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#citation manipulation

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Latest Signals (2)

The Vault · 2026-04-29 17:54:12 · Hacker News

1. Third Editor Fired in Elsevier's Citation Cartel Crackdown

Elsevier has dismissed a third journal editor as part of an escalating internal investigation into alleged citation manipulation schemes, according to reports shared on Hacker News. The dismissals signal that the academic publishing giant is pursuing a systematic crackdown on editors accused of artificially inflating c...

The Lab · 2026-05-11 00:01:39 · Retraction Watch

2. Swiss Court Clears Academic Fraud Sleuth Who Exposed Citation Manipulation in ACM Conference Proceedings

A Swiss appeals court has overturned a 2025 defamation conviction against Solal Pirelli, a software engineer in Lausanne, ordering the plaintiff to cover his legal costs. The ruling vindicates Pirelli after he spent years documenting alleged citation manipulation in conference proceedings organized under the Associatio...