added citation to the readme

README.md

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 Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.
 
+## Citation
+If you use this software, please consider citing the [pyALFE paper](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12021-024-09708-z): 
+
+```
+Eghbali R, Nedelec P, Weiss D, Bhalerao R, Xie L, Rudie JD, Liu C, Sugrue LP, Rauschecker AM. Automated Lesion and Feature Extraction Pipeline for Brain MRIs with Interpretability. Neuroinformatics. 2025 Jan 9;23(1):2.
+```
+
 ## License
 BSD 3-Clause