#cureus — Public Fediverse posts

Update. Here's another piece that made it through peer review (#Cureus / #SpringerNature) documenting the real problems of #APCs without mentioning the existence or prevalence of non-APC OA (#DiamondOA) journals.
https://www.cureus.com/articles/276986-increasing-importance-and-costs-associated-with-publishing-for-dermatology-residency-applicants#!/

The editors and peer reviewers also allowed this howler to stand: "The #GreenOA option does not charge an APC and is free for authors to publish but requires a subscription to the journal to read the article."

#OpenAccess

A new #study from a #journal with #poor #reputation made the rounds claiming that #transgender #surgeries increase #suicide.

#Factcheck shows #assertion is #egregiously #false. #Cureus is a #journal known for spreading #pseudoscience and #disinformation, its motto is “#peerreview, not #peer #rejection”

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/fact-check-no-a-new-study-doesnt

In the same way that Wiley acquired Hindawi and then suffered major company-wide financial issues from that acquisition...

SpringerNature acquiring Cureus... could that actually be part of SpringerNature's downfall? Will that muck-up the IPO _again_ ?

https://www.science.org/content/article/questionable-firms-tempt-young-doctors-with-easy-publications

#SelfInflictedHarm #Acquisitions #SpringerNature #Cureus

And another publishing venue is part of the big publishing oligopol. #Cureus announced being bought by #SpringerNature ".

https://www.cureus.com/newsroom/news/159 and https://group.springernature.com/gp/group/media/press-releases/springer-nature-acquires-cureus/23793592.

Am I wrong or Is being bought by #Wiley, #Clarivate #Elsevier or Springer really the main business plan of science startups?