Taxacom: mdpi soliciting

[Douglas Yanega]

On 1/29/25 10:21 AM, Fred Schueler via Taxacom wrote:
> With the internet, I don't see why any study couldn't be posted in a 
> blog by its authors, both as straight text and as a pdf, and reviews 
> solicited from both known colleagues and via mailing lists. The 
> reviews would be entered as comments on the blog, and then the ms 
> revised in accordance with them, and then reposted as published.

For any study that involves nomenclatural acts, such self-produced 
publications run an incredibly high risk of failing to comply with the 
ICZN's requirements for publication. As it is, a number of digital-only 
journals do not comply with ICZN rules, and new names published in these 
journals are routinely unavailable. Authors of new taxa need to exercise 
extreme caution when choosing any publication venue that does not 
produce a print version.

Peace,

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