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0 pointsAurornis3mo ago0 comments

Citations are a key part of the paper. If the paper isn’t supported by the citations, it’s not a good paper.

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Have you ever followed citations before? In my experience, they don't support what is being citated, saying the opposite or not even related. It's probably only 60%-ish that actually cite something relevant.

AurornisOP3mo ago

I follow them a lot. I’ve also had cases where they don’t support the paper.

This doesn’t make it okay. Bad human writer and reviewer practices are also bad.

WWWWH3mo ago

Well yes, but just because that’s bad doesn’t mean this isn’t far worse.

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