#MDPI

Jochen Lingelbach<a href="https://mastodon.social/@deevybee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@deevybee</a> really no one should publish with <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/MDPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MDPI</a>

Dorothy BishopNew blogpost. The shitshow that results when a publisher fails to check up on their peer reviewers, with authors caught up in a nightmare process. <a href="https://deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/07/trouble-at-t-review-mill-how-mdpi-lets.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/07/trouble-at-t-review-mill-how-mdpi-lets.html</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MDPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MDPI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/peerreview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#peerreview</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/frau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#frau</a>

Dorothy BishopHard to see how this public peer review slipped through the net with MDPI! Reviewer 1 blatant coercive citation. Reviewer 2 threw in the towel after being insulted <a href="https://pubpeer.com/publications/45AC07CC726D682CC04BBA62A60CF5" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pubpeer.com/publications/45AC07CC726D682CC04BBA62A60CF5</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/peerreview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#peerreview</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MDPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MDPI</a>

v_i_o_l_a"Springer Nature Discovers MDPI" <a href="https://the-strain-on-scientific-publishing.github.io/website/posts/discover_nature/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://the-strain-on-scientific-publishing.github.io/website/posts/discover_nature/</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Springer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Springer</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nature</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/MDPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MDPI</a> [via <a href="https://nerdculture.de/@aufdroeseler" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@aufdroeseler</a>]

franco_vazzaJust had a paper co-written with a colleague accepted by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MDPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MDPI</a>'s Cosmology Issue. Mixed feelings about this publisher, but in this case (and tbh also in the previous case I recently had) the overall reviewing process was tougher than I had in more standard journals (A&A, MNRAS):3 reports by 3 different reviewer: Ref1 - 8 shallow points/comments Ref2 - ~60(!) different points/comments Ref3 - 9 + 2 points/comments spread in two rounds.Other experiences?<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#astrodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a>

MöphPro: Mein neustes Paper wurde bereits zitiert. Con: Ein <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/mdpi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mdpi</a> Journal, das eher in der Kathegorie <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Raubjournal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Raubjournal</a> diskutiert wird.Eingereicht: 2 Tage vor Veröffentlichung meines Papers. Review: 6 Tage nach Einreichung, SECHS TAGE FÜR EIN REVIEW! Wie soll das realistisch sein? <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#academia</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/academicchatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#academicchatter</a>

Nemo_bis 🌈<a href="https://mastodon.social/@rmounce" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@rmounce</a> Should <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/MDPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MDPI</a> be considered a Scopus competitor? They sure try. <a href="https://www.scilit.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.scilit.com/</a>

Yogi Jaeger<a href="https://mas.to/@tg9541" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@tg9541</a> I'd call Levin "one of the worst.". Master-bullshitter. A sign of the times: even in science, it is mainly shamelessness that will get you noted and promoted these days.And he *will* get this published, even if it's in one of these shitty <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MDPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MDPI</a> spam journals he likes so much. There is system behind this apparent madness. And it works like a charm in these deluded times. People crave a optimist "visionary."Steve Bannon, on the other hand, calls it "flooding the zone with shit."

Jochen Lingelbach<a href="https://mastodon.social/@deevybee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@deevybee</a> Oh wow! Thanks for this."Finland had downgraded its classification of 187 MDPI journals because of evidence of "minimum time spend for editorial work and quality assessment", at the same time that German universities had secured a national publishing agreement with MDPI" Why did German universities deal with <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/MDPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MDPI</a> ? I thought its obviously <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/predatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#predatory</a> and not be given anything

Eric R. ScottI hate that this is in an <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MDPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MDPI</a> journal, but I'm still excited to read this! Moving to the top of my pile of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/tea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tea</a> papers to read: <a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/15/1/133" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/15/1/133</a>

petersuberI just got two pieces of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spam</a> in one week from _Medical Sciences_, an <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/MDPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MDPI</a> journal. The first invited me to submit an article and offered me a discount on its <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#APC</a>. The second nagged me for not responding to the first. I'm not a medical researcher. My fields are philosophy, law, and open access. This is easy to discover in a simple web search.If this medical journal knows my fields, then why is it soliciting an article from me? If it doesn't know my fields, then why is it soliciting an article from me?Does it realize that its emails prove that it's spamming researchers at random without knowing the first thing about them?I'm sure you get this kind of spam too. When you find time, I urge you to post about it and name names. I don't do this often enough. Here are two earlier examples. * July 2017 <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180801143629/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/CcyhJ7NudEh" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20180801143629/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/CcyhJ7NudEh</a> * June 2018 <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180801143627/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/6DfDZABMNSv" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20180801143627/https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/6DfDZABMNSv</a>

Universitätsbibliothek TUHH“You reap what you sow. On average, publications from <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/MDPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MDPI</a> may be less complex, but there is also a lot of nonsense from the other publishers (<a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Elsevier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Elsevier</a>, <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Wiley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wiley</a>, <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Springer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Springer</a>, etc.) MDPI is unbeatably fast. When you consider that feedback from other publishers sometimes takes over 12 months (not because there are so many iterations, but because there is no feedback) and we are constantly forced to publish quickly […], MDPI simply takes advantage of the system we have created.”

