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Nicolas Galtier @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social · 12d

which journal and publisher ?

Nicolas Galtier @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social · 12d

Instead the guy created a company selling "natural products"
bionyeri.com/about/

Bionyeri is a start-up R&D laboratory developing natural products to aid pain relief in a range of human health conditions.

bionyeri.com

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Anna Abalkina @abalkina.bsky.social · 13d

I’m looking at a specific paper mill in India. So far, I have detected 339 papers, 105 of which were published in 2025. Only the biggest publishers are being targeted. Only two papers have been retracted.
This is the dashboard of a paper mill.
lookerstudio.google.com/reporting/36...
#papermills

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Nicolas Galtier @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social · 27d

That's one of the major hypothesis for the explaining the strong, negative relationship between dN/dS and expression so I find this research super important

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Nicolas Galtier @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social · 27d

cool!
and very Lynch-compatible

Nicolas Galtier @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social · 28d

I really had no idea about this. Thanks a lot!

Regarding coding seq mutations: have people considered a potential second-order fitness cost due to mutated proteins being around and interacting with undesired molecules?

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Nicolas Galtier @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social · 28d

Actually a number of committees now downgrade CVs including MDPI papers - I mean, not showing them is better

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Nicolas Galtier @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social · 28d

Here adaptation comes from killing the activity of a protein right?

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Nicolas Galtier @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social · Sep 3

I find this motto slippery. It should all be about good science, and teaching ERC otherwise seems no good for our future.

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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · Aug 29

Archive link: archive.ph/xUITn

archive.ph

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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · Aug 29

It's refreshing to hear about researchers putting in the effort to not pay APCs. You can still publish where you want by retaining your rights to do so -- lots of US universities already have rights retention policies enabling this. oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/Univ...

University rights-retention OA policies - Open Access Directory

oad.simmons.edu

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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · Aug 29

"Things don’t have to be this way, open-science experts say: These fees are imposed entirely by publishers. The most prominent examples are Springer Nature and Elsevier, for-profit enterprises that generate billions in revenue."

www.chronicle.com/article/maki...

Making Your Research Free May Cost You

Under a new requirement that NIH-funded research be freely, immediately available, some journals are forcing researchers to pay to publish.

www.chronicle.com

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Xavier Jenkins @semifossorial.bsky.social · Aug 28

It’s finally out!

Our work addressing the origins of reptiles is published in PCJ! peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10....

We use novel info gleaned from the scan data of dozens of stem reptiles to substantially revise our understanding of early reptile evolution #paleontology #herpetology

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Nicolas Galtier @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social · Aug 24

Thanks! I need to read this carefully as it seems closely related to my recent
peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10....

An approximate likelihood method reveals ancient gene flow between human, chimpanzee and gorilla

peercommunityjournal.org

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Marc Robinson-Rechavi @marcrr.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 19

Hear even more about genome duplication in fishes, and how gene expression allows us to study gene evolvability, come to my talk at 14:15 in room S51-07 #eseb2025

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Martin Johnsson @mrtnj.bsky.social · Aug 19

Beatriz Vicoso: Artemia brine shrimp have complete dosage compensation of their Z chromosome. She proposes that they're using a system similar to MSL for Drosophila X. Cool contrast to e.g. birds, whose ZW are doing something different entirely. academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...

#eseb2025

Chromatin Landscape Is Associated With Sex-Biased Expression and Drosophila-Like Dosage Compensation of the Z Chromosome in Artemia franciscana

Abstract. The males and females of the brine shrimp Artemia franciscana are highly dimorphic, and this dimorphism is associated with substantial sex-biased

academic.oup.com

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Anne Roulin @anneroulin.bsky.social · Aug 13

Genetic drift and TEs!
academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...

Relaxed Purifying Selection is Associated with an Accumulation of Transposable Elements in Flies

Abstract. Although the mechanisms driving genome size evolution are not yet fully understood, one potentially important factor is the dynamics of the accum

academic.oup.com

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Nicolas Galtier @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social · Aug 11

Hi @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social

Any particular reason for having your annual conference sponsored by a predatory publisher?

direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
www.predatoryjournals.org/news/list-of...
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

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; ...

direct.mit.edu

Nicolas Galtier @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social · Aug 10

I think paying for peer review is like using more pesticides when yields decline - you know, facing reality.

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Alain Queffelec @alainqueffelec.bsky.social · Aug 6

Come join us with this new post-doctoral position in the Quanta project: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U... (2 years in Bordeaux)

If you love artifacts (especially bones), notches, microscopes, and exploring the big question of the origin of quantification systems in human lineage, this is for you!

Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Postdoctoral contract on the origin of quantification systems M/F

emploi.cnrs.fr

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Aug 4

Fox finds raccoons in henhouse.

www.frontiersin.org/news/2025/07...

Frontiers' Research Integrity team uncovers peer review manipulation network

Frontiers Research Integrity Auditing team has uncovered a network of authors and editors who conducted peer review with undisclosed conflicts of interest and w

www.frontiersin.org

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Nicolas Galtier @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social · Aug 2

Now discovering @joannamasel.bsky.social‬ 's 2-yrs old comments.

Joanna is asking a great question: is linked selection equivalent to reduced Ne?

However, not sure how this relates to the interpretation of alpha, which seems core to her argument.

Joanna?

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Nicolas Galtier @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social · Jul 31

dafnee.isem-evolution.fr

DAFNEE, a Database of Academia Friendly jourNals in Ecology and Evolution

dafnee.isem-evolution.fr

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PEEER @peeer.bsky.social · Jul 31

Another addition to the growing list of mass editorial resignations: editors of a math journal resign and launch a diamond open-access journal ‘free from pressure or influence’. Check out our latest post at peeer.net/2025/07/31/r....
#BetterPublishing

Rising editorial resignations underscore disputes over academic independence

Mass resignations of managing editors and entire editorial boards from scholarly journals aren’t new, but the frequency has picked up in recent years. Since 2023, editors of over 25 journals have r…

peeer.net

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Nicolas Galtier @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social · Jul 31

[and let me mention that OUP was kind enough to grant us a generous waiver due to lack of specific funding for this project]

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