NEW: add info on pre-print

README.rst

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 `BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses#3-clause_license_(%22BSD_License_2.0%22,_%22Revised_BSD_License%22,_%22New_BSD_License%22,_or_%22Modified_BSD_License%22)>`_.
 
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+* 2024-04, **Pre-print on Syncopy available.** A pre-print paper on Syncopy is now available [here on arxiv, with DOI 10.1101/2024.04.15.589590](https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.04.15.589590). Please cite this pre-print if you use Syncopy. In APA style, the citation is: Mönke, G., Schäfer, T., Parto-Dezfouli, M., Kajal, D. S., Fürtinger, S., Schmiedt, J. T., & Fries, P. (2024). Systems Neuroscience Computing in Python (SyNCoPy): A Python Package for Large-scale Analysis of Electrophysiological Data. bioRxiv, 2024-04.
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