References on a poster presentation?

[futureapppsy2]

Do you put references on poster presentations? What I've seen at conferences seems to be mixed in this regard, from "yes, always for academic honesty" to "the limited space is better used on content; in-line citations give adequate credit in this medium and are fine." What do you think?

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[Marissa4usa]

I don't waste space on it. Given posters' relative unimportance, nobody will care about that anyways. I guess, if you really wanted to, you could always put them on a handout. Although I don't usually have handout (since most of the time, people take them but then never look at them), the few times I did, I put the references on the back; in all probability nobody even glanced at them.

 

[PhDToBe]

We do in-text citations, but not a Reference section. It would take up way too much space.

 

[WisNeuro]

In text refs, no .ref section these days on mine

 

[Member1928]

I put them on the back of my handouts. If you cite your own publications on the poster, I especially think its a good idea to give attendees the full reference. I do anything I can to make it as easy as possible for people to cite my research in the future. Although I don't necessarily agree with the practice, but it does look like citation metrics can influence things like faculty searches and tenure/promotion decisions.

 

[empathiosis]

My advisor made me do a references section on my last poster ... I felt like such a doofus.

 

[WisNeuro]

My advisor made me do a references section on my last poster ... I felt like such a doofus.

There's nothing wrong with it really. I've done it in the past. I've just found that I'd rather leave that off so that I can more easily manage to fit the information I think I need on my poster. TBH, if I was doing a very straightforward poster that didn't need a lot of exposition, I'd rather fit a ref section on to fill it out rather than add verbosity to make it more full.

 

[AcronymAllergy]

Agree with the above. I'll include the references if I have space, but if it's going to come at the expense of making the results and other sections less legible, then it's the first portion to get jettisoned.

 

[Pragma]

If you don't put them on (use small text at the end), then have them handy. There are sticklers out there. Some people may ask for them or expect them. While not a poster, I saw a SC member ding a faculty candidate for not having a reference slide at the end of their job talk.

I think the back of the handout idea is a good idea to save space and also remain conservative.

 

[Ollie123]

I do in-text citations and then include a "References available from corresponding author..." line with my email alongside the funding information.