Peer reviewers whose work is cited in the studies they are refereeing are significantly more likely to recommend accepting those papers than if their work is not cited, a new study has found. The ...

Modern science is formally structured around scholarly publication, where scientific knowledge is canonized through citation. Precisely how citations are given and accrued can provide information ...

Estimates of the average yearly citations per publication (including all publications) by scholar group, misconduct type, and time. In a new analysis, scholars publicly accused of sexual misconduct ...