# kaal:claim:6269518-036

**Claim.** The power norm creates a tension in citation governance because actors with more authority or status may be able to under-cite without detection, since their established reputation shields them from scrutiny.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- reputation disparities among agents

**Source quote.**

> The power norm presents a potential tension: actors with more authority or status may have greater ability to under-cite without detection, since their established reputation may shield them from scrutiny.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Citation Honesty Mechanisms in Weighted Directed Acyclic Graph Governance* (2026), VI.A. Distributive Norms and Citation Honesty, page 16

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Citation Honesty Mechanisms in Weighted Directed Acyclic Graph Governance (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6269518

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**Failure mode.** high status detection evasion  (family: reputation-system-gaming)

**Topics.** citation-and-knowledge, reputation

**Keywords.** power-norm, detection-asymmetry, under-citation, reputation-shielding

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