Given the number of downvotes, I'd say I hit a really sore nerve. Citation-based scientific success is deeply wrong, and you'all know it. The whole "we don't h

Given the number of downvotes, I'd say I hit a really sore nerve. Citation-based scientific success is deeply wrong, and you'all know it. The whole "we don't have a choice but to play that game to get funding" doesn't make it any more right. It also looks like none of the answer stopped for a second to reflect on how broken a system relying on citations controlled by the elsevier of this world is. The quality of the science should speak for itself. How much research gets cited should be a consequence of that quality period. The feedback loop is counter-productive, and worse, easy to game or take advantage of.