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Re:Researchers discover a new form of scientific fraud: 'sne... by sseagull on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @02:41PM (#40930008)
That’s weird. With every paper I’ve published (in chemistry) the authors don’t handle the metadata. We upload our article sources (in latex or word) and the publisher handles the rest. I’ve never done anything more.

Is this different in other fields? Or in sketchy journals?

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Re:Researchers discover a new form of scientific fraud: 'sne... by urspx on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @02:52PM (#40930126)
It seems like it's being done entirely on the publisher end, with them – or friends – benefiting:

> For example, a single researcher who was associated with Technoscience Academy benefited from more than 3,000 additional illegitimate citations. Some journals from the same publisher benefited from a couple hundred additional sneaked citations.

Perhaps this publisher or others also offer this as some kind of backroom deal / service.

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