Gerhard Herzberg

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.

German Physicist

Abraham Pais

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?

Dutch Scientist

Doris Kearns Goodwin

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.

American Historian

Daniel Levitin

Unscrupulous writers often count on the fact that most people don't bother reading footnotes or tracking down citations.

American Scientist

Use 'citation' to give credit to authors when using their ideas or words.

Source Credit

Citations are important to avoid plagiarism in academic work.

Prevent Plagiarism

There are specific formats for citations, like APA or MLA, which vary in details.

Detailed Format

A citation in law compels you to appear in court or face penalties.

Legal Requirement

Receiving a legal citation doesn't mean you're guilty; it's a call to address the issue.

Not Always Guilty

Respond promptly to legal citations to avoid additional consequences.

Resolve Quickly

A citation can be a formal recognition of someone's achievements or service.

Merit Recognition

Citations can inspire others through the public acknowledgement of good deeds.

Inspirational Value

Citations for performance often don't include a monetary reward, focusing on honor.

Not Monetary

Use in-text citations when referring to sources within your paper or article.

Citing Within

Citations are especially important when directly quoting someone's work.

Direct Quotes

Citations clearly show which information comes from which source.

Clear Association

 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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 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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 — 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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 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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 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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 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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 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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 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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 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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 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