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Re:China now the most prolific contributor to physical scien... by hatmatrix on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @09:37PM (#17975222)
There is certainly good research coming out of China, but there are also journals set up to primarily publish articles citing their own papers, or papers in peer journals to boost citations...
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Re:China now the most prolific contributor to physical scien... by noobermin on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @10:09PM (#17975382)
I don't know if you know this but that it's a China only thing, most groups cough self cite because everyone does.
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