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Ghost citing is the act of attributing a statement or fact you made to another author in order to give it more academic weight. Usually done by attaching a citation that leads to a random page in a well respected academic journal in the field. This method was developed and perfected by Canadian Rene M. Hradecky CAUTION: Should only be used once or twice every 50 citations.
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