To cite the RDI method in publications use:

Bolen C, Rubelt F, Vander Heiden J, Davis MM (2017). “The Repertoire Dissimilarity Index as a method to compare lymphocyte receptor repertoires.” BMC Bioinformatics, 18, 155.

Corresponding BibTeX entry:

  @Article{,
    title = {The Repertoire Dissimilarity Index as a method to compare
      lymphocyte receptor repertoires},
    author = {Christopher R Bolen and Florian Rubelt and Jason A
      {Vander Heiden} and Mark M Davis},
    journal = {BMC Bioinformatics},
    year = {2017},
    volume = {18},
    pages = {155},
  }