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citation cartel: a standalone construct

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Bibliometrics

a group of authors or journals that cite each other far more than expected in order to inflate their citation counts.

In bibliometrics, citation cartel refers to a group of authors or journals that cite each other far more than expected in order to inflate their citation counts. This meaning comes from Fister (2016) in Frontiers in Physics.[1]

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References

Fister, I., Fister, I., & Perc, M. (2016). Toward the Discovery of Citation Cartels in Citation Networks. Frontiers in Physics, 4. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2016.00049

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