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MarkHanson ,
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Wow. Ok. Normally I feel like it's a bit overplayed to individually comment on or the whole conversation, but this is really a must-see:

A Special Issue where the guest editors are lead or senior author on 27 of the 28 papers published through it. Were they also their own reviewers!? Like... that sounds like I'm taking the piss, but... no seriously were they?
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/processes/special_issues/Biologics_Botanicals

I guess this is a preview to an upcoming post. Look forward to it...

MarkHanson OP ,
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@academicchatter this is insane

JudithMichael ,
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@MarkHanson @academicchatter Thanks, this made my week! That explains a bit why MDPI is on my spam list.

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