Yes, it is a problem in general. It is inherent in the system that issues grant money and permits publication according to the opinions of the "old guard" in ea

Yes, it is a problem in general. It is inherent in the system that issues grant money and permits publication according to the opinions of the "old guard" in each field. Recently, the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis, finally firmly established in 2018, was fought tooth and nail for a decade, with numerous shamefully disingenuous papers published (e.g. insisting melt-glass grains were pollen). The de-facto curator of the Wikipedia page, a retired historian with no geology background, did and still to this day does his part to throw up doubt.