Citation cartel explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Kojaku . Sadamori . Livan . Giacomo . Masuda . Naoki . 2021-07-15 . Detecting anomalous citation groups in journal networks . Scientific Reports . en . 11 . 1 . 14524 . 10.1038/s41598-021-93572-3 . 34267254 . 8282695 . 2009.09097 . 2021NatSR..1114524K . 2045-2322.
  2. Web site: 30 Jan 2024 . Citation cartels help some mathematicians—and their universities—climb the rankings . 31 Jan 2024 . science.org.
  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 . 33 . 6 . 700–701 . 10.29271/jcpsp.2023.06.700 . 1681-7168 . 37300268. free .
  4. Fister . Iztok . Perc . Matjaž . 2016-12-15 . Toward the Discovery of Citation Cartels in Citation Networks . Frontiers in Physics . 4 . 49 . 10.3389/fphy.2016.00049 . free . 2016FrP.....4...49F . 2296-424X.