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Italy’s rise in research impact pinned on ‘citation doping’

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Richard Van Noorden

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Citation of Italian-authored papers by Italian researchers rose after the introduction of metrics-based thresholds for promotions.

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Michael Nielsen @michael_nielsen · Aug 3, 2022

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Downgrade your cargo cult for the loss, to paraphrase @meaningness. From: [link] by @Richvn. The whole thing is well worth reading if you're interested at all in science policy