Dear colleagues, I would be very grateful for your opinion on a strange situation I recently got into. I saw that in an MDPI journal, namely Sustainability, one of my papers was cited. However, today that citation has disappeared, although the PDF version and the web version of the article still contain the correct reference. I have checked other citations, and they are still in the correct Google Scholar profile. However, it appears that only the reference to my article has disappeared. What could be the cause of this? Do you have any ideas about this situation? Thank you in advance.
With kind regards
Ibrahim
I do not know the cause of this, but it could have similar causes to the disappearance of search results in Google and Google Books. I have repeatedly found that search results I had noted down could no longer be reproduced in a later search, although the corresponding books still exist, of course. Search results also often depend on a combination of certain search words - one combination gives a correct result, another does not, although all combinations are contained in a book or a web page. I suspect that these are shortcomings of Google's indexing algorithms. It may be that your citation still exists in Google's database but is not displayed as a result of a new indexing. Perhaps it will reappear in a few weeks after a new indexing.
Hello Ibrahim Niftiyev Just checking, so ignore this if you have already done so, but have you manually added the paper to your own list of publications?
"You can add groups of related articles, not just one article at a time; and your citation metrics are computed and updated automatically as Google Scholar finds new citations to your work on the web. You can choose to have your list of articles updated automatically or review the updates yourself, or to manually update your articles at any time."
https://scholar.google.com/intl/en/scholar/citations.html
Cheers,
Leo
Thank you, dear Leo Atwood for your feedback.
The particular case I am discussing was not added manually. The disappeared citation was returned, but previously it did not show up again in my Google Scholar profile when a citation went away. The fact that everything is automatic with Google Scholar sometimes makes things unnecessarily complicated.
Best
Ibrahim
There are a few possible reasons why a citation may disappear from a Google Scholar profile. One possibility is that the citation was not correctly linked to the Google Scholar profile by the author or the journal. This can happen if the author's name is not listed in the citation in the same way as it appears on their Google Scholar profile, or if the citation is not properly indexed by Google Scholar.
Another possible reason for a missing citation could be a technical glitch on Google Scholar. This can happen if the database is updated, and the citation was not properly recorded.
It's also possible that, the citation may have been removed due to some error or mistake, but this is relatively less likely.
You can try to contact the Journal or the authors of the citing article to see if they can confirm that the citation was correctly included in their article and if they have any information about the citation's disappearance. You can also try to contact Google Scholar to report this issue and to inquire about possible ways to fix it.
Dear Fredrick Ishengoma
Thank you for your response and explanations. Contacting Google scholar is a troublesome activity, as they have removed their public contact addresses. If you know some methods, please let me know. I can create a list where my publications have been cited while Google Scholar citations have not been properly indexed in my account.
Best
Ibrahim
Maybe they missed it
Also, your name formats may be a factor, which means a citation that belongs to another author might be attributed to you.
Ibrahim Niftiyev
Has your citation reappeared? I also realize that one of my citations disappeared from Google Scholar. Do you know what should I do? Will it be returned? I will be thankful if you can help me
Thanks
Ali
One of my papers, with 85 citations in Google Scholar up to now, has suddenly gone to 0 citations. However, in my coauthors entry, it retains the 85 citations. Could anybody explain this and possibly suggest a solution?
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