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MDPI: History, Science & Art

MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute) is a publisher of open-access scientific journals. It publishes over 390 peer-reviewed, open-access journals. MDPI is among the largest publishers in the world in terms of journal article output, and was the largest publisher of open access articles in 2020.

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MDPI topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Science and Art as prominent areas in the source structure around MDPI.

Related topics
102
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
107
Extracted relationships
193
Related term clusters
36
Bridge connections
107

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Challenges · 59 topics
Overview · 21 topics
History · 17 topics
Proliferation of special issues · 5 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
1996
Country of origin
Switzerland
Distribution
Worldwide
Founder
Shu-Kun Lin
Headquarters location
Basel, Switzerland
No. of employees
6,750 (in 2022)

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Overview

History

Challenges

Proliferation of special issues

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Advanced semantic analysis

How MDPI connects Entity context

The extracted context around MDPI shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, MDPI → Basel, Benoit, Business Media, Entropy, Environmental Research, International Journal, Marine Drugs, MDPI AG, MDPI Verein, Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Molecular Sciences, Molecules, Public Health, Sensors, Several, Shu-Kun Lin, Springer Science, Springer-Verlag, Turin, Verein Another extracted example is MDPI → Alzheimer's, Andrulis, Anthony Samsel, Ars Technica, Discover, Entropy, Erik, Evolution, In December, Jeffrey Beall, Life, Life's, Nature, Origin, Parkinson's, Popular Science, Stephanie Seneff, Theory, Will MDPI. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

MDPI

Top relations

related to Molecular Diversity Preservation International · 20
MDPI → Basel, Benoit, Business Media, Entropy, Environmental Research, International Journal, Marine Drugs, MDPI AG, MDPI Verein, Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Molecular Sciences, Molecules, Public Health, Sensors, Several, Shu-Kun Lin, Springer Science, Springer-Verlag, Turin, Verein
related to Controversial articles · 19
MDPI → Alzheimer's, Andrulis, Anthony Samsel, Ars Technica, Discover, Entropy, Erik, Evolution, In December, Jeffrey Beall, Life, Life's, Nature, Origin, Parkinson's, Popular Science, Stephanie Seneff, Theory, Will MDPI
related to Concerns over papers connected to a research paper mill · 17
MDPI → Also, Applied Commerce Research, Brian Perron, Damaris Critchlow, December, Dr, Emerging Technologies, Energies, In December, International Journal, International Publisher Ltd, Journal, Learning, Mathematics, Perron, Sustainability, Theoretical
related to MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute) · 17
MDPI → Basel, Canada, China, Dietrich Rordorf, Including Switzerland, Japan, May, Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Shu-Kun Lin, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom
related to Assessments in the Nordic countries · 16
MDPI → Among, Chinese, CV, Danish, Denmark, Finland, Finnish, MDPI's, National Publication Committee, Nordic, Norway, Norwegian, Norwegian Scientific Index, Sustainability, Switzerland, The Norwegian Scientific Index
related to Inclusion in Beall's list · 13
MDPI → Beall, Beall's, Chemist Peter Murray-Rust, China, Commenters, December, Even, February, Jeffrey Beall's, MDPI's, Murray-Rust, Nobel, October
related to 2023 Clarivate delistings · 12
MDPI → Also, Clarivate, Clarivate Web, Environmental Research, Financial Management, In February, International Journal, Journal, Public Health, Risk, Science, Web
related to Withdrawals of support by faculties and universities · 12
MDPI → Budějovice, China, Faculty, Frontiers, Hangzhou, Hindawi, In December, In January, Science, South Bohemia, University, Zhejiang Gongshang University
related to 2014 OASPA evaluation · 10
MDPI → April, Association, Following Beall's, Life, Nobel Prize, Nutrients, OASPA, OASPA Membership Criteria, Open Access Scholarly Publishers, Shu-Kun Lin
related to Allegation of anomalous citation patterns · 9
MDPI → April, Changes, In July, Maria, OUP, Oviedo-García, Oviedo-García's, Research Evaluation, September

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Important terminology

journals published journal article special issues scientific paper research publishing papers list 2021 editorial publisher international open access publishers also

MDPI relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 193 structured relationships around MDPI. Examples in this analysis include MDPI → Country of origin → Switzerland and MDPI → Distribution → Worldwide. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
MDPICountry of originSwitzerland1.00infobox
MDPIDistributionWorldwide1.00infobox
MDPIFounded19961.00infobox
MDPIFounderShu-Kun Lin1.00infobox
MDPIHeadquarters locationBasel, Switzerland1.00infobox
MDPINo. of employees6,750 (in 2022)1.00infobox
MDPIOfficial websitemdpi.com1.00infobox
MDPIPublication typesOpen access scientific journals1.00infobox
MDPIStatusActive1.00infobox
Web of Scienceinstance ofwhile noting limitations compared with commercial bibliographic databases0.80text
Scopusinstance ofwhile noting limitations compared with commercial bibliographic databases0.80text
MDPIrelated to "Who's Afraid of Peer Review?" stingCancers0.60section

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around MDPI bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Journals, Published and Journal. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • MDPI
    • Journals
    • Published
    • Journal
    • List
    • Research
    • Publishing
    • Scientific
    • Special
    • Beall's
    • Including
    • Publisher
    • Paper
  • mdpi
    • Journals
    • Published
    • Journal
    • List
    • Research
    • Publishing
    • Scientific
    • Special
    • Beall's
    • Including
    • Publisher
    • Paper
  • publisher
    • Access
    • Open
    • International
    • Publishers
    • Scientific
    • Open-access
    • Publishing
    • Articles
    • Beall's
    • Including
    • List
    • Research
  • scientific journals
    • Mdpi
    • Published
    • Scientific
    • List
    • Research
    • Also
    • Academic
    • Issues
    • Sciences
    • Publishing
    • Special
    • Mdpi's
  • open access books
    • Open
    • Beall's
    • Publisher
    • Publishers
    • List
    • Publication
    • Publishing
    • Mdpi's
    • Articles
    • Also
    • International
    • Review
  • open access scholarly publishers association
    • Open
    • Beall's
    • Publisher
    • Publishers
    • List
    • Publication
    • Study
    • Research
    • Publishing
    • Review
    • Mdpi's
    • Articles
  • international association of scientific, technical, and medical publishers
    • Molecular
    • Sciences
    • Research
    • Publisher
    • Study
    • Journal
    • Beall's
    • Special
    • Publishing
    • Review
    • Scientific
    • Issues
  • jeffrey beall's list
    • List
    • Open
    • Publishing
    • Mdpi
    • December
    • Publishers
    • Review
    • Sciences
    • Mdpi's
    • Scientific
    • Publisher
    • Papers

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For MDPI, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects MDPI with Challenges. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
MDPI — Challenges · splits 47 ⟂ 61
MDPI — Overview · splits 86 ⟂ 22
MDPI — History · splits 90 ⟂ 18
MDPI — Proliferation of special issues · splits 102 ⟂ 6

Map overview Semantic statistics

MDPI

Nodes108
Edges107
Triples193
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.018519
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around MDPI to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Science & Art, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — MDPI · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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