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Yes, I also find it extremely annoying and it’s definitely a thing. I always end up googling the title to find the actual publication and hope that the date is
by chatmasta 8y ago
Yes, I also find it extremely annoying and it’s definitely a thing. I always end up googling the title to find the actual publication and hope that the date is there.
Does anyone know why academic papers do not include dates in the paper? Surely there must be a reason?
Edit: StackExchange [0] cites uncertainty of the delay between writing and publication as the typical reason for omitting the date. This seems fair, but at least including the year would be nice. If you submit for review at the end of the year, probably safe to increment it by one. Even so, presumably there might be later drafts after review, so those should include the date.
[0] https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/3424/why-is-the-date-left-out-of-some-academic-papers https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/3424/why-is-the...
- Fnoord 8y agoWhy not add a writing date, and once its published add the publication date?
- tinktank 8y agoNo reason not to, I just think most people don't do it out of habit. Academics are beginning to use arxiv more seriously and that provides versioned timestamp functionality.
- tinktank 8y agoMostly because they get published in conferences and journals and that represents the timestamp. I agree it's an issue for papers that are provided without wider context but in 99% of cases, I find that on the appropriate site (homepage of the academic who wrote it or conference page) the venue and date of publication are included.