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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#papermill #fraud at its best! All (!!) the authors of this paper were added during the revision process, replacing the 6 original authors! Unbelievable. @elsevierconnect.bsky.social is rotten to the core! Thousands of such papers are being published.👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 09/11/2025
🚨 Peer review crisis alert! When journals reject good science simply because they can’t find enough reviewers, the whole integrity of research is on the line. www.the-scientist.com/when-reviewe... #AcademicPublishing #PeerReview #ResearchIntegrity #SciencePolicy
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When Reviewer Scarcity Becomes a Reason for Rejection, Scientific Integrity Is at Risk
If journals reject papers due to review shortages, the peer review process itself becomes compromised.
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Nature @nature.com · 21/09/2026
Artificial-intelligence systems can generate hypotheses, design experiments and analyse data — but humans still need to decide what makes sense go.nature.com/3Vn4WUY
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AI co-scientists are revolutionizing how research is done
Artificial-intelligence systems can generate hypotheses, design experiments and analyse data — but humans still need to decide what makes sense.
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 26/05/2026
🚨 Researchers are pushing back against AI-generated “hallucinated” citations in scientific papers and platforms like @arxiv.bsky.social are starting to crack down. ☢️ www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Researchers who use hallucinated references to face arXiv ban
The preprint server is the latest to impose stiff penalties on authors who contribute to AI ‘slop’ — but not everyone is convinced it’s the right approach.
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 26/05/2026
🚨 Researchers are pushing back against AI-generated “hallucinated” citations in scientific papers and platforms like @arxiv.bsky.social are starting to crack down. ☢️ www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Researchers who use hallucinated references to face arXiv ban
The preprint server is the latest to impose stiff penalties on authors who contribute to AI ‘slop’ — but not everyone is convinced it’s the right approach.
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Retraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · 11/05/2026
Elsevier retracts the least and reinstates the most, new analysis finds. The study also found a tenth publisher to be an outlier in terms of reasons for retraction.
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Elsevier retracts the least and reinstates the most, new analysis finds
Frequencies of reasons 10 publishers have given for retracting articles (source). While Elsevier outcompetes other publishers in terms of sheer volume, it also has the lowest retraction rate and hi…
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 15/04/2026
‘Academic fraud may be the symptom of a much more systemic problem’ www.voxweb.nl/en/academic-...
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‘Academic fraud may be the symptom of a much more systemic problem’ - Vox magazine
OPINION - It is not surprising that a case of scientific fraud occasionally comes to light, according to associate professor Empirical Political Science Alex Lehr. ‘Many of us are doing our stinking b...
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 06/12/2025
Another AI-generated, low-quality paper just got retracted from Scientific Reports — and fast. 👀⚠️ The spotlight works: media pressure accelerates corrections. But let’s be honest… there’s still a long queue of questionable studies waiting for action at @springernature.com doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Bridging the gap: explainable ai for autism diagnosis and parental support with TabPFNMix and SHAP - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - RETRACTED ARTICLE: Bridging the gap: explainable ai for autism diagnosis and parental support with TabPFNMix and SHAP
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 06/12/2025
🧪 After 25 years, a landmark study claiming the herbicide Glyphosate (and Roundup) was “safe” has been officially retracted — due to ghost-writing and clear conflicts of interest. What was once scientific “proof” now collapses. #Science #Glyphosate #Retracted ☣️ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Science journal retracts study on safety of Monsanto’s Roundup: ‘Serious ethical concerns’
Paper published in 2000 found glyphosate was not harmful, while internal emails later revealed company’s influence
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 08/12/2025
⚠️🚨 Science of the Total Environment has been removed from Web of Science in Nov. 2025 after retractions due to review-fraud and quality failures. Its publisher @ElsevierConnect raked in massive profits while “mega-publishing” suspect papers. 🤑🤡 english.elpais.com/science-tech...
