Imagine a paper X builds a new sensor, and then uses the new sensor to detect protein Z. When citing paper X, I might want to point out that they've build a new sensor. EG:
"New sensors have been recently proposed that explore effect A[cite paper X]."
Then later, I want to talk about protein Z. I should probably cite paper X again, since they did important work on protein Z...
"Protein Z has been studied using similar techniques [cite paper X, cite paperY]"
Essentially, paperX did two distinct things that are pertinent to my article. I'd like to refer to both of them, so is it ok to cite paper X twice? While it will only appear in the bibliography once, there will be two references to it in the inwork citation. Is this generally acceptable?
Adam - this is what academics and students usually do when citing. You can refer to any cited article as many times as you like related to different aspects of its reporting and findings. It still remains the same single citation. If the authors report a related aspect of their on-going studies elsewhere (even though they may have alluded to the fact that they were going to do so in a previous article) - then this becomes a separate citation.
Adam, I also agree that you can cite the paper as much as it is necessary in your paper. However, the paper can only appear once in your reference list.
Adam, yes, always site the relevant part of the paper you are referencing. You won't be penalized for referencing but you will for plagiarizing (not citing the work of others when you should). If you use a reference management tool, like Endnote, to cite your references and create your reference list, his can make your life easier!
I agree with all comments. You may cite a previous study as much as it is necessary if it serves to clarify a point, or some research results. Several citations from the same source will be counted as one in the bibliography, and in the citation count.
Technically, you can cite it many times. However, citing too many articles too many times in the same article can clutter an article. After citing an article once, you've basically accomplished your job of giving credit. A source is only credited with one citation regardless of how many times you cite it in your paper.
Hi,
You may cite an article several times if your own work deals with various aspects of the paper you cite.This could happen. If you cite the work properly, there should not be any problem in citing it several times.
I want to know if I have cited the same paper more than one time, It was going to be counted two citations or only one citation for this paper??
Thanks in advance.
This is one small failing of citation counts. They do not take into account how vital the cited research was to you.
In fact, you may be reporting that the research is wrong, and still the authors get your negative citation counted as +1!
There are a couple of considerations here.
First, I agree with others that you may cite a source more than once, and you will have a single reference in your references section.
Second, you do not need to cite the same source more than once (such as more than once in the same paragraph) as long as it is clear that you are talking about the information from that source.
If I cite a source more than once, usually it is first in the literature review, and then again in the discussion.
There is no limitation to the number of times you can cite a paper within the same manuscript (non that I know of). Provided they are true citations and relevant to the subject matter been discussed, it should be OK. This is a necessity especially when working in novel areas where not much work has been done.
I agree with all three colleaguws above. You can cite as many tines a single source as you want, if it is relevant for your study.
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i have 2 papers for the SAME author and i want to cite both , how can i cite them ? Jim.A, Tom, D (2012) and Jim, A, Sam, O (2012)
@Raid al-mosawi: No problem. In your text it is
Jim and Tom (2012) say ...
Jim and Sam (2012) report ...
You do not have to mention that it is the same A. Jim. The reader can surmise this, since the field is small. Do NOT use (2012a) and (2012b) in this instance, because the co-authors are different.
Most definitely yes. My article was recently cited 5 times in the same article
Yes. If the ideas expressed in the paper are applied differently to corroborate discussions or findings. However, in the bibliography section, it is mentioned once.
Yes you can cite. Actually it is not a matter number of times, what matters is the necessity of the article. So, you can cite the article as far as citing that article is necessary.
Does anyone in this group know how one could easily determine the number of times a specific article is cited within a particular paper (that I am writing), using a reference manager like Refworks?
How it would look like if the guide lines says, you must mention the page number. I am citing the same article more than once and I need to mention the page number. How this will be reflected on the reference list and in text citation?
Yes, you can cite it multiple times, presumably each one to reference to a particular concept/method/validation/prior finding.
Yes, of course, but in one research paper is cited once, but in the case of writing new research papers, we can return to the previous source and re-cite it again.
yes I Can cite an article twice,
presumably each one to reference to a particular concept/method/validation/prior finding.
Well, if it is an article then i suggest to use once. However, in thesis or dissertation you can cite number of time and definitely the reference should be one time.
Surely, you can cite to an article in your article several times but the refference should be one time.
Im facing the same problem, however, to my knowledge you can cite as many times as required.
Yes you can cite as many time you need with one single reference in your reference list.
It is true that we could cite an article as many times as required in our work. The evidence for the same is available in several influential articles.
However, I would like to understand from Borden Mushonga that if your article is cited 5 times in a paper, does it mean that your citation count increased by 5 or is it counted only once i.e. only a single citation. Even though @Dean Whitehead sir had clarified that it is counted as a single citation, I am curious to know from you as you stated that your paper was cited 5 times in an article. Also, I have observed a few authors engaged in excessive self-citations.
Hi,
It is OK to cite an article , even several times, in relation to various aspects discussed in one's paper. There is no need to mention this paper several times in the bibliography, one mention is enough.
Prof. Adam Hughes: Your question may be understood in different aspects:
- Can I cite an article twice in the same paper? If you mean to list the paper twice in the references, it is obviously not allowed.
- Can I cite an article twice? If you mean to use the same paper many times in the same paper's body and one time in its references, it is obviously ok.
- Can I cite an article twice? If you mean to use the same paper in many different other papers as a reference for each one of them, it is obviously ok.
Yes you can cite it multiple times yet it will appear once in the bibliography/reference list at the end of the article.
I've cited an article 4 times in an article. now it is appearing 4 times in the bibliography. How do I avoid that?
Hi, I am also having doubts, about how many times we need to use a single citation in the journal. Is it any proof or rule? Please help with it
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