Andres Legarra
alegarra.bsky.social
Andres Legarra
@alegarra.bsky.social
things: books, geek, genetics, cattle, ardiak, fromage
langs: Spanish > French \approx English > Italian >> Basque
sites: uscdcb.com; https://alegarra.github.io/
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In the strain on scientific publishing, we showed that total publications have grown out of control. A huge part of that was guest edited special issues by groups like #MDPI and #Frontiers.

This ongoing practice is the largest delegation of editorial power academia has ever seen.

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The strain on scientific publishing
Abstract. Scientists are increasingly overwhelmed by the volume of articles being published. The total number of articles indexed in Scopus and Web of Science has grown exponentially in recent years; ...
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January 13, 2026 at 8:27 AM
A more hands-on approach could start with patchy, messy data and what we can do (or not) with it. This is what most practitioners face, they are confronted with the problem before having any clue on the solution. Or the solution was never programmed, and go modify someone else's code...
January 10, 2026 at 6:51 PM
nice, this is similar thinking to @daniel-innerarity.bsky.social
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January 6, 2026 at 11:14 AM
there's snow inside the room. A cup has a flame. Tissue would burn.
December 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"sic transit gloria mundi"
March 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Also worth reading the reviews of the original article. Obviously these reflect past versions of the article. It would be interesting to read the first submission to see how extreme a position the first submission took.

static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10...
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January 16, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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As part of a conference on the topic I wrote a commentary on why I was quite pessimistic about this approach, echoing some of the concerns lifted here. The proceedings are online: www.nibjournal.ed.ac.uk/article/view...
The Genetic Architecture of Economically Important Traits Provides Major Challenges for the Implementation of Gene Editing in Livestock | National Institutes of Bioscience Journal
www.nibjournal.ed.ac.uk
January 10, 2025 at 9:02 AM
One reason is that reviewers and editor for journals do a good job. I've seen quite a few preprints (including mine) improve *a lot* and remove mistakes after revision. The same process can catch fraud.
December 15, 2024 at 5:31 PM
quand en France on arretera de penser que la science est fait *que* par des "Pasteur"
November 21, 2024 at 3:53 PM