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The pioneer in open, post-publication peer review and transparent scholarly publishing.

Accelerating scientific discovery through AI-enhanced open access publishing and peer-review automation.
MDPI is a global leader in open-access scholarly publishing, utilizing its proprietary Susy platform to manage the end-to-end lifecycle of scientific research. By 2026, MDPI has refined its technical architecture to incorporate sophisticated AI-driven editorial tools that automate reviewer matching, linguistic quality assessment, and plagiarism detection across its 400+ journals. The platform operates on a high-concurrency cloud infrastructure designed to handle millions of monthly visitors and thousands of simultaneous manuscript submissions. Its ecosystem extends beyond publishing to include Sciprofiles for researcher networking and Scifeed for AI-powered literature discovery. For institutions and researchers, MDPI provides a standardized XML-first workflow, ensuring rapid indexing in major databases like Scopus and Web of Science. The 2026 market position emphasizes 'Efficiency-as-a-Service' for the global research community, balancing high-speed publication cycles with rigorous automated integrity checks to combat paper mills and data fabrication.
Uses NLP and semantic search against a database of 1M+ experts to identify optimal reviewers based on keyword proximity and h-index.
The pioneer in open, post-publication peer review and transparent scholarly publishing.
Empowering the global research community through open-access scientific publishing and a proprietary XML-first workflow.
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A bespoke, proprietary manuscript management system built for high-throughput editorial processing.
Centralized dashboard for universities to manage and automate APC payments for their staff.
Machine learning algorithms that analyze user reading habits to suggest relevant new publications.
Automated pipeline that converts raw author files into structured JATS XML for cross-platform indexing.
Heuristic analysis of uploaded figures and datasets to detect potential manipulation or duplication.
One-click submission from the MDPI platform to the Preprints server for early-stage dissemination.
Researchers needing to publish breakthrough findings (e.g., vaccine data) faster than traditional 6-12 month cycles.
Registry Updated:2/7/2026
Finalize proof and see the article live within 4-6 weeks total.
University libraries struggling to track and pay for individual researcher APCs across hundreds of journals.
Overload of scientific papers making it impossible to stay updated on niche sub-fields.