[Irtalk] Academic citation practices need to be modernized — Advice for authoring a PhD or academic book — Medium

[Hilton Gibson]

Researchers and academics spend a lot of time documenting the sources of
the ideas, methods and evidence they have drawn on in their own writings.
But I want to try and convince you that our existing citation and
referencing practices are now woefully out of date and no longer fit for
purpose in the modern world. *The whole scholarly purpose of citing sources
has changed around us, but our conventions have not recognized the change
nor adapted yet.* I first set out what’s wrong with what we do now, and
then sketch a radical agenda for starting afresh.

https://medium.com/advice-and-help-in-authoring-a-phd-or-non-fiction/academic-citation-practices-need-to-be-modernized-6eb2e4a44846
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