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@@ -41,6 +41,20 @@ This project is released under the [Apache 2.0 license](LICENSE).
 
 We appreciate all contributions to improve MMPose. Please refer to [CONTRIBUTING.md in MMDetection](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmdetection/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) for the contributing guideline.
 
+## Citation
+
+If you use this tool in your research, please cite this project.
+
+```
+@misc{mmpose,
+  author =       {Wang, Can* and Jin, Sheng* and Duan, Haodong and Li, Xuanyi and Li, Zhizhong and Liu, Wentao and Chen, Kai and Qian, Chen and Lin, Dahua},
+  title =        {{mmpose}},
+  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose}},
+  year =         {2020}
+}
+```
+Can Wang and Sheng Jin are equal contributors.
+
 ## Acknowledgement
 
 MMPose is an open source project that is contributed by researchers and engineers from various colleges and companies.