Of Bookish ThingsJun 14

Hotel project at former Sault paper mill marks historic agreement between neighbouring First Nations

The old St. Mary's Paper Mill Tower in the Canal District could be the future home of a #MarriottHotel and cultural centre.

#HotelProject #SaultSteMarie #PaperMill #FirstNations #Canada #NorthernOntario #Ontario #GardenRiverFirstNation #BatchewanaFirstNations #History #CanadianHistory #IndigenousCulure #NorthernOntarioHistory #IndigenousCommunity

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/st-marys-paper-mill-hotel-project-9.7233264

Hotel project at former Sault paper mill marks historic agreement between neighbouring First Nations | CBC News

First Nations chief and project officials say it’s the first time that Garden River and Batchewana's communities have ever collaborated on a project.

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Peter SuberJun 1
Another reason to distrust journal-based citation metrics: "Suspected #papermill articles…cited – and were cited by – other suspected paper mill articles…The resulting citations…measurably inflated journal citation metrics." www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #Citations #JIF #ScholComm
petersuberJun 1

Another reason to distrust journal-based citation metrics:

"Suspected #papermill articles…cited – and were cited by – other suspected paper mill articles and appeared in journals previously reported as paper mill targets. The resulting citations from suspected paper mill articles measurably inflated journal citation metrics."
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.25.727627v1

#Citations #JIF #ScholComm

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