god forbid a chemistry major doesn’t peer review my sociological paper written on the furry community.

TBF a sociologist might, but furscience are likely sociologists anyway so.

I don’t see this furry science being referenced outside of furry science.

I don’t quite understand what you mean by that but their publications have been cited by people who aren’t part of the research group. Which is an actual academic endeavor with many contributors, not just someone blogging.