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The fall of a prolific science journal exposes the billion-dollar profits of scientific publishing
One of the 15 publications that put out the most studies globally has been expelled from the indexing system for irregularities. Its publisher, Elsevier, has a 38% profit margin that reached $1.5 bill...
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 08/12/2025
⚠️🚨 Science of the Total Environment has been removed from Web of Science in Nov. 2025 after retractions due to review-fraud and quality failures. Its publisher @ElsevierConnect raked in massive profits while “mega-publishing” suspect papers. 🤑🤡 english.elpais.com/science-tech...
english.elpais.com
The fall of a prolific science journal exposes the billion-dollar profits of scientific publishing
One of the 15 publications that put out the most studies globally has been expelled from the indexing system for irregularities. Its publisher, Elsevier, has a 38% profit margin that reached $1.5 bill...
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 06/12/2025
🧪 After 25 years, a landmark study claiming the herbicide Glyphosate (and Roundup) was “safe” has been officially retracted — due to ghost-writing and clear conflicts of interest. What was once scientific “proof” now collapses. #Science #Glyphosate #Retracted ☣️ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Science journal retracts study on safety of Monsanto’s Roundup: ‘Serious ethical concerns’
Paper published in 2000 found glyphosate was not harmful, while internal emails later revealed company’s influence
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 06/12/2025
Another AI-generated, low-quality paper just got retracted from Scientific Reports — and fast. 👀⚠️ The spotlight works: media pressure accelerates corrections. But let’s be honest… there’s still a long queue of questionable studies waiting for action at @springernature.com doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Bridging the gap: explainable ai for autism diagnosis and parental support with TabPFNMix and SHAP - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - RETRACTED ARTICLE: Bridging the gap: explainable ai for autism diagnosis and parental support with TabPFNMix and SHAP
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 09/11/2025
📉 Niche fields, early-career scholars, and emerging topics risk being sidelined — not for lack of merit, but for lack of reviewers. 🔧 Solution? Expand reviewer pools, give credit to reviewers, increase transparency — science must be evaluated on quality, not logistics.
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 09/11/2025
🚨 Peer review crisis alert! When journals reject good science simply because they can’t find enough reviewers, the whole integrity of research is on the line. www.the-scientist.com/when-reviewe... #AcademicPublishing #PeerReview #ResearchIntegrity #SciencePolicy
the-scientist.com
When Reviewer Scarcity Becomes a Reason for Rejection, Scientific Integrity Is at Risk
If journals reject papers due to review shortages, the peer review process itself becomes compromised.
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Danai Papageorgiou @danaipapageorgiou.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
This list can really assist peers in avoiding predatory publishers: www.predatoryjournals.org @predatoryjournals.org I have been receiving plenty of generic emails to join editorial boards in MDPI and Frontiers. At exactly the same time, friends receive the same generic emails..
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 17/07/2025
1/6 🚨 Springer Nature is retracting an entire book on machine learning. Why? It was full of plagiarized content, nonsensical claims, and had no proper peer review. 🤮 Retraction Watch: 1 Springer’s credibility: 0
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Nature @nature.com · 15/09/2025
Scientific societies, journals, editors and researchers are pushing back against mean-spirited peer reviews go.nature.com/4mXJjn6
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‘Lipstick on a pig’: how to fight back against a peer-review bully
Scientific societies, journals, editors and researchers are pushing back against mean-spirited peer reviews.
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 15/09/2025
🕵️‍♂️ Design isn’t just cosmetic. Visual cues can help flag low-quality or predatory journals—especially when screening large volumes. Content still matters, but the look tells a story too. #OpenScience #ResearchIntegrity
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 15/09/2025
🧐 Predatory articles are statistically: ~half the length (fewer pages & characters) Using “default” fonts (Arial, Calibri) Standard A4 pages, little typographic variety Simpler metadata, less polished
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 15/09/2025
📄 Study compared ~443 “legit” vs ~555 suspected predatory articles. Predatory ones tend to be shorter, use common office fonts, stick to A4 page size, and show simpler metadata. Visual fingerprints can help spot low-quality journals. 👀 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Evaluating the visual design of science publications—a quantitative approach comparing legitimate and predatory journal papers - Scientometrics
The rise of predatory publishing poses a significant challenge to the integrity of scientific research, potentially undermining the credibility of scholarly communications. As parts of the academic co...
