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Re:Increased cardiovascular events in Israel during vaccine ... by folli on Friday April 29, 2022 @03:28AM (#31202388)
> but the Nature imprint seems impressive

It's Scientific Reports from the same publisher, but not Nature, the journal itself. Scientific Reports has a very high acceptance rate, i.e. they publish pretty much anything that passes peer review.

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Re:Increased cardiovascular events in Israel during vaccine ... by jrapdx3 on Friday April 29, 2022 @05:58AM (#31203307)
Traditional paper-bound journals are intrinsically limited re: number of articles that can be published. OTOH online publications aren't so restricted, so why not publish all that are worthy?

I think the real question is the quality of peer review. A "high rate of acceptance" isn't bad if accepting an article happens only after good quality peer review. But a high rate of acceptance without adequate peer review would be a big source of concern.

Not sure which of these publishing considerations applies to this article. I'll have to go over it again in detail when I'm more rested, anyway on quick overview I didn't spot any glaring problems in it.

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