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 ## License and Citation
 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
 
-Please cite as: Diers, Erik, Zomorodpoosh, Setareh, Linn, Sandra, Pacharra, Marlene, & Otto, Tobias. (2023). MetaDataApp...
+Please cite as:Zomorodpoosh, Setareh; Diers, Erik;  Linn, Sandra; Merz, Christian J.; Windeck, Jürgen; Pacharra, Marlene; Otto, Tobi (2023). MetaDataApp...
 
 ## Contact
 If you have any questions about the MetaDataApp, or if you have feature requests or found bugs, please contact the SFB's INF project via email: sfb1280data@rub.de