Journal Description

Birds — Open Access Journal

Birds (ISSN zzzz-xxxx) is a peer-reviewed open access journal of ornithology. Birds is published quarterly online by MDPI.

Open Access Content may be downloaded, shared, and reused freely. Authors receive recognition for their contribution when the paper is reused.
Rapid Publication: First decisions are received in 16 days, and the time from acceptance to publication is 4 days (median values for MDPI journals in 2019).
Recognition of Reviewers: Reviewers who provide timely, thorough peer-review reports receive vouchers entitling them to a discount on the APC of their next publication in any MDPI journal. While single-blind peer review is standard, reviewers have the option available for signed peer review, and reviewer names are published annually in the journal.