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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

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Yeah, like, sadly when I see [MDPI + interesting title] my reflex is to switch to "how did they p-hack, publish underpowered studies, or otherwise mess up the stats"-mode, and that's probably not the worst prior to have...

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