When writing an article, especially a technical/scientific/legal/medical one, but any article really, citations to the source are way to “hopefully” signal E-A-T for Google.
https://www.loudnoises.us/how-to-cite-sources-using-schema-org-in-json-ld/
I’m not an expert, but I have done it manually under the “article” type.
{
"@context": "https://schema.org/",
"@type": "Article",
"headline": "Headline",
"about": "About",
"author": {
"@type": "Person",
"@id": "#ID",
"name": "Name",
"url":"URL"
},
"citation": [
{
"@type":"CreativeWork",
"url":"URL",
"name":"NAME",
"description": "Describe",
"text":"Text of Citation"
},
{
"@type":"CreativeWork",
"url":"URL",
"name":"NAME",
"description": "Describe",
"text":"Text of Citation"
},
{
"@type":"CreativeWork",
"url":"URL",
"name":"NAME",
"description": "Describe",
"text":"Text of Citation"
}
],
"copyrightHolder": {
"@id":"URL#organization"
},
"copyrightYear": Year,
"datePublished": "Date,
"dateModified": "Date",
"image": "URL",
"inLanguage": "English",
"keywords":[
"Keyword1",
"Keyword2",
"Keyword3"
],
"mainEntityOfPage":{
"@id":"URL/#webpage"
},
"publisher": {
"@id": "URL"
},
"sourceOrganization": {
"@id": "URL/#organization"
},
"url": "URL"
}
]
}