citation – Uncommon Descent

Citation cartels?

To understand how citation cartels come to exist, it’s helpful to recall Goodhart’s Law, as explained by Robert J. Marks: Why it’s so hard to reform peer review: Reformers are battling numerical laws that govern how incentives work. Know your enemy!

Peer review

Findings: Two-thirds of researchers claim pressure to cite superfluous work

It was an online poll which drew in 4300 Nature readers, and the proportion claiming such influence was higher than in previous surveys.

EDTA Yes, that's the article. In it he explains how he comes up with reasonable probability distributions over fundamental constants, particularly... – Sabine Hossenfelder: No way to tell...
kairosfocus F/N: I observe a suspicious switch of terms or two, so I note for record, MNY having refused to be... – Is there such a thing as...
JVL Fasteddious: And so we get, “aliens did it”, or “we are in a simulation”, or “anything can happen in the... – Rob Sheldon on the current trend...
JVL ET: ID does not require a belief in God so an atheist can accept ID. But when a atheist starts... – Rob Sheldon on the current trend...
JVL ET:When same sex couples can procreate with their chosen partner they can have the same rights as heterosexual couples. Lots... – Is there such a thing as...
Sandy God cursed the planet after Adam and Eve rebelled. So according to that, the current state of earth is not... – Egnor vs. Dillahunty: 11. Is evil...
mohammadnursyamsu @querius The proof that objective morality is nothing but corruption, is that your understanding of subjectivity is wrong. It is... – Is there such a thing as...
ram Sandy, Jews and Christians believe the earth became cursed. Genesis 3:17,18 indicate that God cursed the planet after Adam and... – Egnor vs. Dillahunty: 11. Is evil...
Fasteddious The obvious answer is that as Darwinism comes under more scrutiny and attack, with evidence against it piling ever higher,... – Rob Sheldon on the current trend...
Fasteddious Thank you Robert, EDTA and Jerry. I will certainly take a look at the article. But taking Robert's caveats into... – Sabine Hossenfelder: No way to tell...
Querius There was probably some legitimate need to research sand flies. - But why beagle puppies? - Why the cruelty? -... – Did Francis Collins or Anthony Fauci...
ET ID does not require a belief in God so an atheist can accept ID. The best ID can do for... – Rob Sheldon on the current trend...
ET JVL: Sounds like a good argument for gay marriage to me. Anything sounds like a good argument for gay, ie... – Is there such a thing as...
ET A proper investigation will uncover the facts. – Did Francis Collins or Anthony Fauci...
polistra Hardly new-found. Secular ID was a very common view among scientists 100 years ago. Maybe even the default view. – Rob Sheldon on the current trend...
Querius Yes, folly and wisdom as illustrated in Proverbs. Do you see a person wise in their own eyes? There is... – Is Ethan Siegel’s Big Bang and...
Querius Sandy, Reminds me of a book I read in college titled, "Your God is too Small" by J.B. Phillips. -Q – Egnor vs. Dillahunty: 11. Is evil...
kairosfocus PS: A reminder. First duties of reason as core, built-in law of our morally governed nature: We can readily identify... – Is there such a thing as...
kairosfocus JVL, there is no need to entertain fashionable colour of law hobby horses, save to note that intelligible natural law... – Is there such a thing as...
EugeneS I understand the gist of it (scientism, Darwinian ideology and pseudo-religion and all that) and support the ID thesis as,... – Jonathan Witt: Why is common descent...
JVL Kairosfocus: and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Sounds like... – Is there such a thing as...