# How do I cite UCSC Xena?

You've run your analysis and are ready to publish your paper - congratulations! Cite the paper below to thank Xena and keep our project funded.

**Goldman, M.J., Craft, B., Hastie, M. et al. Visualizing and interpreting cancer genomics data via the Xena platform. Nat Biotechnol (2020).** [**https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-0546-8**](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-0546-8)

You can also read our paper for free at bioRxiv: <https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/326470v6>


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