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Announcements
5 September 2024
Meet Us at the SETAC Asia-Pacific 14th Biennial Meeting, 21–25 September 2024, Tianjin, China
MDPI will attend the SETAC Asia-Pacific 14th Biennial Meeting, held in Tianjin, China, from 21 to 25 September 2024. We invite researchers from different backgrounds to visit and share their latest ideas with us.
The SETAC Asia-Pacific 14th Biennial Meeting encourages the exchange of innovative research findings, methods, and best practices to help address emerging environmental issues. The meeting aims to provide a platform for scientists, researchers, policymakers, environmental professionals and students to exchange ideas and solutions to address environmental issues in the Asia-Pacific region and globally.
The following MDPI journals will be represented at the conference:
- Toxics;
- Journal of Xenobiotics;
- Sustainability;
- Water;
- Atmosphere;
- Environments;
- Metabolites;
- Microplastics;
- Pollutants.
If you are planning to attend the conference, please feel free to start a conversation with us at our booth (#8). Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit the following website: https://setac-ap2024.cnconf.com/msite/main/cn.
23 August 2024
Meet Us at the 11th National Toxicology Congress of the Chinese Society of Toxicology, 20–23 September 2024, Suzhou, China
MDPI will be participating in the upcoming 11th National Toxicology Congress of the Chinese Society of Toxicology, scheduled to take place from 20 to 23 September 2024 in Suzhou, China.
This conference is organized by the Chinese Society of Toxicology and co-organized by the Medical College of Soochow University. The conference will focus on cutting-edge topics in toxicological science. More than fifteen academicians and distinguished scholars who are experts in toxicology will deliver keynote speeches. Additionally, numerous prominent young scientists are eager to participate and share their latest research advancements. The event will feature a main venue for keynote speeches and specialized breakout sessions, with over twenty hot topics in toxicology to be thoroughly discussed during the conference.
The following MDPI journals will be represented at the conference:
If you are planning to attend the conference, we warmly invite you to visit our booth and engage with our representatives. We look forward to meeting you in person and are here to assist you with any questions you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit the official website at http://cstmeeting.chntox.org/meeting/60.
19 August 2024
MDPI’s 2023 Young Investigator Awards—Winners Announced
MDPI’s Young Investigator Awards recognize promising early career scientists, acknowledge their contributions, and foster collaboration within the scientific community. We are proud to announce the recipients for 2023, who were carefully selected by the journals’ esteemed Award Evaluation Committee.
We extend our heartfelt congratulations to the 79 winners of MDPI’s 2023 Young Investigator Awards for their excellent contributions in their research field. We look forward to seeing these rising stars continue to contribute to the advancement of science.
MDPI will continue to support and recognize the academic community. To explore details about the awardees by field, please visit the individual pages listed below:
Congratulations to all the winners for their exceptional contributions and dedication to advancing scientific research.
About MDPI Awards:
To support the academic community, particularly young researchers, and to enhance communication among scientists, MDPI journals regularly offer various awards to researchers in specific fields. These awards, serving as a source of inspiration and recognition, help to elevate the profiles of talented individuals who have made outstanding achievements and are making significant contributions to advancements in their respective fields.
To find out more about MDPI awards, please click here.
2 August 2024
MDPI Romania Author Training Sessions in May
In May, MDPI Romania held three author training sessions – one endorsing an external event and two stand-alone sessions.
The National Session of Scientific Student Communications took place at Technical University Cluj on 17 and 18 May 2024. MDPI Romania sponsored this event and contributed an author training session on the production of research papers and case study analyses. JRS Norbert Kiss gave a presentation called The World of Open Access to explain different open access publishing models and the benefits of open access publishing. His presentation highlighted the impact of open access publishing on scientific progress and innovation.
On 29 May 2024, MDPI Romania hosted an author training session for Ph.D. students, early career researchers, and professors at the Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy. In collaboration with Prof. Andreea Arsene, JRS Ioana Paunescu prepared two presentations: The Steps of the Publishing Process and Elaboration of a Peer Review Report. In her first presentation, she delved into MDPI’s history and mission, MDPI’s editorial process, and MDPI journals of various scopes that are accepting submissions. Her second presentation outlined the types of peer review, the contents of a peer review report by an MDPI reviewer, and the responsibilities of an MDPI reviewer.
MDPI Romania also hosted an author training session at the Iasi University of Life Sciences on 29 May 2024. JRSs Laurentiu Preda and Cosmin Artan gave four presentations: Efficient Writing of an ISI-Indexed Scientific Article, Benefits of Publishing in the Open Access Model, Various Methods of Open Access Publishing, and MDPI Guide for the Article Review Process. The first three presentations offered guidance on how to improve academic writing, the fourth focused on how to write peer review reports. A highly interactive discussion followed the presentations, during which the JRSs provided extensive answers to attendees’ questions.
MDPI is grateful for all the attendees, speakers, and organizers involved in these events. Through their enthusiasm and dedication, these events were great successes.
31 July 2024
Toxics | Issue Cover Papers in 2023
1. “Ultrafine Particles Issued from Gasoline-Fuels and Biofuel Surrogates Combustion: A Comparative Study of the Physicochemical and In Vitro Toxicological Effects”
by Ana Teresa Juárez-Facio, Tiphaine Rogez-Florent, Clémence Méausoone, Clément Castilla, Mélanie Mignot, Christine Devouge-Boyer, Hélène Lavanant, Carlos Afonso, Christophe Morin, Nadine Merlet-Machour et al.
Toxics 2023, 11(1), 21; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11010021
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/1/21
2. “Interlaboratory Study to Evaluate a Testing Protocol for the Safety of Food Packaging Coatings”
by Maricel Marin-Kuan, Vincent Pagnotti, Amaury Patin, Julie Moulin, Helia Latado, Jesús Varela, Yves-Alexis Hammel, Thomas Gude, Heidi Moor, Nick Billinton et al.
Toxics 2023, 11(2), 156; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11020156
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/2/156
3. “Physiological Toxicity and Antioxidant Mechanism of Photoaging Microplastics on Pisum sativum L. Seedlings”
by Mengen Kang, Yi Liu, Haoke Wang, Yuzhu Weng, Dongqing Gong and Xue Bai
Toxics 2023, 11(3), 242; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11030242
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/3/242
4. “Present in the Aquatic Environment, Unclear Evidence in Top Predators—The Unknown Effects of Anti-Seizure Medication on Eurasian Otters (Lutra lutra) from Northern Germany”
by Simon Rohner, Martina Gramer, Ivo Wiesweg, Oliver Scherf-Clavel, Peter Wohlsein, Martin Schmelz, Ursula Siebert, Franziska Richter and Manuela Gernert
Toxics 2023, 11(4), 338; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11040338
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/4/338
5. “Molecular Toxicity Mechanism Induced by the Antibacterial Agent Triclosan in Freshwater Euglena gracilis Based on the Transcriptome”
by Ting Lu, Tong Zhang, Weishu Yang, Bin Yang, Jing Cao, Yang Yang and Mei Li
Toxics 2023, 11(5), 414; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11050414
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/5/414
6. “Seasonality of Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) and Their Derivatives in PM2.5 from Ljubljana, Combustion Aerosol Source Apportionment, and Cytotoxicity of Selected Nitrated Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons (NPAHs)”
by Ivana Drventić, Mateo Glumac, Ivana Carev and Ana Kroflič
Toxics 2023, 11(6), 518; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11060518
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/6/518
7. “Predicting Dose-Dependent Carcinogenicity of Chemical Mixtures Using a Novel Hybrid Neural Network Framework and Mathematical Approach”
by Sarita Limbu and Sivanesan Dakshanamurthy
Toxics 2023, 11(7), 605; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11070605
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/7/605
8. “Applying Artificial Neural Networks to Oxidative Stress Biomarkers in Forager Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) for Ecological Assessment”
by Gianandrea La Porta, , Gabriele Magara, Enzo Goretti, Barbara Caldaroni, Ambrosius Josef Martin Dörr, Roberta Selvaggi, Matteo Pallottini, Tiziano Gardi, Beniamino T. Cenci-Goga, David Cappelletti et al.
Toxics 2023, 11(8), 661; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11080661
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/8/661
9. “Microplastics Distribution within Western Arctic Seawater and Sea Ice”
by Alessandra D’Angelo, Nicole Trenholm, Brice Loose, Laura Glastra, Jacob Strock and Jongsun Kim
Toxics 2023, 11(9), 792; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11090792
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/9/792
10. “Development of an In Vitro Assessment Method for Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy (CIPN) by Integrating a Microphysiological System (MPS) with Morphological Deep Learning of Soma and Axonal Images”
by Kazuki Matsuda, Xiaobo Han, Naoki Matsuda, Makoto Yamanaka and Ikuro Suzuki
Toxics 2023, 11(10), 848; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11100848
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/10/848
11. “Growth Hormones in Broad Bean (Vicia faba L.) and Radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus L.) Are Associated with Accumulated Concentrations of Perfluoroalkyl Substances”
by Thimo Groffen, Niels Kuijper, Sevgi Oden, Tim Willems, Lieven Bervoets and Els Prinsen
Toxics 2023, 11(11), 922; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11110922
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/11/922
12. “Hepatic Transcriptome Comparative In Silico Analysis Reveals Similar Pathways and Targets Altered by Legacy and Alternative Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Mice”
by Dakota R. Robarts, Jiayin Dai, Christopher Lau, Udayan Apte and J. Christopher Corton
Toxics 2023, 11(12), 963; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11120963
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/12/963
31 July 2024
Toxics | Issue Cover Papers in 2022
1. “City Scale Modeling of Ultrafine Particles in Urban Areas with Special Focus on Passenger Ferryboat Emission Impact”
by Marvin Lauenburg, Matthias Karl, Volker Matthias, Markus Quante and Martin Otto Paul Ramacher
Toxics 2022, 10(1), 3; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10010003
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/1/3
2. “Transformation Products of Emerging Pollutants Explored Using Non-Target Screening: Perspective in the Transformation Pathway and Toxicity Mechanism—A Review”
by Thodhal-Yoganandham Suman, Soo-Yeon Kim, Dong-Hyuk Yeom and Junho Jeon
Toxics 2022, 10(2), 54; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10020054
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/2/54
3. “Vulnerability to Nitrate Occurrence in the Spring Waters of the Sila Massif (Calabria, Southern Italy)”
by Ernesto Infusino, Ilaria Guagliardi, Simona Gaglioti and Tommaso Caloiero
Toxics 2022, 10(3), 137; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10030137
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/3/137
4. “Cytotoxic and Inflammatory Effects of Electronic and Traditional Cigarettes on Oral Gingival Cells Using a Novel Automated Smoking Instrument: An In Vitro Study”
by Liza L.Ramenzoni, Andreas Schneider, Stephan C. Fox, Michael Meyer, Mirko Meboldt, Thomas Attin and Patrick R. Schmidlin
Toxics 2022, 10(4), 179; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10040179
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/4/179
5. “Histological and Chemical Analysis of Heavy Metals in Kidney and Gills of Boops boops: Melanomacrophages Centers and Rodlet Cells as Environmental Biomarkers”
by Alessio Alesci, Nicola Cicero, Angelo Fumia, Claudia Petrarca, Rocco Mangifesta, Vincenzo Nava, Patrizia Lo Cascio, Sebastiano Gangemi, Mario Di Gioacchino and Eugenia Rita Lauriano
Toxics 2022, 10(5), 218; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10050218
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/5/218
6. “Improving the Risk Assessment of Pesticides through the Integration of Human Biomonitoring and Food Monitoring Data: A Case Study for Chlorpyrifos”
by Jose V. Tarazona, Maria del Carmen González-Caballero, Mercedes de Alba-Gonzalez, Susana Pedraza-Diaz, Ana Cañas, Noelia Dominguez-Morueco, Marta Esteban-López, Irene Cattaneo, Andromachi Katsonouri, Konstantinos C. Makris et al.
Toxics 2022, 10(6), 313; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10060313
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/6/313
7. “Early Life Exposure to Formaldehyde through Clothing”
by Marta Herrero, Neus González, Joaquim Rovira, Montse Marquès, José L. Domingo and Martí Nadal
Toxics 2022, 10(7), 361; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10070361
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/7/361
8. “Characterization of Potential Adverse Outcome Pathways Related to Metabolic Outcomes and Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Using Artificial Intelligence”
by Andreas-Marius Kaiser, Maryam Zare Jeddi, Maria Uhl, Florence Jornod, Mariana F. Fernandez and Karine Audouze
Toxics 2022, 10(8), 449; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10080449
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/8/449
9. “Harmful Effects of Pyraclostrobin on the Fat Body and Pericardial Cells of Foragers of Africanized Honey Bee”
by Lais V. B. Inoue, Caio E. C. Domingues, Aleš Gregorc, Elaine C. M. Silva-Zacarin and Osmar Malaspina
Toxics 2022, 10(9), 530; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10090530
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/9/530
10. “Emission Factors of CO2 and Airborne Pollutants and Toxicological Potency of Biofuels for Airplane Transport: A Preliminary Assessment”
by Maurizio Gualtieri, Massimo Berico, Maria Giuseppa Grollino, Giuseppe Cremona, Teresa La Torretta, Antonella Malaguti, Ettore Petralia, Milena Stracquadanio, Massimo Santoro, Barbara Benassi et al.
Toxics 2022, 10(10), 617; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10100617
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/10/617
11. “Transcriptomic Interaction between Young Fecal Transplantation and Perfluorobutanesulfonate in Aged Zebrafish Gonads”
by Lizhu Tang, Jing Li, Baili Sun, Yachen Bai, Xiangzhen Zhou and Lianguo Chen
Toxics 2022, 10(11), 631; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10110631
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/11/631
12. “Effects of the Antidepressant Amitriptyline on Juvenile Brown Trout and Their Modulation by Microplastics”
by Hannah Schmieg, Stefanie Krais, Kathrin Kübler, Aki S. Ruhl, Isabelle M. Schmidgall, Christian Zwiener, Heinz-R. Köhler and Rita Triebskorn
Toxics 2022, 10(12), 763; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10120763
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/12/763
11 July 2024
Toxics Receives Its Increased CiteScore of 4.5
We are pleased to inform you that Toxics (ISSN: 2305-6304) has increased its CiteScore of 4.5 for June 2024, following its inclusion in Scopus (Elsevier) in 2017.
Now Toxics’ CiteScore ranks as follows:
- Q2 (8 out of 16) in the “Chemical Health and Safety” category;
- Q3 (78 out of 148) in the “Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis” category;
- Q3 (75 out of 133) in the “Toxicology” category.
CiteScore provides transparent metrics that enable well-informed publishing strategies, library collection development, and the benchmarking of journal performance. It is now a standard citation metric alongside SNIP and SJR that gives an up-to-date view of a journal’s impact.
The CiteScore metrics for 2024 are calculated by dividing the total number of citations of peer-reviewed articles in a journal from 2020 to 2023 by the total number of peer-reviewed articles published in the journal over the same period.
This noteworthy achievement is a cause for congratulations to everyone involved!
To view more data, please go to the statistics page at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/Toxics/stats.
Toxics Editorial Office
10 July 2024
MDPI's Newly Launched Journals in June 2024
Five new journals covering multiple subjects have launched their inaugural issue in June 2024. We are excited to be able to share with you the newest research rooted in the value of open access.
We would like to express our deepest appreciation to all the Editorial Board Members and each journal will ensure its high-quality output using excellent editorial and rigorous peer review processes, to ensure that the articles achieve high impact and visibility.
Please feel free to browse and discover more about the new journals below.
Journal |
Founding Editor-in-Chief |
Journal Topics (Selected) |
Prof. Dr. Marco Ranucci, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Italy |
anaesthetic medications; blood and fluid management; pain management; critical care; critical illness | view journal scope | submit an article |
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Dr. Giovanni E. Cacciamani, University of Southern California, USA |
surgical/procedural complications; complications; perioperative adverse events; postoperative adverse events | view journal scope | submit an article |
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Prof. Dr. Gassan Hodaifa, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain |
laboratory management; laboratory safety; protective equipment; laboratory problems and challenges; laboratory Innovation | view journal scope | submit an article |
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Prof. Dr. Jan S. Suchodolski, Texas A&M University, USA |
companion animals health and disease; veterinary care and nutrition; genetics and genomics; behavior and welfare; human-animal relations | view journal scope | submit an article |
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Prof. Dr. Pierfrancesco De Paola, University of Naples Federico II, Italy |
real estate appraisal; economic and financial valuation of real estate projects; sustainable real estate; housing and urban economics | view journal scope | submit an article |
We wish to thank everyone who has supported the development of open access publishing. You are welcome to send an application here, or contact the New Journal Committee ([email protected]) if you would like to create more new journals.
20 June 2024
2023 Impact Factors for MDPI Journals Released
MDPI is pleased to announce the inclusion of 237 journals in the 2024 release of the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) and share the key results (see above).
This year, journals covered in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) received category ranks together with journals in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI). Overall, 139 MDPI journals indexed in ESCI are included in the new unified rankings for the first time.
Enhanced Comparability of Data
According to Clarivate, "the creation of unified category rankings [provides] a simpler and more complete category view for the evaluation of journal performance. [...] The category-first approach simplifies journal performance assessment with a holistic view of all journals in each subject category."
We are thrilled to announce that 72% of our ranked MDPI journals (171 of 237) are above average, in Q1 or Q2. Twenty-nine of our journals received their first Impact Factor this year, accounting for more than 5% of the journals accepted into the Web of Science last year.
MDPI Journals Ranked in JCR
The following data includes all MDPI journals indexed in SCIE, SSCI, ESCI and AHCI.
Journal |
Impact Factor |
Rank Quartile |
Category |
Q3 |
Acoustics |
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Q2 |
Engineering, Mechanical |
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Q2 |
Instruments & Instrumentation |
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Q2 |
Management |
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Q3 |
Respiratory System |
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Q2 |
Engineering, Aerospace |
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Q1 |
Agronomy |
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Q2 |
Agricultural Engineering |
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Q1 |
Agronomy |
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Q1 |
Plant Sciences |
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Q2 |
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence |
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Q2 |
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications |
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Q3 |
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence |
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Q2 |
Computer Science, Theory & Methods |
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Q1 |
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science |
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Q1 |
Veterinary Sciences |
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Q1 |
Infectious Diseases |
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Q1 |
Pharmacology & Pharmacy |
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Q3 |
Immunology |
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Q1 |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
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Q1 |
Chemistry, Medicinal |
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Q1 |
Food Science & Technology |
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Q2 |
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary |
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Q1 |
Engineering, Multidisciplinary |
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Q3 |
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary |
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Q2 |
Physics, Applied |
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Q2 |
Computer Science, Information Systems |
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Q2 |
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic |
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Q2 |
Telecommunications |
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N/A |
Humanities, Multidisciplinary |
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Q3 |
Environmental Sciences |
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Q3 |
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
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Q3 |
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical |
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Q1 |
Audiology & Speech-language Pathology |
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Q1 |
Mathematics, Applied |
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Q2 |
Electrochemistry |
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Q2 |
Energy & Fuels |
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Q2 |
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary |
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Q2 |
Psychology, Multidisciplinary |
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Q2 |
Food Science & Technology |
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Q2 |
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence |
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Q2 |
Computer Science, Information Systems |
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Q1 |
Computer Science, Theory & Methods |
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Q2 |
Engineering, Biomedical |
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Q1 |
Biology |
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Q2 |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
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Q2 |
Medicine, Research & Experimental |
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Q1 |
Pharmacology & Pharmacy |
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Q1 |
Engineering, Multidisciplinary |
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Q3 |
Materials Science, Biomaterials |
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Q1 |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
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Q1 |
Chemistry, Analytical |
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Q1 |
Instruments & Instrumentation |
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Q2 |
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology |
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Q3 |
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology |
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Q1 |
Ornithology |
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Q3 |
Neurosciences |
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Q2 |
Construction & Building Technology |
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Q2 |
Engineering, Civil |
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Q2 |
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary |
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Q1 |
Oncology |
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Q4 |
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems |
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Q2 |
Chemistry, Physical |
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Q2 |
Cell Biology |
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Q1 |
Materials Science, Ceramics |
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Q3 |
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary |
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Q2 |
Engineering, Chemical |
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Q3 |
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary |
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Q2 |
Chemistry, Analytical |
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Q2 |
Electrochemistry |
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Q1 |
Instruments & Instrumentation |
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Q2 |
Pediatrics |
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Q2 |
Engineering, Environmental |
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Q2 |
Environmental Sciences |
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Q3 |
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology |
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Q2 |
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
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Q2 |
Medicine, General & Internal |
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Q3 |
Clinical Neurology |
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Q3 |
Neurosciences |
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Q2 |
Materials Science, Coatings & Films |
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Q3 |
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary |
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Q2 |
Physics, Applied |
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Q3 |
Chemistry, Physical |
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Q2 |
Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications |
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Q2 |
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications |
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Q3 |
Physics, Condensed Matter |
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Q2 |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
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Q2 |
Dermatology |
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Q3 |
Computer Science, Information Systems |
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Q2 |
Computer Science, Theory & Methods |
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Q2 |
Crystallography |
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Q3 |
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary |
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Q3 |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
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Q2 |
Oncology |
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Q3 |
Computer Science, Information Systems |
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Q2 |
Multidisciplinary Sciences |
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Q2 |
Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine |
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Q3 |
Dermatology |
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Q3 |
Endocrinology & Metabolism |
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Q1 |
Medicine, General & Internal |
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Q2 |
Medicine, Research & Experimental |
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Q2 |
Biodiversity Conservation |
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Q3 |
Ecology |
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Q1 |
Remote Sensing |
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Q3 |
Environmental Sciences |
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Q3 |
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
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Q3 |
Ecology |
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Q3 |
Economics |
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Q2 |
Economics |
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Q1 |
Education & Educational Research |
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Q2 |
Computer Science, Information Systems |
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Q2 |
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic |
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Q2 |
Physics, Applied |
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Q3 |
Energy & Fuels |
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Q2 |
Physics, Multidisciplinary |
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Q2 |
Environmental Sciences |
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Q3 |
Genetics & Heredity |
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Q4 |
Critical Care Medicine |
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Q4 |
Dermatology |
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European Journal of Investigation in Health Psychology and Education |
Q1 |
Psychology, Clinical |
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Q2 |
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology |
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Q2 |
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary |
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Q2 |
Ecology |
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Q1 |
Forestry |
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Q2 |
Fisheries |
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Q2 |
Marine & Freshwater Biology |
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Q3 |
Mechanics |
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Q3 |
Physics, Fluids & Plasmas |
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Q1 |
Food Science & Technology |
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Q2 |
Multidisciplinary Sciences |
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Q1 |
Forestry |
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Q1 |
Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications |
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Q3 |
Energy & Fuels |
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Q3 |
Engineering, Chemical |
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Q2 |
Computer Science, Information Systems |
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Q2 |
Astronomy & Astrophysics |
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Q4 |
Economics |
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Q4 |
Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications |
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Q4 |
Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods |
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Q3 |
Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
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Q4 |
Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
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Q1 |
Polymer Science |
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Q3 |
Ethnic Studies |
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Q4 |
Family Studies |
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Q3 |
Sociology |
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Q2 |
Genetics & Heredity |
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Q2 |
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
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Q3 |
Geriatrics & Gerontology |
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Q2 |
Health Care Sciences & Services |
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Q2 |
Health Policy & Services |
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Q4 |
Hematology |
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Q4 |
Hematology |
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N/A |
Humanities, Multidisciplinary |
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Q2 |
Multidisciplinary Sciences |
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Q1 |
Horticulture |
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N/A |
Humanities, Multidisciplinary |
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Q2 |
Water Resources |
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Q4 |
Immunology |
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Q2 |
Infectious Diseases |
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Q2 |
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications |
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Computer Science, Information Systems |
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Construction & Building Technology |
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Q2 |
Engineering, Civil |
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Q2 |
Transportation Science & Technology |
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Q2 |
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear |
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Q1 |
Entomology |
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Business, Finance |
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Q1 |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
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Q2 |
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary |
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Q1 |
Genetics & Heredity |
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Q1 |
Pediatrics |
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International Journal of Turbomachinery Propulsion and Power |
Q2 |
Engineering, Aerospace |
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Q3 |
Engineering, Mechanical |
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Q2 |
Engineering, Multidisciplinary |
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Q2 |
Computer Science, Information Systems |
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Q2 |
Geography, Physical |
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Q2 |
Remote Sensing |
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Q2 |
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems |
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Q1 |
Medicine, General & Internal |
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Q2 |
Materials Science, Composites |
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Q3 |
Developmental Biology |
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Q1 |
Engineering, Biomedical |
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Q2 |
Materials Science, Biomaterials |
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Q1 |
Sport Sciences |
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Q2 |
Microbiology |
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Q1 |
Mycology |
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Q3 |
Imaging Science & Photographic Technology |
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Q1 |
Psychology, Multidisciplinary |
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Q3 |
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic |
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Q2 |
Engineering, Manufacturing |
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Q1 |
Engineering, Mechanical |
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Q2 |
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary |
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Q1 |
Engineering, Marine |
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Q2 |
Engineering, Ocean |
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Q2 |
Oceanography |
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Q2 |
Health Care Sciences & Services |
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Q1 |
Medicine, General & Internal |
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Q2 |
Computer Science, Information Systems |
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Q2 |
Telecommunications |
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Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research |
Q1 |
Business |
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Q1 |
Toxicology |
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Q2 |
Biodiversity Conservation |
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Q2 |
Communication |
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Q2 |
Environmental Studies |
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N/A |
Language & Linguistics |
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Q2 |
Linguistics |
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Q1 |
Law |
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Q1 |
Biology |
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Q2 |
Management |
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Q2 |
Operations Research & Management Science |
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Q2 |
Engineering, Mechanical |
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Q2 |
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence |
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Q2 |
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications |
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Q2 |
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic |
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Q3 |
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic |
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Q2 |
Engineering, Mechanical |
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Q2 |
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear |
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Q3 |
Chemistry, Physical |
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Q3 |
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary |
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Q1 |
Chemistry, Medicinal |
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Q1 |
Pharmacology & Pharmacy |
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Q3 |
Chemistry, Physical |
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Q2 |
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary |
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Q1 |
Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering |
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Q2 |
Physics, Applied |
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Q2 |
Physics, Condensed Matter |
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Q2 |
Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications |
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Q1 |
Mathematics |
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Q1 |
Medicine, General & Internal |
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Q2 |
Chemistry, Physical |
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Q2 |
Engineering, Chemical |
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Q2 |
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary |
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Q2 |
Polymer Science |
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Q2 |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
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Q3 |
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary |
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Q2 |
Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering |
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Q3 |
Biochemical Research Methods |
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Q3 |
Microbiology |
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Q2 |
Chemistry, Analytical |
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Q2 |
Instruments & Instrumentation |
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Q3 |
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology |
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Q2 |
Physics, Applied |
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Q2 |
Microbiology |
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Q2 |
Geochemistry & Geophysics |
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Q2 |
Mineralogy |
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Q2 |
Mining & Mineral Processing |
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Q3 |
Engineering, Multidisciplinary |
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Q4 |
Chemistry, Organic |
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Q2 |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
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Q2 |
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary |
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Q3 |
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence |
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Q2 |
Computer Science, Cybernetics |
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Q3 |
Computer Science, Information Systems |
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Q2 |
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary |
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Q2 |
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary |
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Q2 |
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology |
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Q2 |
Physics, Applied |
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Q2 |
Clinical Neurology |
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Q3 |
Clinical Neurology |
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Q4 |
Neurosciences |
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Q4 |
Environmental Sciences |
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Q2 |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
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Q2 |
Genetics & Heredity |
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Q1 |
Nursing |
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Q1 |
Nutrition & Dietetics |
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Q3 |
Marine & Freshwater Biology |
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Q3 |
Oceanography |
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Q4 |
Optics |
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Q3 |
Chemistry, Organic |
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Q3 |
Astronomy & Astrophysics |
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Q2 |
Physics, Nuclear |
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Q3 |
Physics, Particles & Fields |
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Q2 |
Microbiology |
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Q2 |
Pathology |
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Q3 |
Pediatrics |
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Q2 |
Chemistry, Medicinal |
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Q1 |
Pharmacology & Pharmacy |
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Q1 |
Pharmacology & Pharmacy |
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Q3 |
Pharmacology & Pharmacy |
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Q2 |
History & Philosophy of Science |
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N/A |
Philosophy |
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Q2 |
Optics |
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Q2 |
Physics, Multidisciplinary |
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Q1 |
Plant Sciences |
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Q3 |
Physics, Fluids & Plasmas |
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Q1 |
Polymer Science |
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Q1 |
Polymer Science |
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Q2 |
Engineering, Chemical |
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Q4 |
Materials Science, Biomaterials |
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Q2 |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
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Q4 |
Psychiatry |
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Q1 |
Information Science & Library Science |
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Q3 |
Instruments & Instrumentation |
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Q3 |
Materials Science, Characterization & Testing |
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Quantum Science & Technology |
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Q2 |
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
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Q3 |
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary |
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Q2 |
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology |
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N/A |
Religion |
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Q2 |
Environmental Sciences |
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Q1 |
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
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Q2 |
Imaging Science & Photographic Technology |
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Q2 |
Remote Sensing |
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Q3 |
Medicine, General & Internal |
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Q4 |
Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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Q4 |
Reproductive Biology |
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Q2 |
Environmental Sciences |
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Q3 |
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology |
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Q2 |
Business, Finance |
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Q2 |
Robotics |
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Q3 |
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health |
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Q3 |
Pharmacology & Pharmacy |
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Q2 |
Chemistry, Analytical |
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Q2 |
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic |
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Q2 |
Instruments & Instrumentation |
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Q3 |
Chemistry, Analytical |
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Q2 |
Medicine, General & Internal |
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Q3 |
Psychology, Multidisciplinary |
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Q2 |
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary |
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Q2 |
Womens Studies |
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Q1 |
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic |
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Q1 |
Urban Studies |
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Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary |
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Q2 |
Sociology |
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Q2 |
Soil Science |
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Q3 |
Chemistry, Physical |
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary |
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Sport Sciences |
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Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications |
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Statistics & Probability |
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Q3 |
Chemistry, Physical |
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Q3 |
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary |
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Q4 |
Surgery |
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Q2 |
Environmental Sciences |
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Q2 |
Environmental Studies |
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Q3 |
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology |
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Q2 |
Multidisciplinary Sciences |
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Q1 |
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary |
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Q1 |
Engineering, Multidisciplinary |
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Q3 |
Telecommunications |
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Q4 |
Hematology |
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Q2 |
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging |
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Q2 |
Environmental Sciences |
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Q1 |
Toxicology |
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Q2 |
Food Science & Technology |
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Q1 |
Toxicology |
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Q2 |
Infectious Diseases |
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Q2 |
Parasitology |
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Q1 |
Tropical Medicine |
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Q2 |
Astronomy & Astrophysics |
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Q2 |
Physics, Particles & Fields |
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Q3 |
Environmental Sciences |
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Q3 |
Environmental Studies |
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Q2 |
Geography |
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Q3 |
Regional & Urban Planning |
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Q2 |
Urban Studies |
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Q1 |
Immunology |
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Q1 |
Medicine, Research & Experimental |
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Q2 |
Engineering, Mechanical |
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Q2 |
Transportation Science & Technology |
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Q2 |
Veterinary Sciences |
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Q3 |
Engineering, Mechanical |
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Q3 |
Mechanics |
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Q2 |
Virology |
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Q2 |
Environmental Sciences |
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Q2 |
Water Resources |
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Q2 |
Economics |
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Q2 |
Political Science |
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Q1 |
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary |
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Q2 |
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic |
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Q2 |
Transportation Science & Technology |
Source: 2023 Journal Impact Factors, Journal Citation Reports TM (Clarivate, 2024)
About MDPI
A pioneer in scholarly, open access publishing, MDPI has supported academic communities since 1996. MDPI is leading the transition to open science by making more research free and accessible to everyone. Over 3.5 million researchers have entrusted MDPI with publishing their scientific discoveries. MDPI’s editorial process is bolstered by a network of dedicated reviewers, a team of 6000 professional, well-trained staff members, and an in-house article submission platform that was designed to ensure efficient processes within its 440 fully open access titles.
19 June 2024
Interview with Dr. Sara Isabel Ribeiro de Sousa—Winner of the Toxics 2023 Best PhD Thesis Award
Affiliation: REQUIMTE/LAQV, ISEP, Polytechnic of Porto, Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida 431, 4249-015 Porto, Portugal
Research Interests: analytical chemistry; chemical engineering; sustainability; chromatography; sample preparation, public health; environmental health; food safety; OneHealth; quality control
Dr. Sara Isabel Ribeiro de Sousa, now a chemical engineer from Portugal, completed her Ph.D. in Sustainable Chemistry in 2023 from the Faculty of Sciences University of Porto, in association with the University of Aveiro and the NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal. Since 2011, she has been a researcher at the GRAQ laboratory (Chemical Reactions and Analysis Group), a subgroup of the REQUIMTE/LAQV [Associated Laboratory for Green Chemistry (LAQV) of the Network of Chemistry and Technology (REQUIMTE)] located on the campus of the ISEP (Porto School of Engineering, Polytechnic of Porto) where she received her master’s degree in chemical engineering. Her research mainly focuses on developing sample preparation (considering the parameters of green chemistry) and analytical methods for monitoring trace organic compounds in biological, food, and environmental samples, using chromatographic techniques. She has published 22 scientific journal articles with 181 citations, and her h-index is 9.
We want to congratulate Dr. Sara Isabel Ribeiro de Sousa for winning the Toxics 2023 Best PhD Thesis Award.
The following is from an interview with Dr. Sara Isabel Ribeiro de Sousa:
1. Could you please briefly introduce the scientific research you conducted during your doctoral study?
During my Ph.D., I developed analytical methods to detect environmental pollutants in human adipose tissue and monitor the levels of these chemicals in adipose tissue from the female population while considering the greenness and eco-sustainability of the analytical technique.
Chemical environmental pollution and its impact on public health is a topic of great interest to me. The environmental pollutants I studied are widespread across the environment and included organochlorine and organophosphate pesticides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, brominated flame retardants, organophosphate esters, and synthetic musks. These have been marked as endocrine disruptors or potential endocrine disruptors, which are exogenous chemical substances capable of altering the endocrine system. Exposure to these compounds can lead to the onset of metabolic alterations linked to several diseases, such as breast cancer and other hormone-dependent cancers, diabetes, obesity, miscarriage, birth defects, infertility, vitamin D deficiency, and dyslipidemia.
Adipose tissue is described as the most adequate matrix for these compounds, yet biomonitoring studies and analytical methods for the analysis of these chemicals in adipose tissue are scarce. Aiming to lessen this gap, I developed a method that allows the simultaneous extraction of 74 lipophilic environmental pollutants. The method is simple, accurate, precise, and sensitive, while only requiring small amounts of adipose tissue and an organic solvent.
The analysis of subcutaneous, visceral, and breast adipose tissue from over 200 Portuguese women revealed high detection rates of environmental pollutants. The association of these results with the patient's biochemical parameters shows that these compounds can alter several metabolic processes. Additionally, through in vitro studies, I verified that some compounds could alter breast cancer cells and impair vitamin D pathways.
2. Did you encounter any difficulties in carrying out this research? How did you overcome them?
Yes, several. The main difficulty I faced was the COVID-19 pandemic. My second and third Ph.D. years were during quarantine; consequently, my university and research unit closed for months. I couldn’t do experimental work during those periods. Additionally, as my work involved human samples, I was dependent on the hospital to recruit volunteers and collect samples. The COVID-19 pandemic caused restrictions and hospital burdens to suspend sample collection. It was a very stressful time for me.
I did my Ph.D. under a national scholarship grant and, fortunately, the financial institution, FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology), prolonged my grant and paid an extra year of tuition, which allowed me to complete my work plan.
Even so, what was crucial to overcome all the issues and setbacks were the people around me. I have been blessed with an extraordinary supervisor team: Prof. Valentina Domingues and Prof. Conceição Calhau, and the research group coordinator, Prof. Cristina Delerue-Matos, who were relentless in assuring I got what I needed to continue my work as soon as the COVID-19 restrictions were lifted. I am very grateful for all they did and still do for me.
3. As an author, what aspects of a journal do you value most when choosing a journal to publish your academic work?
First and foremost, the journal’s integrity and reputation in the scientific community. The scope alignment with my research topic and the quality of the peer review process should be transparent and offer constructive feedback. I also see the journal impact factor and quartile, and make sure the journal is indexed in the major databases to make my work accessible to a broader audience.
4. Many doctoral students experience pressure to publish papers and worry about delaying graduation. What advice do you have for doctoral students who have not yet graduated?
I understand the pressure and anxiety associated with publishing papers and the fear of delaying graduation. In my opinion, what matters most is the quality of your research. It is crucial to feel comfortable and confident with your work before seeking publication. Rushing to publish or adhering to the “publish or perish” mentality can compromise the integrity and impact of your research. Focus on producing meaningful and robust results that you are proud of. This approach will not only enhance the quality and impact of your work but also facilitate quicker publication and greater recognition in the scientific community in the long term. And remember, you are not alone. All over the world, doctoral students experience this pressure and uncertainty. It's part of the package, and in the end, we triumph.
14 June 2024
Meet Us at the IAFP 2024 Annual Meeting, 14–17 July 2024, Long Beach, USA
MDPI will be attending the IAFP 2024 Annual Meeting, which will be held from 14 to 17 July 2024 in Long Beach, USA.
The conference will focus on current and emerging food safety issues, the latest research, and innovative solutions to new and recurring problems.
More than 3500 top industry, academic, and governmental food safety professionals from six continents will be in attendance. This meeting has grown over the years to become the leading food safety conference worldwide.
The following MDPI journals will be represented at the conference:
- Foods;
- Toxics;
- Dairy;
- Antioxidants;
- Applied Sciences;
- Applied Biosciences;
- Fishes;
- Toxins;
- Beverages;
- Antibiotics;
- Sustainability;
- Microorganisms;
- Applied Microbiology.
If you are planning to attend the above conference, please feel free to start a conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have.
7 June 2024
MDPI Calls for Greater Open Access to Science for Ocean Protection
On UNESCO’s 2024 Oceans Day, MDPI encourages the scientific community to increase the accessibility of ocean research to accelerate ocean conservation.
Basel, Switzerland, June 7, 2024: MDPI, a leading open access (OA) publisher, is proud to announce its active support for World Oceans Day 2024, celebrated under UNESCO’s Ocean Decade framework. MDPI’s CEO, Stefan Tochev hopes that “the latest ocean research can be made freely accessible to help empower scientists and communities at large to save our oceans,” under UNESCO’s Ocean Decade until 2030.
Open Access: A Catalyst for Ocean Action
MDPI’s presence at the UNESCO Ocean Decade Conference 2024 highlights our unwavering commitment to using OA to advance ocean science, support research communities, and promote sustainable ocean management.
"Our involvement in the UNESCO Ocean Decade Conference underscores MDPI's commitment to the underfunded Ocean SDG. By promoting OA to scientific articles and books on SDGs, we aim to inspire critical actions," said Tochev. "Our initiatives, like the World Sustainability Award and Emerging Sustainability Award, further demonstrate our dedication to advancing sustainability.”
Showcasing MDPI’s Contributions to Ocean Research
Over the past three years, MDPI has published 30,000 papers focused on ocean research and related topics. Key MDPI journals contributing to this body of work include:
- Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (4.9k papers)
- Remote Sensing (2.6k papers)
- Sustainability (2k papers)
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS) (1.7k papers)
- Marine Drugs (1.5k papers)
- Water (1.5k papers)
These publications highlight MDPI’s contributions to ocean science, reinforcing our role in the broader sustainability agenda by promoting blue innovation and economy.
Additionally, MDPI has launched Oceans, an international, peer-reviewed forum specifically aimed at publishing studies related to all branches of oceanography with an emphasis on the functioning of the ocean and the sustainable use of its resources and ecosystem services.
Affirming MDPI’s Commitment to Ocean Science
MDPI’s commitment to OA is pivotal in addressing critical global challenges, from climate change to ocean sustainability. Our efforts resonate with Outcome 4 of the UNESCO Ocean Decade action roadmap: an accessible ocean with open and equitable access to data, information, technology, and innovation. By aligning with UNESCO’s goals, MDPI continues to contribute to shaping a sustainable future for our oceans, reinforcing our position as a forward-thinking publisher dedicated to environmental stewardship and scientific excellence.
For more information, contact Rui Duarte at [email protected] or +41764313242.
About MDPI
A pioneer in scholarly, open access publishing, MDPI has supported academic communities since 1996. MDPI is leading the transition to open science by making more research free and accessible to everyone. Over 3.5 million researchers have entrusted MDPI with publishing their scientific discoveries. MDPI’s editorial process is bolstered by a network of dedicated reviewers, a team of over 6000 professional, well-trained staff members, and an in-house article submission platform that was designed to ensure efficient processes within its 430 fully open access titles.
6 June 2024
Interview with Dr. Guilherme Malafaia—Winner of the Toxics 2023 Young Investigator Award
Dr. Guilherme Malafaia is a professor at the Department of Biological Sciences at the Goiano Federal Institute–Urutaí Campus (Goiás State, Brazil). He received a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from the Federal University of Ouro Preto (Minas Gerais State, Brazil) and a doctorate from the Federal University of Goiás (Goiás State, Brazil). He also has postdoctoral degrees from São Paulo State University (UNESP/SP/Brazil), Assiut University (AU/Assiut/Egypt), Begum Rokeya University (BRU/Rangpur/Bangladesh), Jahangirnagar University (JU/Dhaka/Bangladesh), the SRM Institute of Science Technology (SRMIST/Chennai/India), and the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí (Mexico), all related to environmental and biological sciences. He is the leader of the Environmental and Biological Sciences Research Center and coordinator of the Laboratory of Toxicology Applied to the Environment (LabTox) at the Goiano Federal Institute–Urutaí Campus (Goiás State, Brazil), focusing on the ecotoxicological assessment of emerging pollutants, including micro- and nanoplastics, nanomaterials, nanofibers, pesticides, drug residues, etc. The ongoing research projects in his lab use different animal species as model systems (e.g., mice, zebrafish, guppies, Amazon turtles, tadpoles, Japanese quails, mosquito larvae, earthworms, and dragonfly larvae, in addition to aquatic and native plants from the Brazilian Cerrado). He is a member of the Brazilian Society of Ecotoxicology (ECOTOX-BRASIL), the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC-Latin America), and the Brazilian Academy of Young Scientists (ABJC). In 2021/2022, Dr. Malafaia was listed in the Latin America Top 10,000 Scientists by the AD Scientific Index. In 2023, he was listed in the ranking of the 100,000 Most Influential Researchers in the World, organized by scholars from Stanford University (USA) together with the publisher Elsevier. He has published over 370 journal papers and several books. In addition, he has served as a reviewer for more than 170 international journals. He is an advisor for scientific initiation (undergraduate students), master's, and doctorates, and he also advises on a post-doctoral internship. He is the father of four wonderful children: Gabriel, Maria Clara, Bernardo, and Lucas.
We want to congratulate Dr. Guilherme Malafaia for winning the Toxics 2023 Young Investigator Award.
The following is an interview with Dr. Guilherme Malafaia:
1. What’s the focus of your current research, and which of these topics deserve more attention?
Our research group has dedicated its efforts to a crucial area of study: the potential impact of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) on animals and plants. These CECs, often unregulated substances detected in the environment, pose risks to human health, aquatic life, and the environment. In our laboratory, we undertake diverse projects on these CECs (e.g., agricultural products, micro(nano)particles, pharmaceuticals, industrial chemicals, etc.) and on non-chemical contaminants, including, e.g., viruses, bacteria, or fungi pathogenic to humans. Understanding the 'if' and 'how' of these contaminants' impact on biota is not just a scientific pursuit but a crucial step towards planning and executing action strategies to remediate or mitigate their effects. This research is not only relevant but also impactful, as it has the potential to shape our understanding and management of these emerging contaminants.
2. Could you please share some particularly interesting or unexpected results you have found during your research experience?
Our investment in studies on different CECs has yielded particularly intriguing results, especially in our research on micro(nano)plastics and the effects of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 on non-target organisms. In micro(nano)plastics studies, we have already observed their impacts on the health of different groups of animals, including invertebrates and vertebrates. In vertebrates, the studies we conducted highlight the potential of these CECs to affect different physiological, biochemical, genetic, histological, and reproductive aspects of these animals, in addition to inducing changes in their behavioral repertoires that, together, can lead to a drastic decline in fish populations, amphibians, birds and mammals. Our research on the effects of SARS-CoV-2 on non-target organisms has uncovered the urgent and significant ecological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. While many studies focused on vaccines and therapeutic options, our group turned its attention to the ecotoxicological risks posed by the dispersion of these viruses to biota (aquatic and terrestrial). Our findings have shown that the mere contact of invertebrates and vertebrates (fish, amphibians, and mammals) with SARS-CoV-2 or its protein fragments can lead to significant biological changes. These changes, in turn, can impact the fitness of individuals and the dynamics of their populations. This underscores the urgency and importance of our research in understanding and mitigating the ecological effects of the pandemic.
3. What qualities do you think are necessary in a young scientist?
Young researchers often face many difficulties at the beginning of their careers, especially in countries where research, science, and technology are not government priorities, where public and private research funding is limited, where there is low employability, and where there is no quality infrastructure for young researchers to exercise their maximum potential. Therefore, in addition to the qualities inherent to any researcher/scientist (i.e., academic training, curiosity, and intellectual skills), it is necessary to have humility, responsibility, motivation, and effort to overcome the countless difficulties of the career. It is essential to know how to reconcile teaching activities with research (as in many countries, researchers are also university professors), work in groups, communicate, have social and political sensitivity, and have an acute perception of environmental and economic changes.
Furthermore, I consider it essential that the research itself and its implications for society and the environment be more critical than simply publishing its results in papers. We live in a scientific era marked by a race to see who publishes the most, considering the number of articles published is one of the most common criteria for evaluating a researcher's academic performance. Assessment of research performance is essential to recognize productivity, innovation, and novelty and plays an important role in academic appointment and promotion. However, the means of assessment are often flawed. Bibliometrics, e.g., has enormous potential to assist in the qualitative evaluation of individual researchers; however, none of the bibliometric indicators alone (or even considering a set of them) allows an acceptable and balanced assessment of a young researcher's activity. Therefore, young researchers must be very resilient to overcome these systemic barriers that make it extremely difficult for them to advance in their careers. Being able to seek collaborations (national and international) and think of science as an inter- and multidisciplinary network is imperative.
Moreover, young researchers need to be sensitive to the science popularization, understanding it as something that will promote not only their motivation and satisfaction but also the understanding of their scientific findings by a large part of the population (i.e., non-specialists or laypeople), therefore contributing to the eradication of anti-science or denialist movements.
Finally, young researchers must also be sensitive to issues involving discrimination and prejudices involving historically excluded social groups, inside and outside the academic world, and be able to bring together the rich ethnic, racial, sexual, and gender diversity of society in their activities. This aggregation will undoubtedly result in scientific, personal, and professional gains.
4. In your opinion, how does winning such awards help, or what do these awards mean for young researchers?
Winning this award greatly motivates us to continue working seriously, with great responsibility and humility. Furthermore, this award encourages other young researchers who, in the face of all their difficulties and challenges, spark hope that it is possible to achieve success in their careers, bearing in mind that it is always necessary to have discipline, dedication, and love for science.
Dr. Guilherme Malafaia’s email address: [email protected]
5 June 2024
MDPI Sets a New Benchmark for Publishing Excellence
95% of authors rate MDPI’s publication process as excellent or good, setting a new benchmark in scientific publishing – reveals 2023 Annual Report.
Basel, Switzerland, June 4, 2024: MDPI, the leading open access (OA) publisher, proudly announces the release of its 2023 Annual Report, detailing remarkable achievements and reaffirming its leadership in advancing OA publishing. In 2023, MDPI received 655,065 submissions, of which 285,244 articles were published. The company now commands a 17% market share in gold open access articles, with a median publication time of six weeks.
Stefan Tochev, MDPI's CEO, stated, "As a pioneer in open access publishing, MDPI has long been a game-changer in the scholarly community, serving millions of authors around the world to ensure the latest research is freely available. Reflecting on our incredible journey at MDPI, 2023 has been marked by growth in paper submissions, ambitious projects and initiatives aimed at improving our internal processes and delivering top-notch services to our scientists."
MDPI's 2023 Annual Report highlights several key achievements:
- 17% market share in gold open access articles across all disciplines.
- Record satisfaction rates: 95% of authors, 82% of reviewers, and 85% of guest editors.
- Enhanced editorial standards and feedback processes.
- Increased reach and impact with 54 new MDPI journal inclusions in Scopus, 29 in Web of Science, and 77 in DOAJ.
MDPI’s unwavering commitment to advancing OA has transformed the landscape of scholarly publishing, making high-quality research freely accessible to the global scientific community. The continuous improvement in our editorial standards and feedback processes underscores MDPI’s dedication to ensuring academic integrity and excellence.
Global Reach and Collaboration
MDPI’s global footprint continues to expand, with authors from diverse regions: 37% from Asia/Pacific, 36% from Europe, 15% from the Americas, and 12% from other parts of the world. The company’s fully OA platform attracted nearly 14 million monthly visitors in 2023, reflecting its widespread influence in the scientific community.
Commitment to Partnerships
With over 800 institutional partners, MDPI continues to demonstrate its dedication to providing reliable and collaborative publishing services. The introduction of a transparent flat-fee model highlights MDPI's ongoing efforts to enhance affordability and support to the academic community. For more details read our 2023 Annual Report.
For more information, contact Rui Duarte at [email protected] or +41764313242.
About MDPI
A pioneer in scholarly, open access publishing, MDPI has supported academic communities since 1996. MDPI is leading the transition to open science by making more research free and accessible to everyone. Over 3.5 million researchers have entrusted MDPI with publishing their scientific discoveries. MDPI’s editorial process is bolstered by a network of dedicated reviewers, a team of over 6000 professional, well-trained staff members, and an in-house article submission platform that was designed to ensure efficient processes within its 430 fully open access titles.
4 June 2024
MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter #12 - First Term as CEO, Tu Youyou Award, Books Report
Welcome to the MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter.
In these monthly letters, I will showcase two key aspects of our work at MDPI: our commitment to empowering researchers and our determination to facilitating open scientific exchange.
Opening Thoughts
Renewed Term as CEO of MDPI
I released the first CEO Letter at the end of June 2023, reflecting on my first month as CEO. Looking back at the first release, I’m pleased to see a marked consistency of content – from talking about open access (OA) and highlighting the great work being done at MDPI, to bringing together the science community with our conferences and building relations with our editorial board members and our industry as a whole.
For example, in the first letter, I highlighted our meeting with Dr. Eric O. Freed, the founding and current Editor-in-Chief (EiC) of our journal Viruses. Meeting with Eric is a pleasure, as he has a strong commitment and clear vision for the journal.
On 21 May, 2024 we met with EiC Prof. Dr. Antonino Carbone, and Section EiC Prof. Dr. Alberto Signore (pictured on the left), of our journal Hemato (tracked for Impact Factor, and indexed in Scopus), showing our continued and active collaboration with our chief editors to develop the visions for the journal. Over the course of the day, we gathered feedback and gained an understanding of the journal's expectations and focus on strategic growth.
