diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fc6d060..4eddc6b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,11 +38,10 @@ Please go to the official [vignette](https://zktuong.github.io/ktplots/articles/
 For the legacy version of the `README.md` file, please go [here](https://github.com/zktuong/ktplots/blob/master/_legacy_README.md).
 
 ## Citation
-If you find these functions useful, please consider leaving a star, citing this repository, and/or citing the following [DOI](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5717922):
+If you find these functions useful, please consider leaving a star and cite this preprint:
 
-To cite a specific version of `ktplots`, please follow the links on the zenodo repository. e.g. v2.0.0:
 ```
-ZK Tuong. (2021). zktuong/ktplots: 2.0.0 (v2.0.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5717922
+Troulé K, Petryszak R, Prete M, Cranley J, Harasty A, Tuong ZK, Teichmann SA, Garcia-Alonso L, Vento-Tormo R. CellPhoneDB v5: inferring cell-cell communication from single-cell multiomics data. arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.04567. 2023 Nov 8.
 ```
 
 Thank you!
diff --git a/_legacy_README.md b/_legacy_README.md
index 9080657..7fb0e5e 100644
--- a/_legacy_README.md
+++ b/_legacy_README.md
@@ -406,11 +406,10 @@ g + g1
 
 
 ## Citation
-If you find these functions useful, please consider leaving a star, citing this repository, and/or citing the following [DOI](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5717922):
+If you find these functions useful, please consider leaving a star and cite this preprint:
 
-To cite a specific version of `ktplots`, please follow the links on the zenodo repository. e.g. v1.2.3:
 ```
-Zewen Kelvin Tuong. (2021). zktuong/ktplots: 1.2.3 (v1.2.3). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5717922
+Troulé K, Petryszak R, Prete M, Cranley J, Harasty A, Tuong ZK, Teichmann SA, Garcia-Alonso L, Vento-Tormo R. CellPhoneDB v5: inferring cell-cell communication from single-cell multiomics data. arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.04567. 2023 Nov 8.
 ```
 
 Thank you!
diff --git a/vignettes/vignette.rmd b/vignettes/vignette.rmd
index c6a8ef5..68442aa 100644
--- a/vignettes/vignette.rmd
+++ b/vignettes/vignette.rmd
@@ -384,11 +384,10 @@ geneDotPlot(
 ```
 
 ## Citation
-If you find these functions useful, please consider leaving a star, citing this repository, and/or citing the following [DOI](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5717922):
+If you find these functions useful, please consider leaving a star and cite this preprint:
 
-To cite a specific version of `ktplots`, please follow the links on the zenodo repository. e.g. v1.2.3:
 ```
-Zewen Kelvin Tuong. (2021). zktuong/ktplots: 1.2.3 (v1.2.3). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5717922
+Troulé K, Petryszak R, Prete M, Cranley J, Harasty A, Tuong ZK, Teichmann SA, Garcia-Alonso L, Vento-Tormo R. CellPhoneDB v5: inferring cell-cell communication from single-cell multiomics data. arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.04567. 2023 Nov 8.
 ```
 
 Thank you!