Vit-D in asymptomatic and critically ill Covid-19 patients and correlation

Re:Vit-D in asymptomatic and critically ill Covid-19 patient... by Blahah on Sunday November 22, 2020 @12:56AM (#25175284)

Seems like a fine paper, apart from the terrible editing, which is Nature's fault and not the authors'.

Nature must have no professional editors on staff. What's the point of paying to publish there if you don't get the professional services? And what the hell are they doing?

Just publish somewhere that has always made all papers free to access and publish. Especially for COVID-19 research. We've always needed better and it's just painfully obvious now.

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Re:Vit-D in asymptomatic and critically ill Covid-19 patient... by pjscott on Sunday November 22, 2020 @01:07AM (#25175336)

This was published in an open-access journal called "Scientific Reports", one of many Nature-run-but-not-Nature journals currently diluting their brand. I'm not sure if the domain name confusion is deliberate or not.

https://www.nature.com/srep/about

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Re:Vit-D in asymptomatic and critically ill Covid-19 patient... by Blahah on Sunday November 22, 2020 @01:22AM (#25175412)

I am aware. Scientific reports is supposed to have a professional editorial process, and is rather expensive to publish in. Its entire premise is to capitalise on the Nature brand whilst riding the open access train. I think it's a big bag of crap personally. You're paying for the reputation. Without any editorial standards the reputation will inevitably decline.

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