Reflections on my first year as CEO: achievements and initiatives
During my first year as CEO, there have been many remarkable moments, including a strong focus on bringing people together, focusing on company communications and performance.
According to a recent study of 3,400 people across 10 countries, “Managers impact employees’ mental health (69%) more than doctors (51%) or therapists (41%) — and even the same as a partner (69%).” This is an important topic for me, and perhaps that’s why I place a high value on management culture due to its tangible impact on people’s lives.
When I joined MDPI, I created a weekly meet-up for the Corporate Marketing department and their team leads. On the final Thursday of every month, we hold a Global Marketing meet-up to present projects, share knowledge, and conduct training. For years, I’ve maintained the tradition of ending each of our monthly global calls with a group photo to boost morale, motivation, and productivity, and to finish on a positive note.
In keeping with this, when I stepped into the role of CEO, I launched a bi-weekly management meeting, chairing over 20 MDPI Management Team meetings in my first year. These sessions provide an opportunity for managers to present their team’s work, focusing on their achievements and the challenges they face, while at the same time creating space for sharing knowledge.
“I firmly believe that OA is the future of publishing”
I co-organized and co-led the 2023 MDPI Strategy Management meeting this past October, from which we established an Executive Task Force that meets monthly to prioritize projects aimed at building MDPI into the world’s most trusted publisher. To achieve our goals, we as managers need to maintain collaborative communication and connect to the bigger picture.
As CEO, I focused on leadership communication by publishing 12 CEO Letters, one for each month of my tenure, to share more about MDPI news and achievements. I also produced ten videos to help further communicate our message.
I was happy to attend eight publishing and conference events, including STM in Frankfurt and Washington, APE, and R2R, and facilitate critical company meetings with Elsevier, Web of Science, ResearchGate, DOAJ, and others. It was a pleasure to meet and have discussions with key organizations and governing bodies such as CAS in China and ANVUR in Italy.
The best part was the opportunity to visit seven MDPI offices across Europe and Asia-Pacific, meeting with local managers and colleagues and supporting them in person. As part of this, I conducted training sessions while continuing to lead the Corporate Marketing department.
Looking ahead
My goal for my second year as CEO is to continue building on the initiatives from the past, including leadership communications, public relations, educational marketing, and company culture, while representing MDPI to the best of my ability. Additionally, I have a few new projects I hope to launch that I believe will be valuable to MDPI and the industry at large.
I firmly believe that OA is the future of publishing, and I am grateful to be in a position to advocate for this belief as part of MDPI, the world's leading open access publisher.
Thank you to our staff and industry friends for your genuine support in this role.
Impactful Research
Nominations Open for the Prestigious Tu Youyou Award 2024
I am pleased to share that MDPI has opened nominations for the 2024 Tu Youyou Award, a prestigious recognition established in honour of Professor Tu Youyou, Nobel Laureate, whose work has significantly transformed the global fight against malaria.
The Tu Youyou Award offers CHF 100,000
In 2015, Professor Tu Youyou was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her discovery of artemisinin, significantly reducing mortality rates from malaria and shaping global health policies. Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) are now the standard treatment endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO), saving countless lives, especially in regions heavily burdened by malaria.
MDPI Special Issue
To mark Professor Tu’s 80th birthday in 2009, MDPI’s journal Molecules issued a Special Issue focusing on her contributions to medical research. Recognizing her continuous contribution, MDPI created the Tu Youyou Award in 2016 to honour outstanding achievements in natural products and medicinal chemistry.
The deadline for nominations is 31 December 2024
Nominations are open to scientists excelling in natural products and medicinal chemistry. Eligible nominators include academic institutes, universities, and societies. The deadline for nominations is 31 December 2024, with the winners to be announced on 30 April 2025. The Tu Youyou Award offers CHF 100,000, split equally among the winners.
MDPI encourages the academic community to nominate individuals who have demonstrated excellence and innovation in line with Professor Tu’s legacy. This award not only honours individual achievement but also encourages further scientific exploration and discovery in critical areas of medicine.
This award embodies our deep commitment to groundbreaking research that drives societal progress and celebrates the legacy of one of the greatest medical innovators of our time.
Inside MDPI
2023 MDPI Books Report
In past CEO letters, I have highlighted our publishing process and the impactful peer-reviewed articles that represent the core output of scholarly publishing. However, scholarly books are another pillar of publishing that MDPI also services, which our core audience may not be fully aware of. In this section, I highlight the 2023 MDPI Books report, released by our MDPI Books team in May 2024.
Download the 2023 MDPI Books Report
In the report, you will find a summary of MDPI Books’ 10th anniversary, the books indexed in the Web of Science Book Citation Index, our market outreach, and our outlook for 2024.
MDPI Books celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2023
MDPI Books published its first OA Reprint, “From the Renaissance to the Modern World,” in 2013. Over the past ten years, MDPI Books has seen a significant increase in both the volume and nature of published Reprints. As of December 2023, our catalogue includes a total of 7,369 Reprints, with 1,811 of them added in 2023 alone. MDPI Books includes monographs, book series, edited books and reprints of special issues and topical collections, among other book types.
We’re also celebrating the 10-year MDPI anniversary of Laura Wagner, Head of MDPI Books.
Laura Wagner (Head of Books Division)
Laura holds a Bachelor’s degree in Art History and History from the University of Basel. After her studies, she started her career at an art gallery in Basel.
Since joining MDPI in 2014, Laura has held several roles within the company. This included editorial work, development of reprint and book services, and the temporary management of the journal Arts.
Currently Laura holds the role of Head of Books Division and is in charge of the development and strategic direction of MDPI Books.
MDPI Books indexed in Web of Science Book Citation Index
Another milestone in 2023 was the indexing of four book titles in the Web of Science Book Citation Index. The indexing of our open access books is crucial for their reach and accessibility, ensuring higher visibility within the open science community.
- Self-Representation in an Expanded Field: From Self-Portraiture to Selfie, Contemporary Art in the Social Media Age by editor Ace Lehner
- Towards Socially Integrative Cities: Perspectives on Urban Sustainability in Europe and China by editors Bernhard Müller, Jian Liu, Jianming Cai, Paulina Schiappacasse, Hans-Martin Neumann, and Baojun Yang
- Transitioning to Gender Equality by editors Christa Binswanger and Andrea Zimmermann
- Under Construction: Performing Critical Identity by editor Marie-Anne Kohl
If you would like to learn more about MDPI Books, please visit: www.mdpi.com/books
If you are thinking of writing or editing a book, you can submit your proposal at www.mdpi.com/books/publish-with-us, or email us at [email protected].
Coming Together for Science
Polymers 2024 – Polymers for a Safe and Sustainable Future
Our conference team successfully managed the Polymers 2024 – Polymers for a Safe and Sustainable Future international conference which took place from 28–31 May 2024 in Athens, Greece. The conference was chaired by Prof. Dr. Dimitrios Bikiaris and Prof. Dr. Konstantinos Triantafyllidis from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, and Dr. Ioanna Deligkiozi from AXIA Innovation, Germany. In total, the conference had 259 accepted abstracts and over 300 attendees from 22 different countries.
The conference featured three keynote speakers and 12 invited speakers, including esteemed scholars from Europe, Asia, Africa, and Canada. It included 60 selected talks and 189 posters, chosen by the 24 members of the Scientific Committee along with the three Conference Chairs. The event explored the latest scientific advancements and innovations in polymer science, focusing on creating safe, sustainable, and environmentally friendly materials. Emphasizing green polymer chemistry and the use of bioresources, the conference promoted the synthesis of biobased and biodegradable polymers.
The conference featured esteemed scholars from Europe, Asia, Africa, and Canada
Conference awards
The conference also presented three awards: two sponsored by the journal Polymers – The Best Poster Award (€500) and the Best Oral Presentation Award (€600) – and one sponsored by Ossila, the Best Student Poster Award (€500).
Thank you to our 16 sponsors, three partnering societies (Hellenic Polymer Society, European Polymer Federation, and North American Thermal Analysis Society [NATAS]) and eight media partners.
Upcoming in-person event
1–4 August, 2024
The 1st International Conference on AI Sensors & The 10th International Symposium on Sensor Science
Location: Singapore
The AI Sensors 2024 Conference will unite innovators and experts in the realms of sensors, sensing technology, and artificial intelligence.
Find more upcoming MDPI events here.
Closing Thoughts
3rd World Forum Principles of Scientific Publications
I’m pleased to share that MDPI sponsored and attended the 3rd World Forum on Principles of Scientific Publications, which took place from 22–24 May in Malaga, Spain. The event brought together academic professionals and leading researchers to discuss critical topics in the realm of publishing and research. Presentation topics included Open Science, AI in Publishing, Predatory Journals, Fake Publications, Challenges for Non-native English Speakers, and more.
“It was great to see strong support from MDPI authors in the audience”
MDPI presentations
Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI) presenting at the 3rd World Forum Principles of Scientific Publications
I had the privilege of attending and presenting at the event, along with my colleague Dr. Enric Sayas (Business Analyst, MDPI) from our Barcelona office, who explored the ethical concerns and opportunities brought by AI in publishing.
I took the opportunity to present on Open Science, the benefits of Open Access, and MDPI’s performance, operations, and investment in ethics. Special thanks to Evan Escamilla (Project Manager, MDPI Books) and Facundo Santomé (Sr. Marketing Manager, MDPI) who also joined the conference.
It was great to see strong support from MDPI authors in the audience who shared their positive experiences publishing with us. Their story reflects the experience of the vast majority of authors who choose to work with MDPI.
We also encountered some conservative views on OA, which created an opportunity for open discussion aimed at addressing concerns about OA and MDPI. Engaging in such discussions is important, as scepticism sometimes arises from misinformation or from a misunderstanding of who we are and how we operate. When we engage in open and honest discussion, we tend to see people getting a better understanding of MDPI, which helps address any misconceptions they may have had.
Left to right: Dr. Enric Sayas (Business Analyst, MDPI), Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI), Facundo Santomé (Sr. Marketing Manager, MDPI), and Evan Escamilla (Project Manager, MDPI Books) at 3rd World Forum Principles of Scientific Publications
Chief Executive Officer
MDPI AG
23 May 2024
Transfer Service in MDPI
We are pleased to announce MDPI’s Transfer Service.
This service provides a convenient method of transferring your manuscript file, along with any reviewer comments, to another journal within our publishing portfolio.
We are committed to helping authors find the right home for their research, and we will provide authors with guidance and technical support through all stages of the transfer process. Authors will be able to choose to transfer in the following two situations:
1. Select alternative journals on submission.
2. Authors are encouraged to transfer manuscripts to other MDPI journals.
More details about the Transfer Service can be found at the following link:
17 May 2024
Tu Youyou Award—Open for Nominations
In acknowledgment of the groundbreaking achievements of Professor Tu Youyou, the Nobel laureate credited with the discovery of artemisinin, MDPI is proud to announce the Tu Youyou Award. This award, inaugurated in 2016, seeks to honor scholars who excel in the fields of natural products chemistry and medicinal chemistry.
Prize:
- CHF 100,000 in total (If there is more than one winner, the prize will be divided equally amongst the winners);
- An award medal for each winner.
Who should be nominated?
- Scientists with outstanding achievements and contributions in the fields of natural products chemistry and medicinal chemistry.
Who can submit a nomination?
- Academic research institutes
- Universities
- Academic societies
Any personal nominations are not accepted.
How do I submit a nomination?
Candidates’ institutional affiliations need to submit their nominations for final candidates to the Tu Youyou Award Team directly by email after internal screening, and each institution can only nominate a maximum of two candidates for each edition of the Tu Youyou Award. Please note that the nominations cannot be modified once they are submitted and confirmed by the Tu Youyou Award Team.
Required nomination materials:
Nomination Form (Download)
Schedule:
Nomination deadline: 31 December 2024;
Winner announcement: 30 April 2025.
Contact:
Tu Youyou Award Team ([email protected])
More information can be found on the Tu Youyou Award official website. For any inquiries, do not hesitate to contact the Tu Youyou Award Team.
16 May 2024
MDPI Romania Author Training Academic Events in April
MDPI Romania sponsored four events over the month of April, contributing author training sessions to each event.
The NutriSciLabs 2024 conference was held at the Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy on 12 April 2024. Organized by the Association of Students from the Faculty of Pharmacy Studies, the conference aimed to enhance students’ academic writing and research skills, and bolster their confidence in participating in the academic world. Ioana Paunescu, journal relations specialist for MDPI Romania, led the training session. Paunescu first outlined MDPI’s history and core values, then explained academic writing techniques, ethics, and similarity percentages. The presentation covered the entire editorial process, highlighting the amount of attention paid to details throughout manuscript processing. Paunescu also discussed common errors that authors make while writing, and how to avoid such errors.
On 13 April 2024, the NextGEN 2.0 Student Conference took place at the Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca. NextGen Healthcare organized this event with the university’s European Students’ Society to discuss European and international current affairs. MDPI Romania contributed an author training session called Steps of the Publication Process. Irina Codruta Zaharia, journal relations specialist, began the session with a general introduction of MDPI before diving into different article types, different layout formats, possible journals to submit to, the MDPI submission checklist, and the MDPI editorial process. By explaining the fundamentals of writing and publishing academic papers, Zaharia imparted valuable industry knowledge to the curious minds present. Participants were eager to engage with Zaharia in the subsequent Q&A session.
Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, the International Conference “Students for Students” has long been a gathering place for undergraduate and postgraduate students of all nationalities to present their work and exchange ideas with each other. This year’s conference was held on 18 April 2024, with MDPI Romania contributing an author training session called The World of Open Access. Key speakers included Dr. Norbert Kiss from MDPI Romania and Prof. Dragos Horvath from Strasbourg University. Dr. Kiss discussed the history of open access, differences between open access publishing and traditional publishing, and implications for open access in the future. Attendees expressed keen interest in the subject, approaching Dr. Kiss with questions about academic publishing as well as his career trajectory.
Most recently, on 26 April 2024, MDPI Romania sponsored the National Symposium of Students from Geology and Geophysics Faculties. The AAPG Students Chapter at the Babes-Bolyai University organized this event as an opportunity for geology students from all Romanian universities to present their work and confer with other researchers. Dr. Kiss gave his lecture The World of Open Access at this event as well.
MDPI is thankful to all the participants, speakers, and organizers who attended these events. Through their enthusiasm and dedication, these events were great successes.
15 May 2024
Toxics 2023 Young Investigator Award—Winner Announced
We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Toxics 2023 Young Investigator Award is Dr. Guilherme Malafaia.
Dr. Guilherme Malafaia is a professor at the Department of Biological Sciences at the Goiano Federal Institute, Urutaí Campus (Goiás State, Brazil). Dr. Guilherme Malafaia’s research interests include ecotoxicology, micropollutants, nanoparticles, micro(nano)plastics, experimental animal models, animal physiology, animal behavior, neurotoxicity, embryotoxicology, reproductive toxicology, biochemistry, genotoxicity, mutagenicity, emerging pollutants, water quality and environmental impacts. Dr. Guilherme Malafaia received his Ph.D. in 2015 and has an outstanding publication record. He has published over 360 journal papers and several books. In the last five years (from 2019 to January 2024), Dr. Guilherme Malafaia has published 162 scientific articles in the field of toxics in renowned high-impact scientific journals. Facing financial difficulties and spatial location issues, he was able to approve different projects with important funding agencies in his country, as well as contribute to the training of master's and doctoral students in the field of environmental sciences, with a focus on the toxicity of pollutants. This is an outstanding achievement in today’s competitive environment. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Guilherme Malafaia for his outstanding achievements.
As the awardee, Dr. Guilherme Malafaia will receive an honorarium of CHF 2000, an offer to publish a paper free of charge before the end of 2024 in Toxics (ISSN: 2305-6304) after peer-review, and an electronic certificate.
We would like to thank all the nominators from various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of the many excellent nominations.
Dr. Demetrio Raldúa, Editor-in-Chief
On behalf of the Toxics 2023 Young Investigator Evaluation Committee
15 May 2024
Toxics 2023 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award—Winner Announced
As the Editor-in-Chief of Toxics (ISSN: 2305-6304), it is my great pleasure to announce the winner of the 2023 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award. This award is for a Ph.D. student or recently qualified Ph.D. fellow who has produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential.
The award has been granted to the following manuscript:
“Biomonitoring of Lipophilic Endocrine Disruptors in Women: Cancer Biology and Vitamin D Pathways”
by Sara Isabel Ribeiro de Sousa, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal
The winner will receive CHF 500, a certificate and a chance to publish a paper free of charge after peer review in Toxics in 2024.
On behalf of the evaluation committee, I congratulate the winner on their accomplishments. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the applicants for submitting their exceptional theses, and thank the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.
Prof. Dr. Demetrio Raldúa
Editor-in-Chief of Toxics
9 May 2024
Meet Us at the Joint Conference on Environmental Chemicals 2024, 2–5 July 2024, Hiroshima, Japan
Conference: Joint Conference on Environmental Chemicals 2024
Date: 2–5 July 2024
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
MDPI will be attending the Joint Conference on Environmental Chemicals 2024 as an exhibitor, which will be held from 2 to 5 July 2024. We welcome researchers from different backgrounds to visit and share their latest ideas with us.
This conference is organized by the Japan Society of Endocrine Disruptors Research, the Japanese Society of Environmental Toxicology, and the Japan Society of Environmental Chemistry. The theme of the conference is “Beyond Disciplines to Solve Environmental Chemical Problems: Developing New Research from Diverse Perspectives”. At the conference, specialists will share and discuss the latest research on and applications of environmental and chemical substances to society.
The following MDPI journals will be represented:
If you are planning to attend this conference, please do not hesitate to start an online conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have.
For more information about the conference, please visit the following website: https://j-ec.smartcore.jp/M022/forum/touron32.
2 May 2024
MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter #11 – 2023 Annual Report, MDPI Awards, STM
Welcome to the MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter.
In these monthly letters, I will showcase two key aspects of our work at MDPI: our commitment to empowering researchers and our determination to facilitating open scientific exchange.
Opening Thoughts
2023 Annual Report
This is an exciting time of year at MDPI, as we have just released our annual report 2023, recapping the past year and sharing the progress and changes that took place during it.
Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI)
Reflecting on 2023, I can't help but think of the changes that have occurred not only at MDPI but also within our industry as a whole. In light of this, I’m reminded that change is the only constant, and that for a publishing enterprise that has experienced rapid growth, adapting to change becomes not only a necessity but also a catalyst for sustained success.
Looking back on the significant ground we covered in 2023, I am pleased to report that the year was marked by a rise in paper submissions, along with a range of initiatives aimed at improving our internal processes and delivering top services to our scientists.
2023 Top-line MDPI Numbers
An important priority for 2023 was to strengthen our editorial policies. Despite a notable increase in the number of papers submitted from 603,000 to 655,000 (+8.6%), there was a decrease in the number of papers published from 303,000 to 285,000 (-5.9%), consistent with the overall trend in the scholarly publishing market. MDPI’s market share in gold open access articles published reached 17% in 2023 (according to Dimensions data).
2023 Open Access Numbers
For over two decades, MDPI has been at the forefront of reshaping the academic publishing landscape, with OA surpassing subscription-based publishing in 2020. This trajectory is deeply rooted in our history and reflects our unwavering commitment to, and vision for, an open future. This momentum continued in 2023, with 39% of the 4.16 million articles and reviews published as gold full-OA, 15% as gold hybrid-OA, 8% as bronze-OA, and 3% as green-OA, relative to 35% behind a paywall. In terms of gold OA (full or hybrid) articles and reviews published, MDPI leads the way in terms of total articles published in 2023.
MDPI is the trusted and preferred OA publisher for the scholarly community
However, in 2023, we saw a downward trend in publication numbers compared to 2022. This trend was also seen in total OA publications. While the number of submissions increased, the decline in MDPI publications can be attributed to several factors, such as improved scrutiny in our peer-review process, including the evaluation of content scope and higher rejection rates, and a post-pandemic decrease in research related to COVID-19 papers.
Download 2023 MDPI Annual Report.
Access 2023 Digital Report.
Impactful Research
Recognizing Scholars – MDPI Awards
MDPI is committed to empowering young researchers as they embark on their careers. In 2023, our journals hosted a total of 400 awards, receiving 8,839 applications and nominations. The evaluation committees selected 959 winners, with the total budget for these awards amounting to CHF 546,500.
For more information about MDPI awards, applications, and winners, please click here
The following awards recognize scholars and the impact of their research, including Young Investigator Awards, Best PhD Thesis Awards, and Travel Awards for junior researchers.
MDPI Awards – The following awards require an application or a nomination.
Young Investigator Award (CHF 1000–2000 for each winner)
This award acknowledges the achievements of young investigators in research areas relevant to the journal’s scope. Candidates must have received their PhD no more than 10 years prior to the award announcement date and must be nominated.
Best PhD Thesis Award (CHF 500–800 for each winner)
This award recognizes young scholars who have completed outstanding PhD theses in research areas relevant to the journal’s scope. It aims to encourage them to continue their excellent work and make further contributions to their field.
Travel Award (CHF 500–800 for each winner)
This award encourages junior scientists to present their latest research at academic conferences relevant to the journal’s scope, thereby increasing their impact.
Distinguished Scholars
Additionally, 220 awards were granted to the most distinguished authors and reviewers in our journals through Best Paper Awards and Outstanding Reviewer Awards. The following awards are selected by the editorial staff of the journal and do not require an application or a nomination. They exemplify the excellent contributions made by our authors, reviewers, and editors.
These awards exemplify the excellent contributions made by our authors, reviewers, and editors
Best Paper Award (CHF 200–500 for each winner)
This award is granted annually to highlight publications of high quality, scientific significance, and extensive influence.
Outstanding Reviewer Award (CHF 500 for partial winners)
This award is given annually to recognize reviewers who generously contribute their time to reviewing papers and demonstrate thoroughness, professionalism, and timeliness in their reviews.
MDPI also offers awards for specific topics in various research fields:
Carbon Neutrality Award (CHF 500–800 for each winner)
Sponsored by MDPI journal Sustainability, this award recognizes applicants who have made exceptional academic or societal contributions to carbon neutrality, either in general or in relation to a specific carbon-neutrality-related issue.
Intelligent Manufacturing Award (CHF 500–800 for each winner)
Administered by MDPI journal Machines, this award is presented to an individual who has made outstanding academic or societal contributions to the field of intelligent manufacturing.
Granted: World Sustainability Awards
Inside MDPI
MDPI Opens Office in Seoul, Korea and Appoints Claude Seo as Office Manager
As CEO of the world’s leading OA publisher, I am pleased to announce the official opening of our Korean branch office. With this addition, MDPI now operates 21 offices in 12 countries worldwide, improving on our position as a truly global publisher. This expansion represents more than just an increase in our physical footprint; it is a pivotal step in our ongoing commitment to making scientific knowledge more accessible across the globe.
MDPI now operates 21 offices in 12 countries worldwide, improving on our position as a truly global publisher
Claude Seo (MDPI Korea Office Manager, Seoul)
Claude Seo, who has over 15 years of experience in the academic publishing industry, has been appointed as the Office Manager of the Seoul office. The launch of our Seoul office allows us to better support the Korean scientific community and to further promote the publication of OA journals in the region.
Reflecting on his role, Claude shared that he is:
“Delighted to have been entrusted with this position within MDPI, the no. 1 scholarly OA publisher. As we establish our presence in Korea, we are dedicated to integrating ourselves into the local community and contributing to its vibrant culture. Our commitment goes beyond business growth; it is about creating a more informed and innovative society by embracing and promoting diversity within the scientific community.”
Sungkyunkwan University Joins MDPI’s Institutional Open Access Program
Additionally, I am pleased to share that Sungkyunkwan University has joined MDPI’s Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP). This program offers free access to MDP’s online submission system for institutions and provides APC discounts to affiliated authors. Thirteen major Korean universities, including Sungkyunkwan University, Kyunghee University, Chung-Ang University, and the Catholic University of Korea, have adopted IOAP in Korea.
Learn more about MDPI’s collaboration in Korea in my previous CEO Letter, in which I recap our visit to Seoul, South Korea.
Coming Together for Science
4th MMCS: Harnessing the Power of New Drug Modalities
Our conference team successfully managed the 4th Molecules Medicinal Chemistry Symposium, held from 24–26 April in Barcelona, Spain. It was chaired by Prof. Dr. Diego Muñoz-Torrero from the Institute of Biomedicine (IBUB), University of Barcelona, Spain, and Prof. Dr. Simona Collina from the University of Pavia, Italy. In total, there were 84 accepted abstracts and 102 conference attendees from 22 different countries.
From left to right: Prof. Dr. Rino Ragno (Scientific Committee), Dr. Maria Emilia Sousa (Scientific Committee), Prof. Dr. Claudio Viegas Jr. (Scientific Committee), Prof. Dr. Simona Collina (Chair), Prof. Dr. Diego Muñoz-Torrero (Chair), Alvina Wu (Managing Editor, MDPI), Prof. Dr. Roman Dembinski (Scientific Committee), Prof. Dr. Mariana Spetea (Scientific Committee).
The event comprised 12 Invited Speakers, 35 Selected Talks, 10 Flash Poster Presentations, and 39 Posters. The overarching topic of the conference was the impact of the emergence of new drug modalities on drug discovery, with thematic sessions covering topics such as photoactivatable drugs, candidates targeting RNA and epigenetic targets, covalent modifiers, and the development of new anti-cancer agents, among other medicinal chemistry projects.
We are pleased to have received feedback from attendees highlighting the professional approach of the conference chairs and participants, the high quality of the talks, and the overall outstanding organization on the part of the MDPI conference team.
Thank you to the conference sponsors, Fluorochem and IBUB, and to our partnering societies, The Spanish Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SEBBM), and the Spanish Society of Medicinal Chemistry (SEQT).
Upcoming In-Person Event
28–31 May, 2024
Polymers 2024 – Polymers for a Safe and Sustainable Future
Location: Athens, Greece
Conference Chairs: Prof. Dr. Dimitrios Bikiaris, Prof. Dr. Konstantinos Triantafyllidis, Dr. Ioanna Deligkiozi
We look forward to welcoming experts Prof. Damià Barceló, Prof. Minna Hakkareinen, and Prof. Armando J. D. Silvestre to this event.
Find more upcoming MDPI events here.
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Closing Thoughts
A Report from the Future – STM US Annual Conference 2024
Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI), Dr. Giulia Stefenelli and Dr. Ioana Craciun from MDPI’s Scientific Office Board.
MDPI has for a long time been a sponsor of the STM Annual Conferences, held yearly in the US and Frankfurt, and is a trusted partner and supporter of the STM organization. While I have attended the Frankfurt conference for the past three years, this was my first time visiting the Washington, DC session, and I am glad I did.
Although it was a brief trip, I greatly appreciated the opportunity to attend in the company of my colleagues Dr. Giulia Stefenelli and Dr. Ioana Craciun from MDPI’s Scientific Office Board. They always help map some of the new industry trends against MDPI’s operational framework and guidelines. It’s a great group for kicking ideas back and forth on what we can apply at MDPI.
In my experience, STM never fails to deliver. It’s always a great conference for reconnecting with fellow publishers, industry friends, and vendors. As usual, STM this year curated a diverse range of speakers and panels, who proferred valuable knowledge and insights from outside our industry, delivering thought-provoking insights into our field. An example of this was the ‘Trust Panel’ session, which included Alan Schiffres (Managing Director, InfoLinx), who shared a number of the learnings about fraud and risk management from his 40 years in financial services, to help address some of the challenges we are currently facing in the area of publishing integrity.
Launch of STM Trends 2028 Panel
I particularly enjoyed the ‘Launch of STM Trends 2028 Panel’, which presented a report focused on the integration of humans and machines in scholarly publishing. The session highlighted themes such as AI, digitization, and the evolving research ecosystem. The report envisions a future where technology blurs the lines between human and machine involvement in research processes, with significant implications for trust, reputation, and equity. While this presents opportunities for connectivity and knowledge dissemination, it also poses challenges such as disinformation, fragmentation, and geopolitical tensions. We must rely on a wise combination of technology and human agency to navigate this complex landscape and will have to carefully examine its potential impacts on communication and scholarly publishing.
MDPI has joined the STM Integrity Hub. Click here to learn more.
While every presenter brought their own knowledge and personal touch, I was particularly pleased to encounter new speakers such as Heather Whitney (Research Assistant Professor, Radiology, University of Chicago) and Igor Grossmann (Professor of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Canada). Having studied Sociology at the University of Guelph, I have a soft spot for fellow social scientists from Canada, and I was very impressed by Igor’s presentation on ‘The Social Scientist: A View from the Future’ and his participation in the panel session ‘The Future Beyond the Article,’ which was one of my favourites from the conference, given the diversity of perspectives from the panel speakers.
Memorial Park in Washington, DC
On a personal note, this was my first-time visiting Washington, DC, and I’m glad we took an afternoon to visit the Memorial Park, with its incredible monuments to figures ranging from Martin Luther King, Jr. to Abraham Lincoln. The magnitude of the monuments is deeply impressive. I particularly appreciated the Thomas Jefferson memorial and the following quote, which I think speaks to the importance of change and adaptation. It’s something we can apply not only in our industry but also in our personal lives.
"I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as a civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors."
– Excerpted from a letter to Samuel Kercheval, July 12, 1816.
Chief Executive Officer
MDPI AG
30 April 2024
MDPI Opens Office in Seoul, Korea and Appoints Claude Seo as Office Manager
MDPI, the leading Open Access (OA) publisher, announced on Monday that it opened its Korean branch office on 29th April 2024. With this addition, MDPI now operates 21 offices in 12 countries worldwide. Claude Seo, with over 20 years of experience in the academic journal publishing industry, including Nature Publishing Group (NPG), has been appointed as the Office Manager of the Seoul office.
With the establishment of a Seoul office, MDPI aims to actively support Korea scientific communities to further promote the publication of OA journals in the region. As of the end of 2023, Korea ranked sixth worldwide in both submissions and publications of MDPI research papers. MDPI is the number one OA publisher in Korea.
Sungkyunkwan University Joins MDPI’s Institutional Open Access Program
In addition, MDPI announced that Sungkyunkwan University joined MDPI’s Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP). This program offers free access to MDPI online submission system for the institutions and APC discounts to affiliated authors. Thirteen major Korean universities, including Sungkyunkwan University, Kyung Hee University, Chung-Ang University and Catholic University of Korea, have adopted IOAP in Korea.
OA aims to break down barriers that have traditionally restricted access to science, ensuring that knowledge is available to all, regardless of financial situation or institutional affiliations. Authors, academia, and scientific communities are rapidly moving toward OA. MDPI has been at the forefront of reshaping the academic publishing landscape, with OA surpassing subscription-based publishing in 2020.
MDPI CEO Visits Seoul, Korea
In March, Stefan Tochev, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MDPI, visited Korea and met with various stakeholders including government agencies, research and academic institutions, universities. During his visit, Stefan highlighted that MDPI continues to pave the way for a world where science is accessible to all, supporting a global community of inclusive innovation and collaborative solutions.
Stefan expressed excitement about the new venture, stating, "Today marks a significant milestone for MDPI as we celebrate the opening of our new office in Seoul, Korea. This expansion is more than just an increase in our physical footprint, it is a pivotal step in our ongoing commitment to making scientific knowledge more accessible, participatory, and inclusive across the globe."
Claude Seo, reflecting on his new role, commented, "I am delighted to have been offered this position of trust within MDPI, the no. 1 scholarly OA publisher. As we establish our presence in Korea, we are dedicated to integrating into the local community and contributing to its vibrant culture. Our commitment goes beyond business growth; it is about creating a more informed and innovative society by embracing and promoting diversity within the scientific community.”
For further inquiries, please contact our Seoul office directly.
About MDPI
A pioneer in scholarly, open access publishing, MDPI has supported academic communities since 1996. MDPI is leading the transition to open science by making more research free and accessible to everyone. Over 3.3 million researchers have entrusted MDPI with publishing their scientific discoveries. MDPI’s editorial process is bolstered by a network of dedicated reviewers, a team of 6000 diligent, well-trained staff members, and an in-house article submission platform that was designed to ensure efficient processes within its 430 fully OA titles.
2 April 2024
MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter #10 - South Korea, IWD, U2A, Japan
Welcome to the MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter.
In these monthly letters, I will showcase two key aspects of our work at MDPI: our commitment to empowering researchers and our determination to facilitating open scientific exchange.
Opening Thoughts
Left to right: Dr. Jisuk Kang (Scientific Officer, MDPI), Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI), and Dr. Giulia Stefenelli (Chair of Scientific Office Board, MDPI), during media meetings at Prain Agency office in Seoul, South Korea.
Visit to Seoul, South Korea
During my recent visit to South Korea, I had the privilege of meeting various stakeholders, including representatives of government, research institutions, and academia, to understand their needs and communicate MDPI’s commitment to accessible science. Accompanied by my colleagues Dr. Giulia Stefenelli and Dr. Jisuk Kang, I engaged with the Korean scientific community, which is increasingly embracing open access (OA).
As the leading OA publisher in South Korea, MDPI is trusted by local authors and in 2023 enjoyed an approximately 30% share of the OA market. South Korea ranks sixth globally for MDPI in terms of research papers submitted and published.
MDPI and South Korea by Numbers
As at 30 March, over 76,000 MDPI articles have been authored by individuals affiliated with Korean institutions. We have over 1,800 active editorial board members (EBMs) from South Korea, with more than 880 EBMs having an H-index between 26 and 50, including 10 serving as Chief Editors.
“South Korea is the sixth-largest contributor to our total publications”
Over the past five years (2019–2023), nearly 120,000 authors affiliated with South Korean institutes have published with MDPI. Specifically in 2023, we received approximately 25,000 submissions from South Korean authors, publishing close to 13,000 articles, resulting in a rejection rate of 47.4%, which is not far below MDPI’s overall rejection rate of 56.4% in 2023.
Institutional Partnerships with South Korea
I am pleased to share that MDPI has more than 825 institutional partnerships worldwide, with 12 in South Korea, including Kyunghee University, Chung-Ang University, and Inha University, among others.
Left to right: Dr. Jisuk Kang (Scientific Officer, MDPI), Dr. Giulia Stefenelli (Chair of Scientific Office Board, MDPI), and Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI) fielding media questions at Prain PR Agency office in Seoul, South Korea.
Over the past three years (2021–2023), we have had some of the most prestigious academic universities ranked among the top 10 Korean institutions publishing with MDPI. Seoul National University had the highest number of publications with MDPI during those three years, publishing nearly 6,000 papers. Universities such as Korea University and Yonsei University also rank among the top 10 Korean institutions publishing with MDPI.
MDPI Hosts Seminar for Academia and Media
As the world’s leading OA publisher, MDPI is actively democratizing science. This is reflected in the seminars we hosted on 21 March to address questions about our editorial processes and ethical standards. The visit garnered media coverage, reflecting our mission to providing high-quality services and fostering open dialogue in the community.
“MDPI is actively democratizing science”
MDPI in the News
Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI) leading a seminar on OA and MDPI at Prain PR Agency office in Seoul, South Korea.
Media coverage generated by our visit to Seoul included the following stories:
“Open access is an unstoppable trend…it will lead the development of the knowledge ecosystem.”
I greatly appreciate the contributions of everyone who took the time to meet with us, share their stories, and hold us accountable for continuing to provide high-quality publishing services while identifying areas for improvement. I am also excited to announce that we have opened an MDPI office in Seoul and will release a press release on MDPI.com, with details, by the end April 2024. The purpose of the office is to establish a local presence to connect with and support the South Korean academic community through institutional partnerships, conferences, author workshops, stakeholder communications, and more.
Impactful Research
Featured Articles on Women’s Leadership and Healthcare
In celebration of International Women’s Day (8 March 2024), MDPI curated a collection of research articles on various topics, including women’s leadership, reproductive health, preventive healthcare, and a selection of articles from our journal Women.
Women’s Leadership
- Women Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development: Bibliometric Analysis and Emerging Research Trends
Sustainability 2022, 14, 9160. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14159160 - Refugee Women Business Mentors: New Evidence for Women’s Empowerment
Sustainability 2022, 14, 9154. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14159154 - Women and Leadership in Higher Education: A Systematic Review
Soc. Sci. 2023, 12, 555. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12100555 - Understanding Needs and Potentials for Gender-Balanced Empowerment and Leadership in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Africa
Sustainability 2022, 14, 9410. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14159410 - Challenges Women Experience in Leadership Careers: An Integrative Review
Merits 2023, 3, 366-389. https://doi.org/10.3390/merits3020021
Women’s Reproductive Health
- Recreational Female Athletes’ Understanding of and Perceived Impact of the Menstrual Cycle on Physical Performance, Mood, and Sleeping Behaviour
Women 2023, 3, 445-456. https://doi.org/10.3390/women3030034 - Difficulties in Adaptation of the Mother and Newborn via Cesarean Section versus Natural Birth—A Narrative Review
Life 2023, 13, 300. https://doi.org/10.3390/life13020300 - The Main Theories on the Pathogenesis of Endometriosis
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 4254. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24054254
Women’s Preventive Healthcare
- Insulin Metabolism in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Secretion, Signaling, and Clearance
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 3140. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24043140 - Assessing Barriers Encountered by Women in Cervical Cancer Screening and Follow-Up Care in Urban Bolivia, Cochabamba
Healthcare 2022, 10, 1604. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10091604 - Updates on HPV Vaccination
Diagnostics 2023, 13, 243. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13020243
Featured Articles in MDPI Journal Women
Below are a few articles from Women, our journal focused on women’s health, the social determinants of health, and the healthcare system that serves women. The aim of Women is to encourage academics to publish their experimental and theoretical results in detail, to aid reproducibility, and in an engaging style, to aid comprehensibility.
- Premenstrual Syndrome and Exercise: A Narrative Review
Women 2023, 3, 348-364. https://doi.org/10.3390/women3020026 - Increasing Awareness of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine for Women 18–45 Years of Age
Women 2023, 3, 365-373. https://doi.org/10.3390/women3030027 - Addressing Women’s Needs with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Enhancing the Visibility of Pharmacists in the Public Health Arena
Women 2022, 2, 346-352. https://doi.org/10.3390/women2040032
Inside MDPI
Championing Women’s Healthcare and Access to Healthcare Information
MDPI colleagues from our offices joined in celebrating #IWD2024. In doing so, we emphasized key missions that encompass:
- Empowering women to assume leadership and decision-making roles in both business and science.
- Helping women and girls make informed decisions about their health.
- Recruiting and developing female talent and fostering inclusive workplace environments.
“We are thrilled to recognize the accomplishments of women scientists”
I am proud to see our colleagues enthusiastically supporting the International Women’s Day call to ‘Inspire Inclusion!’ The heart-hands in the collage below symbolize our appreciation of the achievements of women researchers and the recognition of the trailblazers who have courageously made a mark on societies past and present.
We are thrilled to recognize the accomplishments of women scientists through our many MDPI awards and by highlighting success stories. As inspirational figures, female scientists are paving the way for the next generation of women aspiring to pursue careers in engineering, life sciences, computing, and various other STEM fields.
“I consider myself lucky because I work with incredibly talented women who inspire me every day.”
– Dr. Alessandra Pasut, Winner of MDPI's ‘Biology 2023 Young Investigator Award’
“It’s really important to find a supportive and enabling environment in which to do your science; it would have a big impact on you as a person and on your scientific outputs.”
– Dr. Rhea Longley, Winner of the ‘Pathogens 2023 Young Investigator Award’
Open-access publishing, in particular, allows early-career women researchers to share their work more widely, potentially attracting mentorship opportunities and collaborations. This support is crucial for career development and advancement.
Coming Together for Science
MDPI Joins United2Act in Collective Fight to Stop Paper Mills
In my February 2024 CEO Letter, I highlighted some of our recent initiatives aimed at bolstering our commitment to research integrity, including joining the STM Integrity Hub and expanding our Research Integrity and Publication Ethics team (RIPE). Continuing our efforts in coming together for science, I am pleased to share our participation in the United2Act initiative.
The text below is taken from our official announcement:
United2Act represents an international group of stakeholders in the publishing industry committed to addressing the collective challenge posed to research integrity by paper mills.
Scientists and academic publishers have increasingly noted the alarming proliferation of paper mills, recognized as fraudulent entities seeking to manipulate the publication process for financial profit. These entities engage in fraudulent practices such as falsifying or fabricating data, selling co-authorship of fake papers, manipulating peer review, and including inappropriate citations. These actions pose a significant threat to the integrity of the scholarly record, prompting widespread concern among those involved in the academic community.
MDPI has been actively contributing to combat the undermining of the scientific record. Our editors employ a set of tools to detect potential ethical breaches within a manuscript and to tackle the issue of fake papers.
United2Act’s consensus statement is the outcome of a virtual summit held in May 2023. It involved the participation of research bodies, publishers, researchers/sleuths, universities, and publishing infrastructure from 15 countries and resulted in a Consensus Statement outlining five key areas of action for all stakeholders:
- Education and awareness
- Improve post-publication corrections
- Facilitate and organise research on paper mills
- Enable the development of trust markers
- Facilitate dialogue between stakeholders
MDPI is committed to promoting transparency and integrity in scholarly publishing and is continuing to work closely with the scientific community toward this goal.
Closing Thoughts
Left to right: Ryo Hirayama (Marketing Specialist, MDPI), Takashi Sasabe (Marketing Specialist, MDPI), Dr. Giulia Stefenelli (Chair of Scientific Office Board, MDPI), Dr. Izumi Yamamoto (Marketing Manager, MDPI), and Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI), at MDPI’s office in Tokyo, Japan.
Visit to Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan
In March, I had the opportunity to visit our Tokyo office and engage with stakeholders in Tokyo and Kyoto. During the visit, I also recorded a video message to welcome Japanese scholars working with MDPI and to highlight our operations in Japan.
We held meetings with Editors-in-Chief, librarians, scholars, and external consultants to gather feedback on our efforts to enhance our reputation and explore additional steps we can take in that direction. Japan's rich cultural heritage, characterized by tradition, respect, and formality, provided valuable insights into meeting the publishing needs specific to Japan.
Japan’s Open Access statistics
Over the years, we have seen a shift from subscription-only to gold OA publishing in Japan, despite the lack of an official mandate. Here are some statistics:
- 2012: 68% of articles were subscription-only, 6% were green Open Access, and 8% were gold Open Access.
- 2016: 55% of articles were subscription-only, 6% were green Open Access, and 20% were gold Open Access.
- 2022: 43% of articles were subscription-only, 7% were green Open Access, and 39% were gold Open Access.
To learn more about the history of OA in Japan as well as about future trends, please read this blog post.
“Japan is the ninth-largest contributor to our total publications”
Left to right: Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI), Dr. Izumi Yamamoto (Marketing Manager, MDPI), and Dr. Giulia Stefenelli (Chair of Scientific Office Board, MDPI) visiting Kyoto University in Kyoto, Japan.
MDPI and Japan by Numbers
As at 1 April, over 50,000 MDPI articles have been authored by scholars affiliated with Japanese institutions, making the country the ninth-largest contributor to our total publications. Over the past three years (2020–2023), nearly 90,000 authors affiliated with Japanese institutes have published with MDPI, and we have collaborated with over 4,600 Guest Editors from Japan.
In 2023, we published over 8,200 papers from authors associated with Japanese institutions. MDPI collaborates with 41 institutional partnerships in Japan, including the University of Tokyo, Hokkaido University, and Nagoya University. We have over 2,100 active EBMs from Japan, more than 1,050 EBMs having an H-index between 26 and 50, including 13 serving as Editors-in-Chief.
General Feedback – a side note
A general takeaway from our discussions with stakeholders from around the world is that negative perceptions of MDPI often stem from misinformation, misconceptions, or misunderstandings about MDPI and our practices. While we acknowledge our mistakes and work diligently to address them, maintaining a strong editorial procedure and robust peer-review process, I find that educating stakeholders about our how we do what we do and our ongoing improvements tends to help shift opinions.
That said, we recognize the importance of addressing individual concerns. We take feedback seriously and are continuously working to get better while not compromising the core principles that millions of authors appreciate about MDPI.
Chief Executive Officer
MDPI AG
12 March 2024
Toxics | Invitation to Read 10 Highlighted Papers in the Second Half of 2023
1. “Testing of Different Digestion Solutions on Tissue Samples and the Effects of Used Potassium Hydroxide Solution on Polystyrene Microspheres”
by Liesa Geppner, Jakob Karaca, Wencke Wegner, Moritz Rados, Tobias Gutwald, Philemon Werth and Maja Henjakovic
Toxics 2023, 11(9), 790; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11090790
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/9/790
2. “Genomic Instability and Cytotoxicity Evaluation of Two Communities Exposed to Pesticides in the Mexicali Valley by the L-CBMN Assay”
by Balam Ruiz-Ruiz, Olivia Torres-Bugarin, Erika Zúñiga-Violante, Francisco Casillas-Figueroa, Roberto Luna-Vázquez-Gómez, Verónica Campos Gallegos, Ana Erika Ruiz-Arellano and María Evarista Arellano-García
Toxics 2023, 11(10), 807; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11100807
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/10/807
3. “The Role of the Nuclear Receptor FXR in Arsenic-Induced Glucose Intolerance in Mice”
by Yifei Yang, Yun-Chung Hsiao, Chih-Wei Liu and Kun Lu
Toxics 2023, 11(10), 833; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11100833
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/10/833
4. “Airborne Pesticides from Agricultural Practices: A Critical Review of Pathways, Influencing Factors, and Human Health Implications”
by Thirasant Boonupara, Patchimaporn Udomkun, Eakalak Khan and Puangrat Kajitvichyanukul
Toxics 2023, 11(10), 858; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11100858
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/10/858
5. “Associations of Long-Term Exposure to PM2.5 and Its Constituents with Erythrocytosis and Thrombocytosis in Rural Populations”
by Yiquan Zheng, Yaling He, Ning Kang, Caiyun Zhang, Wei Liao, Yinghao Yuchi, Xiaotian Liu, Jian Hou, Zhenxing Mao, Wenqian Huo et al.
Toxics 2023, 11(11), 885; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11110885
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/11/885
6. “Toxicity of Beauty Salon Effluents Contaminated with Hair Dye on Aquatic Organisms”
by Letícia C. Gonçalves, Matheus M. Roberto, Paloma V. L. Peixoto, Cristina Viriato, Adriana F. C. da Silva, Valdenilson J. A. de Oliveira, Mariza C. C. Nardi, Lilian C. Pereira, Dejanira de F. de Angelis and Maria A. Marin-Morales
Toxics 2023, 11(11), 911; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11110911
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/11/911
7. “(Micro)Plastics Are Toxic Pollutants”
by Judith S. Weis and Juan José Alava
Toxics 2023, 11(11), 935; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11110935
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/11/935
8. “Invisible Hand behind Female Reproductive Disorders: Bisphenols, Recent Evidence and Future Perspectives”
by Xiaoyun Wu, Yuchai Tian, Huizhen Zhu, Pengchong Xu, Jiyue Zhang, Yangcheng Hu, Xiaotong Ji, Ruifeng Yan, Huifeng Yue and Nan Sang
Toxics 2023, 11(12), 1000; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11121000
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/12/1000
9. “Comparing Ocular Toxicity of Legacy and Alternative Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Zebrafish Larvae”
by Han-seul Lee, Soogyeong Jang, Youngsub Eom and Ki-Tae Kim
Toxics 2023, 11(12), 1021; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11121021
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/12/1021
10. “Methamphetamine Shows Different Joint Toxicity for Different Types of Microplastics on Zebrafish Larvae by Mediating Oxidative Stress”
by Jindong Xu, Wenqi Yang, Dongyi Wang, Zhenglu Wang, Chuang Liu and Jiana Li
Toxics 2024, 12(1), 9; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics12010009
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/12/1/9
4 March 2024
MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter #9 - Romania, Research Integrity, Viruses
Welcome to the MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter.
In these monthly letters, I will showcase two key aspects of our work at MDPI: our commitment to empowering researchers and our determination to facilitating open scientific exchange.
Opening Thoughts
Reka Kovacs (Deputy Office Manager, MDPI), Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI), and Sandra Ana Spatariu (Office Manager, MDPI) at the MDPI office in Cluj, Romania.
MDPI’s Impact on Romania
In February, I visited our office in Cluj, Romania. I worked closely with our senior office managers and various teams, including the departments of training, marketing and conferences, as well as our journal relationship specialists, reviewing our service to the local scholarly community. During the visit, I also met with representatives from Babes-Bolyai University and the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca. Our multifunctional Romanian office plays an important role in supporting our collaborations with the local market as well as helping to meet MDPI’s overall business needs.
Feedback and strategy meeting with a group of MDPI’s Journal Relationship Specialists at the MDPI office in Cluj, Romania.
With 22,436 articles, Romania ranks as a top 20 contributing country to MDPI’s total number of papers published as at 28 February 2024. This highlights the importance of our collaboration with Romanian-affiliated authors and the growing opportunity to support their publishing needs. MDPI is one of the few academic publishers with a significant presence in Romania, boasting over 360 colleagues across our offices in Bucharest and Cluj. We are also proud to hire colleagues from local institutions to launch their careers within publishing.
Romania ranks as a top 20 contributing country.
The Numbers: 2019–2023
MDPI has seen a healthy increase in submissions from Romanian authors over the past three years, from 8,439 in 2021 to 11,866 by end of 2023, with most submissions going to journals such as Sustainability, Medicina, Diagnostics, IJMS, Applied Sciences, and JCM. From 2019 to 2023, MDPI published articles from 32,145 authors affiliated with Romanian institutions. Over those years, we have worked with Romanian Guest Editors on nearly 3,000 occasions to support their Special Issue and Topical collections.
With more than 300 Editorial Board Members from Romania, 34 appear on the board of Mathematics, 27 on Materials, 19 on Polymers, 18 on Coatings, and 16 on Molecules, while three serve as Section Editors-in-Chief (SEiC) on our journals Coatings (3.4 IF, 4.6 Citescore), Magnetochemistry (2.7 IF, 3.5 Citescore), and Chemosensors (4.2 IF, 3.9 Citescore).
Institutional Open Access Programs
Our commitment to working with institutions is evident in Romania, where we have established eight Institutional Open Access Programs (IOAP) with esteemed institutions such as the University of Bucharest, the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, and most recently the National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics.
Our growth and presence in Romania are a true testament.
We also have IOAP agreements with Babes-Bolyai University and the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, where I had the opportunity to meet senior stakeholders during my visit. Below are a few photos capturing our meeting with Prof. Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu (Head of Faculty of Chemistry, Babes-Bolyai University) at the MDPI office in Cluj, Romania, along with a photo from our meeting with Vice Deans Nicoleta Cobarzan, Nicoleta Ilies, and Hoda Gavril, from the faculty of Civil Engineering at the Technical University of Cluj, Romania.
Our growth and presence in Romania are a true testament to the service we provide to the scholarly community and the relationships we foster in that region. We look forward to continuing to support Romanian scholars and institutions by providing a valuable and trusted experience with MDPI, the leader in open access publishing.
Impactful Research
MDPI Joins the STM Integrity Hub
MDPI has long been a supporter and partner of STM, with our involvement ranging from sponsoring and attending events to helping organize event programs. By joining the STM Integrity Hub, we aim to further our commitment to STM initiatives aimed at safeguarding the integrity of science.
“We are pleased to welcome MDPI as the 35th organisation participating in the Hub. This expansion is critical, as every new member enhances our capacity to prevent fraudulent submissions from entering the academic record.”
