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AI archaeology paper missing from Google Scholar, author suspects LLM criticism

A researcher has encountered an issue where their paper on AI in archaeology is not being indexed by Google Scholar, despite being published over a month ago. The author suspects potential intentional suppression due to the paper's critical stance on LLMs, though no definitive reason has been provided by the editor or Google Scholar. AI

IMPACT Potential discoverability issues for AI research could impact the circulation of critical viewpoints on LLMs.

RANK_REASON The item is a researcher's personal account and query about a potential indexing issue, not a formal announcement or significant industry event.

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AI archaeology paper missing from Google Scholar, author suspects LLM criticism

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Well shoot. Google Scholar isn't indexing my paper about # AI in # Archaeology -- more than one 1 month since publication ( https:// doi.org/10.11141/ia.71.15 )

    Well shoot. Google Scholar isn't indexing my paper about # AI in # Archaeology -- more than one 1 month since publication ( https:// doi.org/10.11141/ia.71.15 ). If I was a paranoid, I'd wonder if Google was trying to inhibit the discoverability and circulation of a paper very cr…