diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 214b834b..401b0a73 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ $(SRAM_LIB_DIR): check-pdk-root
 		git clone $(SRAM_LIB_GIT_REPO) $(SRAM_LIB_DIR) && \
 		cd $(SRAM_LIB_DIR) && git pull && git checkout $(SRAM_LIB_GIT_COMMIT))
 
-install: $(SRAM_LIB_DIR) pdk
+install: $(SRAM_LIB_DIR)
 	@[ -d $(PDK_ROOT)/sky130A ] || \
 		(echo "Warning: $(PDK_ROOT)/sky130A not found!! Run make pdk first." &&  false)
 	@[ -d $(PDK_ROOT)/skywater-pdk ] || \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f289af6d..895b9f1d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ updating.
 
 OpenRAM is licensed under the [BSD 3-clause License](./LICENSE).
 
+# Publications
+
++ M. R. Guthaus, J. E. Stine, S. Ataei, B. Chen, B. Wu, M. Sarwar, "OpenRAM: An Open-Source Memory Compiler," Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), 2016
++ S. Ataei, J. Stine, M. Guthaus, “A 64 kb differential single-port 12T SRAM design with a bit-interleaving scheme for low-voltage operation in 32 nm SOI CMOS,” International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD), 2016, pp. 499-506.
++ E. Ebrahimi, M. Guthaus, J. Renau, “Timing Speculative SRAM”, IEEE In- ternational Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2017
++ B. Wu, J.E. Stine, M.R. Guthaus, "Fast and Area-Efficient Word-Line Optimization",  IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2019
++ B. Wu, M. Guthaus, "Bottom Up Approach for High Speed SRAM Word-line Buffer Insertion Optimization", IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI-SoC), 2019
++ H. Nichols, M. Grimes, J. Sowash, J. Cirimelli-Low, M. Guthaus "Automated Synthesis of Multi-Port Memories and Control", IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI-SoC), 2019
+
+ 
 # Contributors & Acknowledgment
 
 - [Matthew Guthaus] from [VLSIDA] created the OpenRAM project and is the lead architect.