I’m not really familiar with this journal, but it sounds like they’ve had low standards for quite a long time now. There are some interesting comments about them under the Ars article, as well.
In May 2015, Frontiers Media removed the entire editorial boards of Frontiers in Medicine and Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine after editors complained that Frontiers Media staff were “interfering with editorial decisions and violating core principles of medical publishing”. In total 31 editors were removed.
Hmmmm. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontiers_Media#Controversies
I’m not really familiar with this journal, but it sounds like they’ve had low standards for quite a long time now. There are some interesting comments about them under the Ars article, as well.