To cite sdmTMB in publications use:

Anderson SC, Ward EJ, English PA, Barnett LAK, Thorson JT (2025). “sdmTMB: An R Package for Fast, Flexible, and User-Friendly Generalized Linear Mixed Effects Models with Spatial and Spatiotemporal Random Fields.” Journal of Statistical Software, 115(2), 1–46. doi:10.18637/jss.v115.i02.

Corresponding BibTeX entry:

  @Article{,
    title = {{sdmTMB}: An {R} Package for Fast, Flexible, and
      User-Friendly Generalized Linear Mixed Effects Models with
      Spatial and Spatiotemporal Random Fields},
    author = {Sean C. Anderson and Eric J. Ward and Philina A. English
      and Lewis A. K. Barnett and James T. Thorson},
    journal = {Journal of Statistical Software},
    year = {2025},
    volume = {115},
    number = {2},
    pages = {1--46},
    doi = {10.18637/jss.v115.i02},
  }