Hi Ecologers. After passing long this note it has been suggested by some colleagues not to submit articles to journals published by MDPI. They directed me to the following reviews, which question MDPI's business practices.
http://scholarlyoa.com/2014/02/18/chinese-publishner-mdpi-added-to-list-of-questionable-publishers/ http://scholarlyoa.com/2015/01/02/bealls-list-of-predatory-publishers-2015/ That said, I'm sure many of you have read and/or published great work in MDPI publications. Cheers, Craig R. Beatty Programme Officer International Union for Conservation of Nature 1630 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 300 Washington DC 20009 +1 (202) 518-2078 IUCN<http://www.iucn.org/> From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] On Behalf Of Hossein Azadi Sent: Monday, February 1, 2016 9:07 AM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU<mailto:ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU> Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Special Issue: "Land and Food Policy" Dear colleagues, Hope you are doing well. I would be grateful if you could take a look at, and forward the following link (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/food_policy) to your network. Kind regards, Hossein -------------------------- Hossein Azadi, PhD Senior researcher Department of Geography Ghent University, Belgium Email: hossein.az...@ugent.be<mailto:hossein.az...@ugent.be> Tel: +32 (0)9 264 45 70 http://geoweb.ugent.be/seg/people/hazadina Skype: hossein-azadi ________________________________ This communication, together with any attachment, may contain confidential information and/or copyright material and is intended only for the person(s) to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication, or if you received it in error, you are asked to kindly delete it and promptly notify us. Any review, copying, use, disclosure or distribution of any part of this communication, unless duly authorized by or on behalf of IUCN, is strictly forbidden.