Citation cartel

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Short description: Group of academic authors who collude to cite one another's publications

A citation cartel is a group of academic authors who collude to egregiously cite one another's publications in order to increase their citation counts.

Alleged citation cartels have been found in numerous academic fields,[1] including mathematics,[2] medicine and dentistry.[3] Possible citation cartels can be detected by network analysis of the citation graph.[4]

References

  1. Kojaku, Sadamori; Livan, Giacomo; Masuda, Naoki (2021-07-15). "Detecting anomalous citation groups in journal networks" (in en). Scientific Reports 11 (1): 14524. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-93572-3. ISSN 2045-2322. PMID 34267254. Bibcode2021NatSR..1114524K. 
  2. "Citation cartels help some mathematicians—and their universities—climb the rankings". 30 Jan 2024. https://www.science.org/content/article/citation-cartels-help-some-mathematicians-and-their-universities-climb-rankings. 
  3. Zaidi, Syed Jaffar Abbas; Taqi, Muhammad (June 2023). "Citation Cartels in Medical and Dental Journals". Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan: JCPSP 33 (6): 700–701. doi:10.29271/jcpsp.2023.06.700. ISSN 1681-7168. PMID 37300268. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37300268/. 
  4. Fister, Iztok; Fister, Iztok; Perc, Matjaž (2016-12-15). "Toward the Discovery of Citation Cartels in Citation Networks". Frontiers in Physics 4: 49. doi:10.3389/fphy.2016.00049. ISSN 2296-424X. Bibcode2016FrP.....4...49F. 

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