Credits in a paper (5)

I believe the answer is:

cites

(Other definitions for cites that I've seen before include "Quotes; names" , "Mentions as an example" , "Refers to" , "Quotes as authority" , "Quotes (an author)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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