f you are using SnpEff or SnpSift, please cite our work. Citing SnpEff: "A program for annotating and predicting the effects of single nucleotide polymorphisms, SnpEff: SNPs in the genome of Drosophila melanogaster strain w1118; iso-2; iso-3.", Cingolani P, Platts A, Wang le L, Coon M, Nguyen T, Wang L, Land SJ, Lu X, Ruden DM. Fly (Austin). 2012 Apr-Jun;6(2):80-92. PMID: 22728672 You can find the paper here: http://snpeff.sourceforge.net/SnpEff_paper.pdf BibTex entry: @article{cingolani2012program, title={A program for annotating and predicting the effects of single nucleotide polymorphisms, SnpEff: SNPs in the genome of Drosophila melanogaster strain w1118; iso-2; iso-3}, author={Cingolani, P. and Platts, A. and Coon, M. and Nguyen, T. and Wang, L. and Land, S.J. and Lu, X. and Ruden, D.M.}, journal={Fly}, volume={6}, number={2}, pages={80-92}, year={2012} }