We all know how important citation is for our scientific careers, not to mention the principle and etiquette of acknowledging the innovations of others. If we are miscited this can have important repercussions.

It would be really interesting to find out more about cases of miscitation – not to ‘name and shame’ but to find out more about how it happened, the nature of the miscitation, the consequences for those involved and what, if anything, you were able to do about it.

As eloquently presented by Tim Birkhead at the TalkScience@bl event in May and in his article in the Times Higher, miscitation may take several forms. It may involve an instance of someone citing a more recent work that refers to the original, rather than citing the original reference itself. Alternatively, it might involve not referencing a concept at all, with the implication that it is new and an innovation of the author. Or it may involve the misinterpretation of another’s work.