citeringspraxis

Citeringspraxis refers to the practices, conventions, and processes by which researchers acknowledge the sources of ideas, data, or text in scholarly writing. It serves to attribute intellectual debt, enable verification, and situate work within an ongoing scholarly conversation. Citeringspraxis encompasses both the act of citing and the organizational systems that support it. The term is used in Danish and Norwegian academic discourse.

Core elements include deciding whether to quote directly or paraphrase, how to integrate citations into the text, and how to provide complete bibliographic information. Authors produce in-text citations or footnotes and accompany them with a reference list or bibliography, following a chosen citation style such as APA, MLA, Chicago, or Vancouver. Accuracy and completeness are essential.

Practices vary by discipline, institution, and language community. Some fields favor footnotes; others rely on parenthetical references. Ethical considerations include avoiding plagiarism, reporting sources honestly, and clearly distinguishing primary from secondary material. Researchers should ensure that citations point to reliable sources and that quotations are faithful to the original.

Digital scholarship has extended citeringspraxis with persistent identifiers (DOIs), stable URLs, and versioning. Tools for citation management help store, organize, and format sources, while bibliometric methods analyze citations to assess impact. Challenges include inconsistent metadata, broken links, inaccurate quotations, and pressures that may lead to excessive self-citation or citation bias.