diff --git a/CITATION.md b/CITATION.md
index 910ed29..ba9e747 100644
--- a/CITATION.md
+++ b/CITATION.md
@@ -55,6 +55,17 @@ If you use deepface in your research for facial attribute analysis purposes such
 
 We have additionally released these papers within the DeepFace project for a multitude of purposes.
 
+```BibTeX
+@misc{serengil2025cipherface,
+   title     = {CipherFace: A Fully Homomorphic Encryption-Driven Framework for Secure Cloud-Based Facial Recognition}, 
+   author    = {Serengil, Sefik and Ozpinar, Alper},
+   year      = {2025},
+   publisher = {arXiv},
+   url       = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.18514},
+   doi       = {10.48550/arXiv.2502.18514}
+}
+```
+
 ```BibTeX
 @misc{serengil2023db,
   title         = {An evaluation of sql and nosql databases for facial recognition pipelines},
@@ -68,4 +79,4 @@ We have additionally released these papers within the DeepFace project for a mul
 
 ### Repositories
 
-Also, if you use deepface in your GitHub projects, please add `deepface` in the `requirements.txt`. Thereafter, your project will be listed in its [dependency graph](https://github.com/serengil/deepface/network/dependents).
\ No newline at end of file
+Also, if you use deepface in your GitHub projects, please add `deepface` in the `requirements.txt`. Thereafter, your project will be listed in its [dependency graph](https://github.com/serengil/deepface/network/dependents).
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 59da5ee..f82a3ae 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,13 @@
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@@ -399,7 +405,7 @@ Before creating a PR, you should run the unit tests and linting locally by runni
 
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-If you do like this work, then you can support it financially on [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/serengil?repo=deepface), [GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/serengil) or [Buy Me a Coffee](https://buymeacoffee.com/serengil). Also, your company's logo will be shown on README on GitHub and PyPI if you become a sponsor in gold, silver or bronze tiers.
+If you do like this work, then you can support it financially on [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/serengil?repo=deepface), [GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/serengil) or [Buy Me a Coffee](https://buymeacoffee.com/serengil). Also, your company's logo will be shown on README on GitHub if you become a sponsor in gold, silver or bronze tiers.
 
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@@ -429,52 +435,75 @@ Additionally, you can help us reach a wider audience by upvoting our posts on Ha
 
 ## Citation
 
-Please cite deepface in your publications if it helps your research - see [`CITATIONS`](https://github.com/serengil/deepface/blob/master/CITATION.md) for more details. Here are its BibTex entries:
+Please cite deepface in your publications if it helps your research.
 
-If you use deepface in your research for facial recognition or face detection purposes, please cite these publications:
+<details>
+  <summary>S. Serengil and A. Ozpinar, <b>"A Benchmark of Facial Recognition Pipelines and Co-Usability Performances of Modules"</b>, <i>Journal of Information Technologies</i>, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 95-107, 2024.</summary>
+  
+  ```BibTeX
+  @article{serengil2024lightface,
+    title     = {A Benchmark of Facial Recognition Pipelines and Co-Usability Performances of Modules},
+    author    = {Serengil, Sefik and Ozpinar, Alper},
+    journal   = {Journal of Information Technologies},
+    volume    = {17},
+    number    = {2},
+    pages     = {95-107},
+    year      = {2024},
+    doi       = {10.17671/gazibtd.1399077},
+    url       = {https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/gazibtd/issue/84331/1399077},
+    publisher = {Gazi University}
+  }
+  ```
+</details>
 
-```BibTeX
-@article{serengil2024lightface,
-  title     = {A Benchmark of Facial Recognition Pipelines and Co-Usability Performances of Modules},
-  author    = {Serengil, Sefik and Ozpinar, Alper},
-  journal   = {Journal of Information Technologies},
-  volume    = {17},
-  number    = {2},
-  pages     = {95-107},
-  year      = {2024},
-  doi       = {10.17671/gazibtd.1399077},
