diff --git a/docs/source/bitermplus.metrics.rst b/docs/source/bitermplus.metrics.rst
index 77a1731..3a74ab2 100644
--- a/docs/source/bitermplus.metrics.rst
+++ b/docs/source/bitermplus.metrics.rst
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ Metrics
 .. currentmodule:: bitermplus
 
 .. autofunction:: coherence
-.. autofunction:: perplexity
\ No newline at end of file
+.. autofunction:: perplexity
+.. autofunction:: entropy
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5274ea3..da6b605 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from setuptools import setup, Extension
-from Cython.Build import cythonize
 from platform import system
+from Cython.Build import cythonize
 # from numpy import get_include
 
 extra_link_args = ['-lomp'] if system() == 'Darwin' else ['-fopenmp']
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@
     Extension(
         "bitermplus._btm",
         sources=["src/bitermplus/_btm.pyx"],
-        # include_dirs=[get_include()],
-        # library_dirs=[get_include()],
         extra_compile_args=extra_compile_args,
         extra_link_args=extra_link_args),
     Extension(
         "bitermplus._metrics",
+        # include_dirs=[get_include()],
+        # library_dirs=[get_include()],
         sources=["src/bitermplus/_metrics.pyx"],
         extra_compile_args=extra_compile_args,
         extra_link_args=extra_link_args),
diff --git a/src/bitermplus/_metrics.pyx b/src/bitermplus/_metrics.pyx
index 639953f..a4c91e1 100644
--- a/src/bitermplus/_metrics.pyx
+++ b/src/bitermplus/_metrics.pyx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-__all__ = ['perplexity', 'coherence']
+__all__ = ['perplexity', 'coherence', 'entropy']
 
+from cython.view cimport array
 from libc.math cimport exp, log
 from typing import Union
 from pandas import DataFrame
@@ -160,3 +161,83 @@ cpdef coherence(
         coherence[t] = logSum
 
     return np.array(coherence)
+
+
+@cython.boundscheck(False)
+@cython.wraparound(False)
+@cython.cdivision(True)
+cpdef entropy(
+        double[:, :] p_wz):
+    """Renyi entropy calculation routine [1]_.
+
+    Renyi entropy can be used to estimate the optimal number of topics.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    p_wz : np.ndarray
+        Topics vs words probabilities matrix (T x W).
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    renyi : double
+        Renyi entropy value.
+
+    References
+    ----------
+    .. [1] Koltcov, S. (2018). Application of Rényi and Tsallis entropies to
+           topic modeling optimization. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its
+           Applications, 512, 1192-1204.
+    """
+    # Words number
+    cdef int W = p_wz.shape[1]
+    # Topics number
+    cdef int T = p_wz.shape[0]
+
+    # Initializing variables
+    cdef double word_ratio = 0.
+    cdef double sum_prob = 0.
+    cdef double shannon = 0.
+    cdef double energy = 0.
+    cdef double int_energy = 0.
+    cdef double free_energy = 0.
+    cdef double renyi = 0.
+    cdef double thresh = 1.
+    cdef int t = 0
+    cdef int w = 0
+
+    # Setting threshold
+    thresh /= W
+               
+    # Maximum probability of each word
+    cdef double[:] p_max = array(
+        shape=(W, ), itemsize=sizeof(double), format="d",
+        allocate_buffer=True)
+    p_max[...] = 0.
+
+    for w in range(W):
+        for t in range(T):
+            if p_wz[t, w] > p_max[w]:
+                p_max[w] = p_wz[t, w]
+    
+    # Select the probabilities larger than thresh
+    for w in range(W):
+        if p_max[w] > thresh:
+            sum_prob += p_max[w]
+            word_ratio += 1
+    
+    # Shannon entropy
+    shannon = log(word_ratio / (W * T))
+    
+    # Internal energy
+    int_energy = -log(sum_prob / T)
+    
+    # Free energy
+    free_energy = int_energy - shannon * T
+    
+    # Renyi entropy
+    if T == 1: 
+        renyi = free_energy / T
+    else:
+        renyi = free_energy / (T-1)
+    
+    return renyi
diff --git a/tests/test_btm.py b/tests/test_btm.py
index 5ea4116..cd5df80 100644
--- a/tests/test_btm.py
+++ b/tests/test_btm.py
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ def test_btm_class(self):
         self.assertGreater(coherence.shape[0], 0)
         LOGGER.info('Coherence testing finished')
 
+        LOGGER.info('Entropy testing started')
+        entropy = btm.entropy(model.matrix_topics_words_)
+        self.assertNotEqual(entropy, 0)
+        LOGGER.info("Entropy value: {}".format(entropy))
+        LOGGER.info('Entropy testing finished')
+
         LOGGER.info('Model loading started')
         with open('model.pickle', 'rb') as file:
             self.assertIsInstance(pkl.load(file), btm._btm.BTM)