Taxacom: MDPI diversity et al

[Alfredo Vizzini]

I fully agree with you. MDPI is predatory



Il ven 21 ott 2022, 20:55 Carlos Alberto Mart?nez Mu?oz via Taxacom <
taxacom at lists.ku.edu> ha scritto:

> Dear Taxacomers,
> I personally stay away from all MDPI journals and I recommend you to do the
> same. I have been told that it is "blacklisted" in Spain but I have no
> further information on this particular (happy to hear specific details).
> One major EU soil fauna project also discussed MDPI and decided to stay
> away.
> I recommend you to read the Wikipedia article on MDPI (
>
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> and especially the constantly growing
> "Controversies" section.
>
> Dear Dr. Bekkouche,
> Have you discussed this special issue with your institution? Is your
> institution informed about the growing concern on MDPI? Did they explicitly
> support you being a Guest Editor for MDPI despite all the controversies?
> How does MDPI reward guest editors, if at all? Please, share this
> information with us. It would be good to know whether publishing with MDPI
> is officially supported by some EU institutions and which institutions are
> those. Maybe we are worrying unnecessarily while we could be editing for
> and publishing with MDPI anyway?
>
> Yours cordially,
> Carlos
>
> Carlos A. Mart?nez Mu?oz
>
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