tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post4420427226118391656..comments2024-03-28T00:36:36.460-07:00Comments on The Tree of Life: Bentham publisher - so wrong in some many ways #SPAMJonathan Eisenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07953790938128734305noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-37800304894902245962012-01-05T07:30:46.076-08:002012-01-05T07:30:46.076-08:00Jonathan
By now I should point out that this has a...Jonathan<br />By now I should point out that this has all the trappings of a classic pyramid scheme.<br />(see Wikipedia for the mathematics) <br />Why else would Springer acquire BMC?<br />Wolters Kluwer acquire Medknow? <br />The top tier journals mathematically require vast numbers of bottom tier journals so they can keep their citation counts up. <br />Eugene Garfield noted the 80-20 rule. Now it is completely being gamed. The more the bottom grows the more the top can expand.Christopher Hoguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17959173395982455577noreply@blogger.com