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+# --------------------------------------------
+# CITATION file created with {cffr} R package
+# See also: https://docs.ropensci.org/cffr/
+# --------------------------------------------
+ 
+cff-version: 1.2.0
+message: 'To cite package "vimcheck" in publications use:'
+type: software
+license: MIT
+title: 'vimcheck: Diagnostics for Vaccine Impact Modelling Consortium Burden and Impact
+  Estimates'
+version: 0.0.1
+abstract: Run diagnostics on burden estimates submitted by modellers in the Vaccine
+  Impact Modelling Consortium (VIMC) and impact estimates calculated by the VIMC Science
+  & Policy team.
+authors:
+- family-names: Gupte
+  given-names: Pratik
+  email: p.gupte24@imperial.ac.uk
+  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5294-7819
+- family-names: Gaythorpe
+  given-names: Katy
+  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3734-9081
+- family-names: Li
+  given-names: Xiang
+  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5945-159X
+- family-names: Gibney
+  given-names: Zoë
+  orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8114-9984
+repository-code: https://github.com/vimc/vimcheck
+url: https://vimc.github.io/vimcheck/
+contact:
+- family-names: Gupte
+  given-names: Pratik
+  email: p.gupte24@imperial.ac.uk
+  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5294-7819
+references:
+- type: software
+  title: knitr
+  abstract: 'knitr: A General-Purpose Package for Dynamic Report Generation in R'
+  notes: Suggests
+  url: https://yihui.org/knitr/
+  repository: https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=knitr
+  authors:
+  - family-names: Xie
+    given-names: Yihui
+    email: xie@yihui.name
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0645-5666
+  year: '2025'
+  doi: 10.32614/CRAN.package.knitr
+- type: software
+  title: rmarkdown
+  abstract: 'rmarkdown: Dynamic Documents for R'
+  notes: Suggests
+  url: https://pkgs.rstudio.com/rmarkdown/
+  repository: https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=rmarkdown
+  authors:
+  - family-names: Allaire
+    given-names: JJ
+    email: jj@posit.co
+  - family-names: Xie
+    given-names: Yihui
+    email: xie@yihui.name
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0645-5666
+  - family-names: Dervieux
+    given-names: Christophe
+    email: cderv@posit.co
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4474-2498
+  - family-names: McPherson
+    given-names: Jonathan
+    email: jonathan@posit.co
+  - family-names: Luraschi
+    given-names: Javier
+  - family-names: Ushey
+    given-names: Kevin
+    email: kevin@posit.co
+  - family-names: Atkins
+    given-names: Aron
+    email: aron@posit.co
+  - family-names: Wickham
+    given-names: Hadley
+    email: hadley@posit.co
+  - family-names: Cheng
+    given-names: Joe
+    email: joe@posit.co
+  - family-names: Chang
+    given-names: Winston
+    email: winston@posit.co
+  - family-names: Iannone
+    given-names: Richard
+    email: rich@posit.co
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3925-190X
+  year: '2025'
+  doi: 10.32614/CRAN.package.rmarkdown
+- type: software
+  title: spelling
+  abstract: 'spelling: Tools for Spell Checking in R'
+  notes: Suggests
+  url: https://ropensci.r-universe.dev/spelling
+  repository: https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=spelling
+  authors:
+  - family-names: Ooms
+    given-names: Jeroen
+    email: jeroenooms@gmail.com
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4035-0289
+  - family-names: Hester
+    given-names: Jim
+    email: james.hester@rstudio.com
+  year: '2025'
+  doi: 10.32614/CRAN.package.spelling
+- type: software
+  title: testthat
+  abstract: 'testthat: Unit Testing for R'
+  notes: Suggests
+  url: https://testthat.r-lib.org
+  repository: https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=testthat
+  authors:
+  - family-names: Wickham
+    given-names: Hadley
+    email: hadley@posit.co
+  year: '2025'
+  doi: 10.32614/CRAN.package.testthat
+  version: '>= 3.0.0'
+