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jannic | 11 years ago

It seems more interesting to me that Rekdal doesn't cite this article:

http://www.bestthinking.com/articles/science/chemistry/bioch...

It's a 2012 followup by Mike Sutton to the two publications from 2010. It contains many new details, including a reference to Bunge (1892).

Perhaps, one should not only try to cite the original source, but also look for recent research on the same topic?

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danieltillett|11 years ago

>Perhaps, one should not only try to cite the original source, but also look for recent research on the same topic?

This is (or should be) done standardly by all scientists. It is actually the best way to learn about a field. Find the key paper (or at least the paper the field thinks is key) and then read all the papers that cite that key paper.

I am sure this has been done by somebody, but it would be great to have this citation link structure as a graph where you could click on any node and read the paper.

kenjackson|11 years ago

The problem is that key papers are cited by a LOT of other papers, these with variable quality.

OBRekdal|11 years ago

Take a closer look, Jannic. I did cite that page, created in 2010. The version I referred to was from 20 March 2014 (date also found in the list of references, in line with the requirements of this particular journal)