🚨 Beware of brands using "science" as a marketing ploy at #MDPI! Some sports nutrition products cherry-pick studies exaggerate findings to sell supplements. It’s not just deceptive—it undermines real research and consumer trust. 🤡 #SportsNutrition #ResearchEthics - ThreadSky

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predatoryjournals.org • 26 days ago

🚨 Beware of brands using "science" as a marketing ploy at #MDPI! Some sports nutrition products cherry-pick studies exaggerate findings to sell supplements. It’s not just deceptive—it undermines real research and consumer trust. 🤡 #SportsNutrition #ResearchEthics

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cowboycatranch.org•10 days ago

Are there publications we can cite about commercial companies using predatory journals as a marketing ploy? Also asking @grahamkendall.bsky.social and @spottingthespot.bsky.social.

predatoryjournals.org•8 days ago

https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.289.4.454 (Biomedical research)
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001716 (Pharmaceutical industry)
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040286 (Pharmaceutical industry)
https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.MR000033.pub3 (Pharmaceutical industry)
https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.5394 (Sugar industry)

predatoryjournals.org•8 days ago

A good start: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6187765/

cowboycatranch.org•8 days ago

Fantastic! This is so helpful!

spottingthespot.bsky.social•8 days ago

There is also a rather interesting case of a paper that got retracted because industry (company) harassed the journal that published the study. The study actually showed the 'stuff' didn't work. But I'll have to search and try to find it. It was from an Indian scientist.

grahamkendall.bsky.social•10 days ago

Good question - sure there must be, but we don't know of any off the top of our head.

cowboycatranch.org•26 days ago

Yes, we've seen this before for veterinary products! MDPI seems the perfect platform for these companies. It's such cheap advertisement and the companies will claim it as scientific support for their product. It's extremely concerning! Should commercial companies be allowed to publish anything?

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