The Complex Ecosystem of Hyperprolific Authors - Replication Package

This replication package accompanies the paper "The Complex Ecosystem of Hyperprolific Authors" submitted to Scientometrics in September 2025 and provides all the resources required to reproduce our systematic review on hyperprolific authorship. By making these materials openly available, we aim to ensure transparency, facilitate reuse, and support further research on hyperprolific authorship and related academic practices. Content of the replication package The replication package contains the following materials: HyperprolificAuthors-RP-Step0-Scopus.csv – the complete set of articles retrieved from Scopus using the search string detailed below in TITLE-ABSTRACT-KEYWORDS (query run in February 2025). HyperprolificAuthors-RP-Step0-ACMDigitalLibrary.csv – the complete set of articles retrieved from ACM Digital Library using the search string detailed below in TITLE-ABSTRACT-KEYWORDS (query run in November 2025). HyperprolificAuthors-RP-Step0-IEEEXplore.csv – the complete set of articles retrieved from IEEE Xplore using the search string detailed below in TITLE-ABSTRACT-KEYWORDS (query run in November 2025). HyperprolificAuthors-RP-Step0-Springer.csv – the first 140 articles retrieved from Springer Link using the search string detailed below in the full text using English, Article and Research article, and up to 2024 as filters (query run in November 2025) and sorting them by relevance (query run in November 2025). HyperprolificAuthors-RP-Step0-OpenAlex.csv – the complete set of articles retrieved from OpenAlex using the search string detailed below in TITLE-ABSTRACT and using Article and up to 2024 as filters (query run in November 2025), sorted by relevance (query run in November 2025). HyperprolificAuthors-RP-Step0-seedSnowballing.csv – the list of seed articles used to initiate the snowballing process (query run in February 2025). HyperprolificAuthors-RP-Step0-setSnowballing.csv – the full set of articles retrieved through incoming citations (i.e., studies citing the seed papers) collected from the Scopus dataset (query run in February 2025). HyperprolificAuthors-RP-Step0-manualSearch.csv – the complete set of articles retrieved manually by expert-contact, hand-searching of conference abstracts, and reference search. HyperprolificAuthors-RP-Step1-deduplication.csv – the merged list of articles obtained from Step 0 after removing duplicates. HyperprolificAuthors-RP-Step2-screening.csv – the complete list of articles from Step 1, annotated with scores assigned by all evaluators based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria applied to abstracts. HyperprolificAuthors-RP-Step3-eligibility-Hyperprolific.csv – the set of eligible articles strictly focused on hyperprolific authorship, including scores assigned by all evaluators after full-text screening. HyperprolificAuthors-RP-Step3-eligibility-relatedBehaviours.csv – the set of eligible articles concerning academic (mis)behaviours related to hyperprolific authorship, including scores assigned by all evaluators after full-text screening. HyperprolificAuthors-RP-Step4-inclusion-Hyperprolific.csv – the final list of included articles strictly related to hyperprolific authorship. HyperprolificAuthors-RP-Step4-inclusion-relatedBehaviours.csv – the final list of included articles related to academic (mis)behaviours associated with hyperprolific authorship. PRISMA chart – a visual summary of the number of articles at each stage of the review process. Digital libraries: the Scopus, ACM Digital Library, OpenAlex, Springer Link, IEEE Xplore databases.Search string hyper prolific authors OR hyper-prolific authors OR hyperprolific authors ORmost prolific authors OR highly productive authors OR hyper prolific researchers ORhyper-prolific researchers OR hyperprolific researchers OR most prolific researchers ORhighly productive researchers Inclusion criteria· The abstract and full text must be written in English;· The publication must appear in a peer-reviewed venue;· The study must focus on the characterization of hyperprolific authors or address (mis)behaviors related to this phenomenon.Exclusion criteria· No free access to the full text is available;· It is not a peer-reviewed contribution, such as editorials, books, comments, and perspectives.