To cite package ‘scran’ in publications use:

  Lun ATL, McCarthy DJ, Marioni JC (2016). “A step-by-step workflow for
  low-level analysis of single-cell RNA-seq data with Bioconductor.”
  _F1000Res._, *5*, 2122. doi:10.12688/f1000research.9501.2
  <https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.9501.2>.

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

  @Article{,
    author = {Aaron T. L. Lun and Davis J. McCarthy and John C. Marioni},
    title = {A step-by-step workflow for low-level analysis of single-cell RNA-seq data with Bioconductor},
    journal = {F1000Res.},
    year = {2016},
    volume = {5},
    pages = {2122},
    doi = {10.12688/f1000research.9501.2},
  }