>> To be honest, I find all the metric gaming about number of papers and citations to be ridiculous.
That's the main issue, isn't it? Citations are a bit like tokens that can be exchanged for funding, so they become a commodity that people are incentivised to hoard and trade. That is just the worse kind of environment to promote good quality research. The only thing it can promote is ...lots of citations.
That's the main issue, isn't it? Citations are a bit like tokens that can be exchanged for funding, so they become a commodity that people are incentivised to hoard and trade. That is just the worse kind of environment to promote good quality research. The only thing it can promote is ...lots of citations.