Why it's not past tense here?
I read a sentence like this:
【In a 2007 article, "Reply Study," Mark and his students cite research that found 50 percent of published psychology reports failed to mention the conditions of the experiments.】

My question is, why not use"cited", since it's a 2007 article?

Thank you very much!

Question

Why it's not past tense here?
I read a sentence like this:
【In a 2007 article, "Reply Study," Mark and his students cite research that found 50 percent of published psychology reports failed to mention the conditions of the experiments.】

My question is, why not use"cited", since it's a 2007 article?

Thank you very much!

Answer

This kind of present tense usage is quite normal. "Cited" would also have been fine, though. The writer can choose.

These might help: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_present

(This one has about three pages on this topic, so do use the "next page" link if you like :)) 
https://www.englishcafe.jp/englishcollege/etense2/e1-2-1.html

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