To cite package ‘COTAN’ in publications use:

  Silvia Giulia G, Francesco M, Marco F, Marco P, Daniel P, Corrado P,
  Federico C, Manuela H (2026). _COTAN: COexpression Tables ANalysis_.
  R package version 2.12.1, <https://bioconductor.org/packages/COTAN>.

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

  @Manual{,
    title = {COTAN: COexpression Tables ANalysis},
    author = {Galfrè {Silvia Giulia} and Morandin Francesco and Fantozzi Marco and Pietrosanto Marco and Puttini Daniel and Priami Corrado and Cremisi Federico and Helmer-Citterich Manuela},
    year = {2026},
    note = {R package version 2.12.1},
    url = {https://bioconductor.org/packages/COTAN},
  }