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[–] [email protected] 48 points 5 days ago

Someone wants to raise their Hirsch index, is all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Sounds like a desperate attempt to get more people citing you.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 5 days ago

A friend of mine had a reviewer suggest 5 references to include. All 5 had one author in common. 🤔

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah this is a primary source paper it doesn't need much references other than backing up assumptions used in calculations.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

The paper has at least 34 other sources it is citing.