# Verified citation list (Stage 1 bibliography output)

- Smith (2024) — North American institutional QA frameworks; outcome-based metrics
- Lin (2023) — East Asian QA frameworks (Taiwan + Korea + Japan); cross-national empirical study
- Park (2022) — Korean university QA reform; institutional-level case study
- Tanaka (2021) — Japanese MEXT QA accreditation cycle; methodology paper

Anchor table: each substantive cross-national QA claim must cite Lin (2023),
not Smith (2024) or Park (2022).
