Simon Beggs
@simonbeggslab.bsky.social
UCL Neuroscientist. Otherwise dowsed in cocktails and slathered in fetid whimsy. Views unreliable.
About bloody time! Thoroughly well deserved, congratulations!
January 29, 2026 at 8:15 PM
About bloody time! Thoroughly well deserved, congratulations!
Good to see Wensleydale in action here, the best cheese for Branston. Renounce the cheddar hegemony!
January 14, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Good to see Wensleydale in action here, the best cheese for Branston. Renounce the cheddar hegemony!
Leslieville? That's dangerously east. There be dragons!
January 14, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Leslieville? That's dangerously east. There be dragons!
Reposted by Simon Beggs
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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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
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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This ongoing practice is the largest delegation of editorial power academia has ever seen.
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Have gone home for Christmas and picked up these. Intriguing…
December 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Have gone home for Christmas and picked up these. Intriguing…
Everytime I fly to Canada half my check-in is bags of crisps for the desperate and deprived denizens of Toronto.
December 16, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Everytime I fly to Canada half my check-in is bags of crisps for the desperate and deprived denizens of Toronto.
I thought pickle would be the flavour for me but they’ve gone for the sweeter gherkin flavour rather than my preferred Mittel European full sour. Disappointing.
December 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I thought pickle would be the flavour for me but they’ve gone for the sweeter gherkin flavour rather than my preferred Mittel European full sour. Disappointing.
No idea, they’re made in Spain so probably unlikely.
December 16, 2025 at 10:24 PM
No idea, they’re made in Spain so probably unlikely.
Torres cured cheese crisps are a fine and wonderful thing; recognisably Manchego-ish, and will restore your faith in cheesy crisps. All Torres crisps pale, however, in the force of nature that are their fried egg flavour crisps. There's some sort of witchcraft going on with them.
December 16, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Torres cured cheese crisps are a fine and wonderful thing; recognisably Manchego-ish, and will restore your faith in cheesy crisps. All Torres crisps pale, however, in the force of nature that are their fried egg flavour crisps. There's some sort of witchcraft going on with them.