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A citation cartel is a group of academic authors who collude to egregiously cite one another's publications in order to increase their citation counts.
Alleged citation cartels have been found in numerous academic fields, [1] including mathematics, [2] medicine and dentistry. [3] Possible citation cartels can be detected by network analysis of the citation graph. [4]
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A citation cartel is a group of academic authors who collude to egregiously cite one another's publications in order to increase their citation counts.
Alleged citation cartels have been found in numerous academic fields, [1] including mathematics, [2] medicine and dentistry. [3] Possible citation cartels can be detected by network analysis of the citation graph. [4]