Discouraging Verification: Citation Practices across the Disciplines

Henige, David

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“…Complaints of inadequate and incomplete citations have been aired by Henige 1 and echoed by Donovan. 2 Others have bemoaned the incidence of outright failure to cite sources at all.…”

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Citing data sources in the social sciences: do authors do it?

Mooney

2011

Learned Publishing

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It is expected that authors will provide citations for all papers referenced in their writings. The necessity of providing citations for data is not so widely recognized. Proponents of the data‐sharing movement have advocated the citation of datasets in order to recognize contributions and enhance access. This study examines a sample of papers from the Inter‐University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Bibliography of Data‐Related Literature that are based on secondary analysis of datasets available in the ICPSR data archive to determine the data citation practices of authors. The results indicate that many authors fail to cite the data used in secondary analysis studies. Possible reasons for the dismal state of data citation practices are considered, including the recent introduction of data into the scholarly record and its marginalization as an information format. Updating citation practices to include datasets will support data sharing and foster responsible scholarship.

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“…Complaints of inadequate and incomplete citations have been aired by Henige 1 and echoed by Donovan. 2 Others have bemoaned the incidence of outright failure to cite sources at all.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Citing data sources in the social sciences: do authors do it?

Mooney

2011

Learned Publishing

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“…The works are cited merely to lend an aura of support for an argument, when in fact they contain no empirical support. The major scholarly analyses of empty citations are Harzing (2002) and Henige (2006); I discuss this issue with respect to archaeology in Smith (2015, forthcoming(a)). I counted four empty citations in Chapter 9 (notes 9, 16, 60, and 61).…”

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Early Cities in The Dawn of Everything: Shoddy Scholarship in Support of Pedestrian Conclusions

Smith¹

2022

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“…Scholars do not prefer this approach. RSR 44,1 Henige (2006) decries a citation style that does not include page numbers because it makes it difficult to find the quotation quickly. However, this is another holdover from print.…”

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A modern, simplified citation style and student response

Lanning

2016

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to see if there is a need for and an interest in a modernized and simplified citation style (SCS). Design/methodology/approach -Students in two sections of English 1010 were given a brief training in SCS and asked to use SCS and MLA citation styles, respectively, in their next two assignments. Students were surveyed afterwards about their preferences. Findings -Students preferred using the presented SCS over MLA by a large margin. This was not a surprise. Citation styles are difficult to master. Research limitations/implications -This is a small qualitative study, and the result are not generalizable to a larger population, but the implications suggest that a larger study is warranted. Practical implications -This paper shows that there is a need for a more modern citation style, one that embraces technology and moves forward from the print bibliographic tradition. Originality/value -There are many articles in the literature about citations, but few address modernizing and simplifying citation styles, and none make a proposal for such a style.

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Discouraging Verification: Citation Practices across the Disciplines

Cited by 8 publications

References 16 publications

Citing data sources in the social sciences: do authors do it?

Citing data sources in the social sciences: do authors do it?

Early Cities in The Dawn of Everything: Shoddy Scholarship in Support of Pedestrian Conclusions

A modern, simplified citation style and student response

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