From the [annual report](https://www.mdpi.com/message/45b73e7f0b699680732e9d2deac7836b/39957adfd0e600012a1d48350d21317f) of [MDPI](https://www.mdpi.com), the Swiss-based for-profit OA bohemoth:
> * 165.2K peer-reviewed manuscripts published online, an increase of 55.6% in comparison to the previous year;
> * 50 new journals launched, and 13 journals transferred to MDPI;
> * 35 days used from submission to publication (median values for papers published in 2020);
> * 15 journals newly covered by Web of Sciences, 10 journals indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded, and 29 journals indexed by Scopus;
> * 33 newly affiliated societies;
> * 32 conferences held and 51 stand-alone webinars.
[MDPI](https://www.mdpi.com) is now the largest OA publisher in the world—a dubious marker of its quantity-over-quality hustle.