2026-05-21 02:58 UTC
I'm increasingly seeing citations to my articles that are irrelevant, in the wrong context or just plainly mis attributing my work. This was common before #AI but is getting ridiculous lately. I think there's some research to be done to determine the scale of the problem in academic articles, and increase in the clarity about justification for citing each of the sources.
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@mdziemann@genomic.social 2026-05-21 03:03
For example, a note for each citation that justifies why it should be included. For example "Smith 2022 data in Fig 3A shows XX trend" because some of the texts we cite are complex and huge. Page and line numbers or quotes would be useful. I think this could make it easier for peer reviewers to flag problematic citations and provide the interested reader a bit more detail.
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@satrevik@fediscience.org 2026-05-21 06:27
@mdziemann@genomic.social This project supervised by @lakens@mastodon.social may be relevant: https://mastodon.social/@lakens/116596910605049412