[timkam]

The Corchado issue is merely an extreme "black and white" case, whereas the overall problem is more nuanced. E.g., there is no clear line between an implicit citation cartel and a group of thought-leaders in a small community. And once you are a thought-leader in a small community, it's much easier to gain broader visibility, to obtain funding, and to influence behind-the-scenes decision making. In a way, Corchado is relatively harmless because everybody knows he is a clown. He does not have much to say in the European AI community. The real issues are in the grey areas (and the people thriving in them) that affect and taint everyone.

[rulalala]

Grey area? Entire disciplines and research areas (theoretical macroeconomics, string theory, ...) could be so.