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This blog concludes two previous blogs on MDPI's recent growth, and a survey of people's experience of working with them. It should also be read in conjunction with Paolo Crosetto's recent exploration of MDPI's growth The meteoric growth of MDPI is one of the recent surprises of academic publishing and part of a broader shift...
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[AI summary] The article critiques the high costs of academic publishing, arguing that science funders should directly pay to create a network of prestigious, free 'diamond open access' journals to reduce dependency on commercial publishers.
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There is growing awareness that Special Issues have become a menace in the world of academic publishing, because they provide a convenie...
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This post makes a case for universities investing in people and processes for reviewing research in house before publication. This idea has no doubt been proposed before and is probably already a feature of some academic institutions, but I wanted to clarify here why I think it would benefit academic research. High-energy physics research is ... Continue reading "How to shed light on in-house publication review processes?"
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