I used to look to Amino Acids as a journal with solid articles in my field. Not exciting, but good work. You can see how, barring a blip in 2008, the SJR kept up with the IF and the relationship fluctuated around IF/SJR = 3, give or take. In 2022 it's gone up to 6. #SciPub#AcademicSky 3/n

Now you see "median time to first decision 11 days" and garbled nonsense get through 'peer review' there. Amino Acids' "Impact Inflation" has increased: this is a telltale sign of a journal becoming a nest for 'citation cartels.' #SciPub#AcademicSky 4/n

Increase in JIF 2008 might have been related to significant coverage expansion in the database.