📝 Add JOSS journal reference and citation information (#913)

## Description

This PR adds the journal reference from the just-published article in
the Journal of Open Source Software 🎉
It also adds the respective citation information and touches up the
changelog.

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Signed-off-by: burgholzer <[email protected]>

Author: burgholzer

.license-tools-config.json

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     ".*\\.qasm",
     ".*\\.md",
     ".*\\.bib",
+    ".*\\.cff",
     ".*\\.css",
     ".*\\.json",
     ".*\\.html",

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,9 +7,22 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [3.0.2] - 2025-04-07
+
+### Added
+
+- 📝 Add JOSS journal reference and citation information ([#913](https://github.com/munich-quantum-toolkit/core/pull/913)) ([**@burgholzer**](https://github.com/burgholzer))
+- 📝 Add new links to Python package metadata ([#911](https://github.com/munich-quantum-toolkit/core/pull/911)) ([**@burgholzer**](https://github.com/burgholzer))
+
+### Fixed
+
+- 📝 Fix old links in Python package metadata ([#911](https://github.com/munich-quantum-toolkit/core/pull/911)) ([**@burgholzer**](https://github.com/burgholzer))
+
 ## [3.0.1] - 2025-04-07
 
-_Fix PyPI project metadata as well as doxygen build on RtD._
+### Fixed
+
+- 🐛 Fix doxygen build on RtD to include C++ API docs ([#912](https://github.com/munich-quantum-toolkit/core/pull/912)) ([**@burgholzer**](https://github.com/burgholzer))
 
 ## [3.0.0] - 2025-04-06
 
@@ -68,7 +81,8 @@ _📚 Refer to the [GitHub Release Notes](https://github.com/munich-quantum-tool
 
 [PEP 639]: https://peps.python.org/pep-0639/
 [PEP 735]: https://peps.python.org/pep-0735/
-[unreleased]: https://github.com/munich-quantum-toolkit/core/compare/v3.0.1...HEAD
+[unreleased]: https://github.com/munich-quantum-toolkit/core/compare/v3.0.2...HEAD
+[3.0.2]: https://github.com/munich-quantum-toolkit/core/compare/v3.0.1...v3.0.2
 [3.0.1]: https://github.com/munich-quantum-toolkit/core/compare/v3.0.0...v3.0.1
 [3.0.0]: https://github.com/munich-quantum-toolkit/core/compare/v2.7.0...v3.0.0
 [2.7.0]: https://github.com/munich-quantum-toolkit/core/releases/tag/v2.7.0

CITATION.cff

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+cff-version: "1.2.0"
+authors:
+- family-names: Burgholzer
+  given-names: Lukas
+  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4699-1316"
+- family-names: Stade
+  given-names: Yannick
+  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5785-2528"
+- family-names: Peham
+  given-names: Tom
+  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3434-7881"
+- family-names: Wille
+  given-names: Robert
+  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4993-7860"
+contact:
+- family-names: Burgholzer
+  given-names: Lukas
+  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4699-1316"
+doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.28740254.v1
+message: If you use this software, please cite our article in the
+  Journal of Open Source Software.
+preferred-citation:
+  authors:
+  - family-names: Burgholzer
+    given-names: Lukas
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4699-1316"
+  - family-names: Stade
+    given-names: Yannick
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5785-2528"
+  - family-names: Peham
+    given-names: Tom
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3434-7881"
+  - family-names: Wille
+    given-names: Robert
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4993-7860"
+  date-published: 2025-04-07
+  doi: 10.21105/joss.07478
+  issn: 2475-9066
+  issue: 108
+  journal: Journal of Open Source Software
+  publisher:
+    name: Open Journals
+  start: 7478
+  title: "MQT Core: The Backbone of the Munich Quantum Toolkit (MQT)"
+  type: article
+  url: "https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.07478"
+  volume: 10
+title: "MQT Core: The Backbone of the Munich Quantum Toolkit (MQT)"

