To cite svars in publications use:

  Lange A, Dalheimer B, Herwartz H, Maxand S (2021). “svars: An R
  Package for Data-Driven Identification in Multivariate Time Series
  Analysis.” _Journal of Statistical Software_, *97*(5), 1-34.
  doi:10.18637/jss.v097.i05 <https://doi.org/10.18637/jss.v097.i05>.

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

  @Article{,
    title = {{svars}: An {R} Package for Data-Driven Identification in Multivariate Time Series Analysis},
    author = {Alexander Lange and Bernhard Dalheimer and Helmut Herwartz and Simone Maxand},
    journal = {Journal of Statistical Software},
    year = {2021},
    volume = {97},
    number = {5},
    pages = {1--34},
    doi = {10.18637/jss.v097.i05},
  }