Page-rank is "transitive" in the sense that it not only counts citations, but also citations-of-citations, etc.
I wonder though if such a system can be easily gamed (see SEO), without damaging the reputation of offending authors.
Also, we should perhaps have the concept of "negative citations". For example, when the text contains "In this paper we show that the approach of [..] is incorrect."
Page-rank is "transitive" in the sense that it not only counts citations, but also citations-of-citations, etc.
I wonder though if such a system can be easily gamed (see SEO), without damaging the reputation of offending authors.
Also, we should perhaps have the concept of "negative citations". For example, when the text contains "In this paper we show that the approach of [..] is incorrect."