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For citations, Should I use the citation of the mentioned name or the journal it was in?
An article I want to cite mentiones an author and has paraphrased a sentence. I would like to refer to that sentence but I'm not sure who to reference in the in-text citation: the author of the ...
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When do you include the nth in front of the conference when citing?
This question is easiest to ask by showing an example. There are conferences that are cited like 5th International Conference on ABC and some like Interational Conference on XYZ.
Why are some ...
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How to cite GDPR and AI Act?
How to properly cite these two sources?
In the AI/ML literature I am finding many non-homogenous citations of these two documents, with some of them wanting to specify a chapter and others the whole ...
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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/where to cite corrigendum publication on CV?
Citations for my publications on my CV are listed in reverse chronological order, and I am wondering how/where to list the citation for a corrigendum.
Should I list the corrigendum and original ...
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How to cite a company that gave the data and formulated a problem to be solved in a competition?
So recently there was a data science competition and we learned and made a good algorithm which can be published as a case study. So how can I cite the Data source and the really good score metric ...
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In-text citations - First and subsequent citations - AMA
Am new to writing research article. While I am following the guidelines here
Am I right to understand that whenever we refer to a source, we cite them in-text.
Let's say my paragraph has 100 lines.
I ...
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When the title of an article is printed differently in the front/back matter versus the first page, which should be used for citing the article?
I wish to cite a research paper by B. L. van der Waerden from 1928 that is titled (very) slightly differently in the front/back matter of the journal versus the first page of the article: in the front/...
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Do I mention that a paper in mathematics is a "Short Communication" or "Note" or "Research Article" when citing it?
Apologies in advance for a possibly naive question. When I search for literature relevant to my research work, I come across articles that are published variously as either a "Short Communication&...
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Can I upload a national report which I reference in a paper to a preprint server so it has a permanent location and/or DOI rather than a URL?
I recently wrote an editorial article which referenced several national (UK) reports. These are typically freely available as pdf files online via institutions like the British Medical Association, ...
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How to cite a drug name in AMA Style journal article?
In my paper, I have used a drug name called Metformin. But I received a comment from Editor to cite the drug name.
May I know how can I cite the drug name in AMA style?
There could be multiple ...
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Is it okay to cite a supplemental attachment when referencing a previously published technique or method? (advanced materials and surface science)
The thorough answer to Roadmap and possible pitfalls for a first-time software author to publish a paper on a Python package? covers the issue nicely, and it's not yet clear if in my case this paper ...
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Do I need footnotes in a Foreword if I cite something?
Dear Colleagues and Stack Exchange Readers,
Hello. I am writing a Foreword for a colleague's scholarly monograph. I would like to quote from one of my own books, as well as from the recent memoir of ...
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How do I cite an article with no page numbers and only a DOI number (APA format)?
I am writing an article that requires citations in APA format. As you may know, that format requires page numbers
I am pulling quite a few articles from the journal of Remote Sensing (MDPI), which ...
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Correctly formatting automatic APA 7th edition style citations in Word [closed]
I have Office 365 and in Microsoft Word which is updated to the latest edition. I could manually enter inline citations, but for speed and ease of citing, I have elected to use the automatic citation ...
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How to cite a paper which has been presented and included in proceedings but not yet published online?
I have submitted my paper to a conference A, where it has been presented and is included in the proceedings and is yet to be published online and would be completed in few months. How do I cite this ...
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How to write source information for tables if I'm using data from multiple sources?
I am using data from 3-4 different sources in my table. How to cite the source information in MLA format? As far as I know, Source information is written below tables in the MLA style. But is it okay ...
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How to properly credit other people when writing a text book?
In many textbooks, authors usually write about other people's research results without the type of detailed and extensive citations typically seen in a research paper.
Often times without any credit ...
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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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Article: Author information when occupation has changed [duplicate]
I'm currently the main author of a paper. The work was performed when I was working at university X. However, I will start at a new university Y in one month, and the conference I'm presenting the ...
