Signs of ‘citation hacking’ flagged in scientific papers

Richard Van Noorden

Nature, 2020, vol. 584, issue 7822, 508-508

Abstract: An algorithm developed to spot abnormal patterns of citations aims to find scientists who have manipulated reference lists.

Keywords: Mathematics and computing; Publishing; Peer review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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