The citation graph is one of humankind's most important intellectual achievements

So not really much of an advantage to me, or to people in my field, who already have plenty of tools for discovering the relevant important literature in their area. I can imagine how it might help some large commercial publisher – Hindawi comes to mind, because of their cosy relationship with CrossRef – decide where to target their next set of 100 pay-to-play journals.

Honestly, if you’re going to call something “one of humankind’s most important intellectual achievements” you need to make a case for this.

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