To cite rankdist in publications use:

Qian Z, Yu PLH (2019). “Weighted Distance-Based Models for Ranking Data Using the R Package rankdist.” Journal of Statistical Software, 90(5), 1–31. doi:10.18637/jss.v090.i05.

Corresponding BibTeX entry:

  @Article{,
    title = {Weighted Distance-Based Models for Ranking Data Using the
      {R} Package {rankdist}},
    author = {Zhaozhi Qian and Philip L. H. Yu},
    journal = {Journal of Statistical Software},
    year = {2019},
    volume = {90},
    number = {5},
    pages = {1--31},
    doi = {10.18637/jss.v090.i05},
  }