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Q&A If you publish something, do people have to cite you by your surname?

If an author strongly wished to be referred to in other works by his or her given name, is there a way that the convention of referencing an author by last name could be broken?

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by Jacob Jones‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T04:57:50Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/20541
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Jacob Jones‭ · 2019-12-08T04:57:50Z (over 4 years ago)
If an author strongly wished to be referred to in other works by his or her given name, is there a way that the convention of referencing an author by last name could be broken?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2016-01-20T22:05:32Z (over 8 years ago)
Original score: 0