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Comment on Under Pressure, MDPI Tries to Clean House, Retracts Paper by Richard Musser

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I have published two papers with MDPI. In my case the journal “Insects” before I had seen this list. I had colleagues with good experience with MDPI Insects and thought it was “Western European” Journal thus legit. While this list has now given me anxious pause to look at other sources to publish, so will look at other Journals. I did not submit there out of desperation, and my experience still suggest that MDPI Insects is legit. I have published in Journals including Nature, and just wanted a basic good Journal for this work, that I am proud of doing. Also I had looked up predatory Journals before and they always looked less professional with minor typos wanting extort lots of money. While MDPI fees seemed reasonable and the final online pubs from Insects appeared very professional, as good as any journal that I have published. See for yourself: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/insects

Regardless my experience was a competent review by experts that understood molecular biology. It also required two cycles of corrections and never felt like a give me, but required real corrections. The review and acceptance seemed no different to me that any other journal I have published that are of modest Impact factor. However, as mentioned this list has caused me to look else where to protect my reputation, despite my complete assertion that I went through a review equivalent to any journal I have published with so far.


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