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.