You've probably not heard of the RCR, or the relative citation ratio, that the NIH has instituted in recent years then? Anyways, by citation rings I mean more

You've probably not heard of the RCR, or the relative citation ratio, that the NIH has instituted in recent years then? Anyways, by citation rings I mean more than about the h-index or just the citation counts. It also includes cliquey things such as who cites who, who's a friendly reviewer and who's not, how do you continue to keep publishing in a way that makes you look like the expert more than finding out the truth, etc. But seems like you're an expert who knows better so I'll leave this conversation here.