Is MDPI com legitimate?
They are a legitimate publisher that struggles with their process and wide variation in editorial quality. There are good papers in their journals by credible scientists. They do peer review, which they publish so you can see. Like any publisher, some editors of their journals are better than others.
Is frontiers a predatory journal?
Frontiers Media SA is a publisher of peer-reviewed open access scientific journals currently active in science, technology, and medicine. In 2015, Frontiers Media was classified as a possible predatory publisher by Jeffrey Beall. COPE and OASPA have retained Frontiers as a member after concerns were raised.
Is IJCA fake journal?
This journal is in Beall’s list of predatory journals, which is a strong indicator that you should not publish your work in this journal.
Is MDPI a predatory journal?
Therefore, the conclusion that MDPI journals are predatory does not follow. We have taken the opportunity to analyse self-citation data across different publishers. Figure 1 represents publishers with more than 10,000 publications between 2018 and July 2021.
Is MDPI predatory 2020?
MDPI was included on Jeffrey Beall’s list of predatory open access publishing companies in 2014 but was removed in 2015 following a successful appeal and applying pressure to Beall’s employer….MDPI.
| Status | Active |
|---|---|
| No. of employees | 3536 (in 2020) |
| Official website | www.mdpi.com |
Is publishing in MDPI bad?
It is a fine place to publish according to my opinion (at least the above mentioned journals) even if maybe not the best. Currently, I am having good experience with MDPI, some of their journals are highly indexed and in fact have high impact factors.
Is Frontiers a bad journal?
In fact, they act pretty much like a predatory journal. I checked several published or accepted articles in that particular journal: “Frontiers in Materials” and indeed it seems there is no connection between peer-reviewers background and the reviewed articles.
Is Frontiers a high impact journal?
Frontiers journals rank among the most influential in their academic fields based on total citations – including most cited in neurosciences, immunology, microbiology, plant science and psychology.
Is Ijcat Scopus indexed?
IJCAT is indexed in: Scopus (Elsevier) Compendex [formerly Ei] (Elsevier) Emerging Sources Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics)
Is Ijcse Scopus indexed?
Our journal is indexed in Scopus from 2019. Original research papers are invited for publications. In order to provide a timely and broad coverage of this ever-evolving field, Indian Journal of Computer Science and Engineering (IJCSE) offers its readers only regular issues.
How good is MDPI?
My experience was that MDPI was quite rigorous, thorough and transparent. I think it is a reliable and legitimate Publisher. I published a paper on one of the MDPI journals. No difference comparing to other “regular” journals in terms of the peer-review processes.