Have any postings to stackexchange been cited in scholarly publications?
If one does that, should one just name the author, the subject line, the date of posting, and the URL?
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3$\begingroup$ Related. $\endgroup$– DidCommented Jan 16, 2013 at 18:18
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2$\begingroup$ See Do I cite mathstackexchange in my paper?, What is a good standard for publishing a reference to a stackexchange thread? and the linked questions. $\endgroup$– Martin SleziakCommented Jan 16, 2013 at 18:39
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2$\begingroup$ Searching Google Scholar for "math.stackexchange.com" and "mathoverflow.net" returns a few results. $\endgroup$– Martin SleziakCommented Jan 16, 2013 at 18:58
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Though this has been posted in the comments, it deserves to be more prominently featured: We have a built-in feature to suggest citation formats.
- Click on the share button on the bottom of a post in Main (it doesn't work on Meta posts). Like so:
- Notice that on the bottom left of the box there is a cite link. Click on it and you'd see
In the above shown dialog box, you can copy the "Example citation" as it is and paste it into the document you are writing, or if you use the bibliographic systems BibTeXoramsrefsto produce citation information for yourLaTeXdocument, you can copy the associated version of citation information from the code box below. For systems likeEndNoteyou will have to either enter the information manually following the example given, or use a converter that imports theBibTeXcode into the format you desire. Google is your friend for the last.
answered Jan 17, 2013 at 9:02
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$\begingroup$ On one hand, the share button URL contains a 'q' for questions and an 'a' for answers. On the other hand, the cite button URL contains a 'q' for both questions and answers. Is this a bug? If it is on purpose, why the difference? $\endgroup$ Commented Apr 22, 2023 at 12:49
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$\begingroup$ @Qmechanic: I didn't develop the cite code. You should ask this as a new question. Probably on MetaMO. $\endgroup$ Commented Apr 24, 2023 at 12:29
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I think the discussion on MO is perhaps the best place to look. In particular, that thread led to a 'cite' button appearing on each MO post, providing a sample citation, BibTex, and amsrefs.
For example, on this thread, which looks like:
the 'cite' link produces the following for BibTeX:
and the following for amsrefs:
Between the sample citations and the bib/ams refs, I can't think of what else you would want. I suspect that this hasn't been added in on MSE because we aren't research-focused.
answered Jan 16, 2013 at 22:24
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3$\begingroup$ It is enabled on MSE, see here. Click
share, thencite(on main, not on meta). In fact, Martin already linked to this post in the comments to the question. $\endgroup$– user53153Commented Jan 16, 2013 at 23:17 -
1$\begingroup$ BTW, I think this should be added to the FAQ. Or RAQ, as the case may be... $\endgroup$– user53153Commented Jan 16, 2013 at 23:46
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$\begingroup$ 5PM: I never knew that - Thanks. The things you learn. $\endgroup$– davidlowryduda ModCommented Jan 17, 2013 at 2:35
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$\begingroup$ @5PM That is a pretty useful one! $\endgroup$– user17762Commented Jan 17, 2013 at 6:14
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$\begingroup$ I thought of editing the broken meta.MO link in your post, but it's not clear if the answer adds any value here at all, since it was posted under mistaken assumption that
citeis not enabled here. Willie Wong already gave a correct answer. So, maybe just delete this one? $\endgroup$– user147263Commented Jan 27, 2015 at 23:57