diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index d8bcd23..038dbfe 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: geposan
 Title: Gene Position Analysis
-Version: 1.0.0
+Version: 1.1.0
 Authors@R:
     person(
         "Elias",
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@ Imports:
     rlang,
     progress
 Suggests:
-    biomaRt,
-    httr,
     plotly,
     rlog,
-    stringr,
+    RMariaDB,
     usethis
diff --git a/R/plots.R b/R/plots.R
index 706a4ed..7971c10 100644
--- a/R/plots.R
+++ b/R/plots.R
@@ -718,8 +718,9 @@ plot_scores_by_position <- function(ranking,
         "Percentile: {round(percentile * 100, digits = 2)}%"
       ),
       marker = list(
-        color = base_color(),
-        size = 5
+        size = 3,
+        color = "#919191",
+        opacity = 0.5
       ),
       hoverinfo = "text"
     ) |>
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 37fa0a1..b49574f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,6 +17,17 @@ remotes::install_github("johrpan/geposan")
 See [this page](https://remotes.r-lib.org/reference/install_git.html) for more
 information on this command.
 
+## Publication
+
+This method and its implementation have been peer-reviewed and published in
+NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics. If you use the package in your research or
+would like to refer to our methodology, please cite the following paper:
+
+Elias F Projahn, Georg Fuellen, Michael Walter, Steffen Möller, Proposing
+candidate genes under telomeric control based on cross-species position data,
+NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics, Volume 6, Issue 2, June 2024, lqae037,
+https://doi.org/10.1093/nargab/lqae037
+
 ## Graphical interface
 
 Please also take a look at the interactive graphical web interface for geposan
diff --git a/inst/CITATION b/inst/CITATION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17d6334
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inst/CITATION
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+bibentry(
+  bibtype = "Article",
+  title = "Proposing candidate genes under telomeric control based on cross-species position data",
+  author = "Elias F Projahn, Georg Fuellen, Michael Walter, Steffen Möller",
+  journal = "NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics",
+  year = 2024,
+  volume = 6,
+  number = 2,
+  pages = "lqae037",
+  doi = "10.1093/nargab/lqae037"
+)