Questions tagged [mdpi]
Questions related to MDPI, or Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, a controversial Swiss open-access publisher. MDPI is currently (2021) the largest open-access publisher in the world and the fifth-largest publisher overall by journal papers published.
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Is MDPI a reputable Academic Publisher?
I was recently asked to review for an MDPI open access journal. Is this a reputable publishing company? Their website suggests that they are 15 years old, and only do open-access publishing. The ...
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Do MDPI reviewers have access to each other's reviews?
Follow-up question to discussion in comments of this question.
Summary is that in 2015, there was a MDPI reviewer who was unhappy because their recommendation wasn't followed. The reviewer complained ...
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Reviewing papers for MDPI: general feeling as a reviewer
So simple question for those that already reviewed for MDPI: how did you feel about the quality of the other reviewers (in general)?
I have reviewed a handful of papers now as I feel it is necessary (...
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