To cite package 'rpublons' in publications use:

Thomas J. Leeper (2017). rpublons: Client for Publons.com. R package version 0.1.1.

Corresponding BibTeX entry:

  @Manual{,
    title = {rpublons: Client for Publons.com},
    author = {Thomas J. Leeper},
    year = {2017},
    note = {R package version 0.1.1},
  }