Okay, someone tell me how Google Scholar Alerts can track my interest even in fields where I haven't published?
I used to think it modeled my interests using citations in my pubs, but I'm seeing cases where it's tracking my emerging interest in fields *where I haven't published yet*. How?
Ted Underwood /
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2025-04-10 22:10:00
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