虚假参考文献与引文数据库的价值

IF 2.3 3区管理学 Q2 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-08-21 DOI:10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103123

Leo Van Hove

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摘要

Camp等人（2025）最近发表的一篇文章建议使用梅特卡夫定律的一种变体来衡量学术数据库中假冒引文的影响。虽然很有见地，但该指标显示出次优属性：价值损失与数据库大小不成比例地增加，而完全污染的数据库的价值仍然严格为正。我提出了另一种度量，它保留了梅特卡夫定律的网络逻辑，同时解决了这两个问题。然而，这一指标依赖于值得实证审查的关键假设，包括虚假引用与有效引用的相对影响，以及梅特卡夫定律对引用网络的更广泛适用性。

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Fake references and the value of citation databases

A recent article by Camp et al. (2025) proposes measuring the impact of counterfeit citations in academic databases using a variant of Metcalfe's law. While insightful, the metric exhibits suboptimal properties: the loss in value increases disproportionately with database size, and the value of a fully contaminated database remains strictly positive. I propose an alternative metric that retains the network logic of Metcalfe's law while addressing both issues. This metric, however, rests on key assumptions that merit empirical scrutiny, including the relative impact of fake versus valid citations as well as the broader applicability of Metcalfe's law to citation networks.

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Journal of Academic Librarianship INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

CiteScore

5.30

自引率

15.40%

发文量

120

审稿时长

29 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of Academic Librarianship, an international and refereed journal, publishes articles that focus on problems and issues germane to college and university libraries. JAL provides a forum for authors to present research findings and, where applicable, their practical applications and significance; analyze policies, practices, issues, and trends; speculate about the future of academic librarianship; present analytical bibliographic essays and philosophical treatises. JAL also brings to the attention of its readers information about hundreds of new and recently published books in library and information science, management, scholarly communication, and higher education. JAL, in addition, covers management and discipline-based software and information policy developments.