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So if a pair of researchers work on a set of papers, all they have to do is alternate the first author position? Then they never self-cite even if they cite the
by jiggunjer 9y ago
So if a pair of researchers work on a set of papers, all they have to do is alternate the first author position? Then they never self-cite even if they cite their own work 10 times in a row.
- smelendez 9y agoYes, but for hiring or tenure the researchers are always being evaluated by others in the field, so there would be a human sanity check. Plus in practice as others have alluded to it's usually Prof. Alice's lab, where grad students Bob, Cindy, Dave and Evelyn each pursue their own corner of the research, and they're all on each paper with the first author designated appropriately.