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MDPI

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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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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MDPI

Nodes111
Edges110
Triples222
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.018018
Components1

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MDPI

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related to Controversial articles · 23
MDPI → Alzheimer's, Andrulis, Anthony Samsel, Ars Technica, Discover, Entropy, Erik, Evolution, In, In December, It, Jeffrey Beall, Life, Life's, Nature, Origin, Parkinson's, Popular Science, Stephanie Seneff, The
related to Molecular Diversity Preservation International · 21
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, The, Turin
related to MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute) · 20
MDPI → Basel, Canada, China, Dietrich Rordorf, In, Including Switzerland, It, Japan, May, Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Shu-Kun Lin, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, The, United Kingdom
related to Assessments in the Nordic countries · 19
MDPI → Among, Chinese, CV, Danish, Denmark, Finland, Finnish, In, MDPI's, National Publication Committee, Nordic, Norway, Norwegian, Norwegian Scientific Index, Sustainability, Switzerland, The, The Norwegian Scientific Index, They
related to Concerns over papers connected to a research paper mill · 19
MDPI → Also, Applied Commerce Research, Brian Perron, Damaris Critchlow, December, Dr, Emerging Technologies, Energies, In, In December, International Journal, International Publisher Ltd, Journal, Learning, Mathematics, Perron, Sustainability, The, Theoretical
related to 2023 Clarivate delistings · 13
MDPI → Also, As, Clarivate, Clarivate Web, Environmental Research, Financial Management, In February, International Journal, Journal, Public Health, Risk, Science, Web
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 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 · 11
MDPI → April, Association, Following Beall's, Life, Nobel Prize, Nutrients, OASPA, OASPA Membership Criteria, Open Access Scholarly Publishers, Shu-Kun Lin, This
related to Allegation of anomalous citation patterns · 10
MDPI → April, Changes, In July, Maria, OUP, Oviedo-García, Oviedo-García's, Research Evaluation, September, The

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Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

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?" stingIn0.60section

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