[strangattractor]

Citations being the only metric is one problem. Maybe an improved rating/ranking system would be helpful.

Ranking 1 to 3 - 1 being the best - 3 the bare minimum for publication.

3. Citations only

2. Citations + full disclosure of data.

1. Citations + full disclosure of data + replicated

[nick486]

this will arguably be worse.

you'll just get replication rings in addition to citation rings.

People who cheat in their papers will have no issues cheating in their replication studies too. All this does, is give them a new tool to attack papers they don't like by faking a failed replication.

[strangattractor]

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