{"id":4327,"date":"2023-09-07T07:58:20","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T07:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/citing-sources-in-your-academic-writing-ethically-and-accurately\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T17:10:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T11:40:32","slug":"citing-sources-in-your-academic-writing-ethically-and-accurately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/citing-sources-in-your-academic-writing-ethically-and-accurately","title":{"rendered":"Citing sources in your academic writing ethically and accurately"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Why <\/span><\/span><\/span>it\u2019s<\/span><\/span><\/span> important to cite <\/span><\/span><\/span>right<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The other day, I was asked by a friend, who was practicing a one-meal-a-day diet<\/span><\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span><\/span> if I knew of any studies that corroborated the idea of starving for 23 hours straight for good health. I obviously opened Google Scholar to <\/span><\/span><\/span>look for<\/span><\/span><\/span> any<\/span><\/span><\/span> accessible<\/span><\/span><\/span> research on the subject.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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When looking for <\/span><\/span><\/span>\u2018<\/span><\/span><\/span>accurate information<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span><\/span> scholars and even non-scholars tend to rely on academic papers. Why? <\/span><\/span><\/span>Well, b<\/span><\/span><\/span>ecause we have faith in the scientific process and <\/span><\/span><\/span>we believe that <\/span><\/span><\/span>unlike generic articles, academic papers <\/span><\/span><\/span>are careful in validating<\/span><\/span><\/span> justifications<\/span><\/span><\/span> and theories by referencing other <\/span><\/span><\/span>sound <\/span><\/span><\/span>studies in the field. <\/span><\/span><\/span>Your reader could be anyone \u2013 another scholar, a healthcare practitioner, a policy maker, an educator or just <\/span><\/span><\/span>a common man<\/span><\/span><\/span> who could be basing their actions on your paper.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Via a<\/span><\/span><\/span>cademic papers<\/span><\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span><\/span> researchers, <\/span><\/span><\/span>therefore<\/span><\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span><\/span> have the responsibility <\/span><\/span><\/span>to <\/span><\/span><\/span>not only <\/span><\/span><\/span>accurately present the study’s results<\/span><\/span><\/span>, but <\/span><\/span><\/span>to <\/span><\/span><\/span>also<\/span><\/span><\/span> truthfully<\/span><\/span><\/span> discuss<\/span><\/span><\/span> the findings of other related studies<\/span><\/span><\/span> in the light of their own. <\/span><\/span><\/span>Prior<\/span><\/span><\/span> studies agreeing with <\/span><\/span><\/span>your<\/span><\/span><\/span> findings<\/span><\/span><\/span> could influence a reader differently than say <\/span><\/span><\/span>past research<\/span><\/span><\/span> contravening <\/span><\/span><\/span>it. <\/span><\/span><\/span>W<\/span><\/span><\/span>rong referencing<\/span><\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span><\/span> especially if repeated across generations of writing<\/span><\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span><\/span> could turn inaccurate information into c<\/span><\/span><\/span>ommonly accepted <\/span><\/span><\/span>facts. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Your study is obviously based on existing knowledge. It is<\/span><\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span><\/span> as <\/span><\/span><\/span>Issac <\/span><\/span><\/span>Newton once wrote, <\/span><\/span><\/span>“if I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” <\/span><\/span><\/span>Any information in your article<\/span><\/span><\/span>–<\/span><\/span><\/span> be it a hypothesis or an idea or even the <\/span><\/span><\/span>methodology<\/span><\/span><\/span> \u2014<\/span><\/span><\/span> your readers <\/span><\/span><\/span>will<\/span><\/span><\/span> not know where it came from unless you <\/span><\/span><\/span>have <\/span><\/span><\/span>inform<\/span><\/span><\/span>ed<\/span><\/span><\/span> them.<\/span><\/span><\/span> A<\/span><\/span><\/span>ccurate attribution<\/span><\/span><\/span> is o<\/span><\/span><\/span>ne of the guiding principles of academic <\/span><\/span><\/span>integrity<\/span><\/span><\/span> ensuring that <\/span><\/span><\/span>credit <\/span><\/span><\/span>is given <\/span><\/span><\/span>where credit is due<\/span><\/span><\/span> and that anyone can trac<\/span><\/span><\/span>e<\/span><\/span><\/span> the genesis of a <\/span><\/span><\/span>scientific <\/span><\/span><\/span>theory<\/span><\/span><\/span>, a<\/span><\/span><\/span> conjecture<\/span><\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span><\/span>model<\/span><\/span><\/span> or framework.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Citing your references \u2013 where can you go wrong<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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    Providing<\/span><\/span><\/span> wrong or incomplete references.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n

