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Any metric that is used to judge scientific performance will be subject to targeted manipulation and eventually lose its effectiveness.

• nabla9 10y ago
  Some metrics are more resistant to manipulation than others. Mechanism design (reverse game theory) is subfield of game theory deals with these issues.
  • danieltillett 10y ago
    Do you have any good resources on this topic. Edit. Prof. Google to the rescue [1]. 1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanism_design https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanism_design
    • nabla9 10y ago
      https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12981167 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12981167