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science12 days ago•5 min saved

Social-science preprints top the fake-citation charts in a 2025 audit

A large audit of 2.5 million papers and 111 million references across arXiv, bioRxiv, SSRN and PubMed Central found 146,932 hallucinated citations in 2025 papers; SSRN had the highest rate at 1.91%, with arXiv 0.39%, PubMed Central 0.27%, and bioRxiv 0.21%. Hallucinations are more common among authors with little pre-2022 publication history and often disproportionately credit established male researchers; the findings come from a non-peer-reviewed arXiv preprint and highlight the need for safeguards to curb these errors.

via Nature|

#bibliometrics #hallucinated-citations #preprints

science1 month ago•7 min saved

Early publishing momentum forecasts lifelong research productivity

A large-scale study of 320,564 researchers from 38 OECD countries over up to 50 years (analyzing up to 1.8 billion citations) finds that being a high performer early in a career is the strongest predictor of remaining in the top productivity tier later. The likelihood of late-career success rises with early output, larger teams, and more international collaborations, with notable but varying gender-by-discipline patterns and some disciplines showing higher top-decile correlation for men. A small share of researchers do rise from bottom mid-career to top late-career (about 1.4%), highlighting rare but meaningful outliers. Most researchers stay in their initial productivity decile, reinforcing the accumulative advantage idea that early success tends to beget ongoing productivity. This is the largest study of its kind, spanning 16 disciplines and providing broad cross-country validation of prior findings.

via Nature|

#academia #bibliometrics #collaboration

science2 years ago•3 min saved

"Unseen Citations Mask Scientific Research Impact"

A new study using machine learning reveals that foundational scientific papers often receive "hidden citations," where their concepts are widely used but not explicitly cited. This skews the perceived impact of these papers, suggesting that traditional citation counts may not fully capture their true influence. The study found that accounting for hidden citations can significantly alter the ranking of influential papers and authors, highlighting the need for more accurate bibliometric measures.

via physicsworld.com|

#bibliometrics #citations #foundational-work