Joris van Rossum, Director of Research Integrity, STM
MDPI operates in full alignment with STM Integrity Hub's values of shared data and experiences. We strongly believe in collaboration and open exchange for the purposes of creating a holistic approach to support research integrity at MDPI itself and across the entire academic publishing industry. The Integrity Hub is an excellent example of how publishers can come together to jointly address industry-wide challenges related to research integrity, such as manuscripts that breach research integrity standards and paper-mills.
I look forward to our Research Integrity and Publication Ethics Team (RIPE) team immersing themselves in this initiative, exchanging information, best practices, and tools for the benefit of the entire scholarly ecosystem. We believe that ethical publishing standards should be implemented across the board, and we aim to be rigorous in our approach, addressing research integrity issues and improving the impact of published research.
Inside MDPI
MDPI Expands Research Integrity and Publication Ethics Team (RIPE)
In addition to external collaborations and joint initiatives aimed at further strengthening our commitment to research integrity, we are also enhancing our internal efforts. This includes improving our processes and guidelines and expanding our teams and departments to ensure quality assurance throughout our publishing process.
We are pleased to announce the expansion of our Research Integrity and Publication Ethics Team (RIPE) at MDPI. The RIPE team has recently welcomed new colleagues, each bringing unique skills and a personal commitment to prioritize ethical considerations in all our work.
The demand for research integrity and high ethical standards in academic publishing is steadily rising across our industry. Our expanded RIPE team will work to enhance and align our practices with industry best practices, ensuring excellence in research integrity and publication ethics.
Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI) introduces Dr. Tim Tait-Jamieson (Research Integrity Lead, MDPI) for his presentation on MDPI’s Retraction and Approval Process to a group of Journal Relationship Specialists at the MDPI office in Cluj, Romania: “The demand for research integrity and publication ethics is steadily rising across our industry.”
Introducing our Research Integrity and Publication Ethics Team
Led by Dr. Tim Tait-Jamieson (Research Integrity Lead), the RIPE team comprises Dr. Ivana Resanovic (Research Integrity Manager), Dr. Lavinia Rogojina (Research Integrity Manager), Ms. Diana Apodaritei (Research Integrity Specialist), Dr. Zoltan Mihaly (Research Integrity Specialist), Mr. Aleksandar Đukić (Research Integrity Specialist), Ms. Ana Stankovic (Research Integrity Specialist), and Ms. Anna Pena (Publication Ethics Assistant).
Please click here to access everything that you need to know about MDPI’s Research and Publication Ethics.
With this span of complementary roles, the RIPE team collaborates directly with journal editorial teams and works closely with various departments, including our Scientific Office Board and our Journal Relationship Specialists. The team’s primary objectives are to help prevent issues regarding research integrity and publication ethics during peer review, uphold MDPI’s ethics policies, adhere to industry standards, and resolve publication ethics and research integrity issues and complaints.
Quality Updates to Special Issues Oversight
At MDPI, we are committed to reviewing policies pertaining to the quality of research. In this blog post, Shaheena Patel (Communications Associate, MDPI), outlines two recent updates to MDPI journal processes. These updates pertain to Special Issue (SI) quality guidelines, in line with criteria provided by COPE and DOAJ. Alongside the SI updates, details regarding the new minor corrections policy introduced in 2024 are provided in the blog.
The two updates we implemented include greater oversight and the verification of Guest Editor credentials. These guidelines require that Editors-in-Chief (EiCs) and Editorial Board Members (EBMs) take responsibility for overseeing SIs.
PS. Thank you, James Butcher, for featuring this up in your 67th issue of the Journalogy newsletter.
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Coming Together for Science
Viruses 2024 – A World of Viruses
I am pleased to share the success of our MDPI conference Viruses 2024 – A World of Viruses, held 14-16 February, in Barcelona. With 240 registrations, this event brought together top scientists, researchers, and industry experts from 40 countries to share their findings on the latest developments in viral pathogenesis and immune responses.
Attendees gathered for the 5th edition of the Viruses’ conference, where we hosted influential keynote speeches from Nobel Prize laureate Dr. Charles M. Rice and ‘Distinguished Senior Virologist’ Prof. Luis Enjuanes, along with 14 invited speakers, 47 selected speakers, and nine flash poster presenters, to discuss the most significant issues in virology today.
Recap on the #Viruses2024 Conference
Take a look at the key moments from MDPI’s Viruses event and please join us in commemorating a gathering for global knowledge and cooperation. A heartfelt thank-you to all attendees; their passion and engagement played a crucial role in making this event an engaging success!
Below are calls to action from the keynote speakers encouraging collaboration and communication:
“There’s never been a better time than now to really take the power that we have both in terms of basic research and also in biotech and pharma to develop antiviral agents.” - Dr. Charles M. Rice, The Rockefeller University, New York, USA
“The collaboration between labs is absolutely essential. Improving initial detection and improving communication is a must for all of us working in science.” - Prof. Dr. Luis Enjuanes, National Center of Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
Our thanks go to our sponsors and partnering societies, our Viruses journal and editorial team, our Barcelona colleagues, and the social media, conference and other MDPI teams for making this event a memorable occasion. View the event gallery here.
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Location: Barcelona, Spain
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Closing Thoughts
Researcher to Reader (R2R) Conference
From 20–21 February 2024, I had the pleasure of attending the Researcher to Reader (R2R) conference in London, which MDPI has proudly sponsored over the years. The conference programme offered a variety of session formats, including workshops, panel discussions, debates, interviews, presentations, and lightning talks, with opportunities to discuss relevant topics.
We take pride in supporting the scientific community, bringing researchers across the world together to network, exchange ideas and share the latest in science and publishing. In 2023, MDPI invested close to 2 million CHF in sponsoring over 2,000 scientific and publishing-related conferences worldwide.
R2R Peer Review Innovations Workshop
I found the R2R conference to be engaging, with the workshops being particularly enjoyable. My colleague Giulia Stefenelli (Chair of Scientific Office Board) and I participated in the “Peer Review Innovations” workshop, which spanned four sessions over the two days. These sessions explored the future of peer review and how we can improve the peer review process for everyone involved. Notably, the large majority of attendees expressed their opinion that peer review, as currently practiced, requires significant improvement. Together, we collaborated on potential immediate and long-term improvements and innovative processes, aiming to create an ecosystem beneficial to all stakeholders by strengthening submission systems with the aim of reducing threats and making authors more responsible for their work. We also discussed the opportunity for academic institutions to better scrutinize the quality of the work produced and submitted to journals.
Our group comprised publishers, software providers, librarians, and more, bringing diverse perspectives to the discussions. These interactions were relevant to MDPI’s ongoing conversations, providing insights to our efforts. The session also made me appreciate that MDPI is doing well, as the group discussions included the subject of various quality checks that we have already embedded in our processes, ensuring that we keep abreast of industry standards.
The need for an optimized system to incentivize the activities of editors and reviewers was also a focus of discussion, as well as the support that reviewers need from publishers via the provision of strong reports through fixed forms, questionnaires and training.
At MDPI, we are currently auditing our reviewer program to improve reviewer recognition, guidelines, and methods for identifying suitable reviewers, while maintaining our commitment to quality and timeliness.
Congratulations to Mark Carden, Conference Director, and the R2R team for organizing a productive and successful event. PS: The break times were greatly appreciated as well!
Chief Executive Officer
MDPI AG
5 February 2024
Acknowledgment of the Reviewers of Toxics in 2023
In recognizing the exceptional efforts of our reviewers in 2023, we express our sincere gratitude for upholding the high standards of Toxics. Their commitment ensured the rigorous peer review that is integral to quality academic publishing.
In 2023, Toxics received 3824 review reports, from 2788 reviewers. This past year, we worked with reviewers from 81 countries and regions, reflecting the diversity in our collaboration with research communities. Their dedication shapes scholarly discourse and advances global research. The editorial team expresses gratitude for the vital role played by each reviewer in the Toxics family throughout 2023, and we look forward to their continued support in 2024.
The following are the reviewers who have consented to show their names:
Abdul Bari Shah | Lan Yao |
Abdulwahab Hafez | Lance Wallace |
Abhik Patra | Laura Rodriguez-Villamizar |
Abhilasha Kandahalli Venkataranga Nayaka | Laura Vicaș |
Abhinav Joshi | Laura Vicente |
Abhiroop Chowdhury | Lei Dong |
Abhishek Mishra | Leonardo Turchen |
Ádám Golcs | Leonid Perelomov |
Ádám Leelőssy | Leonor Meisel |
Adam Łukowski | Lev Labzovskii |
Adel Girgis | Levente Levei |
Adham Al-Sagheer | Li Luo |
Agnieszka Dąbrowska | Lidia Błaszczyk |
Agnieszka Stec | Lih-Geeng Chen |
Agustin Ariño | Lilianna Bartoszek |
Ahmed Alprol | Linda J. Walters |
Ahmed El-Shafei | Ljilja Torovic |
Ahmed Faramawy | Lorenzo Ferroni |
Ahmed Gad | Louis Tremblay |
Ahmed Hamed Arisha | Lu Cai |
Ahmed Mourtada Elseman | Luc Ferrari |
Ahmed Sakr | Luca Gavioli |
Ahmed Saleh | Lucia Rocco |
Ahmed Shalabi | Lucia Vieira Hoffmann |
Ahmer Siyal | Lucy Teresa González Hernández |
Aino Maria Andersson | Luigi Alessandrino |
Akebe Luther King Abia | Luis Alberto Henriquez-Hernandez |
Alaa El-Dein Omara | Luís Félix |
Alan M Ducatman | Luísa Mateus |
Albert Argilaga | Luiz Leonardo Saldanha |
Albert Casas Ponsati | Łukasz Dąbrowski |
Alberta Mandich | Lukasz Dobrek |
Alberto Chighine | Łukasz Fijałkowski |
Alberto Correia | Luz Del Razo |
Alejandro Bugarin | Maaria Kortesniemi |
Aleksander Astel | Madoc Sheehan |
Aleksandr Bulaev | Magdalena Blachnio |
Aleksandra Bondžić | Magdalena Matysiak-Kucharek |
Aleksandra Nikolić-Kokić | Maha Nasr |
Aleksey V. Zaitsev | Mahdi Mahdipour |
Alena Zhelezova | Mahesh Rachamalla |
Alessandra Feo | Mahfouz Abd-Elgawad |
Alessandro Nutini | Maikel Rosabal |
Alessia Corami | Maja Jazvinšćak Jembrek |
Alevtina Savicheva | Maja Katalinić |
Alex Gauthier | Małgorzata Adamczuk |
Alexander Dvoretsky | Małgorzata Jeleń |
Alexander Larcombe | Man Qu |
Alexander Lukatkin | Manfred Neuberger |
Alexandre Vetcher | Manfred Sager |
Alexey Mittenberg | Manfred Schmidt |
Alexey Safonov | Manhai Long |
Alexios Aletras | Manhattan Lebrun |
Alexis Rodríguez-Solís | Manish Bodas |
Alfredo G. Casanova | Manoel Henrique Nóbrega Marinho |
Alica Pizent | Manoj Garg |
Alice Horton | Manuchehr Farajzadeh |
Alice Raphael Karikachery | Manuel Aureliano |
Alina Barbulescu | Marc Girondot |
Alistair Holdsworth | Marc Muller |
Alla Ditts (Kolesnikova) | Marcelino Pérez-Bermejo |
Amin Rabiei Baboukani | Marcelo Arbo |
Aminur Rahman | Marcelo Barros |
Amit Ranjan | Marcin Zawadzki |
Ammar Saleem | Marco Alves |
Ana B. Ruescas | Marco Carmignani |
Ana Cañas | Marco Iammarino |
Ana Filgueiras | Marco Orecchioni |
Ana Molina-López | Margherita Bernardeschi |
Ana Oliveira | Maria Carmen González-Caballero |
Ana Ramos | Maria De Falco |
Ana-Maria PANA | Maria Elena Giordano |
Anatoly Kulak | Maria Lucibello |
Anca Vasile | Maria Luisa Fernandez-Marcos |
Andrea Capodaglio | Maria Rosaria Varì |
Andrea Reverberi | Mariacrocetta Sambito |
Andrea Tittarelli | Mariagrazia D'emilio |
Andrea Vannini | Mariana Carmelia Dragomir Balanica |
Andreas G. Tsantes | Mariangela Spagnoli |
Andrei Mostovshchikov | Marie-Odile Soyer-Gobillard |
Andrew Hursthouse | Marija Stojmenović |
Andrey Skorokhod | Marina Corral Bobadilla |
Andrzej Klasa | Mariola Kozłowska |
Andrzej Wnorowski | Marjana Simonič |
Andy T. Y. Lau | Markus Sillanpää |
Aneta Spyra | Marta Mesias |
Angeliki Katsafadou | Marta-C. García-Romera |
Angeliki Mavroidi | Marzena Sujkowska-Rybkowska |
Anibal de Freitas Santos Junior | Marzena Szostakiewicz-Hołownia |
Aniello Maiese | Masaaki Kurasaki |
Anita Liška | Massimo Caruso |
Anja Haverić | Massimo Montisci |
Ankica Sekovanić | Massimo Zacchini |
Anna Anielak | Mateus Campos |
Anna Parus | Mateusz Rzeszutek |
Anna Ploch-Jankowska | Matteo Nioi |
Anna S. Tzortzi | Matteo Oliva |
Anna Syguda | Matthias Eckhardt |
Anna Tsaantili | Maurice Millet |
Annalisa di Bernardino | Maurizio Manera |
Antoaneta Ene | Mauro Esposito |
Antonia Concetta Elia | Mayank Choubey |
Antonieta Ruiz | Md Humayun Kabir |
Antonije Onjia | Md. Tanvir Rahman |
Antonio Ganga | Melanie Matos |
Antonio Zandona | Melida Gutierrez |
Anuradha Singh | Mena Ritota |
Apurva Lad | Meng Chuan Ong |
Arkadiusz Nędzarek | Mercedes Fernandez |
Arno Christian Gutleb | Mi Chen |
Artem Shikhovtsev | Michael Arkas |
Artur Banach | Michael Deary |
Artur Jaworski | Michael Poteser |
Arun Kumar Hanumana Gouda Patil | Michael Schalli |
Arun Sridhar | Michał Skibniewski |
Arunava Ghosh | Michele Penza |
Arvind Negi | Miguel A. Álvarez |
Ashaimaa moussa | Miguel Angel Reyes Lopez |
Ashish Mohite | Miguel Motas Guzmán |
Ashutosh Sharma | Mihaela Udristioiu |
Gasim Hayder | Milan D. Perovic |
Asya Ovsepyan | Milan Kragović |
Athena Progiou | Milan Poudel |
Atul Pandey | Miljana Radović Vučić |
Audrey Darville | Mircea Nicoara |
Balázs Zoltán Zsidó | Mirco Masi |
Barbara Futa | Miriam Pascual-Benito |
Barbara Hausott | Mirjana Radenkovic |
Bartłomiej Cieślik | Miroslav Fisera |
Basant Puri | Mirosław Wyszkowski |
Basanta Kumar Biswal | Mititelu Magdalena |
Basveshwar Gawali | Mohamed Ali |
Beatrice Paradiso | Mohamed F. Cheira |
Becky Talyn | Mohamed Shaalan |
Ben De Lacy Costello | Mohamed Sharaf |
Bice Avallone | Mohammad Mehdizadeh |
Biljana Arsic | Mohammad Mobashir |
Bin Guo | Mohammed Bakhsh |
Bishnu Regmi | Mohd. Kamran Khan |
Blandine Davail | Mona Sadat Larijani |
Bożena Czech | Monica Gherardi |
Brice Temime-Roussel | Monique Mancuso |
Camelia Betianu | Montserrat Tobajas |
Cameron Metcalf | Mosad Ghareeb |
Camil Mirestean | Mostafa Y A Mostafa |
Carina Ladeira | Muhammad Abdul Rehman Rashid |
Carla Ferreira | Muhammad Hafeez |
Carla Gamelas | Muhammad Ismail |
Carlos Alfonso Zafra Mejía | Muhammad Saleem |
Carlos Andrés Galán Vidal | Murilo Fendrich |
Carlos Durán-Valle | Mykola Kharytonov |
Carlos Perez-Torres | Nadezhda Berezina |
Carmen Rubio Armendariz | Namita Misra |
Carmen Teodosiu | Nanako Kawaguchi |
Carmen Zaharia | Natalia Fokina |
Catarina Cruzeiro | Natalia Pozdnyakova |
Cecilia Williams | Nataliya Yaglova |
Célia Lourenço | Nataša Marčun Varda |
Céline Aguer | Nayelli Najera |
Chamindra Vithana | Nebojsa Ilic |
Chandra Mishra | Nedim Durmus |
Chang Guo | Neeladrisingha Das |
Chao Chen | Nellie Tsipoura |
Charalampos Vasilatos | Nelly Sapojnikova |
Charles Benbrook | Nermin Hasanspahić |
Charlie Rice | Nhu-Nang Vu |
Chennaiah Ande | Nicoleta Radu |
Chenyang Li | Nikita Yabbarov |
Cheryl Beseler | Nikolaos Remmas |
Chiara Alisi | Nikolay Pyataev |
Chiara Fogliano | Nina Filip |
Chiara M Motta | Nina Szczepanik-Scislo |
Chih-Wei Zeng | Nishant Mittal |
Christine Curran | Nkulu-Kabange Rolly |
Chrysoula Betsou | Noel Aquilina |
Chryssanthi Antoniadou | Nona Merry Merpati Mitan |
Chunrong Jia | Noorashikin Md Noor |
Claudia Trignano | Noto Susanto Gultom |
Clotilde Maurice | Nuno Durães |
Clyde Martin | Nwabueze Emekwuru |
Colavita Giampaolo | Osama Al-Madanat |
Corneliu Ovidiu Vrancianu | Otávio Augusto Chaves |
Cristian Mornos | Otilia Ana Culicov |
Cristian Simion | Pablo Cienfuegos-Suarez |
Cristina Couto | Pablo Martinez-Camblor |
Cristina Di Fiore | Pablo Tejedo |
Dajana Kučić Grgić | Paloma Sánchez |
Daniel Barbosa | Panagiotis Tassis |
Daniela Fighir | Panagiotis-Georgios Kanellopoulos |
Daniela Hanganu | Paola Faraoni |
Daniela Silva-Adaya | Paolo Madonia |
Daniela Varrica | Partha Narayan Dey |
Daniele Contini | Pascal Pineau |
Daniele Fattorini | Patrice X. PETIT |
Daniele Sofia | Patricia Godoy |
Daniil Olennikov | Patricia Lopez-Garcia |
Danuta Król | Patrícia Pereira |
Daria Pašalić | Patrick Rockenfeller |
David Roberts | Paula Albuquerque |
Davide Di Paola | Paulina Parcheta-Szwindowska |
Debasis Mitra | Paulo Gavaia |
Deep Raj | Paulo Vale |
Demin Cai | Pavel Ivchenko |
Denis Abessa | Pawel Gaca |
Derek Spielman | Pedro Padilha |
Devayani R. Tipre | Perola Vasconcellos |
Diana-Ioana Lupu | Petronela Cozma |
Dianbao Zhang | Philippe Le Coustumer |
Diego Nogueira | Pier Franco Lattanzi |
Dimitrios G. Georgakopoulos | Pietri Sylvia |
Ding Wang | Pilar Fernandez |
Ding-Quan Ng | Ping Wang |
Dipak Kumar Sahoo | Pingfan Hu |
Dirk W. Lachenmeier | Piotr B. Heczko |
Dmitriy Serov | Piotr Iwaniuk |
Dmitriy V. Moskovchenko | Piotr Podlasz |
Doina Humelnicu | Prathyusha Bagam |
Dominika Dąbrowska | Priyojit Das |
Dominika Zając | Przemyslaw Niedzielski |
Dong Wang | Pura Marín-Sanleandro |
Dorota Formanowicz | Qilei Chen |
Dragana Gabric | Qingqing Xiao |
Dusan Dimic | Qingyang Liu |
Ebubekir Yüksel | Qixin Wang |
Eder Lima | Qudrat Ullah |
Eduardo Alberto López-Maldonado | Rachid Sabbahi |
Eduardo Oliveira-Filho | Radhia M'kacher |
Edward Sutanto | Radu Racovita |
Edyta Kudlek | Rafael Moreno-Gómez-Toledano |
Egor Turovsky | Rafał Frański |
Eiichi Kumamoto | Rahela Carpa |
Elcio Oliveira | Rais Ansari |
Eleftheria Bempelou | Rajendran Kamalabai Selvakesavan |
Elena Belova | Rakesh Kumar |
Elena Colonnello | Ramona Huzum |
Eleonore Fröhlich | Randall Jenkins |
Elida Nora Ferri | Ranjith Kumar Manoharan |
Elisa Cairrao | Ranka Godec |
Elitza Markova-Car | Ravi Gautam |
Elizaveta Konstantinova | Recai Ergun |
Elnaz Amirahmadi | Regina Hitzenberger |
Eloy Conde Barajas | Renata Solimini |
Elsa Garza-Treviño | Renata Tobiasz-Salach |
El-Sayed El-Sheikh | Renato Carreira |
Eman M. Othman | René Escobedo |
Eman Mehanna | Rene Rietra |
Emanuel Lekakis | Reza Shirazi |
Emiliane Taillebois | Ricard Marcos |
Engy Elekhnawy | Riccardo Leinardi |
Enrico Pisoni | Riccardo Petrini |
Enrique Lozano-Bilbao | Rita Cordeiro |
Enrique Torres | Robert Oleniacz |
Environmental Kerolli Mustafa | Robert Suslo |
Erhan Mutlu | Roberta Tittarelli |
Eric Auclair | Robin Cooper |
Erifili Nika | Robyn L. Prueitt |
Erika del Grosso | Rodrigo Zaluski |
Erika Levei | Roger Chong |
Ettore Guerriero | Rohit Kumar |
Eugene Rogozhin | Roman Borisov |
Eugenio Vilanova | Rongkui Su |
Éva Kereszty | Rosa Bonaventura |
Evangelia Golia | Rosa Vona |
Fabio Zobi | Rosanna Mallamaci |
Fabrizio Barozzi | Rosaria Costa |
Fanju Meng | Rosario García-Giménez |
Farman Ullah | Rosilda Mussury |
Fatima Jesus | Roxana Jijie |
Fayuan Wang | Ruiqing Zhang |
Fedor Lisetskii | Ryota Hosomi |
Fernanda Rosário | Ryszard Gołdyn |
Florentina Laura Chiriac | Saddam Hussain |
Florian Schulz | Sakshum Khanna |
Florin Muselin | Salvatore Romano |
Fotini Botsou | Sambantham Shanmugam |
Francesca Pacifici | Sana Ullah |
Francesco Sessa | Sandeep Kondakala |
Francisco Ríos | Sándor Beszédes |
Fred Lipfert | Sandra Ghelardoni |
Frédérique Hilliou | Sandy Eldridge |
Furong Tian | Sarkawt Hama |
Fusako Usuki | Satheesh Chandran |
Gábor Simon | Satoshi Nakai |
Gabriela Dumitru | Sebastian Elgueta |
Gabriela Ventura Silva | Sema Sevinc Sengor |
Gabriel-Ionut Plavan | Senlin Lu |
Gabriella Rossi | Sergey Bondarchuk |
Gagandeep Singh | Sergey Kolomeichuk |
Galina Dultseva | Sergio Minucci |
Galina Nikolova | Serkos Haroutounian |
Gangadhar Andaluri | Sethupathi Velmurugan |
Gemma Jiménez Guerra | Shahrokh Rahbari |
George Nyamato | Shaik Gouse Peera |
Georgios Spyropoulos | Shamia Hoque |
Gerald Sims | Shan Niu |
Gianniantonio Petruzzelli | Sharangouda Patil |
Gil Fraqueza | Sherif Fahmy |
Giorgia Gioacchini | Shida Sun |
Girish Kumar | Shimaa Amer |
Girum Getachew | Shiv Vendra Singh |
Giulio Sancini | Shu-Feng Zhang |
Giuseppe Albano | Shuhua Xi |
Giuseppe La Verde | Shveta Bathla |
Giuseppe Perna | Sidi Zhu |
Giuseppe Suaria | Silvano Dragonieri |
Giuseppina Basini | Silvia Alonso-Pérez |
Godfried Dougnon | Silvia Capanna |
Goran Gajski | Silvia Fornasaro |
Goran Klobučar | Simona Căprărescu |
Graham Jackson | Simona Clichici |
Gregorio Garcia | Siqi Ma |
Grigorios Kyriakopoulos | Sladjan Pavlovic |
Grzegorz Nałęcz-Jawecki | Slawomir Jakiela |
Guannan Liu | Sneha Pillai |
Guohui Sun | Sofia Barbosa |
Gustavo Santos | Sofia Koulocheri |
Guzel Ziyatdinova | Soliman El-Hout |
Hai Ming Xu | Soma Ghosh |
Hakan Tinnerberg | Sonia Pinho |
Hanns Moshammer | Sophie Thetiot-Laurent |
Hany Abdel-Latif | Spiros Vlahopoulos |
Hao-Qing Yang | Srijit Das |
Haradhan Kolya | Srinivas Sura |
Hassan Ali | Stanislav Juráň |
Hayato Terayama | Stanislava Ivanova |
Heather Hallen-Adams | Stefano Castellani |
Heidy Peidro-Guzmán | Stéphane Daniele |
Hermínia Dias | Steven Lim |
Hiep Duc | Steven Shave |
Hiroyuki Kataoka | Subba Cheekatla |
Holger Koch | Suhana Chattopadhyay |
Holger Sieg | Sukkum Chang |
Hongbin Dai | Suman Chowdhury |
Honglei Wang | Sumonto Mitra |
Hristo Chervenkov | Suresh Verma |
Hugo Wai Leung Mak | Suzana Žunec |
Hui Chen | Suzanne De La Monte |
Hung-Pin Tu | Sven Sängerlaub |
Iason Verginelli | Swaran Flora |
Ida Ferrandino | Swati More |
Ilahy Riadh | Syed Mahmood |
Ilaria Guagliardi | Sylwester Furmaniak |
Iliana Medina-Ramirez | Takehiro Michikawa |
Ilias Mavroidis | Takeji Takamura-Enya |
Ilya Seregin | Tamara Lazarevic-Pasti |
Inderjeet Tyagi | Tao Lan |
Ines Aguinaga-Ontoso | Tao Li |
Inês Macário | Tao Long |
Inna Solyanikova | Tarek Mohamed |
Innokenty Mokhosoev | Taro Urase |
Ioana Daniela Dulama | Tatjana Šoštarić |
Ioana Monica Sur | Teerachai Amnuaylojaroen |
Irina Le-Deygen | Teodoro Georgiadis |
Irina Neta Gostin | Teresa D'Amore |
Irmina Ćwieląg-Piasecka | Tetsuro Agusa |
Isabel Alvarado-Cruz | Theotonio Pauliquevis |
Isidora Vujcic | Thomas Marler |
Isidro A. Pérez | Thomas Plocoste |
Islam Minisy | Tianpeng Gao |
Ivan Kovalets | Tibor Brunt |
Ivan Semenkov | Ticuta Negreanu-Pirjol |
Ivana Šagud | Tijana Milićević |
ivo allegrini | Timothy Ebert |
Iwona Puzio | Todd Leff |
Izabela Kowalska | Tofan Lucica |
Izabela Podgórska - Kryszczuk | Tomohiko Isobe |
Izabela Wysocka | Tomohisa Fujii |
Jacco Briede | Tomoya Takiguchi |
Jacek Wojnarowicz | Tony Venelinov |
Jacopo Junio Valerio Branca | Tsunahiko Hirano |
Jadwiga Wyszkowska | Urmi Roy |
Jagath Vithanage | Usein M Dzhemilev |
Jagoda Kępińska-Pacelik | Valentina Costa |
Jahanzaib Arshad | Valeria Di Dato |
Jakkrawut Maitip | Valérie Gaudin |
James Harrington | Valerio Giaccone |
James Rathman | Van Pham |
Janina Gospodarek | Vasilis Evagelopoulos |
Jarosław Czyż | Vasyl Lozynskyi |
Javier Lopez-Solano | Veer Singh |
Javier Rodrigo-Ilarri | Vicente Escamilla-Rivera |
Jay Mishra | Victor Kuz'min |
Jayashree Nath | Victoria Kolupaeva |
Jean-Baptiste Renard | Victoria P. Connaughton |
Jędrzej Proch | Vigneshwaran Vellingiri |
Jeffrey Brault | Vijay Boggaram |
Jeiha Lee | Vinod Kumar |
Jelena T Petrović | Vipin Kalia |
Jen-Chang Yang | Visnja Stepanic |
Jennifer Norman | Vladimir Arkhipov |
Jesús Marín-Sáez | Vladimir Krivovichev |
Jiahao Liang | Wai Chin Chong |
Jianfeng Xiang | Walaa El-houseiny |
Jiangang Chen | Wen Chen |
Jianzhu Liu | Wen-Hsi Cheng |
Jiekai Yin | Wen-Sheng Liu |
Jingsha Xu | Wiktor Halecki |
Jiong Chen | Wiktor Zieliński |
Jiri Kassa | William Baldwin |
Joanna Kończyk | William P.L. Carter |
Joel Ellwanger | Winda Ariyani |
Joëlle Wiels | Winkins Santosh |
Johann Zaller | Wojciech Bierza |
John Cherrie | Wojciech Janczukowicz |
John Corkery | Wojciech Pietruś |
John Vakros | Wolfram Kunz |
Johnny Wise | Woo-Bin Jung |
Jordan Kuiper | Worradorn Phairuang |
Jorge Estévez | Xia Wang |
Jorge Padrão | Xiaohong Xu |
José Artur Brito | Xiaohu Lin |
Jose Carlos Vilches Jimenez | Xiaohu Zhao |
José Menezes-Filho | Xiaohua Teng |
Jose-Luis Martinez-Guitarte | Xiaoming Xia |
Jozef Kovacik | Ximena Garzon |
József Vitrai | Xue-ming Zhang |
Juan Adrian Ramos Guivar | Yafei Duan |
Juana María Arellano López | Yanan Wang |
Juncan Anca Maria | Yaobo Ding |
Junwei Li | Yaoxiang Li |
Juozas Lazutka | Yasir Latif |
Justin Conley | Yasmina Abd-Elhakim |
Ka Hei Lui | Yayun Zuo |
Kai Song | Yen-Hsun Chuang |
Kamila Widziewicz-Rzońca | Yeong-Min Yoo |
Kankan Zhang | Yichun Ding |
Karen Esquivel | Yiting Luo |
Karmen Stankov | Ylenia Carotenuto |
Karol Wróblewski | Yong Foo Wong |
Karolina Barcauskaite | Yong Xia |
Karolina Gołąbek | Yong-He Han |
Karolina Nowak | Yongsik Sin |
Karoly Nemeth | Yoshika Sekine |
Karthik Kannan | Yousra Kotp |
Kassio Mendes | Yu Wang |
Katarina Baralić | Yu Xiao |
Katarzyna Szramowiat-Sala | Yuet-Kin Leung |
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Keisuke Seki | Yuqi Yang |
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Kurt Kistler | Zhiyuan Li |
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Kyoshiro Hiki | Zongshan Zhao |
Kyoungren Kim | Zoran Mijić |
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Lamiaa M.A. Ali | Zufarzaana Zulkeflee |
31 January 2024
MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter #8 - Altmetric and Flat Fee Agreement
Welcome to the MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter.
In these monthly letters, I will showcase two key aspects of our work at MDPI: our commitment to empowering researchers and our determination to facilitating open scientific exchange.
Opening Thoughts
MDPI and Digital Science Meeting
At MDPI, we are committed to providing our authors with the essential tools to publish, promote, and track their research. In line with this commitment, we have established a longstanding collaboration with Digital Science, a company specializing in research data and analytical insights for the research community. Our collaboration integrates their Altmetric tool, offering us and our authors the ability to track a variety of sources that monitor and report attention surrounding publications.
As part of our collaboration, we recently hosted Cathy Holland, Director of Global Publisher Business Development, and Helen Cooke, Managing Director of Publisher Sales, from Digital Science, at our MDPI headquarters in Basel, Switzerland.
Left to right: Facundo Santomé (Senior Marketing Manager, MDPI), Constanze Shelhorn (Indexing Manager, MDPI), Cathy Holland (Director of Global Publisher Business Development, Digital Science), Helen Cooke (Managing Director of Publisher Sales, Digital Science), and Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI) in front of MDPI headquarters in Basel, Switzerland.
During our meeting, we discussed MDPI’s publishing philosophy and explored further avenues for collaboration. We look forward to continuing our partnership with Digital Science, aiming to improve our services yet further and meet the needs of our authors more closely than ever.
What is Altmetric?
You will notice that MDPI articles feature an Altmetric score, a colourful doughnut capturing the score in the upper right corner of the article page. This score represents ‘alternative metrics,’ as distinct from traditional metrics such as Impact Factor, CiteScore, and Scimago Journal Rank.
Altmetrics complement traditional citation-based metrics by capturing online discussions related to a specific research topic. By analyzing both sets of data, we can obtain a comprehensive understanding of the attention a particular research output receives and the sources in which it is mentioned.
“Almetric provides visual insights into where research is being discussed”
Sources Tracked by Altmetric
Altmetric badge showing the Altmetric score and colour-coded mention sources.
Altmetric monitors various sources, categorizing them into segments such as policy documents, peer reviews, Wikipedia, news and blogs, and social media, among other sources. Each category is identifiable by a specific colour.
The Altmetric badge provides visual insights into where the research is being discussed. A more colourful badge indicates broader mentions across multiple platforms. Such tracking enables us to gauge the extent of an article’s online dissemination, noting that increased visibility may correlate with higher citation rates.
Read more:
Impactful Research
Ten High-Altmetric Articles Published by MDPI
As at 30 January 2024, Altmetric has tracked 670,500 MDPI research outputs from MDPI, resulting in over 4.3 million mentions. This includes over 71,894 mentions in policy and patents and 294,714 mentions in news and blogs, with some achieving an Altmetric score as high as 28,754.
So, what is a good Altmetric score? There are various ways to put this score into context. You can find out more about the score in context and how to evaluate your work by this means.
Here are ten MDPI papers ranking in the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric.
“Accuracy in Wrist-Worn, Sensor-Based Measurements of Heart Rate and Energy Expenditure in a Diverse Cohort” J. Pers. Med. 2017, 7(2), 3; https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm7020003 Altmetric page: https://mdpi.altmetric.com/details/20477344 Altmetric shows that this article appeared in 253 news stories from 209 outlets including Forbes, BBC, and Fox News. |
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“Daylight Saving Time and Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Meta-Analysis” J. Clin. Med. 2019, 8(3), 404; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm8030404 Altmetric page: https://mdpi.altmetric.com/details/57654628 Altmetric shows that this article appeared in 295 news stories from 207 outlets including Forbes, The Atlantic, and New York Times. |
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“The Preliminary Analysis of Cave Lion Cubs Panthera spelaea (Goldfuss, 1810) from the Permafrost of Siberia” Quaternary 2021, 4(3), 24; https://doi.org/10.3390/quat4030024 Altmetric page: https://mdpi.altmetric.com/details/111086701 Altmetric shows that this article appeared in 182 news stories from 134 outlets including CBC News, CNN, and National Geographic. |
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“Not the Cat’s Meow? The Impact of Posing with Cats on Female Perceptions of Male Dateability” Animals 2020, 10(6), 1007; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10061007 Altmetric page: https://mdpi.altmetric.com/details/83796184 Altmetric shows that this article appeared in 124 news stories from 98 outlets including VICE, CNN and The Guardian. |
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“Behaviour and Welfare Impacts of Releasing Elephants from Overnight Tethers: A Zimbabwean Case Study” Animals 2022, 12(15), 1933; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12151933 Altmetric page: https://mdpi.altmetric.com/details/133463915 Altmetric shows that this article appeared in 192 news stories from 186 outlets. |
How do I use altmetrics?
Altmetric Explorer provides a detailed step-by-step guide and instruction video for first-time users of the tool. The guide includes useful diagrams that make it easy to get started.
Sharing Research Online
For research to be tracked across different sources, Altmetric needs a research output with a persistent identifier: a DOI, ISBN, PubMed ID, handle ID, etc. When sharing research, it is important to include a link to the original research output.
“An Update on Eukaryotic Viruses Revived from Ancient Permafrost” Viruses 2023, 15(2), 564; https://doi.org/10.3390/v15020564 Altmetric page: https://mdpi.altmetric.com/details/142929875 Altmetric shows that this article appeared in 250 news stories from 180 outlets including CTV, Fox News, and CNN. |
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“The Global Problem of Insufficient Sleep and Its Serious Public Health Implications” Healthcare 2019, 7(1), 1; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare7010001 Altmetric page: https://mdpi.altmetric.com/details/53406248 Altmetric shows that this article appeared in 252 news stories from 168 outlets including BBC, Harvard Business Review, and Forbes. |
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“A Detailed Review Study on Potential Effects of Microplastics and Additives of Concern on Human Health” Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(4), 1212; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17041212 Altmetric page: https://mdpi.altmetric.com/details/86529137 Altmetric shows that this article appeared in 197 news stories from 150 outlets including BBC, The Tribune, and World Economic Forum. |
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“An Empirical Study of Chronic Diseases in the United States: A Visual Analytics Approach to Public Health” Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2018, 15(3), 431; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15030431 Altmetric page: https://mdpi.altmetric.com/details/34714141 Altmetric shows that this article appeared in 232 news stories from 149 outlets including Forbes, New York Times, and Harvard Business Review. |
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“Garden Scraps: Agonistic Interactions between Hedgehogs and Sympatric Mammals in Urban Gardens” Animals 2023, 13(4), 590; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13040590 Altmetric page: https://mdpi.altmetric.com/details/142934305 Altmetric shows that this article appeared in 172 news stories from 168 outlets including BBC. |
Inside MDPI
MDPI Annual Meeting Celebrations in China
On Thursday 25 January, over 1,300 MDPI colleagues from our two offices in Beijing gathered to kick off MDPI’s traditional ‘Annual Meetings.’ These celebrations take place in MDPI’s offices across China, including Dalian, Tianjin, Wuhan, and Nanjing.
The evenings include performances, informative talks and presentations, awards, and entertainment, providing an ideal platform to recognize our colleagues, celebrate their achievements, and set our sights on the future.
“It is essential that we stay connected and share best practices”
I sent a video congratulating everyone on their work and sharing our vision of building MDPI into the most trusted OA publisher, highlighting the roles each of us has to play in achieving that goal.
Unfortunately I could not join in person, but you may recall my recent trip, when I visited our offices in Beijing and Wuhan, which I look forward to visiting again this year.
Although our headquarters are in Basel, Switzerland, and we are expanding throughout Europe and North America, the majority of MDPI’s workforce is in China and throughout the Asia-Pacific region, including offices in Singapore, Thailand, Japan, and newly opened office in South Korea. It is essential that as a global organization, we stay connected and share best practices in order to grow collectively and continue providing the exceptional service to our authors.
The Annual Meeting is a moment to reflect and enjoy the year’s hard work and dedication.
I extend our best wishes to all for the Chinese New Year (Xīnnián kuàilè)!
Coming Together for Science
MDPI and TU Delft Adopt Flat Fee Model in Extended Partnership
We are excited to announce a renewed three-year partnership with Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands. This collaboration introduces a fixed lump-sum fee, covering publishing costs from 2024 to 2026.
“This initiative reflects our dedication to transparent and inclusive publishing”
TU Delft-affiliated authors will enjoy cost-free publishing in any MDPI journal during this period, aligning with our commitment to removing barriers for open access publishing. The agreement supports Plan S compliance and facilitates a seamless publishing process for TU Delft corresponding authors. This initiative reflects our dedication to transparent and inclusive publishing, providing stability and predictability both for authors and for institutions.
For further details on our Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP), please contact us.
Benefits to MDPI’s IOAP
At MDPI we have a long tradition of partnerships, including our Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP). IOAP supports institutions through simplification, access, transparency, APC discounts, and institutional repository deposits. The program simplifies administrative processes, offers central payment, and allows easy opting in and out. Participants gain free access to Susy, MDPI’s online submission system, with extensive article metadata and exportable data. APC discounts and Book Processing Charge discounts are available for affiliated authors. Automated deposits to institutional repositories and streamlined matching of papers to IOAP participants enhance the overall experience.
For further information, see our IOAP FAQ.
Closing Thoughts
Reflections on the 2024 APE Conference
MDPI was proud to co-sponsor the Academic Publishing in Europe (APE) 2024 Conference that took place in Berlin, Germany, from 9–10 January 2024.
The conference theme, ‘Keep the Conversation Going!’, explored the evolving landscape of scholarly communication. APE is one of the key conferences I make a point to attend each year. January offers a valuable opportunity to engage with new contacts, reconnect with familiar faces, and participate in impactful discussions and presentations among professionals, scholars, and practitioners in the field.
“It's fascinating to see how other publishers are leveraging AI”
Highlights
Some of the standout panels for me include: the role of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within the publishing industry. It was encouraging to hear the current status quo, though I was eager also to learn about the exciting projects planned for 2024 and beyond. These will allow us to track progress in subsequent years. At MDPI, we remain committed to promoting Open–Access (OA) content on SDGs through scientific articles and books. Furthermore, we extend our commitment to sustainability by financially supporting researchers through initiatives such as the World Sustainability Award and the Emerging Sustainability Leader Award, as well as waiving the APC for feature papers on each SDG.
In recent years, discussions on AI have become increasingly prominent at such conferences. It’s fascinating to see how other publishers are leveraging AI to meet the evolving needs of their audiences while at the same time using it to safeguard the scientific process. Other engaging panels that I enjoyed included updates on transformation beyond transformative agreements, the principles of lean change, incentive structures related to research integrity, and the panel on reviewer incentives.
“We can share best practices and lessons learned”
Incorporating MDPI’s Insights into Conferences
I must confess that I sometimes feel overlooked when MDPI is not invited to participate in crucial industry discussions. As the leading open access publisher and the third-largest publisher overall, we possess extensive experience in many of these areas and can offer valuable contributions to these discussions. We can share best practices, lessons learned, and our thinking about future trajectories. For instance, in panels discussing reviewer incentives, at MDPI we offer a discount voucher to reviewers for future submissions, reflecting our commitment to fostering a robust peer review process. In 2022 alone, MDPI collected over 1.4 million peer review reports, informing the decision-making processes of our editors. Given our expertise in these areas, it would be natural to include MDPI in such discussions. I therefore extend an invitation to future conference organizers to consider MDPI for speaking engagements and collaborative opportunities.
Chief Executive Officer
MDPI AG
2 January 2024
MDPI Insights: The CEO’s Letter #7 - Nobel Laureates Entrust MDPI with Their Research
Welcome to the MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter.
In these monthly letters, I will showcase two key aspects of our work at MDPI: our commitment to empowering researchers and our determination to facilitating open scientific exchange.
Opening Thoughts
Nobel Prize Laureates Entrust MDPI with Their Research
The Nobel Prize stands as a hallmark of distinction, honouring ground-breaking research across disciplines. Annually, the Nobel Prizes are awarded in six categories: Physics, Chemistry, Medicine or Physiology, Literature, Peace, and Economic Sciences.
Through the years, renowned scholars have entrusted MDPI with their work. As at December 2023, 26 Nobel laureates have contributed to more than 75 articles across 25 MDPI journals, including: Antibiotics, Applied Sciences, Biology, Biomedicines, Cancers, Catalysts, Cells, Crystals, Entropy, Games, IJMS, Life, Materials, Micromachines, Molecules, Pharmaceuticals, Pharmaceutics, Photonics, Quantum Beam Science, Remote Sensing, Sensors, Solids, Universe, Vaccines, and Viruses.
The best of the best trust us with their work.
Nobel Prize Laureates Who Have Published with MDPI
We are proud to list the names of Pierre Agostini, Hiroshi Amano, Werner Arber, Aaron Ciechanover, Robert H. Grubbs, Oliver Hart, Gerard ‘t Hooft, Michael Houghton, Harald zur Hausen, Katalin Karikó, Jean-Marie Lehn, Gérard Mourou, Ferid Murad, Shuji Nakamura, William Nordhaus, Kostya S. Novoselov, Giorgio Parisi, Charles M. Rice, Alvin E. Roth, Donna Strickland, K. Barry Sharpless, George F. Smoot, Anne L’Huillier, Drew Weissman, Kurt Wüthrich, Ada Yonath.
The privilege of hosting such contributors resonates deeply with our editorial teams. For instance, in this interview, the Editor-in-Chief (EiC) of Universe speaks on the significance of publishing a paper by Nobel laureate Gerard ’t Hooft within the journal.
2023 Nobel Prize Winners Published by MDPI
Nobel Prize Winners, 2023: Katalin Karikó, Drew Weissman, Anne L’Huillier (Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach)
Three laureates from the 2023 Nobel Prize cohort have trusted MDPI as their publishing platform. Notably, in a 2022 Pharmaceutics paper, molecular biologist Katalin Karikó and her team presented a methodology for evaluating mRNA capping efficiency, pivotal for therapeutic applications. Pharmaceutics had previously dedicated a Special Issue to “mRNA Therapeutics: A Themed Issue in Honor of Professor Katalin Karikó”, spotlighting ten articles from August 2021 to February 2022.
In the journal Vaccines, Professor Drew Weissman, collaborating with scholars from Pennsylvania University and George Mason University, contributed an influential review titled “Nanomaterial Delivery Systems for mRNA Vaccines”. His collaborative efforts spanned five papers across MDPI journals between 2021 and 2023.
Furthermore, Anne L'Huillier of Lund University, only the fifth female recipient of the Physics Prize, co-authored an article in Applied Sciences focusing on "Advanced EUV and X-Ray Optics". Similarly, Pierre Agostini, an Emeritus Professor from Ohio State University, co-authored an article featured in the special issue "Attosecond Science and Technology: Principles and Applications".
We extend heartfelt congratulations to all Nobel Prize laureates and express sincere gratitude for their confidence in MDPI as a platform for their scholarly contributions.
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Impactful Research
MDPI Journals Newly Indexed in 2023
The aim of indexing is to enhance the quality and credibility of published research, ensuring that researchers access the most credible resources available. While the principle behind citation indexing is straightforward, it remains one of the most dependable methods for tracking an idea's evolution across various scientific disciplines.
Throughout the year, MDPI works to expand the reach of our publications across premier multidisciplinary databases like Web of Science, Scopus, EBSCO, and ProQuest. This initiative is spearheaded by MDPI's Indexing team, under the leadership of Dr. Constanze Schelhorn.
In 2023, MDPI achieved 54 new acceptances in Scopus, 29 in Web of Science, 52 in EBSCO, and 83 in DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals.
The team prioritizes ensuring that our journals feature in numerous specialized databases, including PMC, PubMed, MEDLINE, Inspec, CAS, and FSTA, among others. Currently, MDPI collaborates with over 65 renowned international databases, consistently enhancing our database affiliations annually.
MDPI’s journals are indexed in all major global databases.
Furthermore, we collaborate with universities and government organizations to list our journals in country-specific ranking lists and relevant institutional repositories. This ensures compliance with requirements often set by funders or institutions for authors to publish in specific journals.
Web of Science Adds 24 MDPI Journals to Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
Clarivate recently analysed MDPI’s new journals, resulting in 24 journals, mainly established in 2020, being added to the ESCI in November and December 2023. Additionally, five journals passed this assessment earlier in the year. For a complete list of our journals in Web of Science, refer here. Journals in the ESCI meet 24 quality criteria, ensuring editorial rigor. They may be considered for inclusion in broader indices like the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), or the Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), based on four impact criteria.
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Inside MDPI
MDPI Appoints New Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Alistair Freeland returned to MDPI and assumed the role of Chief Operating Officer in November 2023, a position he previously held from 2013 to 2019. He succeeds Dr. Yu Lin, who will remain a member of MDPI’s Board of Directors, overseeing significant financial decisions for the company. I would like to express my sincere thanks to Dr. Yu Lin for his service as COO.
Alistair brings extensive experience not only in scholarly publishing but also in technology and business management. Prior to rejoining MDPI, he was associated with SIX Group, the entity responsible for Switzerland's financial market infrastructure. There, he played a pivotal role in developing the blockchain-based platform SDX (SIX Digital Exchange), which has gained traction among major Swiss banks and the Swiss National Bank.
As COO, Alistair will collaborate with the MDPI management team to improve the practices and services we offer to scholarly communities. I am pleased to welcome Alistair back to MDPI and look forward to his contributions going forward.
Coming Together for Science
MDPI’s 2024 In-Person Academic Events Schedule
MDPI's Conference Team is dedicated to organizing and hosting in-person academic events across Europe, Asia-Pacific, and North America. We recognize conferences as invaluable platforms for scientific collaboration, scholarly exchange, discussions on contemporary topics, networking, and forging collaborations.
Here's a glimpse of the notable events we currently have scheduled for 2024:
14–16 February, 2024 |
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24–26 April, 2024 |
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28–31 May, 2024 |
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1–4 August, 2024 |
Upcoming events with details to be announced:
- September 2024, Materials 2024 – Basel, Switzerland
- 19–21 September 2024, International Conference on Nanomaterials Sciences 2024 – Beijing, China
- October 2024, ncRNA 2024 – Basel, Switzerland
- November 2024, Pharmaceuticals 2024 – Barcelona, Spain
- 22–26 November 2024, International Conference on Science of Electronics – Wuhan, China
- Stay tuned for more details on the Sustainable Publishing Forum 2024.
Click here for all upcoming MDPI events.
Organize Your Event with MDPI’s Sciforum
Sciforum is MDPI’s platform dedicated to the organization of scientific events. In line with our mission to promote science, Sciforum supports scholars, societies, research networks, and universities at all stages of organizing in-person events, virtual events and webinars. Our platforms are efficient, user-friendly, and cost-effective. We handle all steps related to event management. Contact us for details.
Closing Thoughts
Reflecting on 2023 and Looking Ahead to 2024
As we approach 2024, I reflect on the incredible journey we’ve had together at MDPI this year. The past 12 months have been marked by ambitious projects and initiatives to improve our internal processes, and a commitment to continue delivering top-notch services to our stakeholders. I’d like to thank each and every one of our staff members for contributing to the positive experiences our stakeholders have reported in our surveys. Your dedication to speed, efficiency, and effective communication with our stakeholders is very much recognized and appreciated.
Becoming a stronger organisation
While we have encountered challenges in 2023, it’s important to understand that these are a part of our growth process. Difficulties provide us with opportunities to reflect, address problems at their roots, and ultimately evolve into a stronger organization. Our stakeholders expect us to overcome tough times, and it’s an expectation that we have for ourselves.
I extend my sincere appreciation to every MDPI employee, from our editorial office and IT department to marketing, indexing, IOAP, societies, Scientific Office board, products, production, conferences, finance, operations, admin, and beyond. To our newest team members, a warm welcome; to our longstanding colleagues, your dedication is invaluable.
“I am committed to taking MDPI to a new level of excellence.”
Interacting with many of you during my visits to our offices and representing MDPI at external events has been a personal highlight. I am deeply grateful to Dr. Lin for entrusting me with the role of CEO of MDPI. Looking forward, I am committed to working closely with our management team to lead MDPI and take it to a new level of excellence, aiming to establish it as the most trusted publisher in open access worldwide. This is a collective endeavour, with each of us shaping MDPI’s reputation. I therefore encourage us to take pride in our work, as it represents not only our craft but also MDPI as a whole.
