cyclic citations are the way forward.
enter into citing deals with your academic friends. Or, in my case, write fairly high-profile reviews and cite yourself ;)

It's all just one giant circle jerk/cluster fuck/daisy chain*

*delete as applicable
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 14:23, 1 reply)

One of my papers
has been cited 82 times, purely on the basis that it contains the most comprehensive literature survey on the topic so everyone just says "see CHCB et al.". No one has remarked on the glaring errors in it, probably because they're just relieved they didn't have to write it themselves.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 14:28, closed)

Ah, that's good work, right there.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 16:14, closed)