I was recently asked to review for an MDPI open access journal. Is this a reputable publishing company? Their website suggests that they are 15 years old, and only do open-access publishing. The journal has a 3-year impact factor of around 2, which is not unreasonable for my field.
I'm curious to know whether it is worth putting the review on my CV.
Answer
The peer review process generally differs between predatory and non predatory journals.
- Given that they have solicited a review from you is a positive sign.
- If you don't know the authors and the work before hand, then that is another positive sign.
- If the article you are reviewing is good, then that would be a third positive sign.
- Finally, if you make comments in your review and the authors address them in the published version, that would be a final positive sign.
If on the other hand you know the authors and work, it is crappy, and the comments are ignored, that would be a bad sign.
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