🧵 1/5 🚨 How NOT to do science: Researchers tested CBD on cats... By deliberately scaring them until they urinated. No ethics approval. No shame. And published in — you guessed it — a predatory MDPI journal. 🔗 mdpi.com/2076-2615/15/11/164…

🚨 Starting June 16, Nature now automatically publishes peer‑review reports + author responses with every new primary research paper—no more opt‑in. It’s transparency by default, aimed at demystifying science for all. ⬇️ group.springernature.com/gp/… 🔗 #OpenScience #Transparency

MDPI: “Open access, fast, citation loops.” 🤑 Springer Nature: “We can do that too.” 😎 🚨 Meet Discover journals — Springer’s uncanny imitation of MDPI, title for title. They made a game about it: 🕹️ the-strain-on-scientific-pub… #SciPub #MetaScience

🚨 Male lead authors are more likely to have papers retracted—especially for misconduct like plagiarism. 👩‍🔬 Female-led research shows fewer retractions overall. 📚 Science needs not just rigor, but integrity. 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2025.1… #AcademicPublishing #GenderInScience

Parallels between Trump’s government and Orwell’s 1984 are striking: language manipulation, “alternative facts,” and efforts to control public discourse echo Newspeak and reality control from the novel. When leaders rewrite words and history, democracy faces real Orwellian risks.

The patterns leave no doubt that @MDPIOpenAccess and @FrontiersIn are predatory publishers. @QSS_ISSI Quantitative Science Studies (2024) 5 (4): 823–843. @mitpress doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00327

🚨 New #Predatory practice: 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹 1⃣ Create Open Access "partner" journals 2⃣ Induce authors to transfer their submissions to these "partners" 3⃣ Increase main journal citations through these "partners" 4⃣ Earn a lot of #APC & citations by @ElsevierConnect

🚨 Misalignment in academic publishing! Researchers face pressure to prioritize metrics over knowledge dissemination, benefiting commercial publishers. The authors advocate for alternative models to ensure research is accessible and valued beyond prestige. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.24…

🚨 Beware of brands using "science" as a marketing ploy @MDPIOpenAccess! Some sports nutrition products cherry-pick studies exaggerate findings to sell supplements. It’s not just deceptive—it undermines real research and consumer trust. 🤡 #SportsNutrition #ResearchEthics

📊 Check out the updated list of #Predatory journals! Now in a convenient spreadsheet format with 2,776 records. #AcademicIntegrity #ResearchEthics docs.google.com/spreadsheets…

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Another embarrassing paper for @MDPIOpenAccess 🤡 deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/0…

Article published in @FrontMedicine using inadequate data suggests that COVID-19 vaccines cause death. 🤡 🇧🇷: Artigo publicado na @FrontMedicine utilizando dados inadequados sugere que vacinas COVID-19 causam morte. @minsaude gov.br/saude/pt-br/assuntos/…

More bizarre every day...