<div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols">Hi all,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols">After I forwarded Ralf Vollman’s CfP for a special issue of <i>Languages</i>, I received the information below about the publisher:</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols">I hope you won't mind a quick note about MDPI, just to point out that this is not really a reputable publisher, rather on the side of "predatory publishers" that make money based on dubious editorial practices (sloppy policy for acceptance) and abuse the good will of scholars...</span><br></i></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px"><i><br></i></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px"><i>The 'long read' is available on the Internet. Despite the company's lobbying, the Wikipedia entry contains relevant information:</i></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px"><i><br></i></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px"><i><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">"MDPI's business practices have attracted criticism, with controversies suggesting it sacrifices editorial and academic rigor in favor of operational speed and business interests.</span><sup id="m_-887684104438087939gmail-cite_ref-:4_4-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDPI#cite_note-:4-4" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none" target="_blank">[4]</a></sup><sup id="m_-887684104438087939gmail-cite_ref-:5_7-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDPI#cite_note-:5-7" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none" target="_blank">[7]</a></sup><sup id="m_-887684104438087939gmail-cite_ref-14" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDPI#cite_note-14" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none" target="_blank">[14]</a></sup><sup id="m_-887684104438087939gmail-cite_ref-Vrieze_15-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDPI#cite_note-Vrieze-15" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none" target="_blank">[15]</a></sup><sup id="m_-887684104438087939gmail-cite_ref-ASH2017_16-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDPI#cite_note-ASH2017-16" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none" target="_blank">[16]</a></sup><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"> MDPI was included on </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beall%27s_List" title="Beall's List" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background-image:none;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px" target="_blank">Jeffrey Beall's list</a><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"> of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predatory_open_access_publishing" title="Predatory open access publishing" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background-image:none;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px" target="_blank">predatory open access publishing</a><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"> companies in 2014</span><sup id="m_-887684104438087939gmail-cite_ref-Gillis_17-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDPI#cite_note-Gillis-17" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none" target="_blank">[17]</a></sup><sup id="m_-887684104438087939gmail-cite_ref-Beall2014_18-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDPI#cite_note-Beall2014-18" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none" target="_blank">[18]</a></sup><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"> but was removed in 2015 following a successful appeal</span><sup id="m_-887684104438087939gmail-cite_ref-ASH2017_16-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDPI#cite_note-ASH2017-16" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none" target="_blank">[16]</a></sup><sup id="m_-887684104438087939gmail-cite_ref-Gillis_17-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDPI#cite_note-Gillis-17" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none" target="_blank">[17]</a></sup><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"> while applying pressure on Beall's employer.</span><sup id="m_-887684104438087939gmail-cite_ref-biochemia_19-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDPI#cite_note-biochemia-19" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none" target="_blank">[19]</a></sup><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"> Some journals published by MDPI have also been noted by the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Academy_of_Sciences" title="" style="color:rgb(51,102,204);background-image:none;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px" target="_blank">Chinese Academy of Sciences</a><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"> and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Norwegian_Scientific_Publication_Register&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Norwegian Scientific Publication Register (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(221,51,51);background-image:none;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px" target="_blank">Norwegian Scientific Publication Register</a><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">, two major scientific bodies, for lack of rigour and possible predatory practice.</span><sup id="m_-887684104438087939gmail-cite_ref-Universitetsavisa2021_20-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDPI#cite_note-Universitetsavisa2021-20" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none" target="_blank">[20]</a></sup><sup id="m_-887684104438087939gmail-cite_ref-khrono2021_21-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDPI#cite_note-khrono2021-21" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none" target="_blank">[21]</a></sup><sup id="m_-887684104438087939gmail-cite_ref-:3_22-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDPI#cite_note-:3-22" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none" target="_blank">[22]</a>"</sup><br></i><br></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px" dir="auto"> I am sending this so people can make their own decision about whether to publish there (Note: we are talking about the journal Languages, not the Linguistic Society of America’s journal Language).<br></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px" dir="auto"><br></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px" dir="auto">Randy</p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px" dir="auto"><br></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px" dir="auto"><br></p><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px"><div><b>From:</b> ralf vollmann <<a href="mailto:vollmanr@gmail.com" target="_blank">vollmanr@gmail.com</a>><br><div dir="ltr"><b>Date:</b> 4 February 2023 at 7:49:44 AM GMT+8<br><b>To:</b> "Mag.Dr. Ralf Vollmann" <<a href="mailto:ralf.vollmann@uni-graz.at" target="_blank">ralf.vollmann@uni-graz.at</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>edition project, invitation to contribute</b><br><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:small">Dear colleagues,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:small">allow me to send a mass email to you and not address everybody personally – sorry :-)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:small">I have agreed to MDPI to be the guest editor on a special issue for the journal "Languages"</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:small">which seems to be indexed and reputable – unfortunately, there seems to be an author<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:small">fee for open access.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:small">I have thought of a more specific topic and came up with something I seemingly find</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:small">less in the existing literature. If you feel inspired to contribute to the proposal sent as</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:small">attachment, please let me know, and thank you in advance. I would like to get insights<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:small">into all of the countries (or regions) of South-East Asia as described below, either from</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:small">autochthonous minorities viewpoint or from more recent migrations which brought<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:small">new languages to urban centres.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:small">If you can advise me which other authors on the subject I might ask, I am always<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:small">thankful. Certainly, I still missed many names even after making my own list of<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:small">potential contributors.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:small">Thank you, best wishes, Ralf Vollmann<br clear="all"></div><br>--<br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:monospace"><font size="2">ao.Univ.Prof. Mag.Dr. Ralf Vollmann (孙学仁)<br>Univ. of Graz, Merangasse 70, A-8010 Graz<br>TEL: 0043/316/380-2419 ; MOB: 0681/81692723<br><a href="mailto:vollmanr@gmail.com" target="_blank">vollmanr@gmail.com</a> ; <a href="mailto:ralf.vollmann@uni-graz.at" target="_blank">ralf.vollmann@uni-graz.at</a><br></font></span><div><span style="font-family:monospace"><font size="2"><a href="https://homepage.uni-graz.at/de/ralf.vollmann/" target="_blank">https://homepage.uni-graz.at/de/ralf.vollmann/</a><br></font></span></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:monospace"><a href="https://www.global-hakka-research.org/" target="_blank">https://www.global-hakka-research.org</a></span><br></font></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"></div>.</div></div></div><div dir="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