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 If you use NodeSynth in your research, please cite the following paper:
 
+```bibtex
 @article{rashid2026nodesynth,
   title={NodeSynth: Socially Aligned Synthetic Data for AI Evaluation},
   author={Rashid, Qazi Mamunur and Yang, Xuan and Yang, Zhengzhe and Pan, Yanzhou and van Liemt, Erin and Neal, Darlene and Pancholi, Kshitij and Smith-Loud, Jamila},
   journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.14381},
   year={2026}
 }
+```
 
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