“…Several studies have attempted to investigate what are the best predictors of the qualification attainment, and what is the role of bibliometrics in academic promotions and career outcomes (see, e.g., Bedogni et al, 2022;Demetrescu et al, 2020;Jensen et al, 2008;Marini, 2017;Poggi et al, 2019;Tregellas et al, 2018;Vieira et al, 2014), but none of these tried to insert predictors based on citation network indices, as discussed in details in "Related work". As pointed out by Ding (2011), in fact, citation networks contain relevant information to quantify and qualify citations and citation structure, providing a sort of endorsement pattern among the nodes.…”