Hi, all, On May 11, 2012, at 7:56 AM, Francesco Potortì wrote: > Well, soliciting citations to the same journal is a well-known technique > for raising the citation index. I find it unpleasant, but authors can > ignore it. But *requiring* it is a different thing...
I can't speak for the whole of the IEEE, but IMO this is a fairly clear violation of the IEEE Code of Ethics. It's obviously reasonable to suggest considering a reference to a specific paper, but a general requirement - or even recommendation - to cite papers from a single publisher or journal is wholly inappropriate (not merely unpleasant). Again, if any of you experience this in any way - as a requirement or even a suggestion focused explicitly on citing a specific journal or publisher - please do report it to the IEEE (this list is not a place to report it, though). Joe (TCCC Chair) _______________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. [email protected] https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc
