On the research supplement for MIT, it is asked “Has this work been submitted, presented, and/or published in other academic venues?” It follows this up by stating “Please provide a citation to the research journal.” It gives one 80 characters to answer.
My question is, do they want a specific citation for your paper located on the Research Journal site or simply a citation for the research journal as a whole? Especially since it states “submitted, presented, OR published.” If an article is merely submitted per say, there is no way to cite the article in the research journal, as it has not yet been accepted.