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How to cite EMSO

Credit where credit's due.

Whether you are an EMSO staff member, a partner, or a user accessing our data, services, or resources, it is important to acknowledge and give proper credit to EMSO ERIC. This fosters a culture of transparency, cultivates trust, and reinforces the principles of academic integrity. But how do you effectively credit the contributions? This webpage guides you through the essential elements of proper attribution: citations, references, and acknowledgements and guides when and how to use each one effectively in your scientific publications, presentations, posters, reports, and projects.

Citations, References, and Acknowledgements: A Matter of Purpose

Citation: this is a brief acknowledgement placed within the text of your writing that indicate where specific information or ideas originated, or that you have used someone else’s work. It may be in the author-date format (e.g., [Author], [Date of publication]) or in numeric format (e.g. [1].)

Reference: each citation should have a corresponding full reference, which provides further details about the source of information you have used. Usually, the reference is found at the end of your document (reference list), and include author’s name, date of publication, title, publisher details, and a URL/DOI if accessed online.

Acknowledgement: it is used to express gratitude to individuals or organizations that contributed to your research or contributing in the writing process of your material. This could include mentors, funding bodies, or colleagues. In research papers, the acknowledgements section is usually placed at the end of the paper, before the references or any appendices.

This section guides you through the different cases in which you have to cite EMSO ERIC and how to do so.

Are you an EMSO ERIC staff?

Make sure to mention EMSO ERIC in your affiliation

Are you an EMSO members' staff?

Make sure to add EMSO ERIC to your affiliation

Are you a User?

If you have any questions or require further assistance, please don’t hesitate to contact us at info@emso-eu.org.