diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4587721
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+cff-version: "1.2.0"
+authors:
+- family-names: Garrison
+  given-names: S. Mason
+  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4804-6003"
+- family-names: Hunter
+  given-names: Michael D.
+  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3651-6709"
+- family-names: Lyu
+  given-names: Xuanyu
+  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2841-5529"
+- family-names: Trattner
+  given-names: Jonathan D.
+  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1097-7603"
+- family-names: Burt
+  given-names: S. Alexandra
+  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5538-7431"
+contact:
+- family-names: Garrison
+  given-names: S. Mason
+  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4804-6003"
+doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.25238536
+message: If you use this software, please cite our article in the
+  Journal of Open Source Software.
+preferred-citation:
+  authors:
+  - family-names: Garrison
+    given-names: S. Mason
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4804-6003"
+  - family-names: Hunter
+    given-names: Michael D.
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3651-6709"
+  - family-names: Lyu
+    given-names: Xuanyu
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2841-5529"
+  - family-names: Trattner
+    given-names: Jonathan D.
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1097-7603"
+  - family-names: Burt
+    given-names: S. Alexandra
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5538-7431"
+  date-published: 2024-02-24
+  doi: 10.21105/joss.06203
+  issn: 2475-9066
+  issue: 94
+  journal: Journal of Open Source Software
+  publisher:
+    name: Open Journals
+  start: 6203
+  title: "BGmisc: An R Package for Extended Behavior Genetics Analysis"
+  type: article
+  url: "https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.06203"
+  volume: 9
+title: "BGmisc: An R Package for Extended Behavior Genetics Analysis"
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
index e481b99..b358799 100644
--- a/cran-comments.md
+++ b/cran-comments.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Test Environments
 
 1. Local OS: Windows 11, R version 4.3.2
 2. **GitHub Actions**:  
-    - [Link](https://github.com/R-Computing-Lab/BGmisc/actions/runs/8008686394)
+    - [Link](https://github.com/R-Computing-Lab/BGmisc/actions/runs/8023395953)
     - macOS (latest version) with the latest R release.
     - Windows (latest version) with the latest R release.
     - Ubuntu (latest version) with:
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-checkIDs.R b/tests/testthat/test-checkIDs.R
index b9ebe6d..278d694 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-checkIDs.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-checkIDs.R
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ test_that("repair with a duplicate", {
 })
 
 test_that("checkIDs verbose prints updates", {
+#  skip_on_cran(message = "Skipping test that only checks for verbose output")
   df <- ped2fam(potter, famID = "newFamID", personID = "personID")
   df_bound <- rbind(df, df[df$name == "Vernon Dursley", ])
   expect_output(checkIDs(df, verbose = TRUE, repair = TRUE),
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-evenInsert.R b/tests/testthat/test-evenInsert.R
index 20f9204..94f2357 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-evenInsert.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-evenInsert.R
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ test_that("evenInsert inserts elements of m into n when m < n", {
 
 # Test Case 5: Verbose mode
 test_that("Verbose mode work for evenInsert", {
+# skip_on_cran(message = "Skipping test that only checks for verbose output")
   expect_output(evenInsert(1:3, 4:6, verbose = TRUE),
     regexp = "1 2 3 \\n1 2 3 \\n1 2 3 \\n4 5 6 "
   )
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-famSizeCal.R b/tests/testthat/test-famSizeCal.R
index 2ce7a80..4c657bf 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-famSizeCal.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-famSizeCal.R
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ test_that("famSizeCal throws error when numbers out of bounds", {
   Ngen <- 0
   marR <- 0.8
 
-  expect_error(famSizeCal(kpc = kpc, Ngen = Ngen, marR = marR))
+  expect_error(famSizeCal(kpc = kpc, Ngen = Ngen, marR = marR),"number of generations")
 })
 test_that("famSizeCal returns increasingly large  numbers for multi-generation data", {
   set.seed(123)
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-helper.R b/tests/testthat/test-helper.R
index ce7f826..3db2421 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-helper.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-helper.R
@@ -61,14 +61,11 @@ test_that("resample with specific size returns correct length", {
   expect_equal(length(result), 7)
 })
 
-test_that("SimPed issues a deprecation warning", {
+test_that("functions issue a deprecation warning", {
+#  skip_on_cran(message = "Skipping test that only checks for warning message")
   expect_warning(SimPed(), "deprecated")
-})
-
-test_that("related_coef issues a deprecation warning", {
   expect_warning(related_coef(), "deprecated")
-})
-
-test_that("relatedness issues a deprecation warning", {
   expect_warning(relatedness(obsR = .5), "deprecated")
+
+
 })