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Sounds like a desperate attempt to get more people citing you.
Yeah this is a primary source paper it doesn’t need much references other than backing up assumptions used in calculations.
The paper has at least 34 other sources it is citing.
Someone wants to raise their Hirsch index, is all.
A friend of mine had a reviewer suggest 5 references to include. All 5 had one author in common. 🤔