Une nouvelle méthode de fraude aux fausses citations : les références cachées

En juin dernier, nous vous expliquions les mécanismes des paper mills, review mills et citation mills. Suite à la publication cet été d’un article dans Nature, nous vous proposons cette fois …

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When scientific #citations go rogue: Uncovering ‘#sneakedreferences
A recent study has exposed a method of artificially inflating #citation counts through "sneaked references," which are extra citations included in metadata but not in the actual text of articles. This manipulation, uncovered in journals by Technoscience Academy, distorts citation metrics that are critical for research funding and academic promotions.
https://theconversation.com/when-scientific-citations-go-rogue-uncovering-sneaked-references-233858
When scientific citations go rogue: Uncovering ‘sneaked references’

Scholars have long measured the impact of a paper by counting the number of times other scientific articles cite it. Researchers have just detected a new kind of citation fraud.

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