{"bundle_type":"pith_open_graph_bundle","bundle_version":"1.0","pith_number":"pith:2026:D7BZXQGM73TYO7P2K3D7NWHPBU","short_pith_number":"pith:D7BZXQGM","canonical_record":{"source":{"id":"2601.07563","kind":"arxiv","version":2},"metadata":{"license":"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/","primary_cat":"cs.DL","submitted_at":"2026-01-12T14:18:29Z","cross_cats_sorted":[],"title_canon_sha256":"d27dfd3864b7874d596b31de098520d824a721c8f38c9d824bf5a6554c480c08","abstract_canon_sha256":"1a283640773dba356532f8c30a4e89be0e60711e4a37790f897bba899edb05ba"},"schema_version":"1.0"},"canonical_sha256":"1fc39bc0ccfee7877dfa56c7f6d8ef0d392c98451ba7db0462f18efe51aa78e9","source":{"kind":"arxiv","id":"2601.07563","version":2},"source_aliases":[{"alias_kind":"arxiv","alias_value":"2601.07563","created_at":"2026-06-12T00:07:48Z"},{"alias_kind":"arxiv_version","alias_value":"2601.07563v2","created_at":"2026-06-12T00:07:48Z"},{"alias_kind":"doi","alias_value":"10.48550/arxiv.2601.07563","created_at":"2026-06-12T00:07:48Z"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_12","alias_value":"D7BZXQGM73TY","created_at":"2026-06-12T00:07:48Z"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_16","alias_value":"D7BZXQGM73TYO7P2","created_at":"2026-06-12T00:07:48Z"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_8","alias_value":"D7BZXQGM","created_at":"2026-06-12T00:07:48Z"}],"events":[{"event_type":"record_created","subject_pith_number":"pith:2026:D7BZXQGM73TYO7P2K3D7NWHPBU","target":"record","payload":{"canonical_record":{"source":{"id":"2601.07563","kind":"arxiv","version":2},"metadata":{"license":"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/","primary_cat":"cs.DL","submitted_at":"2026-01-12T14:18:29Z","cross_cats_sorted":[],"title_canon_sha256":"d27dfd3864b7874d596b31de098520d824a721c8f38c9d824bf5a6554c480c08","abstract_canon_sha256":"1a283640773dba356532f8c30a4e89be0e60711e4a37790f897bba899edb05ba"},"schema_version":"1.0"},"canonical_sha256":"1fc39bc0ccfee7877dfa56c7f6d8ef0d392c98451ba7db0462f18efe51aa78e9","receipt":{"kind":"pith_receipt","key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","algorithm":"ed25519","signed_at":"2026-06-12T00:07:48.803405Z","signature_b64":"Rm58EKcE+1JW3/yxZWL+l4nhIZHyOl5bEFIx4BngBgQbvLklOQ1AnZQ1FyLx5Q6e9aup9J5JhBCCMrJWR9ovDA==","signed_message":"canonical_sha256_bytes","builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1","receipt_version":"0.3","canonical_sha256":"1fc39bc0ccfee7877dfa56c7f6d8ef0d392c98451ba7db0462f18efe51aa78e9","last_reissued_at":"2026-06-12T00:07:48.802872Z","signature_status":"signed_v1","first_computed_at":"2026-06-12T00:07:48.802872Z","public_key_fingerprint":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54"},"source_kind":"arxiv","source_id":"2601.07563","source_version":2,"attestation_state":"computed"},"signer":{"signer_id":"pith.science","signer_type":"pith_registry","key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","public_key_fingerprint":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54"},"created_at":"2026-06-12T00:07:48Z","supersedes":[],"prev_event":null,"signature":{"signature_status":"signed_v1","algorithm":"ed25519","key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","public_key_fingerprint":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54","signature_b64":"FyNjaz5Z5lC2EfLkL/hQ0iQmDrysUi1lCzI+0US+rLxIlWIOgxYL+yC8RE2X1MFSfQea1qJhSerwXY9hioKEBA==","signed_message":"open_graph_event_sha256_bytes","signed_at":"2026-08-03T22:03:19.391832Z"},"content_sha256":"29806b1ffcdb69df406fa7eed8a35dc0f73dd3b468c0325d8237f571d44dc723","schema_version":"1.0","event_id":"sha256:29806b1ffcdb69df406fa7eed8a35dc0f73dd3b468c0325d8237f571d44dc723"},{"event_type":"graph_snapshot","subject_pith_number":"pith:2026:D7BZXQGM73TYO7P2K3D7NWHPBU","target":"graph","payload":{"graph_snapshot":{"paper":{"title":"The Issue with Special Issues: when Guest Editors Publish in Support of Self","license":"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"cs.DL","authors_text":"Mark Austin Hanson, Pablo G\\'omez Barreiro, Paolo Crosetto","submitted_at":"2026-01-12T14:18:29Z","abstract_excerpt":"The recent exceptional growth in special issues has led to the largest delegation of editorial power in the history of scientific publishing. Has this power been used responsibly? We provide the first systematic analysis of endogeny, the practice of publishing articles in ones own special issue. While moderate levels of endogeny are common, excessive endogeny constitutes scientific misconduct, as it stems from a clear conflict of interest. We