Using a simple OLG model where the research output of one generation provides inputs for the next, the paper explains how quality standards can become established in scientific competition. Researchers seek status, which they get if their results are used by the next generation. Quality is...

Using quality information for analysis, or staying with just quantity based information is always a good base for debate: Either relying on quantitative measurements and data (which is sad to be more accurate and easier to rely on) or use quantitative measurements (which is sad to be human /...