当科睿唯安的期刊目录变更发布后,Science发表了题为“Fast-growing open-access journals stripped of coveted impact factors”的深度新闻报道,文章特别关注了几大OA出版商一直以来推行的“特刊模式”(special issues)。 文章指出,作为世界上增长最快的两家OA出版商的近两打期刊将不再获得关键的学术认可, 此举凸显了...
当科睿唯安的期刊目录变更发布后,Science发表了题为“Fast-growing open-access journals stripped of coveted impact factors”的深度新闻报道,文章特别关注了几大OA出版商一直以来推行的“特刊模式”(special issues)。 文章指出,作为世界上增长最快的两家OA出版商的近两打期刊将不再获得关键的学术认可, 此举凸显了...
In my field, traditional journals have become pretty much useless—with slow, opaque, and unpredictable review processes as well as what appear to be cliquey editorial/review practices which serve to feed into their own antiquated schools of thought/methods, etc. seemingly without accountability...
Our concerns are not vainglorious. It is unfortunate that they allowed themselves to be duped by a ghoul. Aghoulis one who haunts journals working to retract only studies that include results they don’t want published). This imparts a...
During submission I also selected two alternative journals (Microbiology Research & Pathogens) in the event of rejection. Based on these selections, does the manuscript get automatically transferred to the next journal or may I go ahead & re-submit to a new non-MDPI journal?
Management of Special Issues. By having an in-house tool, MDPI can aspire towards its aim of simplicity. The whole process from submission through to peer review and editing is carried out in one place. This enables the quick turnaround of scholarly papers without sacrificing quality, with rese...
“When Soros Foundation started to support OA publishing, most of the OA journals listed on the Soros Foundation sponsored website were the journals launched and operated by me. I have been working hard to run MDPI to become the largest OA publishing company and one of the 5 largest scholarly...
theonespublishedinconventionalremotesensingjournals. RemoteSensingalsobringsyouspecialissuesonmanytopicssuchasglobalcroplands (http://.mdpi/journal/remotesensing/special_issues/croplands/;[1])andmanyothertopics. Pleaseseealistofthesespecialissuesat:http://.mdpi/journal/remotesensing/sections/.As youwillsee,...
Please don’t hesitate to get back in touch if you encounter further issues. Reply ES 5 May 2022 Hello, most MDPI journals say “at least two reviewers” are assessing the manuscript. What or who decides whether two or for example three reviewers are allocated to the manuscript?
“Some journals or Special Issues have broad scopes, while others are narrower. Research papers need to fit well within the range of the topic. This can sometimes be as simple as adding a paragraph of context to cement your paper’s relevance.” ...