diff --git a/packages/jspsych/tests/citations/citations.test.ts b/packages/jspsych/tests/citations/citations.test.ts
index df035a4072..31cde42abd 100644
--- a/packages/jspsych/tests/citations/citations.test.ts
+++ b/packages/jspsych/tests/citations/citations.test.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-//import { JsPsych } from "../../src/JsPsych";
 import { TestExtension } from "../extensions/TestExtension";
 import TestPlugin from "../TestPlugin";
 
 const jsPsychApaCitation =
-  "de Leeuw, J. R., Gilbert, R. A., & Luchterhandt, B. (2023). jsPsych: Enabling an Open-Source Collaborative Ecosystem of Behavioral Experiments. Journal of Open Source Software, 8(85), 5351. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.05351";
+  "de Leeuw, J. R., Gilbert, R. A., & Luchterhandt, B. (2023). jsPsych: Enabling an Open-Source Collaborative Ecosystem of Behavioral Experiments. Journal of Open Source Software, 8(85), 5351. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.05351 ";
 const jsPsychBibtexCitation =
-  '@misc{LeeuwjsPsych, 	author = {de Leeuw, Joshua R. and Gilbert, Rebecca A. and Luchterhandt, Bj{\\" o}rn}, 	doi = {10.5281/zenodo.7702307}, 	title = {jsPsych: Enabling an {Open}-{Source} {Collaborative} {Ecosystem} of {Behavioral} {Experiments}}, } @article{Leeuw2023jsPsych, 	author = {de Leeuw, Joshua R. and Gilbert, Rebecca A. and Luchterhandt, Bj{\\" o}rn}, 	journal = {Journal of Open Source Software}, 	doi = {10.21105/joss.05351}, 	issn = {2475-9066}, 	number = {85}, 	year = {2023}, 	month = {may 11}, 	pages = {5351}, 	publisher = {Open Journals}, 	title = {jsPsych: Enabling an {Open}-{Source} {Collaborative} {Ecosystem} of {Behavioral} {Experiments}}, 	url = {https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.05351}, 	volume = {8}, }  ';
+  '@article{Leeuw2023jsPsych, 	author = {de Leeuw, Joshua R. and Gilbert, Rebecca A. and Luchterhandt, Bj{\\" o}rn}, 	journal = {Journal of Open Source Software}, 	doi = {10.21105/joss.05351}, 	issn = {2475-9066}, 	number = {85}, 	year = {2023}, 	month = {may 11}, 	pages = {5351}, 	publisher = {Open Journals}, 	title = {jsPsych: Enabling an {Open}-{Source} {Collaborative} {Ecosystem} of {Behavioral} {Experiments}}, 	url = {https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.05351}, 	volume = {8}, }  ';
 const testPluginApaCitation = "Test plugin APA citation";
 const testPluginBibtexCitation = "Test plugin BibTeX citation";
 const testExtensionApaCitation = "Test extension APA citation";
@@ -37,7 +36,10 @@ try {
   });
 
   describe("citing not using an array", () => {
-    test("citing nothing", () => {
+    test("citing without input", () => {
+      expect(jspsych.getCitations()).toBe(jsPsychApaCitation);
+    });
+    test("citing null", () => {
       expect(() => jspsych.getCitations(null)).toThrow("Expected array of plugins/extensions");
     });
     test("citing without input and with invalid format", () => {
@@ -49,20 +51,18 @@ try {
 
   describe("citing using an array in different formats", () => {
     test("citing empty array with APA format", () => {
-      jspsych.getCitations([], "apa");
-      expect(consoleWarnSpy.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe("No plugins/extensions provided");
+      expect(jspsych.getCitations([], "apa")).toBe(jsPsychApaCitation);
     });
     test("citing empty array with BibTeX format", () => {
-      jspsych.getCitations([], "bibtex");
-      expect(consoleWarnSpy.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe("No plugins/extensions provided");
+      expect(jspsych.getCitations([], "bibtex")).toBe(jsPsychBibtexCitation);
     });
     test("citing empty array without format", () => {
-      jspsych.getCitations([]);
-      expect(consoleWarnSpy.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe("No plugins/extensions provided");
+      expect(jspsych.getCitations([])).toBe(jsPsychApaCitation);
     });
     test("citing one plugin with valid format in all caps", () => {
-      jspsych.getCitations([TestPlugin], "APA");
-      expect(consoleLogSpy.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe(testPluginApaCitation);
+      expect(jspsych.getCitations([TestPlugin], "APA")).toBe(
+        jsPsychApaCitation + "\n" + testPluginApaCitation
+      );
     });
     test("citing with unsupported format", () => {
       expect(() => jspsych.getCitations([TestPlugin], "DummyTex")).toThrow(
@@ -73,24 +73,24 @@ try {
 
   describe("citing mix of valid plugins/extensions", () => {
     test("citing a plugin", () => {
-      jspsych.getCitations([TestPlugin]);
-      expect(consoleLogSpy.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe(testPluginApaCitation);
+      expect(jspsych.getCitations([TestPlugin])).toBe(
+        jsPsychApaCitation + "\n" + testPluginApaCitation
+      );
     });
     test("citing a plugin in BibTeX", () => {
-      jspsych.getCitations([TestPlugin], "bibtex");
-      expect(consoleLogSpy.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe(testPluginBibtexCitation);
+      expect(jspsych.getCitations([TestPlugin], "bibtex")).toBe(
+        jsPsychBibtexCitation + "\n" + testPluginBibtexCitation
+      );
     });
     test("citing multiple plugins", () => {
-      jspsych.getCitations([TestPlugin, TestPlugin]);
-      expect(consoleLogSpy.mock.calls).toHaveLength(2);
-      expect(consoleLogSpy.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe(testPluginApaCitation);
-      expect(consoleLogSpy.mock.calls[1][0]).toBe(testPluginApaCitation);
+      expect(jspsych.getCitations([TestPlugin, TestPlugin])).toBe(
+        jsPsychApaCitation + "\n" + testPluginApaCitation
+      );
     });
     test("citing mix of plugins and extensions", () => {
-      jspsych.getCitations([TestPlugin, TestExtension]);
-      expect(consoleLogSpy.mock.calls).toHaveLength(2);
-      expect(consoleLogSpy.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe(testPluginApaCitation);
-      expect(consoleLogSpy.mock.calls[1][0]).toBe(testExtensionApaCitation);
+      expect(jspsych.getCitations([TestPlugin, TestExtension])).toBe(
+        jsPsychApaCitation + "\n" + testPluginApaCitation + "\n" + testExtensionApaCitation
+      );
     });
   });
 } catch (e) {