Case analyses of fraudulent citation in scientific and technical journals and suggestions on editing work

Abstract

This paper analyzes the fraudulent citation cases, helps the editorial department to judge this improper citation behavior, and gives some specific suggestions for editing work. Taking the fraudulent citation of two Science Citation Index (SCI) English journals in China as examples, this paper analyzes the cases in detail, comments on the measures taken by the editorial department, discusses the responsibility of stakeholders involved in the academic misconduct of fraudulent citation from the perspective of responsibility ethics, and finally gives suggestions for the editorial department and the individual editor. The implementation of fraudulent citation is hidden, and it is difficult for the editorial department to find it, so it is hard to collect relevant cases. After the occurrence of fraudulent citation cases, the editorial department will deal with them according to the degree of damage to scientific journals, and usually keep a cautious attitude and try to deal with them internally. Reference citation belongs to the author's "private land", and citation motivation is complicated. Incentive measures, awards, and other interest factors lead to frequent academic misconduct. Therefore, the prevention and governance of fraudulent citation problems need authors, journals, and editors to make joint efforts to fulfill their respective responsibilities.