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": english.elpais.com/science-tec…

Evolutionary biologists on the recent Nature paper "Assembly theory explains and quantifies selection and evolution":
nature.com/articles/s41586-023…

Reminders of #MDPI Life's article by Erik Andrulis 😂:
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...

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?
mdpi.com/journal/processes/spe…

I guess this is a preview to an upcoming post. Look forward to it...