Chao Guo
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Should review manuscripts be allowed to cite unpublished thesis dissertations?
Paper Discussion
Dissertations contain large amounts of valuable unpublished work. But they have not gone through formal peer review. Some journals discourage citing PhD theses. Where should researchers draw the line for citing full‑text dissertations?
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Cite dissertations when no equivalent peer‑reviewed journal/conference article exists.
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Explicitly mark in‑text that source is an unpublished dissertation.
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Should we cite conference abstracts in formal manuscripts?
Paper Discussion
Conference abstracts contain preliminary findings that have not gone through full peer review. Some researchers cite them while others believe they should be avoided entirely in journal papers. Where do you draw the line?
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I only cite conference abstracts when there is no full‑text published alternative.
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Reviewers sometimes push back against abstract‑only citations during revision.
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