Passing the test
TL;DR: It was while drafting an editorial on the timely subject of publishing ethics that it first came to light that Biology Open was one of the journals that received as a submission a spoof article devised by a journalist working for the journal Science.
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Abstract: It was while drafting an editorial on the timely subject of publishing ethics that it first came to light that Biology Open ( BiO ) was one of the journals that received as a submission a spoof article devised by a journalist working for the journal Science ([Bohannon, 2013][1]). The article was
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