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@@ -49,3 +49,22 @@ identifiers:
       version, please check the README or the Zenodo webpage.
     type: doi
     value: "10.5281/zenodo.7556142"
+references:
+  - authors:
+      - given-names: Maximilian
+        family-names: Gruber
+        email: maximilian.gruber@ptb.de
+        affiliation: Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
+      - given-names: Tanja
+        family-names: Dorst
+        affiliation: ZeMA gGmbH
+        orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9756-9014'
+      - given-names: Anupam Prasad
+        family-names: Vedurmudi
+        email: anupam.vedurmudi@ptb.de
+        affiliation: Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
+  - title: >-
+      Sensor data set of one electromechanical cylinder at ZeMA testbed (ZeMA
+      DAQ and Smart-Up Unit)
+    type: dataset
+    doi: 10.5281/zenodo.5185953
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -6,11 +6,9 @@
 [![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/PTB-M4D/zema_emc_annotated?label=Latest%20Release)](https://github.com/PTB-M4D/zema_emc_annotated/releases/latest)
 [![DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/591514193.svg)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7556142)
 
-This software provides a convenient API to access the annotated ZeMA dataset about 
-remaining useful life of an electro-mechanical cylinder on Zenodo
-([![DOI
-10.5281/zenodo.5185953](https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.5185953.svg)
-](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5185953)). The code was written for _Python 3.10_.
+This software provides a convenient API to access the [annotated ZeMA dataset about 
+remaining useful life of an electro-mechanical cylinder on
+Zenodo](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5185953). The code was written for _Python 3.10_.
 
 ## Getting started