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>.

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

  @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},
  }