Accountability and communication
As we look forward to 2024, there’s a lot to be excited about. Together, we’ll navigate challenges, seize growth opportunities, and refine our practices. To solidify MDPI’s position as the premier open access publisher globally, we must bolster accountability, improve stakeholder communication, share MDPI’s best practices, champion the open access philosophy, and educate stakeholders about our mission, methodologies, and motivations.
Thank you for engaging with the CEO Letter over the past six months of 2023. I will continue to release this newsletter as a method of sharing the great work being done at MDPI. Please feel free to connect directly with any insights or questions.
Here’s to a joyous and prosperous 2024!
Chief Executive Officer
MDPI AG
30 November 2023
MDPI Insights: The CEO’s Letter #6 - MDPI Spain Summit and ResearchGate
Welcome to the MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter.
In these monthly letters, I will showcase two key aspects of our work at MDPI: our commitment to empowering researchers and our determination to facilitating open scientific exchange.
Opening Thoughts
MDPI Spain Summit
Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI) gives the opening speech at the MDPI Spain Summit.
On Friday 10 November 2023 I was in Barcelona, Spain, to deliver the opening presentation and participate in a panel at MDPI’s Spain Summit, a two-day event, inspired by our salon events in China.
With 16 Editors-in-Chief (EiCs) and 20 Editorial Board Members (EBMs) in attendance, the event, organized by our conference team and Barcelona office, featured presentations on open access (OA), MDPI, and publishing market trends in Spain.
The event provided a great opportunity to engage with stakeholders from various MDPI journals, including Nutrients, Vaccines, Buildings, IJMS, and others. We were able to gather feedback and have open conversations around manuscript quality, the peer-review process, and journal development, as well as accreditation agencies.
The main objective of this Summit was to bring together Editors representing MDPI journals across various disciplines within Spanish universities and research centers, primarily from the Barcelona area. The aim was to facilitate an open and fruitful discussion regarding the development of their journals, the future of OA in Spain, and to provide meaningful interactions and networking opportunities.
Connecting with Editorial Board Members
Stefan Tochev in conversation with Summit participants: "Our EBMs are passionate about the journals they serve."
Interacting with our EBMs in person provides a valuable opportunity to show how important it is to us to connect with them, hear their perspectives on their journals and learn more about their own experience collaborating with MDPI.
From my conversations, it was clear that our EBMs are passionate about the journals they serve. I know the advice they provide may sometimes involve just small tweaks, but these can lead to important improvements. As the saying goes, small hinges swing open big doors.
As at November 2023, MDPI has over 6,300 EBMs affiliated with Spanish institutions, with more than 30 of them serving as EiCs or section EiCs. Furthermore, over 68,000 Spanish scholars have contributed as reviewers in MDPI journals.
Open Access in Spain
In 2023, Spain implemented legislation mandating immediate OA for all publicly funded research, aligning with the EU’s Plan S initiative to expedite the transition to OA. The Spanish government also approved a four-year, €23.8 million annual budget for the first national OA strategy, aiming to make publicly funded research freely accessible upon publication. This strategy aims to strengthen the quality and transparency of research in Spain, and to help promote movement towards a digital, low-carbon economy.
For further details of Spain's OA policy and the history of government mandates, click here.
Spain has already seen a notable decline in subscription-only articles, decreasing by 62% over a 10-year period, while gold OA increased by 42%. Green OA slightly decreased, suggesting a shift towards publishing in gold OA journals rather than traditional subscription-based ones. Here are some statistics from Scopus.
A big thank-you to the various MDPI teams, including our conference team and the Barcelona office, for organizing this very successful event!
MDPI colleagues from various offices gathered to host and support the first MDPI Spain Summit, in Barcelona, Spain.
I think this type of gathering has the potential to become an annual event in various locations. For example, Manchester could be an option, as we have over 30 EiCs and over 3,000 EBMs in the UK, a top market for MDPI that publishes high-quality research.
Impactful Research
769 Editorial Board Members of MDPI Journals Recognized as Highly Cited Researchers in 2023
Congratulations to our 769 Editorial Board Members from 40 countries/territories who have been awarded Highly Cited Researcher status for 2023 by Clarivate. This recognition is based on their outstanding scientific research contributions and significant influence in various fields, as evidenced by Web of Science data.
Click here to view the full list of 769 Editorial Board Members.
Clarivate's Highly Cited ResearchersTM list identifies individuals with exceptional impact in scientific and social science domains over the past decade. Their papers rank in the top 1% of citations in 21 fields analysed in ‘Essential Science Indicators,’ showcasing their substantial influence.
This year, 7,125 Highly Cited Researcher 2023 designations were issued to 6,849 individuals from 67 countries, representing just 1 in 1,000 researchers worldwide.
These researchers demonstrate exceptional influence, representing a small fraction of contributors pushing the boundaries of knowledge, contributing to global well-being, sustainability, and security.
Congratulations to these scholars for their remarkable achievement: we are honoured to have them on board with our journals!
Inside MDPI
Corporate Marketing and Communications Strategy Session
Members of MDPI’s Corporate Marketing & Communications team.
For the past few years, I have led the Corporate Marketing & Communications department in our annual strategy session.
This typically involves 2–3 days of focused sessions covering key topics including budgeting, hiring targets, campaign reviews, and planning for the upcoming year, department strategy, and structure.
We are constantly exploring ways to optimize the Corporate Marketing & Communications department to support MDPI’s primary objectives and better convey the MDPI story while serving the scholarly community.
The strategy session also serves as a team-building activity, during which the team voted on bowling!
Strategy Session
In this strategy session, we looked at how to align our teams in order to better streamline our content with our campaigns, build a dedicated marketing team to strategically support our core MDPI products, expand our communications teams and functionalities to focus on company-critical campaigns and press releases, align our new brand design system with our marketing initiatives, set up a community and engagement team to support various teams with their outreach and communication efforts, and increase our use of data in the evaluation of campaign performance.
To grow in these areas, we will be hiring for various positions, including those of Public Relations Manager, Communications Manager, Internal Communications Manager, Campaign Manager, Marketing Associate, and Editorial Engagement Manager.
I am grateful for the way our Corporate Marketing & Communications department has grown and gelled over the years, and I look forward to supporting the department teams and their ideas for the future.
Coming Together for Science
ResearchGate and MDPI Partner to Boost the Visibility of Open Access Content through Journal Home
Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI) and Sören Hofmayer (Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, ResearchGate) meet in Berlin, Germany to take their ongoing discussion further.
When I assumed the role of CEO at MDPI, my primary focus was to initiate the building of essential partnerships and collaborations within our industry. After all, I am a firm believer in achieving our goals by helping others achieve theirs and focusing on co-opetition wherever there is an opportunity. I first touched on the notion of co-opetition in MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter #3, particularly when discussing collaborations with Elsevier.
In light of this, Sören Hofmayer (Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at ResearchGate) and I connected recently to continue a discussion that had been ongoing for months. I was quickly brought up to speed and felt there was an opportunity for MDPI journals to pilot the Journal Home service that ResearchGate had launched. This would provide a new way for MDPI to engage with authors and readers and amplify the visibility of our journals.
While I receive many offers and opportunities for discussions with vendors, I am a firm believer that timing is everything, and in this case, the time for us is now. Sören and I met in person during my recent visit to Berlin and decided to proceed with piloting ten MDPI journals with the Journal Home service.
The press release below provides further details.
Press Release: Berlin (Germany) and Basel (Switzerland), 15 November 2023
ResearchGate, the professional network for researchers, and MDPI, the largest open access publisher in the world and a pioneer in open access publishing, today announced a partnership that will see ten of MDPI’s open access journals benefit from an enhanced presence on ResearchGate through its innovative Journal Home offering.
This new partnership will expand the reach and visibility of MDPI’s participating flagship journals with ResearchGate’s highly relevant community of more than 25 million researchers globally.
Around 210,000 version-of-record articles from these 10 titles will be readily available on ResearchGate, including the full archive material and all new articles as they are published. These journals also benefit from enhanced brand visibility, with dedicated journal profiles, prominent representation on all associated article pages and all relevant touchpoints across the ResearchGate network – keeping the journals top-of-mind with their reader and author audiences. All articles covered by the new partnership will automatically be added to the authors’ publication records in ResearchGate. This not only reduces MDPI authors’ needs for direct management but also offers them valuable insights into the impact of their work, including data about readership and citations.
Closing Thoughts
November is Men’s Health Awareness Month
Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI) listening to music as he writes at a coffee shop in Basel, Switzerland.
November is dedicated to raising awareness of various men’s health issues. I have been fortunate to have positive male role models in my life, and I strive to share my experiences with others.
I used to take part in Movember, growing my moustache throughout November to raise awareness and funds and to help “change the face of men’s health.” With male family and friends impacted by physical and mental health issues, I have recently become more interested in men’s overall well-being.
Men often face stigma involving the perceived need always to be strong and have things figured out. Recently, I’ve had meaningful conversations with male friends and colleagues about issues we rarely discuss, and it was a positive experience.
Various factors impact men’s health and well-being, all too easily leading to risky health behaviours including a lack of health awareness, poor health education, and negative, culturally induced, behaviour patterns in our work and personal lives. I hope we can break down these barriers in our work environment.
Healthy men help build healthy families and a healthy society
Men are less likely than women to seek help with their physical and mental health struggles. This is a reminder to prioritize your overall well-being. I hope that as men, we will continue to open up to one another, becoming vulnerable in order to share what we are going through. By sharing and by supporting each other, we can learn and grow together. You are not alone, and when you fall, you can still get up and stand tall.
From one broski to another, you are loved and appreciated. I hope this mindset carries into December and beyond.
Mindfulness
Our content team recently released a handful of articles on mindfulness, a practice that I believe provides a good opportunity for stress release and self-reflection:
Chief Executive Officer
MDPI AG
21 November 2023
769 Editorial Board Members of MDPI Journals Achieve Highly Cited Researcher Recognition in 2023
We extend our sincere congratulations to the 769 Editorial Board Members of our journals – from 40 different countries/territories – who have been recognized as Highly Cited Researchers for the year 2023 by Clarivate. They are being recognized for their high-quality scientific research achievements and outstanding contributions to their professional fields, as indicated by Web of Science data.
Clarivate's annual list of Highly Cited ResearchersTM identifies the most highly cited scientists for the past decade who stand out for their significant and broad influence in various scientific and social science domains. Their impactful papers are among the top 1 per cent in the citation distribution of one or more of 21 fields analyzed in the "Essential Science Indicators", distinguishing them as hugely influential among their peers.
This year, 7,125 Highly Cited Researcher 2023 designations were issued to 6,849 individuals from 67 countries, representing just 1 in 1,000 researchers worldwide.
This means that these researchers have demonstrated an incredible level of significant and broad influence in their chosen field or fields over the last decade. They represent a small fraction of the researcher population whose contributions disproportionately push the boundaries of knowledge, enhancing global well-being, sustainability, and security.
Congratulations to the scholars for their noteworthy achievement – we are honored to have them on board with our journals!
Abate, Antonio |
Jaiswal, Amit K. |
Shen, Zexiang |
2 November 2023
Meet Us at the 12th National Conference on Environmental Chemistry, 17–21 November 2023, Wuhan, China
The 12th National Conference on Environmental Chemistry will be held from 17 to 21 November 2023, in Wuhan, China. The conference is organized by the Environmental Chemistry Committee of the Chinese Chemical Society and China University of Geosciences (Wuhan).
The key areas include the following:
- Twin carbon targets;
- Environment and health;
- Environmental analysis related to water, soil, gas and solid wastes;
- Interface process;
- Pollution control and remediation technology;
- Environmental policy.
The following MDPI journals will be represented:
- Toxics;
- Applied Sciences;
- Water;
- Sustainability;
- Minerals;
- JoX;
- World.
If you are attending this conference, please feel free to talk to us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person at booth #A3 and answering any questions that you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit the following link: https://www.ncec2023.com/.
1 November 2023
MDPI Insights: The CEO’s Letter #5 - OA Week, UK, and Strategy
Welcome to the MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter.
In these monthly letters, I will showcase two key aspects of our work at MDPI: our commitment to empowering researchers and our determination to facilitating open scientific exchange.
Opening Thoughts
Open Access Week 2023 – the Global Drive to Open Continues
As the world's largest open-access (OA) publisher, we believe that unrestricted access to research findings is the cornerstone of transparency, efficiency, and quality control across scientific disciplines. At MDPI, we provide free, immediate access to scientific papers, empowering scientists to examine, validate, replicate, and build upon existing results. This minimizes redundancy, optimizes resources, and fosters innovative approaches.
International OA Week, held from 23 to 29 October 2023, provided a unique opportunity to link the global movement toward open sharing and open science with the progress of policy changes at the local level. Our mission, during OA Week and all the year round, is to offer educational resources highlighting the benefits of open-access publishing. The MDPI Blog is a valuable resource for information on open access and open science.
Core principles of OA publishing
Accessibility, transparency, and collaboration are core principles of OA publishing. OA aims to break down barriers that have traditionally restricted research access, ensuring that knowledge is available to all, regardless of financial situation or institutional affiliations. Our commitment to diverse pathways for OA publishing worldwide includes discounts for researchers. You can learn more about how MDPI supports scientific communities here.
One of the key strengths of OA publishing is its ability to facilitate interdisciplinary research. By removing paywalls and promoting knowledge-sharing across disciplines, OA encourages collaboration and innovation. Researchers from various fields can access and build upon each others’ work, fostering a holistic approach to addressing complex global challenges.
OA holds the potential to democratize knowledge, advance science, and drive positive societal change.
Policy driving change
Governments, institutions, and funding agencies have recognized the transformative potential of OA and have implemented policies to promote it. These policies often require publicly funded research to be made openly accessible, accelerating the growth of OA repositories and journals. Check out our spotlights on OA policies in the US, EU and China.
OA publishing is continuously evolving, with community-driven models and technologies shaping its future. Initiatives such as “Plan S” and “cOAlition S” promote OA publishing from the perspective of national funders, requiring grantees to publish their research openly. A new policy announced by the US administration last year mandates that, with effect from January 2026, all US federally funded research should be freely and immediately available after publication.
Additionally, preprint servers such as MDPI's Preprints.org, which allow researchers to share their findings before formal peer review, have gained popularity, enhancing the speed at which new knowledge is disseminated. The rise of blockchain technology is also being explored to ensure transparency and authenticity in scholarly publishing.
For more than two decades, OA publishing has been revolutionizing academic publishing by promoting accessibility, transparency, and collaboration. Its support for interdisciplinary research, evolving policies, and innovative practices all contribute to its growing influence in the global research community. As OA continues to expand, it holds the potential to democratize knowledge, advance science, and drive positive societal change.
MDPI is proud to lead the transition to open access.
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Impactful Research
Spotlight on Smart Cities
Smart cities will serve as a cornerstone for future human development. Their implementation will help us tackle many of the significant challenges we are facing – climate change, ageing populations, waste management, public safety, travel, and so on. Recognising the importance of this multifaceted field, MDPI launched the inaugural issue of Smart Cities in 2018 to provide an advanced forum for research into smart technology and society. Here we take a look at how this journal has developed, and its impact in this exciting field.
As at 30 October, 2023, Smart Cities has published 421 papers and has an Impact Factor of 6.4. It also has a CiteScore of 8.5, and more than one quarter of its published papers – 124 – have been cited 10 times or more.
Highly cited papers in Smart Cities
Below are several highly cited papers recently published in Smart Cities. Citation metrics are current as at 31 October 2023.
1. “Introducing the “15-Minute City”: Sustainability, Resilience and Place Identity in Future Post-Pandemic Cities”
Authors: Carlos Moreno, Zaheer Allam, Didier Chabaud, Catherine Gall and Florent Pratlong
Smart Cities 2021, 4(1), 93-111; https://doi.org/10.3390/smartcities4010006
Citations: Crossref (338), Scopus (366), Web of Science (270), Google Scholar (710)
The paper discusses the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 on cities, including increasing inequalities and rising unemployment. It introduces the concept of the "15-Minute City," a form of "chrono-urbanism," as a response to the challenges posed by the pandemic.
2. “A Review on Electric Vehicles: Technologies and Challenges”
Authors: Julio A. Sanguesa, Vicente Torres-Sanz, Piedad Garrido, Francisco J. Martinez and Johann M. Marquez-Barja
Smart Cities 2021, 4(1), 372-404; https://doi.org/10.3390/smartcities4010022
Citations: Crossref (359), Scopus (363), Web of Science (268), Google Scholar (558)
This paper provides an overview of the progress in Electric Vehicles (EVs), focusing on battery technology, charging methods, and emerging research challenges. It also analyzes the global EV market and its future outlook.
3. “IoT in Smart Cities: A Survey of Technologies, Practices and Challenges”
Authors: Abbas Shah Syed, Daniel Sierra-Sosa, Anup Kumar and Adel Elmaghraby
Smart Cities 2021, 4(2), 429-475; https://doi.org/10.3390/smartcities4020024
Citations: Crossref (121), Scopus (151), Web of Science (91), Google Scholar (215)
This paper gives an overview of the Internet of Things (IoT) in the context of Smart Cities, discussing the fundamental components, technologies, architectures, networking technologies, and artificial algorithms that underpin IoT-based Smart City systems.
4. “Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Smart Grid: A Survey”
Authors: Olufemi A. Omitaomu and Haoran Niu
Smart Cities 2021, 4(2), 548-568; https://doi.org/10.3390/smartcities4020029
Citations: Crossref (76), Scopus (94), Web of Science (57), Google Scholar (120)
This survey paper reviews the utilization of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques in the context of the smart grid. It covers various applications of AI in load forecasting, power grid stability assessment, fault detection, and security issues in the smart grid and power systems.
5. “The Metaverse as a Virtual Form of Smart Cities: Opportunities and Challenges for Environmental, Economic, and Social Sustainability in Urban Futures”
Authors: Zaheer Allam, Ayyoob Sharifi, Simon Elias Bibri, David Sydney Jones and John Krogstie
Smart Cities 2022, 5(3), 771-801; https://doi.org/10.3390/smartcities5030040
Citations: Crossref (72), Scopus (75), Web of Science (43), Google Scholar (176)
This paper discusses the concept of the Metaverse, a virtual world introduced by Meta (formerly Facebook), and its potential impact on urban life. It explores how emerging technologies such as AI, Big Data, IoT, and Digital Twins could reshape urban design and services in the context of the Metaverse.
Testimonial
“It was indeed a great and pleasant experience with MDPI regarding our recent publication. The submission process was very straightforward and less time-consuming than the norm. The review process was very fast compared to many other open access journals, which is praiseworthy. The support from the Editorial Office during the revision process was highly useful as well. We look forward to publishing with MDPI in the future, and I will most definitely recommend MDPI to my colleagues and collaborators.” – Dr. Luís Rosa, University of Minho
Article in Smart Cities: Mobile Networks and Internet of Things Infrastructures to Characterize Smart Human Mobility
Inside MDPI
MDPI Manchester office, UK Visit
Allie Shi (Editorial Director, MDPI), Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI), Jamie Anderson (Manchester Office Manager, MDPI), Michael O’Sullivan (Senior Scientific Officer, MDPI), Hushneara Akhtar, and Becky Castellon (IOAP Team Lead, MDPI), dining out in Manchester, UK.
In October, I visited MDPI’s new office in Manchester. During the visit, I connected with our English Editing (EE) managers, Scientific Officer, members of the Editorial team, the Marketing team, and IOAP Team Lead.
Our Manchester office focuses primarily on EE services and provides local support for the UK market. Additionally, we regularly visit Editorial Board members and participate in local conferences.
I would like to thank Jamie Anderson, Manchester Office Manager, and her team, for their deep commitment to our Manchester staff and to MDPI’s impact on the UK market.
The UK by numbers
The UK is a hub for the world’s top universities, making it a key market for MDPI and the publishing world in general. It is home to two of the top-five-ranked universities globally, 11 in the top 100, and 15 in the top 200.
As a result, the UK plays a key role in MDPI’s global market. As at October 2023, it ranks as the seventh-largest contributor to the total number of papers published by MDPI. We have 3,500 Editorial Board members affiliated with UK institutions, including 34 serving as Editors-in-Chief (EiCs). Our commitment to collaboration with institutions is evident in the UK, where we have successfully established some 60 Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP) agreements with esteemed institutions, such as the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, Imperial College London, the University of Edinburgh, and more.
According to InCites Dataset + ESCI for the period 2018–2022, as at October 2023, nearly 65% of UK papers are now published as OA. Just over 10% of total OA publications are by UK authors. UK papers are known for their high quality, with an average of 11 citations per paper. Furthermore, 2.16% of UK papers are in the top 1% of cited papers, and 14.61% are in the top 10% of cited papers, showcasing their impact.
We are currently hiring EEs in various locations worldwide.
English Editing at MDPI
Our English Editing (EE) department consists of two main branches, Quality Control and Learning and Development, reflecting our priorities. We are continuously enhancing the quality of our English Editing services and have raised the relevant standards, which now extend to company-wide communications. English editors participate in international interviews, conduct English assessments, and provide colleagues with presentations on ways to improve their use of written and spoken English.
While expanding, the EE department has proactively refocused its efforts on the quality of our work and how the English Editing department can benefit the company more broadly. We currently have approximately 140 full-time English Editors based across five offices worldwide, supplemented by over 700 freelance English editors.
Our Manchester office serves as the hub for the EE Department, with EE Managers situated there, except for Kurtis Jackson, who serves as the Head of EE and is located in our Basel office. Manchester EEs play a critical role in establishing and developing EE teams in our other offices, overseeing management and recruitment. The EE department plays a vital role in MDPI’s operations, as it is the department that touches every published paper. If this work interests you, I encourage you to explore our available EE positions, whether you are seeking full-time or freelance opportunities.
Testimonials
“MDPI provides an excellent service compared to any other previously used services. It delivers fast and high-quality results but at an affordable price.” – Ardha Apriyanto, University of Potsdam
“In my role as a professor, I consider that MDPI Author Services offer an excellent quality in the editing of Western academic writing while maintaining the required standards of clarity, precision and rigor. Additionally, delivery times are fast compared to other available services.” – Jesus Insuasti, University of Nariño
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Coming Together for Science
STM and Frankfurt Book Fair
Attending STM
MDPI has been a proud sponsor of the STM Conference for several years. The STM Conference is a dynamic event featuring interactive sessions, expert panellists, idea-sharing, and ample networking opportunities. On 16 October, the event kicked off with arrival drinks, sponsored by MDPI, followed by a welcoming dinner, providing a great chance to connect and network with industry professionals. The following day was filled with speakers, sessions, and further opportunities to connect. STM exemplifies the collaborative spirit of the scientific community, with session topics including achieving open, visible, and impactful research at scale; maintaining research integrity in a rapidly changing world; and exploring the impact of ever-evolving technology in the scholarly community.
Meeting with Web of Science
On a personal note, one of the highlights of STM was a candid and productive conversation with Nandita Quaderi, Editor-in-Chief and SVP at Web of Science. During our discussion, we talked about MDPI, Web of Science, the IJERPH delisting, and ways of moving forward. This open conversation aimed at fostering better collaboration for the future.
“We discussed ways to improve our communication and collaboration.”
I appreciated our frank discussion and felt that Nandita wholeheartedly supports open access. She also expressed her appreciation for the monthly CEO Letter, which she sees as a way to add personality to the MDPI brand and provide insight into the great work we do at MDPI. While we highlighted the positives, we also discussed ways to improve our communication and collaboration moving forward. This meeting alone made the trip worthwhile, and I hope Nandita doesn’t mind my sharing that she found our chat to be “the most honest and constructive discussion” she’s had with someone from MDPI in recent years.
75th Frankfurt Book Fair
Jelena Milojevic (Book Editor, MDPI), Jovana Dubajic (Book Editor, MDPI), Evan Escamilla (Project Manager, MDPI), Laura Wagner (Head of Books, MDPI), and Jenny Knowles (Commissioning Editor, MDPI), at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
For the 75th time, the Frankfurter Buchmesse opened its doors in October to celebrate exciting stories and their authors. If you haven’t yet had the chance to visit the Frankfurt Book Fair, I highly recommend it. It’s the largest book fair in the world, attracting thousands of visitors from around the globe. This is the place to gain valuable industry insights from top-class publishing professionals, connect with publishers directly, and learn about the latest trends in publishing.
MDPI Books
Our Books team was also present at the Frankfurt Book Fair, networking and learning from various panels. Did you know that our MDPI Books department publishes OA Books?
The book publishing program includes monographs, book series, edited books and reprints of special issues and topical collections, among other book types.
If you have a book proposal you would like to discuss, please feel free to contact our Books team to understand the benefits and methods of publishing your next book with the OA model.
Closing Thoughts
MDPI Strategy Meeting
As the newly appointed CEO, this is my first year leading the MDPI Senior Management Strategy session. I saw it as an opportunity to explore what MDPI has the potential to become in the next five years. Guided by the vision of its founder and President, Dr. Shu-kun Lin, the company has accomplished remarkable feats over the past 27 years and currently holds the position as the world’s third-largest academic publisher, following Springer Nature and Elsevier.
Our primary objective is to build upon the milestones of the past decades and consolidate MDPI’s position as well-established publishing brand. The two-day meeting emphasized the importance of communicating MDPI’s values more actively via its brand and adopting a straightforward yet impactful approach to managing MDPI as a mature academic publisher.
“Our primary objective is to consolidate MDPI’s position as well-established publishing brand”
As the world’s number one open-access publisher, MDPI has long been a game-changer in the scholarly community, serving millions of authors. The challenge in being a trailblazer is the need to continuously improve and at the same time explore the next blue-ocean strategy, while also maintaining the smooth operation of the business. Our collection model, featuring guest-curated thematic topics in the form of Special Issues, has disrupted the industry. Other publishers closely study us and attempt to replicate our models. The future of this collection model is something we are actively addressing – while, of course, looking ahead to what comes next!
Chief Executive Officer
MDPI AG
19 October 2023
Open Access Week 2023 – the Global Drive to Open Continues
MDPI has been a strong proponent of the open access publishing model right from the beginning. As one of the pioneering fully open access publishers, we firmly believe that unrestricted access to research findings forms the foundation for better transparency, efficiency, and quality control across all scientific disciplines.
In December 2022, we reached a significant milestone by surpassing one million articles published. That is one million articles freely available to all, to circulate and build upon!
Offering free and immediate access to scientific papers empowers scientists to examine, validate, replicate, and expand upon existing results. This not only helps prevent redundancy and optimizes how resources are used but also paves the way for innovative new approaches.
The International Open Access Week takes place from 23 to 29 October 2023, providing a unique opportunity to connect the global movement towards open sharing and open science with the progress of policy transformations at the local level.
Our goal, during Open Access Week as well as throughout the year, is to offer resources for educating people about the benefits of open access publishing. The MDPI Blog offers a wealth of information around open access and open science.
Promoting the values of accessibility, transparency, and collaboration
Open access publishing embodies the fundamental values of democratizing knowledge and fostering global accessibility. It aims to break down barriers that have traditionally limited access to scholarly work, ensuring that knowledge is available to all, regardless of their financial or institutional affiliations.
Discounts are part of our commitment to ensuring there are diverse pathways to Open Access publishing for researchers worldwide. MDPI supports scientific communities in several different ways.
One of the key strengths of open access publishing lies in its ability to facilitate interdisciplinary research. By removing paywalls and promoting the sharing of knowledge across disciplines, OA encourages collaboration and innovation. Researchers from diverse fields can access and build upon each other's work, fostering a holistic approach to addressing complex global challenges.
Funders' policies are getting aligned with open science
Governments, institutions, and funding agencies have recognized the transformative potential of open access and have implemented policies to promote it. These policies often mandate that publicly funded research should be made openly accessible. Such initiatives have accelerated the growth of open access repositories and journals, reinforcing the commitment to open access principles. Check our spotlights on OA policies in the US, EU and China.
Open access publishing is continually evolving, with innovative and community-driven models and technologies shaping its future. Initiatives like "Plan S" and "cOAlition S" promote the adoption of OA publishing from the national funders’ perspective by requiring grantees to publish their research openly. A new policy announced by the US administration last year requires that, as of January 2026, all US federally funded research be made freely and immediately available after publication.
Additionally, preprint servers such as MDPI's Preprints.org, which allow researchers to share their findings before formal peer review, have gained popularity, enhancing the speed at which new knowledge is disseminated. The rise of blockchain technology is also being explored to ensure transparency and authenticity in scholarly publishing.
For more than twenty years, open access scholarly publishing has been revolutionizing academia by promoting the values of accessibility, transparency, and collaboration. Its support for interdisciplinary research, evolving policies, and innovative practices all contribute to its growing influence in the global research community. As open access continues to expand, it holds the potential to democratize knowledge, advance science, and drive positive societal change.
MDPI is proud to be a leader in the transition to open access.
2 October 2023
MDPI Insights: The CEO’s Letter #4 - MDPI Presence in China
Welcome to the MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter.
In these monthly letters, I will showcase two key aspects of our work at MDPI: our commitment to empowering researchers and our determination to facilitating open scientific exchange.
Opening Thoughts
Open Access in China
It is Saturday, 23 September, and I have just returned from an unforgettable 12-day trip to China, visiting our main offices in Beijing and Wuhan. In the wake of a packed and very enjoyable agenda of internal and external meetings, I would like to use this edition of the CEO Letter to showcase how MDPI supports the scholarly community in China.
Coincidentally, Jack McKenna, Communications Associate from MDPI’s corporate content team, has just released a blog article discussing China’s open access (OA) policy. It is a timely read, providing a concise overview of the development of the OA movement in China and reflecting on its future. I shall draw some content from Jack’s piece and use this edition of the CEO Letter to highlight the various ways in which MDPI is involved in this market. And it would be remiss of me not to include some pictures and highlights from my travels!
Open Access Policy in China
As per Jack’s post, in 2020, China became the world’s leading producer of research articles. Today, China is experiencing a “substantial growth rate in OA [Open Access] publication”. This growth is supported by the State’s commitment to research & development and its policy “requiring the promotion of open science”.
Over the past two decades, there have been gradual developments in China’s OA framework, with repositories and platforms being developed in a consistent manner. Currently, key institutions across China – including the National Science Library, the National Science and Technology Library, and the Natural Science Foundation of China – support OA. The State aims to establish consistent policies across government agencies – a framework for a more encompassing embrace of OA across institutions.
In China, the number of subscription-only articles decreased by nearly 30% over the 10-year period of 2011–2021, while gold OA increased by 22%. Between 2017 and 2020 alone, China published 800,921 academic papers in an OA format.
In 2023, as the leading publisher of academic research, China is pursuing “self-reliance”. Therefore, the State will be establishing consistent policies across government agencies, including those related to OA. Additionally, it will want to ensure that Chinese people can access the research that is supported by Chinese funding and produced by Chinese academics. For this reason, “Open Access is a matter of priority in China”.
MDPI Offices in China
While the history of MDPI begins in Basel, Switzerland, the story of MDPI’s founder is very much rooted in China. Dr. Shu-kun Lin, Founder and President of MDPI, graduated with a BSc from Wuhan University in 1982. He also studied physical chemistry at the Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (1982–1986; MSc in 1985), and at the University of Louisville, USA (1987–1989). Dr. Lin completed his doctorate in organic chemistry at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH-Zürich) in 1992.
Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI) at MDPI’s Wuhan office.
In 2002, MDPI’s Basel headquarters moved to Matthäusstrasse 11, 4052 Basel, and Dr. Lin opened an editorial office in Qingdao, China, which launched the journal Marine Drugs in the following year. Below is a list of MDPI’s current offices in China and their respective dates of inauguration:
- 2008: Beijing (Tongzhou, Haidian)
- 2013: Wuhan (Hankou, Guanggu)
- 2019: Tianjin
- 2021: Dalian
- 2021: Nanjing
Our Strength is in Our People
With over 6,000 MDPI staff, across 20 offices in 11 countries, MDPI is able to offer authors responsive and efficient round-the-clock support, enabling a rapid publication process.
In my experience, stakeholders are genuinely surprised when they realize the extent of our global operations. My response is to reiterate that our people are our strength. This is why we have fast and efficient processes and top-notch responsiveness. Our global presence ensures that your manuscript is constantly attended to, rather than sitting on someone’s desk. We prioritize our authors’ needs and act quickly to move things through the various stages of publication. MDPI is built on speed, convenience, and competence, which I believe are core pillars for success in any industry. We continually strive to improve our systems and processes on the basis of these core strengths. We literally have over 6,000 staff worldwide dedicated to serving your needs. It’s not magic: it’s people; it’s real.
Impactful Research
MDPI Awards
To support the academic community, and especially young researchers, and also to enhance communication among scientists, MDPI journals offer various awards in specific fields. We serve the scientific community by funding research to facilitate the development of sustainable global solutions through our annual World Sustainability Award and Emerging Sustainability Leader Award.
In 2022, MDPI made awards totalling over US$1 million in recognition and support of researchers worldwide.
Across our journal catalogue, we have granted over 2,000 awards to recognize and support researchers from all disciplines. Since 2016, these awards have served as a source of recognition, acknowledging the impact of research by heightening the influence of talented individuals. The award types mainly include the Young Investigator Award, the Best PhD Thesis Award, the Best Paper Award, and the Outstanding Reviewer Award.
To learn more about MDPI Awards and to find out which are currently available, please click here.
MDPI Awards to Scholars from China
Since 2021, there have been 23 Best Paper Awards granted to authors affiliated with Chinese institutions, identifying their papers as having high-quality scientific impact. A total of 45 Chinese scholars have received awards such as the Young Investigator Award, the Best PhD Thesis Award, the Outstanding Reviewer Award, and the Tu Youyou Award, among others. Prizes for these awards include MDPI grants for paid publications, totalling over CHF 70,000 for scholars affiliated with Chinese institutions.
MDPI’s Tu Youyou Award
Prof. Tu Youyou (left), Dr. Shu-Kun Lin (President, MDPI).
In 2015, Professor Tu Youyou was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria.” In order to commemorate Professor Tu’s contributions to human health and to promote the passion and spirit conveyed by her experiences, MDPI in 2016 established the ‘Tu Youyou Award’, which runs biennially to recognize outstanding scholars dedicated to the research of natural products and medicinal chemistry.
The 2022 Tu Youyou Award was granted to Prof. Dr. Xiaoguang Lei of Peking University. Click here to access the interview with the winner.
2015 Nobel Prize for Medicine Awarded to Professor Youyou Tu
Professor Tu’s work was celebrated in a Special Issue from Molecules on the occasion of her 80th birthday. The Special Issue: 'Artemisinin (Qinghaosu): Commemorative Issue in Honor of Professor Youyou Tu on the Occasion of her 80th Anniversary” was created five years before she won the Nobel Prize, highlighting the visibility MDPI provides researchers and their work.
Highly Cited Articles by Chinese Scholars Published in MDPI
Click here to access the most cited MDPI papers published by scholars affiliated with Chinese institutions. This list presents the most influential research from the more than 287,000 MDPI papers published by Chinese scholars. With over 9 million total citations, I encourage you to maximize your visibility and impact by publishing with MDPI, the number one most cited open access publisher.
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- Tu Youyou Award
- World Sustainability Awards
- Available Awards
Inside MDPI
Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI) with the Beijing Marketing team.
Marketing Department in China
During my visit to our offices in Beijing and Wuhan, I had the opportunity to meet with, and to present to, our local marketing teams. These teams are responsible for various journal-related and corporate promotional activities, including newsletters, conferences, seminars, author training, journal awards, content creation, digital marketing, and social media.
I was pleased by the ambition and curiosity of our marketing colleagues. They showed a strong desire to collaborate and acquire knowledge and tactics to effectively market and promote MDPI-journal-related activities. I presented some of the principles and objectives that we apply in the Corporate Marketing and Communications department, and used the opportunity to strengthen our collaborative communications across offices.
Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI) with the Wuhan Marketing team.
Coming Together for Science
Collaborations, Scholarships and Meetings
MDPI maintains partnerships with nearly 190 learned societies and over 800 institutions and consortia, helping to facilitate the transition to OA publishing. Our commitment to working with institutions is evident in China, where we have successfully established over 35 Institutional Open Access Programs (IOAP) with esteemed institutions such as the Tsinghua University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Our institutional partnerships, waiver programs, and article processing cost discounts create diverse pathways to OA publishing for researchers worldwide.
Scholarships in China
Since 2021, several MDPI journals (Sensors, Photonics, Coatings, Materials, Energies, and Journal of Fungi) have funded full scholarships for four Master’s and five Ph.D. projects in China. These scholarships align with Tianjin University, Wuhan University of Technology, Central South University, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the China University of Petroleum (Beijing).
Meeting with the Society of Chinese University Journals (CUJS)
Prof. Tieming Zhang (President of CUJS, centre) and MDPI colleagues at CUJS office.
I am pleased to have participated in some highly productive meetings during my visit to China, including one with the Society of Chinese University Journals (CUJS). The meeting involved Prof. Tieming Zhang (President of CUJS), Assoc. Prof. Xin Zhang (Vice President and Secretary General), and Dr. Fei Gao (Executive Member of CUJS). Alongside my colleagues Dr. Guoshi Liu, Dr. Giulia Stefenelli, and Anita Sun, I represented MDPI and held an open discussion to address any questions regarding OA and MDPI.
We discussed several methods for collaboration, including a workshop on the future of peer review, MDPI sponsoring a funding grant for early-career researchers, and transitioning journals from diamond to gold OA. I am thankful for the opportunity to have met our colleagues at CUJS in person and feel very confident about our future collaborations in support of OA publishing in China.
MDPI hosts free academic seminars, author training sessions, and academic conferences as part of its commitment to enrich and support the scholarly community. CUJS often stages academic events (e.g., conferences, editor training, and editor competitions), and I believe there are great opportunities for CUJS and MDPI to collaborate accordingly.
Meeting with National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NSLC)
Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI), Dr. Giulia Stefenelli (Chair of Scientific Officers, MDPI), Anita Sun (PR Manager, MDPI) and Dr. Guoshi Liu (Managing Director, MDPI) at the National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
We also visited the NSLC Director, Xiwen Liu, and colleagues Ying Jin, Zhesi Shen, and Sichao Tong. Following our introductions, we gave a presentation on the history and editorial process at MDPI, discussing specific details related to MDPI’s business and data. We highlighted the status of our IOAP collaborations in China and the makeup of our author base, specifically in China, and drew attention to the fact that MDPI has published research by authors from every country in the world. We then discussed the design indicators, calculation methods and implementation purposes of the ‘Early Warning Journal List’ and how we can have open communication to provide any data regarding MDPI journals. I am pleased to report that we reached a consensus on future communications, and am grateful to NSLC for hosting us in their offices.
In-person meetings with stakeholders provide an invaluable opportunity to communicate what MDPI is about and the various ways in which we serve the scholarly community. While digital marketing and online communication are essential, they are no replacement for the understanding and trust that come about through in-person interactions.
The Numbers
As at September 2023, China holds the largest position in MDPI’s global market, ranking as the largest contributor to the total number of papers published by MDPI.
At this point in time, there were more than 847,000 China mainland scholars who have published with MDPI, 51 of whom are Section-Editors-in-Chief (SEiC) of MDPI journals, with seven serving as Editors-in-Chief (EiCs) for journals such as Air, Big Data and Cognitive Computing, Blockchains, Future, Nanoenergy Advances, and Targets.
Our growth and presence in China are a true testament to the service we provide to the scholarly community, and to the relationships we foster through collaborative activities. We look forward to continuing to support the growth of the scholarly community in China, providing a valuable and trusted experience with MDPI.
Closing Thoughts
Final Reflections on our MDPI Offices in Beijing and Wuhan
Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI), Dr. Constanze Schelhorn (Indexing Manager, MDPI), Jiale Shang (Admin, Tongzhou, MDPI) at Beijing Capital International Airport, Beijing.
I spent approximately two weeks visiting some of our offices in China, and the first word that comes to mind when describing my experience is ‘hospitality.’ My colleagues and I were met with enthusiasm and delight at the airport by the Tongzhou Admin team (thank you, Jiale Shang, and thank you, Eric Wang, for keeping us organized on this trip!) and were taken care of with great attention. From hotels to transportation, dinners, and meetings, our stay was catered for perfectly.
Perhaps this is where MDPI’s focus on customers and service originates. At our core, we are a service company that provides a publishing platform for its authors. It’s therefore no surprise that authors consistently rate their experience with MDPI very highly.
95% of submitting authors rate their overall experience with the MDPI publication process as Excellent or Good (Springer Nature report 90%).
91% of submitting authors rate their overall experience with the MDPI peer review process as Excellent or Good.
Speed/Efficiency and Editorial Relationship are two key reasons underlying this high satisfaction score. ‘Editorial Relationship’ can be further explored, but in the past month, the most commonly noted aspects were the professionalism, kindness, availability, communicativeness, and personalized assistance provided by our editorial staff throughout the process. These attributes are at the core of our work across all our offices and continents.
Hospitality and Service
Just as our Chinese colleagues strove to keep us engaged by showing us the city sights (thank you, Thea Pan, and Jason Wu from the Wuhan Marketing team!) and sharing a variety of wonderful meals, our editorial staff are committed to serving our authors throughout their publishing journey. Our aim is to place the author at the centre of everything we do, eager to welcome our ‘guests’ and provide them with a pleasant publishing experience.
I asked my colleague Francis Wu (Senior Publisher, Wuhan office) where this hospitality originates. He responded that it is part of Chinese culture. I reflected long and deep on this answer. China is a vast country, and when visitors arrive, hosts want to ensure they feel welcomed and taken care of in order to maximize their time and visit. I can’t think of a better analogy for how I would want our authors to feel when they visit MDPI for their publishing needs. A company culture that prioritizes service, something that goes beyond products and productivity, and focuses on the overall experience. Over 6,000 people, across all MDPI offices, are ready, willing and able to go the extra mile for their colleagues and their customers. This is something I am truly proud of.
Chief Executive Officer
MDPI AG
6 September 2023
Recap of Awards Granted to Scholars in 2022
MDPI is committed to supporting the academic community, nurturing talent and advancing science. Awards are an important part of the research landscape and play a vital role in helping academics gain recognition, especially young researchers as they embark on new research avenues.
In 2022, our journals presented a total number of 394 Awards, including Travel Awards, Young Investigator Awards, Best PhD Thesis Awards, Best Paper Awards, and Outstanding Reviewer Awards, with several winners announced for some of the awards. The total prize sum amounted to just under 580,000 Swiss francs (CHF), or approximately 650,000 US dollars. Overall, more than 720 scholars were awarded.
The majority of the awards were dedicated to young researchers in relatively early stages of their careers. This encompassed 66 of the afore-mentioned Travel Awards, 60 Young Investigator Awards, supporting research projects and conference attendance, as well as 51 Best PhD Thesis Awards. Additionally, 113 Best Paper Awards were given by our journals. The selection committees were entrusted with identifying the most impactful and novel research and review articles published in their journal within a given year.
MDPI will continue its support and recognition for the academic community moving forward, sponsoring new awards across disciplines. To learn more about all the awardees and their research projects in your field of study, please visit the following pages:
To explore more MDPI awards, please click here.
30 August 2023
MDPI Insights: The CEO’s Letter #3 - Sustainability and Co-opetition
Welcome to the MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter.
In these monthly letters, I will showcase two key aspects of our work at MDPI: our commitment to empowering researchers and our determination to facilitating open scientific exchange.
Opening Thoughts
Our Commitment to Sustainability
As a pioneer in academic open access publishing since 1996, MDPI has always been dedicated to facilitating scientific exchange across all disciplines. Our approach to open science is guided by principles such as Open Access (OA), Timeliness and Efficiency, Simplicity, High-Quality Service, Flexibility, and a commitment to Sustainability. This commitment involves preserving published papers for the long term and supporting the future of science through partnerships, sponsorships, and awards.
In this edition of the CEO Letter, I will delve into MDPI’s various sustainability initiatives. As a leader in OA publishing, we are able to provide the public with a significant amount of environment-related content at no cost.
MDPI and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
In 2020, the SDG Publishers Compact was launched to accelerate implementation of the SDGs by promoting content that informs, develops, and inspires action. MDPI joined this initiative in 2021 and subsequently launched the MDPI SDG Hub in 2022, offering free access to recent research within the scope of each of the 17 SDGs. We also support authors from underrepresented communities by waiving publication charges for selected SDG-related papers. Detailed sustainability practices and supported publications are available in the report under each Goal page.
“More than 80% of MDPI articles and reviews published in 2022 relate to the Sustainable Development Goals.” [source: InCites, Accessed on 21.08.2023]
As at August 2023, MDPI boasts 14 journals dedicated to sustainability-related topics. Our first journal in this area, Sustainability, has published over 29,000 articles on the SDGs, accumulating over 240,000 citations (source: InCites, as at 1 January 2023). These journals serve as vital platforms for researchers to share insights and address environmental challenges. In addition:
MDPI journals specializing in sustainability-related topics:
- 2009: Sustainability
- 2012: Resources
- 2013: Climate
- 2014: Environments
- 2016: Recycling
- 2019: Clean Technologies
- 2020: Sustainable Chemistry
- 2021: Wind, Biomass, Conservation, Pollutants, Solar
- 2022: Waste, Microplastics
Read more:
Impactful Research
Highly Cited Articles in Sustainability
In 2022, content published in Sustainability and indexed in Journal Citation Reports (JCR) received nearly 190,000 citations. This highlights the fact that Sustainability publishes highly cited research articles related to environmental sciences and SDG-related topics such as climate action.
We are pleased to share that Sustainability received a 2022 CiteScore of 5.8, marking a 16% increase from the 2021 metric. Specifically, the CiteScore positions Sustainability as follows: Q1 (27 out of 163) in the “Environmental Science (miscellaneous)” category, and Q1 (101 out of 779) in the “Geography Planning and Development” category. For additional journal statistics, please visit here.
“Sustainability received a 2022 CiteScore of 5.8”
While MDPI journals such as Climate and Atmosphere have a distinct focus on atmosphere pollution and its impact on climate processes, journals like Sustainability, Environments, Water, Remote Sensing, and IJERPH publish content related to climate change. These journals have published over 32,300 articles related to SDG 13: Climate Action.
Highly Cited Papers in Sustainability
Below are several highly cited papers published in Sustainability over the past three years. Citation metrics are current as at 15 August 2023.
1. “A Global Assessment: Can Renewable Energy Replace Fossil Fuels by 2050?”Authors: Jerry L. Holechek, Hatim M. E. Geli, Mohammed N. Sawalhah, and Raul Valdez
Sustainability 2022, 14(8), 4792; https://doi.org/10.3390/su14084792
Citations: Crossref (97), Scopus (91), Web of Science (82), Google Scholar (125)
This paper addresses one of the most significant challenges of climate change – achieving Net Zero Carbon by 2050. The meta-analysis suggests that while difficult, this transition is possible through the concerted application of pathways, lifestyle changes, and global cooperation.
2. “Anxiety and the Ecological Crisis: An Analysis of Eco-Anxiety and Climate Anxiety”Author: Panu Pihkala
Sustainability 2020, 12(19), 7836; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12197836
Citations: Crossref (144), Scopus (121), Web of Science (159), Google Scholar (382)
This paper has received substantial media attention, including coverage by The Guardian, BBC, Vice, and CNBC. An interview with Dr. Panu Pihkala, a leading interdisciplinary researcher on the topic, can be found on MDPI’s podcast: Insight Faster, Episode 1.
3. “Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture and Its Mitigation Strategies: A Review”Authors: Gurdeep Singh Malhi, Manpreet Kaur, and Prashant Kaushik
Sustainability 2021, 13(3), 1318; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13031318
Citations: Crossref (207), Scopus (221), Web of Science (186), Google Scholar (355)
This paper reviews literature on climate change, addressing its causes, future projections, impact on agriculture, including plant physiology, growth, productivity, pest infestation, and the economic implications of mitigation strategies.
4. “Impacts of Plastic Pollution on Ecosystem Services, Sustainable Development Goals, and Need to Focus on Circular Economy and Policy Interventions”Authors: Rakesh Kumar, Anurag Verma, Arkajyoti Shome, Rama Sinha, Srishti Sinha, Prakash Kumar Jha, Ritesh Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Shubham, Shreyas Das, Prabhakar Sharma, and P. V. Vara Prasad
Sustainability 2021, 13(17), 9963; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13179963
Citations: Crossref (134), Scopus (136), Web of Science (113), Google Scholar (184)
This review aims to assess the adverse effects of plastic pollution on ecosystems, link the management of plastic with the SDGs, and propose policy measures using transdisciplinary approaches. Empowering communities to reduce plastic use is crucial. Addressing global plastic pollution is a priority.
Sustainability is an international, cross-disciplinary, open access journal that explores environmental, cultural, economic, and social sustainability of human beings. It provides a forward-looking platform for research on sustainability and sustainable development, and is published semi-monthly online by MDPI. Sustainability is affiliated with The Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC) and The International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB).
Read more:
- Testimonials: See what our editors and authors say about Sustainability.
Inside MDPI
President of Ireland Authors Editorial in MDPI Journal Sustainability
It’s a very special occasion when the president of a country takes the initiative to write an editorial for a journal. Michael D. Higgins, President of the Republic of Ireland, has contributed his insights to a forthcoming Special Issue in Sustainability:
This Special Issue, focusing on “making sustainable development happen” at grassroots levels, allows for perspectives from, and on, the major world faiths, exploring how challenges have been conceptualised and addressed, in addition to case studies of faith-based sustainability initiatives in practice.
The experience of faith institutions and communities in translating theological and moral commitments to sustainable development into action is now a topic we must examine with urgency; one on which I am so glad this Special Issue focuses.
As President of Ireland, I very much support this Special Issue of Sustainability. It is my great hope that the contents of the papers contained herein will assist in making sustainable development happen at grassroots levels across the world so that we can cooperate together, people of faith and of none, to ensure a just, inclusive and sustainable future for all on our fragile planet.
Read the completed editorial here:
Special Issue “Faith and Sustainable Development: Exploring Practice, Progress and Challenges among Faith Communities and Institutions”: Foreword by the President of Ireland
Author: Michael D. Higgins
Sustainability 2023, 15(12), 9683; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15129683
Coming Together for Science
The World Sustainability Forum 2023
The World Sustainability Forum (WSF) is a biennial MDPI event focused on sustainability. WSF 2023 marks the tenth anniversary of the conference series, taking place on 14 September. For the first time, the event will be hosted as a 24-hour conference across three locations – Singapore, Basel in Switzerland, and Toronto in Canada – alongside virtual streaming.
This unique format allows us to span three time zones, providing live coverage of critical sustainability-related topics throughout the day:
- The Singapore Hub, chaired by Professor Horn Mun Cheah and Associate Professor Renee Tan, will explore “Sustainability for Social and Community Impact”.
- The Basel Hub, chaired by Prof. Dr. Anet Režek Jambrak and Dr. Lela Mélon, will delve into “Sustainability in the industry, and at university and corporate settings”.
- The Toronto Hub, led by Dr. Umberto Berardi, will discuss “The Sustainable Built Environment”.
MDPI Sustainability Foundation: Recognizing Excellence in Sustainability Research
The MDPI Sustainability Foundation supports researchers through two sustainability-focused awards:
- The World Sustainability Award, amounting to USD 100,000, is given to senior researchers.
- The Emerging Sustainability Leader Award, valued at USD 20,000, sponsored by the journal Sustainability, is presented to early-career researchers.
The winners of the Sustainability Foundation will be formally awarded during the WSF2023 on 14 September. Interviews with the award winners and finalists are available below.
