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Journals Inflate Their Prestige by Coercing Authors to Cite Them»
A survey published today in Science shows that journal editors often ask prospective authors to add superfluous citations of the journal to articles, and authors feel they can’t refuse. (The Science paper is for subscribers only, but you can read a summary here.) The extra citations artificially inflate a journal’s impact and prestige.
» via The Chronicle of Higher Education (Subscription may be required for some content)
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Oh, now that can’t be good. And why does the education establishment use these guys as the key point in determining...
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