To cite svars in publications use:

Lange A, Dalheimer B, Herwartz H, Maxand S (forthcoming). “svars: An R Package for Data-Driven Identification in Multivariate Time Series Analysis.” Journal of Statistical Software.

Corresponding BibTeX entry:

  @Article{,
    title = {{svars}: An {R} Package for Data-Driven Identification in
      Multivariate Time Series Analysis},
    author = {Alexander Lange and Bernhard Dalheimer and Helmut
      Herwartz and Simone Maxand},
    journal = {Journal of Statistical Software},
    year = {forthcoming},
  }