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by roenxi 824 days ago
This appears to be a journal article. Why should it have citations? This is an arena where people are supposed to be doing primary research. "I have a PhD and this is my opinion" is probably at least 20% of academics.
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Journals publish articles beyond primary research: https://www.bmj.com/about-bmj/resources-authors/article-type...
Primary research does not include simply stating “this is my opinion” - and this article also does not consist of someone stating their opinion, it is someone claiming to describe widespread behaviors and explanations for them.
I can't possibly imagine sleeping posture being such a a pristine research area that there is no prior work on the topic
There is a search bar right above this article if you want to look that research up. This is some physiotherapist recording his opinion; based on field experience. I'm going out on a limb and saying none of the other researchers in the field have been writing about his experience so there isn't anything to cite.