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Citing summaries of many sources
I am working on a "Handbook" on a technical topic I am personally interested in and I also need for work. To back up statements and provide reputable sources I try to cite everything even though it ...
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How to cite in text a citation translated by me
Thats the question. I'm writing a paper in Spanish and I need to cite (APA) several citations in Spanish of books written in English that doesn't have translated versions. My reviewer is telling me ...
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Citing an article that the journal serialized
Reynolds, Keld J. "Principal Actions of the California Junta De Fomento 1825-1827." Calif Hist QJ Calif Hist Soc 24.4 (1945): 289-320.
Reynolds, Keld J. "Principal Actions of the ...
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Publications and International Standard for bibliographic references
I'm applying for a job which requires the list of all publications.
Quoting the call:
Publications over the last 10 years in chronological order within each category following the International ...
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Name writer by surname when citing
Normally when writing technical reports, I just cite an article something like this:
In the case of binary classifications, the softmax activation function
is not efficient [1].
But if something ...
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How are arXiv papers cited using IEEE citation style?
I have been trying to find an IEEE publication which cites an arXiv paper.
However, it seems that electrical engineers shy away from citing anything arXiv related.
I have been looking around for a ...
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How to Cite a conference talk / TED video?
Is it okay to cite a TED presentation or a video lecture or something similar? If so, how to cite that video for your paper/thesis?
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How to handle citing duplicate publications?
I am writing a review article and have come across a number of references which were published verbatim in their entirety in more than one place (same author(s) and the same content; Duplicate ...
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Which google scholar citation format is IEEE standard?
When I want to use formatted citation from google sholar it;s show 5 option to copy. Which one is IEEE standard? I add an image for clear my question.
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How to cite own unpublished work in text and reference?
I would like to cite one of my own unpublished work (under review). Is it okay to cite as following?
In text
According to author et al. (year of submission).................
In reference
authors list,...
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Why do some fields care so much more about citation styles?
On this website, there are 120 questions tagged citation-style, and probably many more without the tag (a search for APA returns 244 results).
I work in applied mathematics, and among my colleagues ...
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How to cite paper when there is a gap between conference date and publication date
We are preparing conference proceedings of a research unit to be published online for the first time. Their first conference was in 2010. We are developing their website with export citation options ...
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How to specify Russian (foreign) authors in the bibliography of an article in English? [duplicate]
I am writing an article for publication in English. It is necessary to include references to articles written by Russian authors in Russian language. Do I have to translate their names and titles of ...
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Name and cite specific figures/results of related work
Currently I am writing a paper and would like to cite specific things in the related work section of other papers.
For example:
In figure 4 in name of the related work [\cite] you can see ...
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Citations - when should you add the initial?
It is common practice - at least in mathematics - to refer to people one cites in the paper simply by a surname. Hence, one could see sentences like "This awesome theorem is due to Smith.".
However, ...
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How to cite regularly published editorials that have no specific titles?
Many magazines and journals have standard editorial pieces such as a letter from the editor to introduce that month's publication; or closing comments written by different people.
For example, the ...
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Meaning of et al. when referring to multiple papers with the same first author
I am citing some papers with the same first author but different co-authors.
For example, [1] is a paper by X, Y and Z, and [2] is a paper by X, A and B. Would X et al. [1,2] be appropriate here? ...
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How to provide attribution to a media source in a research paper?
I'm working on a project report which we plan to publish as a research paper later after some more work. In my report I have used some images from the Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia. They all are ...
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Should my citation style exactly match the original title?
In my field a number of different styles are used in titles.
Many publications present scientific names in italics, such as this one. Others do not italicise scientific names, such as this one.
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How should I cite a tool or a library in my article?
When using an online library, tool, framework or something similar, what is the proper way to reference it in an article?
(I work in Computer Science). For example, I want to say that many popular ...
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