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    This <\/span><\/span><\/span>could be<\/span><\/span><\/span> an innocent mistake where you unintentionally <\/span><\/span><\/span>provide<\/span><\/span><\/span> wrong or missing reference information<\/span><\/span><\/span> (of<\/span><\/span><\/span> author-date<\/span><\/span><\/span>-publication-page<\/span><\/span><\/span>-version<\/span><\/span><\/span> details)<\/span><\/span><\/span>, which impedes the discovery of the right reference. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>3<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Of course, you could reduce the probability of such mistakes using reference management software such as EndNote, Zotero, Mendeley, etc. But even then, if you, for instance, get the authors right but the <\/span><\/span><\/span>publication <\/span><\/span><\/span>year wrong, you could end up inserting the wrong citation. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>3<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> These errors are mostly (<\/span><\/span><\/span>but <\/span><\/span><\/span>not always) picked in the copy-editing stage with<\/span><\/span><\/span> or sometimes without the <\/span><\/span><\/span>assistance<\/span><\/span><\/span> of an automated reference extraction and checking process.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>4<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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      Overlooking a citation<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n

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      It could also be that you missed citing a <\/span><\/span><\/span>source<\/span><\/span><\/span> that is relevant. The <\/span><\/span><\/span>source<\/span><\/span><\/span> could be another researcher\u2019s article or even your own previously published paper.<\/span><\/span><\/span> Or perhaps it <\/span><\/span><\/span>is<\/span><\/span><\/span> an<\/span><\/span><\/span> individual not at all connected with <\/span><\/span><\/span>the academics,<\/span><\/span><\/span> whom you casually interreacted with<\/span><\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span><\/span> that helped<\/span><\/span><\/span> you arrive at <\/span><\/span><\/span>an important insight about <\/span><\/span><\/span>your work<\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>5<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Failing to cite in any of such cases<\/span><\/span><\/span> could be considered as plagiarism and it could be <\/span>categorized<\/span> under <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>either <\/span><\/span><\/span>plagiarism of idea, plagiarism of text, mosaic plagiarism (copying perspectives and opinions along with and a number of verbatim terms or phrases without crediting) or self-plagiarism.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>6<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> These<\/span><\/span><\/span> could result in penalties ranging from disciplinary actions including apology letters and retraction of the published article to criminal charges such as suspension and prosecution.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>7<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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        Associating with<\/span><\/span><\/span> peer review and <\/span><\/span><\/span>citation rings<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n

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        Peer-review rings are <\/span><\/span><\/span>coalition<\/span><\/span><\/span>s<\/span><\/span><\/span> formed between real scientists and pseudonym<\/span><\/span><\/span> accounts created <\/span><\/span><\/span>with <\/span><\/span><\/span>fake<\/span><\/span><\/span> e-mail addresses <\/span><\/span><\/span>with the intention of rigging the peer review system. <\/span><\/span><\/span>Citation rings or citation cartels<\/span><\/span><\/span>, on the other hand,<\/span><\/span><\/span> are groups of researchers who vow to cite each other\u2019s papers even <\/span><\/span><\/span>if<\/span><\/span><\/span> they are completely <\/span><\/span><\/span>irrelevant<\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span> These are usually a <\/span><\/span><\/span>network<\/span><\/span><\/span> of researchers driven by the <\/span><\/span><\/span>need to improve their citation scores.<\/span><\/span><\/span> A particularly<\/span><\/span><\/span> infamous<\/span><\/span><\/span> case<\/span><\/span><\/span> is that of <\/span><\/span><\/span>\u201ca peer review and citation ring\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span> uncovered by <\/span><\/span><\/span>S<\/span><\/span><\/span>age<\/span><\/span><\/span> Publications<\/span><\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span><\/span>in 2014,<\/span><\/span><\/span> that had been <\/span><\/span><\/span>operating<\/span><\/span><\/span> in one of their journals. This led to the retraction of 60 implicated articles<\/span><\/span><\/span> and the resignation of a<\/span><\/span><\/span> researcher who was a<\/span><\/span><\/span> key player<\/span><\/span><\/span> in the <\/span><\/span><\/span>ring<\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>8<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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          Not checking the validity of sources<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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          Before you read anything as part of your literature review, it is best if you could crosscheck its credibility. For instance, was <\/span><\/span><\/span>the paper <\/span><\/span><\/span>published in a <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>peer-reviewed journal? <\/span><\/span><\/span>When was it published \u2013 is it possible that <\/span><\/span><\/span>the data in it<\/span><\/span><\/span> could be considered out-of-date now? <\/span><\/span><\/span>Has it been retracted since? Have there been any corrections released after its publication? It <\/span><\/span><\/span>isn\u2019t<\/span><\/span><\/span> just a matter of getting the citation wrong<\/span><\/span><\/span>:<\/span><\/span><\/span> working with <\/span><\/span><\/span>unreliable sources<\/span><\/span><\/span> could have major consequences on <\/span><\/span><\/span>the foundation of <\/span><\/span><\/span>your <\/span><\/span><\/span>study <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>as a whole<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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            Citing a source that you did not read or understand<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n

