Shortcut citations in the methods section: Frequency, problems, and strategies for responsible reuse.

Shortcut citations in the methods section: Frequency, problems, and strategies for responsible reuse.

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Methods sections are often missing essential details. Methodological shortcut citations, in which authors cite previous papers instead of describing the method in detail, may contribute to this problem. This meta-research study used 3 approaches to examine shortcut citation use in neuroscience, biol...

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Main Authors: Kai Standvoss, Vartan Kazezian, Britta R Lewke, Kathleen Bastian, Shambhavi Chidambaram, Subhi Arafat, Ubai Alsharif, Ana Herrera-Melendez, Anna-Delia Knipper, Bruna M S Seco, Nina Nitzan Soto, Orestis Rakitzis, Isa Steinecker, Philipp van Kronenberg Till, Fereshteh Zarebidaki, Parya Abbasi, Tracey L Weissgerber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-04-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002562&type=printable

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