> You're the second person to link the exact same paper I did in my first response. Yes; it sounds like you're suggesting they should be defining these concept

> You're the second person to link the exact same paper I did in my first response. Yes; it sounds like you're suggesting they should be defining these concepts themselves instead of saying somebody else did them. But that would be academic dishonesty. So you must be alluding to something else. > We all very well know that italics means novel usage. You say that as though expecting everyone to agree. I do not. I personally use italics because several people I have spoken with, including my advisor, feel that boldface is shouty. Underline is rarely used for a similar reason. Italic font is the the only available form of typographic \emph{asis}; it is used (if sparingly) for key terms and ideas that the reader's attention should be drawn to, which include novel ideas, but can be much more than that.