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, 40(2), btae027. https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btae027

Peiying Cai, Mark D. Robinson, and Simone Tiberi (2026). DESpace2: detection of differential spatial patterns in spatial omics data. Bioinformatics, 42(Supplement_2), btag450. https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btag450

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},
    journal = {Bioinformatics},
    year = {2024},
    volume = {40},
    number = {2},
    pages = {btae027},
    doi = {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},
    journal = {Bioinformatics},
    year = {2026},
    volume = {42},
    number = {Supplement_2},
    pages = {btag450},
    doi = {10.1093/bioinformatics/btag450},
    publisher = {Oxford University Press},
  }