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Oh, What A Tangled Web! Citation Network Underscores Editorial Conflicts of Interest

The separation of powers is as important in academic publishing as it is in government.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Dec 18, 2018
  • 6 Comments

Tipping the Scales: Is Impact Factor Suppression Biased Against Small Fields?

The suppression of three economic history journals reveals more about Clarivate’s methods than citation manipulation.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Oct 8, 2018
  • 5 Comments

Impact Factor Denied to 20 Journals For Self-Citation, Stacking

Publisher of performance metrics suppresses 20 journals, 14 for high levels of self-citation and 6 for citation stacking, releases Editorial Expression of Concern for 5 others.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Jun 27, 2018
  • 8 Comments

Reverse Engineering JCR’s Self-Citation and Citation Stacking Thresholds

Now we know how suppression decisions are made, should metrics companies suppress titles at all or simply make the underlying data more transparent?

  • By Phil Davis
  • Jun 5, 2017
  • 7 Comments

How Much Citation Manipulation Is Acceptable?

Is citation manipulation a moral problem or an accounting problem?

  • By Phil Davis
  • May 30, 2017
  • 15 Comments

Citation Cartel Or Editor Gone Rogue?

How much can a single editor distort the citation record? Investigation documents rogue editor’s coercion of authors to cite his journal, papers.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Mar 9, 2017
  • 14 Comments

Visualizing Citation Cartels

Citation network maps may indicate when gaming is taking place. Proving intention is a different story.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Sep 26, 2016
  • 15 Comments

Citation Networks Yield Competitive Intelligence

Citation networks can provide much more than journal metrics and rankings. Publishers should look to them for competitive intelligence.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Apr 18, 2016
  • 5 Comments

2014 Journal Impact Factors

Journal additions, suppressions, new metrics and an improved user interface are included in this year’s Journal Citation Report (JCR).

  • By Phil Davis
  • Jun 18, 2015
  • 24 Comments

Data Curation–The New Killer App

Establishing new citation benchmarks and an international board of academics, Elsevier is poised to take on Thomson Reuters for dominance in the citation metrics market.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Jun 9, 2015
  • 15 Comments

When a Journal Sinks, Should the Editors Go Down with the Ship?

This year, Thomson Reuters suspended six business journals for engaging in a citation cartel. Should the authors be held responsible for the malfeasance of their editors? We propose a new solution to punishing the community for the poor decisions of the few.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Oct 6, 2014
  • 59 Comments

Citation Cartel Journals Denied 2011 Impact Factor

Fifty-one journals are suspended from the Journal Citation Report for “anomalous citation patterns.” Whether or not you agree with the impact factor, sanctions help maintain the integrity of the scientific publishing enterprise for everyone.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Jun 29, 2012
  • 19 Comments

The Emergence of a Citation Cartel

Cheap, effective, and nearly undetectable — editors devise citation cartels to drive up their journal’s impact factor.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Apr 10, 2012
  • 64 Comments

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