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Meisam Mahdavi @ujaen @unb_oficial
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Una táctica para manipular los ranking universitarios: obligar al alumnado a citar artículos

#Coercivecitation

& said it could carry a steep price for the journals involved, one of which is indexed in Scopus
#Coercivecitation is widespread in academia and can help boost the rankings of publications, institutions and individual researchers. The practice is considered unethical & may trigger heavy penalties

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The RW Daily: #Iraqiuniversity, the University of Technology in Baghdad , forcing students to cite its journals to graduate. And primatologist settles lawsuit following contract mishandling.

#Coercivecitation is widespread in academia and can help boost the rankings of […]

#CoerciveCitation or #CitationCartel This article cited 4 articles co-authored by Alnagger M, none of these articles are related to the citing statement, details: www.5gh.org.cn/WuGH/2025/00...

Reviewers from Türkiye and China suggested massive #CoerciveCitation for the authors of 10.1371/journal.pone.0299807

If you don't followMA Oviedo-Garcia on X, then you should do - if nothing else for her insightful posts each Saturday. You can see these posts here: x.com/search?q=(%2.... These are her posts tagged with #CoerciveCitation - this may miss some, but once you find them, you can easily find the rest.