Misuse of Citation-Based Rankings in India

In India, there's a big problem with how universities and researchers use citation counts to measure the quality of academic work.

Citations are supposed to show how important a researcher's work is, but some people are manipulating the system to make themselves look better.

For example, some researchers write a lot of review articles and cite their own work many times to boost their numbers.

This can trick students and parents into thinking a university is doing great research when it might not be.

The system is also being exploited by open-access journals and citation mills, which make money by publishing lots of articles.

This has led to a lot of papers being retracted because they weren't good quality.

Experts say we should focus more on the actual impact and quality of research, not just how many times it's been cited.