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"BMC Genomics wants your money. Study great apes? Get an easy pass through our special issue publication route. We'll peer review it, but implicitly, not as rigorously as we would otherwise." arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563 #HonestSci #AcademicSky #FoSci #OpenAccess #ResearchIntegrity
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"BMC Genomics wants your money. Study great apes? Get an easy pass through our special issue publication route. We'll peer review it, but implicitly, not as rigorously as we would otherwise." arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563 #HonestSci #AcademicSky #FoSci #OpenAccess #ResearchIntegrity
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:gjh4hswdpahgwosaktvp6tx7/post/3mfzn2jnzod2y
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Gonna start tagging #HonestSci and phrasing this accurately when I see stuff like this. There is no unique advance in ape genomics that's spawned this. Ape genome papers do not lack suitable outlets. The only reason BMC are doing this is to make money. It's certainly not for the science.
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Gonna start tagging #HonestSci and phrasing this accurately when I see stuff like this. There is no unique advance in ape genomics that's spawned this. Ape genome papers do not lack suitable outlets. The only reason BMC are doing this is to make money. It's certainly not for the science.