tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091218950079982154.post6950622171885818636..comments2024-03-07T15:19:55.343+01:00Comments on Copy, Shake, and Paste: Garnish ReferencesDebora Weber-Wulffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602911135725939409noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091218950079982154.post-26607538159998951112013-05-11T17:39:50.043+02:002013-05-11T17:39:50.043+02:00When my students do this, I call it "list boo...When my students do this, I call it "list boosting," and they do it to convince me they have read widely enough in the topic. If a researcher does it, it's the same behaviour with a slightly different motive, to create a little snow flurry that makes it harder to see the grounding of an assertion. But it's still "list boosting." I don't have a Google account, so this is anonymous, but I teach at Douglas College in Canada.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091218950079982154.post-78267589429949201872013-04-09T19:34:19.499+02:002013-04-09T19:34:19.499+02:00Perhaps "primary citations" and "ps...Perhaps "primary citations" and "pseudo-citations" may be properly descriptive.<br />I remember many years ago being advised by a colleague before submitting a paper manuscript to a journal to make sure that my references covered all those that "reviewers might consider relevant and necessary".<br />But that was 40 years ago and "peer review" may have less cronyism nowadays?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091218950079982154.post-16528746077825714592013-04-08T10:06:27.237+02:002013-04-08T10:06:27.237+02:00and you should not forget the references that are ...and you should not forget the references that are there to make the program chairs happy...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091218950079982154.post-83254217311609486832013-04-07T17:25:15.594+02:002013-04-07T17:25:15.594+02:00Or maybe: (phony) poser references or fake referen...Or maybe: (phony) poser references or fake references.<br /><br />Most published bestseller books are full of this kind of references. But it's hard to prove, because often there is not even a real reference *in* the text in the first place ...<br /><br />It looks like people just the mixed references from other references they used before to spice up their work -- so the originals are hard to find.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com