MDPI
MDPI, which stands for Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, is a publisher of open-access scientific journals. Founded in 1996, MDPI has grown to become one of the largest academic publishers, issuing hundreds of journals across a wide range of disciplines. Their business model relies on an article processing charge (APC) paid by authors or their institutions upon acceptance of a manuscript for publication.
The company operates entirely online, facilitating a rapid peer-review and publication process for many of its
MDPI's open-access model means that all published articles are freely available to readers worldwide without subscription