PRO-SCIENCE
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- Overall, we rate the Cardiogenetics Journal Pro-Science and Mostly Factual for reporting due to being published by a company that has failed fact checks in other journals.
Detailed Report
Bias Rating: PRO-SCIENCE
Factual Reporting: MOSTLY FACTUAL
Country: Switzerland
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rating: EXCELLENT
Media Type: Journal
Traffic/Popularity: Minimal Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: MEDIUM CREDIBILITY
History
The Cardiogenetics Journal is published by MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute), formerly Molecular Diversity Preservation International, an open-access journal publisher based in Basel, Switzerland. Cardiogenetics is an international, scientific, peer-reviewed, open access journal, published quarterly online by MDPI. MDPI publishes over 400 journals.
Read our profile on Swiss Media and Government.
Funded by / Ownership
The publisher of the Cardiogenetics Journal is MDPI AG, which Shu-Kun Lin owns. Here is the list of the Management Team. According to “MDPI Open Access Information and Policy.” MDPI articles and all its journals are open access where authors pay a one-time Article Processing Charge (APC) to cover the costs of peer review administration and management; here is “General Information on MDPI’s Article Processing Charges (APC).”
Analysis / Bias
Cardiogenetics Journal covers the study of the cardiovascular system. Studies are published via open access, such as this: Risk of Cardiac Arrhythmias in Patients with Late-Onset Pompe Disease—Results from a Long Follow-Up in a Group of 12 Patients and Review of Literature. Like all others reviewed, this study is Pro-Science, well-researched and low-biased.
While the Cardiogenetics Journal has not failed a fact-check, its publisher has faced criticism as an open-access predatory journal. Read our full review on MDPI.
Failed Fact Checks
- None for the Cardiogenetics Journal; however, other MDPI journals have failed fact checks.
Overall, we rate the Cardiogenetics Journal Pro-Science and Mostly Factual for reporting due to being published by a company that has failed fact checks in other journals. (M. Huitsing 03/18/2024)
Source: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/cardiogenetics
Last Updated on March 18, 2024 by Media Bias Fact Check
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