References
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Where Do Reference Citations Go?
The placement of a reference citation in the text indicates exactly what is being credited and to whom. For this reason, it is very important that reference citations be inserted in the correct place.
There are 2 general guidelines:
1. When a string of sentences pertains to the same study, place the reference citation at the end of the first sentence in that string. If the string of sentences is long, consider placing the reference citation after the last sentence as well. Another study found that the intron 3 and intron 6 M alleles exerted a functional effect. 1 As the copy number of the M allele in introns 3 and 6 increased, the apoptotic index decreased. In addition, cell lines with at least one variant allele at all three polymorphic sites had a statistically significantly lower DNA repair capacity than did cell lines with all wild-type alleles. 1 Other studies reported…. (Wu et al., 2002)
“Failure to cite the work of others can give rise to more than just hard feelings. Citations are part of the reward system of science. They are connected to funding decisions and to the future careers of researchers. More generally, the misallocation of credit undermines the incentive system of science.”
— National Academy of Sciences
2. When the author’s name is included in the text, place a citation immediately after the name instead of at the end of the sentence.
Conor et al. 1 found a statistically significant difference in the distribution of the intron 6 polymorphism between healthy control subjects and patients with ovarian cancer. (Wu et al., 2002)
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