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> I think technically creating citing cartels is not breaking any research rules. Unethical but within the rules. Not true, citation cartels are unethical rese
by cycomanic 2y ago
> I think technically creating citing cartels is not breaking any research rules. Unethical but within the rules.
Not true, citation cartels are unethical research practices, there is no question about it.
There is also no "technically within the rules", because there are generally no specific rules.
Research rules essentially are "Don't do anything unethical", in a research ethics course you would then be given examples, like don't falsify data, dont misrepresented data, acknowledge previous work...
And while I believe the vast majority of academics follow the principles, because the rules are unspecified there is a gray zone (I believe that is a good thing we don't need to bog down scientific research by even more administration).
- CoastalCoder 2y ago> Not true, citation cartels are unethical research practices, there is no question about it. Perhaps this is obvious to others, but could you articulate the ethical principle that this violates?
- cycomanic 2y agoWell I was trying to say that there are not clear cut don't do this or that, but instead act ethically. I would say citation stacking broadly falls under misrepresenting your research (as well as other research). The authors artifically inflate the impact of their research thus misrepresenting how important it is. It is widely viewed as misconduct e.g. see these guidelines from T&F (most other journals would have something similar) https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/editorial-policies/misconduct/ https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/editorial-polici...