I hate this, and in my field (social sciences, organization studies, management sciences) several papers/books are blatantly misrepresented. I still struggle to

I hate this, and in my field (social sciences, organization studies, management sciences) several papers/books are blatantly misrepresented. I still struggle to cite a book (or several!) for a single point. To be honest, often it is really confusing, because science moves so fast nowadays, and these original papers contain so much unintentional historical cruft, or implicit messages to be untangled.