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How to establish shared citation standards inside multi‑author multi‑institu...
Collaboration
Co‑authors coming from different institutes and disciplines often follow different citation conventions. Discrepancies create messy reference lists. What process helps collaborative teams converge onto unified citation style before manuscript drafting?
Matthew Wilson, Mark Taylor and 78 others4 Comments-
Agree target citation style and reference‑manager tool choice very early in project.
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Share example reference entries showing exactly expected formatting.
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Assign one person final responsibility for cleaning entire reference list before submission.
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Run collective spot‑check round to catch divergent formatting from different contributors.
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