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Publication cartels, where authors exchange authorship, can boost productivity. However, the inverse author number rule (1/n) creates conflicts, potentially leading to the academic publishing industry

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  • Academic Publishing

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  • Current research assessment methods, often relying on limited scientometrics, encourage unethical authorship practices such as gift authorship.
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  • To model and simulate the academic publication process to understand the benefits of publication cartels.
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    • Publication cartels can significantly enhance the measured productivity of their members.
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    • Application of the 1/n rule introduces conflicts of interest within cartels and between members and non-members.

    Conclusions:

    • Publication cartels offer substantial, albeit artificial, productivity gains for members.
    • The 1/n rule, despite its limitations, may inadvertently foster self-correction within the academic publishing system.
    • Conflicts arising from the 1/n rule could lead to the natural dissolution or reduction of publication cartels.