@CadeJohnson I wouldn't agree with that... to me, the core reason for federation is to allow for what we share to be accessed in the format the accessor prefers, not just narrowly on the same platform it originated. In this case, the format would be an aggregator that links URLs in posts to scholarly metadata.
Of course another core tenet of the Fediverse is multiplicity of views, and people could not engage using existing tools, e.g. not federating with the aggregator or setting follower-only.