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摘要
最近,学术界对学术引用合作提出了担忧。许多研究人员都收到了提供这种合作关系的电子邮件,这些邮件往往会进入他们的垃圾邮件文件夹。在本文中,我将学术引用合作关系称为不道德的合作安排,即研究人员或作者同意在其学术出版物中引用对方的作品,以提高自己的学术形象,通常以 h 指数等指标来衡量。我讨论了此类合作关系的特点、通常参与学术引用合作关系的个人和团体,并澄清了哪些合作关系不被视为学术引用合作关系。我认为这些合作关系具有掠夺性,对学术诚信构成严重威胁。此类合作将引文视为商品,与掠夺性期刊和会议类似,模糊了道德界限。这些合作关系损害了学术话语的真实性,人为夸大了预期影响,扭曲了学术评价。它们损害了人们对知识内在价值的追求,并通过偏袒那些能够通过资源或网络操纵引文指标的人,加剧了学术界的不平等。要解决这一问题,就必须保持警惕,遵守引文道德标准,确保学术讨论在知识上是诚实的,对学术界真正有益。
Academic Citation Partnership: A Predatory Practice that Undermines Scholarly Integrity
Recently, academic circles have raised concerns about academic citation partnerships. Many researchers receive emails offering these partnerships, often landing in their spam folders. In this paper, I refer to academic citation partnerships as unethical collaborative arrangements where researchers or authors agree to cite each other's work in their academic publications to enhance their academic profiles, often measured by metrics like the h-index. I discuss the characteristics of such partnerships, individuals, and groups who are commonly involved in academic citation partnerships, and clarify what is not considered an academic citation partnership. I argue that these partnerships are predatory and pose a serious threat to scholarly integrity. Such solicitations blur ethical boundaries by treating citations as commodities, similar to predatory journals and conferences. These partnerships compromise the authenticity of scholarly discourse, artificially inflate perceived impacts, and distort academic evaluations. They undermine the pursuit of knowledge for its intrinsic value and exacerbate inequalities in academia by favoring those who can manipulate citation metrics through resources or networks. Addressing this issue requires a commitment to vigilance and adherence to ethical citation standards, ensuring academic discourse that is intellectually honest and genuinely beneficial to academia.
期刊介绍:
Annals of Biomedical Engineering is an official journal of the Biomedical Engineering Society, publishing original articles in the major fields of bioengineering and biomedical engineering. The Annals is an interdisciplinary and international journal with the aim to highlight integrated approaches to the solutions of biological and biomedical problems.