One of the most important discourse aspects in research is citation. Any research paper should include previous contributions, which are considered an essential component in academic writing. Citation is a reference to the source of information used in the research, it includes direct quotation, paraphrasing, and summary of someone else's ideas to support the intended work. In this study, the citation practice specifically the Integral citation has been investigated. For this purpose, twenty articles were collected from the Academic Journal of Nawroz University (AJNU), which is a biannual academic publication produced by Nawroz University in Duhok, Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq. The results show the writers’ preference to use the citation resources in the Introduction sections as they consider this section as the main section in which the citations are employed.