Reading a journal's submission guidelines
"Only articles, clinical trial registration records and abstracts that have been published or are in press, or are available through public e-print/preprint servers, may be cited."
Or you can mention "unpublished observations" (as footnotes).
But then it gives examples of citations of "web links and URLs"
So do they allow or forbid citation of grey literature (other than clinical trial registrations, which are clearly allowed)? I have no idea
Kate Nyhan
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