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How much does a journal weight? A commentary on MDPI’s own study on their self-citations rates

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MDPI

self-citations

A recent blog published by the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, written by MDPI staff Dr. Giulia Stefenelli and Dr. Enric Sayas, explored MDPI and…

Pablo Gómez Barreiro

Response to: “Bad bibliometrics don’t add up for research or why research publishing policy needs sound science”

Frontiers

The Strain

Open Access

Scientific Publishing

We have received a diverse, global, and humbling response to our preprint “The Strain on Scientific Publishing.” We thank everyone for the kind words, thoughtful…

Mark Hanson, Pablo Gómez Barreiro, Paolo Crosetto, Dan Brockington

Announcement: “The Strain on Scientific Publishing” data explorer!

Data explorer

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The Strain

Scientific Publishing

A common sentiment we have received is that it is a shame we cannot release our data. We think so too. But the legal advice about how to treat web-scraped data is clear: we…

Pablo Gómez Barreiro, Mark Hanson, Paolo Crosetto, Dan Brockington