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 21/07/2025
🧵1: Peer Review Is Cracking. Researchers are churning out papers to survive. Peer reviewers are overwhelmed. Editors chase quantity, not quality. It's not science—it’s a paper factory. Reform is urgent, or public trust will collapse. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Scientific publishing needs urgent reform to retain trust in research process | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to an article on how too many low-quality papers and journals are being churned out
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Retraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · 31/08/2025
"If Trump wants to eliminate fraud at universities, why gut research integrity agencies?"
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If Trump wants to eliminate fraud at universities, why gut research integrity agencies? - The Boston Globe
Universities, journals, regulators all have a role in identifying scientific misconduct.
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 31/08/2025
🔥 #ResearchIntegrity #TrustInScience #AcademicTwitter #AIforScience #OpenScience #FakeJournals #PredatoryPublishing #AIethics #ResponsibleAI #FutureOfScience #AIforGood
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 31/08/2025
🧵5. This is the future: humans + AI, safeguarding the credibility of research. Because science without trust is just noise. 🌍✨ #AIforGood #AcademicIntegrity #FutureOfScience
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 31/08/2025
🧵4. About 24% false positives. Meaning: the AI isn’t a judge—it’s a first line of defense. Humans still need to verify. Think ‘radar’ not ‘verdict.’ 🛰️ #ResponsibleAI #AcademicTwitter
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 31/08/2025
🧵3. From ~15,200 journals, the AI flagged 1,400+ as questionable. Over 1,000 raised serious concerns. That’s a LOT of shaky ground for researchers to step on. 😬 #TrustInScience #AIethics
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 31/08/2025
🧵2. Instead of reading papers, the AI checks websites: design quality, missing editors, dodgy language, weird citations. It’s not judging content—it’s spotting red flags in the ecosystem. 🚨 #OpenScience #FakeJournals
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 31/08/2025
🧵1. Predatory journals aren’t just a nuisance—they erode trust in science. A new #AI tool just scanned ~15k journals & flagged over 1k suspicious outlets. Could this be the watchdog science needs? 🧠🔎 #ResearchIntegrity #Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Estimating the predictability of questionable open-access journals
AI screening of journals identifies over a thousand questionable journals, helping experts review where it is needed most.
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 21/07/2025
🧵4: It's time to stop counting publications and start measuring trust, transparency, and societal value. #OpenScience #ReformScience
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 21/07/2025
🧵3: Alternatives exist. Global South Is Leading the Way. Latin America’s @scielo.org and the Diamond OA Alliance prove publishing can be free to read & free to publish. Science doesn’t need billion-dollar intermediaries. It needs public infrastructure and values over volume.
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 21/07/2025
🧵2: Open Access? More Like Open Wallet. OA was supposed to democratize science. Instead, universities now pay up to $10K per article in APCs—feeding publishers with profit margins over 35%. The result? Pay-to-play research and rising global inequality in who gets to publish.
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 21/07/2025
🧵1: Peer Review Is Cracking. Researchers are churning out papers to survive. Peer reviewers are overwhelmed. Editors chase quantity, not quality. It's not science—it’s a paper factory. Reform is urgent, or public trust will collapse. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Scientific publishing needs urgent reform to retain trust in research process | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to an article on how too many low-quality papers and journals are being churned out
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Mikel Maria Delgado, PhD @mikeldelgado.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
How science should NOT be done: testing the effects of CBD on cat fear...by scaring the cats so much they urinated...and no IACUC (institutional animal use committee) approval? Why? oh, because it's a predatory MDPI/Animals journal...calling @amcell.bsky.social www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/15...
image of journal article in the MDPI journal Animals: Possible Anxiolytic Effects of Cannabidiol (CBD) Administration on Feline Responses to a Fear Response Test
by Nobuo Masataka
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 17/07/2025
6/6 🧵 Bottom line: 📉 Springer Nature’s latest retraction is a symptom of a bigger crisis in academic publishing. 📚 Just because it’s a book doesn’t mean it’s science. Retractions like this? More are coming.
