Citation notice #8254 · 2026-08-03 12:19:31.377439+00:00

The Issue with Special Issues: when Guest Editors Publish in Support of Self

cites Journal citation reports and the definition of a predatory journal: The case of the Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), which carries a expression of concern notice . One-hop deterministic notice: the citation edge exists in the Pith bibliography graph; no model judged whether the citation was load-bearing.

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01Evidence

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Oviedo-García MÁ. Journal citation reports and the definition of a predatory journal: The case of the Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). Res Eval. 2021;30: 405 –419a. doi:10.1093/reseval/rvab020

02Event

Type

Expression of concern

Source

Retraction Watch

Original DOI

10.1093/reseval/rvab020

Notice DOI

10.1093/reseval/rvad014

Date

-

Title

Journal citation reports and the definition of a predatory journal: The case of the Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

Reasons

['Concerns/Issues about Results and/or Conclusions', 'Error in Text', 'Retract and Replace', 'Upgrade/Update of Prior Notice(s)']

Work

Journal citation reports and the definition of a predatory journal: The case of the Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) (2021) Research Evaluation

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