(a) Heirloom citations; older references are recommended and passed from teacher to student.
(b) Precautions against plagiarism; better to have it and not need it.
(c) Apathy; perhaps it is easier to write some papers with more citations. (probably not?)
(a) Heirloom citations; older references are recommended and passed from teacher to student.
(b) Precautions against plagiarism; better to have it and not need it.
(c) Apathy; perhaps it is easier to write some papers with more citations. (probably not?)