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 17/07/2025
5/6 🤖 In the age of AI-generated content, Springer must tighten up or become a publishing landfill. The bar for book publishing should not be lower than journals. But here we are.
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 17/07/2025
4/6 💸 Why does Springer churn out junk? Because book chapters = easy academic points for authors. It’s a publish-or-perish goldmine — for them, not for science. Scientific rigor? Optional.
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 17/07/2025
3/6 🔍 Let’s be honest: Many Springer books are glorified PowerPoint decks in hardcover. Poor peer review, low editorial standards, and inflated prices. Academic lipstick on a commercial pig. 🐷📚
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 17/07/2025
2/6 👀 What triggered the retraction? A Retraction Watch exposé showed the book was riddled with garbage science — from AI "consciousness" ramblings to fabricated equations. Yes, Springer published it anyway. 🤯
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 17/07/2025
1/6 🚨 Springer Nature is retracting an entire book on machine learning. Why? It was full of plagiarized content, nonsensical claims, and had no proper peer review. 🤮 Retraction Watch: 1 Springer’s credibility: 0
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 18/04/2025
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. #Trump #Orwell
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 18/04/2025
These Words Are Disappearing in the New Trump Administration www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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These Words Are Disappearing in the New Trump Administration
Federal agencies have issued guidance to employees on hundreds of terms to limit or avoid using. An analysis of government websites shows many of the same words being removed.
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 18/04/2025
‘Mind-boggling’: US CDC orders gender-related terms cut from scientific papers www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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‘Mind-boggling’: US CDC orders gender-related terms cut from scientific papers
Mandate from health agency is response to President Donald Trump’s crackdown on ‘woke ideology’ and has big implications for researchers.
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World Conferences on Research Integrity @wcrifoundation.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
"Detecting fraud ‘is a job for professionals, not peer reviewers’" @elisabethbik.bsky.social #ResearchIntegrity www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-o...
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Detecting fraud ‘is a job for professionals, not peer reviewers’ - Research Professional News
Integrity investigator Elisabeth Bik urges publishers, journals and institutions to take responsibility
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 15/07/2025
Published by Clarivate... 🙂
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 11/06/2025
🚨 ICMJE should certify legitimate journals to combat the rise of predatory ones? 🔍 Fake journals mimic real ones, trap authors, and pollute science. ✅ A global seal of trust could protect research integrity? 🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #AcademicPublishing #PredatoryJournals
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ICMJE Should Create a Certification Process to Identify Predatory Journals
To the Editor A recent Editorial1 by editors representing the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) highlighted the pressing issues surrounding predatory journals. Although the ch...
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 11/06/2025
💰 Authorship for sale. 🧐 A Nature investigation exposes how paper mills sell fake authorship slots—and corrupt the scientific record. 🧪 Science is being hijacked for a price. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/d41... #AcademicIntegrity #PaperMills #ScienceFraud
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Authorship for sale: Nature investigates how paper mills work
Companies selling authorship slots thrive in a culture that equates success with a strong publication record. Customers, sleuths and the shadowy owner of a paper mill explain why.
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Nature @nature.com · 08/07/2025
Researchers studying research must avoid the temptation to get too stuck in the academic weeds go.nature.com/4eDITPB
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Metascience can improve science — but it must be useful to society, too
Researchers studying research must avoid the temptation to get too stuck in the academic weeds.
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Predatory Journals @predatoryjournals.org · 24/06/2025
🚨 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/group/med... 🔗 #OpenScience #Transparency
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