[GOAL] MDPI annual report 2017 has been released

2018-02-15 Thread Dr. Franck Vazquez | CEO | MDPI
Dear all, On 9th of February 2018, MDPI released its 2017 Annual Report. It contains information regarding company and journal performance, conferences and the publishing services that we have provided throughout 2017. To read or download the report, please click http://img.mdpi.org/data/ar-2

Re: [GOAL] MDPI annual report 2017 has been released

2018-02-15 Thread Dr. Franck Vazquez | CEO | MDPI
that is right, do you not think it should, or that MDPI ought to > publish a financial overview in the way that PLOS does? > https://www.plos.org/financial-overview > > Best wishes, > > > Richard Poynder > > > On 15 February 2018 at 10:07, Dr. Franck Vazquez

Re: [GOAL] [SCHOLCOMM] Recent APC price changes for 4 publishers (BMC, Hindawi, PLOS, PeerJ)

2018-04-16 Thread Dr. Franck Vazquez | CEO | MDPI
Adding up the data summary for MDPI to the picture: •164 journals with numeric data in 2017 (average APC 438CHF) and 2018 (average APC 533CHF) •107 journals (65.2%) with no change in APC, including 40 journals free (average APC 375CHF) •40 journals (24.3%) with APC increase of 6% - 142% (increa

Re: [GOAL] [SCHOLCOMM] Recent APC price changes for 4 publishers (BMC, Hindawi, PLOS, PeerJ)

2018-04-17 Thread Dr. Franck Vazquez | CEO | MDPI
> PS: if CHF is not your local currency, you can find both current and > historical conversion rates through XE currency converter: > https://www.xe.com/currencytables/ > > *From:* scholcomm-requ...@lists.ala.org &g

[GOAL] MDPI 2018 update

2019-01-04 Thread Dr. Franck Vazquez | CEO | MDPI
Dear GOAL list members, Below is the 2018 update on the history page (https://www.mdpi.com/about/history ) of MDPI: *** The total number of articles published reaches 193,780 at the end of 2018. With 64,687 peer-reviewed articles published in 2018 (a 79.7% increase compared to 2017), MDPI has

Re: [GOAL] MDPI: price increases, some hefty, more to come in July

2019-02-19 Thread Dr. Franck Vazquez | CEO | MDPI
Dear Heather, As you noted the APC of several MDPI journals have increased in January 2019, and the APC of several others will increase in July 2019. As Jeroen also noted many did not and will not increase. We recently decided to increase the APCs as a matter of long term sustainability of MDPI

Re: [GOAL] List of APCs per publisher

2017-05-19 Thread Dr. Franck Vazquez | CEO | MDPI
Dear all, Having a place where scholars can compare up-to-date APCs at a glance would surely be very welcomed. It would also be very useful for publishers, like MDPI, who aim to maintain competitive pricing. Obviously, page/color charges should also be clearly available for subscription journa