Thanks, all. I also read https://www.ce-strategy.com/the-brief/not-so-special/ Some truly incredible (or outrageous?) numbers related to special issues: - "Even more problematic for Wiley is that special issues appear to be remarkably profitable, resulting in a $25 million impact on Adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization). *That is to say, Wiley earns an 80% margin on special issues*, resulting in an outsized margin impact on overall revenue." - "As THE notes, MDPI’s two flagship journals—the International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Sustainability—have announced, respectively, 3,514 and 3,512 special issues with a closing date in 2023. That works out to a *mind-boggling 9 special issues a day—for each journal*!" Tim On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 2:09 PM Taylor, Anneliese < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thanks for sharing this, Michael. Timely given all the news coming out > about problems with special issues in MDI and Hindawi journals like: > > > https://www.science.org/content/article/fast-growing-open-access-journals-stripped-coveted-impact-factors > > https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/03/30/guest-post-of-special-issues-and-journal-purges/ > > I also saw a (thankfully succinct) slide deck on LinkedIn about MDPI from > the publisher-centric Journalology newsletter. I've attached it for > reference since the link below might require logging in to the site: > https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jwbutcher_a-million-ways-mdpi-has-changed-scholarly-activity-7023185076414763008-WE8H/ > > Best, > Anneliese > ------------------------------ > *From:* Scholarly Communications CKG <[log in to unmask]> on > behalf of Michael Ladisch < > [log in to unmask]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 22, 2023 4:48 PM > *To:* [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > *Subject:* [SCCKG] Blog Post about MDPI > > Hi all, That’s an interesting and very detailed blog post about the pros > and cons of MDPI. It’s along read and the post has already 145 comments … > https: //paolocrosetto. wordpress. > com/2021/04/12/is-mdpi-a-predatory-publisher/ Best Michael > ------------------------- > ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart > This Message Is From an External Sender > This message came from outside your organization. > > ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd > > Hi all, > > > > That’s an interesting and very detailed blog post about the pros and cons > of MDPI. It’s along read and the post has already 145 comments … > > > https://paolocrosetto.wordpress.com/2021/04/12/is-mdpi-a-predatory-publisher/ > > > > Best > > Michael > > > > ------------------------- > > Michael Ladisch > > Scholarly Communications Officer > > University of California Davis, Library > > 100 North West Quad > > Davis, CA 95616-5292 > > [log in to unmask] > > (530) 752-6385 > > > -- Timothy Vollmer Scholarly Communication & Copyright Librarian University of California, Berkeley Doe Library, 189 Annex Berkeley, CA 94720 [log in to unmask] Pronouns: he/him