Dodgy scientific publisher permitted metadata manipulation to increase citations for certain scientists, even though the citations were not visible in the text.
https://theconversation.com/when-scientific-citations-go-rogue-uncovering-sneaked-references-233858
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@peterquirk obviously manipulative. Thankfully a very niche journal; hope ASIS&T doesn't turn up more like this
@b4cks4w It's a constant battle these days. The independent reviewers are getting better at detecting AI-generated papers, but I doubt that's the only way AI will be used to degrade scientific knowledge.