Publisher profile

MDPI

An open-access portfolio covering specialist and interdisciplinary fields, with policies for regular submissions and special issues.

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Overview

Natural sciences, engineering, health and interdisciplinary scholarship

MDPI’s portfolio includes journals with substantially different remits. Sensors covers sensor devices, sensing systems and related applications; Sustainability spans technical, environmental, cultural, economic and social dimensions of sustainable development. Describe the particular contribution your paper makes to the chosen journal rather than treating a broad title as unrestricted scope.

MDPI’s stated process separates staff checks from academic-editor assessment and external review. Its ethics policy says editorial boards are independent while allowing intervention when ethical or legal concerns arise. Read these policies together with the journal and special-issue instructions. They describe the process; they do not establish the outcome of an individual submission.

Publishing model: Gold open access; journal-specific APCs
Subject coverage: Natural sciences, engineering, health and interdisciplinary scholarship
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Sources checked: 13 November 2026

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Safe & Trusted

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How the assessment is formed

Our evaluation framework considers peer review, editorial credibility, transparency, publishing ethics, indexing and researcher feedback. The overall rating and category are recorded here; a criterion-by-criterion score breakdown is not included in this record.

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Assessment areaWhat to look forPublisher policies and sources

Editorial accountability

Named editors, relevant affiliations and a clear way to contact the editorial office.

Check the journal’s editorial board and, for special issues, its guest editors. MDPI’s ethics policy distinguishes academic editorial decisions from the publisher’s handling of ethical concerns.Editorial independence and responsibilities

Peer review

A documented review model, reviewer selection and a process for editorial decisions.

MDPI describes technical pre-checks, academic assessment and independent review. A special-issue invitation still requires the manuscript to pass the relevant editorial process.Editorial process and review stages

Indexing and discoverability

The exact journal title and ISSN in the index itself; coverage dates and current status.

Check the exact journal title, ISSN and coverage dates in the database required by your institution. Inclusion of one title does not establish coverage for the publisher’s other journals.Publisher journal catalogue How to verify indexing

Fees and business model

A complete fee schedule, payment timing, waivers and any additional publication charges.

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Copyright and licensing

The publishing agreement, author rights and a licence that meets your funder’s requirements.

MDPI’s APC policy describes publication under CC BY. Check any separately credited material and the author agreement before reusing figures, tables or other content.APC and licence policy

Ethics and corrections

Policies on authorship, competing interests, misconduct, appeals, corrections and retractions.

The ethics policy addresses authorship, conflicts, data and research integrity. Check requirements relevant to your study and use the stated procedure for concerns or corrections.Research and publication ethics

Digital preservation

A named preservation service and a clear long-term access policy.

Portico has a publisher record with linked journal holdings. Check the exact title and the content received or committed there; publisher participation alone does not establish complete coverage of every journal and year.Publisher record and holdings at Portico

Selected journals.
Different audiences.

These examples illustrate the publisher’s range; they are not its complete catalogue. Follow each journal’s page for current scope, editorial information and submission requirements.

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Sensors

Research on sensor devices, system-level sensing, integrated architectures and applications. Its stated formats include research papers, reviews and data descriptors.

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Sustainability

Interdisciplinary work on sustainability and sustainable development. A clear environmental, social, economic, cultural or technical sustainability question is essential to the scope argument.