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            It is always recommended that you <\/span><\/span><\/span>read and understand a paper completely before citing it. <\/span><\/span><\/span>Getting a citation wrong could lead to a fellow researcher being incorrectly linked to a claim that they do not support in the first place. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>9<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> It is <\/span><\/span><\/span>rather easy<\/span><\/span><\/span> to copy references from another article on the same topic without <\/span><\/span><\/span>actually reading<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> the original paper. But what if that paper had gotten the citation wrong?<\/span><\/span><\/span> C<\/span><\/span><\/span>areless or wrong referencing could lead to perpetuation of false information and Chinese whispers that defy the very <\/span><\/span><\/span>idea<\/span><\/span><\/span> of scientific progress<\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>10<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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            C<\/span><\/span><\/span>an ChatGPT help?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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            ChatGPT <\/span><\/span><\/span>(and others such as Bard) <\/span><\/span><\/span>can be an extremely helpful tool<\/span><\/span><\/span> during your writing journey<\/span><\/span><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>However<\/span><\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span><\/span>it would be wise to <\/span><\/span><\/span>accept its results with a grain of salt. ChatGPT is infamous for its hallucinations \u2013 it fabricates information, especially in its references<\/span><\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>11<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> The reference results it provides you upon your request could look truly authentic. But a careful search of literature for the references <\/span><\/span><\/span>will lead you nowhere.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>12<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> And <\/span><\/span><\/span>if you chose to query it, asking it to summarize the content of a specific paper (instead of reading the entire paper yourself), then know this – it tends to makes up fictitious content than provid<\/span><\/span><\/span>e<\/span><\/span><\/span> you with an actual s<\/span><\/span><\/span>ynopsis<\/span><\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>13<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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            All research projects begin with an exhaustive literature review. You need to query scholarly databases with terms or keywords related to your study and sift through the endless number of results it throws at you. The process can take weeks or even months. How can you keep track of it all during this process. The answer \u2013 <\/span><\/span><\/span>reference manage<\/span><\/span><\/span>rs. Tools like <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>EndNote, Zotero<\/span><\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span><\/span> Mendeley<\/span><\/span><\/span> help you save the version of paper you read on your PC and gather its metadata including all <\/span><\/span><\/span>its<\/span><\/span><\/span> bibliographical information.<\/span><\/span><\/span> You can further organise all the papers that you collect into folders based on a classification of your choice. And the best part \u2013 you can use the tool to auto-insert citations and references into your article based on almost any citation\/<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> reference styles<\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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            Conclusion<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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            Citing<\/span><\/span><\/span>, especially in academic writing,<\/span><\/span><\/span> isn\u2019t<\/span><\/span><\/span> a mere formality<\/span><\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/span><\/span>I<\/span><\/span><\/span>t\u2019s<\/span><\/span><\/span> a way of crediting <\/span><\/span><\/span>those who have paved the path <\/span><\/span><\/span>for your work. In today\u2019s digital age, with a plethora of tools at your disposal, <\/span><\/span><\/span>reviewing<\/span><\/span><\/span> literature and citing sources is easier than ever. Staying informed about citation malpractices can help you <\/span><\/span><\/span>overcome<\/span><\/span><\/span> the pitfalls <\/span><\/span><\/span>of <\/span><\/span><\/span>misinformation and academic mistrust <\/span><\/span><\/span>and elevate the quality of <\/span><\/span><\/span>y<\/span><\/span><\/span>our work.<\/span><\/span><\/span> So <\/span><\/span><\/span>be<\/span><\/span><\/span> cautious and cite right<\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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            References<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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            \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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            1.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> de Lacey, G., Record, C. & Wade, J. How <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>accurate<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> are quotations and references in medical journals? <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Br. Med. J. Clin. Res. Ed<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> 291<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, 884\u2013886 (1985).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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            2.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Taswell, S. K., <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Triggle<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, C., Vayo, J., Dutta, S. & Taswell, C. The hitchhiker\u2019s guide to scholarly research integrity. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Proc. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> 57<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, e223 (2020).