{"id":18662,"date":"2018-09-06T08:22:20","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T08:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/video\/understand-the-differences-between-references-and-citations-in-a-research-paper\/"},"modified":"2025-02-17T13:48:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T13:48:29","slug":"understand-the-differences-between-references-and-citations-in-a-research-paper","status":"publish","type":"video","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/understand-the-differences-between-references-and-citations-in-a-research-paper","title":{"rendered":"Understand the differences between references and citations in a research paper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">Do you know the difference between a reference and a citation? While it might be expected that you know what these two terms mean, these finer aspects are often left unexplained. There is a subtle difference between referencing and citing, and it is important for you to understand the attributes of both so that you use them effectively while writing your manuscript. Watch this video as it takes you through simple definitions citations and references.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b>Related reading:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/getting-the-references-right-citing-books-as-a-source-of-information?access-denied-content=metered&amp;InsightsReferer=https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/getting-the-references-right-citing-books-as-a-source-of-information?regid=1535374521\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Getting the references right: citing books as a source of information<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/getting-the-references-right-citing-social-media-sources?access-denied-content=metered&amp;InsightsReferer=https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/getting-the-references-right-citing-social-media-sources?regid=1535374527\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Getting the references right: Citing social media sources<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt 0.5in\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/what-is-an-authors-responsibility-while-citing-sources?access-denied-content=metered&amp;InsightsReferer=https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/what-is-an-authors-responsibility-while-citing-sources?regid=1535374306\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">What is an author&#8217;s responsibility while citing sources?<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":33313,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"new_categories":[],"new_tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-18662","video","type-video","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Understand the differences between references and citations in a research paper | Editage Insights<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There is a subtle difference between referencing and citing in your manuscript, and it is important for you to understand the attributes of both so that you use them effectively while writing your manuscript. 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