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Cake day: June 7th, 2023

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  • As a scientist, yes, it is a horrible scam. The scientists give them rights to the paper for free. The reviewers review for free. Then they charge other people to look at it. And now they came up with open access where the scientists have to pay out of pocket (aka usually with public funds) for the whole process. Meanwhile the review process gets worse and worse, and their profit margin gets bigger and bigger. Last time for a ‘high impact’ journal, I had people in Sri Lanka copy editing my article writing messages to me in broken English. It is all a horrific scam