"Highly Cited" means "gamed"
2025-05-16 17:33:53.997353+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Matt Hodgkinson @mattjhodgkinson@scicomm.xyz
Being a "Highly Cited Researcher" has gone from a sign of having impact as a researcher to a potential indicator of misconduct.
"Manipulations have been so obvious and large that, in 2024, over 2,000 researchers were removed from a HCR list containing some 6,600 names." - Lauranne Chaignon
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