Testimonials

I have been publishing with MDPI journals since 2013. The editorial staff for all the journals I have published with are very polite, professional and helpful. I also review for MDPI and therefore may get discount vouchers for my next publication from time to time. Open access makes my work more available, which is great. I have known MDPI since 2013 and highly recommend this scientific publishing group.

Article in Life: Results of an Eight-Year Extraction of Phosphorus Minerals within the Seymchan Meteorite

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MDPI is a highly reputable publisher. I like to read and reference MDPI articles. From my experience and what I hear from my colleagues, the review process, high speed of publication, good indexing, and open access are the most attractive factors to many authors.

Article in Life: Circadian Rhythm Regulates Reactive Oxygen Species Production and Inhibits Al-Induced Programmed Cell Death in Peanut

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It was great to be a guest editor for the SI. I received excellent support from the SI Managing Editor and from the reviewers. Getting in touch with other researchers for the 'call of papers' helped me to widen my research network and come across new research topics.

Special Issue in Life: Mechanical Forces in the Cell

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The work of the editors and reviewers was efficient and professional. It is the fastest process from submission to publication that I have ever experienced.

Article in Life: Comprehensive Analysis of SFRP Family Members Prognostic Value and Immune Infiltration in Gastric Cancer

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Submitting a manuscript to Life is a real pleasure every step of the way. In particular, the speed of the editorial process and the politeness given to each email make things very pleasant.

Article in Life: Beat Detection Recruits the Visual Cortex in Early Blind Subjects

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"MDPI was a pleasure to work with; the reviewers were prompt and reasonable, with great communication from the editorial team. The whole process went smoothly from start to finish, really couldn't have asked for more."

Article in Life: Cancer Stem Cells in Head and Neck Metastatic Malignant Melanoma Express Components of the Renin-Angiotensin System

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“The reviews of my manuscript were highly informed and constructive, and I was very pleased with the quality of the production for publication.”

Article in Life: A Self-Assembled Aggregate Composed of a Fatty Acid Membrane and the Building Blocks of Biological Polymers Provides a First Step in the Emergence of Protocells

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“The invitation to contribute to the special Life issue on ‘The Origins and Early Evolution of RNA’ came at a very opportune time for me. Recent results from my lab in several areas had pointed to a new synthesis of interests I had developed over forty years. Writing the manuscript thus came naturally and allowed me to consider my research in a broader context. It was therefore an exciting experience to produce the manuscript. The Editors were most helpful and the peer review was pleasantly timely, thorough, and constructive. The reviewers’ suggestions allowed me to clarify, correct omissions I had made, and opened new directions that were consistent with what I hoped to accomplish with the manuscript.”

Article in Life: What RNA World? Why a Peptide/RNA Partnership Merits Renewed Experimental Attention

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“I enjoyed the peer review process at Life. The review of our manuscript was fast and fair. I was impressed by the reviewer comments, which were constructive and helpful in improving our manuscript. Based on the comments, I could tell that all three reviewers of our manuscript are experts in the relevant fields of research. The editorial staff also responded to my emails and requests promptly.”

Article in Life: Synthetic Biology: A Bridge between Artificial and Natural Cells

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“I very much am of the same opinion regarding the “prompt and positive peer review process” of the journal Life, as is reflected in most of the other comments here. The review process was efficient and, I must insist, positive. The overall comments for our article were good. One reviewer, however, had a disagreement with the way our story was pitched. After one round of revision, when the disagreement persisted, the reviewer took the time to explain where he was coming from rather than treating our disagreement with negativity (we did get admonished a bit in the process)! This was refreshing, to say the least, and led to a revision in the ‘pitch of the story’ which, I must say, made our article more complete. We look forward to having a long and fruitful relationship with the journal! We appreciate the prompt responses from the editorial office. Finally, thanks to the EiC and Guest Editor for the opportunity that eventually led us to be a part of this special issue.”

Article in Life: Characterization of RNA-Like Oligomers from Lipid-Assisted Nonenzymatic Synthesis: Implications for Origin of Informational Molecules on Early Earth

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“According to our experience the peer-review process was substantially fast yet reviewers’ comments were reasonable and helped to shape better the manuscript. The editorial staff provided us fair support, where all issues have been solved without any delay. Personally, I think that Life represents an efficient platform for publication of research papers and reviews not only with ‘standard’ topics, but also with rather provocative ones stimulating readers for deeper thinking and reconsideration of their understanding of biological phenomena.”

Article in Life: On the Contribution of Protein Spatial Organization to the Physicochemical Interconnection between Proteins and Their Cognate mRNAs

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“I was quite impressed by my interactions with Life on the special Archaea issue. The reviews were quick, fair and obviously from experts in the field whose input helped to improve the article. It was easy to submit the manuscript and I am happy with the end product. This is the second paper I have published here and I hope to see other quality papers in the field.”

Article in Life: Pilin Processing Follows a Different Temporal Route than That of Archaellins in Methanococcus maripaludis

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“The peer review process was very fast. We were all positively surprised. We were very happy with the reviewers’ suggestions; they were clearly experts in the field, and helped us a lot in order to make our text more understandable. Overall, my experience was very good.”

Article in Life: Does a Barcoding Gap Exist in Prokaryotes? Evidences from Species Delimitation in Cyanobacteria

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“The peer review process was of a very high quality and fast. It considerably improved our article. The reviewers were objective and raised very good criticisms. The Guest Editor was very professional. The Editor-in-Chief explained to me patiently and satisfactorily all my questions about the journal Life. All in all, the interactions with the Editors and reviewers were unexpectedly open to any doubts. Without hesitation, I do recommend Life for high quality articles.”

Article in Life: Three-Dimensional Algebraic Models of the tRNA Code and 12 Graphs for Representing the Amino Acids

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“This really was the peer-review all of us would like: fast, knowledgeable and fair. The review process improved the paper (which, sad to say, is not always the case). Another important point: though one of the reviewers clearly was less enamoured of some of the ideas presented, the second round of the review process demonstrated admirable open-mindedness (‘While I am not in complete agreement with the revision, I believe that the suggestions for research on RNA-small peptide interactions that might come from circulation of this speculation justify its publication.’). The contacts with the editorial staff and editor(s) were speedy and to the point. Last but not least: Life supplies open access at relatively low costs for the author(s).”

Article in Life: How Amino Acids and Peptides Shaped the RNA World

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“For several decades (some) central dogma(s) dominated biology and life sciences that are falsified meanwhile, such as (i) DNA-RNA-Protein-anything else, (ii) one gene - one protein, (iii) non-coding DNA is junk, (iv) viruses escaped from cellular life, or (v) chance mutations drive genetic novelty. I encourage groundbreaking authors that are willing and competent to take more than one look out of the box to use this highly refreshing alternative to the well known “dinosaurs” in biological sciences to drive a more fundamental and integrative perspective on life.”

Article in Life: RNA Sociology: Group Behavioral Motifs of RNA Consortia

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“The peer-review process was exceedingly fast, the fastest I have ever experienced. All of my interactions with the editorial staff and guest editors were professional and highly satisfactory. The reviewers’ suggestions were of great help to improve the quality of my article. I definitely recommend the journal as a source of high quality papers.”

Article in Life: Ecology and Physiology of the Pathogenic Cyanobacterium Roseofilum reptotaenium

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