na-adjective, noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
above-mentioned; cited above
Formal written term used in documents, articles, or references to point to something already mentioned or displayed earlier in the text. Often used as a noun or with する to mean 'to cite above'.
上掲のデータを参照してください。
Please refer to the data cited above.
この点については、上掲
On this point, I discussed it in detail in the paper cited above.