wtorek, 10 lutego 2015

Refreshing honesty? Journal asks authors to help game its impact factor

Refreshing honesty? Journal asks authors to help game its impact factor - 9.02.02015 Retraction Watch

We and others have documented plenty of cases where papers get retracted because authors manipulate citations to boost their impact factor. 

Sometimes, journal publishers pressure authors to cite papers within the journal to artificially inflate its impact factor.