Add Zenodo DOI (10.5281/zenodo.19024753) to citation information

Update CITATION.cff, README, and documentation to include the DOI
issued by Zenodo, along with version, repository URL, and license
metadata.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: CodeReclaimers

CITATION.cff

@@ -20,3 +20,7 @@ authors:
   - given-names: Marcio Lobo
     family-names: Netto
     orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6694-0228'
+repository-code: 'https://github.com/CodeReclaimers/neat-python'
+license: BSD-3-Clause
+version: 2.0.1
+doi: 10.5281/zenodo.19024753

README.md

@@ -69,20 +69,25 @@ See [`docs/network-json-format.md`](docs/network-json-format.md) for complete fo
 
 ## Citing ##
 
-Here are APA and Bibtex entries you can use to cite this project in a publication. The listed authors are the originators
-and/or maintainers of all iterations of the project up to this point.  If you have contributed and would like your name added 
-to the citation, please submit an issue.
+[![DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.19024753.svg)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19024753)
+
+If you use this project in a publication, please cite both the software and the original NEAT paper. The listed authors are
+the originators and/or maintainers of all iterations of the project up to this point. If you have contributed and would like
+your name added to the citation, please submit an issue.
 
 APA
 ```
-McIntyre, A., Kallada, M., Miguel, C. G., Feher de Silva, C., & Netto, M. L. neat-python [Computer software]
+McIntyre, A., Kallada, M., Miguel, C. G., Feher de Silva, C., & Netto, M. L. neat-python (Version 2.0.1) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19024753
 ```
 
 Bibtex
 ```
 @software{McIntyre_neat-python,
 author = {McIntyre, Alan and Kallada, Matt and Miguel, Cesar G. and Feher de Silva, Carolina and Netto, Marcio Lobo},
-title = {{neat-python}}
+title = {{neat-python}},
+version = {2.0.1},
+doi = {10.5281/zenodo.19024753},
+url = {https://github.com/CodeReclaimers/neat-python}
 }
 ```
 

docs/academic_research.rst

@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ Include appropriate citations:
 
 * **Original NEAT paper**: Stanley, K. O., & Miikkulainen, R. (2002). Evolving neural networks through augmenting topologies. *Evolutionary Computation*, 10(2), 99-127.
 
-* **neat-python**: Reference the GitHub repository and/or documentation: https://github.com/CodeReclaimers/neat-python
+* **neat-python**: McIntyre, A., Kallada, M., Miguel, C. G., Feher de Silva, C., & Netto, M. L. *neat-python* (Version 2.0.1) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19024753
 
 Additional Considerations
 -------------------------

docs/faq.rst

@@ -607,15 +607,16 @@ How do I cite NEAT-Python?
 
 **Cite both the library and the original NEAT paper:**
 
-**NEAT-Python library:**
+**NEAT-Python library** (DOI: `10.5281/zenodo.19024753 <https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19024753>`_):
 
 .. code-block:: bibtex
 
-   @misc{neat-python,
-     author = {CodeReclaimers, LLC},
-     title = {{NEAT-Python}},
-     howpublished = {\\url{https://github.com/CodeReclaimers/neat-python}},
-     year = {2015--2025}
+   @software{McIntyre_neat-python,
+     author = {McIntyre, Alan and Kallada, Matt and Miguel, Cesar G. and Feher de Silva, Carolina and Netto, Marcio Lobo},
+     title = {{neat-python}},
+     version = {2.0.1},
+     doi = {10.5281/zenodo.19024753},
+     url = {https://github.com/CodeReclaimers/neat-python}
    }
 
 **Original NEAT paper:**
@@ -633,7 +634,7 @@ How do I cite NEAT-Python?
      publisher={MIT Press}
    }
 
-**In text:** "We used NEAT-Python (CodeReclaimers), an implementation of the NEAT algorithm (Stanley & Miikkulainen, 2002)."
+**In text:** "We used NEAT-Python (McIntyre et al., 2026), an implementation of the NEAT algorithm (Stanley & Miikkulainen, 2002)."
 
 What's the difference from the original NEAT?
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

progress-20260314.md

@@ -41,3 +41,18 @@ Removed `# pylint: disable=no-self-use` comments from two locations. The `no-sel
 - `neat/export/exporters.py`
 - `neat/reporting.py`
 - `neat/iznn/__init__.py`
+
+## Add Zenodo DOI to citation information
+
+Zenodo issued DOI `10.5281/zenodo.19024753` for the project. Updated all citation-related files to include it:
+
+- **`CITATION.cff`** — Added `repository-code`, `license`, `version` (2.0.1), and `doi` fields.
+- **`README.md`** — Added Zenodo DOI badge, DOI URL in APA entry, `version`/`doi`/`url` in BibTeX entry.
+- **`docs/faq.rst`** — Replaced old `@misc` citation with `@software` entry including DOI, version, and URL. Updated in-text example from "CodeReclaimers" to "McIntyre et al., 2026".
+- **`docs/academic_research.rst`** — Replaced bare GitHub link with full APA citation including DOI.
+
+### Files modified
+- `CITATION.cff`
+- `README.md`
+- `docs/faq.rst`
+- `docs/academic_research.rst`