+0.10 Elsevier shuts down its finance journal citation cartel (www.chrisbrunet.com)
561 points by qsi 7 days ago | 108 comments on HN | Mild positive ~lite vlite-1.4
Summary ~lite Academic Freedom Acknowledges
Article discusses Elsevier shutting down a finance journal, with a slight positive lean towards academic integrity.
EQ 0.60
SO 0.40
TD 0.70
Lite evaluation by llama-4-scout-wai · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available
Longitudinal · 2 evals
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Audit Trail 22 entries
2026-02-28 07:03 eval_success Light evaluated: Mild positive (0.10) - -
2026-02-28 07:03 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.10 (Mild positive)
reasoning
Editorial on academic journal shutdown, no explicit rights stance
2026-02-28 07:03 rater_validation_warn Light validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-28 06:51 rater_validation_warn Light validation warnings for model llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-28 06:51 eval_success Light evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-02-28 06:51 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0.00 (Neutral)
reasoning
ED neutral on rights
2026-02-26 18:40 dlq Dead-lettered after 1 attempts: Elsevier shuts down its finance journal citation cartel - -
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2026-02-26 18:38 dlq Dead-lettered after 1 attempts: Elsevier shuts down its finance journal citation cartel - -
2026-02-26 18:38 dlq Dead-lettered after 1 attempts: Elsevier shuts down its finance journal citation cartel - -
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2026-02-26 18:36 dlq Dead-lettered after 1 attempts: Elsevier shuts down its finance journal citation cartel - -
2026-02-26 18:35 dlq Dead-lettered after 1 attempts: Elsevier shuts down its finance journal citation cartel - -
2026-02-26 18:34 dlq Dead-lettered after 1 attempts: Elsevier shuts down its finance journal citation cartel - -
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2026-02-26 18:32 dlq Dead-lettered after 1 attempts: Elsevier shuts down its finance journal citation cartel - -
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2026-02-26 18:31 dlq Dead-lettered after 1 attempts: Elsevier shuts down its finance journal citation cartel - -
2026-02-26 18:30 dlq Dead-lettered after 1 attempts: Elsevier shuts down its finance journal citation cartel - -