• Frenchy@aussie.zone
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    8 months ago

    Well that’s… unfortunate. I’d like to know how the fuck that got past editors, typesetters and peer reviewers. I hope this is some universally ignored low impact factor pay to print journal.

    • fossilesque@mander.xyzOPM
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      8 months ago

      We all know Elsevier only upholds the highest standards, after all why would they have such a large market share?

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        8 months ago

        That name. Being a hobbyist with niche interests has made me hate them so very much. Scihub forever.

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      8 months ago

      Since the rest of the paper looks decent (I am no expert in this field), I have a guess: it got to review and it came back with a ‘minor review’ and the comment ‘please summarize XY at the end’.

      In low impact journals minor reviews are handeled in a way, that the editor trusts the scientists to address minor changes accordingly. Afterwards it goes to production, where some badly payed people – most of the time from India – put everything in format, send out a proof with a deadline of max 2 days and then it will be published.

      I don’t want to defend this practice, but thats how something like this can get through.

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      8 months ago

      because they’re all as bad as most of us and only read the headline :(