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Part of the point of citing another article is that you don't then have to repeat all of it. So if B is cited by A, and B is no longer available, it's not reall

by nurbl 6y ago

Part of the point of citing another article is that you don't then have to repeat all of it. So if B is cited by A, and B is no longer available, it's not really possible to read and understand A either. And likely A used information in B to justify some claim, which is now weaker.

Nemo_bis 6y ago
That's pretty common either way. See Rekdal (2014), "Academic urban legends". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4232290 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4232290