[IRTalk] Journal bans scientist for citation abuse

[Dr Leti Kleyn]

Journal bans scientist for citation abuse<https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=0540b15a28&e=ba31e2f257>
Biophysicist Kuo-Chen Chou has been removed from the editorial board of the Journal of Theoretical Biology after repeatedly manipulating the peer-review process to amass citations to his own work<https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=c5c199d890&e=ba31e2f257>. Last year, Chou was also barred from being a reviewer at Bioinformatics. Investigations at both journals revealed that Chou asked authors of dozens of papers he was editing or reviewing to cite a long list of his publications - sometimes more than 50. Chou declined to answer questions about his citation practices.
Nature | 4 min read<https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=b18166dec6&e=ba31e2f257>
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Dr Leti Kleyn
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