The Principles of Biomedical Scientific Writing: Citation.

摘要: Citation, the act of properly referring to others' ideas, thoughts, or concepts, is a common and critical practice in scientific writing. Citations are used give credit own work, support an argument, acknowledge distinguish other authors' ideas from one's direct readers sources information. A good citation adds prestige paper makes it more valuable reader. The has three basic elements: quoting others, in-text reference source, bibliographic details source. Beyond technical skills, needs in-depth knowledge field should follow rules, including selection relevant valid sources, stating information/facts work accurately ethically. Several systems styles cite sources; however, most commonly medical sciences 'author-date' (e.g., Harvard system) numerical Vancouver system). Here, we discuss how make accurate, complete, ethical citation, provide simple practical guides organize references paper.