The indicator is now the goal. Peer review does not promote career advance, paper mills are a thing, and a few researchers when they make it to fame hold on to power and have their minions publish hundreds of articles with them as the lead author. It’s totally fucked up.
This is just normal in modern academia, tragically. The system is rotten to the core due to “publish or perish” and the players involved all know it.
The fact it got retracted is the surprising part.
The real problem is finding something better. I want researchers who research and publish.
The indicator is now the goal. Peer review does not promote career advance, paper mills are a thing, and a few researchers when they make it to fame hold on to power and have their minions publish hundreds of articles with them as the lead author. It’s totally fucked up.