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| Oct 27, 2015 at 8:12 | comment | added | FraEnrico | Interesting. I only knew about the difference between "references" (items cited in the paper) and "bibliography" (relevant readings on the topic but not cited in the paper). The phrase "uncited references" is new to me. | |
| Oct 27, 2015 at 7:57 | comment | added | user41783 | @StephanKolassa yes, that is quite true - I have added that it can also be seen as unnecessary clutter - I saw a paper with the 'uncited reference' list far larger than the cited list - it was very distracting. | |
| Oct 27, 2015 at 7:56 | history | edited | user41783 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 27, 2015 at 7:55 | comment | added | Stephan Kolassa | +1. This practice is often frowned upon - if a reference is relevant to your work, you should explain how it is relevant and cite it in the text (then it won't be uncited any more), and if it is not relevant, it shouldn't be in an "uncited references" section, either. | |
| Oct 27, 2015 at 6:27 | history | answered | user41783 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |