Citational Politics

" Despite the special role of tenure-track faculty in society, training future researchers and producing scholarship that drives scientific and technological innovation, the sociodemographic characteristics of the professoriate have never been representative of the general population... Our results suggest that the professoriate is, and has remained, accessible disproportionately to the socioeconomically privileged, which is likely to deeply shape their scholarship and their reproduction."

(ILL required) Classic article detailing how changing the names and institutional affiliations of authors on already published research led to those already published articles being rejected.

Author details several examples from biomedicine of unwelcome findings being ignored by authors with economic interests in positive results.

"Qualitative data reveal that working-class faculty members are hyper-aware of the ways in which their class backgrounds affected their educational trajectories; while conversely, academics from middle-class backgrounds were also reflective about the ways in which they were privileged. The paper concludes with implications for developing public policy that shifts focus away from apolitical discussions of diversity, toward promoting inclusivity for those from working-class or lower-income backgrounds."

Thoughtful editorial calling on scholars to read and cite more international publications. "With this editorial, we set out to broaden the range of scholars who inspire us."

Details the tobacco industry's long-term strategy of paying for research contradicting the mainstream science about the hazards of smoking. Shows how economic forces can distort citation.