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Re:Nobody knows how to cite 4chan mathematicians who solved ... by caconym_ on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @12:17PM (#18293766)
Somebody pointed out in the Twitter thread that academics often cite unreviewed papers on arXiv. If true (cannot confirm it myself, not in academia) then the peer-review-as-a-prerequisite-for-citation thing doesn't really hold water.
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Re:Nobody knows how to cite 4chan mathematicians who solved ... by ISL on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @12:55PM (#18294163)
Peer review is no prerequisite for citation.

The first paper I looked at for an example (at the top of today's "Recent" papers in PRD), cites three arXiv entries, out of 91 references. https://journals.aps.org/prd/references/10.1103/PhysRevD.98....

Successful peer review in an upstanding journal is a signal of relative reliability and importance, but it is not the arbiter of usefulness.

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Re:Nobody knows how to cite 4chan mathematicians who solved ... by sgc on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @08:47PM (#18297744)
Exactly. If I am sure of myself, I will cite anyone with information pertinent to my work. I am their peer and just reviewed it.
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Re:Nobody knows how to cite 4chan mathematicians who solved ... by laretluval on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @12:27PM (#18293867)
It depends on the field. In fast moving fields like machine learning it is common to cite unreviewed stuff on arXiv. In slower fields it is less common/accepted.
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