define special issues containing more than 33% endogeny as SI-hacked. We build a dataset of over 100,000 special issues published in 2015-2025 by five le"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"2601.07563","kind":"arxiv","version":2},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"integrity":{"clean":true,"summary":{"advisory":0,"critical":0,"by_detector":{},"informational":0},"endpoint":"/pith/2601.07563/integrity.json","findings":[],"available":true,"detectors_run":[],"snapshot_sha256":"c28c3603d3b5d939e8dc4c7e95fa8dfce3d595e45f758748cecf8e644a296938"},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"},"verdict_id":null},"signer":{"signer_id":"pith.science","signer_type":"pith_registry","key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","public_key_fingerprint":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54"},"created_at":"2026-06-12T00:07:48Z","supersedes":[],"prev_event":null,"signature":{"signature_status":"signed_v1","algorithm":"ed25519","key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","public_key_fingerprint":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54","signature_b64":"KzhX1gpVgtHTge+Ke4aWPPabtuANyApXLtSNj8ozPNrBX+lL2GjayRp3A0/sAj0/mUWgMU9m3hywq5w9zXSsCg==","signed_message":"open_graph_event_sha256_bytes","signed_at":"2026-08-03T22:03:19.392333Z"},"content_sha256":"e99d1969a4151af286cc1c6fd439e77705aabb14834d637fe495e483c8887e23","schema_version":"1.0","event_id":"sha256:e99d1969a4151af286cc1c6fd439e77705aabb14834d637fe495e483c8887e23"}],"timestamp_proofs":[],"mirror_hints":[{"mirror_type":"https","name":"Pith Resolver","base_url":"https://pith.science","bundle_url":"https://pith.science/pith/D7BZXQGM73TYO7P2K3D7NWHPBU/bundle.json","state_url":"https://pith.science/pith/D7BZXQGM73TYO7P2K3D7NWHPBU/state.json","well_known_bundle_url":"https://pith.science/.well-known/pith/D7BZXQGM73TYO7P2K3D7NWHPBU/bundle.json","status":"primary"}],"public_keys":[{"key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","algorithm":"ed25519","format":"raw","public_key_b64":"stVStoiQhXFxp4s2pdzPNoqVNBMojDU/fJ2db5S3CbM=","public_key_hex":"b2d552b68890857171a78b36a5dccf368a953413288c353f7c9d9d6f94b709b3","fingerprint_sha256_b32_first128bits":"RVFV5Z2OI2J3ZUO7ERDEBCYNKS","fingerprint_sha256_hex":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54","rotates_at":null,"url":"https://pith.science/pith-signing-key.json","notes":"Pith uses this Ed25519 key to sign canonical record SHA-256 digests. Verify with: ed25519_verify(public_key, message=canonical_sha256_bytes, signature=base64decode(signature_b64))."}],"merge_version":"pith-open-graph-merge-v1","built_at":"2026-08-03T22:03:19Z","links":{"resolver":"https://pith.science/pith/D7BZXQGM73TYO7P2K3D7NWHPBU","bundle":"https://pith.science/pith/D7BZXQGM73TYO7P2K3D7NWHPBU/bundle.json","state":"https://pith.science/pith/D7BZXQGM73TYO7P2K3D7NWHPBU/state.json","well_known_bundle":"https://pith.science/.well-known/pith/D7BZXQGM73TYO7P2K3D7NWHPBU/bundle.json"},"state":{"state_type":"pith_open_graph_state","state_version":"1.0","pith_number":"pith:2026:D7BZXQGM73TYO7P2K3D7NWHPBU","merge_version":"pith-open-graph-merge-v1","event_count":2,"valid_event_count":2,"invalid_event_count":0,"equivocation_count":0,"current":{"canonical_record":{"metadata":{"abstract_canon_sha256":"1a283640773dba356532f8c30a4e89be0e60711e4a37790f897bba899edb05ba","cross_cats_sorted":[],"license":"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/","primary_cat":"cs.DL","submitted_at":"2026-01-12T14:18:29Z","title_canon_sha256":"d27dfd3864b7874d596b31de098520d824a721c8f38c9d824bf5a6554c480c08"},"schema_version":"1.0","source":{"id":"2601.07563","kind":"arxiv","version":2}},"source_aliases":[{"alias_kind":"arxiv","alias_value":"2601.07563","created_at":"2026-06-12T00:07:48Z"},{"alias_kind":"arxiv_version","alias_value":"2601.07563v2","created_at":"2026-06-12T00:07:48Z"},{"alias_kind":"doi","alias_value":"10.48550/arxiv.2601.07563","created_at":"2026-06-12T00:07:48Z"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_12","alias_value":"D7BZXQGM73TY","created_at":"2026-06-12T00:07:48Z"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_16","alias_value":"D7BZXQGM73TYO7P2","created_at":"2026-06-12T00:07:48Z"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_8","alias_value":"D7BZXQGM","created_at":"2026-06-12T00:07:48Z"}],"graph_snapshots":[{"event_id":"sha256:e99d1969a4151af286cc1c6fd439e77705aabb14834d637fe495e483c8887e23","target":"graph","created_at":"2026-06-12T00:07:48Z","signer":{"key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","public_key_fingerprint":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54","signer_id":"pith.science","signer_type":"pith_registry"},"payload":{"graph_snapshot":{"author_claims":{"count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","strong_count":0},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1","claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"integrity":{"available":true,"clean":true,"detectors_run":[],"endpoint":"/pith/2601.07563/integrity.json","findings":[],"snapshot_sha256":"c28c3603d3b5d939e8dc4c7e95fa8dfce3d595e45f758748cecf8e644a296938","summary":{"advisory":0,"by_detector":{},"critical":0,"informational":0}},"paper":{"abstract_excerpt":"The