Over-quantification and commodification of research is encouraging bad behavior and slowing down scientists.

It's a lot easier to get your paper noticed and read if people can understand what you're trying to say and why. And scientists crunched the numbers to prove it.

Scientists have had it with traditional publishers acting as parasitic middlemen and their tradition of ever-escalating price gouging.

Peer review isn't perfect. But it's still our best hope for quality science and catching errors and frauds with a few small, but meaningful tweaks.