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return of the Rat dck

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/02/frontiers-forces-ai-onto-academic-journal-editors/ - blog post 

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Sources:

• I've officially resigned as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience https://bsky.app/profile/michael-okun.bsky.social/post/3mnxkxte55s25
• Neuroscience journal editor resigns over automation concerns https://www.thetransmitter.org/publishing/exclusive-neuroscience-journal-editor-resigns-over-automation-concerns/
• Frontiers lets HIV denial article stand, reclassifies it as "opinion" https://retractionwatch.com/2015/02/24/frontiers-lets-hiv-denier-article-stand-reclassifies-it-as-opinion/
• Another "Frontiers In" journal steps in it https://scienceblogs.com/aetiology/2015/08/04/another-frontiers-in-journal-steps-in-it
• Wikipedia CiteWatch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Journals_cited_by_Wikipedia/Questionable1
• The rat with the big balls and the enormous penis — how Frontiers published a paper with botched AI-generated images https://scienceintegritydigest.com/2024/02/15/the-rat-with-the-big-balls-and-enormous-penis-how-frontiers-published-a-paper-with-botched-ai-generated-images/

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