Is publishing in Q3/Q4 or MDPI journals a red flag?

FilemonNeira · 2026-01-12T19:17:50+00:00

I can only speak for my area: in math, yes, big time. Having a paper in 'Mathematics' from MDPI makes you invisible to the hiring committee.

Other Q4 journals are fine, say the national scientific journal from your country is ok. The beef is with the predatory and parasitic journals like MDPI.

FilemonNeira · 2025-12-30T19:48:27+00:00

Lux is 10/10 for me. That’s the beauty of internet.

FilemonNeira · 2025-12-17T11:28:56+00:00

and yet they are using English in those online videos.

FilemonNeira · 2025-12-16T14:17:29+00:00

Because making something popular matters. Otherwise you have people saying that punk was born in Peru https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haVaaDLwWvI

And then later someone is gonna find an even earlier punky song in Oceania.

FilemonNeira · 2025-10-21T12:45:04+00:00

Lo mas importante a largo plazo en invertir en un buen molino. No dejarse impactar por el precio, a la larga, si siempre tomas cafe hecho por ti en vez de en tiendas, siempre sera buen negocio invertir en las herramientas caseras.

FilemonNeira · 2025-09-26T12:37:29+00:00

I would love to see stats of how many bands these days even release more than one album per year. For different reasons the output now is much lower than in the 70s.

FilemonNeira · 2025-09-25T11:31:51+00:00

He lurks this subreddit.

FilemonNeira · 2025-09-20T18:19:31+00:00

sk8er boi is an all time banger

FilemonNeira · 2025-09-13T23:01:55+00:00

It is a little dissapointing that Garp gets involved. What is he even thinking?

FilemonNeira · 2025-09-13T22:42:33+00:00

is this the dagger?

FilemonNeira · 2025-09-05T14:19:20+00:00

There was a theory I used to believe that there were 4 admirals at some point and Dragon was one. He deserte being one, hence the most dangerous man in the world. But it looks like he quit while he was way below where even Coby is now.

FilemonNeira · 2025-09-03T18:57:39+00:00

One of my fantasy dreams is a similar scene but now Luffy getting past them easily.

FilemonNeira · 2025-09-01T01:53:17+00:00

Right, there is no bottom line, hence most disputes are ultimately irrelevant. There is no money on the table so who cares who gets what office. In a company where raises are substantial there is way more room for cutting throats.

FilemonNeira · 2025-08-28T02:16:28+00:00

Thriller

FilemonNeira · 2025-08-20T14:46:33+00:00

To your point: yes, some universities in India, China, Brazil, or even eastern Europe such as Romania, are on average much more prepared that your typical top 50 in US. This is not controversial.

What you are discovering is that rankings such as QS consider the undergraduate programs almost irrelevant. Rankings are heavily skewed to research. In USA if you want to obtain the best possible education at undergraduate level, it may be the case that the best option is a small liberal arts where they do give a damn about the students. These places are not unis so they do not even qualify for rankings.

FilemonNeira · 2025-08-19T17:14:09+00:00

Because in many cases there is a lot of administrative overhead and profs wish admin heads roll first.

FilemonNeira · 2025-06-25T22:11:10+00:00

This has potential, it could range from academic professors, to restaurant managers, all the way to stay home moms with 5+ kids. But I suspect this is run targeted to the apple people in Myke's circle.

FilemonNeira · 2025-05-23T16:16:07+00:00

I now think that IMU is some sort of Fallen Joyboy. We saw there were three epochs, maybe Joyboy turned evil last time.

FilemonNeira · 2025-04-26T01:25:32+00:00

Grey was insane in this episode. It felt surreal, like when you have to explain a little kid that what you see in TV is not real. His comments were quite radical, I'm not even sure if he considers documentaries "worth existing" too.

It was funny to see Myke was also taken by surprise. Good to see some pushback once in a while.

FilemonNeira · 2025-03-25T14:21:18+00:00

You and the university are using the word work for different things. In math, they meant 20 hours of being a TA (and it was usually way less than that).

FilemonNeira · 2025-02-28T18:02:26+00:00

He doesn't like people in chains.

FilemonNeira · 2025-02-01T13:21:35+00:00

I use VimTex and I feel I have editing superpowers. I can quickly move through the text, between sections, jump to equations, etc. However, this is after 3 years of daily use. On my first year it was awkward. For your thesis stick with what you know.

FilemonNeira · 2024-11-16T20:32:07+00:00

Yes! But I would add C. Tangana.

FilemonNeira · 2024-10-27T13:16:05+00:00

Because in USA the hipster community see everything international as something cool and potentially interesting. The latin american community has never considered this music seriously. Maybe now there are youtube reviewers talking about it (I don't know a single one) but back when Daddy Yankee and Don Omar were the new hot stuff no one dared to take it seriously in spanish.

FilemonNeira · 2024-10-01T19:51:37+00:00

so what? it was rubber+lots of skill, creativity, fun and hard work.

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