· It is a secondary study, as a (systematic) literature mapping or reviewGuidelinesThe adopted methodology follows the established reproducibility guidelines (Keele et al. 2007). Besides performing a query-based search on the digital library, the selection of primary studies involved a snowballing stage, as outlined in theguidelines proposed by Wohlin et al. (Wohlin 2014). The full selection procedure is presented via the PRISMA chart (available in the reproducibility package) following the PRISMA framework (Page et al. 2021) and illustrating the application of inclusion and exclusion criteria during both the abstract screening and full-text review phases. Keele, S., et al.: Guidelines for performing systematic literature reviews in software engineering. Technical report (2007) Page, M.J., McKenzie, J.E., Bossuyt, P.M., Boutron, I., Hoffmann, T.C., Mulrow, C.D., Shamseer, L., Tetzlaff, J.M., Akl, E.A., Brennan, S.E., Chou, R., Glanville, J., Grimshaw, J.M., Hr´objartsson, A., Lalu, M.M., Li, T., Loder, E.W., Mayo-Wilson, E., McDonald, S., McGuinness, L.A., Stewart, L.A., Thomas, J., Tricco, A.C., Welch, V.A., Whiting, P., Moher, D.: The prisma 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews. BMJ 372 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n71 Wohlin, C.: Guidelines for snowballing in systematic literature studies and a replication in software engineering. In: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering, pp. 1–10 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1145/2601248.2601268本复现包配套2025年9月提交至《Scientometrics》期刊的论文《The Complex Ecosystem of Hyperprolific Authors》，提供了复现我们关于超高产作者(Hyperprolific Authors)系统性综述所需的全部资源。 通过公开这些材料，我们旨在保障研究透明度、促进资源复用，并为超高产作者研究及相关学术实践的后续研究提供支撑。 ### 复现包内容 本复现包包含以下材料： 1. HyperprolificAuthors-RP-Step0-Scopus.csv：2025年2月执行检索，通过下述检索式在标题-摘要-关键词字段检索自Scopus数据库获取的全部文献集合。 2. HyperprolificAuthors-RP-Step0-ACMDigitalLibrary.csv：2025年11月执行检索，通过下述检索式在标题-摘要-关键词字段检索自ACM Digital Library数据库获取的全部文献集合。 3. HyperprolificAuthors-RP-Step0-IEEEXplore.csv：2025年11月执行检索，通过下述检索式在标题-摘要-关键词字段检索自IEEE Xplore数据库获取的全部文献集合。 4. HyperprolificAuthors-RP-Step0-Springer.csv：2025年11月执行检索并按相关性排序，通过下述检索式在全文字段限定为英文、Article及Research article类型、时间截止至2024年，从Springer Link数据库获取的前140篇文献。 5. HyperprolificAuthors-RP-Step0-OpenAlex.csv：2025年11月执行检索并按相关性排序，通过下述检索式在标题-摘要字段限定为Article类型、时间截止至2024年，从OpenAlex数据库获取的全部文献集合。 6. HyperprolificAuthors-RP-Step0-seedSnowballing.csv：用于启动滚雪球(snowballing)流程的种子文献列表，2025年2月执行检索。 7. HyperprolificAuthors-RP-Step0-setSnowballing.csv：通过Scopus数据集收集的、引用种子文献的被引文献集合，2025年2月执行检索。 8. HyperprolificAuthors-RP-Step0-manualSearch.csv：通过专家联络、手工检索会议摘要及参考文献检索获取的全部文献集合。 9. HyperprolificAuthors-RP-Step1-deduplication.csv：从Step0获取的文献集合经去重后合并得到的文献列表。 10. HyperprolificAuthors-RP-Step2-screening.csv：Step1的全部文献列表，标注了所有评审人员基于摘要阶段纳入排除标准所给出的评分。 11. HyperprolificAuthors-RP-Step3-eligibility-Hyperprolific.csv：严格聚焦于超高产作者研究的合格文献集合，包含所有评审人员在全文审阅阶段给出的评分。 12. HyperprolificAuthors-RP-Step3-eligibility-relatedBehaviours.csv：涉及与超高产作者相关的学术（失当）行为的合格文献集合，包含所有评审人员在全文审阅阶段给出的评分。 13. HyperprolificAuthors-RP-Step4-inclusion-Hyperprolific.csv：最终纳入的严格与超高产作者研究相关的文献列表。 14. HyperprolificAuthors-RP-Step4-inclusion-relatedBehaviours.csv：最终纳入的与超高产作者相关学术（失当）行为相关的文献列表。 15. PRISMA流程图(PRISMA chart)：展示综述各阶段文献数量的可视化汇总图表。 ### 数字图书馆 涉及的数据库包括：Scopus、ACM Digital Library、OpenAlex、Springer Link、IEEE Xplore。 ### 检索式 hyper prolific authors OR hyper-prolific authors OR hyperprolific authors OR most prolific authors OR highly productive authors OR hyper prolific researchers OR hyper-prolific researchers OR hyperprolific researchers OR most prolific researchers OR highly productive researchers ### 纳入与排除标准 #### 纳入标准 · 摘要及全文均为英文； · 发表于同行评议渠道； · 研究聚焦于超高产作者的特征刻画，或探讨与该现象相关的学术（失当）行为。 #### 排除标准 · 无法获取全文； · 非同行评议成果，如社论、书籍、评论及观点性文章； · 属于二次研究，如（系统性）文献梳理或综述类研究。 ### 研究指南 本研究采用的方法遵循已确立的可复现性指南（Keele等，2007）。除在数字图书馆执行基于检索式的文献检索外，原始研究的筛选流程还包含滚雪球(snowballing)阶段，该流程参照Wohlin等提出的指南（Wohlin，2014）。完整的筛选流程通过PRISMA流程图(PRISMA chart)呈现，遵循PRISMA框架（Page等，2021），展示了在摘要筛查及全文审阅阶段纳入与排除标准的应用情况。 ### 参考文献 1. Keele S, et al. Guidelines for performing systematic literature reviews in software engineering. Technical report, 2007. 2. Page MJ, McKenzie JE, Bossuyt PM, et al. The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews. BMJ, 372 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n71 3. Wohlin C. Guidelines for snowballing in systematic literature studies and a replication in software engineering. In: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering, 2014: 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1145/2601248.2601268