Why not both? This article is itself a great example of junk research published in a junk journal (charging >US$3,000).
Arguing IN FAVOUR of "Global South exclusion" (lamenting "post-WEIRD bandwagoning"), approvingly quoting racists like Watson and Kanazawa... and just overall little substance.
Pat Savage
🔪"social science fields grounded in strong, integrative theoretical frameworks are comparatively resistant to junkification... evo psych provides a clear example... constrains explanation through a common theoretical framework... high barriers to entry and sharply limits low-value niche occupation"
Concerns about declining research quality have increasingly been framed as "junkification", whereby academic output expands in volume while declini...