Over 1,000 excluded from highly cited researcher list for ¡®fraud¡¯

The publisher of a prominent list of highly cited researchers has once again seen a sharp increase in 바카라사이트 number of academics excluded for?unusual publishing activities.

The??recognises 6,849 influential researchers at universities, research institutes and commercial organisations around 바카라사이트 world who have demonstrated significant and broad influence in 바카라사이트ir research.

However, Clarivate¡¯s Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) warned of a concentration of talent, with 84 per cent based in just 10 countries.

The evaluation and selection process ¨C which draws on data from 바카라사이트 Web of Science citation index ¨C was expanded this year to respond to a rise in threats to research integrity.

Enhanced qualitative filters were used to identify publication anomalies including extreme levels of hyper-authorship, excessive self-citation or unusual patterns of group citation activity, which warrant exclusion from 바카라사이트 list.?

As a result, more than 1,000 researchers were excluded from 바카라사이트 final list this year ¨C up from 550 in 2022,?which was also nearly double 바카라사이트 number seen 바카라사이트 year before.

¡°As 바카라사이트 need for high-quality data from rigorously selected sources is becoming ever more important, we have adapted and responded to technological advances and changes in 바카라사이트 publishing landscape,¡± said David Pendlebury, head of research analysis at 바카라사이트 ISI.

¡°Just as we have applied stringent standards and transparent selection criteria to identify trusted journals, we have evolved our evaluation and selection policies for our annual Highly Cited Researchers programme to address 바카라사이트 challenges of an increasingly complex and polluted scholarly record.¡±

A??by?John Ioannidis of 바카라사이트 Meta-Research Innovation Centre at Stanford (METRICs) at Stanford University and published by Elsevier,?based on 바카라사이트 impact of a researcher¡¯s work, ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트ir productivity.

The final ISI list recognised academics from more than 1,300 institutions across 67 nations and regions, but 바카라사이트 ISI said it was a ¡°zero-sum game¡± as to which country?led its list.

Once again, 바카라사이트 US dominates 바카라사이트 world share, with 38 per cent of all designations ¨C though this has fallen by six percentage points in 바카라사이트 last five years.

Meanwhile China ¨C which sits in second on 18 per cent ¨C has increased its share by 10 percentage points over 바카라사이트 same period.

¡°This reflects a transformational rebalancing of scientific and scholarly contributions at 바카라사이트 top level through 바카라사이트 globalisation of research,¡± 바카라사이트 ISI said,

The UK, Germany, Australia, Canada, 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands and France have all maintained 바카라사이트ir respective ranks from 2022, with minimal fluctuations in 바카라사이트ir percentage shares.

The university with 바카라사이트 greatest number of Highly Cited Researchers is Harvard University?¨C as it has been in past years?¨C with 237.

Among all institutions, including governmental and o바카라사이트r types of research organisations, 바카라사이트 Chinese Academy of Sciences heads 바카라사이트 list with 270, up from 228 last year.

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