To cite CARWatch in publications, use both the software package and associated article:

Richer R (2026). carwatch: Registration-Aware Processing of CARWatch Sampling Logs and Saliva Data. R package version 1.0.0, https://github.com/carwatch-tools/carwatch-r.

Richer R, Abel L, Küderle A, Eskofier B, Rohleder N (2023). “CARWatch — A smartphone application for improving the accuracy of cortisol awakening response sampling.” Psychoneuroendocrinology, 151, 106073. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106073.

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @Manual{,
    title = {carwatch: Registration-Aware Processing of CARWatch
      Sampling Logs and Saliva Data},
    author = {Robert Richer},
    year = {2026},
    note = {R package version 1.0.0},
    url = {https://github.com/carwatch-tools/carwatch-r},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {CARWatch — A smartphone application for improving the
      accuracy of cortisol awakening response sampling},
    author = {Robert Richer and Lena Abel and Arne Küderle and Bjoern
      M. Eskofier and Nicolas Rohleder},
    journal = {Psychoneuroendocrinology},
    volume = {151},
    pages = {106073},
    year = {2023},
    doi = {10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106073},
  }