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question?
During the process of research writing, we often need to cite certain
references. With the aid of reference management tools, we can
efficiently modify the style of citations to meet the requirements of
various publishers. However, I'm puzzled about whether the in-text
citation should be positioned before or after the final punctuation
mark.
Before we delve into this question, there are some definitions that
need to be clarified. The process of citing references generally
involves two parts—in-text citations and the bibliography.
The bibliography, also called reference lists, a list of all sources
used in your research, is typically placed at the end of the text, as
below[1]:
References
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fluorescence study of the rhodopsin chromophore in solution. J. Am.
Chem. Soc. 117, 2669–2670 (1995).
- Baba, M., Li, Y. & Matsuoka, M. Intensity interference of
ultrashort pulsed fluorescence. Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 4697–4700
(1996).
- Muskens,O. L., Giannini, V., Sánchez-Gil, J. A. & Rivas, J. G.
ómez Strong enhancement of the radiative decay rate of emitters by
single plasmonic nanoantennas. Nano Lett. 7, 2871–2875 (2007). ...
- McGlynn, J. A., Wu, N. & Schultz, K. M. Multiple particle
tracking microrheological characterization: fundamentals, emerging
techniques and applications. J. Appl. Phys. 127, 201101 (2020).
- Ghosh, A., Karedla, N., Thiele, JanChristoph, Gregor, I. &
Enderlein, J. örg. Fluorescence lifetime correlation spectroscopy:
Basics and applications. Methods 140–141, 32–39 (2018).
- Newville, M., Stensitzki, T., Allen, D. B. & Ingargiola, A.
LMFIT: nonlinear least-square minimization and curve-fitting for Python.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11813 (2023).