<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi everyone,</div><div>as a follow up from your discussion on Friday, I want to share some posts about it with you in case you are interested.</div><div>Many scientists seem to be unhappy with MDPI journals. First of all, they seem to invite a lot of reviewers at the same time. By doing so, in many cases, some are not needed any longer in case too many accept. That means some even started reviewing and then get a notification that they are not needed any longer. I think that is not a nice way to go.</div><div>They seem to have a suspiciously high number of special issues maybe to "fish" for articles.</div><div>Editors seem to be pressured to accept publications and reviewers opinions on rejecting are not taken into consideration. I also have a friend who got invited as an editor for the journal insect but she has no ideas about insects, she works with ecosystem services in general. There are numerous blogposts/comments etc. online. I think one should avoid submitting papers to these journals, as they make money with it. <br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://ideas4sustainability.wordpress.com/2020/10/30/why-not-to-publish-in-sustainability-and-youre-welcome-to-share-this-post/">https://ideas4sustainability.wordpress.com/2020/10/30/why-not-to-publish-in-sustainability-and-youre-welcome-to-share-this-post/</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/09/open-access-editors-resign-after-alleged-pressure-publish-mediocre-papers">https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/09/open-access-editors-resign-after-alleged-pressure-publish-mediocre-papers</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/post/Im_gonna_ask_whether_publishing_in_MDPI_journals_is_good_or_more_specifically_how_is_publishing_in_International_Journal_of_Molecular_Sciences">https://www.researchgate.net/post/Im_gonna_ask_whether_publishing_in_MDPI_journals_is_good_or_more_specifically_how_is_publishing_in_International_Journal_of_Molecular_Sciences</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://transformativelearning.nl/2018/12/04/publish-and-perish-how-the-commodification-of-scientific-publishing-is-undermining-both-science-and-the-public-good/">https://transformativelearning.nl/2018/12/04/publish-and-perish-how-the-commodification-of-scientific-publishing-is-undermining-both-science-and-the-public-good/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Julia<br></div><div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Julia Osterman</div><div>PhD candidate</div><div>General Zoology<br></div><div>Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg</div><div><a href="mailto:jul.osterman@gmail.com" target="_blank">jul.osterman@gmail.com</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH - UFZ<span style="white-space:pre-wrap">       </span></div><div>Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany</div><div><a href="mailto:julia.goss@ufz.de" target="_blank">julia.osterman@ufz.de</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>