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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. In many cases the cited works have no strong relevance to the works they are cited in.
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]
- ^ Kojaku, Sadamori; Livan, Giacomo; Masuda, Naoki (2021-07-15). "Detecting anomalous citation groups in journal networks". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 14524. arXiv:2009.09097. Bibcode:2021NatSR..1114524K. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-93572-3. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 8282695. PMID 34267254.
- ^ Catanzaro, Michele (30 Jan 2024). "Citation cartels help some mathematicians—and their universities—climb the rankings". Science. 383 (6682). doi:10.1126/science.zcl2s6d. Retrieved 31 Jan 2024.
- ^ 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. doi:10.29271/jcpsp.2023.06.700. ISSN 1681-7168. PMID 37300268.
- ^ Fister, Iztok; Perc, Matjaž (2016-12-15). "Toward the Discovery of Citation Cartels in Citation Networks". Frontiers in Physics. 4: 49. Bibcode:2016FrP.....4...49F. doi:10.3389/fphy.2016.00049. ISSN 2296-424X.