MAHansonSep 21, 2023

Wow. Ok. Normally I feel like it's a bit overplayed to individually comment on #MDPI in the whole #AcademicChatter conversation, but this is really a must-see:

A Special Issue where the guest editors are lead or senior author on 27 of the 28 papers it published. Were they also their own reviewers!? Like... that sounds like I'm taking the piss, but... no seriously were they?
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/processes/special_issues/Biologics_Botanicals

I guess this is a preview to an upcoming post. Look forward to it...

Processes

Processes, an international, peer-reviewed Open Access journal.

Show threadDr N. Brodie

@MarkHanson oh .. I see the publisher is accused of ‘predatory like behaviour’ which may explain how this happened

https://predatory-publishing.com/is-mdpi-a-predatory-publisher/#:~:text=But%2C%20at%20least%2C%20it%20will,that%20it%20exhibits%20predatory%20behavior.

Is MDPI a predatory publisher? - Predatory Journals and Conferences

MDPI have been accused of being a predatory publisher, but others have defended them. In this article we suggest a way forward.

Predatory Journals and Conferences
Sep 26, 2023 at 6:14amIvory for iOS
Show threadMAHansonSep 26, 2023
@brodiegal stay tuned... preprint incoming