To cite emdi in publications use - depending on the estimation method:

Kreutzmann A, Pannier S, Rojas-Perilla N, Schmid T, Templ M, Tzavidis N (2019). “The R Package emdi for Estimating and Mapping Regionally Disaggregated Indicators.” Journal of Statistical Software, 91(7), 1–33. doi:10.18637/jss.v091.i07.

Harmening S, Kreutzmann A, Schmidt S, Salvati N, Schmid T (2023). “A Framework for Producing Small Area Estimates Based on Area-Level Models in R.” The R Journal, 15/1, 316-341. doi:10.32614/RJ-2023-039.

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @Article{,
    title = {The {R} Package {emdi} for Estimating and Mapping
      Regionally Disaggregated Indicators},
    author = {Ann-Kristin Kreutzmann and S\"oren Pannier and Natalia
      Rojas-Perilla and Timo Schmid and Matthias Templ and Nikos
      Tzavidis},
    journal = {Journal of Statistical Software},
    year = {2019},
    volume = {91},
    number = {7},
    pages = {1--33},
    doi = {10.18637/jss.v091.i07},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {A Framework for Producing Small Area Estimates Based on
      Area-Level Models in {R}},
    author = {Sylvia Harmening and Ann-Kristin Kreutzmann and S\"oren
      Schmidt and Nicola Salvati and Timo Schmid},
    journal = {The R Journal},
    year = {2023},
    volume = {15/1},
    pages = {316-341},
    doi = {10.32614/RJ-2023-039},
  }