Citation
noun
A reference to a source of information.
Please include citations at the end of your paper to show where your information came from.
Often appears as...
- bibliographic citation
- source citation
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A formal summons to appear in court.
The officer issued a citation for the offender to appear in court in two weeks' time.
Often appears as...
- court citation
- traffic citation
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Formal
noun
A commendation or award for good behavior or performance.
The soldier received a citation for his outstanding bravery during the battle.
Often appears as...
- military citation
- honorary citation
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Approving
noun
A mention or acknowledgement of a source within a secondary work.
He included a citation to the original work in his research paper.
Often appears as...
- in-text citation
- apa citation
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A reference to a source of information.
Please include citations at the end of your paper to show where your information came from.
Often appears as...
- bibliographic citation
- source citation
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A formal summons to appear in court.
The officer issued a citation for the offender to appear in court in two weeks' time.
Often appears as...
- court citation
- traffic citation
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A commendation or award for good behavior or performance.
The soldier received a citation for his outstanding bravery during the battle.
Often appears as...
- military citation
- honorary citation
Usage tips
Approving
noun
A mention or acknowledgement of a source within a secondary work.
He included a citation to the original work in his research paper.
Often appears as...
- in-text citation
- apa citation
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Source Credit
Use 'citation' to give credit to authors when using their ideas or words.
Her paper had citations for every quote and paraphrases.
Pro Tip 2/3Prevent Plagiarism
Citations are important to avoid plagiarism in academic work.
The student's citation of the original study showed proper academic conduct.
Pro Tip 3/3Detailed Format
There are specific formats for citations, like APA or MLA, which vary in details.
The citation for the book chapter used MLA format.
Pro Tip 1/3Source Credit
Use 'citation' to give credit to authors when using their ideas or words.
Her paper had citations for every quote and paraphrases.
Pro Tip 2/3Prevent Plagiarism
Citations are important to avoid plagiarism in academic work.
The student's citation of the original study showed proper academic conduct.
Pro Tip 3/3Detailed Format
There are specific formats for citations, like APA or MLA, which vary in details.
The citation for the book chapter used MLA format.
Pro Tip 1/3Source Credit
Use 'citation' to give credit to authors when using their ideas or words.
Her paper had citations for every quote and paraphrases.
Pro Tip 2/3Prevent Plagiarism
Citations are important to avoid plagiarism in academic work.
The student's citation of the original study showed proper academic conduct.
Pro Tip 3/3Detailed Format
There are specific formats for citations, like APA or MLA, which vary in details.
The citation for the book chapter used MLA format.
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A glimpse of life on the...
I know about these laws because I've watched as friends and other travelers were hauled off to jail or received citations for committing these so-called crimes. Many of you might be wondering why anyone would choose a life like this, under the thumb of discriminatory laws, eating out of trash cans,
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How to use rhetoric to...
And finally, you can demonstrate disinterest, or that you're not motivated by personal gain. Logos is the use of logic and reason. This method can employ rhetorical devices such as analogies, examples, and citations of research or statistics. But it's not just facts and figures.
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Nirmalya Kumar: India's...
— and by the way, the way we look at the quality of a patent is what we call forward How many times does a future patent reference the older patent? — he finds something very interesting. What we find is that the data says that the number of forward citations of a patent filed
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What Wikipedia Teaches...
when we are forced to go into the data and the citations and really engage, grapple with the intellectual struggle that comes from meeting up against other people's biases, our horizons can expand and we can get to new and better understandings about the world.
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The real relationship...
till kind of this year. And vertically, you see the impact of the paper, that is, how many citations, how many other papers have been written that cited that work. And when you look at that, you see that my career has roughly three different stages.
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A guerilla gardener in...
from all over the city, and it's completely volunteer, and everything we do is free. And the garden, it was beautiful. And then somebody complained. The city came down on me, and basically gave me a citation saying that I had to remove my garden,
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Troublesome Trespassers...
the guns come back clean but the trespassers aren't off the hook what I'm gonna give you is a citation for the motor vehicle trespass in the wildlife area okay that one empty magazines make sure all the guns are clear
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Nasty Business PIPE...
