To cite package ‘stringdist’ in publications use:

  van der Loo M (2014). “The stringdist package for approximate string
  matching.” _The R Journal_, *6*, 111-122.
  <https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=stringdist>.

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

  @Article{,
    title = {The stringdist package for approximate string matching},
    author = {M.P.J. {van der Loo}},
    year = {2014},
    journal = {The {R} {J}ournal},
    volume = {6},
    issue = {1},
    url = {https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=stringdist},
    pages = {111-122},
  }
