When using imaginarycss, please cite the method paper:

Tanaka K, Vega Yon GG (2024). Imaginary network motifs: Structural patterns of false positives and negatives in social networks. Social Networks 78, 65-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2023.11.005

And the R package itself:

Najafzadehkhoei S, Vega Yon G, Tanaka K (2026). imaginarycss: Tools for Studying Imaginary Cognitive Social Structure. doi:10.32614/CRAN.package.imaginarycss. R package version 0.1.0, https://github.com/gvegayon/imaginarycss.

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @Article{,
    title = {Imaginary network motifs: Structural patterns of false
      positives and negatives in social networks},
    author = {Kyosuke Tanaka and George {Vega Yon}},
    journal = {Social Networks},
    year = {2024},
    volume = {78},
    pages = {65-80},
    issn = {0378-8733},
    doi = {10.1016/j.socnet.2023.11.005},
    url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2023.11.005},
  }

  @Manual{,
    title = {{{imaginarycss: Tools for Studying Imaginary Cognitive
      Social Structure}}},
    author = {Sima Najafzadehkhoei and George {Vega Yon} and Kyosuke
      Tanaka},
    year = {2026},
    note = {R package version 0.1.0},
    url = {https://github.com/gvegayon/imaginarycss},
    doi = {10.32614/CRAN.package.imaginarycss},
  }