2023 World Sustainability Award Winners
Interviews with 2023 Emerging Sustainability Leader Award Finalists
- Dr. Bahareh Kamranzad
- Dr. Youjin Kim
- Dr. Julia Lohmann
As a hybrid event, WSF23 provides scholars with the option to attend in person at one of the conference sites or, for a more sustainable approach, virtually. All sessions will be recorded and archived for future access. Registration is open until 3 September 2023, with in-person and virtual tickets available here.
Read more:
Closing Thoughts
“Co-opetition”: Collaboration Plus Healthy Competition – A Visit to Elsevier
I firmly believe in fostering collaboration and at the same time promoting healthy competition within the academic publishing industry. The market offers ample room for publishers and related companies to provide valuable services and products that enrich the academic community. While MDPI is recognized for its efficient and streamlined processes –thanks to our over 6,000 colleagues, in-house tools, and initiatives that support the author journey – our ethos has always involved learning from and collaborating with other organizations.
MDPI’s Interaction with Elsevier
In January 2023, I had a brief conversation with Judy Verses, President of Global Academic and Government Markets at Elsevier, following her participation in a panel discussion at the Academic Publishers Europe event in Berlin. One of the highlights for me was Judy’s insight into the impact of research, particularly her emphasis on the role of collaboration, including policy and showing the impact of research to influence on funding decisions.
“Such collaborations drive forward-looking strategies to elevate our support for the scholarly community”
Judy and I resumed our discussion in August, when I visited Elsevier's office to review current projects, such as our recent agreement with Science Direct and the continued indexing of MDPI journals in Scopus (indexing database owned by Elsevier). We also explored possible opportunities for the future, including a potential collaboration to expand MDPI’s Scilit data infrastructure. This endeavour aims to aggregate and provide access to scholarly metadata encompassing journal articles, conference papers, books, preprints, and more. While these discussions are ongoing, the underlying principle remains that such collaborations drive forward-looking strategies to elevate our services and support for the scholarly community.
It was great that Judy and I acknowledged the merits of 'co-opetition,' a concept based of the belief that fostering cooperation alongside healthy competition can lead to shared advancements for both individual companies and the industry at large.
‘Fully OA’ Organizations Dedicated to Open Access
MDPI proudly aligns with the ‘Fully OA’ group, a collaborative initiative comprising nine organizations dedicated to Open Access. Our monthly meetings, including an OASPA representative, serve as platforms to share non-confidential information, resources, and projects. These gatherings also facilitate discussions on topics relevant to fully OA organizations. Occasionally, joint actions spring from these interactions, such as collaborative blog posts on pertinent subjects and joint statements, such as a recent response to the House Appropriations Committee.
This display of cooperation among competing entities forms a strategic alliance focused on nurturing the best interests of the OA publishing model.
As I wrap up this third edition of the CEO Letter, I encourage you to seize opportunities for collaboration and contribute to advancing our shared academic culture. As the African proverb has it, “If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.”
Chief Executive Officer
MDPI AG
21 August 2023
Toxics | Selected Hot Articles in 2021–2022
1. “A Rapid Method for Detecting Microplastics Based on Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Technology (FLIM)”
by Fang Zhou, Xin Wang, Guangxin Wang and Yanxia Zuo
Toxics 2022, 10(3), 118; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10030118
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/3/118
2. “Levels of Mercury, Methylmercury and Selenium in Fish: Insights into Children Food Safety”
by Grazia Barone, Arianna Storelli, Daniela Meleleo, Angela Dambrosio, Rita Garofalo, Antonio Busco and Maria Maddalena Storelli
Toxics 2021, 9(2), 39; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics9020039
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/9/2/39
3. “Comparative Assessment of Antibiotic Residues Using Liquid Chromatography Coupled with Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) and a Rapid Screening Test in Raw Milk Collected from the North-Central Algerian Dairies”
by Fawzi Rostane Meklati, Anthi Panara, Ahmed Hadef, Amel Meribai, Meriem H. Ben-Mahdi, Marilena E. Dasenaki and Nikolaos S. Thomaidis
Toxics 2022, 10(1), 19; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10010019
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/1/19
4. “Removal of Polystyrene Microplastics from Aqueous Solution Using the Metal–Organic Framework Material of ZIF-67”
by Hongyou Wan, Junkai Wang, Xiaoyu Sheng, Jingwei Yan, Wei Zhang and Ying Xu
Toxics 2022, 10(2), 70; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10020070
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/2/70
5. “Perfluoroalkylated Substances (PFAS) Associated with Microplastics in a Lake Environment”
by John W. Scott, Kathryn G. Gunderson, Lee A. Green, Richard R. Rediske and Alan D. Steinman
Toxics 2021, 9(5), 106; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics9050106
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/9/5/106
6. “Ecotoxicity of Polyvinylidene Difluoride (PVDF) and Polylactic Acid (PLA) Microplastics in Marine Zooplankton”
by Michela Di Giannantonio, Chiara Gambardella, Roberta Miroglio, Elisa Costa, Francesca Sbrana, Marco Smerieri, Giovanni Carraro, Roberto Utzeri, Marco Faimali and Francesca Garaventa
Toxics 2022, 10(8), 479; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10080479
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/8/479
7. “Environmental Occurrence and Predicted Pharmacological Risk to Freshwater Fish of over 200 Neuroactive Pharmaceuticals in Widespread Use”
by John P. Sumpter and Luigi Margiotta-Casaluci
Toxics 2022, 10(5), 233; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10050233
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/5/233
8. “Human Biomonitoring Guidance Values (HBM-GVs) for Bisphenol S and Assessment of the Risk Due to the Exposure to Bisphenols A and S, in Europe”
by Matthieu Meslin, Claire Beausoleil, Florence Anna Zeman, Jean-Philippe Antignac, Marike Kolossa-Gehring, Christophe Rousselle and Petra Apel
Toxics 2022, 10(5), 228; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10050228
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/5/228
9. “Towards the Development of Standardized Bioassays for Corals: Acute Toxicity of the UV Filter Benzophenone-3 to Scleractinian Coral Larvae”
by Ingo B. Miller, Mareen Moeller, Matthias Y. Kellermann, Samuel Nietzer, Valentina Di Mauro, Elham Kamyab, Sascha Pawlowski, Mechtild Petersen-Thiery and Peter J. Schupp
Toxics 2022, 10(5), 244; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10050244
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/5/244
10. “First Evidence of Microplastics in Human Urine, a Preliminary Study of Intake in the Human Body”
by Concetta Pironti, Valentina Notarstefano, Maria Ricciardi, Oriana Motta, Elisabetta Giorgini and Luigi Montano
Toxics 2023, 11(1), 40; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11010040
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/1/40
11. “Excess Zinc Supply Reduces Cadmium Uptake and Mitigates Cadmium Toxicity Effects on Chloroplast Structure, Oxidative Stress, and Photosystem II Photochemical Efficiency in Salvia sclarea Plants”
by Ilektra Sperdouli, Ioannis-Dimosthenis S. Adamakis, Anelia Dobrikova, Emilia Apostolova, Anetta Han´c and Michael Moustakas
Toxics 2022, 10(1), 36; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10010036
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/1/36
12. “Occurrence and Characterization of Small Microplastics (<100 μm), Additives, and Plasticizers in Larvae of Simuliidae”
by Fabiana Corami, Beatrice Rosso, Valentina Iannilli, Simone Ciadamidaro, Barbara Bravo and Carlo Barbante
Toxics 2022, 10(7), 383; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10070383
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/7/383
13. “Residual Levels of Mercury, Cadmium, Lead and Arsenic in Some Commercially Key Species from Italian Coasts (Adriatic Sea): Focus on Human Health”
by Grazia Barone, Arianna Storelli, Rita Garofalo, Rosanna Mallamaci and Maria Maddalena Storelli
Toxics 2022, 10(5), 223; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10050223
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/5/223
14. “Incorporation of Metabolic Activation in the HPTLC-SOS-Umu-C Bioassay to Detect Low Levels of Genotoxic Chemicals in Food Contact Materials”
by Emma Debon, Paul Rogeboz, Hélia Latado, Gertrud E. Morlock, Daniel Meyer, Claudine Cottet-Fontannaz, Gabriele Scholz, Benoît Schilter and Maricel Marin-Kuan
Toxics 2022, 10(9), 501; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10090501
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/9/501
15. “Dietary Arthrospira platensis in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): A Means to Reduce Threats Caused by CdCl2 Exposure?”
by Mahdi Banaee, Federica Impellitteri, Hamid Evaz-Zadeh Samani, Giuseppe Piccione and Caterina Faggio
Toxics 2022, 10(12), 731; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10120731
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/12/731
16. “Effect of Polystyrene Microplastics on Rice Seed Germination and Antioxidant Enzyme Activity”
by Qiuge Zhang, Mengsai Zhao, Fansong Meng, Yongli Xiao, Wei Dai and Yaning Luan
Toxics 2021, 9(8), 179; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics9080179
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/9/8/179
17. “Nanoplastic Exposure at Predicted Environmental Concentrations Induces Activation of Germline Ephrin Signal Associated with Toxicity Formation in the Caenorhabditis elegans Offspring”
by Yue Zhao, Xin Hua, Qian Bian and Dayong Wang
Toxics 2022, 10(11), 699; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10110699
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/11/699
18. “Accelerated Weathering Increases the Release of Toxic Leachates from Microplastic Particles as Demonstrated through Altered Toxicity to the Green Algae Raphidocelis subcapitata”
by Márta Simon, Nanna B. Hartmann and Jes Vollertsen
Toxics 2021, 9(8), 185; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics9080185
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/9/8/185
19. “Placental Transfer and Composition of Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs): A Korean Birth Panel of Parent-Infant Triads”
by Habyeong Kang, Hee-Sun Kim, Yeong Sook Yoon, Jeongsun Lee, Younglim Kho, Jisun Lee, Hye Jin Chang, Yoon Hee Cho and Young Ah Kim
Toxics 2021, 9(7), 168; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics9070168
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/9/7/168
20. “Insights into Elemental Composition and Sources of Fine and Coarse Particulate Matter in Dense Traffic Areas in Toronto and Vancouver, Canada”
by Valbona Celo, Mahmoud M. Yassine and Ewa Dabek-Zlotorzynska
Toxics 2021, 9(10), 264; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics9100264
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/9/10/264
11 August 2023
Toxics | 2021–2022 Selected Hot Review Papers
1. “Nanopesticides in Agriculture: Benefits and Challenge in Agricultural Productivity, Toxicological Risks to Human Health and Environment”
by Marco Chaud, Eliana B. Souto, Aleksandra Zielinska, Patricia Severino, Fernando Batain, Jose Oliveira-Junior and Thais Alves
Toxics 2021, 9(6), 131; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics9060131
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/9/6/131
2. “Microplastics in the Environment: Intake through the Food Web, Human Exposure and Toxicological Effects”
by Concetta Pironti, Maria Ricciardi, Oriana Motta, Ylenia Miele, Antonio Proto and Luigi Montano
Toxics 2021, 9(9), 224; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics9090224
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/9/9/224
3. “PFAS Molecules: A Major Concern for the Human Health and the Environment”
by Emiliano Panieri, Katarina Baralic, Danijela Djukic-Cosic, Aleksandra Buha Djordjevic and Luciano Saso
Toxics 2022, 10(2), 44; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10020044
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/2/44
4. “Indirect Effect of Pesticides on Insects and Other Arthropods”
by Francisco Sánchez-Bayo
Toxics 2021, 9(8), 177; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics9080177
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/9/8/177
5. “Pathomechanisms of Paclitaxel-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy”
by Ines Klein and Helmar C. Lehmann
Toxics 2021, 9(10), 229; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics9100229
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/9/10/229
6. “IVIVE: Facilitating the Use of In Vitro Toxicity Data in Risk Assessment and Decision Making”
by Xiaoqing Chang, Yu-Mei Tan, David G. Allen, Shannon Bell, Paul C. Brown, Lauren Browning,
Patricia Ceger, Jeffery Gearhart, Pertti J. Hakkinen, Shruti V. Kabadi et al.
Toxics 2022, 10(5), 232; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10050232
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/5/232
7. “Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Thyroid Cancer: An Overview”
by Mathilda Alsen, Catherine Sinclair, Peter Cooke, Kimia Ziadkhanpour, Eric Genden and Maaike van Gerwen
Toxics 2021, 9(1), 14; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics9010014
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/9/1/14
8. “Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in the Environment: Occupational and Exposure Events, Effects on Human Health and Fertility”
by Luigi Montano, Concetta Pironti, Gabriella Pinto, Maria Ricciardi, Amalia Buono, Carlo Brogna,
Marta Venier, Marina Piscopo, Angela Amoresano and Oriana Motta
Toxics 2022, 10(7), 365; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10070365
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/7/365
9. “A Review of Dietary Intake of Acrylamide in Humans”
by Clara Amalie Gade Timmermann, Signe Sonne Mølck, Manik Kadawathagedara, Anne Ahrendt Bjerregaard, Margareta Törnqvist, Anne Lise Brantsæter and Marie Pedersen
Toxics 2021, 9(7), 155; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics9070155
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/9/7/155
10. “The Effects of Essential and Non-Essential Metal Toxicity in the Drosophila melanogaster Insect Model: A Review”
by Mitchell R. Slobodian, Jesse D. Petahtegoose, Athena L. Wallis, Danica C. Levesque and Thomas J. S. Merritt
Toxics 2021, 9(10), 269; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics9100269
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/9/10/269
11. “Biochar-Supported TiO2-Based Nanocomposites for the Photocatalytic Degradation of Sulfamethoxazole in Water—A Review”
by Subhash Chandra, Pravin Jagdale, Isha Medha, Ashwani Kumar Tiwari, Mattia Bartoli, Antonio De Nino and Fabrizio Olivito
Toxics 2021, 9(11), 313; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics9110313
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/9/11/313
12. “Advances in Genes-Encoding Transporters for Cadmium Uptake, Translocation, and Accumulation in Plants”
by Jingyu Tao and Lingli Lu
Toxics 2022, 10(8), 411; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10080411
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/8/411
13. “Nanoplastics and Microplastics May Be Damaging Our Livers”
by Jianli Yin, Ye Ju, Honghao Qian, Jia Wang, Xiaohan Miao, Ying Zhu, Liting Zhou and Lin Ye
Toxics 2022, 10(10), 586; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10100586
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/10/586
14. “Chemical Fractionation in Environmental Studies of Potentially Toxic Particulate-Bound Elements in Urban Air: A Critical Review”
by Ryszard Świetlik and Marzena Trojanowska
Toxics 2022, 10(3), 124; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10030124
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/3/124
15. “Synthetic Progestins in Waste and Surface Waters: Concentrations, Impacts and Ecological Risk”
by Maria João Rocha and Eduardo Rocha
Toxics 2022, 10(4), 163; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10040163
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/4/163
7 August 2023
Interview with Dr. Catia Figueiredo—Winner of the Toxics 2022 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award
Name: Dr. Catia Figueiredo |
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Email: [email protected] |
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The Winning Paper: “Effects of Rare Earth Elements on Aquatic Organisms under a Changing Environment” |
Dr. Cátia Figueiredo is a marine biologist with a passion for exploring the intricate interactions between climate change and emergent chemical stressors on marine ecosystems. Her research focuses on understanding the effects of these factors on marine biota, particularly in the context of technology critical elements. Her academic journey began with a bachelor’s degree in biology in 2012, followed by a master's degree in marine ecology in 2014, both acquired at the University of Lisbon, Portugal. In 2017, she was awarded a Ph.D. scholarship funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, allowing her to investigate the combined impacts of climate change (including ocean warming and acidification) and the emergent rare earth elements on various aquatic organisms. She finished her Ph.D. in 2022 and published 18 research articles during her Ph.D. Currently, she serves as the co-Principal Investigator of the EMINENT project (Emergent interactive effects of climate change and contaminants), a significant research initiative (REF 2022.08285.PTDC) aimed at unraveling the complex interplay between climate change, emergent technological pollutants and their influence on bioaccumulation, elimination processes and ecotoxicological outcomes in key bivalve species.
We want to congratulate Dr. Catia Figueiredo for winning the Toxics 2022 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award.
The following is an interview with Dr. Catia Figueiredo:
1. Could you please give us a brief overview of your research topic and the main objectives of your Ph.D. thesis?
My Ph.D. thesis focused on environmental challenges posed by the increased availability of rare earth elements (REEs) and the impacts of climate change. REEs have become crucial to the technological shifts towards renewable, more efficient and economically viable energy sources. This popular widespread use has contributed to the exponential increase of waste containing high concentrations of REEs. The escalating production, shorter lifespans of electronics and ineffective recycling policies result in the release of large amounts of, otherwise present in smaller concentrations, REEs into the aquatic environment. Hence, the main objectives of my research were to investigate the bioaccumulation, elimination and interactions of REEs in various taxonomic groups, including sponges, fish, bivalves and algae. Through my work, I aimed to gain a better understanding of how these species accumulate REEs, how they respond to changing environmental conditions and the potential toxicological effects on them. By studying both coastal and deep-sea biomonitoring species, I sought to provide comprehensive insights into the behavior of REEs in marine ecosystems. Furthermore, my research revealed that the responses of organisms were species-specific, element-specific and dose-specific. This complexity suggests that understanding REE accumulation and toxic responses in the near future is exceptionally intricate. It also emphasized the potential deleterious consequences of REE accumulation on species in a changing world.
Overall, the outcomes of my Ph.D. dissertation provide crucial data for policymakers when legislating for emerging environmental issues related to REE availability and toxic effects.
2. What were some of the biggest challenges you faced during your Ph.D. journey, and how did you overcome them?
My Ph.D. journey was an incredibly rewarding, but also challenging experience. One of the most significant challenges I faced was managing the complexity of my research topic. The interactions between REEs and climate change were intricate and required careful planning and execution. However, I overcame this challenge by breaking down the research into manageable steps.
Another major hurdle was the unexpected emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic led to the closure of research facilities, travel restrictions and disruptions in data collection. The shift to remote work and limited access to laboratory equipment posed serious challenges to the progress of my research. To adapt to these unprecedented circumstances, I had to reevaluate my research plans and modify my approach to continue making progress. The pandemic also affected my mental well-being and motivation, as isolation and uncertainties weighed heavily on everyone. To overcome this, I actively engaged in online academic communities, attended virtual conferences and sought support from my peers.
These challenges taught me resilience, adaptability, perseverance, resourcefulness and the importance of maintaining a strong support network. Adapting to unforeseen challenges, both academic and personal, was vital in pushing forward and staying committed to my research objectives.
3. When and how did you access Toxics? What prompted you to apply for this award, and would you like to share your experience with the journal Toxics?
I accessed Toxics regularly during my Ph.D. while conducting literature research on environmental toxicology and related fields. As a reputable journal known for its high-quality research articles, Toxics provided a wealth of knowledge and insights that were instrumental in shaping my Ph.D. thesis and its scientific outcomes. The decision to apply for the award was motivated by several factors. Firstly, the award's recognition within the academic community was evident, and it represented an excellent opportunity to showcase my research findings to a broader audience. Winning this award would also serve as a testament to the significance of my research and its potential implications for environmental policy and decision-making. Moreover, the award presented an opportunity to contribute to the field of toxicology and advance discussions on the impacts of rare earth elements and climate change on marine ecosystems. My experience with the Toxics journal has been nothing but positive. The journal's editorial team was supportive and responsive, making the award winning journey smooth and rewarding. I am truly grateful for the platform provided by Toxics, as it has played a pivotal role in disseminating my research and contributing to the ongoing dialogue on environmental challenges and their implications for marine ecosystems.
4. What qualities do you think young scientists need?
In order to thrive in the ever-evolving landscape of academia, young scientists require a diverse set of qualities. I believe some of them include:
- Curiosity: a strong sense of curiosity is the driving force behind scientific exploration. Young scientists should ask questions, seek answers and do not fear the unknown;
- Perseverance: academia can be challenging and often involves setbacks, so being resilient and persistent is a great skill;
- Critical thinking: critical thinking skills are paramount for evaluating information, designing experiments and drawing meaningful conclusions from data. Young scientists should develop the ability to assess and interpret scientific literature and evidence critically;
- Collaboration: effective collaboration is vital in modern scientific research. Successful young scientists should be able to collaborate with colleagues, mentors and interdisciplinary teams;
- Ethical awareness: young scientists must maintain the highest standards of integrity in their research practices;
- Time management: balancing research, coursework and personal life demands efficient time management. Young scientists need to prioritize tasks effectively to make progress in their work while maintaining a healthy work–life balance. This is key to a successful and productive career.
5. As the winner of this award, is there something you want to express, or someone you want to thank the most?
First and foremost, I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to the selection committee and the editorial team of Toxics for conferring this award upon me. It is an incredible honor to be recognized for my Ph.D. research, and I am extremely thankful for this recognition.
I would like to extend my appreciation to my Ph.D. advisors, Dr. Joana Raimundo, Dr. Pedro Ré and Dr. Mário Diniz, whose guidance, support and mentorship were invaluable throughout my research journey. Their expertise, encouragement and dedication to my success played a pivotal role in shaping the direction of my research.
I am also grateful to the members of my research team for their collaboration, inspiration and camaraderie.
Furthermore, I want to express my gratitude to the academic institutions and laboratories that provided me with the resources and facilities necessary for my research. Their support enabled me to carry out experiments and analyses that contributed to the findings presented in my Ph.D. thesis.
Last, but definitely not least, I must also acknowledge the unwavering support of my family and friends throughout this journey. Their encouragement, understanding and belief in my abilities have been a constant source of strength and motivation.
7 August 2023
Toxics | Invitation to Read 10 Highlighted Papers in the First Half of 2023
1. “Characterization of an Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (ENDS) Aerosol Generation Platform to Determine Exposure Risks”
by Qian Zhang, Jennifer Jeon, Travis Goldsmith, Marilyn Black, Roby Greenwald and Christa Wright
Toxics 2023, 11(2), 99; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11020099
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/2/99
2. “Occupational Exposure to Metal Engineered Nanoparticles: A Human Biomonitoring Pilot Study Involving Italian Nanomaterial Workers”
by Beatrice Bocca, Beatrice Battistini, Veruscka Leso, Luca Fontana, Stefano Caimi, Mauro Fedele and Ivo Iavicoli
Toxics 2023, 11(2), 120; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11020120
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/2/120
3. “Association of 3-Phenoxybenzoic Acid Exposure during Pregnancy with Maternal Outcomes and Newborn Anthropometric Measures: Results from the IoMum Cohort Study”
by Juliana Guimarães, Isabella Bracchi, Cátia Pinheiro, Nara Xavier Moreira, Cláudia Matta Coelho, Diogo Pestana, Maria do Carmo Prucha, Cristina Martins, Valentina F. Domingues, Cristina Delerue-Matos et al.
Toxics 2023, 11(2), 125; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11020125
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/2/125
4. “Physicochemical Transformations of Silver Nanoparticles in the Oro-Gastrointestinal Tract Mildly Affect Their Toxicity to Intestinal Cells In Vitro: An AOP-Oriented Testing Approach”
by Ozge Kose, David Béal, Sylvie Motellier, Nathalie Pelissier, Véronique Collin-Faure, Magda Blosi, Rossella Bengalli, Anna Costa, Irini Furxhi, Paride Mantecca et al.
Toxics 2023, 11(3), 199; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11030199
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/3/199
5. “Imidacloprid and Its Bioactive Metabolite, Desnitro-Imidacloprid, Differentially Affect Ovarian Antral Follicle Growth, Morphology, and Hormone Synthesis In Vitro”
by Vasiliki E. Mourikes, Ramsés Santacruz Márquez, Ashley Deviney, Alison M. Neff, Mary J. Laws and Jodi A. Flaws
Toxics 2023, 11(4), 349; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11040349
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/4/349
6. “Long-Term Toxicity of 50-nm and 1-μm Surface-Charged Polystyrene Microbeads in the Brine Shrimp Artemia parthenogenetica and Role of Food Availability”
by Yu Shen, Mingxing Zhang, Zhaochuan Li, Shuo Cao, Yadi Lou, Yi Cong, Fei Jin and Ying Wang
Toxics 2023, 11(4), 356; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11040356
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/4/356
7. “Magnesium Supplementation Alleviates the Toxic Effects of Silica Nanoparticles on the Kidneys, Liver, and Adrenal Glands in Rats”
by Mohamed Moharram Badawy, Mohamed Z. Sayed-Ahmed, Yosif Almoshari, Saad S. Alqahtani, Saeed Alshahrani, Heba Allah Ali Mabrouk, Marwa M. Abd-Elsalam, Khalid Alkashif, Sarfaraz Ahmad, Ahmed M. El-Sebaey et al.
Toxics 2023, 11(4), 381; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11040381
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/4/381
8. “Trans- and Multigenerational Effects of Isothiazolinone Biocide CMIT/MIT on Genotoxicity and Epigenotoxicity in Daphnia magna”
by Jiwan Kim and Jinhee Choi
Toxics 2023, 11(4), 388; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11040388
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/4/388
9. “A New Advanced and Validated Method for the Determination of Potentially Toxic Metals and Trace and Ultra-Trace Elements in Peritoneal Fluid to Assess the Health Risks of Women with Gynecological Pathologies”
by Andrea López-Botella, Raquel Sánchez, José-Luis Todolí-Torró, María José Gómez-Torres, Irene Velasco and Maribel Acién
Toxics 2023, 11(5), 399; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11050399
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/5/399
10. “Comparable Response Following Exposure to Biodiesel and Diesel Exhaust Particles in Advanced Multicellular Human Lung Models”
by Mizanur Rahman, Swapna Upadhyay, Koustav Ganguly, Micol Introna, Jie Ji, Christoffer Boman, Ala Muala, Anders Blomberg, Thomas Sandström and Lena Palmberg
Toxics 2023, 11(6), 532; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11060532
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/6/532
31 July 2023
MDPI’s 2022 Best PhD Thesis Awards in Environmental and Earth Sciences—Winners Announced
MDPI’s Best PhD Thesis Awards are presented to recognize the young scholars who are deemed to have completed the most outstanding PhD thesis in their field of research and to encourage them to continue their outstanding work and make further contributions to their field.
We would like to warmly congratulate the winners of the 2022 Best PhD Thesis Awards and wish them success with their future research endeavors.
- “Variability of Ocean Dynamics and Associated Mechanisms Over the Tropical Indian Ocean”
by Sartaj Khan, Harbin Engineering University, China
- “Nanofluid Impingement Jet Heat Transfer”
by Javad Mohammadpour, Macquarie University, Australia
- “Abiotic Sedimentary Dolomite Formation: from Nano- to Macro-Scale”
by Yihang Fang, Washington University, USA
- “Effects of Rare Earth Elements on Aquatic Organisms under a Changing Environment”
by Catia Figueiredo, CIIMAR—Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, Portugal
- “Green-Gray Coupled Runoff Control Infrastructure Adaptive Multi-Objective Optimization Method”
by Zijing Liu, Tsinghua University, China
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31 July 2023
MDPI’s 2022 Best Paper Awards in Environmental and Earth Sciences—Winners Announced
The purpose of our Best Paper Awards is to promote and recognize the most impactful contributions published within MDPI journals.
The editors of each journal carefully selected reviews and research papers through a rigorous judging process based on criteria such as the scientific merit, overall impact, and the quality of presentation of the papers published in the journal.
We are honored to present the winners for the year 2022 in environmental and earth sciences, who were selected amongst the extensive competition, and congratulate the authors for their outstanding scientific publications.
- “Covid-19 Airborne Transmission and Its Prevention: Waiting for Evidence or Applying the Precautionary Principle?”
by Annalaura Carducci, Ileana Federigi and Marco Verani
Atmosphere 2020, 11(7), 710; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11070710
- “The Heat Health Warning System in Germany—Application and Warnings for 2005 to 2019”
by Andreas Matzarakis, Gudrun Laschewski and Stefan Muthers
Atmosphere 2020, 11(2), 170; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11020170
- “Temporal Hydrological Drought Index Forecasting for New South Wales, Australia Using Machine Learning Approaches”
by Abhirup Dikshit, Biswajeet Pradhan and Abdullah M. Alamri
Atmosphere 2020, 11(6), 585; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11060585
- “Lignocellulosic Biomass Mild Alkaline Fractionation and Resulting Extract Purification Processes: Conditions, Yields, and Purities”
by Vincent Oriez, Jérôme Peydecastaing and Pierre-Yves Pontalier
Clean Technol. 2020, 2(1), 91-115; https://doi.org/10.3390/cleantechnol2010007
- “Environmental and Economic Evaluation of Fuel Choices for Short Sea Shipping”
by Kirsi Spoof-Tuomi and Seppo Niemi
Clean Technol. 2020, 2(1), 34-52; https://doi.org/10.3390/cleantechnol2010004
- “Analyzing Similarities between the European Union Countries in Terms of the Structure and Volume of Energy Production from Renewable Energy Sources”
by Jarosław Brodny and Magdalena Tutak
Energies 2020, 13(4), 913; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13040913
- “High Reynold’s Number Turbulent Model for Micro-Channel Cold Plate Using Reverse Engineering Approach for Water-Cooled Battery in Electric Vehicles”
by Satyam Panchal, Krishna Gudlanarva, Manh-Kien Tran, Roydon Fraser and Michael Fowler
Energies 2020, 13(7), 1638; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13071638 - “Investigation of Inorganic Phase Change Material for a Semi-Transparent Photovoltaic (STPV) Module”
by Alagar Karthick, Muthu Manokar Athikesavan, Manoj Kumar Pasupathi, Nallapaneni Manoj Kumar, Shauhrat S. Chopra and Aritra Ghosh
Energies 2020, 13(14), 3582; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13143582
- “Considerations on Potentials, Greenhouse Gas, and Energy Performance of Biofuels Based on Forest Residues for Heavy-Duty Road Transport in Sweden”
by Shveta Soam and Pål Börjesson
Energies 2020, 13(24), 6701; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13246701
- “Characterization of Hybrid-nano/Paraffin Organic Phase Change Material for Thermal Energy Storage Applications in Solar Thermal Systems”
by Manoj Kumar Pasupathi, Karthick Alagar, Michael Joseph Stalin P, Matheswaran M. M and Ghosh Aritra
Energies 2020, 13(19), 5079; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13195079
- “Snapshot of Photovoltaics—February 2020”
by Arnulf Jäger-Waldau
Energies 2020, 13(4), 930; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13040930
- “The Importance of Renewable Energy Sources in Poland’s Energy Mix”
by Renata Marks-Bielska, Stanisław Bielski, Katarzyna Pik and Krystyna Kurowska
Energies 2020, 13(18), 4624; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13184624
- “Infectious Diseases, Market Uncertainty and Oil Market Volatility”
by Elie Bouri, Riza Demirer, Rangan Gupta and Christian Pierdzioch
Energies 2020, 13(16), 4090; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13164090
- “Cost of Equity of Coal-Fired Power Generation Projects in Poland: Its Importance for the Management of Decision-Making Process”
by Piotr W. Saługa, Katarzyna Szczepańska-Woszczyna, Radosław Miśkiewicz and Mateusz Chłąd
Energies 2020, 13(18), 4833; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13184833
- “Internet of Things (IoT) and the Energy Sector”
by Naser Hossein Motlagh, Mahsa Mohammadrezaei, Julian Hunt and Behnam Zakeri
Energies 2020, 13(2), 494; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13020494
- “A Review on Thermoelectric Generators: Progress and Applications”
by Mohamed Amine Zoui, Saïd Bentouba, John G. Stocholm and Mahmoud Bourouis
Energies 2020, 13(14), 3606; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13143606
- “Contributions and Risks of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Building Smarter Cities: Insights from a Systematic Review of the Literature”
by Tan Yigitcanlar, Kevin C. Desouza, Luke Butler and Farnoosh Roozkhosh
Energies 2020, 13(6), 1473; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13061473
- “Possibilities and Challenges for the Inclusion of the Electric Vehicle (EV) to Reduce the Carbon Footprint in the Transport Sector: A Review”
by Aritra Ghosh
Energies 2020, 13(10), 2602; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13102602
- “Energy and Climate Policy—An Evaluation of Global Climate Change Expenditure 2011–2018”
by Coilín ÓhAiseadha, Gerré Quinn, Ronan Connolly, Michael Connolly and Willie Soon
Energies 2020, 13(18), 4839; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13184839 - “A Review of The Methanol Economy: The Fuel Cell Route”
by Samuel Simon Araya, Vincenzo Liso, Xiaoti Cui, Na Li, Jimin Zhu, Simon Lennart Sahlin, Søren Højgaard Jensen, Mads Pagh Nielsen and Søren Knudsen Kær
Energies 2020, 13(3), 596; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13030596
- “Microplastic Contamination in Freshwater Environments: A Review, Focusing on Interactions with Sediments and Benthic Organisms”
by Arianna Bellasi, Gilberto Binda, Andrea Pozzi, Silvia Galafassi, Pietro Volta and Roberta Bettinetti
Environments 2020, 7(4), 30; https://doi.org/10.3390/environments7040030
- “Biogas Production from Food Residues—The Role of Trace Metals and Co-Digestion with Primary Sludge”
by Moshe Habagil, Alexander Keucken and Ilona Sárvári Horváth
Environments 2020, 7(6), 42; https://doi.org/10.3390/environments7060042
- “Coastal Pine-Oak Glacial Refugia in the Mediterranean Basin: A Biogeographic Approach Based on Charcoal Analysis and Spatial Modelling”
by Gaetano Di Pasquale, Antonio Saracino, Luciano Bosso, Danilo Russo, Adriana Moroni, Giuliano Bonanomi and Emilia Allevato
Forests 2020, 11(6), 673; https://doi.org/10.3390/f11060673
- “A Survey in Natural Forest Ecosystems of Vietnam Reveals High Diversity of both New and Described Phytophthora Taxa including ramorum”
by Thomas Jung, Bruno Scanu, Clive M. Brasier, Joan Webber, Ivan Milenković, Tamara Corcobado, Michal Tomšovský, Matěj Pánek, József Bakonyi, Cristiana Maia et al.
Forests 2020, 11(1), 93; https://doi.org/10.3390/f11010093
- “Living in Drylands: Functional Adaptations of Trees and Shrubs to Cope with High Temperatures and Water Scarcity”
by José Javier Peguero-Pina, Alberto Vilagrosa, David Alonso-Forn, Juan Pedro Ferrio, Domingo Sancho-Knapik and Eustaquio Gil-Pelegrín
Forests 2020, 11(10), 1028; https://doi.org/10.3390/f11101028
- “Advances and Promises of Epigenetics for Forest Trees”
by Joana Amaral, Zoé Ribeyre, Julien Vigneaud, Mamadou Dia Sow, Régis Fichot, Christian Messier, Gloria Pinto, Philippe Nolet and Stéphane Maury
Forests 2020, 11(9), 976; https://doi.org/10.3390/f11090976
- “Cartographic Vandalism in the Era of Location-Based Games—The Case of OpenStreetMap and Pokémon GO”
by Levente Juhász, Tessio Novack, Hartwig H. Hochmair and Sen Qiao
ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2020, 9(4), 197; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi9040197
- “A Comprehensive Review of Rare Earth Elements Recovery from Coal-Related Materials”
by Wencai Zhang, Aaron Noble, Xinbo Yang and Rick Honaker
Minerals 2020, 10(5), 451; https://doi.org/10.3390/min10050451 - “SEM-Based Automated Mineralogy and Its Application in Geo- and Material Sciences”
by Bernhard Schulz, Dirk Sandmann and Sabine Gilbricht
Minerals 2020, 10(11), 1004; https://doi.org/10.3390/min10111004
- “Characteristics of Precipitation of Rare Earth Elements with Various Precipitants”
by Kenneth N. Han
Minerals 2020, 10(2), 178; https://doi.org/10.3390/min10020178
- “Lithium-Rich Claystone in the McDermitt Caldera, Nevada, USA: Geologic, Mineralogical, and Geochemical Characteristics and Possible Origin”
by Stephen B. Castor and Christopher D. Henry
Minerals 2020, 10(1), 68; https://doi.org/10.3390/min10010068
- “Using Complementary Methods of Synchrotron Radiation Powder Diffraction and Pair Distribution Function to Refine Crystal Structures with High Quality Parameters—A Review”
by Seungyeol Lee and Huifang Xu
Minerals 2020, 10(2), 124; https://doi.org/10.3390/min10020124
- “Erosive Response of Non-Glaciated Pyrenean Headwater Catchments to the Last Major Climate Transition and Establishing Interglacial Conditions”
by Kurt Martin Stange, Ivar Midtkandal, Johan Petter Nystuen, Andrew Murray, Reza Sohbati, Warren Thompson, Cornelia Spiegel and Hans-Joachim Kuss
Quaternary 2019, 2(2), 17; https://doi.org/10.3390/quat2020017
- “Last Interglacial Climate in Northern Sweden—Insights from a Speleothem Record”
by Martin Finné, Sakari Salonen, Norbert Frank, Karin F. Helmens, Andrea Schröder-Ritzrau, Michael Deininger and Steffen Holzkämper
Quaternary 2019, 2(3), 29; https://doi.org/10.3390/quat2030029
- “Climatically Controlled River Terraces in Eastern Australia”
by James S. Daley and Tim J. Cohen
Quaternary 2018, 1(3), 23; https://doi.org/10.3390/quat1030023
- “Dropstones in Lacustrine Sediments as a Record of Snow Avalanches—A Validation of the Proxy by Combining Satellite Imagery and Varve Chronology at Kenai Lake (South-Central Alaska)”
by Sien Thys, Maarten Van Daele, Nore Praet, Britta J. L. Jensen, Thomas Van Dyck, Peter J. Haeussler, Elke Vandekerkhove, Veerle Cnudde and Marc De Batist
Quaternary 2019, 2(1), 11; https://doi.org/10.3390/quat2010011
- “From Climatic to Anthropogenic Drivers: A Multi-Proxy Reconstruction of Vegetation and Peatland Development in the French Jura Mountains”
by Emilie Gauthier, Vincent E. J. Jassey, Edward A. D. Mitchell, Mariusz Lamentowicz, Richard Payne, Frédéric Delarue, Fatima Laggoun-Defarge, Daniel Gilbert and Hervé Richard
Quaternary 2019, 2(4), 38; https://doi.org/10.3390/quat2040038
- “Current Practices in UAS-based Environmental Monitoring”
by Goran Tmušić, Salvatore Manfreda, Helge Aasen, Mike R. James, Gil Gonçalves, Eyal Ben-Dor, Anna Brook, Maria Polinova, Jose Juan Arranz, János Mészáros et al.
Remote Sens. 2020, 12(6), 1001; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12061001
- “Change Detection Based on Artificial Intelligence: State-of-the-Art and Challenges”
by Wenzhong Shi, Min Zhang, Rui Zhang, Shanxiong Chen and Zhao Zhan
Remote Sens. 2020, 12(10), 1688; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12101688 - “A Spatial-Temporal Attention-Based Method and a New Dataset for Remote Sensing Image Change Detection”
by Hao Chen and Zhenwei Shi
Remote Sens. 2020, 12(10), 1662; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12101662
- “Mapping Landslides on EO Data: Performance of Deep Learning Models vs. Traditional Machine Learning Models”
by Nikhil Prakash, Andrea Manconi and Simon Loew
Remote Sens. 2020, 12(3), 346; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12030346
- “LiCSBAS: An Open-Source InSAR Time Series Analysis Package Integrated with the LiCSAR Automated Sentinel-1 InSAR Processor”
by Yu Morishita, Milan Lazecky, Tim J. Wright, Jonathan R. Weiss, John R. Elliott and Andy Hooper
Remote Sens. 2020, 12(3), 424; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12030424
- “A Novel Method for Safety Analysis of Cyber-Physical Systems—Application to a Ship Exhaust Gas Scrubber System”
by Victor Bolbot, Gerasimos Theotokatos, Evangelos Boulougouris, George Psarros and Rainer Hamann
Safety 2020, 6(2), 26; https://doi.org/10.3390/safety6020026
- “Characteristics of Commuters’ Single-Bicycle Crashes in Insurance Data”
by Roni Utriainen
Safety 2020, 6(1), 13; https://doi.org/10.3390/safety6010013
- “Effect of Road Markings and Traffic Signs Presence on Young Driver Stress Level, Eye Movement and Behaviour in Night-Time Conditions: A Driving Simulator Study”
by Darko Babić, Dario Babić, Hrvoje Cajner, Ana Sruk and Mario Fiolić
Safety 2020, 6(2), 24; https://doi.org/10.3390/safety6020024
- “COVID-19 Could Leverage a Sustainable Built Environment”
by Manuel Duarte Pinheiro and Nuno Cardoso Luís
Sustainability 2020, 12(14), 5863; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12145863
- “Mapping the Sustainable Development Goals Relationships”
by Luis Miguel Fonseca, José Pedro Domingues and Alina Mihaela Dima
Sustainability 2020, 12(8), 3359; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12083359
- “The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Resilience of Sustainable Mobility in Sicily”
by Tiziana Campisi, Socrates Basbas, Anastasios Skoufas, Nurten Akgün, Dario Ticali and Giovanni Tesoriere
Sustainability 2020, 12(21), 8829; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12218829
- “Artificial Intelligence in the Agri-Food System: Rethinking Sustainable Business Models in the COVID-19 Scenario”
by Assunta Di Vaio, Flavio Boccia, Loris Landriani and Rosa Palladino
Sustainability 2020, 12(12), 4851; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12124851
- “Interaction of Environmental Pollutants with Microplastics: A Critical Review of Sorption Factors, Bioaccumulation and Ecotoxicological Effects”
by Albert Menéndez-Pedriza and Joaquim Jaumot
Toxics 2020, 8(2), 40; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics8020040
- “Analysis of Cannabinoid-Containing Fluids in Illicit Vaping Cartridges Recovered from Pulmonary Injury Patients: Identification of Vitamin E Acetate as a Major Diluent”
by Bryan Duffy, Lingyun Li, Shijun Lu, Lorie Durocher, Mark Dittmar, Emily Delaney-Baldwin, Deepika Panawennage, David LeMaster, Kristen Navarette and David Spink
Toxics 2020, 8(1), 8; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics8010008
- “Assessing the Benefits of Forested Riparian Zones: A Qualitative Index of Riparian Integrity Is Positively Associated with Ecological Status in European Streams”
by Francis J. Burdon, Ellinor Ramberg, Jasmina Sargac, Marie Anne Eurie Forio, Nancy de Saeyer, Petra Thea Mutinova, Therese Fosholt Moe, Mihaela Oprina Pavelescu, Valentin Dinu, Constantin Cazacu et al.
Water 2020, 12(4), 1178; https://doi.org/10.3390/w12041178
- “Worldwide Regulations and Guidelines for Agricultural Water Reuse: A Critical Review”
by Farshid Shoushtarian and Masoud Negahban-Azar
Water 2020, 12(4), 971; https://doi.org/10.3390/w12040971
- “Adsorption of Methylene Blue in Water onto Activated Carbon by Surfactant Modification”
by Yu Kuang, Xiaoping Zhang and Shaoqi Zhou
Water 2020, 12(2), 587; https://doi.org/10.3390/w12020587
- “Antimicrobials and Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria: A Risk to the Environment and to Public Health”
by Liliana Serwecińska
Water 2020, 12(12), 3313; https://doi.org/10.3390/w12123313
About MDPI Awards:
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31 July 2023
MDPI’s 2022 Young Investigator Awards in Environmental and Earth Sciences—Winners Announced
MDPI’s Young Investigator Awards recognize promising junior researchers, acknowledge their contributions, and enhance communication among scientists. We are proud to present the winners for the year 2022 in environmental and earth sciences. The winners were selected by the journals’ Award Evaluation Committee.
We warmly congratulate the awarded young investigators for their outstanding contributions. MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.
- Jianhuai Ye, Southern University of Science and Technology, China
- Saeed Golestan, Aalborg University (AAU), Denmark
- Michael Bertram, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
- Shaunna M. Morrison, Carnegie Institution for Science, USA
- Danfeng Hong, Qingdao University, China
- Xiaolei Yuan, Aalto University, Finland
- Minjian Chen, Nanjing Medical University, China
- Sergi Garcia-Segura, Arizona State University, USA
About MDPI Awards:
In order to reward the academic community, especially young researchers and enhance communication among scientists, MDPI journals regularly offer various awards to researchers in specific fields. These awards, serving as a source of inspiration and recognition, help raise the influence of talented individuals who have been credited with outstanding achievements and are making a significant contribution to the advancement of their fields.
To explore more MDPI awards, please click here.
31 July 2023
MDPI’s 2022 Travel Awards in Environmental and Earth Sciences—Winners Announced
We are proud to recognize the winners of MDPI’s 2022 Travel Awards in environmental and earth sciences for their outstanding presentations and to present them with the prize.
MDPI journals regularly offer travel awards to encourage junior scientists to present their latest research at academic conferences in specific fields, which helps to increase their influence.
The winners mentioned below were carefully selected by the journal editors based on an outline of their research and the work to be presented at an academic conference.
We would like to warmly congratulate the winners of the 2022 Travel Awards and wish them the greatest success with their future research endeavors.
- Pavani Misra, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
- Runxia Cai, North Carolina State University, USA
- Lukasz Niedzwiecki, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
- Michael Eze, 1Macquarie University, Australia; 2University of Goettingen, Germany
- Murillo Vetroni Barros, Federal University of Technology—Paraná, Brazil
- Ana Novo, University of Vigo, Spain
- Eko Setio Wibowo, Kyungpook National University, Republic of Korea
- Esmaiil Mokarighahroodi, Texas A&M University, USA
- Roseane F. De Fátima Guimarães, Université de Montréal, Canada
- Phillips E. Obasohan, University of Sheffield, UK
- Katarina Baralić, University of Belgrade, Serbia
- Xianglong Xu, Monash University, Australia
- Jianwei Huang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
- Sevim Sezi Karayazi, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands
- Rocky Talchabhadel, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
- Leah Renwick, University of Chile, Chile
- Ana Novo, University of Vigo, Spain
- Renée Mie Fredensborg Hansen, 1Technical University of Denmark; 2Norwegian University of Science and Technology (in collaboration with The University Centre in Svalbard), Norway
- Aida Hosseinian, Oulu University, Finland
- Morteza Nazari-Heris, Pennsylvania State University, USA
- Domenico Mazzeo, University of Calabria, Italy
- Yuan Chen, The University of Sydney, Australia
- Sonia Khadija Maïté Gueroun, Tecnologia e Inovação (ARDITI), Portugal
- Konstantina Tsigkou, University of Patras, Greece
- Sabolc Pap, University of the Highlands and Islands, UK
- Xuexiu Jia, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
- Angelos Alamanos, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland
About MDPI Awards:
In order to reward the academic community, especially young researchers and enhance communication among scientists, MDPI journals regularly offer various awards to researchers in specific fields. These awards, serving as a source of inspiration and recognition, help raise the influence of talented individuals who have been credited with outstanding achievements and are making a significant contribution to the advancement of their fields.
To explore more MDPI awards, please click here.
31 July 2023
MDPI’s 2022 Outstanding Reviewer Awards in Environmental and Earth Sciences—Winners Announced
In order to acknowledge our reviewers, who so generously dedicate their time to reviewing papers and demonstrate diligence, professionalism, and timeliness when reviewing manuscripts, MDPI journals regularly offer outstanding reviewer awards to scholars who participate in the peer-review process.
We are proud to recognize the winners for the year 2022 in environmental and earth sciences for their outstanding contributions among the extensive competition by presenting them with an Outstanding Reviewer Award.
We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all the winners on their achievements. MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.
- Stanislav Juráň, Global Change Research Institute CAS, Czech Republic
- Sandro W. Lubis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), USA
- Eliza Kalbarczyk, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland
- Raffaele Carli, Polytechnic of Bari, Italy
- Marcos Tostado-Véliz, University of Jaén, Spain
- Andrea Mariscotti, University of Genova, Italy
- Xuejun Qian, Morgan State University, USA
- Dominik Zimon, Rzeszow University of Technology, Poland
- Petr Pyszko, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
- Narayan Bhusal, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
- Vasiliki Kamperidou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
- Muhammad Adnan Akram, Lanzhou University, China
- Jelena T. Petrović, Institute for Technology of Nuclear and Other Mineral Raw Materials, Serbia
- Martina Zucchi, University of Bari, Italy
- Theodore M. Present, California Institute of Technology, United States
- Anuli Njoku, Southern Connecticut State University, USA
- Álvaro Francisco Lopes De Sousa, Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Portugal
- Carol Nash, University of Toronto, Canada
- Geovani Lopez-Ortiz, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
- Jorge Velázquez Saornil, Universidad Católica de Ávila, Spain
- Naser Alsharairi, Menzies Health Institute Qld- Griffith University, Australia
- Salvador Baena-Morales, University of Alicante, Spain
- Shirley Wyver, Macquarie University, Australia
- Akihiko Katayama, Shikoku Gakuin University, Japan
- Alessandro Sapienza, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (ISTC - CNR), Italy
- Alexandr Ceasovschih, “St. Spiridon” Emergency Hospital, Romania
- Alina Cernasev, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, USA
- Amelia Beata Staszowska, Lublin University of Technology, Poland
- Andreia Lima, Fernando Pessoa University, Portugal
- Anna Lipert, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
- Anson Kai Chun Chau, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
- Bianca Hanganu, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iasi, Romania
- Bocong Yuan, Sun Yat-sen University, China
- Chee-Seng Tan, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia
- Christine Manlai Kwan,The University of Hong Kong, China
- Cristina Mendoza-Holgado, University of Extremadura, Spain
- Denise Dillon, James Cook University, Singapore
- Hiroyuki Noda, Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
- Isaac Rampedi, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
- Jan Domaradzki, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, Poland
- Joel Nitzkin, JLN, MD Associates, L.L.C., USA
- Kyung-Hyun Suh, Sahmyook University, Republic of Korea
- Lorenzo Gianquintieri, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy
- Mariusz Duplaga, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Poland
- Matteo Riccò, Unità Operativa di Prevenzione e Sicurezza degli Ambienti di Lavoro, Italy
- Olga Czerwińska-Ledwig, University of Physical Education in Kraków, Poland
- Petra Marková, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia
- Piyapong Janmaimool, Kochi University of Technology, Japan
- Rafał Gerymski, Opole University, Poland
- Rasa Jankauskiene, Lithuanian Sports University, Lithuania
- Ruben Lopez-Bueno, University of Zaragoza, Spain
- Siu Shing Man, City University of Hong Kong, China
- Tomasz Sobierajski, University of Warsaw, Poland
- Wang-Kin Oscar Chiu, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
- Yang Wu, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
- Fernando P. Fonseca, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
- Polina Lemenkova, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
- Alexandre B. Gonçalves, University of Lisbon, Portugal
- Marcin Kulawiak, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland
- Dennis Edler, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
- Concetta Cardillo, Center for Agricultural Policies and Bioeconomy, Italy
- Elisabetta Maria Venco, University of Pavia, Italy
- Małgorzata Dudzińska, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland
- Lubomir Strba, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia
- Naresh Duvva, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
- Aleksandra Jezierska-Thöle, Kazimierz Wielki University, Poland
- Piotr Borowski, Vistula University, Poland
- Elżbieta Szaruga, University of Szczecin, Poland
- Raffaele Carli, Polytechnic of Bari, Italy
- Joana Costa, University of Szczecin, Portugal
- Silvia Puiu, University of Craiova, Romania
- Miguel Afonso Sellitto, School of Unisinos, Brazil
- Tiago F. A. C. Sigahi, University of São Paulo, Brazil
- Abdalwali Lutfi, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia
- Jarosław Uglis, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poland
- Ágnes Csiszárik-Kocsir, Óbuda University, Hungary
- Jianwan Ji, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, China
- Aldona Zawojska, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland
- Jianwei Qian, Hangzhou Normal University, China
- Ali Saleh Alshebami, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia
- José Belda-Medina, University of Alicante, Spain
- Ana Dias, University of Aveiro, Portugal
- Krzysztof Rząsa, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn Poland, Poland
- Andreea-Ionela Puiu, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
- Krzysztof Skrzypkowski, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
- Andrés Velástegui-Montoya, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL), Ecuador
- Louis S. H. Lee, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Anita Silvana Ilak Peršurić, Institute of Agriculture and Tourism, Croatia
- Marek Gaworski, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland
- Brett Bligh, Lancaster University, UK
- Meike Rombach, Lincoln University, New Zealand
- Catarina Fernandes, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
- Ming-Lang Tseng, Asia University, Taiwan
- Charitha Dias, Qatar University, Qatar
- Nicoleta Dospinescu, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Romania
- Daniel Badulescu, University of Oradea, Romania
- Roman Trach, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland
- Darko Božanić, University of Defense in Belgrade, Serbia
- Romina D’Ascanio, Roma Tre University, Italy
- Donatella Privitera, University of Catania, Italy
- Sol García-Germán, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
- Eleonora Santos, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal
- Valentina Vasile, Romanian Academy, Romania
- Francis Boadu, Kumasi Technical University, Ghana
- Yir-Hueih Luh, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
- Chris Douvris, New York Institute of Technology, USA
- Meysam Vadiati, University of California, USA
- Carmine Apollaro, University of Calabria (UniCAL), Italy
- Giacomo Medici, University of Guelph, Canada
- Katarzyna Pietrucha-Urbanik, Rzeszow University of Technology, Poland
- Dobrochna Ginter-Kramarczyk, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
- Vladimir Dvoretsky, Murmansk Marine Biological Institute, Russia
- Chengcheng Xia, University of Padova, Italy
- Aristeidis Kastridis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
- Majid Niazkar, University of Milan, Italy
- Yuliia Trach, Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie, Poland
About MDPI Awards:
In order to reward the academic community, especially young researchers, and enhance communication among scientists, MDPI journals regularly offer various awards to researchers in specific fields. These awards serve as a source of inspiration and recognition, and help promote the influence of talented individuals who have been credited with outstanding achievements and who are making a significant contributions to the advancement of their field.