Universitätsbibliothek TUHHDie Ergebnisse unserer anonymen Umfrage unter Forscher*innen der <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/TUHamburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TUHamburg</a> sprechen gegen eine vertiefende Kooperation mit dem Publisher <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/MDPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MDPI</a>. Daher verzichten wir auf eine Teilnahme am "Gold Open Access Agreement 2025-2026."<a href="https://www.tub.tuhh.de/blog/2024/12/19/publizieren-mit-mdpi-ergebnisse-unserer-umfrage/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.tub.tuhh.de/blog/2024/12/19/publizieren-mit-mdpi-ergebnisse-unserer-umfrage/</a>

ZB MEDNeues ZB MED-Konsortium: Mehr als 100 deutsche Forschungseinrichtungen haben ein nationales Abkommen mit dem OA-Verlag <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MDPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MDPI</a> für eine Laufzeit von 2025-2026 geschlossen. Beitritt ist noch bis Anfang 2025 möglich.Mehr Infos: <a href="https://www.zbmed.de/ueber-uns/presse/pressemitteilungen/artikel/oa-publikationsvereinbarung-mdpi" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.zbmed.de/ueber-uns/presse/pressemitteilungen/artikel/oa-publikationsvereinbarung-mdpi</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OA</a>

Samuel Alizon<a href="https://flipboard.com/@SciMag" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@SciMag</a> is alarmed that low quality articles are flawing <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/SystematicReviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SystematicReviews</a>.One solution is to only include studies that are in <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/opendata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opendata</a>. Another is to ignore <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/predatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#predatory</a> and journals in the "gray zone" (e.g. all <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/MDPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MDPI</a>, <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Frontiers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Frontiers</a>, <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/ScientificReports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScientificReports</a>, etc.) as we already do in evaluation committees.<a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/systematic-reviews-aim-extract-broad-conclusions-many-studies-are-peril" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.science.org/content/article/systematic-reviews-aim-extract-broad-conclusions-many-studies-are-peril</a>

Egon Willigh☮gen 🟥<a href="https://mastodon.social/@rmounce" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@rmounce</a> I loved the idea of Molecules: one molecule, one collection of experimental data, along with a narrative But the scope of the journal changed to something more traditional, unfortunately :(<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mdpi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mdpi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chemistry</a>

Serhii NazarovetsOur dialogue with Vasyl Cernat regarding Romania's evaluation reform continues in the pages of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Scientometrics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scientometrics</a>. Dr. Cernat argues that MDPI’s practices - such as inflated impact factors, an abundance of special issues, low rejection rates, and rapid manuscript processing times - raise questions about the quality of 🇷🇴 publications:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-024-05187-w" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-024-05187-w</a><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ImpactFactor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ImpactFactor</a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ResearchPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ResearchPolicy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ResearchFunding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ResearchFunding</a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/MDPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MDPI</a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/journals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#journals</a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Romania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Romania</a>

Nexus Research Group📣📄 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CallForPapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CallForPapers</a>! Dr. Christoph Jörges is guest editor of a special issue on “Machine Learning for Applications in Agriculture and Vegetation Using Remote Sensing” in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MDPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MDPI</a> journal <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RemoteSensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RemoteSensing</a> 🌱 Submit by March 25, 2025! 👉 Find more info on the special issue's topic and submission details on our blog: <a href="https://www.geo.lmu.de/geographie/en/latest-news/news-overview/news/call-for-papers-for-a-special-issue-of-the-journal-remote-sensing.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.geo.lmu.de/geographie/en/latest-news/news-overview/news/call-for-papers-for-a-special-issue-of-the-journal-remote-sensing.html</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/researchnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#researchnews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cfp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cfp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sustainability</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#climatechange</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#research</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#academia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geonews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geonews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gischat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gischat</a>

Kai ArzheimerMore <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/MDPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MDPI</a> Special Issue shenanigans <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AcademicChattter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AcademicChattter</a> <a href="http://deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/09/now-you-see-it-now-you-dont-strange.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/09/now-you-see-it-now-you-dont-strange.html</a>

petersuber<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> confusion from <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/MDPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MDPI</a>. * Here's a sample OA article under <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CCBY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CCBY</a> from an MDPI journal. So far, so good. <a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/16/20/3467" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/16/20/3467</a> * In the upper right corner there's a button to "Order Article Reprints". (?) * Click on it and you can tell that the reprints will not be free. (?) But you don't get to see the price until after you fill in your contact details. (?) <a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/16/20/3467/reprints" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/16/20/3467/reprints</a> * Finally, this at the bottom of the order page, "The order must be prepaid after it is placed." (?)

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