To cite scMetaLink in publications use:

  Liu Z (2026). scMetaLink: Inferring metabolite-mediated cell-cell
  communication from single-cell and spatial transcriptomics data. R
  package version 0.99.0. https://github.com/Zaoqu-Liu/scMetaLink

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

  @Article{,
    title = {scMetaLink: Inferring metabolite-mediated cell-cell communication from single-cell and spatial transcriptomics data},
    author = {Zaoqu Liu},
    journal = {Bioinformatics},
    year = {2026},
    note = {R package version 0.99.0},
    url = {https://github.com/Zaoqu-Liu/scMetaLink},
  }