scientometrics and bibliometrics research

It runs in the family: New extinct species from charismatic clades are more likely to be published in high-impact journals than those from non-charismatic clades

Among 8,331 new extinct species named in thirteen journals since 2000, avemetatarsalians and mammaliamorphs exceed 50% of species in Nature and Science but are under 15% in paleontology journals.

Suspected distortion of citations in high-impact cancer journals

Molecular oncology papers that textually resemble retracted paper mill papers receive 50 to 100% more citations yet fewer readers, cite one another, and measurably inflate some journals' citation rates.

Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators including retraction data

Linking 39,468 eligible Retraction Watch retractions to Scopus shows 3.3% of 217,097 career-long and 4.0% of 223,152 single-year (2023) top-2% cited scientists have at least one retraction.

Racial and ethnic imbalance in neuroscience reference lists and intersections with gender

In five top neuroscience journals, papers with name-inferred first and last authors of color are under-cited, mostly by White-led teams, and the gap is growing.