Boyd takes the buck off the premises while warden Galloway issues a citation what you plan on doing with this year after you shot it well honest-to-god truth I didn't know what I was gonna do it for doggone okay
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The evolution of the...
in which information and ideas are transmitted through time from generation to generation and the dictionary in order to catalog the evolution of how humans communicate relies on citations
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How false news can...
that may later be added as a citation for the very same wiki information, making it much harder to debunk. Recent advances in communication technology have had immeasurable benefits
Video examples
A glimpse of life on the...
I know about these laws because I've watched as friends and other travelers were hauled off to jail or received citations for committing these so-called crimes. Many of you might be wondering why anyone would choose a life like this, under the thumb of discriminatory laws, eating out of trash cans,
Video examples
How to use rhetoric to...
And finally, you can demonstrate disinterest, or that you're not motivated by personal gain. Logos is the use of logic and reason. This method can employ rhetorical devices such as analogies, examples, and citations of research or statistics. But it's not just facts and figures.
Video examples
Nirmalya Kumar: India's...
— and by the way, the way we look at the quality of a patent is what we call forward How many times does a future patent reference the older patent? — he finds something very interesting. What we find is that the data says that the number of forward citations of a patent filed
Video examples
What Wikipedia Teaches...
when we are forced to go into the data and the citations and really engage, grapple with the intellectual struggle that comes from meeting up against other people's biases, our horizons can expand and we can get to new and better understandings about the world.
Video examples
The real relationship...
till kind of this year. And vertically, you see the impact of the paper, that is, how many citations, how many other papers have been written that cited that work. And when you look at that, you see that my career has roughly three different stages.
Video examples
A guerilla gardener in...
from all over the city, and it's completely volunteer, and everything we do is free. And the garden, it was beautiful. And then somebody complained. The city came down on me, and basically gave me a citation saying that I had to remove my garden,
Video examples
Troublesome Trespassers...
the guns come back clean but the trespassers aren't off the hook what I'm gonna give you is a citation for the motor vehicle trespass in the wildlife area okay that one empty magazines make sure all the guns are clear
Video examples
Nasty Business PIPE...
Boyd takes the buck off the premises while warden Galloway issues a citation what you plan on doing with this year after you shot it well honest-to-god truth I didn't know what I was gonna do it for doggone okay
Video examples
The evolution of the...
in which information and ideas are transmitted through time from generation to generation and the dictionary in order to catalog the evolution of how humans communicate relies on citations
Video examples
How false news can...
that may later be added as a citation for the very same wiki information, making it much harder to debunk. Recent advances in communication technology have had immeasurable benefits
Example 1 of 10
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Gerhard Herzberg
German Physicist
The citation for the 1971 Nobel Prize in Chemistry reads, 'for contribution to the knowledge of electronic structures and geometry of molecules, especially free radicals,' and therefore implies that the Prize has been awarded for a long series of studies extending practically over my whole scientific life.
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Abraham Pais
Dutch Scientist
Of course, relative citation frequencies are no measure of relative importance. Who has not aspired to write a paper so fundamental that very soon it is known to everyone and cited by no one?
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Doris Kearns Goodwin
American Historian
Ironically, the more intensive and far-reaching a historian's research, the greater the difficulty of citation. As the mountain of material grows, so does the possibility of error.
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Daniel Levitin
American Scientist
Unscrupulous writers often count on the fact that most people don't bother reading footnotes or tracking down citations.
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Gerhard Herzberg
German Physicist
The citation for the 1971 Nobel Prize in Chemistry reads, 'for contribution to the knowledge of electronic structures and geometry of molecules, especially free radicals,' and therefore implies that the Prize has been awarded for a long series of studies extending practically over my whole scientific life.
Quote examples
Abraham Pais
Dutch Scientist
Of course, relative citation frequencies are no measure of relative importance. Who has not aspired to write a paper so fundamental that very soon it is known to everyone and cited by no one?
Quote examples
Doris Kearns Goodwin
American Historian
Ironically, the more intensive and far-reaching a historian's research, the greater the difficulty of citation. As the mountain of material grows, so does the possibility of error.
Quote examples
Daniel Levitin
American Scientist
Unscrupulous writers often count on the fact that most people don't bother reading footnotes or tracking down citations.
Example 1 of 4
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