Timeline for Do we cite authors or papers when using author/year citations?
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| Feb 6, 2019 at 10:25 | vote | accept | cheersmate | ||
| Jan 24, 2019 at 14:09 | comment | added | origimbo | @cheersmate #3 is uncommon, but if it's what the journal requires, then it's what you do. Their (publishing) house, their rules. | |
| Jan 24, 2019 at 14:03 | comment | added | cheersmate | So it is a matter of preference (except for #4 which is discouraged)? #3 seems rather redundant to me but I've seen it as example on a journal style guide. | |
| Jan 24, 2019 at 13:56 | comment | added | JeffE | In active voice and citing the person rather than the paper: "Tyndall (1869) showed that the sky is blue." or even "The sky is blue (Tyndall 1869)." | |
| Jan 24, 2019 at 13:54 | history | answered | origimbo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |