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In a very loose sense, PR is the same algorithm universities use, evaluate quality of some content based on the number of references to that content.
It is definitely gamed in similar ways. I'm surprised we haven't seen professors hire SEO firms to help increase citation counts of their research.
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In a very loose sense, PR is the same algorithm universities use, evaluate quality of some content based on the number of references to that content.
It is definitely gamed in similar ways. I'm surprised we haven't seen professors hire SEO firms to help increase citation counts of their research.