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		itronitron on May 7, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Walkout at global science journal over ‘unethical’... 'measuring influence' was established in the science community long, long before it ever became a social media thing.

psychomugs on May 7, 2023 [–]

SEO, a precursor to social media influence as a metric, is itself precursed by the academic citation metric.

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