/64).
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+## Citation
+[A framework for benchmarking pathway reconstruction algorithms](https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.08.04.742550)  
+Neha Talluri, Tristan Figueroa-Reid, Justin Hiemstra, Chris S Magnano, Adam Shedivy, Nistha Panda, Yancheng Liu, Sumedha Sanjeev, Oliver Faulkner Anderson, Altaf Barelvi, Aden O'Brien, Olivia T Johnson, James A Haddad, Spencer A Halberg-Spencer, Akniyet Nurbol, Iris Jan, Mahunan Degbelo, Daniel Nachreiner, Canek Llera-Magord, Gabriel Howland, Grace H Li, Anna Ritz<sup>+</sup>, Anthony Gitter<sup>+</sup>.  
+*bioRxiv*, 2026. doi:10.64898/2026.08.04.742550  
+<sup>+</sup> denotes equal contribution.