For example to reproduce:
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :results table replace
"Prior research [cite:@paper] suggests that..."
#+END_SRC
#+RESULTS:
| Prior research suggests that... |
The expected outcome:
#+RESULTS:
| Prior research [cite:@paper] suggests that... |
It seems that this does not depend on src language (I have tried with R - same issue).
When results are not tabulated org citations are rendered correctly in results.
Org mode 9.5.3; GNU Emacs 28.2