faSTM implements the Structural Topic Model of Roberts, Stewart, and Tingley. If you use it, please cite the original STM method/software as well as faSTM:

To cite the faSTM package:

Caren N (2026). faSTM: Fast Structural Topic Models. R package version 0.0.0.9000, https://github.com/nealcaren/faSTM.

To cite the Structural Topic Model and the stm package it reimplements:

Roberts ME, Stewart BM, Tingley D (2019). “stm: An R Package for Structural Topic Models.” Journal of Statistical Software, 91(2), 1–40. doi:10.18637/jss.v091.i02.

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @Manual{,
    title = {{faSTM}: Fast Structural Topic Models},
    author = {Neal Caren},
    year = {2026},
    note = {R package version 0.0.0.9000},
    url = {https://github.com/nealcaren/faSTM},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {{stm}: An {R} Package for Structural Topic Models},
    author = {Margaret E. Roberts and Brandon M. Stewart and Dustin
      Tingley},
    journal = {Journal of Statistical Software},
    year = {2019},
    volume = {91},
    number = {2},
    pages = {1--40},
    doi = {10.18637/jss.v091.i02},
  }