MDPI Introduction and Editorial Procedure Central South University Lynn Huang 8 November 2017
MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute) 曼迪匹艾 ( 北京 / 武汉 ) 科技服务有限公司 MDPI was launched by Dr. Shu-Kun Lin, who received his Ph.D. from ETH in Zürich (Organic Chemistry). First journal Molecules Launched in 1996. Open Access Model in 2003. We are a publisher of Open Access, scientific, peer-reviewed journals ( 开放获取, 同行评审 ) 2
MDPI Offices and Employees 500+ employees in 2016; 5 offices in Basel, Beijing, Wuhan, Barcelona, Belgrade Office in San Francisco in under preparation 3
- Full Open Access Publisher - Our mission is to promote the open scientific exchange through scholarly open access journals and many scientific communication projects 通过开放获取学术期刊及相关学术交流平台促进科学交流 4
Mission and Values Experience in publishing (20 余年开放获取出版经验 ) Excellent Service to Academics ( 作者好评率超 99%) Quality and Ethics Efficiency Credibility Timely Publication First decision is provided in 28 days; papers are published 5-7 days after acceptance. Excellent Service 99% of our authors would publish in an MDPI journal again. 5
6 1996 2000 2001 1999 2012 2006 2016 1998 1997 2005 2003 2004 200 7 2002 2015 2014 2013 2010 2011 2008 2009 articles staff journals 47 771 2 1 4317 12 18 3 1 1689 3 4 10,762 33 38 21,000 81 100 33,060 113 170 45,540 125 240 62,953 138 335 86,521 164 454 2017 194 620 116,000 MDPI Development Trends
MDPI Figures 172 open access journals 90 journals indexed in Web of Science 268,300+ unique academic authors 15,700+ academic editors 125,616 peer-review reports received in 2016 95,800+ articles published since foundation of MDPI in 1996 5,870,600+ monthly page views and article downloads 23,568 articles published in 2016 7
MDPI Journals 170+ Journals o 29 SCIE covered journals o 63 ESCI (Web of Science) o 40 PubMed/PMC o 61 Scopus o 13 EI 84% Content Indexed in Web of Science 95,800+ papers published http://www.mdpi.com/ 8
MDPI SCIE Journals 9
MDPI in the Open Access Market PeerJ 1% CopernicusOUP 5% 1% BMJ 0% Karger 1% SAGE 1% elife 1% AOSIS 1% Frontiers 13% No. 1 Springer Nature 26% AIP 1% Hindawi 12% No. 2 PLoS 17% No. 3 MDPI 16% Distribution of OA Articles in 2016 Source: Sciforum statistics; sciforum.net/statistics 10
Public Relations and Outreach 特刊实体书 预印本提交平台 电子会议平台 学术论文数据库 ( 内含八千万学术论文 ) Scifeed 11
Public Relations and Outreach User Profiles and Network Activity (Planned) 用户资料管理社交网络创建 ( 筹备中 ) 文件网上共享 Online File Sharing Discussion Groups 网上讨论组 Journal & Publisher Statistics Conference Hosting 学术期刊和出版社数据统计 Public Commenting on Papers 组织电子会议 学术文章在线评论 12
MDPI APC (Article Processing Charges) MDPI 916CHF Source: Inside elife: Setting a fee for publication, September 2016. https://elifesciences.org/elife-news/inside-elife-setting-fee-publication 13
Benefits of MDPI Institutional Membership 10% discount on APCs ( 出版费有折扣 ) Panel for librarian( 方便课题组统计发表数据 ) Do not forget to choose when submission ( 投稿时注意选择 ) 14
Institutional Membership Program 会员合作项目 10% discount on APCs ( 出版费折扣 ) No joining fee, no hidden terms ( 无会员申请费等其他费用 ) More than280 member institutions 50% EU, 12% USA, 12% China, 5% Switzerland http://www.mdpi.com/about/memberships 15
MDPI Editorial Procedure
Submission Pre-check Peer-review Editor decision Reject MDPI editors Revise authors reviewers external editor Peer Review Minor/ Major Accept Production Copy editing 1 English editing Assigned editor check Editorial cross-check Proof-reading Assigned editor check XML->LaTeX-> PDF XML QC Word/LaTeX- >XML Final copy-editing Managing Editor approval Update LaTeX/XML layout editor English editor Publication conversion editor PDF editor Invoicing billing dept. website editor
Submission Submission Follow the journal s instructions: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/water/instructions Reviewer Recommendation Relevant background; Publication record; Ph.D. degree; Native English speaker. Cover letter; Full manuscript: Word/Latex. 18
Peer review: Pre-check MDPI editors External editor Submission Pre-check Journal scope suitability Novelty of the content Background of author(s): Official email account Tables and figures: Completed, Permission References: Timespan English Manuscript type Plagiarism (ithenticate; https://www.duplichecker.com/) 19
Peer Review Submission Pre-check Peer-review Single blind At least 2-3 valid review reports Accept Minor Revision Major Revision Reject Review time: 1 or 2 weeks 20
Decision review Editor decision Reject Minor/ Major Accept External editors make decision(s) based on all review reports (and revised manuscripts) independently Overall scientific quality of the paper The English of the paper 21
Revision Revise Minor/ Major Accept Download latest version Point-by-point responses Highlight changes or track changes Provide rebuttal when needed Incorporate rebuttal into revised version Inform editorial office for authorship change 22
Production Production Copy editing 1 English editing Assigned editor check Editorial cross-check Proof-reading Assigned editor check XML->LaTeX-> PDF XML QC Word/LaTeX- >XML Final copy-editing Managing Editor approval Update LaTeX/XML layout editor English editor Publication conversion editor PDF editor Invoicing billing dept. website editor 23
Proofreading Copy editing 1 English editing Assigned editor check Editorial cross-check Proof-reading Pay attention to authors names, emails, affiliations Acknowledgements: funding information Author s contribution Conflict of Interests 24
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