Lost citations on Scholar

Checked my citation score and it turns out three citations (from 3 different articles) disappeared over the weekend. How can this be explained? I just hope it's some weird bug in the crawler. Anything i could do about it?

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Alex

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stay zen and patient ;-) There is also a google alert mail system which informs you when someone is citing your work, so you don't have to check every week...

– Michael Schmidt
Feb 19 at 10:28

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@Alex nope, Google works in mysterious ways.

– Ander Biguri
Feb 19 at 13:16

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@Alex You cannot add citations manually to Google Scholar.

– FuzzyLeapfrog
Feb 19 at 13:29

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The reason given by @BenoîtKloeckner is the most common. You may just be “in between” versions, i.e.the paper goes from arXiv to journal and there is a shot lull in the data. Note this is a time of year when this happens a lot as papers distributed in 2018 are published in 2019 with ensuing readjustment of the counting algorithm, subtracting citations from 2018 and adding them to 2019.

– ZeroTheHero
Feb 19 at 14:39

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The simplest thing to do is stop worrying about your citations. It is sort of like worrying about the number of 'friends' on Facebook. Worry about doing good research and writing good papers - those are things you control or influence. Whether people cite you or not is just something to accept.

– Jon Custer
Feb 19 at 14:43

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edited Feb 19 at 10:26

user2768

14.4k23758

asked Feb 19 at 9:43

Alex

1163

2

stay zen and patient ;-) There is also a google alert mail system which informs you when someone is citing your work, so you don't have to check every week...

– Michael Schmidt
Feb 19 at 10:28

1

@Alex nope, Google works in mysterious ways.

– Ander Biguri
Feb 19 at 13:16

1

@Alex You cannot add citations manually to Google Scholar.

– FuzzyLeapfrog
Feb 19 at 13:29

2

The reason given by @BenoîtKloeckner is the most common. You may just be “in between” versions, i.e.the paper goes from arXiv to journal and there is a shot lull in the data. Note this is a time of year when this happens a lot as papers distributed in 2018 are published in 2019 with ensuing readjustment of the counting algorithm, subtracting citations from 2018 and adding them to 2019.

– ZeroTheHero
Feb 19 at 14:39

5

The simplest thing to do is stop worrying about your citations. It is sort of like worrying about the number of 'friends' on Facebook. Worry about doing good research and writing good papers - those are things you control or influence. Whether people cite you or not is just something to accept.

– Jon Custer
Feb 19 at 14:43

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edited Feb 19 at 10:26

user2768

14.4k23758

asked Feb 19 at 9:43

Alex

1163

citations google-scholar

edited Feb 19 at 10:26

user2768

14.4k23758

asked Feb 19 at 9:43

Alex

1163

edited Feb 19 at 10:26

user2768

14.4k23758

asked Feb 19 at 9:43

Alex

1163

edited Feb 19 at 10:26

user2768

14.4k23758

edited Feb 19 at 10:26

user2768

14.4k23758

edited Feb 19 at 10:26

user2768

14.4k23758

asked Feb 19 at 9:43

Alex

1163

asked Feb 19 at 9:43

Alex

1163

asked Feb 19 at 9:43

Alex

1163

2

stay zen and patient ;-) There is also a google alert mail system which informs you when someone is citing your work, so you don't have to check every week...

– Michael Schmidt
Feb 19 at 10:28

1

@Alex nope, Google works in mysterious ways.

– Ander Biguri
Feb 19 at 13:16

1

@Alex You cannot add citations manually to Google Scholar.

– FuzzyLeapfrog
Feb 19 at 13:29

2

The reason given by @BenoîtKloeckner is the most common. You may just be “in between” versions, i.e.the paper goes from arXiv to journal and there is a shot lull in the data. Note this is a time of year when this happens a lot as papers distributed in 2018 are published in 2019 with ensuing readjustment of the counting algorithm, subtracting citations from 2018 and adding them to 2019.

– ZeroTheHero
Feb 19 at 14:39

5

The simplest thing to do is stop worrying about your citations. It is sort of like worrying about the number of 'friends' on Facebook. Worry about doing good research and writing good papers - those are things you control or influence. Whether people cite you or not is just something to accept.

– Jon Custer
Feb 19 at 14:43

|
show 8 more comments

2

stay zen and patient ;-) There is also a google alert mail system which informs you when someone is citing your work, so you don't have to check every week...

– Michael Schmidt
Feb 19 at 10:28

1

@Alex nope, Google works in mysterious ways.

– Ander Biguri
Feb 19 at 13:16

1

@Alex You cannot add citations manually to Google Scholar.

