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@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ If you already have ScenarioNet installed, you can check all operations by `pyth
 If you used this project in your research, please cite:
 
 ```latex
-```
 @article{li2023scenarionet,
   title={ScenarioNet: Open-Source Platform for Large-Scale Traffic Scenario Simulation and Modeling},
   author={Li, Quanyi and Peng, Zhenghao and Feng, Lan and Liu, Zhizheng and Duan, Chenda and Mo, Wenjie and Zhou, Bolei},
@@ -75,5 +74,3 @@ If you used this project in your research, please cite:
   year={2023}
 }
 ```
-
-```