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27 July 2023
MDPI Insights: The CEO’s Letter #2 - Open Peer-Review and IJERPH
Welcome to the MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter.
In these monthly letters, I will showcase two key aspects of our work at MDPI: our commitment to empowering researchers and our determination to facilitating open scientific exchange.
Opening Thoughts
Open Peer Review Reports
Continuing the topic of openness from my inaugural monthly CEO letter, in these Opening Thoughts, I highlight the growth and importance of open peer-review reports at MDPI. Open peer reports align with the principles of open science, making the publishing process more transparent and facilitating rigorous peer review.
MDPI journals operate an open peer-review option by default, allowing authors to publish review reports and author responses (often referred to as open reports) together with the published paper. Publishing the reviewer reports and author responses together with the article provides greater transparency and trust for readers, as this allows them to track the editorial decision-making process. Open peer-review also encourages reviewers and editors to provide high-quality comments, as these will be made public if the article is accepted for publication.
Start and Growth of Open Peer Review at MDPI
The MDPI journal Life was a pioneer in offering this opportunity to its authors in 2014. The first MDPI article with peer-review reports openly published was a review by the Nobel Laureate Werner Arber, in which the review reports were published as supplementary material. By 2018, open peer-review was available across all MDPI journals. As such, MDPI authors have embraced the open peer-review model, providing a steady increase in the number of MDPI articles. As of 2023, approximately one-third (34.0%) of MDPI articles were published with open review reports.
As at July 2023, the percentage of MDPI articles published with open peer review has increased to 36.2% of the total papers published in 2023 so far, indicating ongoing growth in adoption.
Open peer review continues to play a critical role in the assessment of the peer-review process in Life. For further insights, please see the recent editorial by Dr. Pabulo Henrique Rampelotto, the former Editor-in-Chief of Life, who spearheaded the implementation of the open peer-review process.
Benefits of Open Peer Review
The benefits of open peer review include increased transparency, trust and constructive feedback. To promote open communication further and increase the robustness of the peer-review process, we encourage reviewers to sign their reports so that their name appears on the review report (this process is referred to as open identity). The default option is for reviewers to remain anonymous; however, by signing the reports, reviewers receive direct credit for their contribution to the peer-review process and show their commitment towards open science.
As the leading open access publisher, MDPI remains committed to promoting open peer-review and encourages authors to choose this approach. Our goal is to provide a rigorous and transparent peer-review process that benefits the scientific community, and we believe that open peer-review is a vital step in fostering openness and collaboration in scientific communication.
Impactful Research
MDPI Papers Cited in the News – IJERPH edition
Every month, our corporate marketing team compiles data from Altmetrics to create a list of MDPI papers that have been cited in the news. This list continues to grow as renowned news outlets regularly reference research published by MDPI in their articles.
During 2022, a total of 111,965 MDPI research papers were mentioned in prominent news outlets such as National Geographic, The Washington Post, Forbes, The Guardian, the BBC, CNN, Time, and Harvard Business Review.
Highly Cited Journal Publications
IJERPH, known for publishing impactful research, received the most news mentions among all MDPI journals in 2022, based on Altmetrics data:
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health: 3509 mentions
- Nutrients: 2698 mentions
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences: 1701 mentions
- Journal of Clinical Medicine: 1131 mentions
- Viruses: 1111 mentions
These numbers show the recognition and impact of the articles published in IJERPH. For a more detailed view of the journal’s most cited and viewed papers, you can visit here. In total, IJERPH has garnered over 28,000 mentions in prominent news outlets, and as at July 2023, an impressive count of over 17,000 papers cited 10 times or more. These figures highlight the impactful contribution of IJERPH publications to the scientific community.
Example of Recent Mentions
During May and June 2023, a noteworthy selection of articles from IJERPH was cited in news articles, including:
The Washington Post: “Bringing nature inside can improve your health. Here’s how to do it.”
IJERPH paper: “Physiological Benefits of Viewing Nature: A Systematic Review of Indoor Experiments”
Harvard Business Review: “How to Take Better Breaks at Work, According to Research”
IJERPH paper: “Canine-Assisted Therapy Improves Well-Being in Nurses”
National Geographic: “Lyme disease is spreading fast—but a vaccine may be on the way”
IJERPH paper: “Range Expansion of Tick Disease Vectors in North America: Implications for Spread of Tick-Borne Disease”
Inside MDPI
MDPI Develops an Artificial Intelligence Tool to Enhance the Peer-Review Process
At MDPI, we believe that rigorous peer-review is the corner-stone of high-quality academic publishing. We are grateful to the scholars who generously dedicate their time to peer-review articles submitted to MDPI journals. Their contributions are invaluable to the advancement of science.
Peer-review is a critical part of the publication process, ensuring that MDPI upholds the highest quality standards for the papers we publish. Every manuscript submitted to our journals undergoes a comprehensive peer-review process conducted by subject-matter experts.
To further enhance our peer-review process, our Data Analytics team has developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool designed to support the selection of reviewers. This proprietary tool utilizes Natural Language Processing (NLP), a specially designed AI language model, to extract information from the title and abstract of submitted papers. It then searches our database for similar manuscripts and suggests potential reviewers based on this analysis. Integrated with MDPI's submission system (SuSy), the AI tool cross-references the suggested candidates with our reviewer database to verify their invitation status and availability.
The goal of this tool is to provide better targeted peer-review invitations, reducing the number of emails sent for each paper and increasing the efficiency of our editorial staff.
In the near future, our Data Analytics team plans to deploy similar AI projects to improve other critical aspects of our services, offering an enhanced experience to our authors and readers.
Click here to learn about MDPI’s review process, including procedures, responsibilities, and benefits.
Read more:
Coming Together for Science
The Future of IJERPH
On 5 July 2023, Prof. Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou, the founding Editor-in-Chief of IJERPH, along with five Section Editors in Chief (Prof. Dr. Germán Vicente-Rodríguez, Prof. Dr. Karl Goodkin, Prof. Dr. William A. Toscano, Prof. Dr. Jimmy T. Efird, and Prof. Dr. William Douglas Evans), gathered in Basel to discuss the future of the journal. The meeting provided an opportunity to address the recent decision by The Web of Science to delist IJERPH due to the journal failing the Content Relevance criterion, and propose best strategies that will ensure high scientific rigor as well as a clear scope and aim of IJERPH, going forward.
While the delisting is disappointing for IJERPH, as well as for our authors, academic editors, and the entire scientific community supporting our journal, we see it as an opportunity to reflect and prepare for the future direction of the journal.
Since its launch in 2004, IJERPH’s vision and mission have evolved to be more complete and comprehensive in engaging scientific communities. In light of this, we will refresh the journal’s aims and scope, ensuring they align with the organic expansion of IJERPH. Additionally, we will restructure the journal sections into broader categories, encouraging collaborative research and transdisciplinary approaches for authors. This is designed to foster collaboration and knowledge exchange among diverse fields, contributing to a holistic understanding of health promotion and disease prevention. We are confident that these next steps will enhance the scientific strength and societal impact of our journal.
Journal Achievements
In addition to the productive discussions, we took the time to celebrate some of the remarkable achievements of IJERPH, which I highlight below:
- Founded by Prof. Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou in 2004
- Indexed in PubMed in 2008
- Received its first Impact Factor in 2012
- Published its 5000th paper in 2017
- Over 60,000 papers published as at June 30, 2023
- 131,628,173 paper views in 2018–2022
- Over 28,000 mentions in prominent news outlets
- 17,000 papers cited 10 times or more as at June 30, 2023
- No.1 journal in the 2022 Google Scholar Metrics in the category of Public Health
- Awarded several editions of Young Investigator Awards, Travel Awards, and Outstanding Reviewer Awards since 2018.
These achievements showcase the journal’s significant contributions to the field and its impact on global health. We are proud of the exceptional work accomplished by the IJERPH team and look forward to building upon this success in the years to come.
Closing Thoughts
MDPI’s Impact in Spain
During the past month, I had the opportunity to visit our new office building in Barcelona, where I met with our local colleagues to discuss the ways we serve the scholarly community, particularly in Spain. The multi-functional office plays a vital role in supporting various business needs, including editorial, design, conference management, data analytics, journal relationship management, publishing partnerships, and collaborations with societies.
Spain holds a significant position in MDPI’s global market, ranking as the fourth-largest contributor to the total number of papers published by MDPI as at July 2023, ranking next to Italy, the USA, and China, with Germany completing the top five.
The Numbers
Out of the 1,680,000 total MDPI articles published as at 25 July, almost 80,000 articles are contributed by Spanish authors, representing nearly 40,000 unique authors affiliated with Spanish institutions. Remarkably, over 6,300 of these authors hold editorial board member (EBM) positions within MDPI journals, with 30 of them serving as Editors-in-Chief (EiCs).
Our commitment to working with institutions is very evident in Spain, where we have successfully established over 40 Institutional Open Access Programs (IOAP) with esteemed institutions such as the University of Barcelona, the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Pompeu Fabra University, the University of Navarre, and Complutense University of Madrid.
Over the past five years, we have successfully organized eight in-person conferences in Barcelona, attracting over 1,150 registrations, with two forthcoming events scheduled for 2024. Barcelona's excellent connectivity to international airports makes it easily accessible to participants from around the world. Its welcoming atmosphere provides us with the perfect environment for knowledge-sharing, networking, and contributing to the local economy.
Our growth and presence in Spain are a true testament to the incredible service we provide to the scholarly community and the relationships we foster through responsive and collaborative communication. We look forward to continuing to support Spanish scholars, providing them a valuable and trusted experience with MDPI, the leader in open access publishing.
Testimonials
I close this letter as I did in the first edition, by sharing testimonials from our stakeholders. Here are a few IJERPH testimonials from a Spanish guest editor and an author:
Guest Editor
“I want to thank the kindness, attention and professionalism of the MDPI team throughout the editorial process of the Special Issue. I believe that it is a very professional and quality editorial process.”
- Professor Víctor Arufe-Giráldez, University of A Coruña
Special Issue in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health: Physical Activity in Childhood and Adolescence
Special Issue in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health: Physical Education: Present and Future
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Author
“I want to thank the rigor of the revisions made to the manuscripts to improve their quality, the support to the authors for the editor assignment system they have and the follow-up they carry out, for the speed in answering and in carrying out the entire process of the revision, and for doing all this at an affordable price.”
- Dr. María Paz García-Caro, University of Granada
Article in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health: Factors Associated with Suicide Attempts and Suicides in the General Population of Andalusia (Spain)
Chief Executive Officer
MDPI AG
11 July 2023
MDPI’s Newly Launched Journals in June 2023
With the first issue released in June 2023, five new MDPI journals disseminating multi-disciplinary science are due to launch, which will cover the subjects of medicine & pharmacology, biology and physical sciences.
The newly launched journals will be overseen by professional Editorial Board Members and Editors to ensure an accurate and rapid publication, rigorous peer review and broad visibility.
Please feel free to browse and discover more about the new journals below.
Journal | Founding Editor-in-Chief | Journal topics (selected) |
Prof. Dr. Jun Ma, Peking University, China| Editorial | view inaugural issue | growth and development; diet and nutrients; school health promotion policies and practices; child health and care; adolescent health and wellbeing | view journal scope | submit an article |
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Prof. Dr. Bernd Rehm, Griffith University, Australia | Editorial | view inaugural issue | DNA and gene synthesis; synthetic transcription factors; protein engineering; viral engineering; metabolic engineering | view journal scope | submit an article | |
Prof. Dr. Varsha Gandhi, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA | Editorial | view inaugural issue | lymphatics; cancers associated with lymphocytes and lymphoblasts; lymphatic tissues; lymphoma; lymphoid leukemia | view journal scope | submit an article | |
Dr. Bradley Turner, University of Melbourne, Australia | Editorial | view inaugural issue | multiple sclerosis; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; primary lateral sclerosis; atherosclerosis; systemic sclerosis | view journal scope | submit an article | |
Prof. Dr. Clemens Burda, Case Western Reserve University, USA | Editorial | view inaugural issue | Gamma ray, X-ray, and UV–Vis spectroscopies; NIR/mid-infrared/Raman spectroscopy; microwave and THz spectroscopy; high-resolution gas-phase atomic, molecular, and cluster spectroscopy; MS, NMR, and EPR spectroscopy | view journal scope | submit an article |
We wish to thank everyone who has supported the development of open access publishing. You are welcome to submit an application to the New Journal Committee ([email protected]) if you would like to create more new journals.
3 July 2023
MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter #1 - Open Access and Impactful Research
Welcome to the MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter.
In these monthly letters, I will showcase two key aspects of our work at MDPI: our commitment to empowering researchers and our determination to facilitating open scientific exchange.
Opening Thoughts
The Future is Open, and MDPI is Leading the Way
I strongly believe in a future that embraces openness, where open source, open information, and open access (OA) take center stage. This belief that led me to join MDPI in 2020, and I am honored to have recently been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). In this capacity, and operating in close liaison with Dr. Lin and MDPI’s senior management, I shall work to build on Dr. Lin’s achievements of the past quarter-century. In this role, I will focus on communication initiatives to promote MDPI's remarkable work and continue to build our company as a trusted leader in OA publishing. For over two decades, MDPI has been at the forefront of reshaping the academic publishing landscape, with OA surpassing subscription-based publishing in 2020. This trajectory is deeply rooted in our history and reflects our unwavering commitment and vision for an open future.
1 Million Published Articles
2023 began with a remarkable achievement for MDPI, as we became the first OA publisher to reach the milestone of 1 million published articles. This represents 2.7 million unique authors who have trusted us with their work, or about a third of all researchers worldwide. As the world's most cited OA publisher, we are proud in sharing these significant milestones.
Our mission remains unchanged: to make science open and accessible to all. We understand the importance of knowledge access, empowering researchers to stay at the forefront of a rapidly changing world. Our diverse range of journals covers a wide spectrum of disciplines, offering cutting-edge insights, trusted tools, and crucial knowledge to address global challenges.
Liberating Science
As the world’s leading OA publisher, MDPI is actively liberating science. We are committed to eliminating the frustrations researchers and the general public face when accessing information, ensuring it is not locked behind paywalls. We firmly believe that everyone has a right to information, and our commitment to open access publishing drives our work.
In this inaugural edition of Insights: The CEO's Letter, I draw inspiration from the upcoming 20th anniversary of the Berlin Declaration on Open Access. Its stated mission reminds us that true impact is achieved when knowledge is widely and readily available to society:
"Our mission of disseminating knowledge is only half complete if the information is not made widely and readily available to society”
Impactful Research
MDPI Publishes Impactful Research: Recognized by Leading Indexing Databases
MDPI journals are indexed in every single top database in the world.
As of June 2023, we have 214 journals indexed within Web of Science, 223 indexed within Scopus, 87 indexed within PubMed and PMC, and 17 indexed within MEDLINE, and these numbers increase every month. We constantly strive to expand the coverage of our journals within leading multi-disciplinary and scope-specific databases, resulting in an incredibly broad range of journals that are indexed within a variety of databases. MDPI has active relationships with approximately 65 well-known databases around the world, and we continue to expand our portfolio every year so that your work can be found, cited, and referenced with ease.
Continued Growth of MDPI Journals
The 2022 Scopus and Web of Science journal citation metrics were officially released in June, and I am pleased to report that 31 MDPI journals received their first CiteScore, taking the total number of journals with a CiteScore to 216. The number of MDPI journals receiving an Impact Factor (IF) also continues to grow with 111 receiving their first, by being covered in the ESCI, bringing our total number of journals with an IF to 208 of which 41 journals received an IF above 4.0. Looking at 2022 CiteScores in the Scopus database, 80% of MDPI journals have a score that ranks them in Q1 or Q2 in at least one subject category.
Publishing impactful science would not be possible without all of our authors, editors and reviewers. Thank you for your contribution and continued support! Together we share the latest scientific insights faster and ensure that your work is accessible to all.
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Inside MDPI
Preprints.org: Clarivate adds the Preprint Citation Index to the Web of Science
At MDPI, we are dedicated to driving the advancement of science. Through our initiative, Preprints.org, researchers can publish their work and gain valuable feedback from the broader research community, ensuring rapid progress in their respective fields. This is particularly crucial during times of health and climate challenges, where timely dissemination of findings is essential.
Increased Visibility for Preprints
I am pleased to share that Clarivate recognizes the significance of preprints and has taken a crucial step to enhance their visibility. Clarivate has added the Preprint Citation Index to the Web of Science, encompassing preprints published not only on Preprints.org but also on other reputable repositories.
Looking ahead, the future of preprints appears promising, bolstered by the recent indexing announcement from the Web of Science. As a result, preprints will receive increased visibility, serving as a valuable resource for staying informed about the latest research developments.
Read more
What are Preprints?
The Pros and Cons of Preprints
Preprints and COVID-19
Preprints—The Future of Open Access Publishing?
Coming Together for Science
The First International Conference on Antioxidants: Sources, Methods, Health Benefits and Industrial Applications
In this edition of ‘Coming Together for Science,’ I am pleased to highlight the First International Conference on Antioxidants organized by our conference team in the beautiful city of Barcelona, Spain. The conference attracted over 130 attendees, who engaged in 42 talks, and 89 poster presentations spread across several sessions.
Working Together
Under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Alessandra Napolitano (Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Naples, Italy) and Prof. Dr. Rosa M. Lamuela Raventos (Department of Nutrition, Food Sciences and Gastronomy, University of Barcelona, Spain) as chairs, and supported by the committee members, 10 invited keynote speakers, poster presenters, and all the attendees, this dedicated group of academics came together to discuss the natural sources, methodologies, health benefits, and industrial applications of antioxidants.
Especially noteworthy is the positive feedback received from attendees, with 94% rating the overall organization of the conference as good or excellent. I particularly love the picture above, capturing the gathering of some of the participants. You can browse through more photos in the event gallery located here.
Managing Events With Sciforum
If you are considering hosting your own academic event, I highly recommend checking out Sciforum, MDPI's event management platform. Sciforum simplifies the entire process, making it easy to host your own event by allowing you to focus on what really matters: Science!
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Closing Thoughts
Stefan Tochev, Dr. Shu-Kun Lin, Dr. Eric O. Freed, Peter Roth, Wynne Wang, Allison Yang
Viruses and Editorial Quality: Acknowledging the Dedication of our Viruses Journal Team
During a June meeting with Dr. Eric O. Freed, the founding and current Editor-in-Chief of our journal Viruses, I was reminded of the exceptional dedication of our editorial board. Meeting with Eric is a pleasure, as he has a strong commitment and clear vision for the journal. Over the course of two days, we gained a deep understanding of the journal’s expectations and focus on strategic growth, editorial board representation, and engagement.
I am pleased to share that Viruses holds a CiteScore of 7.1 (an increase of 7.57% versus the 2021 metric) and an Impact Factor of 4.7. You can view the journal statistics here. Viruses publishes highly cited papers, and is indexed in renowned databases such as Scopus, SCIE (Web of Science), PubMed, and others, and maintains affiliations with prestigious societies. Moreover, the Viruses team has recently announced an exciting upcoming event titled ‘Viruses 2024 – A World of Viruses,’ scheduled to take place in Barcelona, Spain, from 14–16 February 2024.
Testimonials
If you notice my enthusiasm regarding our editorial service, it’s because the surveys and testimonials we receive speak volumes about the experiences of our authors, reviewers, and guest editors who collaborate with MDPI. The purpose of these letters is to highlight the exceptional work that we do and the experiences we create for the scholars – thus, let me end with this testimonial from an author:
“It was a great pleasure to publish in Viruses Special Issue [Emerging Viruses in Aquaculture]. The submission process was easy. Guest editors were very helpful and provided all the guidance and support as needed. The handling of the manuscript by the Editorial Team was very fast, efficient, and professional. The reviewer’s comments were insightful, and the publication processes were remarkably rapid.”
– Ms. Magdalena Stachnik, Państwowy Instytut Weterynaryjny | PIWet
Article in Viruses: Emerging Viral Pathogens in Sturgeon Aquaculture in Poland: Focus on Herpesviruses and Mimivirus Detection
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30 June 2023
Toxics Receives an Increased Impact Factor of 4.6
We are pleased to report that the 2022 Impact Factor of Toxics (ISSN: 2305-6304) has increased to 4.6 in the recent release of the Journal Citation Reports™, representing the 4th consecutive year of continuous growth. In WoS JCR categories, Toxics now ranks Q1 (15/94) in the “Toxicology” category and Q2 (93/274) in the “Environmental Sciences” category. The increase in ranking is reflective of the quality of our journal and our dedication to excellent science. We are grateful to all the scholars who have witnessed the journal’s growth with us!
Source: data according to Journal Citation Reports ®, 2022 release, a Clarivate Analytics product
28 June 2023
2022 Impact Factors for MDPI Journals
The 2022 citation metrics have been released in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), and we’re pleased to announce the following results for MDPI journals:
We are thrilled to announce that 90% of our ranked MDPI journals, specifically 86 out of 96 (captured in the table below), are performing above average in Q1 or Q2. This year, Clarivate has expanded its Impact Factor (IF) awards to include journals in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), providing greater transparency for the full set of journals indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection. As a result, 111 of MDPI journals have received their first IF in 2023, with 37 journals surpassing an IF of 3.0. In total, 208 MDPI journals have been honored with an IF.
Clarivate explains that by "expanding the coverage but holding to highly selective standards, the [Impact Factor] is now a reliable indicator of trustworthiness, as well as a measure of scholarly impact, at the journal level."
Please visit our blog post where we discuss the release of the latest citation metrics with our Indexing Manager, Dr. Constanze Schelhorn, to find out what's different this time around and how to make use of different metrics available.
Journal | Impact Factor | Rank Quartile | Category |
Vaccines | 7.8 | Q1 | Immunology |
Medicine, Research & Experimental | |||
Antioxidants | 7.0 | Q1 | Food Science & Technology |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | |||
Chemistry, Medicinal | |||
Cells | 6.0 | Q2 | Cell Biology |
Nutrients | 5.9 | Q1 | Nutrition & Dietetics |
International Journal of Molecular Sciences | 5.6 | Q1 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
Q2 | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | ||
Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research | 5.6 | Q2 | Business |
Biomolecules | 5.5 | Q1 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
Biosensors | 5.4 | Q1 | Chemistry, Analytical |
Instruments & Instrumentation | |||
Q2 | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | ||
Fractal and Fractional | 5.4 | Q1 | Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications |
Marine Drugs | 5.4 | Q1 | Chemistry, Medicinal |
Pharmacology & Pharmacy | |||
Pharmaceutics | 5.4 | Q1 | Pharmacology & Pharmacy |
Nanomaterials | 5.3 | Q1 | Physics, Applied |
Q2 | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | ||
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | |||
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | |||
Cancers | 5.2 | Q2 | Oncology |
Foods | 5.2 | Q1 | Food Science & Technology |
Polymers | 5.0 | Q1 | Polymer Science |
Remote Sensing | 5.0 | Q1 | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
Q2 | Remote Sensing | ||
Imaging Science & Photographic Technology | |||
Environmental Sciences | |||
Antibiotics | 4.8 | Q1 | Pharmacology & Pharmacy |
Q2 | Infectious Diseases | ||
Drones | 4.8 | Q2 | Remote Sensing |
Journal of Functional Biomaterials | 4.8 | Q2 | Engineering, Biomedical |
Materials Science, Biomaterials | |||
Biomedicines | 4.7 | Q1 | Pharmacology & Pharmacy |
Q2 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | ||
Medicine, Research & Experimental | |||
Journal of Fungi | 4.7 | Q2 | Mycology |
Microbiology | |||
Viruses | 4.7 | Q2 | Virology |
Bioengineering | 4.6 | Q2 | Engineering, Biomedical |
Gels | 4.6 | Q1 | Polymer Science |
Molecules | 4.6 | Q2 | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | |||
Pharmaceuticals | 4.6 | Q2 | Pharmacology & Pharmacy |
Chemistry, Medicinal | |||
Toxics | 4.6 | Q1 | Toxicology |
Q2 | Environmental Sciences | ||
Biomimetics | 4.5 | Q1 | Engineering, Multidisciplinary |
Q2 | Materials Science, Biomaterials | ||
Microorganisms | 4.5 | Q2 | Microbiology |
Plants | 4.5 | Q1 | Plant Sciences |
Biology | 4.2 | Q2 | Biology |
Chemosensors | 4.2 | Q2 | Instruments & Instrumentation |
Chemistry, Analytical | |||
Electrochemistry | |||
Membranes | 4.2 | Q2 | Engineering, Chemical |
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | |||
Chemistry, Physical | |||
Polymer Science | |||
Toxins | 4.2 | Q1 | Toxicology |
Q2 | Food Science & Technology | ||
Metabolites | 4.2 | Q2 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
Batteries | 4.0 | Q2 | Electrochemistry |
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | |||
Q3 | Energy & Fuels | ||
Catalysts | 3.9 | Q2 | Chemistry, Physical |
Journal of Clinical Medicine | 3.9 | Q2 | Medicine, General & Internal |
Land | 3.9 | Q2 | Environmental Studies |
Sensors | 3.9 | Q2 | Instruments & Instrumentation |
Chemistry, Analytical | |||
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | |||
Sustainability | 3.9 | Q2 | Environmental Sciences (SCIE) |
Environmental Studies (SSCI) | |||
Q3 | Green & Sustainable Science & Technology (SCIE) | ||
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology (SSCI) | |||
Buildings | 3.8 | Q2 | Construction & Building Technology |
Engineering, Civil | |||
Agronomy | 3.7 | Q1 | Agronomy |
Q2 | Plant Sciences | ||
Fermentation | 3.7 | Q2 | Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology |
Pathogens | 3.7 | Q2 | Microbiology |
Agriculture | 3.6 | Q1 | Agronomy |
Diagnostics | 3.6 | Q2 | Medicine, General & Internal |
Genes | 3.5 | Q2 | Genetics & Heredity |
Journal of Intelligence | 3.5 | Q2 | Psychology, Multidisciplinary |
Lubricants | 3.5 | Q2 | Engineering, Mechanical |
Processes | 3.5 | Q2 | Engineering, Chemical |
Coatings | 3.4 | Q2 | Materials Science, Coatings & Films |
Physics, Applied | |||
Q3 | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | ||
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information | 3.4 | Q2 | Geography, Physical |
Q3 | Computer Science, Information Systems | ||
Remote Sensing | |||
Materials | 3.4 | Q2 | Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering |
Physics, Applied | |||
Physics, Condensed Matter | |||
Q3 | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | ||
Chemistry, Physical | |||
Micromachines | 3.4 | Q2 | Instruments & Instrumentation |
Physics, Applied | |||
Chemistry, Analytical | |||
Q3 | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | ||
Water | 3.4 | Q2 | Water Resources |
Environmental Sciences | |||
Brain Sciences | 3.3 | Q3 | Neurosciences |
Energies | 3.2 | Q3 | Energy & Fuels |
Fire | 3.2 | Q1 | Forestry |
Q2 | Ecology | ||
Life | 3.2 | Q2 | Biology |
Current Issues in Molecular Biology | 3.1 | Q3 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
Horticulturae | 3.1 | Q1 | Horticulture |
Animals | 3.0 | Q1 | Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science |
Veterinary Sciences | |||
Insects | 3.0 | Q1 | Entomology |
Atmosphere | 2.9 | Q3 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
Environmental Sciences | |||
Electronics | 2.9 | Q2 | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic |
Physics, Applied | |||
Q3 | Computer Science, Information Systems | ||
Forests | 2.9 | Q1 | Forestry |
Inorganics | 2.9 | Q2 | Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear |
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering | 2.9 | Q1 | Engineering, Marine |
Q2 | Oceanography | ||
Engineering, Ocean | |||
Metals | 2.9 | Q2 | Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering |
Q3 | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | ||
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease | 2.9 | Q2 | Tropical Medicine |
Parasitology | |||
Q3 | Infectious Diseases | ||
Universe | 2.9 | Q2 | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
Physics, Particles & Fields | |||
Healthcare | 2.8 | Q2 | Health Policy & Services (SSCI) |
Q3 | Health Care Sciences & Services (SCIE) | ||
Applied Sciences | 2.7 | Q2 | Engineering, Multidisciplinary |
Physics, Applied | |||
Q3 | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | ||
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | |||
Crystals | 2.7 | Q2 | Crystallography |
Q3 | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | ||
Entropy | 2.7 | Q2 | Physics, Multidisciplinary |
Magnetochemistry | 2.7 | Q2 | Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear |
Q3 | Chemistry, Physical | ||
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | |||
Symmetry | 2.7 | Q2 | Multidisciplinary Sciences |
Actuators | 2.6 | Q2 | Instruments & Instrumentation |
Engineering, Mechanical | |||
Aerospace | 2.6 | Q1 | Engineering, Aerospace |
Behavioral Sciences | 2.6 | Q2 | Psychology, Multidisciplinary |
Current Oncology | 2.6 | Q3 | Oncology |
Machines | 2.6 | Q2 | Engineering, Mechanical |
Q3 | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | ||
Medicina | 2.6 | Q3 | Medicine, General & Internal |
Separations | 2.6 | Q3 | Chemistry, Analytical |
Minerals | 2.5 | Q2 | Mining & Mineral Processing |
Mineralogy | |||
Geochemistry & Geophysics | |||
Children | 2.4 | Q2 | Pediatrics |
Diversity | 2.4 | Q2 | Biodiversity Conservation |
Q3 | Ecology | ||
Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease | 2.4 | Q3 | Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems |
Mathematics | 2.4 | Q1 | Mathematics |
Photonics | 2.4 | Q3 | Optics |
Veterinary Sciences | 2.4 | Q1 | Veterinary Sciences |
Fishes | 2.3 | Q2 | Marine & Freshwater Biology |
Fisheries | |||
Axioms | 2.0 | Q2 | Mathematics, Applied |
Systems | 1.9 | Q2 | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary |
Tomography | 1.9 | Q3 | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging |
Note: The Journal of Personalized Medicine's Impact Factor was omitted in the original release and will be assigned separately. Please find the data on the journal webpage in due course.
Source: 2022 Journal Impact Factors, Journal Citation Reports TM (Clarivate, 2023)
14 June 2023
Toxics Webinar | Existing Formulations of Pesticides: More Toxic Than Active Ingredients? Held on 26 May 2023
On 26 May 2023, MDPI and the journal Toxics (ISSN: 2305-6304) organized a webinar that focused on pesticide toxicology—Existing Formulations of Pesticides: More Toxic Than Active Ingredients?
We would like to take the opportunity to thank the webinar speakers for contributing to the success of this webinar and would like to ask if you would want to participate in the writing of a review that would be the closing paper of a book in Toxics on how to advise other scientists to improve the general toxicity of pesticides.
Please note that this webinar is associated with a Special Issue in the Entropy journal entitled “Pesticides in Formulations: Toxicological and Regulatory Assessments, New Developments”. The deadline is 30 June 2023.
You can watch the recorded webinar at the following link: https://youtu.be/y37x7LieB3M.
Webinar Chair and Keynote Speakers:
- Prof. Dr. Gilles-Eric Seralini, Institute of Biology, University of Caen Normandy, Network on Risks, Quality and Sustainable Environment MRSH, France;
- Dr. Robin Mesnage, Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, King’s College London, UK;
- Prof. Louise Vandelac, Department of Sociology and Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada;
- Dr. Marie-Hélène Bacon, Ecohealth Research Collective on Pesticides, Policies and Alternatives (CREPPA), Institute of Environmental Sciences, University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada.
6 June 2023
Interview with Dr. Chris Douvris—Winner of the Toxics 2022 Outstanding Reviewer Award
Name: Dr. Chris Douvris
Email: [email protected]
Short Biography: Dr. Chris Douvris is a native of Athens, Greece, and serves as an Associate Professor of chemistry at the New York Institute of Technology in Long Island, New York, USA. He received his B.Sc. from the University of Ioannina, Greece, with a dissertation on analytical chemistry, and he also earned M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees at the University of Illinois, Chicago, in inorganic chemistry. Prior to his current position, he served as an Assistant and Associate Professor at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA. In his free time, Chris enjoys playing sports and spending time with his baby daughter, Anna.
We want to congratulate Dr. Chris Douvris for winning the Toxics 2022 Outstanding Reviewer Award.
The following is an interview with Dr. Chris Douvris:
1. Could you give a brief introduction of yourself to the readers?
I currently serve as an Associate Professor of chemistry at the New York Institute of Technology, USA, and before that I served as an Assistant and Associate Professor at McNeese State University in Louisiana, USA. In addition to teaching chemistry courses to future medical students of our institution, I have a group of students who conduct research in chemistry.
2. What is the focus of your current research, and why did you choose this research field?
One direction of my research is analytical chemistry, with a focus on ICP-MS and ICP-OES analyses of various samples, and another one is inorganic chemistry, with a focus on the synthesis, characterization, and applications of inorganic compounds. I chose these two areas because I was always fascinated with the synthesis of new molecules, as well as the fact that I was always curious about the exact concentrations of trace elements in important environmental samples.
3. Could you please share with us your experience as a reviewer for Toxics?
My experience and motivation are that many manuscripts have been substantially improved after the review process. The reviewing process is a great benefit for authors in terms of publishing the best version of their work. The authors and reviewers should always work together for the improvement of a given manuscript.
4. What qualities do you think reviewers need?
The reviewers need to know the components of an ideal scientific presentation in the form of an article, as well as the experimental data that are needed to make a presentation credible. For example, a trace element determination work needs to have validation of the collected data via an appropriate reference standard. I believe the experiment is the most important component of a scientific article and the reviewer should first focus on that.
22 May 2023
Meet Us at the 18th International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment, 11–15 June, Venice, Italy
The 18th International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment will be held from 11 to 15 June 2023, in Venice, Italy. The conference is organized by the Environmental Chemistry Division of the Società Chimica Italiana and the University Ca’ Foscari of Venice.
Topics include:
- Analysis and modeling of environmental contaminants;
- Impacts of climate change on local to global circulation of chemicals;
- Nano-size particulate materials and microplastics in the environment;
- Atmospheric pollution;
- Environmental risk and impact assessment;
- Emerging contaminants;
- Water pollution;
- Innovations in water and wastewater treatment;
- Biotransformation of organic pollutants.
The following MDPI journals will be represented:
- Toxics;
- Atmosphere;
- Environment;
- Membranes;
- Sustainability;
- Compounds;
- Heritage;
- Water;
- ChemEngineering.
If you are attending this conference, please feel free to start an online conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit the following link: https://icce2023.com/.
27 April 2023
Toxics | 10 Recommended Reviews in Q1 2023
1. “Epigenetics and Methylmercury-Induced Neurotoxicity, Evidence from Experimental Studies”
by Tao Ke, Alexey A. Tinkov, Anatoly V. Skalny, Abel Santamaria, Joao B. T. Rocha, Aaron B. Bowman, Wen Chen and Michael Aschner
Toxics 2023, 11(1), 72; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11010072
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/1/72
2. “The Panoramic View of Ecuadorian Soil Nutrients (Deficit/Toxicity) from Different Climatic Regions and Their Possible Influence on the Metabolism of Important Crops”
by Raluca A. Mihai, Erly J. Melo Heras, Vanessa A. Terán Maza, Iván A. Espinoza Caiza, Eliza A. Pinto Valdiviezo and Rodica D. Catana
Toxics 2023, 11(2), 123; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11020123
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/2/123
3. “Antimicrobial and the Resistances in the Environment: Ecological and Health Risks, Influencing Factors, and Mitigation Strategies”
by Weitao Wang, You Weng, Ting Luo, Qiang Wang, Guiling Yang and Yuanxiang Jin
Toxics 2023, 11(2), 185; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11020185
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/2/185
4. “Outlining Potential Biomarkers of Exposure and Effect to Critical Minerals: Nutritionally Essential Trace Elements and the Rare Earth Elements”
by Jill A. Jenkins, MaryLynn Musgrove and Sarah Jane O. White
Toxics 2023, 11(2), 188; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11020188
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/2/188
5. “Neurobehavioral Effects of Low-Dose Chronic Exposure to Insecticides: A Review”
by Laura Maria Antonangeli, Saniya Kenzhebekova and Claudio Colosio
Toxics 2023, 11(2), 192; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11020192
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/2/192
6. “Recent Progress on Ex Situ Remediation Technology and Resource Utilization for Heavy Metal Contaminated Sediment”
by Qinqin Xu and Boran Wu
Toxics 2023, 11(3), 207; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11030207
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/3/207
7. “Pancreas–Liver–Adipose Axis: Target of Environmental Cadmium Exposure Linked to Metabolic Diseases”
by Diana Moroni-González, Victor Enrique Sarmiento-Ortega, Alfonso Diaz, Eduardo Brambila and Samuel Treviño
Toxics 2023, 11(3), 223; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11030223
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/3/223
8. “Caenorhabditis elegans as a Prediction Platform for Nanotechnology-Based Strategies: Insights on Analytical Challenges”
by Priscila Gubert, Greici Gubert, Ronei Cardoso de Oliveira, Isabel Cristina Oliveira Fernandes, Iverson Conrado Bezerra, Bruna de Ramos, Milena Ferreira de Lima, Daniela Teixeira Rodrigues, Adriana Farias Nunes da Cruz, Ernesto Chaves Pereira et al.
Toxics 2023, 11(3), 239; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11030239
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/3/239
9. “Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Breastfeeding as a Vulnerable Function: A Systematic Review of Epidemiological Studies”
by Amalie Timmermann, Oyemwenosa N. Avenbuan, Megan E. Romano, Joseph M. Braun, Janne S. Tolstrup, Laura N. Vandenberg and Suzanne E. Fenton
Toxics 2023, 11(4), 325; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11040325
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/4/325
10. “Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) and Male Reproductive Health: Challenging the Future with a Double-Edged Sword”
by Daniel Marcu, Shannen Keyser, Leslie Petrik, Samuel Fuhrimann and Liana Maree
Toxics 2023, 11(4), 330; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11040330
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/11/4/330
19 April 2023
Meet Us at the 17th Persistent Organic Pollutants Forum and Chemical Environmental Safety Conference, 17–19 May 2023, Qingdao, China
Toxics (ISSN: 2305-6304) will be attending the 17th Persistent Organic Pollutants Forum and Chemical Environmental Safety Conference as an exhibitor. This meeting will be held in Qingdao, China, from 17 to 19 May 2023.
The Persistent Organic Pollutants Forum and Chemical Environmental Safety Conference (hereinafter referred to as the POPs Forum) was initiated by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Research Center of Tsinghua University in 2006, in cooperation with the Office of the National Coordination Group for the Implementation of the Stockholm Convention of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment. A series of annual meetings co-sponsored by the Chinese Society of Environmental Sciences and the Persistent Organic Pollutants Professional Committee had been successfully held for 16 sessions by 2021. The POPs Forum has become a forum for academia, management, and industry in the field of POPs in China to brainstorm and contemplate countermeasures, review the international trends of POPs compliance and China's progress, discuss POPs research hotspots and development trends, and showcase high-tech and advanced products for POPs analysis and control. It is a high-level communication platform.
The forum focuses on new pollutant treatment and invites domestic and foreign experts from various fields of government, industry, academia, and research to discuss and exchange ideas together.
The following MDPI journals will be represented:
- Toxics (leading);
- Water;
- JoX;
- Pollutants.
If you are attending this conference, please feel free to start a conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions you may have. For more information about the conference and our booth, please visit: https://popsforum2022.scievent.com/.
11 April 2023
Meet Us at the 2023 Science and Technology Annual Meeting of Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences, 22–23 April 2023, Nanchang, China
MDPI will be attending the 2023 Science and Technology Annual Meeting of Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences, which will be held from 22 to 23 April 2023, in Nanchang, China. The theme of the annual meeting is “Develop green and low-carbon, build a beautiful China”.
The annual meeting has arranged for an opening ceremony and specially invited keynote speeches, subsession seminars, high-end forums, special sessions for young scientists, poster exchanges, environmental protection science and technology achievement exhibitions, special events, etc. A total of 1800 delegates are expected to attend. Four academicians and other well-known experts are expected to deliver keynote speeches on climate change, the prevention and control of atmospheric, water, and soil environmental pollution, and environmental management science as well as technology. The invited keynote speeches touch on fields such as achievements in transformation.
The following MDPI journals will be represented:
- Sustainability;
- Toxics;
- Energies;
- Climate;
- Land;
- Minerals;
- Resources;
- Forests;
- Remote Sensing;
- Earth;
- Clean Technologies.
7 April 2023
Toxics | Top 10 Most Cited Papers on Human Health
World Health Day, this year marked on 7 April, is an opportunity to look back at public health successes and to motivate action to tackle health challenges. On this occasion, we would like to post 10 most cited papers on human health published in Toxics (ISSN: 2305-6304) in 2021 and 2022. Hope you enjoy reading them.
1. “Heavy Metals and Pesticides Toxicity in Agricultural Soil and Plants: Ecological Risks and Human Health Implications”
by Ahmed Alengebawy, Sara Taha Abdelkhalek, Sundas Rana Qureshi and Man-Qun Wang
Toxics 2021, 9(3), 42; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics9030042
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/9/3/42
2. “Nanopesticides in Agriculture: Benefits and Challenge in Agricultural Productivity, Toxicological Risks to Human Health and Environment”
by Marco Chaud, Eliana B. Souto, Aleksandra Zielinska, Patricia Severino, Fernando Batain, Jose Oliveira-Junior and Thais Alves
Toxics 2021, 9(6), 131; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics9060131
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/9/6/131
3. “PFAS Molecules: A Major Concern for the Human Health and the Environment”
by Emiliano Panieri, Katarina Baralic, Danijela Djukic-Cosic, Aleksandra Buha Djordjevic and Luciano Saso
Toxics 2022, 10(2), 44; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10020044
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/2/44
4. “Levels of Phthalates, Bisphenol-A, Nonylphenol, and Microplastics in Fish in the Estuaries of Northern Taiwan and the Impact on Human Health”
by I-Cheng Lu, How-Ran Chao, Wan-Nurdiyana-Wan Mansor, Chun-Wei Peng, Yi-Chyun Hsu, Tai-Yi Yu, Wei-Hsiang Chang and Lung-Ming Fu
Toxics 2021, 9(10), 246; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics9100246
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/9/10/246
5. “Metals Bioaccumulation in 15 Commonly Consumed Fishes from the Lower Meghna River and Adjacent Areas of Bangladesh and Associated Human Health Hazards”
by Mohammad Belal Hossain, Fatema Tanjin, M. Safiur Rahman, Jimmy Yu, Shirin Akhter, Md Abu Noman and Jun Sun
Toxics 2022, 10(3), 139; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10030139
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/3/139
6. “Comparison of the Potential Ecological and Human Health Risks of Heavy Metals from Sewage Sludge and Livestock Manure for Agricultural Use”
by Baoling Duan and Qiang Feng
Toxics 2021, 9(7), 145; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics9070145
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/9/7/145
7. “Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in the Environment: Occupational and Exposure Events, Effects on Human Health and Fertility”
by Luigi Montano, Concetta Pironti, Gabriella Pinto, Maria Ricciardi, Amalia Buono, Carlo Brogna, Marta Venier, Marina Piscopo, Angela Amoresano and Oriana Motta
Toxics 2022, 10(7), 365; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10070365
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/7/365
8. “Ecological and Human Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Cultured Shrimp and Aquaculture Sludge”
by Salma Sultana, Mohammad Belal Hossain, Tasrina R. Choudhury, Jimmy Yu, Md. Sohel Rana, Mohammad Abu Noman, M. Mozammal Hosen, Bilal Ahamad Paray and Takaomi Arai
Toxics 2022, 10(4), 175; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10040175
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/4/175
9. “Local Toxicity of Biocides after Direct and Aerosol Exposure on the Human Skin Epidermis and Airway Tissue Models”
by Nahyun Lee, Dae Yong Jang, Do Hyeon Lee, Haengdueng Jeong, Ki Taek Nam, Dal-Woong Choi and Kyung-Min Lim
Toxics 2021, 9(2), 29; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics9020029
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/9/2/29
10. “Relationships between Long-Term Ozone Exposure and Allergic Rhinitis and Bronchitic Symptoms in Chinese Children”
by Pei-En Zhou, Zhengmin (Min) Qian, Stephen Edward McMillin, Michael G. Vaughn, Zhong-Yue Xie, Yu-Jie Xu, Li-Zi Lin, Li-Wen Hu, Bo-Yi Yang, Xiao-Wen Zeng et al.
Toxics 2021, 9(9), 221; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics9090221
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/9/9/221
7 April 2023
Toxics | Recruiting Editorial Board Members for Section “Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity”
The “Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity” Section of Toxics (ISSN: 2305-6304) is recruiting Editorial Board Members. You can check the existing Editorial Board Members by visiting the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/toxics/sections/reproductive_developmental_toxicity.
The main responsibilities of the Section Editorial Board Members are as follows:
- Providing scientific supervision for the Section;
- Inviting distinguished scientists to join the Editorial Board;
- Suggesting hot topics for Special Issues;
- Making decisions about the suitability of a paper to enter the peer review process and about its acceptance at the end of the process;
- Promoting the Section, recommending international conference cooperation, and assisting this Section in holding physical/electronic conferences;
- Providing feedback and suggesting improvements to the journal.
The “Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity” Section of Toxics focuses on the presentation of studies on the reproductive and developmental toxicity of environmental exposure to toxicants. This Section invites the submission of high-quality manuscripts reporting on investigations of all aspects of relationships, as well as their biological mechanisms, between toxicant exposure and outcomes of sexual function in addition to fertility in adult males and females, as well as the development of offspring. The exposures may include, but are not limited to, environmental or occupational exposure to pesticides, industrial chemicals, metals, air pollution, emerging environmental pollutants, etc. This Section also welcomes submissions on the exploration and application of frontier experimental methods as well as statistical models in toxicology. Reviews and commentaries are also welcome in this Section.
For more information about this Section and publishing in Toxics, please see the Section’s webpage. To apply, please send your CV and a cover letter, expressing your suitability for the role and your vision for the journal, to the Toxics Editorial Office ([email protected]).
In order to be considered, all applications must be received by 30 June 2023.
7 April 2023
World Health Day–Health for All
On 7 April 2023—World Health Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) will observe its 75th anniversary. In 1948, countries of the world came together and founded the WHO to promote health, keep the world safe, and serve the vulnerable, so that everyone, everywhere, can attain the highest level of health and well-being. The WHO’s 75th anniversary is an opportunity to look back at public health successes that have improved quality of life over the last seven decades. It is also an opportunity to motivate action to tackle the health challenges of today and tomorrow. In order to encourage everyone to understand health and pay attention to health, we have also curated a list of publications on topics related to universal health coverage, healthy diet, and mental health. We also want to remind everyone that all research published in MDPI journals is available in an open access format, allowing practitioners, policy makers, and people around the world to access the latest scientific knowledge to build upon and share. Although we still have a long way to go to achieve universal health, this day also provides an opportunity to celebrate the progress made and inspire further action toward a more just and equitable world. Join us on a journey at MDPI to achieve Health for All.
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- The Antioxidant Potential of the Mediterranean Diet as a Predictor of Weight Loss after a Very Low-Calorie Ketogenic Diet (VLCKD) in Women with Overweight and Obesity
Antioxidants 2023, 12(1), 18; https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox12010018
- Effectiveness of Non-Contact Dietary Coaching in Adults with Diabetes or Prediabetes Using a Continuous Glucose Monitoring Device: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Healthcare 2023, 11(2), 252; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11020252
- The Association between Advanced Liver Fibrosis and Mortality Is Modified by Dietary Quality among Korean Adults: Results from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey with Mortality Data
Nutrients 2023, 15(6), 1501; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15061501
- Physical Exercise and Diet: Regulation of Gut Microbiota to Prevent and Treat Metabolic Disorders to Maintain Health
Nutrients 2023, 15(6), 1539; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15061539
Section: Nutrition and Public Health |
Special Issue: Dietary Antioxidants and Cardiovascular Health |
- Modelling and Prediction of the Spread of COVID-19 in Cameroon and Assessing the Governmental Measures (March–September 2020)
COVID 2021, 1(3), 622-644; https://doi.org/10.3390/covid1030052
- SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Health Care Workers of Trieste (North-Eastern Italy), 1 October 2020–7 February 2022: Occupational Risk and the Impact of the Omicron Variant
Viruses 2022, 14(8), 1663; https://doi.org/10.3390/v14081663
- Vaccination Coverage during Childhood and Adolescence among Undergraduate Health Science Students in Greece
Children 2022, 9(10), 1553; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9101553
- Determinants of Equity in Coverage of Measles-Containing Vaccines in Wales, UK, during the Elimination Era
Vaccines 2023, 11(3), 680; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11030680
Section: School Health |
Topical Collection: Poxviruses |
- Sex Differences in Substance Use, Prevalence, Pharmacological Therapy, and Mental Health in Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Brain Sci. 2022, 12(5), 590; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12050590
- Impact on Students of the Act–Belong–Commit Mentally Healthy Schools Framework
Children 2023, 10(3), 548; https://doi.org/10.3390/children10030548
- Psychological Health and Drugs: Data-Driven Discovery of Causes, Treatments, Effects, and Abuses
Toxics 2023, 11(3), 287; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11030287
- Characterizing Touch Discrimination Impairment from Pooled Stroke Samples Using the Tactile Discrimination Test: Updated Criteria for Interpretation and Brief Test Version for Use in Clinical Practice Settings
Brain Sci. 2023, 13(4), 533; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13040533
Special Issue: Disruptive Behavior Disorders: Symptoms, Evaluation and Treatment |
Special Issue: Organophosphate-Induced Neurotoxicity: Countermeasures, Mechanisms, and Physiology |
30 March 2023
Toxics Webinar | Existing Formulations of Pesticides: More Toxic Than Active Ingredients? 26 May 2023
Today, pesticide toxicology is essentially based on the toxicity of active ingredients. Could this be wrong? Since numerous discoveries have recently been made on the toxicity of pesticide formulations in relation the declared active ingredients at different levels, from environment to animal and human cells, and in organs or in vivo, are new regulations necessary? After a presentation of these discoveries, new regulations can be proposed by participants of this webinar.
