Are Frontiers in journals predatory?

In 2015, Frontiers Media was classified as a possible predatory publisher by Jeffrey Beall, though Beall's list was taken offline two years later in a decision that remains controversial.

Which is better MDPI or Frontiers?

There are some differences though. For example, Frontiers publishes papers fast, but slower than MDPI, it has a higher reliance on the Chinese market than MDPI, it charges higher APCs than MDPI, and its journals are slightly better ranked than those of MDPI.

Are all Frontiers articles peer-reviewed?

All Frontiers articles are peer-reviewed, receive a DOI, are citable, published in PDF and HTML format, and submitted for indexing in relevant digital archives. More useful information about submitting: Author guidelines.

Are Frontiers journals indexed?

Frontiers articles are indexed in a number of major international digital archives and repositories, such as PubMed Central, DOAJ, Google Scholar, Chemical Abstracts Service. For additional details on specific indexing, please see the individual journals' About page.

What is the best predatory journal?

European Science Review ranks first in the list of predatory journals in which 20% of the predatory research papers were published, followed by European Applied Sciences (5%) and Austrian Journal of Technical and Natural Sciences (4%). ...

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Is Dove Press predatory?

In 2022, a study re-analyzing the predatory publishers on Beall's list found that Dove Medical Press was among the "most reputable" of 18 publishers previously labelled as predatory, which could have marked a "transition into a reputable, open access journal".

How do you know if a journal is predatory?

What is the ranking of the Frontiers journal?

We're the 3rd most-cited publisher

Analysis of the world's 20 largest publishers by volume, ranked by average number of citations in 2022 received by articles published in 2019, 2020 and 2021 (Dimensions, 2023).

What is the acceptance rate of Frontiers journals?

The definition of journal acceptance rate is the percentage of all articles submitted to Frontiers in Psychology that was accepted for publication. Based on the Journal Acceptance Rate Feedback System database, the latest acceptance rate of Frontiers in Psychology is 86.4%.

Is Frontiers pay to publish?

Open access provides free and immediate online access to academic research for anyone in the world to read, distribute, and re-use. We receive payment in the form of article publishing charges (APCs) on articles that pass peer review and are accepted for publication by our external and independent editorial boards.

Who is the target audience of Frontiers?

Frontiers' target audience – in terms of both authors and readers – includes ecologists, environmental scientists, and other professionals in allied disciplines, especially those with interests in applied, problem-oriented science.

Do Frontiers journal editors get paid?

Chief editors receive an honorarium if their section or field reaches certain submission levels and for their editorial project work. The honorarium is not based on the number of accepted articles, ensuring that editors have no incentive to accept manuscripts.

What is the impact factor of the Frontiers journal in 2023?

The 2023-2024 Journal's Impact IF of Information Systems Frontiers is 5.261, which is just updated in 2024.

Are Frontiers journals for profit?

Frontiers is a for-profit publisher. It operates on an open-access publishing model and covers a wide range of academic disciplines.

Why is MDPI a reliable source?

MDPI is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). MDPI takes the responsibility to enforce a rigorous peer-review together with strict ethical policies and standards to ensure to add high quality scientific works to the field of scholarly publication.

What is a predatory journal?

Predatory Journals take advantage of authors by asking them to publish for a fee without providing peer-review or editing services. Because predatory publishers do not follow the proper academic standards for publishing, they usually offer a quick turnaround on publishing a manuscript.

Is Frontiers a predatory journal 2023?

Frontiers has been listed on a misinformation website called predatoryreports.org. The website's ownership and purpose are deliberately unclear, and the information provided both in its blog and journal listings is incorrect.

What is the rejection rate for Frontiers journal?

Submissions, acceptances, rejections

The review mandate does not focus on potential impact, nor are artificial acceptance or rejection rates imposed. Within this framework, the rejection rate for 2021 was on average 40% across all Frontiers journals, and as high as 79% in some journals.

How many reviewers usually see a paper Frontiers?

Most article types require at least two reviewers to complete a review. These reviewers can either be invited from the board of review editors or appropriately recruited among experts in the field. It is the prerogative of a handling editor to manage the reviewer recommendations of a manuscript.

Is Frontier a high impact journal?

Journal Impact Factor and CiteScore

18 of Frontiers' journals are in the top 25% in at least one category. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience increased its Journal Impact Factor by 9%, to 3.5. Frontiers in Nanotechnology increased its CiteScore from 1.1 in 2021 to 3.5 in 2022.

Why publish in Frontiers?

All articles submitted to Frontiers are subjected to review without selection bias. Our peer review system is designed to be unbiased, efficient and transparent. Real-time interaction between the author and the review editors speeds up the review process enabling research findings to be published timely.

Is Frontiers indexed in PubMed?

Frontiers of Medicine is a globally-focused journal publishing original research on a diverse range of medical topics. Indexed in PubMed/MEDLINE and SCIE.

Are all paid journals predatory?

No, there are other types. For example, predatory journals may steal intellectual property through deception, engage in fraudulent or fake peer review, or list respected researchers on its editorial board without their knowledge or consent.

Is it bad to publish in a predatory journal?

Attaining a publication in a predatory journal and then being discovered by a prospective employer is often more damaging than having little to no published research, and might compromise one's future opportunities to publish.

Is MDPI a predatory journal?

Conversation. MDPI journals have been included in the list of predatory journals. It was about time. MDPI as a publisher of open-access scientific journals was spun off from the Molecular Diversity Preservation International organization.