MDPI
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MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute) is a publisher of open-access scientific journals. It publishes over 390 peer-reviewed, open access journals.[2][3] MDPI is among the largest publishers in the world in terms of journal article output,[4][5] and is the largest publisher of open access articles.[6]
Status | Active |
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Founded | 1996 |
Country of origin |
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Headquarters location | Basel, Switzerland |
Distribution | Worldwide |
Key people | Shu-Kun Lin |
Publication types | Open access scientific journals |
No. of employees | 6,750 (in 2022)[1] |
Official website | mdpi |
It was founded by Shu-Kun Lin as a chemical sample archive.[7] Between 2016 and 2020, the number of peer-reviewed papers published by MDPI grew significantly, with year-over-year growth of over 50% in 2017, 2018 and 2019,[6] attracting attention to their very fast article processing times.[4][8][9] In a review of 26 open-access "mega-journals" that published over 3,500 papers in 2022, 11 (42%) of the journals were from MDPI.[10] Besides launching its own journals, MDPI has acquired journals from other publishers, such as Tomography from Grapho Publications in 2021,[11] and Nursing Reports[12] and Audiology Research[13] from PagePress Publications in 2020.
As of January 2024, MDPI publishes 433 academic journals, including 92 journals indexed within the Science Citation Index Expanded, 7 journals indexed within the Social Sciences Citation Index,[14] 138 journals listed in SciFinder,[15] and 270 in Scopus.[16] Its journals are included in the DOAJ.[17] MDPI also publishes open access books indexed in DOAB, OAPEN and BCI.[18] It is a member of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association,[19] a participating publisher and supporter of the Initiative for Open Citations,[20] and is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).[21]
MDPI's business model is based on establishing entirely open access broad-discipline journals, with fast processing times from submission to publication and article processing charges paid by the author, their institutions or funders.[6] MDPI's business practices have attracted controversy,[22][23] with critics suggesting it sacrifices editorial and academic rigor in favor of operational speed and business interests.[4][8][24] MDPI was included on Jeffrey Beall's list of predatory open access publishing companies in 2014[25][26] but was removed in 2015 following a successful appeal[23][25] while applying pressure on Beall's employer.[27] Some journals published by MDPI have also been noted by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Norwegian Scientific Index for lack of rigor and possible predatory practices.[28][29][30]