diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-zenodo.yaml b/.github/workflows/validate-zenodo.yaml
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+name: Check zenodo metadata
+
+on:
+    push:
+        paths:
+          - '.zenodo.json'
+          - '.github/workflows/validate-zenodo.yaml'
+
+jobs:
+  check-zenodo-metadata:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '22'
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm install zenodraft@0.14.1
+      - name: Check .zenodo.json file
+        run: |
+          npx zenodraft metadata validate .zenodo.json 
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diff --git a/.zenodo.json b/.zenodo.json
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+{
+  "creators": [
+    {
+      "name": "Zhang, Net",
+      "orcid": "0000-0003-2664-451X",
+      "affiliation": "The Ohio State University"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Campolongo, Elizabeth G.",
+      "orcid": "0000-0003-0846-2413",
+      "affiliation": "The Ohio State University"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Thompson, Matthew J.",
+      "orcid": "0000-0003-0583-8585",
+      "affiliation": "The Ohio State University"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Hilmar, Lapp",
+      "orcid": "0000-0001-9107-0714",
+      "affiliation": "Neuromatch, Inc."
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Menon, Sreejith",
+      "orcid": "0009-0009-6277-2413",
+      "affiliation": "Google"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Gu, Jianyang",
+      "orcid": "0000-0002-4060-7427",
+      "affiliation": "The Ohio State University"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Nandi, Arnab",
+      "orcid": "0000-0002-4138-603X",
+      "affiliation": "The Ohio State University"
+    }
+  ],
+  "description": "Image clustering tool using embeddings with Streamlit interface. Supports GPU-accelerated dimensionality reduction and clustering with automatic CPU fallback.",
+  "keywords": [
+    "imageomics",
+    "embeddings",
+    "clustering",
+    "visualization",
+    "image-analysis"
+  ],
+  "title": "Image Embedding Explorer",
+
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  
+  "license": {"id": "MIT"},
+  "publication_date": "2026-03-02",
+  
+  "grants": [
+    {"id": "021nxhr62::2118240"}
+  ],
+
+  "references": [
+    "Ilharco, G., Wortsman, M., Wightman, R., Gordon, C., Carlini, N., Taori, R., Dave, A., Shankar, V., Namkoong, H., Miller, J., Hajishirzi, H., Farhadi, A., & Schmidt, L. (2021). OpenCLIP [Computer software]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5143773",
+    "VanderPlas, J., Granger, B. E., Heer, J., Moritz, D., Wongsuphasawat, K., Satyanarayan, A., Lees, E., Timofeev, I., Welsh, B., & Sievert, S. (2018). Altair: Interactive Statistical Visualizations for Python. Journal of Open Source Software, 3(32), 1057. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.01057",
+    "Streamlit (Version 1.40.0) [Computer software]. (2024). Snowflake Inc. https://github.com/streamlit/streamlit"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
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+abstract: >-
+  Image clustering tool using embeddings with Streamlit interface.
+  Supports GPU-accelerated dimensionality reduction and clustering
+  with automatic CPU fallback.
+authors:
+  - family-names: Zhang
+    given-names: Net
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2664-451X"
+    affiliation: The Ohio State University
+  - family-names: Campolongo
+    given-names: Elizabeth G.
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0846-2413"
+    affiliation: The Ohio State University
+  - family-names: Thompson
+    given-names: Matthew J.
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0583-8585"
+    affiliation: The Ohio State University
+  - family-names: Hilmar
+    given-names: Lapp
+    affiliation: Neuromatch, Inc.
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9107-0714"
+    affiliation: The Ohio State University
+  - family-names: Menon
+    given-names: Sreejith
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6277-2413"
+    affiliation: Google
+  - family-names: Gu
+    given-names: Jianyang
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4060-7427"
+    affiliation: The Ohio State University
+  - family-names: Nandi
+    given-names: Arnab
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4138-603X"
+    affiliation: The Ohio State University
+cff-version: 1.2.0
+date-released: "2026-03-02"
+identifiers:
+  - description: "The GitHub release URL of tag v0.1.0." 
+    type: url
+    value: "https://github.com/Imageomics/emb-explorer/releases/tag/v0.1.0"
+  # TODO: update after release
+  - description: "The GitHub URL of the commit tagged with v0.1.0."
+    type: url
+    value: "https://github.com/Imageomics/emb-explorer/tree/<commit-hash>"
+keywords:
+  - imageomics
+  - embeddings
+  - clustering
+  - visualization
+  - image-analysis
+license: MIT
+message: "If you find this software helpful in your research, please cite both the software."
+repository-code: "https://github.com/Imageomics/emb-explorer"
+title: "Image Embedding Explorer"
+version: 0.1.0
+doi: <DOI from Zenodo>    # TODO: update after ZENODO release
+type: software
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