I think we need to confirm this news from the Scopus and Web science websites. If no news from both websites, so the news about predatory Journals are just only media news.

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Refer to the following link: https://predatoryreports.org/news/f/list-of-all-mdpi-predatory-publications?fbclid=IwAR2FbGSY4Dktl4X8GWkcfgAuBcBNZLk2uzmywGpv0CoJ8-2E9usR-3P8Glg but I believe that this is a blog and not official - refer to Mohammed Hail Hakimi reply.

Thank you Mohammed Hail Hakimi and Rodney Duffett for your replies.

Before starting a new Question thread, please search for any existing RG threads on more or less the same question. See for example these:

Should articles published in MDPI journals be excluded in the assessment of the scientific production? Is this already happening in your country? | ResearchGate

I'm gonna ask whether publishing in MDPI journals is good or more specifically how is publishing in 'International Journal of Molecular Sciences' ? | ResearchGate

Mathias Wernbom Thank you for your reply and I appreciate your response.

The two questions you brought up were posed in 2021 and 2017.

Looking for answers to queries that were published before the recent news about MDPI being considered predatory (March 2023) may not be helpful.

I asked this question because we plan to publish in it, and we want to make sure about the available news.

In contrast, the show better performance compared to Wiley, springer and sage

https://predatoryreports.org/news/f/web-of-science-de-listed-82-journal-including-15-from-hindawi

Alaa Adawy Thank you for your reply. Based on the latest news, only two of the MDPI journals are classified as predatory ones as mentioned in the following link:

https://predatoryreports.org/news/f/web-of-science-de-listed-82-journal-including-15-from-hindawi

While there have been debates and criticisms surrounding certain practices in the academic publishing industry, it would be overly simplistic and unfair to categorize all MDPI journals as predatory. MDPI, an open-access publisher, operates a large portfolio of journals covering a wide range of disciplines, and like any publisher, it has both high-quality and lower-quality journals. Predatory journals typically engage in unethical practices such as lack of peer review, excessive publication fees, and misleading or false information. It is important to evaluate individual MDPI journals based on their editorial board, peer review process, indexing, impact factor, and overall reputation within their respective fields before making any blanket statements.

https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/03/30/guest-post-of-special-issues-and-journal-purges/