Do nanoparticles deliver? Merck’s Smart Flares and other controversies
A large body of scientific nanotechnology literature is dedicated to the biomedical aspect of nanoparticle delivery into cells and tissues.Continue Reading
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Part 2: Trolling peer review to promote its ethics
In this follow-up to my previous article, I will describe two cases of how the editorial and peer review weaknesses at a FrontiersContinue Reading
Part 1: Frontiers in Paranormal Activities
This is my currently final (two-part) instalment on the topic of Frontiers listing by Jeffrey Beall as a potential, possibleContinue Reading
Join the Committee, ignore Publication Ethics
What we often perceive as independent quality certificates of publishing ethics are sometimes apparently nothing more than a fig leaf. This isContinue Reading
Is Frontiers a potential predatory publisher?
The Lausanne-based publishing house Frontiers, founded by the neuroscientists Henry and Kamila Markram, has been added to the Beall’s List of potential, possible, or probable predatory scholarly open-access publishers. Was this decision justified? I wish to share here some of my recent investigations.