-  url       = {https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/gazibtd/issue/84331/1399077},
-  publisher = {Gazi University}
-}
-```
+<details>
+  <summary>S. I. Serengil and A. Ozpinar, <b>"LightFace: A Hybrid Deep Face Recognition Framework"</b>, <i>2020 Innovations in Intelligent Systems and Applications Conference (ASYU)</i>, 2020, pp. 23-27.</summary>
+  
+  ```BibTeX
+  @inproceedings{serengil2020lightface,
+    title        = {LightFace: A Hybrid Deep Face Recognition Framework},
+    author       = {Serengil, Sefik Ilkin and Ozpinar, Alper},
+    booktitle    = {2020 Innovations in Intelligent Systems and Applications Conference (ASYU)},
+    pages        = {23-27},
+    year         = {2020},
+    doi          = {10.1109/ASYU50717.2020.9259802},
+    url          = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9259802},
+    organization = {IEEE}
+  }
+  ```
+</details>
 
-```BibTeX
-@inproceedings{serengil2020lightface,
-  title        = {LightFace: A Hybrid Deep Face Recognition Framework},
-  author       = {Serengil, Sefik Ilkin and Ozpinar, Alper},
-  booktitle    = {2020 Innovations in Intelligent Systems and Applications Conference (ASYU)},
-  pages        = {23-27},
-  year         = {2020},
-  doi          = {10.1109/ASYU50717.2020.9259802},
-  url          = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9259802},
-  organization = {IEEE}
-}
-```
+<details>
+  <summary>S. I. Serengil and A. Ozpinar, <b>"HyperExtended LightFace: A Facial Attribute Analysis Framework"</b>, <i>2021 International Conference on Engineering and Emerging Technologies (ICEET)</i>, 2021, pp. 1-4.</summary>
+  
+  ```BibTeX
+  @inproceedings{serengil2021lightface,
+    title        = {HyperExtended LightFace: A Facial Attribute Analysis Framework},
+    author       = {Serengil, Sefik Ilkin and Ozpinar, Alper},
+    booktitle    = {2021 International Conference on Engineering and Emerging Technologies (ICEET)},
+    pages        = {1-4},
+    year         = {2021},
+    doi          = {10.1109/ICEET53442.2021.9659697},
+    url          = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9659697},
+    organization = {IEEE}
+  }
+  ```
+</details>
 
-On the other hand, if you use deepface in your research for facial attribute analysis purposes such as age, gender, emotion or ethnicity prediction tasks, please cite this publication.
-
-```BibTeX
-@inproceedings{serengil2021lightface,
-  title        = {HyperExtended LightFace: A Facial Attribute Analysis Framework},
-  author       = {Serengil, Sefik Ilkin and Ozpinar, Alper},
-  booktitle    = {2021 International Conference on Engineering and Emerging Technologies (ICEET)},
-  pages        = {1-4},
-  year         = {2021},
-  doi          = {10.1109/ICEET53442.2021.9659697},
-  url          = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9659697},
-  organization = {IEEE}
-}
-```
+<details>
+  <summary>S. Serengil and A. Ozpinar, <b>"CipherFace: A Fully Homomorphic Encryption-Driven Framework for Secure Cloud-Based Facial Recognition"</b>, arXiv preprint arXiv: 2502.18154, 2025.</summary>
+  
+  ```BibTeX
+  @misc{serengil2025cipherface,
+    title     = {CipherFace: A Fully Homomorphic Encryption-Driven Framework for Secure Cloud-Based Facial Recognition}, 
+    author    = {Serengil, Sefik and Ozpinar, Alper},
+    year      = {2025},
+    publisher = {arXiv},
+    url       = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.18514},
+    doi       = {10.48550/arXiv.2502.18514}
+  }
+  ```
+</details>
 
 Also, if you use deepface in your GitHub projects, please add `deepface` in the `requirements.txt`.
 
diff --git a/deepface/modules/verification.py b/deepface/modules/verification.py
index 2e827b8..35d2f25 100644
--- a/deepface/modules/verification.py
+++ b/deepface/modules/verification.py
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ def verify(
         """
         if isinstance(img_path, list):
             # given image is already pre-calculated embedding
-            if not all(isinstance(dim, float) for dim in img_path):
+            if not all(isinstance(dim, (float, int)) for dim in img_path):
+
                 raise ValueError(
                     f"When passing img{index}_path as a list,"
                     " ensure that all its items are of type float."