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MDPI Canada
Established in 2021, MDPI North America is key to MDPI's global mission of supporting open-access publishing and academic excellence. With a dedicated team, we provide tailored support to researchers and institutions across the region, with the goal of creating a dynamic space that fosters collaboration, innovation, and the free exchange of knowledge, strengthening the scientific community in North America.
About MDPI
A pioneer in scholarly, open access publishing, MDPI has supported academic communities since 1996. Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, MDPI has the mission to foster open scientific exchange in all forms, across all disciplines.
Our 496 diverse and open access journals, including 487 peer-reviewed journals and 9 conference journals, are supported by more than 295,000 academic experts who share our mission, values, and commitment to providing high-quality service for our authors. We serve scholars from around the world to ensure the latest research is freely available and all content is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY).
MDPI's portfolio comprises at least 298 journals with impact factors, 64% of which are ranked in the top 2 quartiles of their respective fields. To view the current impact factors for MDPI journals (according to the Journal Citation Reports), please visit our page here.
With additional offices in Beijing, Wuhan, Tianjin and Nanjing (China), Barcelona (Spain), Belgrade and Novi Sad (Serbia), Manchester (UK), Tokyo (Japan), Cluj and Bucharest (Romania), Toronto (Canada), Kraków (Poland), Singapore (Singapore), Bangkok (Thailand), Seoul (Republic of Korea) and Philadelphia (US), MDPI has published the research of more than 330,000 individual authors and our journals receive more than 25 million monthly webpage views.
Our Guiding Principles
Open Access
Our content is open access and distributed under a Creative Commons License, providing free access to knowledge, enabling research findings to be freely shared and content to be re-used with attribution.
Responsiveness
Our fast and efficient processes provide scientists with the convenience they need to quickly translate critical knowledge into positive societal impact.
Community
The academic community is at the center of what we do. We listen to feedback from the community and work together to meet their changing needs.
Transparency
Our practices are transparent, from open peer review to data sharing, making science more trusted and research more replicable.
Innovation
We aim to remain at the forefront of academic innovation, empowering open scientific exchange in all forms and across all research disciplines.
Quality
We form an integral pillar of academic integrity, uphold high ethical standards and join in the industry-wide efforts to fight fraud in a transparent and fair way.
North America Management Team
Contact
MDPI, 2 Sheppard Avenue East, Suite 1400
Toronto, ON M2N 5Y7, Canada
Tel.: +1-416-860-6238
Support:
For support questions, please contact the MDPI Support Team here.
Societies:
For societies questions, please contact the MDPI Societies Team here.
The office will be closed on the following days in 2026: New Year’s Day – Thursday, January 1, 2026 Family Day – Monday, February 16, 2026 Good Friday – Friday, April 3, 2026 Victoria Day – Monday, May 18, 2026 Canada Day – Wednesday, July 1, 2026 Labour Day – Monday, September 7, 2026 Thanksgiving Day – Monday, October 12, 2026 Christmas Day – Friday, December 25, 2026 Boxing Day – Saturday, December 26, 2026 Observed on Monday, December 28, 2026, for Ontario employees