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STOP DISINFORMATION Desinformación Oct 20

Una táctica para manipular los ranking universitarios: obligar al alumnado a citar artículos #Coercivecitation

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STOP DISINFORMATION Desinformación Oct 20

& said it could carry a steep price for the journals involved, one of which is indexed in Scopus #Coercivecitation is widespread in academia and can help boost the rankings of publications, institutions and individual researchers. The practice is considered unethical & may trigger heavy penalties

STOPDISINFORMATION Oct 20

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The RW Daily: #Iraqiuniversity, the University of Technology in Baghdad , forcing students to cite its journals to graduate. And primatologist settles lawsuit following contract mishandling.

#Coercivecitation is widespread in academia and can help boost the rankings of publications, institutions and individual researchers. The practice is considered unethical and may trigger heavy penalties.

https://retractionwatch.com/2025/10/17/exclusive-iraqi-university-forcing-students-to-cite-its-journals-to-graduate/

Exclusive: Iraqi university forcing students to cite its journals to graduate

To earn their degrees, graduate students at the University of Technology in Baghdad not only must publish research in indexed journals. They also are required to cite articles in their school’s own…

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5GH May 11, 2025

Reviewers from Türkiye and China suggested massive #CoerciveCitation for the authors of 10.1371/journal.pone.0299807

Jelena Brankovic Sep 19, 2023

Coercive Citation, anyone?

I guess pretty much everyone in academia has a coercive #citation story to tell (or not?), though I am often pausing on how one actually defines 'coercive'...

#CoerciveCitation #academia #publishing

Anyway, a new article on it:
https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/amp.2022.0081