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-# GAMER
-A GPU-accelerated adaptive mesh refinement code for astrophysics
+<h1 align="left">
+🎮&nbsp;<a href="">GAMER</a>:<br>
+👾&nbsp;<a href="">G</a>PU-accelerated <a href="">A</a>daptive <a href="">ME</a>sh <a href="">R</a>efinement
+</h1>
+
+[![GitHub Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/gamer-project/gamer)](https://github.com/gamer-project/gamer/releases)
+[![DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.15036956.svg)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15036956)
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+[![Endpoint Badge](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Fgamer-project%2Fgamer-metrics%2Frefs%2Fheads%2Fcitation%2Fcitations%2Fgamer1citation.json&color=brightgreen)](https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0067-0049/186/2/457)
+[![Endpoint Badge](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Fgamer-project%2Fgamer-metrics%2Frefs%2Fheads%2Fcitation%2Fcitations%2Fgamer2citation.json&color=brightgreen)](https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/481/4/4815/5106358)
+
+**GAMER** is a **G**PU-accelerated **A**daptive **ME**sh **R**efinement code for astrophysical simulations. It delivers high computational performance and supports a rich set of physics modules.
+
+## Getting Started
+
+- [**Quick Start**](https://github.com/gamer-project/gamer/wiki/Quick-Start): Step-by-step guide to quickly set up and run GAMER.
+- [**Installation Guide**](https://github.com/gamer-project/gamer/wiki/Installation): Detailed instructions for installing GAMER on various platforms.
+- [**Full Documentation**](https://github.com/gamer-project/gamer/wiki): Comprehensive user guide covering usage, configuration, physics modules, and advanced features.
+
+## Citation
+
+To cite GAMER in your publication, please use the following BibTeX entry to refer to the [code paper](https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/481/4/4815/5106358):
+
+```bibtex
+@article{schive2018gamer,
+  title="{GAMER-2: a GPU-accelerated adaptive mesh refinement code -- accuracy, performance, and scalability}",
+  author={Schive, Hsi-Yu and ZuHone, John A and Goldbaum, Nathan J and Turk, Matthew J and Gaspari, Massimo and Cheng, Chin-Yu},
+  journal={Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
+  volume={481},
+  number={4},
+  pages={4815--4840},
+  year={2018},
+  publisher={Oxford University Press}
+}
+```
 
-Documentation: [wiki](https://github.com/gamer-project/gamer/wiki)