{"id":5127,"date":"2025-06-19T23:21:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T23:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/matters-concerning-citing-in-academic-discourses\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T03:19:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T03:19:10","slug":"matters-concerning-citing-in-academic-discourses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/matters-concerning-citing-in-academic-discourses\/","title":{"rendered":"Matters Concerning Citing in Academic Discourses"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There is a bone of disconcertion concerning citing in academia \u2013 a disconcertion that tends to denote that \u201cold\u201d citations and\/or references do not generate significant and relevant credibility to an author\u2019s academic discourse. This perception about old references then regularises what I view as an imprecise perception that \u201cold\u201d material makes a less consequential impact on the author\u2019s discourse. Similarly, there is a defective assumption that \u201cnew\u201d or \u201clatest\u201d citations or references warrant the author\u2019s credibility in academic discourses. It is these conflicting, and yet competing presumptions that I view problematic. Therefore, my question is, should a particular citation be discredited on the basis that it is gauged \u201cold\u201d? However, I am aware that an \u201cold\u201d citation may suggest a researcher\u2019s lack of extensive research or may be dependent on the researcher\u2019s focus of study. However, what if, as old as it is, it remains applicable and contemporaneously significant? What if as old as it is, it can be figured as a point of departure for future scholarly discourses? Personally, this premise of \u201cold\u201d citation(s) leaves an outstanding gap between what is a credible and determinative citation, and how the philosophy of knowledge is generated from such citations.<\/p>\n

Authors<\/h2>\n
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  • Mlamli Diko (University of South Africa, South Africa)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Keywords<\/h2>\n

    citations, academic, credibility<\/p>\n

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