baptscc.bsky.social
Data scientist | Engineer Aspiring metascience researcher https://baptistescancar.com/
👤 Joined on 30 January 2026
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@baptscc.bsky.socialA really solid and convincing piece of work on anomalous citation patterns to likely paper mill products.
Show Post🚩 New research published in @pnas.org by @baptscc.bsky.social, @jabyrnesci.bsky.social, David Causeur and @aidybarnett.bsky.social has identified suspicious citation numbers as a red flag for paper mill-generated research, with fake cancer papers garnering many more citations than genuine papers.
Show Post"Citations from suspected paper mill articles measurably inflated journal citation metrics" pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42879494/ Paper mills are a problem for science, but they are not always a problem for the journals involved...
Show PostAh! Apologies, train internet... On bluesky we do have @jabyrnesci.bsky.social, @aidybarnett.bsky.social, and @baptscc.bsky.social. Well done!
Show PostStriking citation manipulation patterns in major journals related to cancer. These are journals with IF reaching into the 40s in some cases. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Well done to authors. Can see this in Impact Inflation also (from bit.ly/StrainQSS). Charts next post. 1/3
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