diff --git a/docs/api.rst b/docs/api.rst
index 1cc3bf7eb..d0a666eba 100644
--- a/docs/api.rst
+++ b/docs/api.rst
@@ -198,6 +198,25 @@ API
    tedana.stats.getfbounds
 
 
+.. _api_bibtex_ref:
+
+*********************************************************
+:mod:`tedana.bibtex`: Tools for working with BibTeX files
+*********************************************************
+
+.. automodule:: tedana.bibtex
+   :no-members:
+   :no-inherited-members:
+
+.. currentmodule:: tedana.bibtex
+
+.. autosummary::
+   :toctree: generated/
+   :template: function.rst
+
+   tedana.bibtex.
+
+
 .. _api_utils_ref:
 
 **************************************
diff --git a/tedana/bibtex.py b/tedana/bibtex.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a374dfc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tedana/bibtex.py
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+"""
+Utilities for tedana package
+"""
+import logging
+import os.path as op
+import re
+
+import numpy as np
+import pandas as pd
+
+LGR = logging.getLogger("GENERAL")
+RepLGR = logging.getLogger("REPORT")
+
+
+def find_braces(string):
+    """Search a string for matched braces.
+
+    This is used to identify pairs of braces in BibTeX files.
+    The outside-most pairs should correspond to BibTeX entries.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    string : :obj:`str`
+        A long string to search for paired braces.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    :obj:`list` of :obj:`tuple` of :obj:`int`
+        A list of two-element tuples of indices of matched braces.
+    """
+    toret = {}
+    pstack = []
+
+    for idx, char in enumerate(string):
+        if char == "{":
+            pstack.append(idx)
+        elif char == "}":
+            if len(pstack) == 0:
+                raise IndexError(f"No matching closing parens at: {idx}")
+
+            toret[pstack.pop()] = idx
+
+    if len(pstack) > 0:
+        raise IndexError(f"No matching opening parens at: {pstack.pop()}")
+
+    toret = list(toret.items())
+    return toret
+
+
+def reduce_idx(idx_list):
+    """Identify outermost brace indices in list of indices.
+
+    The purpose here is to find the brace pairs that correspond to BibTeX entries,
+    while discarding brace pairs that appear within the entries
+    (e.g., braces around article titles).
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    idx_list : :obj:`list` of :obj:`tuple` of :obj:`int`
+        A list of two-element tuples of indices of matched braces.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    reduced_idx_list : :obj:`list` of :obj:`tuple` of :obj:`int`
+        A list of two-element tuples of indices of matched braces corresponding to BibTeX entries.
+    """
+    idx_list2 = [idx_item[0] for idx_item in idx_list]
+    idx = np.argsort(idx_list2)
+    idx_list = [idx_list[i] for i in idx]
+
+    df = pd.DataFrame(data=idx_list, columns=["start", "end"])
+
+    good_idx = []
+    df["within"] = False
+    for i, row in df.iterrows():
+        df["within"] = df["within"] | ((df["start"] > row["start"]) & (df["end"] < row["end"]))
+        if not df.iloc[i]["within"]:
+            good_idx.append(i)
+
+    idx_list = [idx_list[i] for i in good_idx]
+    return idx_list
+
+
+def index_bibtex_identifiers(string, idx_list):
+    """Identify the BibTeX entry identifier before each entry.
+
+    The purpose of this function is to take the raw BibTeX string and a list of indices of entries,
+    starting and ending with the braces of each entry, and then extract the identifier before each.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    string : :obj:`str`
+        The full BibTeX file, as a string.
+    idx_list : :obj:`list` of :obj:`tuple` of :obj:`int`
+        A list of two-element tuples of indices of matched braces corresponding to BibTeX entries.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    idx_list : :obj:`list` of :obj:`tuple` of :obj:`int`
+        A list of two-element tuples of indices of BibTeX entries,
+        from the starting @ to the final }.
+    """
+    at_idx = [(a.start(), a.end() - 1) for a in re.finditer("@[a-zA-Z0-9]+{", string)]
+    df = pd.DataFrame(at_idx, columns=["real_start", "false_start"])
+    df2 = pd.DataFrame(idx_list, columns=["false_start", "end"])
+    df = pd.merge(left=df, right=df2, left_on="false_start", right_on="false_start")
+    new_idx_list = list(zip(df.real_start, df.end))
+    return new_idx_list
+
+
+def find_citations(description):
+    r"""Find citations in a text description.
