To cite CDVine in publications use:

Eike Christian Brechmann, Ulf Schepsmeier (2013). Modeling Dependence with C- and D-Vine Copulas: The R Package CDVine. Journal of Statistical Software, 52(3), 1-27. URL http://www.jstatsoft.org/v52/i03/.

Corresponding BibTeX entry:

  @Article{,
    title = {Modeling Dependence with C- and D-Vine Copulas: The {R}
      Package {CDVine}},
    author = {Eike Christian Brechmann and Ulf Schepsmeier},
    journal = {Journal of Statistical Software},
    year = {2013},
    volume = {52},
    number = {3},
    pages = {1--27},
    url = {http://www.jstatsoft.org/v52/i03/},
  }