Citation
If you use CodeBook Lab or CodeBook Studio in research, please cite the relevant software. If you use the full validation workflow, cite both tools. The associated preprint can be cited for the methodological framework and validation-first approach.
CodeBook Lab
APSR style:
McLaren, Lorcan. 2026. CodeBook Lab (Version v1.4.0) [Computer software]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19185921.
BibTeX:
@software{mclaren_codebook_lab_2026,
author = {McLaren, Lorcan},
title = {CodeBook Lab},
year = {2026},
version = {v1.4.0},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.19185921},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19185921}
}CodeBook Studio
APSR style:
McLaren, Lorcan. 2026. CodeBook Studio (Version v1.2.1) [Computer software]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19185938.
BibTeX:
@software{mclaren_codebook_studio_2026,
author = {McLaren, Lorcan},
title = {CodeBook Studio},
year = {2026},
version = {v1.2.1},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.19185938},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19185938}
}Preprint
APSR style:
McLaren, Lorcan, James P. Cross, Zuzanna Krakowska, Robin Rauner, and Martijn Schoonvelde. 2026. Magic Words or Methodical Work? Challenging Conventional Wisdom in LLM-Based Political Text Annotation. arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.26898. https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.26898.
BibTeX:
@misc{mclaren_magic_words_2026,
author = {McLaren, Lorcan and Cross, James P. and Krakowska, Zuzanna and Rauner, Robin and Schoonvelde, Martijn},
title = {Magic Words or Methodical Work? Challenging Conventional Wisdom in LLM-Based Political Text Annotation},
year = {2026},
eprint = {2603.26898},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
primaryClass = {cs.CL},
doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2603.26898},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.26898}
}License
CodeBook Lab and CodeBook Studio are released under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0. You are free to use, modify, and distribute them — including over a network — provided derivative works remain under the same terms.