Hábitos de publicación de la élite científica de España

Oliván, José Antonio Salvador; Cuenca, Gonzalo Marco; Avilès, Rosario Arquero

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“…This phenomenon has become constant in some parts of the world. For example, in Spain, many institutions have benefited from hyperprolific authors, where they improve their indexes in the webometric ranges, (17) in a study where they analyzed the authorship patterns of researchers, aiming to identify the productivity and impact of the country's scientific elite, where they compared Google Scholar https://doi.org/10.56294/sctconf2023444 data with that of the Web of Science, the percentage in which authors sign with the first author, and the degree of highly productive authors (hyperprolific). In the study, they identified that the most adept authors of high productivity processes without impact and in almost always the same journals were from the Social Sciences and Humanities, but they warn that in the case of experimental physics, the excessive number of authors also has an aspect of super-billing scientific productivity.…”

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Business science: Overproduction, self-citations and Article processing charge (APC)

Pinto,

Shirshahi,

Varmazyar

et al. 2023

Salud, Ciencia y Tecnología - Serie de Conferencias

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Business science is a field that has been facing some challenges recently, especially when it comes to overproduction (hyperprolific), excessive self-citations, and charging for publications in open-access journals. To shed light on these issues, a recent study was conducted based on three cases. The first case focused on super-producing authors, where an advanced search strategy was used to identify the ten most productive authors in Brazil in the last five years. The study found that these authors published a paper on average every 2,68 days, a staggering rate. Interestingly, these authors had a direct relationship and published their articles in collaboration, always in the same journal. The papers all dealt with RIFM fragrance ingredient safety assessment, and while they were typical mass production, the citations were very low. The second case examined self-citations, where a research group published 15 papers in the last five years, with seven of them published in a journal that the group had purchased. The analysis found that two of the most representative authors in the research group obtained a significant number of self-citations. Finally, the study looked at the costs associated with publishing in open-access journals. The analysis found that some journals charge many publishing fees for accessing and indexing on platforms, which can be a significant barrier to disseminating research. Overall, these cases highlight the challenges faced by the science industry and the need for measures to ensure fair and transparent practices.

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confidence: 99%