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@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ Please acknowledge the use of NIFTy in your publication(s) by using a
 phrase such as the following:
 
 > *"Some of the results in this publication have been derived using the
-> NIFTy package [Steininger et al., 2017]."*
+> NIFTy package [Steininger et al., 2017]."[1]
 
 ### References