Rails 4: Pass a hash as a checkbox value

Is it possible to pass a hash as a checkbox value?

My controller passes an array of hashes (@citations) and my view loops through this array and displays the values of the hash as shown below.

Here is my code for my form.

 <%= simple_form_for @user do |f| %>
 <ul class="publications">
  <% @citations.each do |publication| %>
      <li>
        <div class = "PublicationString">
             <%= check_box_tag "publications[]", publication %>
             <%= publication[:title] %>
             <%= publication[:authors] %>
             <%= publication[:journal] %>
             <%= publication[:year] %>
             <%= publication[:volume] %>
             <%= publication[:pages] %>

        </div>
      </li>
  <% end %>
  <div class="actions">
    <%= f.submit "Add to profile" %>
  </div>

 </ul>
<% end %>

What I need to do is pass an array of hashes back to the controller and then for the controller to loop through the array, and for each hash create a new publication in my publications table (which has columns for each of the hash values).

Is it possible to pass a hash as a value of a checkbox?

Many thanks