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Massive citations to misleading methods and research tools: Matthew effect, quotation error and citation copying

Ioannidis, John P. A.·2018·European Journal of Epidemiology
DOI 10.1007/s10654-018-0449-x
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Research works printed but not linked: 18

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Authors
Ioannidis, J. P. A.
Affiliations
Stanford University (US)
Corresponding author
Ioannidis, John P. A.
ORCID
Ioannidis, John P. A.
Venue
European Journal of Epidemiology
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2018-10-06
Volume
33
Issue
11
Pages
1021-1023
ISSN
  • 0393-2990 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-7284
DOI
10.1007/s10654-018-0449-x
OpenAlex
W2895445817
Cited by
28
References
9
Citations by year
2025: 3 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 1
FWCI
1.83
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations
  • European Journal of Epidemiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › scientometrics and bibliometrics research
  • Social Sciences › Education › Academic integrity and plagiarism
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
Keywords
Matthew effect, quotation errors, citation practices, research integrity
MeSH terms
Bibliographies as Topic, Humans, Periodicals as Topic, Bibliometrics, Biomedical Research

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