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Re:Hundreds of extreme self-citing scientists revealed in ne... by melling on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @05:26PM (#20752364)
People who are rewarded are the people most cited, even if they are citing themselves.

Think that’s producing the best scientific results?

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Re:Hundreds of extreme self-citing scientists revealed in ne... by reallydude on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @05:32PM (#20752433)
> Think that’s producing the best scientific results?

That's a strawman. The answer you were looking for is, "I don't know". I don't know either.

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Re:Hundreds of extreme self-citing scientists revealed in ne... by melling on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @05:46PM (#20752547)
I’d say it makes Publish or perish even worse:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publish_or_perish

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