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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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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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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.
What ...
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What is a 'classic paper', and when do we refer to a work as a 'classic work'?
I have come across a few times in research papers or in books, where the authors refer a past (mostly an old) research paper as classic paper. For example, in a book Bratko refers the following:
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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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Is a citation typically considered plural or singular in academia?
My question parallels that of https://english.stackexchange.com/q/99886/117318, which asks whether "Gamma et al." should be considered singular or plural for verb conjugation. The top and accepted ...
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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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What is the Latin term "pace" used for when referencing other scholars?
I frequently come across references to other scholars like:
In period P, syntactic construct C did not have function F (pace Smith 2000).
I understand that pace here signals that Smith (2000) ...
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How to include both acronym/abbreviation and citation for a technical term in the same sentence
I'm having a hard time with a writing issue. I'm trying to write a paper on time-frequency transforms. These typically have a well-known abbreviation/acronym, and also a reference for their origin, e....
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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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Usages of "sic" when citing old spelling
I am citing a Dutch work from the late 19th century. Not surprisingly, the spelling differs from the contemporary spelling. In APA, how would I use [sic] in such cases of old spelling? In the ...
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Should citations be as detailed as possible?
While writing my thesis (computer science), I was wondering how detailed citations have to be.
Let's assume I want to cite an article of a conference and have full information on author, editor, ...
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Is "e.g." ever needed in parenthetical citations?
It seems to me that "e.g." is rarely needed in parenthetical citations because readers assume that the works listed are examples taken from all works on the topic. For example:
"This ...
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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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Placement of period in sentence that ends with "et al." followed by reference number?
I have a citation that is at the end of a sentence with dual punctuation. What I mean is that I have a sentence of the following form:
Blah blah blah is mentioned by Author et al.
What is the ...
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Style for first introduction sentence - citation required for lurid statement?
I'm trying to write my first introduction sentence, which should be catchy. I came up with a sentence along the lines of "imagine the world without this super thing, all these things wouldn't be ...
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How to cite self-created images or pictures in thesis
When we put some images in a thesis, we provide a reference to its source where it’s located. If I have created my own images or pictures, how do I make it clear that they are my images and I did not ...
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Where should a question mark be placed in a short citation?
According to Modern Language Association (MLA) norms we should use punctuation marks after the page number, within parentheses, that follows the closing quotation mark. For example:
According to ...
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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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Suitable citation style for dealing with many de-identified sources, interviews and personal correspondence?
Background:
I am writing a paper analysing various organisations that I need to de-identify.
For my analysis I need to cite three types of sources:
Publicly available published works that identify ...
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What's an appropriate phrasing of a caveat about self-citation?
I'm writing some report, and at a certain point I give an example by citation. The citation format is such that you don't see any names (e.g. "[123]") without visiting the bibliography; or ...
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Citation policies: original papers or recent monographs?
When referencing previous results, should one cite the original
paper(s) or a recent comprehensive monograph?
Specifically, in my area of interest (a relatively recent branch of mathematics), in ...
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Good style for frequent references to some paper
I have an document extending paper [A & B, 2000]
On my work, I make many references to [A & B, 2000], some times several times on the same paragraphs as there is some need to compare both ...
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Uncited general claims followed by cited specific claims – is this an accepted writing style?
I’m currently reviewing a paper and thought it may be good to consult more people on this issue. I’m wondering where exactly should we include citations in article main text (in a science/psychology ...
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Placement of numerical references (“[1]”)
I kind of struggle with my students. I always told them to put the reference number (identification) close to the cited object - to make really clear what is the cited object. For example:
The ...
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How to cite a figure that has been already modified from another source?
I am wondering how to cite a figure that has already been modified from another source. Normally one should get the original figure from the original source, but there are cases when that is not ...
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Citing in two connected sentences
I read the answers to this, however I'm searching for an elaborated answer on how two (or more) sencentes are obviously from one source, and hence can be cited with one citation at the end of all ...
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IEEE Referencing: Same source, different page numbers
I'm fairly new to IEEE referencing and have a slight dilemma.
If I'm going to be citing the same paper twice in my writing but want to cite specific pages of it, do I include the source twice in the ...
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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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How to formally report database literature search results?
Years ago, I seen an interesting article that made reference to database search results. The author run a few queries through PubMed and reported on the number of records. This was a neat introduction ...
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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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Writing a report/paper etc. - How to deal with citations that have poor English?
I've tried looking for suggestions on the internet to my question but haven't found any useful information.
I'm writing a paper and I'm quoting/citing various books, journals etc. However, I'm coming ...
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Citations when mixing of factual evidence and interpretation in one sentence
I have a bit of a technical question about constructing narrative while writing as a historian (I guess it also applies to other humanities).
This never really occurred to me as an issue during ...
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How to add a citation to a sentence that has parentheses at the end?
How can I add a author-date citation to a sentence that ends with parentheses? That can occur when using parenthetical remarks or when an abbreviation is introduced:
However, methane has a higher ...
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Style guides on structured/ordered bibliography?
Edit: The best guideline I have found so far is the Chicago Manual of Style 16th ed, section 14.58 "DIVIDING A BIBLIOGRAPHY INTO SECTIONS" (I have boldfaced the part which best answers my ...
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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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Label based in text citation
In german computer science it is quite common to use citations like [HoBo12] or [HoBo12, pp.1-4] for say, Hoy, Jane; Boy, John 2010: The great story. The rules for composing this label depend on the ...
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Is it bad-practice to have a high citation to content ratio in academic writing? [duplicate]
I'm writing a high school history textbook. While writing my book, I'm finding its becoming very heavily laden with sources. If I used Turabian's footnote style, they tend to fill half the page. ...
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Citation and reference to a figure: which comes first?
This may be a bit of hair-splitting, but maybe there is a proper way to do this: In my thesis I present an external application. I want to give a literature reference to the application and a ...
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No quotation marks/citation needed for common expressions/language or for using texts as a model?
This might be a stupid question, but I am asking as a non-native English speaker. Given that we all (even native speakers) will get our English expressions from somewhere, I am wondering when a ...
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How can I point the reader of my report to another source for background information?
In my report I introduce a topic that is good background information for my report but not crucial. To try and shorten the length of my report, rather than summarizing another paper I'd like to leave ...
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What tense to use when referring to self publication in a monograph chapter?
I have a question regarding what tense form should I use to refer to an earlier self publication in a monograph chapter.
For example, if I want to say (in the chapter), "most of the results were ...
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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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How to stop Endnote omitting the year for some references?
I am having problems with Endnote outputting a mix of citation styles (or possibly a broken citation style!) in the same document, despite applying the Endnote Frontiers Science style (official, from ...
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How would you characterize or cite common social media posts?
I am investigating a complaint that comes up on social media "often" for a particular institution. The complaint is about a particular type of bad interaction with the institution. I could ...
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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 ...
