1. If most of the cited documents are about 5 years ago, and some are summaries of more than 3 years, it is impossible to summarize the latest research trends and discipline development trends. Today, with the high development of scientific and technological information, the literature is rapidly aging. If the author lacks the ability to quote the latest literature, the value of scientific research results will be affected.

2. The citation of literature mainly depends on the content of literature. If you are quoting the latest research progress, the latest theoretical exposition and the latest academic point of view, there is no doubt that you need to quote the latest and most authoritative literature. If you cite some fixed facts, such as the geographical distribution of species in ecology, you should cite the original author. It will take some time to find out who or which authors studied and reported this information first.

3. The cited documents should not be random, and should be carefully selected, citing high-quality documents closely related to their own research content. Scholars and laboratories who lead the development of this discipline in academic circles and laboratories with good reputation are the first choice. Literature also has advantages and disadvantages. Some periodical documents and small series are not recommended to be cited as references in papers.

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Common paper citation errors:

1, too few references.

The article talks about what research XXX did in a certain year, what arguments it has, etc., without citing references; There is no indication where the literature should be cited, so that readers can't find the original text.

2. References after quoting others' humanities.

The author himself didn't read the cited literature, so there were many mistakes. For example, the cited arguments are not accurate enough, taken out of context or even distorted the original intention; After searching, some documents have no relevant content at all.

3. The literature is out of date and the information is not new.

Most of the cited literatures are about 5 years, and some are summarized in more than 3 years, which cannot summarize the latest research trends and discipline development trends. Today, with the high development of scientific and technological information, the literature is rapidly aging. If the author lacks the ability to quote the latest literature, the value of scientific research results will be affected.

4. The references in this paper are not marked with angle codes or are incorrectly marked.

Some authors do not grasp the basic norms of reference indexing, and only list the bibliography at the end of the article, without marking the corner code in the corresponding place in the article; In some articles, the angle code is inconsistent with the contents quoted in the list of references, such as "Heck et al. [1] points out", but in the reference [1], it is Mekay's argument, and I don't know whose document it is.

5. Improper specifications

The description rules are not written in the format required by GB/T 77 14—2005 and the draft contract, or the format is wrong: (1) items are in reverse order; (2) lack of goods; (3) The author only lists 1 and then supplements it; (4) punctuation errors, etc.

6. Too many documents are listed.

Non-major references are listed in the list of references, cited documents that have not been read by the author himself or attachments that have been cited by others, confidential internal materials, unpublished materials, personal communications, etc. It is also listed in the list of references.

7. Writing errors in foreign documents

(1) wrong letters, wrong capitalization and misspelled words; (2) The juxtaposition, typo and movement of western words are not syllabic; (3) The abbreviations of foreign periodicals are wrong, and the titles of periodicals are confused with titles and papers.

8. Improper writing of foreign authors' names

The national standard stipulates that "individual authors should use their surnames first, then their first names", and western languages should also use their surnames first, then their initials. For example, John R. (first name) Thomas J. R. (first name of relatives), some mistakenly wrote the first name as John R. T., and some moved to the literature list to quote other people's foreign literature according to the signature in the original magazine.