Information for Authors
Since 1996, MDPI has been publishing scholarly, peer-reviewed Open Access journals. All journals uphold a peer-reviewed, rapid, and rigorous manuscript handling and editorial process.
MDPI journals are the perfect place for you to publish your work under an Open Access license, in a fast and straightforward manner, and to reach a potentially huge number of readers. MDPI delivers 2.4 million webpage views and over 650,000 full-text downloads per month.
MDPI is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland and has two Editorial Offices in Beijing, China.
Useful Resources for Authors
Copyright Rights & Permissions Guide
MDPI Reference List and Citations Style Guide [PDF Download]
MDPI LaTeX Templates (Microsoft Word Templates are available on the individual journals' Instructions for Authors pages)
Policy Regarding Corrections and Retractions
Manuscript Submission & Instructions for Authors
Authors and Readers Benefit from MDPI’s Pledges to:
- publish thoroughly peer-reviewed journals of high scholarly impact
- maintain a quick publication procedure — manuscripts are published within 6-8 weeks of submission, provided that no major revisions are required
- publish full open access journals — readers can access all articles published on this platform for free, including state-of-the-art review articles
- publish citation-tracked journals — MDPI is working towards quick coverage and citation-tracking of all of its journals in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE, see a list of covered journals) and Scopus (see a list of covered journals) indexing systems. In 2012, 71% of all published articles were covered by the SCIE.
- for biomed titles, MDPI is working towards quick coverage in PubMed Central and PubMed (see a list of covered journals. In 2012, 57% of all published articles were covered by PubMed.
For Authors and Readers Open Access Means:
- free availability of the literature on the Internet without any subscription or price barriers
- immediate open access once an article is released (no embargo period)
- authors retain all copyrights - authors will not be forced to sign any copyright transfer agreements
- permission of re-use the published material if proper accreditation is given (Creative Commons Attribution License
)
General Peer-Review Procedure
All manuscripts sent for publication in our journals are strictly and thoroughly peer-reviewed (this includes research and review articles, spontaneous submissions, and invited papers). The Editorial Offices organize the peer-reviewing and collect at least two review reports per manuscript. We ask our authors for adequate revision (with a second round of peer-review if necessary) before requesting the decision of an external editor (usually the Editor-in-Chief of a journal or the Guest Editor of a special issue).
Long-Term Archiving and Copies of MDPI Content
- MDPI deposits a full archival copy of all publications in electronic format into e-Helvetica, the digital archive of the Swiss National Library.
- MDPI participates with LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Save). LOCKSS system has permission to collect, preserve, and serve this open access Archival Unit. (MDPI LOCKSS Archival Units)
- MDPI participates with CLOCKSS.
- MDPI works towards adding all articles published in ‘life science’-related journals into PubMed Central (see a list of covered journals).
- MDPI has an agreement with EBSCO Industries Inc. to have the full-text of articles included in EBSCO Host for most of the journals.
- MDPI has an agreement with Informatics India Ldt. to have the full-text articles of all its journals included in J-Gate.
- Finally, authors are encouraged to self-archive the final version of their published articles into institutional repositories (such as those listed in the
Directory of Open Access Repositories). For this purpose, authors are strongly encouraged to use the final PDF version published on the website of MDPI.