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The Scourge of Self-Serving Citation Requests

When reviewers push authors toward their own papers, publishing integrity pays the price

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  • Victoria F. Samanidou

  • July 6, 2026

  • 4 min

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Top Institutions

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  • #1

    Stanford University School of Medicine / Stanford Health Care
    Stanford University School of Medicine / Stanford Health Care

    Stanford and Palo Alto, California

    Key Differentiators

    • Medical Ethics
    • Meta-Research

  • #2

    Johns Hopkins University — Berman Institute of Bioethics / The Johns Hopkins Hospital
    Johns Hopkins University — Berman Institute of Bioethics / The Johns Hopkins Hospital

    Baltimore, Maryland

    Key Differentiators

    • Medical Ethics
    • Bioethics

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The Scourge of Self-Serving Citation Requests

  • by Victoria F. Samanidou

  • July 6, 2026

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