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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            3.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Rivkin, A. Manuscript Referencing Errors and Their Impact on Shaping Current Evidence. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Am. J. Pharm. Educ.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> 84<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, ajpe7846 (2020).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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            4.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Meyer, C. A. Reference Accuracy: Best Practices for Making the Links. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>J. Electron. Publ.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> 11<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, (2008).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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            5.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Roig, M. Avoiding plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and other questionable writing practices: A guide to ethical writing. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>U. S. Dep. Health Hum. Serv. Off. Res. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Integr<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> 2015.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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            6.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Das, N. & Panjabi, M. Plagiarism: Why is it such a big issue for medical writers? <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Perspect<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>. Clin. Res.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> 2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, 67\u201371 (2011).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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            7.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Kumar, P. M., Priya, N. S., <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Musalaiah<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, S. & <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Nagasree<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, M. Knowing and Avoiding Plagiarism During Scientific Writing. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Ann. Med. Health Sci. Res.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> 4<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, S193\u2013S198 (2014).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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            8.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> SAGE statement on Journal of Vibration and Control. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>SAGE Publications Ltd<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> https:\/\/uk.sagepub.com\/en-gb\/eur\/press\/sage-statement-on-journal-of-vibration-and-control (2014).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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            9.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> van de Weert, M. & Stella, L. The dangers of citing papers you did not read or understand. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>J. Mol. Struct.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> 1186<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, 102\u2013103 (2019).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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            10.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Harzing<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, A.-W. Are our referencing errors undermining our scholarship and credibility? The case of expatriate failure rates. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>J. Organ. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Behav<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> 23<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, 127\u2013148 (2002).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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            11.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Athaluri<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, S. A. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>et al.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Exploring the Boundaries of Reality: Investigating the Phenomenon of Artificial Intelligence Hallucination in Scientific Writing Through ChatGPT References. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Cureus<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> (2023) doi:10.7759\/cureus.37432.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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            12.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Gravel, J., D\u2019Amours-Gravel, M. & <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Osmanlliu<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, E. Learning to Fake It: Limited Responses and Fabricated References Provided by ChatGPT for Medical Questions. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Mayo Clin. Proc. Digit. Health<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> 1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, 226\u2013234 (2023).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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            13.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Emsley, R. ChatGPT: these are not hallucinations \u2013 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>they\u2019re<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> fabrications and falsifications. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Schizophrenia<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> 9<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, 1\u20132 (2023).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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            \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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