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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Real question, are there any instances of someone's research being so niche that the only option is to cite themselves?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Happens all the time, depends on the paper. Often projects produce a lot of papers about a niche subject, so you're working through building that literature body.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

I did some work In a field with a total of 6 papers over 30 years. It was niche as all get out. Did my second paper cite the first? You betcha. I literally cited every research paper ever done on the topic, including mine.

Now there's 7 papers on the topic.