To cite CVXR in publications use:

Fu A, Narasimhan B, Boyd S (2020). “CVXR: An R Package for Disciplined Convex Optimization.” Journal of Statistical Software, 94(14), 1–34. doi: 10.18637/jss.v094.i14.

Corresponding BibTeX entry:

  @Article{,
    title = {{CVXR}: An {R} Package for Disciplined Convex
      Optimization},
    author = {Anqi Fu and Balasubramanian Narasimhan and Stephen Boyd},
    journal = {Journal of Statistical Software},
    year = {2020},
    volume = {94},
    number = {14},
    pages = {1--34},
    doi = {10.18637/jss.v094.i14},
  }