Gelman shares piece: scientific citations as an overwhelmed communication channel
RexDouglass · x · 2026-09-17
Statistician Andrew Gelman (StatModeling) shares a piece titled "Scientific citations as an overwhelmed communication channel," highlighting that the citation system as an academic communication channel is overloaded—surging citation volume has exhausted its capacity as an information signal. The post itself is just a link; details are in the original article.
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