wolfram wrote: …a reliable open source way of evaluating merit in scientific articles would be a coup in metrology.
There are likely some open source efforts along these lines. Now to get a list.
Also, the incentive seems to be to churn out stuff, volume thus mattering more than quality, and people spending most their effort churning out stuff rather than working to create an elegant, clear knowledge system. Too many dots, not enough connecting or contextualizing the dots.