Date: 26 May 2023
Time: 2:00pm CEST
Register now for free!
Webinar Chairs and Keynote Speakers:
Prof. Dr. Gilles-Eric Seralini
Institute of Biology, University of Caen Normandy, Network on Risks, Quality and Sustainable Environment MRSH, Esplanade de la Paix, CS 14032 Caen CEDEX 5, France
Dr. Robin Mesnage
Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, King’s College London, London, UK
Buchinger Wilhelmi Clinic, Wilhelmi-Beck-Straße 27, 88662 Überlingen, Germany
Prof. Louise Vandelac
Department of Sociology and Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Quebec in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Dr. Marie-Hélène Bacon
Ecohealth Research Collective on Pesticides, Policies and Alternatives (CREPPA), Institute of Environmental Sciences, University of Quebec in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Speaker/Presentation |
Time in CEST |
Prof. Dr. Gilles-Eric Seralini |
2:00–2:05 pm |
Prof. Dr. Gilles-Eric Seralini |
2:05–2:15 pm |
Dr Robin Mesnage |
2:15–2:25pm |
Prof Louise Vandelac |
2:25–2:35pm |
Dr Marie-Hélène Bacon |
2:35–2:45 pm |
Q&A Session |
2:45–3:35 pm |
Closing of Webinar |
3:35–3:45 pm |
Relevant Special Issue:
“Pesticides in Formulations: Toxicological and Regulatory Assessments, New Developments”
Guest Editor: Prof. Dr. Gilles-Eric Seralini
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2023
This is a free webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information on how to join the webinar. Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized. Certificates of attendance will be delivered to those who attend the live webinar.
Can’t attend? Register anyway and we’ll let you know when the recording is available to watch.
30 March 2023
Meet Us at the European Human Genetics Conference 2023 (ESHG 2023), 10–13 June 2023, Glasgow, UK
MDPI will be attending the European Human Genetics Conference 2023 (ESHG 2023), held in Glasgow, UK, from 10 to 13 June 2023.
The following MDPI journals will be represented:
If you plan on attending this conference, feel free to stop by our booth #824. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have.
For more information about the conference, please visit the following link: https://2023.eshg.org/.
21 March 2023
2023 World Water Day
Water is simultaneously our most abundant and scarce resource. Dysfunction throughout the water cycle undermines progress on all major global issues, from health to hunger, gender equality to jobs, education to industry, and disasters to peace. The theme for the 2023 World Water Day is “Groundwater: Making the Invisible Visible”. It aims to accelerate change to solve the water and sanitation crisis. Join us to salute those engaged in a challenge whose importance is second to none, as the MDPI is proud to support and publish research that works towards global water security.
Photo by Anonymous, University of Technology of Compiègne | Location: Qingyuan, Liaoning, China Photo by Bo Yu, Nankai University |
Location: Can Luojiao, Guangdong, China Da Pang |
To access more content about MDPI International Day Campaign Series activities, please click here.
- Groundwater Level Modeling with Machine Learning: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Water 2022, 14, 949; https://doi.org/10.3390/w14060949 - A Review on Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Smart Technology in Water Treatment and Monitoring
Water 2022, 14, 1384; https://doi.org/10.3390/w14091384 - Provision of Desalinated Irrigation Water by the Desalination of Groundwater Abstracted from a Saline Aquifer
Hydrology 2022, 9, 128; https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology9070128 - A Review on Evapotranspiration Estimation in Agricultural Water Management: Past, Present, and Future
Hydrology 2022, 9, 123; https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology9070123 - Stabilisation of Ozone in Water for Microbial Disinfection
Environments 2022, 9, 45; https://doi.org/10.3390/environments9040045 - Preliminary Studies of Methylene Blue Remotion from Aqueous Solutions by Ocimum basilicum
Environments 2022, 9, 17; https://doi.org/10.3390/environments9020017
MDPI World Water Day Webinar 2023: Accelerating Change
22 Mar 2023, 02:00 (CET)
Free to register for the two sessions.
Recordings will be available on Sciforum shortly afterward.
17 March 2023
Meet Us at the Joint Conference on Environmental Chemicals Japan 2023, 30 May–2 June 2023, Tokushima, Japan
Conference: Joint Conference on Environmental Chemicals Japan 2023
Date: 30 May–2 June 2023
Location: Tokushima, Japan
MDPI will be attending the Joint Conference on Environmental Chemicals Japan 2023 as an exhibitor; we welcome researchers from different backgrounds to visit and share their latest ideas with us.
This conference is organized by the Japan Society of Endocrine Disruptors Research, the Japanese Society of Environmental Toxicology, and the Japan Society of Environmental Chemistry. The theme of the conference is “Beyond Disciplines to Solve Environmental Chemical Problems: Developing New Research from Diverse Perspectives”. At the conference, specialists will share and discuss the latest research on and applications of environmental and chemical substances to society.
The following MDPI journals will be represented:
If you are planning to attend this conference, please do not hesitate to start an online conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit the following website: https://j-ec.smartcore.jp/M022/forum/touron31?jpn.
13 March 2023
MDPI’s Newly Launched Journals in December 2022
As a leading open access publisher, MDPI provides scholars with a high-quality and rich academic exchange platform by continuously expanding into new and exciting research areas.
In December 2022, MDPI launched five new journals, covering multiple subjects such as life sciences, biology, medicine and pharmacology, social sciences and humanities. These new journals are being edited by established scholars across the world.
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Founding Editor-in-Chief |
Journal Topics (Selected) |
Prof. Dr. Fabio Gresta, University of Messina, Italy| Editorial | view inaugural issue |
grass/forage/turf production; grassland management; pasture monitoring; grazing and livestock; grass agro-ecosystems| view journal scope | submit an article |
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Prof. Dr. Christos G. Athanassiou, University of Thessaly, Greece| Editorial | view inaugural issue |
pesticides; fungicides; herbicides; fertilizers; soil conditioners| view journal scope | submit an article |
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Prof. Dr. Stephen H. Safe, Texas A&M University, USA| Editorial | view inaugural issue |
receptor structure; receptor function; receptor signaling; receptor expression and regulation; receptor interactions with drugs| view journal scope | submit an article |
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Dr. Jean Jacques Vanden Eynde, University of Mons-UMONS, Belgium| Editorial | view inaugural issue |
drug discovery; medicinal chemistry; preclinical and clinical research; marketed drugs; intellectual property and regulatory affairs| view journal scope | submit an article |
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Prof. Dr. Heather Kanuka, University of Alberta, Canada| Editorial | view inaugural issue |
higher education; tertiary education; policy and practice in higher education; educational leadership in higher education; educational administration and management in higher education| view journal scope | submit an article |
If you are interested in creating more open access journals with us to publish cutting-edge research, please send your journal proposal application to [email protected].
7 March 2023
Displaying Co-Authors’ Email Addresses on the Webpage of Published Papers
MDPI is pleased to announce that we now display the co-authors’ email addresses in addition to the corresponding author’s email address on the webpage of published papers, protected by Captcha. For more information about this change, please visit the journal’s instructions for authors page.
We believe this change will facilitate academic discussions and advance our cause of open science and research. The corresponding authors are responsible for communicating with their co-authors and indicating in our system (https://susy.mdpi.com/) if co-authors would prefer for their email addresses not to be displayed.
7 March 2023
Toxics 2022 Outstanding Reviewer Award—Winner Announced
We are pleased to announce the winner of the Toxics 2022 Outstanding Reviewer Award—Dr. Chris Douvris. The Toxics Editorial Board and editorial team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by reviewers in checking the manuscripts submitted to Toxics (ISSN: 2305-6304). It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround is maintained. Congratulations to the winner!
Name: Dr. Chris Douvris
Affiliation: Department of Biological & Chemical Sciences, Theobald-434, New York Institute of Technology, 500 Northern Boulevard, PO Box 8000, Old Westbury, NY 11568-8000, USA
Research Interests: ICP-MS; ICP-OES; NMR spectroscopy; trace metals; transition metal complexes; homogeneous catalysis; polymers; sediments
Prize:
– 500 CHF (Swiss francs);
– An opportunity to publish a paper, free of charge, in Toxics in 2023;
– A certificate.
How to become our reviewer?
If you have not yet reviewed papers for Toxics, but would like to do so, you can register as a reviewer on the following website: https://susy.mdpi.com/volunteer/profile/edit
Dr. Demetrio Raldúa
Editor-in-Chief of Toxics
16 February 2023
Increasing Visibility for Preprints.org – Clarivate adds the Preprint Citation Index to the Web of Science
On 9 February 2023, Clarivate, a global leader in providing trusted insights and analytics, added the Preprint Citation Index to the Web of Science platform, streamlining the research process by allowing researchers to locate and link to preprints alongside other trusted content in the database.
The Preprint Citation Index will act as a bridge to connect cutting-edge preprints with peer-reviewed journal articles published within the Web of Science Core Collection. Alerts can be easily set to monitor new research across several repositories and authors will also be able to include preprints on their Web of Science Research Profile to more accurately display their various research outputs.
As of its launch, the Preprint Citation Index will provide nearly two million preprints from various repositories, including MDPI’s own Preprints.org.
MDPI's Preprints Platform – Preprints.org
To advance Open Science and the fast dissemination of research, MDPI offers researchers a free multidisciplinary preprint platform. Preprints.org accepts submissions from all research areas and offers authors high visibility, permanent archiving, article-level Metrics and immediately citable content by assigning a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to all preprints.
During submission to any MDPI journal, authors have the option to share their research as a preprint. After an initial screening, the manuscript is available online in 48 hours or less. Once online, preprints can be downloaded, shared, commented on, and cited, providing authors maximum visibility.
We invite you to join the ranks of the over 100k researchers using Preprints.org and share your research.
For more information, please visit Preprints.org.
26 December 2022
Interview with Dr. Joaquim Jaumot—Winner of Toxics 2022 Best Paper Award
Name: Dr. Joaquim Jaumot |
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Email: [email protected] |
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The Winning Paper: “Interaction of Environmental Pollutants with Microplastics: A Critical Review of Sorption Factors, Bioaccumulation and Ecotoxicological Effects” |
Self-introduction
I am a Research Scientist at the Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA) in the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). I obtained my degree in chemistry from the University of Barcelona (UB) in 2001 and earned my Ph.D. in chemistry from the same institution in 2006. In addition, I obtained computer science degree from the Open University of Catalonia in 2009. Before my current position, I worked as a non-tenure assistant professor at the UB until 2012 and as a JAE-DOC postdoctoral researcher at CSIC from 2012 to 2015.
My research is centered on developing and applying data analysis methods, which form the foundation of my multidisciplinary research career. I have used my expertise in various fields, such as molecular biology, process and analytical chemistry, and environmental chemistry. However, in recent years, I have focused my research on developing and applying data analysis tools in environmental omics, aiming to increase our understanding of molecular biological processes through the analysis of large and complex datasets generated in transcriptomic, proteomic, and metabolomic studies.
The following is an interview with Dr. Joaquim Jaumot:
1. Could you please briefly introduce the main content of the winning paper?
The awarded paper discusses the impact of microplastics on environmental health, with a particular focus on the toxicological effects caused by their ability to absorb and transport chemicals (e.g. organic compounds, metals, etc.) in a phenomenon known as the Trojan Horse effect. Our study aims to highlight the main factors that influence the sorption capacity of microplastics and the potential scenarios in which they may significantly contribute to the bioaccumulation and transfer of sorbed chemicals.
2. Could you describe the difficulties and breakthrough innovations in this research field?
Understanding the contamination of microplastics and their interactions with other pollutants is crucial for assessing the risks posed to the environment and human health. These studies require a multifaceted approach, including studying the concentration and release of contaminants sorbed in the microplastics and the possible synergistic or antagonistic effects due to the different toxicity of pollutants and plastics. This research also involves using analytical techniques to examine the molecular exposure impacts and collaboration between researchers from other disciplines to design, conduct, and interpret experiments. Finally, by examining the impact of microplastics and sorbed contaminants, this research can gain insights into the underlying causes of changes in organisms and inform strategies for mitigating these effects.
3. How was your experience submitting to Toxics?
Overall, my experience submitting to the Toxics journal was positive. The submission process was straightforward, and the peer review process was efficient, with helpful feedback from the editor and reviewers.
4. How do you think Open Access impacts authors?
Open Access has several benefits for authors, including increased visibility for both the scientific community and the general public. This greater visibility can result in a higher impact on the research and more citations, recognition, and potential funding opportunities. In addition, Open Access publications allow authors to reach a wider audience and contribute to advancing knowledge in their field.
We want to congratulate Dr. Joaquim Jaumot for winning the Toxics 2022 Best Paper Award.
22 December 2022
Special Issue Mentor Program
We are pleased to announce the launch of a new initiative—the MDPI Special Issue Mentor Program.
This program will enable early career researchers (who must hold a Ph.D. in a related field) to experience editing a Special Issue in MDPI journals, under the mentorship of our experienced Editorial Board Members or other experienced scientists. The mentor program will provide an excellent opportunity for early career scientists to gain editorial experience, and to cultivate their ability to edit scientific research.
The mentee’s responsibilities include:
- Proposing a Special Issue title and assisting the mentor in preparing a summary (around 200–400 words) and 3–10 keywords describing the background, importance, and goal of the Issue;
- Writing a brief promotion plan for the Special Issue;
- Preparing a list of scholars who may be interested in the Issue and personally e-mailing invitations on behalf of Guest Editors;
- Writing an editorial for the online Special Issue together with the mentor.
The mentor’s responsibilities include:
- Conducting a final check before the Special Issue is published online;
- Performing editorial control of the Special Issue and quality control of the publications, both of which must be carried out in a timely manner;
- Providing suggestions to younger scholars if they have any doubts or concerns regarding submissions;
- Organizing video calls with young scholars and the Editorial Office regularly to discuss problems and improvement suggestions for the Special Issue;
- Making and submitting decisions regarding submissions with the assistance of mentees.
Certificates and awards:
After the Special Issue closes, the Editorial Office will provide official certificates for all the mentors and early career researchers.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your Special Issue proposal to the Editorial Office of a journal you choose, and we will discuss the process (i.e., mentor collaboration, Special Issue topic feasibility analysis, etc.) in further detail. The full list of MDPI journals is as follows: https://www.mdpi.com/about/journals.
In addition to the new Special Issue Mentor Program, we will continue to welcome all Special Issue proposals focusing on hot research topics.
14 December 2022
"Thanks a Million!" – One Million Articles Published in MDPI Journals
MDPI has just become the first open access (OA) publisher to reach the milestone of one million articles published. That is one million articles freely available to all, to circulate and build upon! We are proud to share this special moment with the global scientific community.
This landmark has been reached thanks to the immeasurable support of more than 600,000 expert reviewers, 66,000 editorial board members and 6700 hard-working colleagues across MDPI’s global offices.
Within more than 25 years of publishing, our journals received 2.1 million manuscripts and generated 4.6 million peer review reports to get to one million papers published.
Reaching the milestone of one million articles published reinforces our mission to remove any existing barriers and to make scientific research accessible to all. Since its inception, MDPI’s goal has been to create reliable processes to make science open. This is a path towards facilitating the dissemination of novel insights in scientific communities.
Regular feedback from authors and reviewers shows that our service is greatly appreciated and needed. At the same time, the feedback helps us identify areas for further improvement.
As it stands, a significant share of published research findings remain closed access. More than half of the content published with the most well-known legacy publishers stays behind a paywall, and that is not including articles published in hybrid OA journals, or made available months or years after publication.
A new policy announced by the US administration in August 2022 requires that, as of January 2026, all US federally funded research be made freely and immediately available after publication. While the new policy does not mandate articles be published under an open access license, it is aligned with the open access movement in removing all barriers to research. Similarly, some of the most advanced research institutions in the world intend to have all funded research articles published in open access by 2025.
MDPI is proud to be the leading agent of the transition to open access.
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8 December 2022
MDPI Sustainability Foundation: New Look and Nominations for the 2023 Sustainability Awards Now Open
We are pleased to announce that the website of the MDPI Sustainability Foundation has been revamped! For the past couple of months, our UX UI team and front-end developers have been working hard to launch the website in time for the opening of the Sustainability Awards nominations.
The website is not the only thing that has had a remodeling. Indeed, the format of the Emerging Sustainability Leader Award (ESLA) has been updated. ESLA is now a competition open to individual researchers or start-ups founded by researchers under the age of 35. Nominee applications will go through 2 rounds of selection until the final 3 are decided. The finalists will then be invited to give pitch presentations during the Award Ceremony to win either first place (10,000 USD) or runner-up (2 x 5000 USD).
The World Sustainability Award, on the other hand, remains the same: a total prize money of 100,000 USD is up for grabs by senior individual researchers or groups of researchers from the international research community.
Nominations for both the World Sustainability Award and the Emerging Sustainability Leader award are now open! Check out our new website for more information on how to nominate.
1 December 2022
Toxics | Recruiting Editorial Board Members for the Section “Drugs Toxicity”
The Section “Drugs Toxicity” of Toxics (ISSN: 2305-6304) is recruiting Editorial Board Members. You can check the existing Editorial Board Members by visiting the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/toxics/sectioneditors/drugs_toxicity.
The main responsibilities of the Section Editorial Board Members are as follows:
- Providing scientific supervision for the Section;
- Inviting distinguished scientists to join the Editorial Board;
- Suggesting hot topics for Special Issues;
- Making decisions about the suitability of a paper to enter the peer-review process and about its acceptance at the end of the process;
- Promoting the Section, recommending international conference cooperation, and assisting this Section in holding physical/electronic conferences;
- Providing feedback and suggesting improvements to the journal.
The Section “Drugs Toxicity” of the journal Toxics focuses on studies on the toxicological effects of drugs of abuse and drugs in central nervous and peripheral systems. This Section invites submissions of high-quality manuscripts that report on investigations into the effects of acute or chronic exposure to drugs of abuse and other related drugs in the CNS and PNS. Drugs of abuse may include alcohol, cocaine, methamphetamine, nicotine, cathinone, opioids, psychedelics, marijuana, cathinone, ecstasy, LSD, mescaline, psilocybin, PCP, rohypnol, and others. The Section also invites submissions of studies that involve other CNS drugs, including benzodiazepines and antipsychotics. In addition, this Section welcomes submissions of studies that involve pharmacological and experimental methods for the investigation of toxicological effects of drugs of abuse and other drugs that affect the CNS and PNS. Reviews and commentaries are also welcome in this Section.
For more information about this Section and publishing in Toxics, please see the Section’s webpage: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/toxics/sections/drugs_toxicity.
To apply, please send your CV and a cover letter, expressing your suitability for the role and your vision for the journal, to the Toxics Editorial Office ([email protected]).
All applications must be received by 28 February 2023 to be considered.
28 November 2022
Editorial Board Members from Toxics Featured in 2022 Highly Cited Researchers List Published by Clarivate
Recently, ClarivateTM revealed its 2022 list of Highly Cited Researchers™—Individuals at universities, research institutes and commercial organizations.
The scientists who were selected into this year’s list of Highly Cited Researchers have published highly cited papers in the 11-year period from January 2011 to December 2021, with citation frequency in the top 1% of academic subjects and the same year of publication in the Web of ScienceTM database. Based on Web of Science Citation data, 6,938 researchers from across the globe who have demonstrated a disproportionate level of significant and broad influence in their chosen field or fields over the last decade have been awarded Highly Cited Researcher 2022 designations. The list is truly global, spanning 69 countries or regions and spread across a diverse range of research sciences and social sciences.
According to statistics, four Editorial Board Members of Toxics (ISSN: 2305-6304) have been selected into the list of Highly Cited Researchers of Clarivate in 2022. They are being recognized for their high-quality scientific research achievements and outstanding contributions to their professional fields. The Toxics journal office sincerely congratulates all elected Editorial Board Members and hopes that they continue to have an academically productive relationship with the journal.
Name |
Affiliation |
Prof. Dr. Kurunthachalam Kannan |
New York University School of Medicine, USA |
Prof. Dr. Hartmut W. Jaeschke |
University of Kansas Medical Center, USA |
Prof. Dr. Flemming R. Cassee |
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), The Netherlands; University of Utrecht, The Netherlands |
Prof. Dr. Roy Harrison |
University of Birmingham, UK |
22 November 2022
Editorial Board Members from Toxics Featured in Stanford’s List of the World’s Top 2% Scientists
Scientists at Stanford have recently published an update of the list of the top 2% most widely cited scientists—The World’s Top 2% Scientists.
The time node of the statistical data of this list is from 1960 to 2022, and it is divided into two lists: "Lifetime Scientific Influence Ranking" and "2022 Annual Scientific Influence Ranking". The "Lifetime Scientific Influence Ranking" counts the comprehensive influence performance of scientists during their careers, and the "2022 Annual Influence Ranking" focuses on highlighting the academic influence of scientists in the previous year. This ranking, considered the most prestigious worldwide, is based on the bibliometric information contained in the Scopus database and includes more than 200,000 researchers from the more than 10 million scientists considered to be active worldwide, with 22 scientific fields and 176 subfields taken into account.
We are pleased to share that 77 Editorial Board Members from Toxics (ISSN: 2305-6304) were featured in the World’s Top 2% Scientists list in 2022.
Dr. Jodi Flaws |
Dr. Robert Laumbach |
Prof. Dr. David Bellinger |
Dr. Jamie DeWitt |
Prof. Dr. James Klaunig |
Prof. Dr. Danny D. Reible |
Dr. Christopher Martyniuk |
Prof. Dr. Christopher Theodorakis |
Dr. Arthur P. Grollman |
Dr. Thomas Sharpton |
Prof. Dr. Robert J. Turesky |
Prof. Dr. Stephanie Padilla |
Dr. Lidia Mínguez-Alarcón |
Prof. Dr. Michael K. Stenstrom |
Prof. Dr. Oksana Lockridge |
Dr. Anita K. Patlolla |
Prof. Dr. Youssef Sari |
Dr. Joanna Burger |
Prof. Dr. Irfan Rahman |
Prof. Dr. Michael Aschner |
Prof. Dr. Roy Harrison |
Dr. Mohamed A. Abdallah |
Prof. Dr. Crispin Halsall |
Prof. Dr. Teresa D. Tetley |
Prof. Dr. Flemming Cassee |
Prof. Dr. Jos Kleinjans |
Dr. Remco H. S. Westerink |
Prof. Dr. Margareta Törnqvist |
Dr. Montserrat Sole |
Prof. Dr. Roberto Rosal |
Prof. Dr. Marco Vighi |
Dr. Martí Nadal |
Dr. Tiziana Missana |
Dr. Alexey A. Tinkov |
Prof. Dr. Maria João Bebianno |
Prof. Dr. Joanna Jurewicz |
Dr. Marco Parolini |
Prof. Dr. Guido Cavaletti |
Dr. Emilio Benfenati |
Prof. Dr. Claudio Colosio |
Dr. Ilaria Corsi |
Dr. Swaran J. S. Flora |
Prof. Dr. Soterios Kyrtopoulos |
Prof. Dr. Aristidis Tsatsakis |
Dr. Konstantinos Farsalinos |
Dr. Dirk Lachenmeier |
Prof. Dr. Edmund Maser |
Prof. Dr. James Devillers |
Dr. Nanna Hartmann |
Dr. Gunnar Toft |
Prof. Dr. Vladimir Bencko |
Prof. Dr. Fayuan Wang |
Prof. Dr. Xin-Gui Li |
Prof. Dr. Fuyong Wu |
Prof. Dr. Jiayin Dai |
Prof. Dr. Xiangang Hu |
Prof. Dr. Chuanjia Jiang |
Prof. Dr. Yuanxiang Jin |
Prof. Dr. Daohui Lin |
Prof. Dr. Yuezhou Wei |
Prof. Dr. Xiaojun Luo |
Prof. Dr. Qixing Zhou |
Dr. Lianguo Chen |
Prof. Dr. Mingce Long |
Dr. Yi Zhang |
Dr. Guoxin Sun |
Prof. Dr. Tiecheng Wang |
Prof. Dr. Fuliu Xu |
Prof. Dr. Fengchang Wu |
Prof. Dr. Helong Jiang |
Prof. Dr. Xinlei Ge |
Prof. Dr. Dayong Wang |
Prof. Dr. Catherine Mulligan |
Prof. Dr. François Gagné |
Dr. Guangdong Yang |
Prof. Dr. Greet Schoeters |
Prof. Dr. Soisungwan Satarug |
The latest Stanford rankings reflect the significant influence and research excellence of the scientists, who are committed to furthering their knowledge for the benefit of the world.
We would like to congratulate our Editorial Board Members on their excellent achievement and thank them for their immense contribution to the scientific progression and development of Toxics.
4 November 2022
Meet Us at the 2022 MTG of JPS Indoor Environment, 1–2 December 2022, Tokyo, Japan
MDPI will be attending the 2022 MTG of JPS Indoor Environment, held in Tokyo, Japan, from 1 to 2 December 2022. The theme of this year’s conference is the preservation of human health and the maintenance of comfortable environments. Throughout the conference, prominent researchers and government officials will give keynote speeches on pressing issues of indoor environment. The 2022 MTG of JPS Indoor Environment provides an excellent opportunity for participants from industry and academia to keep up to date with the latest trends in indoor environmental problems.
During this conference, MDPI will welcome researchers from different backgrounds to visit and share their latest views and research with us.
The following MDPI journals will be represented:
If you plan on attending this conference, feel free to stop by our booth. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions that you may have.
For more information about the conference, please see the following link: https://confit.atlas.jp/guide/event/siej2022/static/message.
28 September 2022
Peer Review Week 2022 – Research Integrity: Creating and Supporting Trust in Research
Peer Review Week began 19 September 2022 under the theme of “Research Integrity: Creating and Supporting Trust in Research”. Through various blog articles, podcast, and webinar, we discussed this crucial subject throughout the week, celebrating the essential role peer review plays in maintaining research quality.
To begin, we held a Webinar on the topic. Professor Peter W. Choate and Dr. Emmanuel Obeng-Gyasi joined Dr. Ioana Craciun, one of MDPI’s scientific officers, for an in-depth discussion.
We invite you to view the event recording:
During the week, the MDPI Blog in a series articles highlighted how good Peer Review safeguards research integrity. The following topics were covered:
- Peer Review Week 2022
- Research Integrity
- What We’ve Learned About Peer Review Reports
- 4 Steps to the Perfect Peer Review Report
- How to Write the Perfect Peer Review Report: An Interview
- Inviting Great Peer Reviewers
In a new edition of Insight Faster, an MDPI podcast, we were delighted to talk to the co-chairs of the Peer Review Week committee, Jayashree Rajagopalan (Senior Manager of Global Community Engagement for CACTUS) and Danielle Padula (Head of Marketing and Community Development at Scholastica) to get their take on this year’s event and its related topics.
You can find the Podcast here.
We hope you enjoy the contents!
5 September 2022
Meet Us at the IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition 2022, 11–15 September 2022, Copenhagen, Denmark
MDPI will be attending the IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition 2022, held in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 11 to 15 September 2022. This is the third edition of IWA, with the topic of “Water for Smart Liveable Cities”, which will engage stakeholders and key contacts within the conventional water sector and beyond. It will bring together core water sector groups, such as those focused on urban water and urban water services, as well as participants from industry and agriculture, architects and urban planners, soil and groundwater experts and hydrologists, social scientists, the ICT sector, the financial sector, and others.
During this conference, MDPI (at booth #C2-383) will welcome researchers from different backgrounds to visit and share their latest inspirations with us.
The following MDPI journals will be represented:
- Water (leading journal);
- Hydrology;
- Sustainability;
- Energies;
- Geosciences;
- Infrastructures;
- Membranes;
- Toxics;
- Resources.
If you plan on attending this conference, feel free to stop by our booth at #C2-383. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have.
For more information about the conference, please see the following link: https://worldwatercongress.org.
28 August 2022
Meet Us at the 17th Persistent Organic Pollutants Forum and Chemical Environmental Safety Conference, 8–10 December 2022, Qingdao, China
Toxics (ISSN: 2305-6304) will be attending the 17th Persistent Organic Pollutants Forum and Chemical Environmental Safety Conference as an exhibitor. This meeting will be held in Qingdao, China, from 8 to 10 December 2022.
The Persistent Organic Pollutants Forum and Chemical Environmental Safety Conference (hereinafter referred to as the "POPs Forum") was initiated by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Research Center of Tsinghua University in 2006, and cooperated with the Office of the National Coordination Group for the Implementation of the Stockholm Convention of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment. A series of annual meetings cosponsored by the Chinese Society of Environmental Sciences and the Persistent Organic Pollutants Professional Committee have been successfully held for 16 sessions by 2021. The POPs Forum has become a forum for academia, management, and industry in the field of POPs in China to brainstorm and contemplate countermeasures, review the international trends in POPs compliance and China's progress, discuss POPs research hotspots and development trends, and showcase high-tech and advanced products for POPs analysis and control, as well as high-level communication platforms.
The 17th POPs Forum focuses on "new pollutant treatment", and invites domestic as well as foreign experts from various fields of government, industry, academia, and research to discuss and exchange information together.
The following MDPI journals will be represented:
- Toxics (leading);
- Water;
- JoX;
- IJERPH;
- Pollutants.
If you are attending this conference, please feel free to start a conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have. For more information about the conference and our booth, please visit the following link: https://popsforum2022.scievent.com/.
12 August 2022
Toxics | Top 10 Cited Articles 2020–2021
1. “Heavy Metals and Pesticides Toxicity in Agricultural Soil and Plants: Ecological Risks and Human Health Implications”
by Ahmed Alengebawy et al.
Toxics 2021, 9(3), 42; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics9030042
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/9/3/42
2. “Analysis of Cannabinoid-Containing Fluids in Illicit Vaping Cartridges Recovered from Pulmonary Injury Patients: Identification of Vitamin E Acetate as a Major Diluent”
by Bryan Duffy et al.
Toxics 2020, 8(1), 8; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics8010008
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/8/1/8
3. “Interaction of Environmental Pollutants with Microplastics: A Critical Review of Sorption Factors, Bioaccumulation and Ecotoxicological Effects”
by Albert Menéndez-Pedriza et al.
Toxics 2020, 8(2), 40; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics8020040
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/8/2/40
4. “Cadmium and Lead Exposure, Nephrotoxicity, and Mortality”
by Soisungwan Satarug et al.
Toxics 2020, 8(4), 86; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics8040086
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/8/4/86
5. “Occurrence of Microplastic Pollution at Oyster Reefs and Other Coastal Sites in the Mississippi Sound, USA: Impacts of Freshwater Inflows from Flooding”
by Austin Scircle et al.
Toxics 2020, 8(2), 35; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics8020035
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/8/2/35
6. "Chemical Constituents Involved in E-Cigarette, or Vaping Product Use-Associated Lung Injury (EVALI)"
by Thivanka Muthumalage et al.
Toxics 2020, 8(2), 25; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics8020025
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/8/2/25
7. "Effects of Co-Contamination of Microplastics and Cd on Plant Growth and Cd Accumulation"
by Fayuan Wang et al.
Toxics 2020, 8(2), 36; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics8020036
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/8/2/36
8. "Effects of Cadmium, Lead, and Mercury on the Structure and Function of Reproductive Organs"
by Peter Massányi et al.
Toxics 2020, 8(4), 94; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics8040094
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/8/4/94
9. "Human Biomonitoring of Glyphosate Exposures: State-of-the-Art and Future Research Challenges"
by Alison Connolly et al.
Toxics 2020, 8(3), 60; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics8030060
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/8/3/60
10. "Pulmonary Toxicity and Inflammatory Response of Vape Cartridges Containing Medium-Chain Triglycerides Oil and Vitamin E Acetate: Implications in the Pathogenesis of EVALI"
by Thivanka Muthumalage et al.
Toxics 2020, 8(3), 46; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics8030046
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/8/3/46
5 July 2022
Toxics Receives Updated Impact Factor of 4.472
We are pleased to report that the 2021 impact factor of Toxics (ISSN: 2305-6304) increased to 4.472 in the recent release of the Journal Citation Reports ®, representing the 3rd consecutive year of continuous growth. Toxics now ranks Q2 in the WoS JCR categories “Toxicology” (24/94) and "Environmental Sciences" (105/279). We are grateful to all the scholars who have contributed to and witnessed the journal’s growth with us!
Source: data according to Journal Citation Reports ®, 2021 release, a Clarivate Analytics product
4 July 2022
Meet Us at the 11th National Conference on Environmental Chemistry, 25–29 July 2022, Harbin, China
A range of MDPI journals will be attending the 11th National Conference on Environmental Chemistry as an exhibitor. This meeting will be held in Harbin, China, from 25 to 29 July 2022.
The theme of this conference will be “Innovating Environmental Sciences, Low-Carbon Protecting Environment and Health”, which fully reflects the conference’s purpose of innovation, participation, cooperation, and foresight. More than 50 branches have been set up in the fields of interface process, toxicology and health, public health, environmental safety, pollution control, remediation technology, green and low-carbon, and environmental policy, and various well-known experts at home and abroad have been invited to produce conference and branch reports and deliver speeches. We invite experts in the field and environmental protection companies to participate in the exhibition, for which academic activities such as paper exhibitions, postgraduate forums, and Editor-in-Chief meetings have been organized.
The following MDPI journals will be represented:
- Toxics (leading);
- Water (leading);
- Sustainability (leading);
- Applied Sciences;
- JoX;
- Nanomaterials;
- Soil Systems;
- Sustainable Chemistry;
- IJERPH;
- Pollutants;
- Environments.
If you are attending this conference, please feel free to start a conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions you may have. For more information about the conference and our booth, please visit the following link: https://www.ncec2021.com/Home/Default.
28 June 2022
2021 Impact Factors - Released
The 2021 citation metrics have been released in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), and we’re pleased to announce the following results for MDPI journals:
Journal | Impact Factor | Rank | Category |
Antioxidants | 7.675 | Q1 | Food Science & Technology |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | |||
Chemistry, Medicinal | |||
Cells | 7.666 | Q2 | Cell Biology |
Nutrients | 6.706 | Q1 | Nutrition & Dietetics |
Cancers | 6.575 | Q1 | Oncology |
Pharmaceutics | 6.525 | Q1 | Pharmacology & Pharmacy |
International Journal of Molecular Sciences | 6.208 | Q1 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
Q2 | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | ||
Marine Drugs | 6.085 | Q1 | Chemistry, Medicinal |
Pharmacology & Pharmacy | |||
Biomolecules | 6.064 | Q2 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
Batteries * | 5.938 | Q2 | Electrochemistry |
Energy & Fuels | |||
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | |||
Viruses | 5.818 | Q2 | Virology |
Biosensors | 5.743 | Q1 | Chemistry, Analytical |
Instruments & Instrumentation | |||
Q2 | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | ||
Journal of Fungi | 5.724 | Q1 | Mycology |
Q2 | Microbiology | ||
Nanomaterials | 5.719 | Q1 | Physics, Applied |
Q2 | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | ||
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | |||
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | |||
Metabolites | 5.581 | Q2 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
Foods | 5.561 | Q1 | Food Science & Technology |
Drones * | 5.532 | Q2 | Remote Sensing |
Remote Sensing | 5.349 | Q1 | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
Imaging Science & Photographic Technology | |||
Q2 | Remote Sensing | ||
Environmental Sciences | |||
Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research | 5.318 | Q2 | Business |
Antibiotics | 5.222 | Q1 | Pharmacology & Pharmacy |
Q2 | Infectious Diseases | ||
Pharmaceuticals | 5.215 | Q1 | Pharmacology & Pharmacy |
Q2 | Chemistry, Medicinal | ||
Biology | 5.168 | Q1 | Biology |
Fermentation | 5.123 | Q2 | Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology |
Toxins | 5.075 | Q1 | Toxicology |
Q2 | Food Science & Technology | ||
Bioengineering * | 5.046 | Q2 | Engineering, Biomedical |
Polymers | 4.967 | Q1 | Polymer Science |
Journal of Clinical Medicine | 4.964 | Q2 | Medicine, General & Internal |
Vaccines | 4.961 | Q2 | Immunology |
Medicine, Research & Experimental | |||
Molecules | 4.927 | Q2 | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | |||
Microorganisms | 4.926 | Q2 | Microbiology |
Journal of Functional Biomaterials * | 4.901 | Q2 | Engineering, Biomedical |
Materials Science, Biomaterials | |||
Biomedicines | 4.757 | Q2 | Medicine, Research & Experimental |
Pharmacology & Pharmacy | |||
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | |||
Plants | 4.658 | Q1 | Plant Sciences |
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 4.614 | Q1 | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health (SSCI) |
Q2 | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health (SCIE) | ||
Environmental Sciences (SCIE) | |||
Membranes | 4.562 | Q1 | Polymer Science |
Q2 | Engineering, Chemical | ||
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | |||
Chemistry, Physical | |||
Pathogens | 4.531 | Q2 | Microbiology |
Catalysts | 4.501 | Q2 | Chemistry, Physical |
Toxics | 4.472 | Q2 | Toxicology |
Environmental Sciences | |||
Gels | 4.432 | Q1 | Polymer Science |
Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease | 4.415 | Q2 | Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems |
Chemosensors | 4.229 | Q1 | Instruments & Instrumentation |
Q2 | Chemistry, Analytical | ||
Q3 | Electrochemistry | ||
Genes | 4.141 | Q2 | Genetics & Heredity |
Diagnostics | 3.992 | Q2 | Medicine, General & Internal |
Agronomy | 3.949 | Q1 | Agronomy |
Plant Sciences | |||
Land | 3.905 | Q2 | Environmental Studies |
Sustainability | 3.889 | Q2 | Environmental Sciences (SCIE) |
Environmental Studies (SSCI) | |||
Q3 | Green & Sustainable Science & Technology (SCIE) | ||
Q4 | Green & Sustainable Science & Technology (SSCI) | ||
Sensors | 3.847 | Q2 | Instruments & Instrumentation |
Chemistry, Analytical | |||
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | |||
Materials | 3.748 | Q1 | Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering |
Q2 | Physics, Applied | ||
Physics, Condensed Matter | |||
Q3 | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | ||
Chemistry, Physical | |||
Biomimetics * | 3.743 | Q2 | Engineering, Multidisciplinary |
Q3 | Materials Science, Biomaterials | ||
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease * | 3.711 | Q1 | Tropical Medicine |
Q2 | Parasitology | ||
Q3 | Infectious Diseases | ||
Lubricants * | 3.584 | Q2 | Engineering, Mechanical |
Fractal and Fractional | 3.577 | Q1 | Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications |
Water | 3.530 | Q2 | Water Resources |
Q3 | Environmental Sciences | ||
Micromachines | 3.523 | Q2 | Instruments & Instrumentation |
Physics, Applied | |||
Chemistry, Analytical | |||
Q3 | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | ||
Journal of Personalized Medicine | 3.508 | Q2 | Medicine, General & Internal |
Health Care Sciences & Services | |||
Agriculture | 3.408 | Q1 | Agronomy |
Processes | 3.352 | Q2 | Engineering, Chemical |
Separations | 3.344 | Q2 | Chemistry, Analytical |
Magnetochemistry | 3.336 | Q2 | Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear |
Q3 | Chemistry, Physical | ||
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | |||
Brain Sciences | 3.333 | Q3 | Neurosciences |
Buildings | 3.324 | Q2 | Construction & Building Technology |
Engineering, Civil | |||
Forests | 3.282 | Q1 | Forestry |
Energies | 3.252 | Q3 | Energy & Fuels |
Life | 3.251 | Q2 | Biology |
Coatings | 3.236 | Q2 | Materials Science, Coatings & Films |
Physics, Applied | |||
Q3 | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | ||
Animals | 3.231 | Q1 | Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science |
Veterinary Sciences | |||
Journal of Intelligence * | 3.176 | Q2 | Psychology, Multidisciplinary |
Fishes | 3.170 | Q1 | Marine & Freshwater Biology |
Q2 | Fisheries | ||
Healthcare | 3.160 | Q2 | Health Policy & Services (SSCI) |
Health Care Sciences & Services (SCIE) | |||
Inorganics * | 3.149 | Q2 | Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear |
Insects | 3.139 | Q1 | Entomology |
Atmosphere | 3.110 | Q3 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
Environmental Sciences | |||
Current Oncology | 3.109 | Q3 | Oncology |
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information | 3.099 | Q2 | Geography, Physical |
Q3 | Computer Science, Information Systems | ||
Remote Sensing | |||
Diversity | 3.029 | Q2 | Biodiversity Conservation |
Ecology | |||
Tomography | 3.000 | Q3 | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging |
Current Issues in Molecular Biology | 2.976 | Q3 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
Medicina | 2.948 | Q3 | Medicine, General & Internal |
Symmetry | 2.940 | Q2 | Multidisciplinary Sciences |
Horticulturae | 2.923 | Q1 | Horticulture |
Machines | 2.899 | Q2 | Engineering, Mechanical |
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | |||
Systems * | 2.895 | Q2 | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary |
Applied Sciences | 2.838 | Q2 | Engineering, Multidisciplinary |
Physics, Applied | |||
Q3 | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | ||
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | |||
Children | 2.835 | Q2 | Pediatrics |
Minerals | 2.818 | Q2 | Mining & Mineral Processing |
Mineralogy | |||
Geochemistry & Geophysics | |||
Universe | 2.813 | Q2 | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
Q3 | Physics, Particles & Fields | ||
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering | 2.744 | Q1 | Engineering, Marine |
Q2 | Oceanography | ||
Engineering, Ocean | |||
Entropy | 2.738 | Q2 | Physics, Multidisciplinary |
Fire * | 2.726 | Q2 | Forestry |
Q3 | Ecology | ||
Metals | 2.695 | Q2 | Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering |
Q3 | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | ||
Electronics | 2.690 | Q3 | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic |
Computer Science, Information Systems | |||
Physics, Applied | |||
Crystals | 2.670 | Q2 | Crystallography |
Q3 | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | ||
Aerospace | 2.660 | Q1 | Engineering, Aerospace |
Mathematics | 2.592 | Q1 | Mathematics |
Photonics | 2.536 | Q3 | Optics |
Actuators | 2.523 | Q2 | Instruments & Instrumentation |
Q3 | Engineering, Mechanical | ||
Veterinary Sciences | 2.518 | Q2 | Veterinary Sciences |
Behavioral Sciences * | 2.286 | Q3 | Psychology, Multidisciplinary |
Axioms * | 1.824 | Q2 | Mathematics, Applied |
For more information on Impact Factors and what it means to index academic journals, please visit our related blog posts.
* Journals given their first Impact Factor in 2022
Source: 2021 Journal Impact Factors, Journal Citation Reports TM (Clarivate, 2022)
13 June 2022
MDPI’s 2021 Young Investigator Awards in “Environmental & Earth Sciences”—Winners Announced
MDPI’s Young Investigator Awards recognize promising junior researchers, acknowledge their contributions, and enhance communication among scientists. We are proud to present the winners for the year 2021 in the “Environmental & Earth Sciences” category. The winners were selected by the journals’ editors.
We warmly congratulate the awarded young investigators for their outstanding contributions. MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.
- Shaojie Song, Harvard University, USA
- Francesco Galiano, Institute on Membrane Technology of the National Research Council, Italy
- Qilin Wang, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
- Christopher H. T. Lee, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health:
- Grace Vincent, Central Queensland University, Australia
- Antony Burnham, Australian National University, Australia
- Celso Henrique Leite Silva Junior, National Institute for Space Research – INPE, Brasil; Agricultural Engineering Department of the State University of Maranhão – UEMA, Brazil
- Baojie He, Chongqing University, China
- Stefanos Giannakis, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain
13 June 2022
MDPI’s 2021 Outstanding Reviewer Awards in “Environmental & Earth Sciences”—Winners Announced
In order to acknowledge our reviewers, who so generously dedicate their time to reviewing papers and demonstrate diligence, professionalism, and timeliness when reviewing manuscripts, MDPI journals regularly offer outstanding reviewer awards to scholars who participate in the peer-review process.
We are proud to recognize winners for the year 2021 in the “Environmental & Earth Sciences” category for their outstanding contributions among extensive competition by presenting them with an Outstanding Reviewer Award.
We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all the winners on their achievement. MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.
- Hristo Chervenkov, National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Bulgaria
- Jouni Räisänen, University of Helsinki, Finland
- Piotr F. Borowski, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland
- Elena Lucchi, Institute for Renewable Energy, Italy
- Marcin Dębowski, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland
- Miroslav Variny, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia
- Piotr F. Borowski, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland
- Vedran Mrzljak, University of Rijeka, Croatia
- Tomasz Oszako, Forest Research Institute, Poland
- Stelian Alexandru Borz, Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania
- Maricar Aguilos, North Carolina State University, USA
- Narayan Bhusal, Seoul National University, South Korea
- Dave Waters, University of Oxford, UK
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health:
- Anuli Njoku, Southern Connecticut State University, USA
- Haruna Musa Moda, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
- Jesús Molina-Mula, University of BalearicIsland, Spain
- Katharina Diehl, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
- Katarzyna Tomaszek, Pedagogical University of Kracow, Poland
- Matteo Nioi, University of Cagliari, Italy
- Pablo A. Cantero-Garlito, Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, Spain
- Seoyong Kim, Ajou University, South Korea
- Andrzej Adamski, University of Information Technology and Management, Poland
- Adrian Curto, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Spain
- Arkaitz Castañeda Babarro, University of Deusto, Spain
- Álvaro Francisco Lopes De Sousa, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
- Agata Gabryelska, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
- Ana Reyes Menéndez, Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain
- Bartosz Dalewski, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Poland
- Chong Chen, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
- Carla Maria Batista Ferreira Pires, CBIOS-Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias-Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
- Claudia Pisanu, University of Cagliari, Italy
- Emmanuel Obeng-Gyasi, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, USA
- Faisal F. Hakeem, King’s College London, UK
- Francisco Javier Fernández Carrasco, Punta de Europa Hospital, Spain
- Haewon Byeon, Inje University, South Korea
- HuiJun Chih, Curtin University, Australia
- Jerónimo Aragón Vela, University of Granada, Spain
- Joana Costa, University of Aveiro, Portugal,
- Joanne Lloyd, University of Wolverhampton, UK
- José Luis Romero-Bejar, University of Granada, Spain
- Laura Nathans, Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State Scranton, USA
- Mateusz Jankowski, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Poland
- Matteo Riccò, Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Italy
- Nicola Döring, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany
- Nora Suleiman-Martos, University of Granada, Spain
- Russell Kabir, Anglia Ruskin University, UK
- Roy McConkey, University of Ulster, UK
- Sunhee Kim, Ajou University, South Korea
- Sol García-Germán, Centro de Estudios e Investigación para la Gestión de Riesgos Agrarios y Medioambientalesdisabled, Spain
- Sebastian Rutkowski, Opole University of Technology, Poland
- Tamás Berki, University of Szeged, Hungary
- Terence Moriarty, University of Northern Iowa, USA
- Pedro Antonio Martín Cervantes, University of Almería, La Cañada de San Urbano, Spain
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information:
- Lemenkova Polina, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
- Andrew Newton, Nottingham Trent University, UK
- Dennis Edler, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
- Lukáš Herman, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
- Marcela Bindzarova Gergelova, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia
Land:
- Rahul Datta, Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic
- Dirk H.R. Spennemann, Charles Sturt University, Australia
- Raimundo Jimenez-Ballesta, (Retired recently) Autonoma University of Madrid, Spain
- Veraldo Liesenberg, Santa Catarina State University, Brazil
- Yady Tatiana Solano-Correa, University of Cauca, Colombia
- Francesco Marinello, University of Padova, Italy
- Pedro Melo-Pinto, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
- Ignacio Bosch, Universitat Politènica de València, Spain
- Juan Soria, University of Valencia, Spain
- Chiman Kwan, Signal Processing, Inc., USA
- Benoit Vozel, University of Rennes, France
- Giuseppe Casula, National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology Unit of Bologna, Italy
- Simone Cosoli, The University of Western Australia, Australia
- Maria Economou-Eliopoulos, University of Athens, Greece
- Cynthia Rider, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, USA
13 June 2022
MDPI’s 2021 Travel Awards in “Environmental & Earth Sciences”—Winners Announced
We are proud to recognize the winners of MDPI’s 2021 Travel Awards in the “Environmental & Earth Sciences” category for their outstanding presentations and to present them with the prize.
MDPI journals regularly offer travel awards to encourage talented junior scientists to present their latest research at academic conferences in specific fields, which helps to increase their influence.
The winners mentioned below were carefully selected by the journal editors based on an outline of their research and the work to be presented at an academic conference.
We would like to warmly congratulate the Travel Awards winners for the year 2021 and wish them the greatest success with their future research endeavors. MDPI will continue to enhance communication among scientists.
- Charbel Harb, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, USA
- Jibran Khan, Aarhus University, Roskilde, Denmark
- Agostino Niyonkuru Meroni, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
- Platon Patlakas, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
- Nnaemeka Vincent Emodi, University of Tasmania, Australia
- Irene Poza-Casado, Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
- Pipiet Larasatie, Oregon State University, USA
- Tania L. Maxwell, French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), France
- Georgia Papacharalampous, Roma Tre University, Italy
- Mattei Alexandra, University of Corsica, France
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health:
- Danila Azzolina, University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy
- Kelvin Fong, Yale University, USA
- Levi Frehlich, University of Calgary, Canada
- Garyfallos Konstantinoudis, Imperial College London, UK
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information:
- Junghwan Kim, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
- Xuke Hu, Institute of Data Science, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany
Land:
- Álvaro Castilla Beltrán, University of La Laguna, Spain
- Lauren Nerfa, University of Hawaiʻi, USA
- Amen Al-Yaari, Sorbonne University, France
- Meng Lu, Utrecht University, Netherlands
- Alessandro Lenci, University of Bologna, Italy
- Evangelia Georgantzia, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
- Sayyed Rasoul Khayyam Nekouei, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia
- Georgia A. Papacharalampous, Roma Tre University, Italy
- Raquel Filipa da Costa Viveiros, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal
- Rajesh Pathak, South Dakota State University, USA
- Nnanake-Abasi Okon Offiong, University of Uyo, Nigeria
- Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, Polytechnic of Health, Indonesia
- Shawna Andrea Foo, Arizona State University, USA
13 June 2022
Meet Us at the Joint Conference on Environmental Chemicals 2022, 14–16 June 2022, Toyama City, Japan
IJERPH (ISSN: 1660-4601) and Toxics (ISSN: 2305-6304) will be attending the Joint Conference on Environmental Chemicals 2022 as exhibitors. This conference will be held from 14 to 16 June 2022.
