Planning to write review article for publication. I wander to know is it possible to cite review articles or not?
Wondimagegne - it is fine to cite reviews in your own review manuscript. What you have to ask yourself is 'how recent are those reviews and how closely do they relate to your topic?' If a review/s are recent and very closely related - a refiewer may question the need for your review and what it adds.
Yes. Just copy the citation. Some papers allow them automatically. Mendeley allows them to classify them
Yes! it is very much acceptable to cite review papers in your own MS. The most probable resaons are: One can compare and contrast other's work to the author's won. Also the literature gap is more clearly visible and supported by literature.
It is normal to write {see this review [author, year] and references therein}
Yes, you can cite review articles in your review as long as you reviewed the review articles :)
Dear Wondimagegne A Mo
Though I prefer to use original papers as much as possible (one of the nice things about a review is an overview of relevant original papers) it is possible for sure. Reasons might be:
1. A review that gives an overview of an earlier period (for example: "in the following review(s) one can find an excellent overview of what happened in the field in the 20th century")
2. Reviews that give overviews of related fields (for example: "excellent overviews in other organisms see...")
Best regards.
Dear Wondimagegne, as already indicated by Dean Whitehead and Rob Keller citing older review articles in a new review manuscript is not only possible but advisable. Quite often new review articles are intended to cover the development in a special field of research e.g. over the past 5 or 10 years. In order to keep the list of references reasonably short it absolutely makes sense to cite previous review articles in the field. This way you can also avoid unnecessary duplications. By the way: Review articles published in renowned journals are often written by invitation. Some high-ranked journals even quire a justification. In this justification letter the author must outline why the topic of the review is interesting to the readers of the journal and also make a statement if the review is timely, i.e. if no similar reviews have been published very recently. As you see, this review article business is not an easy one. It takes a lot of time and efforts, and the writing should always be planned in close cooperation with the editor of the envisaged journal. Good luck with your work!
Dear, Wondimagegne
I think nothing prevent citing a review if it adds to your review
A review article provides a general glance of research interest within a specific period for a particular diagnostic or analytic purpose (e.g., revealing consensus, identifying trending research orientation, direction, theoretical model or approach, or pointing out a research-lacking area). Regarding your question about the soundness, validity, or possibility of citing a review paper, which is a secondary source, I would argue that citing a conclusion or recommendation of a reviewing piece is healthy. However, citing a commentary or a source out of a review article (e.g., as cited in [author(s) of a review publication & year]) is not recommended. We should always read and cite primary sources (i.e., original research papers). Relevantly, the RG thread by Preininger (2015) and the article by Cappello and Miller-Young (2020) could interest you and readers of this thread.
Cappello, A., & Miller-Young, J. (2020). Who are we citing and how? A SoTL citation analysis. Teaching & Learning Inquiry, 8(2), 3–16. https://doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.8.2.2
Preininger, M. (2015, April 29). Is it OK to cite a review rather than the original research articles highlighted within the review? ResearchGate. https://www.researchgate.net/post/Is-it-ok-to-cite-a-review-rather-than-the-original-research-articles-highlighted-within-the-review
Good luck,
Dear Wondimagegne A Mo , Yes of course, it is even scientifically ethical, than ignoring some suitable Review.
Yes. You can cite the review paper in your review. It is a common practice.
I think you can cite anything authentic resource if it is required in any format such as image file, audio video file etc
I think you can cite anything authentic resource if it is required in any format such as image file, audio video file etc
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