On Citing the Literature

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2741843/

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1980

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Catania, A. Charles. “On Citing the Literature.” The Behavior Analyst 3, no. 2 (October 1, 1980): 63–64. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03391844.

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Abstract

Some outlandish examples are used to support the argument that literature citations should be treated as references to documents and not references to individuals. Different consequences for scientific behavior are implicit in the alternative usages.