diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+cff-version: 1.2.0
+message: "If you use Model2Vec in your research, please cite it as below."
+title: "Model2Vec: Fast State-of-the-Art Static Embeddings"
+authors:
+  - family-names: "Tulkens"
+    given-names: "Stephan"
+  - family-names: "van Dongen"
+    given-names: "Thomas"
+doi: 10.5281/zenodo.17270888
+license: MIT
+url: "https://github.com/MinishLab/model2vec"
+repository-code: "https://github.com/MinishLab/model2vec-rs"
+date-released: "2024-09-20"
+
+preferred-citation:
+  type: software
+  title: "Model2Vec: Fast State-of-the-Art Static Embeddings"
+  authors:
+    - family-names: "Tulkens"
+      given-names: "Stephan"
+    - family-names: "van Dongen"
+      given-names: "Thomas"
+  year: 2024
+  publisher: Zenodo
+  doi: 10.5281/zenodo.17270888
+  url: "https://github.com/MinishLab/model2vec"
+  license: MIT
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
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--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/MinishLab/model2vec-rs"
 keywords = ["embeddings", "model2vec", "nlp", "rust"]
 categories = ["science", "text-processing"]
 
-exclude = ["tests/*"]
+exclude = ["tests/*", "assets/*", "local/*"]
 
 [features]
 default      = ["onig", "hf-hub"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -209,12 +209,15 @@ MIT
 
 ## Citing Model2Vec
 
-If you use the Model2Vec methodology or models in your research or work, please cite the original Model2Vec project:
+If you use Model2Vec in your research, please cite the following:
 ```bibtex
-@article{minishlab2024model2vec,
-  author = {Tulkens, Stephan and {van Dongen}, Thomas},
-  title = {Model2Vec: Fast State-of-the-Art Static Embeddings},
-  year = {2024},
-  url = {https://github.com/MinishLab/model2vec}
+@software{minishlab2024model2vec,
+  author       = {Stephan Tulkens and {van Dongen}, Thomas},
+  title        = {Model2Vec: Fast State-of-the-Art Static Embeddings},
+  year         = {2024},
+  publisher    = {Zenodo},
+  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.17270888},
+  url          = {https://github.com/MinishLab/model2vec},
+  license      = {MIT}
 }
 ```