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Sneaked references: Cooked reference metadata inflate citation counts — mentioned by probably_wrong

Wed, 10 Jul 2024 19:26:04 GMT

I'm unclear on whether to pin this on the publisher or on the authors. In the first example shown in the linked pre-print [1] there's a paper with 62 downloads that's been cited 107 times within two months. The pre-print looks deeper into a paper with 7 "real" references whose metadata has an extra 40 references not found in the PDF. This leaves us with three options: * the author of a paper with 62 downloads (not an amazing number) was convinced into joining a citation ring along with 40 other authors, * the publisher has been sneaking references onto unsuspecting papers, or * the publisher…

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Sneaked references: Cooked reference metadata inflate citation counts — mentioned by generationP

Wed, 10 Jul 2024 19:09:50 GMT

More info at https://retractionwatch.com/2023/10/09/how-thousands-of-invi... and https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.02192 . As the latter makes clear, this type of fraud is most likely done by journal editors (or their assistants), not by the authors: > When registering a new publication and its references at Crossref, a publisher may sneak extra undue references in the metadata sent in addition to the ones originally present. Then, digital libraries (e.g., SpringerLink) and bibliometric platforms (e.g., Dimensions) harvest these metadata, undue citations included. These sneaked references are…

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Sneaked references: Cooked reference metadata inflate citation counts — mentioned by logtempo

Thu, 30 Nov 2023 00:43:09 GMT

Is it because of academic historians, or because medias like the discourse around racism these days? When we know that science publication is not exempt of human greed (https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.02192 for a recent exemple), it's better to look for articles that make consensus. I also think the discipline won't die, plenty of bad research have been made and forgotten later. The title is a bit dramatic.

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Sneaked references: Cooked reference metadata inflate citation counts — HN submission

Fri, 13 Oct 2023 09:05:09 GMT

Sneaked references: Cooked reference metadata inflate citation counts

2 points; 0 discussion replies on HN. Paper and source history. A submission is not an endorsement.