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# Citations
Citations ensure accurate acknowledgement of an individual’s or organization’s role in a project. Citations are to be used wherever project summary data is reproduced, used in a collaborative research project, presentation, or website.
## Citation **Format**
Citations can be formatted based on institutions or collaborators listed in the project. By default, the format will be based on the project's institutions, but if none are listed it will be based on the projects collaborators.
* To edit your project's institutions, see [**Institutions**](/en/project-management/institutions.md)
* To edit your project's collaborators, see [**Collaborators**](/en/project-management/collaborators.md)
* To edit your project's citation format, go to [**Manage Collaborators, Institutions, and Citations**](https://motus.org/data/project/users) and scroll to the bottom of the page.
## Institution Citations
To select which institutions appear in your project citations and in which order:
1. Go to [**Manage Collaborators, Institutions, and Citations**](https://motus.org/data/project/users)
2. In the Affiliated Institutions table below the collaborators table, use the input fields in the 'Rank in citations' column to rank the order in which names are to appear, beginning with the number 1.
3. Leave the field blank to exclude collaborators from the citation.
4. Once finished, click the 'Update the institution citation rank' button.
## Collaborator Citations
To select which collaborators appear in your project citations and in which order:
1. Go to [**Manage Collaborators, Institutions, and Citations**](https://motus.org/data/project/users)
2. In the collaborators table at the top of the page, use the input fields in the 'Rank in citations' column to rank the order in which names are to appear, beginning with the number 1.
3. Leave the field blank to exclude collaborators from the citation.
4. Once finished, click the 'Save changes' or 'Save and exit' button.
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