To cite DESpace in publications use:

Peiying Cai, Mark D. Robinson, and Simone Tiberi (2024). DESpace: spatially variable gene detection via differential expression testing of spatial clusters. Bioinformatics. URL https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btae027

Peiying Cai, Mark D. Robinson, and Simone Tiberi (2025). DESpace2: detection of differential spatial patterns in spatial omics data. bioRxiv. URL https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2025/07/02/2025.06.30.662268

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @Article{,
    title = {DESpace: spatially variable gene detection via
      differential expression testing of spatial clusters},
    author = {Peiying Cai and Mark D. Robinson and Simone Tiberi},
    eprint = {https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btae027},
    journal = {Bioinformatics},
    year = {2024},
    url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btae027},
    publisher = {Oxford University Press},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {DESpace2: detection of differential spatial patterns in
      spatial omics data},
    author = {Peiying Cai and Mark D. Robinson and Simone Tiberi},
    eprint =
      {https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2025/07/02/2025.06.30.662268.full.pdf},
    journal = {bioRxiv},
    year = {2025},
    url =
      {https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2025/07/02/2025.06.30.662268},
    publisher = {Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory},
  }