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Is it accepted to refer to your own published result by your own name?
Assume that Jane Doe has published a paper in 2010 where she has developed a model or a theorem or a similar result, let’s say, that it relates to growth.
Now assume that Jane Doe is writing another ...
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Citing two authors with the same surname – is it worth noting that they are distinct people?
In the paper I am currently writing I cite works by Bill Smith and Fred Smith.
I refer to them both several times, as several of Bill Smith’s papers provide the basis for some of the techniques I am ...
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