"Negative" citations?

[David Wojick]

I have in fact seen cases where the historical narrative leading to the present research included citation of failed prior attempts by others. One can see how this might be useful.

David Wojick

On Aug 10, 2013, at 5:30 PM, "B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2 at YAHOO.COM> wrote:

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> All this citation talk reminds of a question that pops into my head every now and then.
>  
> This may be a dumb question, but here goes anyway...
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> I'm assuming there is something like a "negative" citation...where an author cites a paper, but in a less-than-flattering light?
>  
> Bernie Sloan
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