Five Types of Citation Gaming: Data-Driven Taxonomy for Research Integrity and Academic Fraud

Citation Gaming is the systematic and unethical inflation of metrics. We define 5 types of academic fraud.

The China Paradox

Scholars from Chinese institutions completely dominate the measuresHE Talent 100 rankings in Engineering and Physical Sciences. However, the story is not all positive.

Ending of the "Free Ride"

In an era of thousand-author papers, we reveal how to separate real research excellence from shared glory of massive global consortia.

Hunting for "Young Stars" in Global Research

We analyze the "Young Stars" of the measuresHE Talent 100 2026, researchers who started published within the last 20 years

Where do the Stars Align? National Strengths Analysis

Our new analysis reveals the true map of its global intellectual leadership.

The Great Citation Heist: How One Academic Hacked the System for 20,000 Fake Citations

In the cut-throat global academic economy, citations are the ultimate currency. But between 2020 and 2024, one academic managed to rig the system on an unprecedented, industrial scale, raking in …