What does this research mean for the field?

Agent-based modeling provides a framework for simulating and analyzing citation dynamics and the formation of citation cartels. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

The aim is to model and understand the dynamics of citations in research using agent-based simulations.

May 20, 20260 citationsOpen Access

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Modeling citations and cartels

MPMinhyuk ParkUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign HYHaotian YiUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ICI. C. ChenUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Key Points

The aim is to model and understand the dynamics of citations in research using agent-based simulations.
Developed an agent-based model to simulate citation behaviors.
Analyzed citation dynamics based on interactions among agents.
Submitted the findings as a preprint for review, maintaining an updated version on Zenodo.
Revised manuscript includes enhanced simulation features for citation dynamics.
Data generated will be accessible through the Illinois Data Bank.

Abstract

May 18, 2026 update. See version note in the manuscript. This version is a revision of a preprint submitted for review on March 30, 2026. The manuscript concerns agent-based modeling of citation dynamics. The original version was posted on Zenodo for early dissemination and is also available on Research Square https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-9270520/v1. Only the Zenodo version will be updated if additional versions are generated. A link to the Illinois Data Bank connects to data generated for this article.

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Park et al. (Tue,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0d4f7bf03e14405aa9ac16 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20271544

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