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/mqt.core?logo=pypi&style=flat-square)](https://pypi.org/project/mqt.core/)
 ![OS](https://img.shields.io/badge/os-linux%20%7C%20macos%20%7C%20windows-blue?style=flat-square)
 [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
+[![DOI](https://img.shields.io/badge/JOSS-10.21105/joss.07478-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.07478)
 [![CI](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/munich-quantum-toolkit/core/ci.yml?branch=main&style=flat-square&logo=github&label=ci)](https://github.com/munich-quantum-toolkit/core/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
 [![CD](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/munich-quantum-toolkit/core/cd.yml?style=flat-square&logo=github&label=cd)](https://github.com/munich-quantum-toolkit/core/actions/workflows/cd.yml)
 [![Documentation](https://img.shields.io/readthedocs/mqt-core?logo=readthedocs&style=flat-square)](https://mqt.readthedocs.io/projects/core)
@@ -26,6 +27,23 @@ To this end, it consists of multiple components that are used throughout the MQT
   </a>
 </p>
 
+If you want to cite MQT Core, please use the following BibTeX entry:
+
+```bibtex
+@article{burgholzer2025MQTCore,
+    title     = {{{MQT Core}}: {{The}} Backbone of the {{Munich Quantum Toolkit (MQT)}}},
+    author    = {Lukas Burgholzer and Yannick Stade and Tom Peham and Robert Wille},
+    year      = {2025},
+    journal   = {Journal of Open Source Software},
+    publisher = {The Open Journal},
+    volume    = {10},
+    number    = {108},
+    pages     = {7478},
+    doi       = {10.21105/joss.07478},
+    url       = {https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.07478},
+}
+```
+
 If you have any questions, feel free to create a [discussion](https://github.com/munich-quantum-toolkit/core/discussions) or an [issue](https://github.com/munich-quantum-toolkit/core/issues) on [GitHub](https://github.com/munich-quantum-toolkit/core).
 
 ## Getting Started

docs/index.md

@@ -79,3 +79,22 @@ api/mqt/core/index
 
 api/cpp/namespacelist
 ```
+
+````{only} html
+If you want to cite MQT Core, please use the following BibTeX entry:
+
+```bibtex
+@article{burgholzer2025MQTCore,
+  title     = {{{MQT Core}}: {{The}} Backbone of the {{Munich Quantum Toolkit (MQT)}}},
+  author    = {Lukas Burgholzer and Yannick Stade and Tom Peham and Robert Wille},
+  year      = {2025},
+  journal   = {Journal of Open Source Software},
+  publisher = {The Open Journal},
+  volume    = {10},
+  number    = {108},
+  pages     = {7478},
+  doi       = {10.21105/joss.07478},
+  url       = {https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.07478},
+}
+```
+````

docs/references.md

@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
 ```{only} html
 # References
+
+If you use *MQT Core* in your work, we would appreciate if you cited {cite:p}`burgholzer2025MQTCore`.
+
+A full list of references is given below.
 ```
 
 ```{bibliography}

docs/refs.bib

@@ -44,6 +44,19 @@ @article{bryantSymbolicBooleanManipulation1992
   doi                 = {10.1145/136035.136043},
 }
 
+@article{burgholzer2025MQTCore,
+  title               = {{{MQT Core}}: {{The}} Backbone of the {{Munich Quantum Toolkit (MQT)}}},
+  author              = {Lukas Burgholzer and Yannick Stade and Tom Peham and Robert Wille},
+  year                = {2025},
+  journal             = {Journal of Open Source Software},
+  publisher           = {The Open Journal},
+  volume              = {10},
+  number              = {108},
+  pages               = {7478},
+  doi                 = {10.21105/joss.07478},
+  url                 = {https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.07478},
+}
+
 @article{burgholzerAdvancedEquivalenceChecking2021,
   title               = {Advanced equivalence checking for quantum circuits},
   author              = {Burgholzer, Lukas and Wille, Robert},