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 become the 7th largest publisher in number of articles published in 2018, and the largest publisher of open access articles in DOAJ in 2018. Ten journals were accepted for coverage in the Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science): /Biomolecules/, /Diversity/, /Foods/, /Journal of Marine Science and Engineering/, /Mathematics/, /Metabolites/, /Microorganisms/, /Pathogens/, /Plants/ and /Vaccines/. The journals /Medicina/, /World Electric Vehicle Journal/ and /Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity/ were transferred to MDPI. Fifteen new journals were launched during the year. The number of full-time employees reached 1248. The number of scientific societies partnering with MDPI or affiliating to MDPI journals reached 63 at the end of 2018. The Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP) reached 503 academic institutions around the world. (Several links are available on the history page) *** 2019 is announced as a pivotal year for open access. MDPI looks forward to continue to support Universities, University libraries, funders, learned societies and scholars during the transition to a fully OA publishing environment. Best wishes for the New Year! Franck -- Franck Vazquez, Ph.D Chief Executive Officer, MDPI St. Alban-Anlage 66, 4052 Basel, Switzerland Tel. +41 61 683 77 34 http://www.mdpi.com -- http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7967-3798 https://www.linkedin.com/in/franck-vazquez-932a96a8/ _______________________________________________ GOAL mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
