To cite package ‘hierNest’ in publications use:

  Jiang Z, Huling J, Hou J, Huo L (2026). _hierNest: Penalized
  Regression with Hierarchical Nested Parameterization Structure_. R
  package version 1.0.2, <https://github.com/zirenjiang/hiernest>.

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

  @Manual{,
    title = {hierNest: Penalized Regression with Hierarchical Nested Parameterization
Structure},
    author = {Ziren Jiang and Jared Huling and Jue Hou and Lingfeng Huo},
    year = {2026},
    note = {R package version 1.0.2},
    url = {https://github.com/zirenjiang/hiernest},
  }