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Questions about when to cite a certain work, which work to cite, etc. For questions on formatting a given citation, use [citation-style].

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Can the editor of a book add citations of individual chapters to his own citation count?

As an addition to what @ff524 wrote: Automatic citation detectors may include such "inappropriate" citations if in addition to citing the chapter, the authors decide to separately cite the whole volume …
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Do you need to read a whole article before citing it?

No, you don't have to read the whole paper. If you think you do, ask yourself this: do you also have to read all papers cited in the paper? For example, I recently needed to know a certain funct …
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