Larry Richardson ha 132 citazionie e diversi articoli pubblicati. Ma è un gatto... e questo è solo l'inizio del problema (notizia di luglio, ma l'ho vista solo ora)

Il gatto in sé non sta facendo nulla di sbagliato, ovviamente. Ma il fatto che il sistema possa essere raggirato così facilmente è preoccupante.

@scienza

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#bibliometria #GoogleScholar

https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/larry-richardson-cat-citations/

This cat is a highly-cited researcher — and it's a problem

The cat itself isn't doing anything wrong, obviously. But the fact that the system can be gamed so easily is concerning.

^{Mihai Andrei (ZME Science)}

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