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I kind of like #MDPI for demonstrating how easy it is to make a ton of money by exploiting the flawed system of tying scientific publishing to scientists' performance evaluations.
Figure taken from "Public funds being swallowed up by scientific journals with dubious articles": https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-10-31/public-funds-being-swallowed-up-by-scientific-journals-with-dubious-articles.html
Public funds being swallowed up by scientific journals with dubious articles
An analysis suggests that some academic publishers have multiplied their income thanks to accepting trivial studies en masseManuel Ansede (Ediciones EL PAÍS S.L.)
Evolutionary biologists on the recent Nature paper "Assembly theory explains and quantifies selection and evolution":
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06600-9
Reminders of #MDPI Life's article by Erik Andrulis 😂:
https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/2/1/1
And a potent reminder of the inconsistency of supposed quality signals! They're a tool, not a rule...
Assembly theory explains and quantifies selection and evolution - Nature
Assembly theory conceptualizes objects as entities defined by their possible formation histories, allowing a unified language for describing selection, evolution and the generation of novelty.Nature
Wow. Ok. Normally I feel like it's a bit overplayed to individually comment on #MDPI in the whole #AcademicChatter conversation, but this is really a must-see:
A Special Issue where the guest editors are lead or senior author on 27 of the 28 papers it published. Were they also their own reviewers!? Like... that sounds like I'm taking the piss, but... no seriously were they?
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/processes/special_issues/Biologics_Botanicals
I guess this is a preview to an upcoming post. Look forward to it...
Towards Autonomous Operation of Biologics and Botanicals
Special Issue in journal Processes: Towards Autonomous Operation of Biologics and Botanicalswww.mdpi.com