https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1008.4324/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3212503urn:hackerpapers:mention:1008.4324:3212503Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:59:06 GMT<p>Why do we need the process of peer review? Peer review is not robust against even low levels of collusion (http://arxiv.org/abs/1008.4324v1). Scientists who win the Nobel Prize find their other work suddenly being heavily cited (http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110506/full/news.2011.270.ht...), suggesting either that the community either badly failed in recognizing the work&#x27;s true value or that they are now sucking up &amp; attempting to look better by the halo effect. (A mathematician once told me that often, to boost a paper&#x27;s acceptance chance, they would add citations to papers by the…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1008.4324/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>physics.soc-ph