To cite the songR R package, use:

Heller, R. (2026). songR: Self-Organizing Nebulous Growths for Dimensionality Reduction. R package version 0.1.0. https://github.com/cttir/songR

To cite the underlying SONG algorithm, use:

Senanayake, D. A., Wang, W., Naik, S. H., & Halgamuge, S. (2021). Self-Organizing Nebulous Growths for Robust and Incremental Data Visualization. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 32(10), 4588-4602.<doi:10.1109/TNNLS.2020.3023941>

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @Manual{,
    title = {songR: Self-Organizing Nebulous Growths for Dimensionality
      Reduction},
    author = {R. Heller},
    year = {2026},
    note = {R package version 0.1.0},
    url = {https://github.com/cttir/songR},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {Self-Organizing Nebulous Growths for Robust and
      Incremental Data Visualization},
    author = {Damith A. Senanayake and Wei Wang and Shalin H. Naik and
      Saman Halgamuge},
    journal = {IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning
      Systems},
    year = {2021},
    volume = {32},
    number = {10},
    pages = {4588--4602},
    doi = {10.1109/TNNLS.2020.3023941},
  }