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 [![install with bioconda](https://img.shields.io/badge/install%20with-bioconda-brightgreen.svg?style=flat)](http://bioconda.github.io/recipes/augur/README.html)
 [![Documentation Status](https://readthedocs.org/projects/nextstrain-augur/badge/?version=latest)](https://nextstrain-augur.readthedocs.io/en/stable/?badge=latest)
 [![License: AGPL v3](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-AGPL%20v3-blue.svg)](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0)
+[![DOI](https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.02906/status.svg)](https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.02906)
 
 ## About Nextstrain