Scientometric indicators and collaboration network as a potential tool for gift author finding

Abstract

In our research, we were looking for some criteria detecting incorrect lists of co-authors. We focused our efforts on the 'gift author' problem. The term 'gift author' describes a situation where a person is listed as a co-author but this person has an indirect relationship to the work. Scientometric analysis of the main publications of the Russian dissertations is performed. The open database of dissertations (website http://vak.ed.gov.ru/dis-list, websites of organizations, where dissertations were defended) and the CRIS of Astrakhan State University (ASU), http://science.asu.edu.ru, were used for the research.