AUTHOR=Gong Xue , Liu Ruoxi , Ji Chuanbo TITLE=Citation practices in applied linguistics: a comparative study of Chinese expert and novice authors JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology VOLUME=16 YEAR=2025 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1515323 DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1515323 ISSN=1664-1078