Cite the claim, not the document

Every individual claim carries its own citation and the exact supporting quote — a bibliography at the end is not auditable.

  • Attach sources at the sentence or claim level, not as a document-wide reference list.
  • Include the verbatim quote that supports the specific claim; never paraphrase the key evidence.
  • Claim-level citations let a reader verify each statement independently.
  • Document-level bibliographies hide which source backs which claim — and which claims are unsupported.
  • Stable, claim-anchored citations survive summarization and reuse.
version
1.0.0
tags
research, citations, provenance
author
Mike Fullerton
modified
2026-06-27

Change History

Version Date Author Summary
1.0.0 2026-06-27 Mike Fullerton Initial creation