– FuzzyLeapfrog
Feb 19 at 13:29

2

The reason given by @BenoîtKloeckner is the most common. You may just be “in between” versions, i.e.the paper goes from arXiv to journal and there is a shot lull in the data. Note this is a time of year when this happens a lot as papers distributed in 2018 are published in 2019 with ensuing readjustment of the counting algorithm, subtracting citations from 2018 and adding them to 2019.

– ZeroTheHero
Feb 19 at 14:39

5

The simplest thing to do is stop worrying about your citations. It is sort of like worrying about the number of 'friends' on Facebook. Worry about doing good research and writing good papers - those are things you control or influence. Whether people cite you or not is just something to accept.

– Jon Custer
Feb 19 at 14:43

stay zen and patient ;-) There is also a google alert mail system which informs you when someone is citing your work, so you don't have to check every week...

– Michael Schmidt
Feb 19 at 10:28

@Alex nope, Google works in mysterious ways.

– Ander Biguri
Feb 19 at 13:16

@Alex You cannot add citations manually to Google Scholar.

– FuzzyLeapfrog
Feb 19 at 13:29

The reason given by @BenoîtKloeckner is the most common. You may just be “in between” versions, i.e.the paper goes from arXiv to journal and there is a shot lull in the data. Note this is a time of year when this happens a lot as papers distributed in 2018 are published in 2019 with ensuing readjustment of the counting algorithm, subtracting citations from 2018 and adding them to 2019.

– ZeroTheHero
Feb 19 at 14:39

The simplest thing to do is stop worrying about your citations. It is sort of like worrying about the number of 'friends' on Facebook. Worry about doing good research and writing good papers - those are things you control or influence. Whether people cite you or not is just something to accept.

– Jon Custer
Feb 19 at 14:43

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How can this be explained?

Since the Google algorithm is closed source, only Google can tell.

Anything i could do about it?

No. You could try to write Google but I don't know any case where this turned out to be succesful.

answered Feb 19 at 9:59

FuzzyLeapfrog

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thanks: this is so weird, I just found the article that cited me, it's alive and well. Why did the citation disappear?

– Alex
Feb 19 at 10:45

@Alex I'm sorry, but since the Google algorithm is closed source, only Google can tell.

– FuzzyLeapfrog
Feb 19 at 11:23

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How can this be explained?

Since the Google algorithm is closed source, only Google can tell.

Anything i could do about it?

No. You could try to write Google but I don't know any case where this turned out to be succesful.

answered Feb 19 at 9:59

FuzzyLeapfrog

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thanks: this is so weird, I just found the article that cited me, it's alive and well. Why did the citation disappear?

– Alex
Feb 19 at 10:45

@Alex I'm sorry, but since the Google algorithm is closed source, only Google can tell.

– FuzzyLeapfrog
Feb 19 at 11:23

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How can this be explained?

Since the Google algorithm is closed source, only Google can tell.

Anything i could do about it?

No. You could try to write Google but I don't know any case where this turned out to be succesful.

answered Feb 19 at 9:59

FuzzyLeapfrog

3,8251939

thanks: this is so weird, I just found the article that cited me, it's alive and well. Why did the citation disappear?

– Alex
Feb 19 at 10:45

@Alex I'm sorry, but since the Google algorithm is closed source, only Google can tell.

– FuzzyLeapfrog
Feb 19 at 11:23

add a comment |

How can this be explained?

Since the Google algorithm is closed source, only Google can tell.

Anything i could do about it?

No. You could try to write Google but I don't know any case where this turned out to be succesful.

answered Feb 19 at 9:59

FuzzyLeapfrog

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How can this be explained?

Since the Google algorithm is closed source, only Google can tell.

Anything i could do about it?

No. You could try to write Google but I don't know any case where this turned out to be succesful.

answered Feb 19 at 9:59

FuzzyLeapfrog

3,8251939

answered Feb 19 at 9:59

FuzzyLeapfrog

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answered Feb 19 at 9:59

FuzzyLeapfrog

3,8251939

answered Feb 19 at 9:59

FuzzyLeapfrog

3,8251939

thanks: this is so weird, I just found the article that cited me, it's alive and well. Why did the citation disappear?

– Alex
Feb 19 at 10:45

@Alex I'm sorry, but since the Google algorithm is closed source, only Google can tell.

– FuzzyLeapfrog
Feb 19 at 11:23

add a comment |

thanks: this is so weird, I just found the article that cited me, it's alive and well. Why did the citation disappear?

– Alex
Feb 19 at 10:45

@Alex I'm sorry, but since the Google algorithm is closed source, only Google can tell.

– FuzzyLeapfrog
Feb 19 at 11:23

thanks: this is so weird, I just found the article that cited me, it's alive and well. Why did the citation disappear?

– Alex
Feb 19 at 10:45

@Alex I'm sorry, but since the Google algorithm is closed source, only Google can tell.

– FuzzyLeapfrog
Feb 19 at 11:23

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