recent exceptional growth in special issues has led to the largest delegation of editorial power in the history of scientific publishing. Has this power been used responsibly? We provide the first systematic analysis of endogeny, the practice of publishing articles in ones own special issue. While moderate levels of endogeny are common, excessive endogeny constitutes scientific misconduct, as it stems from a clear conflict of interest. We define special issues containing more than 33% endogeny as SI-hacked. We build a dataset of over 100,000 special issues published in 2015-2025 by five le","authors_text":"Mark Austin Hanson, Pablo G\\'omez Barreiro, Paolo Crosetto","cross_cats":[],"headline":"","license":"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/","primary_cat":"cs.DL","submitted_at":"2026-01-12T14:18:29Z","title":"The Issue with Special Issues: when Guest Editors Publish in Support of Self"},"references":{"count":0,"internal_anchors":0,"resolved_work":0,"sample":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"2601.07563","kind":"arxiv","version":2},"verdict":{"created_at":null,"id":null,"model_set":{},"one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"pith_extraction_headline":"","strongest_claim":"","weakest_assumption":""}},"verdict_id":null}}],"author_attestations":[],"timestamp_anchors":[],"storage_attestations":[],"citation_signatures":[],"replication_records":[],"corrections":[],"mirror_hints":[],"record_created":{"event_id":"sha256:29806b1ffcdb69df406fa7eed8a35dc0f73dd3b468c0325d8237f571d44dc723","target":"record","created_at":"2026-06-12T00:07:48Z","signer":{"key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","public_key_fingerprint":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54","signer_id":"pith.science","signer_type":"pith_registry"},"payload":{"attestation_state":"computed","canonical_record":{"metadata":{"abstract_canon_sha256":"1a283640773dba356532f8c30a4e89be0e60711e4a37790f897bba899edb05ba","cross_cats_sorted":[],"license":"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/","primary_cat":"cs.DL","submitted_at":"2026-01-12T14:18:29Z","title_canon_sha256":"d27dfd3864b7874d596b31de098520d824a721c8f38c9d824bf5a6554c480c08"},"schema_version":"1.0","source":{"id":"2601.07563","kind":"arxiv","version":2}},"canonical_sha256":"1fc39bc0ccfee7877dfa56c7f6d8ef0d392c98451ba7db0462f18efe51aa78e9","receipt":{"algorithm":"ed25519","builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1","canonical_sha256":"1fc39bc0ccfee7877dfa56c7f6d8ef0d392c98451ba7db0462f18efe51aa78e9","first_computed_at":"2026-06-12T00:07:48.802872Z","key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","kind":"pith_receipt","last_reissued_at":"2026-06-12T00:07:48.802872Z","public_key_fingerprint":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54","receipt_version":"0.3","signature_b64":"Rm58EKcE+1JW3/yxZWL+l4nhIZHyOl5bEFIx4BngBgQbvLklOQ1AnZQ1FyLx5Q6e9aup9J5JhBCCMrJWR9ovDA==","signature_status":"signed_v1","signed_at":"2026-06-12T00:07:48.803405Z","signed_message":"canonical_sha256_bytes"},"source_id":"2601.07563","source_kind":"arxiv","source_version":2}}},"equivocations":[],"invalid_events":[],"applied_event_ids":["sha256:29806b1ffcdb69df406fa7eed8a35dc0f73dd3b468c0325d8237f571d44dc723","sha256:e99d1969a4151af286cc1c6fd439e77705aabb14834d637fe495e483c8887e23"],"state_sha256":"6c45c99e75e23b7a8cdbe5a9769cd22a90bf964efc6453d786dad8ee6248bf06"},"bundle_signature":{"signature_status":"signed_v1","algorithm":"ed25519","key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","public_key_fingerprint":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54","signature_b64":"eIautoyCTTZRUkeW1i0jiFKoCY6MiJGptR5A0wmCvqG4CLCRehScEEwNl0J+9Kk6SIHtDOH+ftk/uXm3lZOKDw==","signed_message":"bundle_sha256_bytes","signed_at":"2026-08-03T22:03:19.397865Z","bundle_sha256":"53c364b61c001fe38361a831887712dc146922752807a797a205e0b9d771afb9"}}