To cite phytools in a publication please use:

Revell L (2024). “phytools 2.0: an updated R ecosystem for phylogenetic comparative methods (and other things).” PeerJ, 12, e16505. doi:10.7717/peerj.16505.

As phytools is continually evolving you may also want to cite its version number (found with 'library(help = phytools)' or 'packageVersion("phytools")').

Corresponding BibTeX entry:

  @Article{,
    title = {{p}hytools 2.0: an updated {R} ecosystem for phylogenetic
      comparative methods (and other things).},
    author = {Liam J. Revell},
    journal = {PeerJ},
    year = {2024},
    volume = {12},
    pages = {e16505},
    doi = {10.7717/peerj.16505},
  }