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Paolo Crosetto
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Paolo Crosetto's personal blog at paolocrosetto.wordpress.com covers science and economics. Since 2021, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “Is MDPI a Predatory Publisher?”. The last post was in 2021, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The post asks whether MDPI is a predatory publisher. HN commenters cite it as a source on MDPI's publishing practices, such as its many special issues.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
I am a full-time senior researcher (Directeur de Recherche, DR) at INRAE, the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment. I work in Grenoble, France, within the Research Unit GAEL - Grenoble Applied Economics Laboratory. Mainly together with Bernard Ruffieux, Laurent Mu
Most-linked posts?
- Is MDPI a Predatory Publisher?5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2021-05-27
What Hacker News says?
Amusing, but MDPI is a semi-predatory publisher: https://paolocrosetto.wordpress.com/2021/04/12/is-mdpi-a-pre... A common tactic is to have tons of "special issues" that pump out a lot of articles. This particular journal, Animals , engages in this: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/animals/sections
Comment linking /2021/04/12/is-mdpi-a-predatory-publisher/
on “The Impact of Posing with Cats on Female Perceptions of Male Dateability”Submitted Is MDPI a Predatory Publisher? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionIs MDPI a predatory publisher? https://paolocrosetto.wordpress.com/2021/04/12/is-mdpi-a-pre...
Comment linking /2021/04/12/is-mdpi-a-predatory-publisher/
on “SARS–CoV–2 Spike Impairs DNA Damage Repair and Inhibits V(D)J Recombination”Submitted Is MDPI a Predatory Publisher? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Is MDPI a Predatory Publisher? as a story · 1 points
HN discussion