To cite package ‘QuickBLAST’ in publications use:

Vishvesh Karthik (2026). QuickBLAST: High-Performance Sequence Alignment using BLAST and Apache Arrow. R package version 1.99.8, https://github.com/vizkidd/quickblast.

Corresponding BibTeX entry:

  @Manual{,
    title = {QuickBLAST: High-Performance Sequence Alignment using
      BLAST and Apache Arrow},
    author = {{Vishvesh Karthik}},
    year = {2026},
    note = {R package version 1.99.8},
    url = {https://github.com/vizkidd/quickblast},
  }