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Re:How to be a scientist in a post-journal world by gus_massa on Monday September 08, 2025 @09:12PM (#45176225)
> citation patterns provide plenty(?) of signal

There are self citations and citation rings. The signal is very week, even with the curren model.

> introducing “badges”

You reinvented journals.

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Re:How to be a scientist in a post-journal world by sito42 on Monday September 08, 2025 @09:35PM (#45176382)
> There are self citations and citation rings.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eigenfactor and other such indices are much less game-able

Peer review (as currently practiced) and closed access are the problems, not the quality signal provided by journal publication.

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