The consequence of stacking by Brazilian journals

Conflicts of interest in biomedical publications: considerations for authors, peer reviewers, and editors

“…A relatively new secondary interest that can be attributed to the shortcomings of “the big science” era is the urge to improve prestige, productivity, and citation profiles of a journal. Editors, who take multiple decision-making posts in competing journals, push citations to “friendly” articles and create “citation stacking schemes,” are particularly exposing themselves to conflicts that undermine the validity of the editorial work ( 8 ). The urge to improve journal ranks also creates a series of hurdles for editors and publishers, who may be tempted to publish potentially citable papers circumventing rigorous peer review.…”