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 sim = (x @ x.t()).tolist()  
 ```
 
+#### Citation
+
+If you use this model in your work, please cite: 
+
+```
+@misc{mccarthy2026AffilBERT,
+  author       = {McCarthy, A. M. and Rao, Sowmya R.},
+  title        = {{AffilBERT}},
+  year         = {2026},
+  howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/aimgo/AffilBERT}},
+  note         = {Model}
+}
+```