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How should I cite something learned second-hand (eg, from Wikipedia) when I haven't seen the primary source?
I want to cite something that I have learned from a Wikipedia page. However, I'm loathe to cite Wikipedia because of the perception of it by my tutors, so I try to cite the original source.
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Conjugation: Do we cite authors or papers?
When referencing to another work in a scientific paper, do we cite the paper or its author(s)?
This question is intended to clarify the conjugation of the verb that follows the reference -- ...
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Citing a paper under review in 2 different conferences
I am currently writing 2 conference papers. One is highly quantitative in nature and the other is absolutely qualitative in nature. I am submitting both papers to conferences having deadlines in the ...
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Do I need to cite a source when defining terms?
In my research paper, I have set aside space to define terms (each having a bullet point). My confusion is how I go about defining these terms. Do I quote a dictionary, another research paper in the ...
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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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How can I cite the same reference in successive sentences?
I've just read a paper that cited the same reference in two successive sentences:
This is the first sentence (xxxx 2013). This is the second sentence
(xxxx 2013).
Up until now, I would have ...
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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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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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Standard style when citing different authors from the same group
I want to cite a series of three papers (condensed-matter physics, if it matters) where the first author is a different person in each case, say authors A, B and C, but all the papers come from the ...
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