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OK - astro colleagues - I have just had it - could you please let me know what I need to do for you all to *cite* my work and papers. Should I send everyone who works in the relevant area candy? flowers? @AAS_Publishing @RAS_Journals & referees - this is a larger problem than me
This has dogged me from my very first paper in grad school to many many more..including cases where people published papers with titles that were uncannily similar but "forgot" or deliberately chose not cite even when totally relevant and bullied me when I asked politely...
Yes, I kid you not, a senior dude on a paper bullied me and said he would make sure I never publish in one of the prestigious journals (of course he couldn't stop me from doing so). Now I am a Science Editor for the journal - someone should tell him that (he retired yrs ago)
The point is that - I am just a case study - it happens too often and definitely systematically to *some people* more than others. Maybe it happens to all of us who are not sending candy grams or whatever :-)
As the mode of working is shifting to large collaborations who cite each other, folks like me who work in small groups/by themselves are getting short-shrifted in citations -these flawed metrics are still taken seriously - for perceived impact/influence, promotions, salary raises
