diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 0f4a4892..b83ca453 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: valr
 Type: Package
 Title: Genome Interval Arithmetic in R
-Version: 0.3.0.9000
+Version: 0.3.1
 Authors@R: c(
     person('Jay', 'Hesselberth', role = c('aut', 'cre'), email = 'jay.hesselberth@gmail.com'),
     person('Kent', 'Riemondy', role = c('aut'), email = 'kent.riemondy@ucdenver.edu')
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ Suggests:
     GenomicRanges,
     IRanges,
     S4Vectors,
-BiocViews:
 VignetteBuilder: knitr
 RoxygenNote: 6.0.1
 URL: http://github.com/rnabioco/valr, http://rnabioco.github.io/valr
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 0548172e..2105fb1f 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-# valr 0.3.0.9000
+# valr 0.3.1
 
 ## Enhancements
 
+* A manuscript describing valr has been published in [F1000Research](https://f1000research.com/articles/6-1025/v1).
+
 * New S3 generic `as.tbl_interval()` converts `GenomicRanges::GRanges` objects to `tbl_interval`.
 
 * New `create_tss()` for creating transcription start sites.
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
index 16d60278..730dadd2 100644
--- a/cran-comments.md
+++ b/cran-comments.md
@@ -2,15 +2,13 @@
 
 * This is a new minor version (see NEWS.md).
 
-* This version incorporates changes to be compatible with the new version of dplyr (v0.7.0).
-
 ## Test environments
 
-* Windows Server 2012 R2 x64 (on appveyor), R 3.4.0
+* Windows Server 2012 R2 x64 (on appveyor), R 3.4.1
 * win-builder (devel and release)
-* local OS X install, R 3.4.0
-* OS X (on travis-ci), R 3.4.0
-* ubuntu 14.04 (on travis-ci), R 3.4.0
+* local OS X install, R 3.4.1
+* OS X (on travis-ci), R 3.4.1
+* ubuntu 14.04 (on travis-ci), R 3.4.1
 
 ## R CMD check results
 
@@ -21,23 +19,14 @@
  
 * on win-builder
 
-  Status: WARNING
-  0 errors | 1 warnings | 0 notes
-  
-  This warning is caused by an issue with pandoc, which I understand CRAN is already aware of.
+  Status: OK
+  0 errors | 0 warnings | 0 notes
   
-  * checking top-level files ... WARNING
-Conversion of 'README.md' failed:
-pandoc.exe: Could not fetch https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/rnabioco/valr/master.svg
-TlsExceptionHostPort (HandshakeFailed Error_EOF) "img.shields.io" 443
-
 * on OS X 
 
   Status: OK
   0 errors | 0 warnings | 0 notes
   
-  valr builds cleanly on my local machine. valr fails on travis-ci because the binary dplyr v0.7.0 is not available on CRAN due to an ERROR with its build. This will be fixed in a forthcoming patch release of dplyr (https://github.com/tidyverse/dplyr/commit/0b40356fe22bc33fc9ba38bac22aa898c1c40480).
-  
 * on ubuntu
 
   Status: 1 NOTE
diff --git a/docs/news/index.html b/docs/news/index.html
index a94667ea..06f68bbe 100644
--- a/docs/news/index.html
+++ b/docs/news/index.html
@@ -100,14 +100,15 @@ <h1>Change log <small>All releases</small></h1>
     </div>
 
     <div class="contents">
-    <div id="valr-0-3-0-9000" class="section level1">
+    <div id="valr-0-3-1" class="section level1">
 <h1 class="hasAnchor">
-<a href="#valr-0-3-0-9000" class="anchor"></a>valr 0.3.0.9000</h1>
+<a href="#valr-0-3-1" class="anchor"></a>valr 0.3.1</h1>
 <div id="enhancements" class="section level2">
 <h2 class="hasAnchor">
 <a href="#enhancements" class="anchor"></a>Enhancements</h2>
 <ul>
-<li><p>New S3 generic <code><a href="../reference/as.tbl_interval.html">as.tbl_interval()</a></code> converts <code><a href="http://www.rdocumentation.org/packages/GenomicRanges/topics/GRanges-class">GenomicRanges::GRanges</a></code> objects to <code>tbl_interval</code>.</p></li>
+<li><p>A manuscript describing valr has been published in <a href="https://f1000research.com/articles/6-1025/v1">F1000Research</a>.</p></li>
+<li><p>New S3 generic <code><a href="../reference/as.tbl_interval.html">as.tbl_interval()</a></code> converts <code>GenomicRanges::GRanges</code> objects to <code>tbl_interval</code>.</p></li>
 <li><p>New <code><a href="../reference/create_tss.html">create_tss()</a></code> for creating transcription start sites.</p></li>
 <li><p>Improve documentation of interval statistics with more complex examples.</p></li>
 </ul>
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ <h2 class="hasAnchor">
 <ul>
 <li><p>Package dplyr v0.5.0 headers with valr to remove dplyr LinkingTo dependency.</p></li>
 <li><p><code><a href="../reference/bed_intersect.html">bed_intersect()</a></code> now accepts multiple tbls for intersection (#220 @kriemo).</p></li>
-<li><p>new <code><a href="../reference/tbl_interval.html">tbl_interval()</a></code> and <code><a href="../reference/tbl_genome.html">tbl_genome()</a></code> that wrap tibbles and enforce strict column naming. <code>trbl_interval()</code> and <code><a href="../reference/trbl_genome.html">trbl_genome()</a></code> are constructors that take <code><a href="http://www.rdocumentation.org/packages/tibble/topics/tribble">tibble::tribble()</a></code> formatting and <code><a href="../reference/is.tbl_interval.html">is.tbl_interval()</a></code> and <code><a href="../reference/is.tbl_genome.html">is.tbl_genome()</a></code> are used to check for valid classes.</p></li>
+<li><p>new <code><a href="../reference/tbl_interval.html">tbl_interval()</a></code> and <code><a href="../reference/tbl_genome.html">tbl_genome()</a></code> that wrap tibbles and enforce strict column naming. <code><a href="../reference/tbl_interval.html">trbl_interval()</a></code> and <code><a href="../reference/tbl_genome.html">trbl_genome()</a></code> are constructors that take <code><a href="http://www.rdocumentation.org/packages/tibble/topics/tribble">tibble::tribble()</a></code> formatting and <code><a href="../reference/is.tbl_interval.html">is.tbl_interval()</a></code> and <code><a href="../reference/is.tbl_genome.html">is.tbl_genome()</a></code> are used to check for valid classes.</p></li>
 </ul>
 </div>
 <div id="minor-changes" class="section level2">
@@ -237,7 +238,7 @@ <h2 class="hasAnchor">
     <div id="tocnav">
       <h2>Contents</h2>
       <ul class="nav nav-pills nav-stacked">
-        <li><a href="#valr-0-3-0-9000">0.3.0.9000</a></li>
+        <li><a href="#valr-0-3-1">0.3.1</a></li>
         <li><a href="#valr-0-3-0">0.3.0</a></li>
         <li><a href="#valr-0-2-0">0.2.0</a></li>
         <li><a href="#valr-0-1-2">0.1.2</a></li>