add paper reference

Author: neuromechanist

README.rst

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 * Create a new GitHub issue. Please use the repository specific to the item you are having difficulty with. e.g. if you are having trouble with LabRecorder then open a new issue in its repository. If you don't know which repository is best then you can use the parent sccn/labstreaminglayer repository.
 * Join the LabStreamingLayer `#users` channel on Slack. `Invite Link <https://join.slack.com/t/labstreaminglayer/shared_invite/enQtMzA2NjEwNDk0NjA5LTcyYWI4ZDk5OTY5MGI2YWYxNmViNjhkYWRhZTkwYWM0ODY0Y2M0YzdlZDRkZTg1OTUwZDU2M2UwNDgwYzUzNDg>`_. Someone there may be able to get to the bottom of your problem through conversation.
 * You may also wish to try the very new `labstreaminglayer.org forum <https://forum.labstreaminglayer.org/>`_
+
+.. note::
+
+Cite LSL
+############
+
+   If you are using LSL in your research, please consider citing the Lab Streaming Layer paper
+   published in Imaging Neuroscience. This will help track the use of LSL in emerging research
+   and support continued development of the framework:
+
+   Kothe, C., Shirazi, S. Y., Stenner, T., Medine, D., Boulay, C., Grivich, M. I., Artoni, F.,
+   Mullen, T., Delorme, A., & Makeig, S. (2025). The Lab Streaming Layer for Synchronized
+   Multimodal Recording. *Imaging Neuroscience*, 3, IMAG.a.136.
+   https://doi.org/10.1162/IMAG.a.136
+
+   **BibTeX entry:**
+
+   .. code-block:: bibtex
+
+      @article{kothe2025lab,
+        title={The Lab Streaming Layer for Synchronized Multimodal Recording},
+        author={Kothe, Christian and Shirazi, Seyed Yahya and Stenner, Tristan and Medine, David
+                and Boulay, Chadwick and Grivich, Matthew I. and Artoni, Fiorenzo and Mullen, Tim
+                and Delorme, Arnaud and Makeig, Scott},
+        journal={Imaging Neuroscience},
+        volume={3},
+        pages={IMAG.a.136},
+        year={2025},
+        publisher={MIT Press},
+        doi={10.1162/IMAG.a.136},
+        url={https://doi.org/10.1162/IMAG.a.136},
+        note={Open Access}
+      }