Validator-verified citation correction is insufficient as a standalone remedy because validators may identify obviously missing citations or inflated self-citation yet lack the domain-specific knowledge to assess fine-grained attribution weights.
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A validator may be able to identify obviously missing citations or obviously inflated self-citation, but may lack the domain-specific knowledge to assess fine-grained attribution weights.
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Wulf A. Kaal, Citation Honesty Mechanisms in Weighted Directed Acyclic Graph Governance (2026), IV.A. Solution 1: Validator-Verified Citations, p. 10 https://ssrn.com/abstract=6269518 · source PDF
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Wulf A. Kaal, Citation Honesty Mechanisms in Weighted Directed Acyclic Graph Governance (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6269518
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validators lack complete knowledge of the relevant citation history
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