An inevitable development for for-profit Open Access publishers is Fordism: automation & massification.
If you earn money piece-rate for each paper you want to increase the flow of papers while minimizing cost.
e.g. very low and *uniform* turnaround times at Frontiers and MDPI
I’ve officially resigned as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. It used to be a reputable journal, but became a case study in how forced automation destroys academic integrity. 👇