+
+    It looks for cases of \\citep{} and \\cite{} in a string.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    description : :obj:`str`
+        Description of a method, optionally with citations.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    all_citations : :obj:`list` of :obj:`str`
+        A list of all identifiers for citations.
+    """
+    paren_citations = re.findall(r"\\citep{([a-zA-Z0-9,/\.]+)}", description)
+    intext_citations = re.findall(r"\\cite{([a-zA-Z0-9,/\.]+)}", description)
+    inparen_citations = re.findall(r"\\citealt{([a-zA-Z0-9,/\.]+)}", description)
+    all_citations = ",".join(paren_citations + intext_citations + inparen_citations)
+    all_citations = all_citations.split(",")
+    all_citations = sorted(list(set(all_citations)))
+    return all_citations
+
+
+def reduce_references(citations, reference_list):
+    """Reduce the list of references to only include ones associated with requested citations.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    citations : :obj:`list` of :obj:`str`
+        A list of all identifiers for citations.
+    reference_list : :obj:`list` of :obj:`str`
+        List of all available BibTeX entries.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    reduced_reference_list : :obj:`list` of :obj:`str`
+        List of BibTeX entries for citations only.
+    """
+    reduced_reference_list = []
+    for citation in citations:
+        citation_found = False
+        for reference in reference_list:
+            check_string = "@[a-zA-Z]+{" + citation + ","
+            if re.match(check_string, reference):
+                reduced_reference_list.append(reference)
+                citation_found = True
+                continue
+
+        if not citation_found:
+            LGR.warning(f"Citation {citation} not found.")
+
+    return reduced_reference_list
+
+
+def get_description_references(description):
+    """Find BibTeX references for citations in a methods description.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    description : :obj:`str`
+        Description of a method, optionally with citations.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    bibtex_string : :obj:`str`
+        A string containing BibTeX entries, limited only to the citations in the description.
+    """
+    bibtex_file = op.join(get_resource_path(), "references.bib")
+    with open(bibtex_file, "r") as fo:
+        bibtex_string = fo.read()
+
+    braces_idx = find_braces(bibtex_string)
+    red_braces_idx = reduce_idx(braces_idx)
+    bibtex_idx = index_bibtex_identifiers(bibtex_string, red_braces_idx)
+    citations = find_citations(description)
+    reference_list = [bibtex_string[start : end + 1] for start, end in bibtex_idx]
+    reduced_reference_list = reduce_references(citations, reference_list)
+
+    bibtex_string = "\n".join(reduced_reference_list)
+    return bibtex_string
diff --git a/tedana/utils.py b/tedana/utils.py
index 094284d5a..1c72c95bc 100644
--- a/tedana/utils.py
+++ b/tedana/utils.py
@@ -412,182 +412,3 @@ def get_resource_path():
     Based on function by Yaroslav Halchenko used in Neurosynth Python package.
     """
     return op.abspath(op.join(op.dirname(__file__), "resources") + op.sep)
-
-
-def find_braces(string):
-    """Search a string for matched braces.
-
-    This is used to identify pairs of braces in BibTeX files.
-    The outside-most pairs should correspond to BibTeX entries.
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    string : :obj:`str`
-        A long string to search for paired braces.
-
-    Returns
-    -------
-    :obj:`list` of :obj:`tuple` of :obj:`int`
-        A list of two-element tuples of indices of matched braces.
-    """
-    toret = {}
-    pstack = []
-
-    for idx, char in enumerate(string):
-        if char == "{":
-            pstack.append(idx)
-        elif char == "}":
-            if len(pstack) == 0:
-                raise IndexError(f"No matching closing parens at: {idx}")
-
-            toret[pstack.pop()] = idx
-
-    if len(pstack) > 0:
-        raise IndexError(f"No matching opening parens at: {pstack.pop()}")
-
-    toret = list(toret.items())
-    return toret
-
-
-def reduce_idx(idx_list):
-    """Identify outermost brace indices in list of indices.
-
-    The purpose here is to find the brace pairs that correspond to BibTeX entries,
-    while discarding brace pairs that appear within the entries
-    (e.g., braces around article titles).
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    idx_list : :obj:`list` of :obj:`tuple` of :obj:`int`
-        A list of two-element tuples of indices of matched braces.
-
-    Returns
-    -------
-    reduced_idx_list : :obj:`list` of :obj:`tuple` of :obj:`int`
-        A list of two-element tuples of indices of matched braces corresponding to BibTeX entries.
