There are two publications about blavaan, one describing the Stan methods and one describing the JAGS methods.
If you use Stan, please cite:
Merkle EC, Fitzsimmons E, Uanhoro J, Goodrich B (2021).“Efficient Bayesian Structural Equation Modeling in Stan.”Journal of Statistical Software,100(6), 1–22.doi:10.18637/jss.v100.i06.
If you use target='jags', please cite:
Merkle EC, Rosseel Y (2018).“blavaan: Bayesian Structural Equation Models via Parameter Expansion.”Journal of Statistical Software,85(4), 1–30.doi:10.18637/jss.v085.i04.
Corresponding BibTeX entries:
@Article{, title = {Efficient {Bayesian} Structural Equation Modeling in {Stan}}, author = {Edgar C. Merkle and Ellen Fitzsimmons and James Uanhoro and Ben Goodrich}, journal = {Journal of Statistical Software}, year = {2021}, volume = {100}, number = {6}, pages = {1--22}, doi = {10.18637/jss.v100.i06}, } @Article{, title = {{blavaan: Bayesian} Structural Equation Models via Parameter Expansion}, author = {Edgar C. Merkle and Yves Rosseel}, journal = {Journal of Statistical Software}, year = {2018}, volume = {85}, number = {4}, pages = {1--30}, doi = {10.18637/jss.v085.i04}, }