To cite pmsims, please cite the package and either or both accompanying
papers.
Carr E, Forbes G, Olaniran R, Shamsutdinova D, Stahl D, Markham S,
Zimmer F (2026). _pmsims: Simulation-based Sample Size Tools for
Prediction Models_. R package version 1.0.0,
.
A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
@Manual{,
title = {pmsims: Simulation-based Sample Size Tools for Prediction Models},
author = {Ewan Carr and Gordon Forbes and Ridwan Olaniran and Diana Shamsutdinova and Daniel Stahl and Sarah Markham and Felix Zimmer},
year = {2026},
note = {R package version 1.0.0},
url = {https://pmsims-package.github.io/pmsims/},
}
Shamsutdinova D, Zimmer F, Olaniran O, Markham S, Stahl D, Forbes G,
Carr E (2026). “Sample Size Calculations for Developing Clinical
Prediction Models: Overview and pmsims R package.” _arXiv_,
*arXiv:2602.23507*. doi:10.48550/arXiv.2602.23507
. Preprint,
.
A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
@Article{,
title = {Sample Size Calculations for Developing Clinical Prediction Models: Overview and pmsims R package},
author = {Diana Shamsutdinova and Felix Zimmer and Oyebayo Ridwan Olaniran and Sarah Markham and Daniel Stahl and Gordon Forbes and Ewan Carr},
year = {2026},
journal = {arXiv},
volume = {arXiv:2602.23507},
doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2602.23507},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.23507},
note = {Preprint},
}
Olaniran O, Shamsutdinova D, Markham S, Zimmer F, Stahl D, Forbes G,
Carr E (2026). “Adaptive Gaussian process search for simulation-based
sample size estimation in clinical prediction models: validation of
the pmsims R package.” _BMC Medical Research Methodology_.
doi:10.1186/s12874-026-02935-9
.
A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
@Article{,
title = {Adaptive Gaussian process search for simulation-based sample size estimation in clinical prediction models: validation of the pmsims R package},
author = {Oyebayo Ridwan Olaniran and Diana Shamsutdinova and Sarah Markham and Felix Zimmer and Daniel Stahl and Gordon Forbes and Ewan Carr},
year = {2026},
journal = {BMC Medical Research Methodology},
doi = {10.1186/s12874-026-02935-9},
}
The validation paper is published in BMC Medical Research Methodology.
The overview paper is currently an arXiv preprint; that citation should
be updated once the peer-reviewed article is available.