-    """
-    idx_list2 = [idx_item[0] for idx_item in idx_list]
-    idx = np.argsort(idx_list2)
-    idx_list = [idx_list[i] for i in idx]
-
-    df = pd.DataFrame(data=idx_list, columns=["start", "end"])
-
-    good_idx = []
-    df["within"] = False
-    for i, row in df.iterrows():
-        df["within"] = df["within"] | ((df["start"] > row["start"]) & (df["end"] < row["end"]))
-        if not df.iloc[i]["within"]:
-            good_idx.append(i)
-
-    idx_list = [idx_list[i] for i in good_idx]
-    return idx_list
-
-
-def index_bibtex_identifiers(string, idx_list):
-    """Identify the BibTeX entry identifier before each entry.
-
-    The purpose of this function is to take the raw BibTeX string and a list of indices of entries,
-    starting and ending with the braces of each entry, and then extract the identifier before each.
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    string : :obj:`str`
-        The full BibTeX file, as a string.
-    idx_list : :obj:`list` of :obj:`tuple` of :obj:`int`
-        A list of two-element tuples of indices of matched braces corresponding to BibTeX entries.
-
-    Returns
-    -------
-    idx_list : :obj:`list` of :obj:`tuple` of :obj:`int`
-        A list of two-element tuples of indices of BibTeX entries,
-        from the starting @ to the final }.
-    """
-    at_idx = [(a.start(), a.end() - 1) for a in re.finditer("@[a-zA-Z0-9]+{", string)]
-    df = pd.DataFrame(at_idx, columns=["real_start", "false_start"])
-    df2 = pd.DataFrame(idx_list, columns=["false_start", "end"])
-    df = pd.merge(left=df, right=df2, left_on="false_start", right_on="false_start")
-    new_idx_list = list(zip(df.real_start, df.end))
-    return new_idx_list
-
-
-def find_citations(description):
-    r"""Find citations in a text description.
-
-    It looks for cases of \\citep{} and \\cite{} in a string.
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    description : :obj:`str`
-        Description of a method, optionally with citations.
-
-    Returns
-    -------
-    all_citations : :obj:`list` of :obj:`str`
-        A list of all identifiers for citations.
-    """
-    paren_citations = re.findall(r"\\citep{([a-zA-Z0-9,/\.]+)}", description)
-    intext_citations = re.findall(r"\\cite{([a-zA-Z0-9,/\.]+)}", description)
-    inparen_citations = re.findall(r"\\citealt{([a-zA-Z0-9,/\.]+)}", description)
-    all_citations = ",".join(paren_citations + intext_citations + inparen_citations)
-    all_citations = all_citations.split(",")
-    all_citations = sorted(list(set(all_citations)))
-    return all_citations
-
-
-def reduce_references(citations, reference_list):
-    """Reduce the list of references to only include ones associated with requested citations.
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    citations : :obj:`list` of :obj:`str`
-        A list of all identifiers for citations.
-    reference_list : :obj:`list` of :obj:`str`
-        List of all available BibTeX entries.
-
-    Returns
-    -------
-    reduced_reference_list : :obj:`list` of :obj:`str`
-        List of BibTeX entries for citations only.
-    """
-    reduced_reference_list = []
-    for citation in citations:
-        citation_found = False
-        for reference in reference_list:
-            check_string = "@[a-zA-Z]+{" + citation + ","
-            if re.match(check_string, reference):
-                reduced_reference_list.append(reference)
-                citation_found = True
-                continue
-
-        if not citation_found:
-            LGR.warning(f"Citation {citation} not found.")
-
-    return reduced_reference_list
-
-
-def get_description_references(description):
-    """Find BibTeX references for citations in a methods description.
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    description : :obj:`str`
-        Description of a method, optionally with citations.
-
-    Returns
-    -------
-    bibtex_string : :obj:`str`
-        A string containing BibTeX entries, limited only to the citations in the description.
-    """
-    bibtex_file = op.join(get_resource_path(), "references.bib")
-    with open(bibtex_file, "r") as fo:
-        bibtex_string = fo.read()
-
-    braces_idx = find_braces(bibtex_string)
-    red_braces_idx = reduce_idx(braces_idx)
-    bibtex_idx = index_bibtex_identifiers(bibtex_string, red_braces_idx)
-    citations = find_citations(description)
-    reference_list = [bibtex_string[start : end + 1] for start, end in bibtex_idx]
-    reduced_reference_list = reduce_references(citations, reference_list)
-
-    bibtex_string = "\n".join(reduced_reference_list)
-    return bibtex_string