(Citations-api-docs)=
# Citations
QIIME 2 can automatically track citations as a user performs an analysis.
This is done via <project:#CitationRecord> and lists of them
(<inv:python:py:class:#list> and <project:#Citations>).


```{eval-rst}
.. autoclass:: qiime2.plugin.Citations
   :members:
   :special-members: __iter__

.. autoclass:: qiime2.plugin.CitationRecord
```