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Can cited works hold grammatical positions in sentences?
Though I read this style quite often, I was recently told unambiguously by a reviewer that I was NOT supposed to use citations "as if they are objects in a sentence." The following sentence is an ...
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Where should citations be placed relative to punctuation (e.g., full stops and commas)?
This question pops up every time I write an article (in the computer science domain), and I am unable to find a British English style-guide providing a proper answer.
Where should citations be ...
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Should religious (or other kind of) titles be used when citing authors?
I'm writing an article that cites some scientific works of a religious sister. I noticed that some authors cite her works including the title "Sister", as in "Sister Surname [ref] was ...
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Why is it that sometimes in bibliography, DOI information is added?
When I'm casually browsing through bibliography section of preprints, sometimes I find that an author will also include the DOI information in the citation.
For example, I just picked a random Arxiv ...
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How should I include a list of links in my thesis?
In my thesis, I would like to refer to a set of links. These are tools/calculators/etc. related to my subject, included to show that there is an interest in society at large in this topic.
I'm ...
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Citation: refer to author or paper? [duplicate]
What is the British English way of referring to a source in-text.
Is it plural because there are two authors, like this:
X and Y (2011) describe ...
Or is it singular because you are ...
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What is the grammatical number of an inline citation?
Which of the following is correct?
a) Johnson et al. (2010) prove that all snow is yellow.
b) Johnson et al. (2010) proves that all snow is yellow.
I suppose the question boils down to whether I'm ...
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Where to locate authors’ names in sentences?
Is it or is it not good practice to make an author the subject of sentences in a paper? When should their name be central, discreet, or absent in the sentence? Here are five variations showing ...
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Should titles in the references be in title case?
I wonder whether titles in the reference section be in title case, given that the publication venue's style files and publication instructions do not specify.
For example, which of the following ...
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Citing a passage which includes added words by the translator?
I have the translation of a work in front of me and want to quote it. The translation reads:
"This is the right decision, and yet it is the wrong [one]"
The translator added the 'one' in brackets ...
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Plural or singular for a multi-authored paper
Suppose Jackson and Kim wrote a paper in 2014. When I cite this paper, should it be
Jackson and Kim (2014) show that ...
or
Jackson and Kim (2014) shows that ...
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Attributing Second-order Citations
Imagine that a paper by [Author A] has pulled together some literature on the misuse of a technology in context X. I now want to talk about misuse of the same technology but in context Y. When ...
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Where should I place the citation in this sentence?
I have the following sentence, where the citation refers to the first part of the sentence. Because of how it appears in the formatting of my paper, and how it reads, I would like to have the citation ...
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References must be cited vs. need not be cited
In reviewing publishing guidelines prior to submission to a journal, it is listed that "References need not be cited in text." This is also listed in the style guide for the associated professional ...
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Stylistically is it acceptable to include equations and formulae in a literature review?
I am writing a literature review as part of a master's thesis in mechanical engineering.
I am discussing the approach of one author and I was wondering whether or not it is acceptable to include ...
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Using reference as a subject in writing [duplicate]
Is it acceptable to use references as a subject in a sentence (in the context of academic writing, preferably in computer science)?
For example:
An extensive research has been done on eye capture ...
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Does citation refer to paper or authors?
I imagine this question is asked before, but I could not find the answer.
This is the example sentence that got me wondering:
Gneiting and Ranjan (2013) generalize/generalizes these findings and ...
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Consecutive sentence citation in Chicago date-author style
I am writing a paper in which I repeat a newspaper article citation.
"The New York Times article discusses the introduction of the AFB mainframe computer (Stevens, 1984). During an interview with ...
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Separating citation and text inside parentheses
In the following examples, should the citation be separated by ; or ,?
Simplistically, the goal of the investor is to maximise return (subject to risk constraints; XYZ, 2011).
or
Simplistically, ...
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What's the proper way to (APA) reference a settlement agreement?
I want to reference an exhibit from the following document (it's been split into separate parts):
Exhibits:
https://targetbreachsettlement.com/Portals/0/Documents/Settlement%20Agreement%20Exhibits....