Dear all,

I do not have time to spare to read this webpage ("What do we know
about journal citation cartels? Some evidence and a call for
information") but it might be worthwile to read.

I had certainly witnessed Impact-Factor manipulation by a journal of
the "IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics". I had complained to
the IEEE about this journal. What has happened? The "IEEE Transactions
on Industrial Electronics" has requested me to be a referee for it
(without addressing even one complaint by me).

With kind regards,
Colin Paul de Glocester


Phillip Mongeon sent to the email list of SIGMetrics:
"Dear colleagues,



Some of you might find interest in our latest post on the CWTS blog,
in which we discuss journal citation cartels and citation stacking:

https://www.cwts.nl/blog?article=n-q2w2b4





We hope this post stirs up some discussions and we encourage you to
share any information or opinions you may have on the topic.





Philippe Mongeon

PhD candidate

École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l'information
Université de Montréal

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