The joint conference will focus on the importance of research related to the environment and chemical substances to society and on expanding scientific knowledge and management of chemicals that support sustainable development, while understanding the risks of chemicals.
The following MDPI journals will be represented:
If you are attending this conference, please feel free to start an on-site conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions you may have.
13 June 2022
MDPI’s 2021 Best Paper Awards in “Environmental & Earth Sciences”—Winners Announced
The purpose of our Best Paper Awards is to promote and recognize the most impactful contributions published within MDPI journals.
The editors of each journal carefully selected reviews and research papers through a rigorous judging process based on criteria such as the scientific merit, overall impact, and the quality of presentation of the papers published in the journal last year.
We are honored to present the winners in the subject areas of “Environmental & Earth Sciences”, who were selected amongst extensive competition, and congratulate the authors for their outstanding scientific publications.
MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.
- “Distinguishing between Deep-Water Sediment Facies: Turbidites, Contourites and Hemipelagites”
by Dorrik Stow and Zeinab Smillie
Geosciences 2020, 10(2), 68. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10020068 - “Review of Explosive Hydrovolcanism”
by Károly Németh and Szabolcs Kósiks
Geosciences 2020, 10(2), 44. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10020044
- “A Review on Deep Learning Techniques for 3D Sensed Data Classification”
by David Griffiths and Jan Boehm
Remote Sens. 2019, 11(12), 1499. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11121499 - “Satellite Remote Sensing of Precipitation and the Terrestrial Water Cycle in a Changing Climate”
by Vincenzo Levizzani and Elsa Cattani
Remote Sens. 2019, 11(19), 2301. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11192301 - “Evaluation of Different Machine Learning Methods and Deep-Learning Convolutional Neural Networks for Landslide Detection”
by Omid Ghorbanzadeh, Thomas Blaschke, Khalil Gholamnia, Sansar Raj Meena, Dirk Tiede and Jagannath Aryal
Remote Sens. 2019, 11(2), 196. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11020196 - “An Integrated View of Greenland Ice Sheet Mass Changes Based on Models and Satellite Observations”
by Ruth Mottram, Sebastian B. Simonsen, Synne Høyer Svendsen, Valentina R. Barletta, Louise Sandberg Sørensen, Thomas Nagler, Jan Wuite, Andreas Groh, Martin Horwath, Job Rosier, Anne Solgaard, Christine S. Hvidberg and Rene Forsberg
Remote Sens. 2019, 11(12), 1407. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11121407 - “UAV-Based High Resolution Thermal Imaging for Vegetation Monitoring, and Plant Phenotyping Using ICI 8640 P, FLIR Vue Pro R 640, and thermoMap Cameras”
by Vasit Sagan, Maitiniyazi Maimaitijiang, Paheding Sidike, Kevin Eblimit, Kyle T. Peterson, Sean Hartling, Flavio Esposito, Kapil Khanal, Maria Newcomb, Duke Pauli, Rick Ward, Felix Fritschi, Nadia Shakoor and Todd Mockler
Remote Sens. 2019, 11(3), 330. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11030330
- “A Review of Biomonitoring of Phthalate Exposures”
by Wang, Yu, Hongkai Zhu and Kurunthachalam Kannan
Toxics 2019, 7(2), 21; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics7020021 - “Trace Element Uptake by Herbaceous Plants from the Soils at a Multiple Trace Element-Contaminated Site”
by Nworie, Obinna E., Junhao Qin and Chuxia Lin
Toxics 2019, 7(1), 3; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics7010003
- “Water Quality Indices: Challenges and Application Limits in the Literature”
by Moez Kachroud, Fabienne Trolard, Mohamed Kefi, Sihem Jebari and Guilhem Bourrié
Water 2019, 11(2), 361. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11020361 - “A Brief Review of Random Forests for Water Scientists and Practitioners and Their Recent History in Water Resources”
by Hristos Tyralis, Georgia Papacharalampous and Andreas Langousis
Water 2019, 11(5), 910. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11050910 - “The Use of Non-Conventional Water Resources as a Means of Adaptation to Drought and Climate Change in Semi-Arid Regions: South-Eastern Spain”
by Álvaro-Francisco Morote, Jorge Olcina and María Hernández
Water 2019, 11(1), 93. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11010093 - “Hydrological Effectiveness of an Extensive Green Roof in Mediterranean Climate”
by Stefania Anna Palermo, Michele Turco, Francesca Principato and Patrizia Piro
Water 2019, 11(7), 1378. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11071378 - “Forecasting Groundwater Table in a Flood Prone Coastal City with Long Short-term Memory and Recurrent Neural Networks”
by Benjamin D. Bowes, Jeffrey M. Sadler, Mohamed M. Morsy, Madhur Behl and Jonathan L. Goodall
Water 2019, 11(5), 1098. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11051098 - “Effectiveness of Rainwater Harvesting Systems for Flood Reduction in Residential Urban Areas”
by Gabriele Frenib and Lorena Liuzzo
Water 2019, 11(7), 1389. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11071389
9 June 2022
2021 CiteScores - Released
The 2021 citation metrics have been officially released in Scopus!
We are pleased to announce that 182 MDPI journals are included, of which:
● 21 journals received their first CiteScore.
● 85% of journals increased their CiteScore from 2020.
● 155 journals (85%) ranked above average, in at least one category.
The following 65 MDPI journals (36%) ranked among the top 25% of journals, in at least one category:
Journal |
CiteScore |
Quartile |
Category |
10.1 |
Q1 |
Genetics |
|
10.0 |
Q1 |
Biomedical Engineering |
|
8.1 |
Q1 |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous) |
|
7.9 |
Q1 |
Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
|
7.9 |
Q1 |
Nutrition and Dietetics |
|
7.4 |
Q1 |
General Earth and Planetary Sciences |
|
7.2 |
Q1 |
Computer Science Applications |
|
6.9 |
Q1 |
Inorganic Chemistry |
|
6.9 |
Q1 |
Computer Networks and Communications |
|
6.7 |
Q1 |
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology |
|
6.6 |
Q1 |
General Chemical Engineering |
|
6.6 |
Q1 |
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis |
|
6.6 |
Q1 |
Infectious Diseases |
|
6.5 |
Q1 |
Food Science |
|
6.5 |
Q1 |
Civil and Structural Engineering |
|
6.4 |
Q1 |
Nature and Landscape Conservation |
|
6.4 |
Q1 |
Instrumentation |
|
6.1 |
Q1 |
Management Information Systems |
|
5.9 |
Q1 |
Chemistry (miscellaneous) |
|
5.7 |
Q1 |
Polymers and Plastics |
|
5.6 |
Q1 |
Engineering (miscellaneous) |
|
5.5 |
Q1 |
General Environmental Science |
|
5.5 |
Q1 |
Urban Studies |
|
5.4 |
Q2 |
Computer Networks and Communications |
|
5.3 |
Q1 |
Food Science |
|
5.3 |
Q1 |
Plant Science |
|
5.2 |
Q1 |
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics |
|
5.2 |
Q1 |
General Engineering |
|
Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity |
5.1 |
Q1 |
Development |
5.0 |
Q1 |
Chemistry (miscellaneous) |
|
5.0 |
Q1 |
Control and Optimization |
|
5.0 |
Q1 |
Geography, Planning and Development |
|
5.0 |
Q1 |
Geography, Planning and Development |
|
4.9 |
Q1 |
Forestry |
|
4.9 |
Q1 |
Control and Optimization |
|
4.9 |
Q1 |
Soil Science |
|
4.8 |
Q1 |
General Earth and Planetary Sciences |
|
4.8 |
Q1 |
Mechanical Engineering |
|
4.8 |
Q1 |
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health |
|
4.8 |
Q1 |
Geography, Planning and Development |
|
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
4.5 |
Q1 |
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health |
4.5 |
Q1 |
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation |
|
4.4 |
Q1 |
Mathematical Physics |
|
4.4 |
Q1 |
General Medicine |
|
4.3 |
Q1 |
General Mathematics |
|
4.2 |
Q1 |
Surgery |
|
4.1 |
Q1 |
Health Professions (miscellaneous) |
|
4.1 |
Q1 |
Plant Science |
|
4.0 |
Q1 |
General Engineering |
|
4.0 |
Q1 |
Forestry |
|
4.0 |
Q1 |
Education |
|
3.9 |
Q1 |
General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics |
|
3.9 |
Q1 |
Applied Mathematics |
|
3.8 |
Q1 |
Development |
|
3.8 |
Q1 |
Architecture |
|
3.8 |
Q1 |
Metals and Alloys |
|
3.5 |
Q1 |
Communication |
|
3.4 |
Q1 |
General Social Sciences |
|
2.9 |
Q1 |
General Mathematics |
|
2.8 |
Q1 |
Analysis |
|
2.7 |
Q1 |
General Veterinary |
|
2.6 |
Q1 |
Algebra and Number Theory |
|
1.8 |
Q1 |
Conservation |
|
1.0 |
Q1 |
Religious Studies |
|
0.9 |
Q1 |
Philosophy |
Source: 2021 CiteScores™ (Elsevier)
21 March 2022
Meet Us at the SETAC Europe 32nd Annual Meeting, 15–19 May 2022, Copenhagen, Denmark
Conference: SETAC Europe 32nd Annual Meeting
Date: 15–19 May 2022
Place: Copenhagen, Denmark + online
Toxics (ISSN: 2305-6304) will be attending the SETAC Europe 32nd Annual Meeting as an exhibitor. This meeting will be held in Denmark and online from 15 to 19 May 2022.
The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) is a not-for-profit, global professional society established in 1979 to provide a forum for individuals and institutions engaged in education, research and development, ecological risk assessment and life-cycle assessment, chemical manufacture and distribution, management and regulation of natural resources, and the study, analysis, and solution of environmental problems.
The primary goals of SETAC Europe are:
- To support the development of principles and practices for protection, enhancement, and management of sustainable environmental quality and ecosystem integrity;
- To encourage interactions among environmental scientists and disseminate information on environmental toxicology and chemistry;
- To provide a forum for communication among professionals in government, business, academia, and other segments of the environmental science community and for the protection and welfare of the general public.
The following MDPI journals will be represented:
- Toxics ;
- Applied Sciences;
- Sci;
- Diversity;
- Water;
- Nanomaterials;
- MPs;
- Atmosphere;
- Environments;
- JoX;
- Microplastics;
- Sustainability;
- Pollutants.
If you are attending this conference, please feel free to start an online conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions you may have. For more information about the conference and our booth, please visit: https://europe2022.setac.org/about-setac/.
17 March 2022
Recruiting Editorial Board Members for Toxics
Toxics (ISSN: 2305-6304) is recruiting Editorial Board Members for the following seven Sections:
- Toxicology
- Risk Assessment and Management
- Ecotoxicology
- Environmental Chemistry
- Exposome
- Environmental Epidemiology
- Engineering, Remediation and Restoration
These Sections will expand the Editorial Board and will cover areas that are less represented by the current team. If you are interested in this position or know of potential candidates to recommend, please contact us by 30 June 2022.
The Toxics website can be accessed at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/toxics.
As an Editorial Board Member, you would have the following responsibilities:
- Making decisions on whether a manuscript can be accepted for publication based on the reports that we collect;
- Editing Special Issues on topics related to your research interests when it is convenient for you;
- Promoting Toxics and increasing its visibility at related academic conferences.
To apply or to request further information, please contact the Toxics Editorial Office ([email protected]).
22 November 2021
722 MDPI Editorial Board Members Receiving "2021 Highly Cited Researchers" Distinction
It is our great honor to congratulate the Editorial Board Members and Editors in MDPI's journals who have been distinguished as 2021 Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate, according to Web of Science data. We herewith express our gratitude for the immense impact the named researchers continue to make on scientific progress and on our journals' development.
Clarivate's annual list of Highly Cited ResearchersTM identifies the most highly cited scientists for the past decade. Their impactful papers are among the top 1 per cent in the citation distribution of one or more of 22 fields analyzed in the "Essential Science Indicators", distinguishing them as hugely influential among their peers.
Abate, Antonio Abatzoglou, John T. Abbaszadeh, Mostafa Acharya, U. Rajendra Acharya, Viral V. Agarwal, Ravi P. Ahn, Myung-Ju Airoldi, Laura Ali, Imran Allakhverdiev, Suleyman I. Aluko, Rotimi E. Anasori, Babak Andersson, Dan I. Andes, David Anker, Stefan D. Apergis, Nicholas Ariga, Katsuhiko Arqub, Omar Abu Aschner, Michael Assaraf, Yehuda G. Astruc, Didier Atala, Anthony Atanasov, Atanas G. Atangana, Abdon Bahram, Mohammad Bakris, George L. Balandin, Alexander A. Baleanu, Dumitru Balsamo, Gianpaolo Bando, Yoshio Banks, William A. Bansal-Travers, Maansi Barba, Francisco J. Barros, Lillian Basit, Abdul W. Baskonus, Haci Mehmet Bassetti, Matteo Battino, Maurizio Bell, Jordana T. Bellomo, Nicola Benediktsson, Jon Atli Benelli, Giovanni Benjakul, Soottawat Bhatnagar, Amit Biddle, Stuart J. H. Biondi, Antonio Biondi-Zoccai, Giuseppe Bjarnsholt, Thomas Blaabjerg, Frede Blaschke, Thomas Blay, Jean-Yves Blumwald, Eduardo Blunt, John W. Boffetta, Paolo Bogers, Marcel Bonomo, Robert A. Bowman, David M.J.S. Boyer, Cyrille Brestic, Marian Brevik, Eric C. Buhalis, Dimitrios Burdick, Jason A. Byrd, John C. Cabeza, Luisa F. Cai, Xingjuan Cai, Jianchao Calhoun, Vince D. Calin, George Cao, Jinde Cao, Guozhong Carvalho, Andre F. Castellanos-Gomez, Andres Cerqueira, Miguel Ângelo Parente Ribeiro Chang, Jo-Shu Chang, Chih-Hao Chastin, Sebastien Chau, Kwok-wing Chemat, Farid Chen, Xiaobo Chen, YangQuan Chen, Jianmin Chen, Chaoji Chen, Min Chen, Qi Chen, Jun Chen, Xi Chen, Peng Chen, Yulin Chen, Bo Chen, Chen Chen, Zhi-Gang Chen, Wei-Hsin Chen, Gang Chen, Yongsheng Chen, Xiang Chen, Yimin Chen, Runsheng Chen, Lidong Chen, Shaowei Chen, Qian Chen, Yu Chen, Shuangming Chiclana, Francisco Cho, Sun Young Choi, Wonyong Chowdhary, Anuradha Choyke, Peter L. Cichocki, Andrzej Corella, Dolores Corma, Avelino Cortes, Javier Cortes, Jorge Costanza, Robert Crommie, Michael F. Cui, Yi Cui, Haiying Cui, Qinghua Cummings, Kenneth Michael Dai, Shifeng Dai, Sheng Daiber, Andreas Davis, Steven J. Dawson, Ted M. de la Fuente-Nunez, Cesar Decker, Eric Andrew Dekel, Avishai Demaria, Marco Deng, Yong Deng, Xiangzheng DePinho, Ronald A. Desneux, Nicolas Dimopoulos, Meletios-Athanasios Ding, Aijun Dionysiou, Dionysios D. Dokmeci, Mehmet Remzi Dolgui, Alexandre Dong, Fan Dou, Shi Xue Dou, Letian Du, Qian Du, Bo Dube, Shanta Rishi Dufresne, Alain Dummer, Reinhard Dupont, Didier Edwards, David Elaissari, Abdelhamid Elhoseny, Mohamed Ellahi, Rahmat Ellis, Erle C. ElMasry, Gamal Esteller, Manel Estévez, Mario Fabbro, Doriano Facchetti, Antonio Fan, Zhanxi Fang, Chuanglin Fasano, Alessio Fečkan, Michal Felser, Claudia Feng, Liangzhu Fensholt, Rasmus Ferdinandy, Péter Fernandez-Lafuente, Roberto Ferreira, Isabel C. F. R. Filippi, Massimo Fisher, Helen Fortino, Giancarlo Fosso Wamba, Samuel Franceschi, Claudio Fujita, Hamido Fujita, Masayuki Gai, Francesco Gaisford, Simon Galanakis, Charis M. Galluzzi, Lorenzo Galvano, Fabio Gan, Ren-You Gan, Lihua Gandomi, Amir H. Gao, Bin Gao, Feng Gao, Minrui Gao, Huijun Gao, Wei Gao, Huile Garbe, Claus Garcia, Hermenegildo Gasbarrini, Antonio Gasco, Laura Gautret, Philippe Geng, Yong Gerdts, Gunnar Geschwind, Daniel H. Ghadimi, Noradin Ghaffari, Roozbeh Ghamisi, Pedram Giampieri, Francesca Glick, Bernard R. Gnant, Michael Goel, Ajay Gogotsi, Yury Goldewijk, Kees Klein Gong, Jinlong Gong, Yongji Govindan, Kannan Granato, Daniel Grancini, Giulia Green, Douglas R. Grosso, Giuseppe Gu, Ke Guan, Cao Guastella, Adam J. Guerrero, Josep M. Gui, Guan Guizani, Mohsen Guo, Zaiping Gupta, Rangan Gutzmer, Ralf Haase, Dagmar Habibi-Yangjeh, Aziz Hagemann, Stefan Hagger, Martin Hamblin, Michael R. Hammoudeh, Shawkat Han, Heesup Hanes, Justin Harrison, Roy M. Hartung, Hans-Peter Hasanuzzaman, Mirza He, Jr-Hau He, Hongwen He, Jiaqing He, Debiao Henseler, Jörg Herrera, Francisco Herrera-Viedma, Enrique Hetz, Claudio Ho Kim, Jung Holmes, Elaine Hossain, Ekram Hsueh, Po-Ren Hu, Xiaosong Hu, Wenbin Huang, Jianping Huang, Hongwei Huang, Yu Huang, Jianying Huang, Peng Huang, Baibiao Huang, Shaoming Hubacek, Klaus |
Iqbal, Hafiz M. N. |
Saad, Fred |
The full list of 2021 Highly Cited Researchers can be accessed at the following webpage in the Web of ScienceTM https://recognition.webofscience.com/awards/highly-cited/2021/.
--- Highly Cited Researchers (HCR) is a Clarivate product.
19 November 2021
Dr. Demetrio Raldúa Appointed Editor-in-Chief of Toxics
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Demetrio Raldúa has taken over the editorial leadership of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304), starting from 26 October 2021.
Dr. Demetrio Raldúa, Ph.D., D.Sc. Vet. Med. (dr.med.vet.), from the University of Zaragoza in Spain, specializes in various aspects of vertebrate physiology and toxicology. His research focuses on identifying the effects and analysing the mechanisms of action of different environmental pollutants and drugs in vertebrates, using zebrafish as an experimental model. He is the author of 97 articles and book chapters (3361 citations, H=35), and has been a Tenured Scientist (Investigador Científico) at the Institute for Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC) since 2009. Currently, Raldúa's laboratory work is devoted to increasing the current understanding of the molecular basis that underlies the neurotoxic effects of environmental pollutants and drugs, linking toxic effects at different levels of organization, from molecular to behavioral.
1. What appealed to you about the journal that made you want to take the role as its Editor-in-Chief?
I became interested in Toxics when I found an excellent review on the neurotransmitter systems in zebrafish (by Horzmann and Freeman, 2016) in this journal. Since then, I have been working at the journal as a reviewer, author, editor, Special Issue editor, and finally an Editor-in-Chief of the “Ecotoxicology” Section. With this background, it has been an honor to accept the position of Editor-in-Chief.
2. What is your vision for the journal?
In my opinion, Toxics is already a very interesting journal for environmental scientists and toxicologists, but we still need to work hard to reach the Q1 in both areas as soon as possible. This is an important goal, as many high-quality researchers select only Q1 journals for publications. In order to achieve this goal, editors and reviewers must work together to ensure always the high quality of the accepted manuscripts. This is, in my opinion, the best way to attract the interest of new researchers to our journal.
3. What does the future of this field of research look like?
I believe that the field of environmental sciences is currently in expansion, and is expected to draw in a lot of investment. However, I do not always think that environmental scientists and toxicologists should play a more relevant role in decision-making related to the protection of human and environmental health. In my opinion, it is very important to increase the efforts to be able to provide governments and industry with methodologies to deal with the problem of assessing the risk of mixtures of chemicals for human and environmental health, to advance in the green chemistry field, and to develop new methodologies to eliminate or reduce the exposure of humans and the environment to toxic chemicals and materials.
4. What do you think of the development of Open Access in the publishing field?
I really believe that it is always positive to make knowledge accessible to everyone. Open Access publications have a cost (APC), usually assumed by the submitting research groups or their institutions, but sometimes these charges are a real barrier for groups with funding problems. I believe that it is necessary for an agreement between governments, research institutions, and publishers to avoid this situation, providing any research group with the possibility to publish in open access.
We are confident that the strong academic background and connections of the new Editor-in-Chief will continue to raise the prestige and quality of Toxics. We also take this opportunity to express our gratitude to the previous Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Alistair Boxall, for his invaluable contributions to the journal.
16 November 2021
Topical Advisory Panel Established to Support Editorial Board
Academic editors play a crucial role in leading our journals and ensuring that each article undergoes a robust and timely peer-review. With the launch of Topics this year and addition of Topic Editors to our family of academic editors, we decided it would be a good time to restructure our academic boards, thus providing more clarity and support for each role. MDPI is pleased to announce the launch of a new position—Topical Advisory Panel Member, that will replace the previous position of Topics Board Member. The Topical Advisory Panel will be comprised of early career researchers eager to gain experience in editorial work.
The main responsibility of the new members of the Topical Advisory Panel is to regularly provide support to Guest Editors, Topic Editors, and Section Board Members. The responsibilities of the Topical Advisory Panel are available here: https://www.mdpi.com/editors.
Each year, the members’ performances are evaluated, and outstanding members are promoted to the Editorial Board by the Editor-in-Chief.
To qualify as a Topical Advisory Panel Member, applicants must:
- Have expertise and experience in the field related to the journal;
- Have received a Ph.D. in the last 10 years, approximately;
- Have at least 6-8 published papers in the last 5 years as first author or corresponding author;
- Currently hold an independent research position in academia or a government institute.
If you are interested in this role, please contact the editorial office by email.
We look forward to hearing from you soon.
8 November 2021
Toxics 2021 Best Paper Awards—Winners Announced
We are pleased to announce the two winners of the Toxics 2021 Best Paper Awards, sponsored by MDPI and Toxics (ISSN: 2305-6304). Nominations were selected from the papers published in 2019 by the Awards Committee of Toxics. The selection committee is chaired by the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Demetrio Raldúa. We hope that this award will encourage publication of other high-quality papers in the journal in the future.
- “Trace Element Uptake by Herbaceous Plants from the Soils at a Multiple Trace Element-Contaminated Site”
by Obinna Elijah Nworie, Junhao Qin and Chuxia Lin
Toxics 2019, 7(1), 3; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics7010003
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/7/1/3
- “A Review of Biomonitoring of Phthalate Exposures”
by Yu Wang, Hongkai Zhu and Kurunthachalam Kannan
Toxics 2019, 7(2), 21; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics7020021
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/7/2/21
On behalf of the Prize Awarding Committee, we would like to congratulate the authors of the above manuscripts, and we would also like to thank Dr. Demetrio Raldúa for his excellent work in the hard task of selecting a winner from such a large number of excellent candidate profiles. We are very proud to publish such high-quality papers, and we will continue to hold the Toxics 2022 Best Paper Awards. We wish all scholars great success in their careers.
We wish to extend our sincerest gratitude for your valuable contribution to the journal. We look forward to further collaboration with you.
Toxics Editorial Office
25 October 2021
Open Access Week 2021 | It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity, 25–31 October
Founded in 1996, MDPI was one of the first fully Open Access publisher. Over 25 years MDPI has grown to become the largest Open Access publisher globally, publishing over 160,000 articles across more than 350 journals in 2020. At the core, MDPI was founded in response to a pressing need of fast publication and inclusion. The scholar was set at the centre of the publication process for the first time. Acting as a service provider, rather than a product provider, MDPI exists to help scientists achive their objective to disseminate research results. At MDPI, we believe scientists deserve a better service from the publishing world.
The International Open Access Week (Open Access Week), founded by the SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) Alliance and student partners in 2008, has been successfully running for 13 years. As an advocate and pioneer of open access publishing, MDPI actively responds to the call of International Open Access Week. This year’s theme of “It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity” highlights the Recommendation’s call for equitable participation from all authors and readers.
For the last 25 years, MDPI has been committed to disseminating open research. Here is a video showing MDPI’s Commitment to Equity, Inclusion and Diversity for More than 25 Years.
International Open Access Week is an important opportunity to catalyze new conversations, create connections across and between communities that can facilitate this co-design, and advance progress in the building of more equitable foundations for opening knowledge—discussions and actions that need to be continued, year in and year out. MDPI has always aimed to provide professional and efficient publishing services to scholars around the world.
Our mission is to make scientific research accessible to everyone; this year, we interview and hold discussions with open science ambassadors on how to build an equal and inclusive environment for open science. Academic editors help us collaborate with more institutions to advocate for open access ideas.
Besides this, our scientific community is a key driver of our success and MDPI’s remarkable growth. Despite the pandemic, we have prepared online conferences and workshops to gather scholars from different communities.
The Basel Sustainable Publishing online forum provides an equal opportunity for stakeholders and researchers from multi-cultural environments to exchange ideas and eliminate barriers to participation.
Conference date: 25 October 2021, online
Conference website: https://bspf2021.sciforum.net/
Main topics: MDPI discusses the current dilemma of open access science from various perspectives such as governments, libraries, and publishers, and related measures on how to change the status quo of discrimination from a global perspective.
We aim to support equality, inclusion, diversity, and accessibility in scholarly communications. We collaborate with universities and key laboratories and have scholarly communications with researchers, teachers, and students on open access workshops.
- 25 October 2021
Energies journal and Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 28 October 2021
Machines journal and State Key Laboratory of Traction Power, Southwest Jiaotong University
- 29 October 2021
Processes journal and Beijing Institute of Technology
- 29 October 2021
Coatings journal and Wuhan University of Technology
MDPI is committed to providing open access and high-quality publishing services for scholars and promoting rapid dissemination of academic achievements. We hope to promote the practices and policies of open access publishing and diversify the dissemination of academic achievements.
28 September 2021
Meet Us at the Advanced Membrane Technology Summit for Water Treatment 2021, Shanghai, China, 15–17 October 2021
MDPI will be attending the Advanced Membrane Technology Summit for Water Treatment 2021, jointly hosted by the International Water Association (IWA), China Regional Office and Tongji University, which will be held from 15 to 17 October 2021, in Shanghai, China.
Famous domestic and foreign experts will give keynote speeches during the conference, in addition to poster exhibitions, postgraduate seminars and other academic activities. This summit is focused on the theme of "Sustainable Development of Membrane Water Treatment Technology under the Background of Carbon Peak and Carbon Neutrality". Topics covered by the summit include, but are not limited to, membrane water and wastewater treatment, new theories of membrane processes, advanced membranes and membrane modules, advanced membrane processes and combined processes, sustainable membrane water treatment technologies, and the industrial application of membrane technology.
The following MDPI journals will be represented:
- Membranes;
- Separations;
- IJERPH;
- Applied Sciences;
- Water;
- Toxics;
- Resources;
- Sustainability;
- ChemEngineering.
If you are also attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit:
23 September 2021
2020 MDPI Top Reviewer Award—Winners Announced
Rigorous peer-review is the cornerstone of high-quality academic publishing. Over 369,916 scholars served as reviewers for MDPI journals in 2020. We are extremely appreciative of all those who made a contribution to the editorial process in this capacity. At the beginning of every year, journal editorial offices publish a list of all reviewers’ names to express our gratitude. In addition, this year, the MDPI Top Reviewer Award was announced, to recognize the very best reviewers for their expertise and dedication, and their high-quality, and timely review reports. We are pleased to announce the following winners of the 2020 MDPI Top Reviewer Award:
- Adriana Burlea-Schiopoiu;
- Alban Kuriqi;
- Álvaro González-Vila;
- Alessandro Alaimo;
- Alexey Beskopylny;
- Alexander Yu Churyumov;
- Alberto Fernández-Isabel;
- Andrea Mastinu;
- Antonios N. Papadopoulos;
- Anton Rassõlkin;
- Antonio Humberto Hamad Minervino;
- Arkadiusz Matwijczuk;
- Artur Słomka;
- Baojie He;
- Bartłomiej Potaniec;
- Bojan Đurin;
- Camilo Arturo Rodriguez Diaz;
- Carmelo Maria Musarella;
- Chiachung Chen;
- Chiman Kwan;
- Cristian Busu;
- Danil Pimenov;
- Dan-Cristian Dabija;
- Delfín Ortega-Sánchez;
- Demetrio Antonio Zema;
- Denis Butusov;
- Elena Lucchi;
- Gaurab Dutta;
- Livia Anastasiu;
- M. R. Safaei.
For more information about how to become a reviewer of MDPI journals, please see: www.mdpi.com/reviewers.
22 September 2021
MDPI Joins SDG Publishers Compact
UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. In 2020 the SDG Publishers Compact was launched, aimed to inspire publishers and accelerate progress to achieve the 17 goals by 2030. Members of the programme are committed to support the publication of materials that will promote and inspire actions towards SDGs.
MDPI is an eager advocate of SDGs and has already been supporting the programme by creating Special Issues and publishing a series of books on SDGs prior to joining the Compact in 2021. MDPI's Sustainability Foundation initiated the World Sustainability Awards in 2016. We fully support UN's goals to promote sustainable actions that make the world a better place for all and, as part of its commitment, we will focus our actions on SDG10: Reduced Inequalities whilst promoting all 17 SDGs. For more details, please visit the programme’s website: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sdg-publishers-compact/.
Joining this initiative was a unanimous decision. MDPI has in its core values the dissemination of science for all, breaking the wall between research access and under-represented members of the scientific community and the general population. To support this initiative further and continue to support under-represented scientists, MDPI will take a series of actions that will be announced once ready.
The first action MDPI takes is to nominate Dr. Liliane Auwerter as the coordinator of the programme. Dr. Auwerter studied Environmental Process Technology (UTFPR, Brazil), obtained her MSc degree in Water and Environmental Engineering (University of Surrey, UK) and in 2020 completed her PhD in self-healing low-friction materials for water transport (Imperial College London, UK), always focusing on diverse scientific projects that would potentially bring sustainability to industrial processes. As a student in Brazil, she engaged in volunteering activities focused on environmental education and took part in the Millennial Development Goals meetings held at the university.
For more information, please contact:
Dr. Liliane Auwerter
Scientific Officer
[email protected]
15 September 2021
Meet Us at the 20th National Catalysis Conference, Wuhan, China, 15–20 October 2021
MDPI will be attending the 20th National Catalysis Conference in Wuhan, China, which will take place from 15 to 20 October 2021. The theme of the conference is “Catalytic Science and Technology for Green, Low-Carbon, High-Quality Economic Development”. The topics include the science and technology of catalytic materials and catalyst preparation, catalytic materials and catalytic reaction characterization technology and theory, green catalysis, environmental catalysis, energy catalysis, and science and technology in the catalysis process of petroleum and chemical industry.
The following MDPI journals will be represented:
- Catalysts;
- Nanomaterials;
- Coatings;
- Inorganics;
- Applied Sciences;
- Sustainable Chemistry;
- Chemistry;
- Processes;
- Reactions;
- Toxics.
If you are attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit the following link: http://20ncc.mzpco.com/.
3 August 2021
Announcement on Japanese Consumption Tax (JCT)
This serves to announce to our valued authors based in Japan that value-added tax, or consumption tax will now be imposed on article processing fees and other service fees for all papers submitted, or resubmitted (assigned new paper IDs), effective from 15 August 2021. The change is in accordance with the Japanese "Act for Partial Revision of the Income Tax Act and Other Acts" (Act No. 9 of 2015), which includes a revision of consumption taxation on cross-border supplies of services such as digital content distribution.
For additional information from the National Tax Agency please see here ("Cross-border supplies of electronic services").
Contact: Setsuko Nishihara, MDPI Tokyo
30 June 2021
2020 Impact Factors - Released
The 2020 citation metrics have been officially released in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR)!
We are pleased to announce that 85 MDPI journals are included, of which:
- 10 journals received their first impact factor
- 96% of journals increased their impact factor from 2019
- 32 journals (38%) ranked among the top 25% of journals, in at least one category
Journal | Impact Factor | Rank | Category |
Cancers | 6.639 | Q1 | • Oncology |
Cells | 6.600 | Q2 | • Cell Biology |
Pharmaceutics | 6.321 | Q1 | • Pharmacology & Pharmacy |
Antioxidants | 6.313 | Q1 | • Food Science & Technology |
• Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | |||
• Chemistry, Medicinal | |||
Biomedicines | 6.081 | Q1 | • Medicine, Research & Experimental |
• Pharmacology & Pharmacy | |||
• Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | |||
International Journal of Molecular Sciences | 5.924 | Q1 | • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
Q2 | • Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | ||
Pharmaceuticals | 5.863 | Q1 | • Pharmacology & Pharmacy |
• Chemistry, Medicinal | |||
Journal of Fungi | 5.816 | Q1 | • Mycology |
• Microbiology | |||
Nutrients | 5.719 | Q1 | • Nutrition & Dietetics |
Biosensors | 5.519 | Q1 | • Chemistry, Analytical |
• Instruments & Instrumentation | |||
Q2 | • Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | ||
Marine Drugs | 5.118 | Q1 | • Chemistry, Medicinal |
• Pharmacology & Pharmacy | |||
Biology | 5.079 | Q1 | • Biology |
Nanomaterials | 5.076 | Q1 | • Physics, Applied |
Q2 | • Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | ||
• Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | |||
• Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | |||
Viruses | 5.048 | Q2 | • Virology |
Journal of Personalized Medicine | 4.945 | Q1 | • Medicine, General & Internal |
• Health Care Sciences & Services | |||
Metabolites | 4.932 | Q2 | • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
Biomolecules | 4.879 | Q2 | • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
Remote Sensing | 4.848 | Q1 | • Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
Q2 | • Remote Sensing | ||
• Imaging Science & Photographic Technology | |||
• Environmental Sciences | |||
Gels * | 4.702 | Q1 | • Polymer Science |
Antibiotics | 4.639 | Q2 | • Infectious Diseases |
• Pharmacology & Pharmacy | |||
Toxins | 4.546 | Q1 | • Toxicology |
• Food Science & Technology | |||
Vaccines | 4.422 | Q2 | • Immunology |
• Medicine, Research & Experimental | |||
Molecules | 4.412 | Q2 | • Chemistry, Multidisciplinary |
• Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | |||
Foods | 4.350 | Q2 | • Food Science & Technology |
Polymers | 4.329 | Q1 | • Polymer Science |
Journal of Clinical Medicine | 4.242 | Q1 | • Medicine, General & Internal |
Toxics | 4.146 | Q2 | • Toxicology |
• Environmental Sciences | |||
Catalysts | 4.146 | Q2 | • Chemistry, Physical |
Microorganisms | 4.128 | Q2 | • Microbiology |
Membranes | 4.106 | Q1 | • Polymer Science |
Q2 | • Engineering, Chemical | ||
• Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | |||
• Chemistry, Physical | |||
Genes | 4.096 | Q2 | • Genetics & Heredity |
Fermentation * | 3.975 | Q2 | • Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology |
Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease * | 3.948 | Q2 | • Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems |
Plants | 3.935 | Q1 | • Plant Sciences |
Life | 3.817 | Q2 | • Biology |
Diagnostics | 3.706 | Q2 | • Medicine, General & Internal |
Current Oncology | 3.677 | Q3 | • Oncology |
Materials | 3.623 | Q1 | • Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering |
Q2 | • Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | ||
• Chemistry, Physical | |||
• Physics, Applied | |||
• Physics, Condensed Matter | |||
Sensors | 3.576 | Q1 | • Instruments & Instrumentation |
Q2 | • Chemistry, Analytical | ||
• Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | |||
Pathogens | 3.492 | Q2 | • Microbiology |
Agronomy | 3.417 | Q1 | • Agronomy |
• Plant Sciences | |||
Chemosensors | 3.398 | Q2 | • Instruments & Instrumentation |
• Chemistry, Analytical | |||
Q3 | • Electrochemistry | ||
Land | 3.398 | Q2 | • Environmental Studies |
Brain Sciences | 3.394 | Q3 | • Neurosciences |
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 3.390 | Q1 | • Public, Environmental & Occupational Health (SSCI) |
Q2 | • Public, Environmental & Occupational Health (SCIE) | ||
• Environmental Sciences (SCIE) | |||
Tomography | 3.358 | Q2 | • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging |
Fractal and Fractional * | 3.313 | Q1 | • Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications |
Sustainability | 3.251 | Q2 | • Environmental Sciences (SCIE) |
• Environmental Studies (SSCI) | |||
Q3 | • Green & Sustainable Science & Technology (SCIE) | ||
• Green & Sustainable Science & Technology (SSCI) | |||
Water | 3.103 | Q2 | • Water Resources |
• Environmental Sciences | |||
Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research | 3.049 | Q3 | • Business |
Energies | 3.004 | Q3 | • Energy & Fuels |
Agriculture | 2.925 | Q1 | • Agronomy |
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information | 2.899 | Q2 | • Geography, Physical |
• Computer Science, Information Systems | |||
Q3 | • Remote Sensing | ||
Micromachines | 2.891 | Q2 | • Instruments & Instrumentation |
• Physics, Applied | |||
Q3 | • Chemistry, Analytical | ||
• Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | |||
Coatings | 2.881 | Q2 | • Materials Science, Coatings & Films |
• Physics, Applied | |||
Q3 | • Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | ||
Children | 2.863 | Q2 | • Pediatrics |
Processes | 2.847 | Q3 | • Engineering, Chemical |
Separations | 2.777 | Q3 | • Chemistry, Analytical |
Insects | 2.769 | Q1 | • Entomology |
Animals | 2.752 | Q1 | • Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science |
• Veterinary Sciences | |||
Symmetry | 2.713 | Q2 | • Multidisciplinary Sciences |
Atmosphere | 2.686 | Q3 | • Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
• Environmental Sciences | |||
Applied Sciences | 2.679 | Q2 | • Engineering, Multidisciplinary |
• Physics, Applied | |||
Q3 | • Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | ||
• Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | |||
Photonics | 2.676 | Q2 | • Optics |
Buildings * | 2.648 | Q2 | • Construction & Building Technology |
• Engineering, Civil | |||
Healthcare | 2.645 | Q2 | • Health Policy & Services (SSCI) |
Q3 | • Health Care Sciences & Services (SCIE) | ||
Minerals | 2.644 | Q2 | • Mining & Mineral Processing |
• Mineralogy | |||
• Geochemistry & Geophysics | |||
Forests | 2.634 | Q1 | • Forestry |
Crystals | 2.589 | Q2 | • Crystallography |
Q3 | • Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | ||
Entropy | 2.524 | Q2 | • Physics, Multidisciplinary |
Diversity | 2.465 | Q2 | • Biodiversity Conservation |
Q3 | • Ecology | ||
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering | 2.458 | Q2 | • Oceanography |
• Engineering, Marine | |||
• Engineering, Ocean | |||
Medicina | 2.430 | Q2 | • Medicine, General & Internal |
Machines * | 2.428 | Q2 | • Engineering, Mechanical |
Q3 | • Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | ||
Electronics | 2.397 | Q3 | • Engineering, Electrical & Electronic |
• Computer Science, Information Systems | |||
• Physics, Applied | |||
Fishes * | 2.385 | Q2 | • Fisheries |
• Marine & Freshwater Biology | |||
Metals | 2.351 | Q2 | • Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering |
Q3 | • Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | ||
Horticulturae * | 2.331 | Q1 | • Horticulture |
Veterinary Sciences * | 2.304 | Q1 | • Veterinary Sciences |
Universe | 2.278 | Q3 | • Physics, Particles & Fields |
• Astronomy & Astrophysics | |||
Mathematics | 2.258 | Q1 | • Mathematics |
Magnetochemistry | 2.193 | Q3 | • Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear |
• Chemistry, Physical | |||
• Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | |||
Current Issues in Molecular Biology | 2.081 | Q4 | • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
Actuators | 1.994 | Q3 | • Instruments & Instrumentation |
• Engineering, Mechanical | |||
Aerospace * | 1.659 | Q2 | • Engineering, Aerospace |
* Journals given their first Impact Factor in 2021
Source: 2020 Journal Impact Factors, Journal Citation Reports ® (Clarivate, 2021)
16 June 2021
Meet us at the 16th International Conference on Waste Management and Technology, Beijing, China, 25–28 June 2021
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28 April 2021
Book Builder—Compile a Customized E-Book from Your Favorite MDPI Open Access Content
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15 April 2021
MDPI Celebrates Company Milestone With 25th Anniversary Page
"We exist to help scientists achieve their own objectives"
In June of this year, MDPI will celebrate the 25th anniversary of its foundation. To mark this significant milestone, we have created a 25th Anniversary page on our website that evokes the development of our company over the past quarter-century.
MDPI has been a pioneer of Open Access publishing ever since the concept was first created.
In a wide-ranging interview, our CEO Delia Mihaila reflects on the company’s 25th anniversary and its contribution to the world of scientific publishing.
Delia considers how MDPI has evolved since starting life in 1996 as a visionary ‘project’ run out of an apartment in Basel, Switzerland, by Dr. Shu-Kun Lin. A chemist who was passionate about the long-term preservation of rare chemical sample, Dr. Lin was determined to help scholars publish their findings as quickly as possible and make their research results available to as wide a readership as possible worldwide. That determination remains unchanged 25 years later.
Today, MDPI is an international organization with over 4,000 employees based on three continents and in ten countries, and ranks among the world's top four academic publishers.
MDPI's mission is to accelerate access to new scientific research, delivering insight faster for researchers worldwide. Read more here about the company's remarkable success story and what the Open Access publishing model can offer the global scientific community.
8 April 2021
Toxics | 2020 Outstanding Reviewer Award - Winner Announced
We are pleased to announce that the following reviewer has been selected as the winner of the Toxics 2020 Outstanding Reviewer Award. This award is in appreciation of the high number, timeliness, and quality of reviews in 2020. The winner will receive a certificate, CHF 500 and an opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in 2021.
Prof. Dr. Jun Yoshinaga
Faculty of Life Science, Toyo University, Japan
Research Interest: society medicine; hygiene environmental science; risk sciences of radiation and environmental chemical science; environmental impact assessment/environmental policy
We want to extend our congratulations to the winner for his excellent reviews and well-earned award!
The Toxics Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to acknowledge all reviewers who have generously dedicated their time and efforts toward reviewing manuscripts submitted to Toxics. Due to their outstanding contributions, the high scientific quality of the journal and fast article processing are constantly maintained.
Toxics Editorial Office
29 March 2021
Welcoming New Members to the Editorial Board of Toxics
It is our pleasure to welcome the following recognized researchers, who recently joined the Editorial Board of Toxics:
Prof. Dr. Jingchun Tang, Nankai University, China
Dr. Giovanna Tranfo, Epidemiology and Hygiene, Italy
Xiangang Hu, Nankai University, China
Prof. Dr. Qixing Zhou, Nankai University, China
Dr. Rafael Clemente, CEBAS-CSIC, Spain
Prof. Dr. Daohui Lin. Zhejiang University, China
Prof. Dr. Jiayin Dai, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Prof. Dr. Mei-Rong Huang, Tongji University, China
Prof. Dr. Xin-Gui Li, Tongji University, China
Prof. Dr. Sijie Lin, Tongji University, China
Prof. Dr. Shuguang Xie, Peking University, China
Prof. Dr. Gary O. Rankin, Marshall University, USA
Prof. Dr. Danny D. Reible, Texas Tech University, USA
Prof. Dr. M.Firoze Khan, University of Texas Medical Branch, USA
Dr. Michael Petriello, Wayne State University, USA
Prof. Dr. Scott W. Burchiel, University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy, USA
Dr. Thomas J. Sharpton, Oregon State University, USA
Prof. Dr. Edmund Maser, University Medical School Schleswig-Holstein, USA
Dr. Jordi Morato Farreras, Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain
Dr. Yi Wan, Peking University, China
Dr. Yoshinori Ikenaka, Hokkaido University, Japan
Dr. Montserrat Sole, ICM-CSIC, Spain
Dr. Clara Coscollá Raga, FISABIO, Spain
Prof. Dr. Zhenghong Zuo, Xiamen University, China
Prof. Dr. Christopher W. Theodorakis, Southern Illinois University, USA
Prof. Dr. Flemming R. Cassee, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
Prof. Dr. Michael J. Carvan, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
Prof. Dr. Natalia González-Benítez, University Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
Prof. Dr. Youssef Sari. The University of Toledo, USA
Prof. Dr. David McBride, University of Otago, USA
Dr. Bakhtiyor Rasulev, North Dakota State University, USA
We look forward to their contributions to the journal.
Toxics Editorial Office
10 March 2021
Journal Selector: Helping to Find the Right MDPI Journal for Your Article
At MDPI, we strive to make your online publication process seamless and efficient. To achieve this, our team is continuously developing tools and features to make the user experience useful and convenient.
As the number of academic papers continues to grow, so does the need to analyze and work with them on a large scale. This prompted us to design a new feature aimed at helping researchers find journals that are relevant to their publication by matching their abstract topic. In this regard, we designed a similarity model that automatically identifies the most suitable academic journals for your paper.
We are pleased to introduce Journal Selector, a new feature that measures similarity in academic contexts. By simply entering the title and/or abstract into our Journal Selector, the author will see a list of the most related scientific journals published by MDPI. This method helps authors select the correct journals for their papers, highlighting the time of publication and citability.
The methodology is known as representation learning, where words are represented as vectors in hyperspace. Representation helps us differentiate between different concepts within articles, and in turn, helps us identify similarities between them.
We used an advanced machine learning model to better capture the semantic meanings of words. This helps the algorithm make better predictions by leveraging scientific text representation. In turn, this ensures high precision, helping authors decide which journal they should submit their paper to.
The goal is to support authors to publish their work in the most suitable journal for their research, as fast as possible, accelerating their career progress.
Contact: Andrea Perlato, Head of Data Analytics, MDPI (email)
3 February 2021
Toxics | 2020 Young Investigator Award—Winner Announced
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Toxics 2020 Young Investigator Award is Dr. Andreu Rico.
Dr. Andreu Rico (born in 1983 in Spain) is the principal investigator of the ecotoxicology group of the IMDEA Water Institute (Alcalá de Henares, Spain) and a Ramón y Cajal researcher at the Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, at the University of Valencia (Spain). His research has mainly focused on assessing (1) the environmental fate of emerging contaminants (including microplastics), (2) the resilience of aquatic populations and communities to chemical stress, and (3) the interactive effects of global climate change (e.g., water scarcity, temperature increase, salinization) and chemical pollution on freshwater ecosystems. More recently, he has been involved in several field sampling campaigns to assess the impacts of chemical pollution in the Amazon River and in Mediterranean wetland ecosystems.
Dr. Rico received his Ph.D. in 2014 from Wageningen University (the Netherlands) and has an outstanding publication record, comprising over 60 high-quality publications, with over 1500 citations. In 2015, he won the SETAC Best Paper Award for his study on the relationship between biological traits and invertebrate vulnerability to insecticides. In today’s competitive environment, his achievements are outstanding.
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Rico on his impressive array of accomplishments!
As the awardee, Dr. Rico will receive an honorarium of 1800 CHF, an offer to publish a paper free of charge before 31 December 2021 in Toxics after peer review, and an engraved plaque.
We would like to thank all the nominators from various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of the abundant excellent nominations.
12 January 2021
3rd Webinar of Toxics: Microplastics Distribution, Fate and Effects on the Environment (14 January 2021, 15:30pm CET)
Microplastics, defined as plastic particles >5 mm in diameter, include primary microplastics, which have small sizes for use in plastic production, cleaning, and cosmetic or medical products, and secondary microplastics, which result from the fragmentation of larger items in the environment. After a decade of intense research efforts in this field, numerous studies have shown the widespread distribution of microplastics over the planet and their effects on ecosystems. However, there is still a general lack of understanding on several aspects that need to be addressed, such as the incorporation of microplastics and associated pollutants into food webs.
This webinar will discuss some of the current challenges in microplastic research, aiming to contribute to the development of strategies for assessing the distribution, fate, and effects of microplastics in ecosystems and, ultimately, to achieve sustainable development goals.
Date: 14 January 2021
Time: 15:30pm (CET) | 9:30 am (EDT) | 22:30 pm (CST Asia)
Webinar ID: 860 7927 9263
Register for free here: https://toxics-3.sciforum.net/
Chair:
Prof. Dr. Juan Bellas The Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO), Spain Editorial Board Member of Toxics Interests: marine pollution; ecotoxicology; marine ecology; marine larval biology; biomarkers; bioassays |
Speakers
Prof. Dr. Roberta Bettinetti University of Insubria, Italy Presentation: "Microplastics in Freshwater Environments” |
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Prof. Dr. José Manuel Andrade-Garda University of A Coruña, Spain Presentation: "Some Hints to Measure Microplastics by Mid-IR Spectrometry” |
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Prof. Dr. Ad M.J. Ragas Institute of Water and Wetland Research, The Netherlands Open University, The Netherlands Presentation: "Modelling Microplastics: From Sources to Effects” |
For any further inquiries about the webinar, please send an email to [email protected].
25 December 2020
Toxics Has Become a Monthly Publication
We are pleased to announce that Toxics became a monthly publication on 1 January, 2021. A monthly publication allows papers to be indexed in Web of Science and other indexing databases on a monthly basis rather than every 3 months, and they become searchable and are cited earlier. We also acknowledge the many valuable publications from our authors and the important contribution of our dedicated reviewers.
18 December 2020
Toxics 2020 Best Paper Awards Winner Announcement
Dear colleagues,
The editorial team would like to congratulate the winners of the Toxics 2020 Best Paper Awards, who were chosen by the Journal’s Award Committee. The recipients of the “Toxics 2020 Best Paper Awards” are as follows:
Article:
Aldehydes in Exhaled Breath during E-Cigarette Vaping: Pilot Study Results
Vera Samburova, Chiranjivi Bhattarai, Matthew Strickland, Lyndsey Darrow, Jeff Angermann, Yeongkwon Son and Andrey Khlystov
Toxics 2018, 6(3), 46; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics6030046
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/6/3/46
Review:
Dietary Cadmium Intake and Its Effects on Kidneys
Soisungwan Satarug
Toxics 2018, 6(1), 15; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics6010015
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/6/1/15
Please join us in congratulating the winners of Toxics 2020 Best Paper Awards!
We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all our authors for their continued support of Toxics.
15 December 2020
MDPI adopts C4DISC principles to improve diversity and inclusion in scholarly communications
MDPI is proud to adopt the principles of the Coalition for Diversity & Inclusion in Scholarly Communications (C4DISC) to support building equity, inclusion, diversity, and accessibility in scholarly communications.
The C4DISC represents organizations and individuals working in scholarly communications and is focused on addressing issues of diversity and inclusion within the publishing industry.
MDPI’s Managing Editors encourage the Editors-in-Chief and Associate Editors to appoint diverse expert Editorial Boards. This is also reflective in our multi-national and inclusive workplace. We are proud to create equal opportunities without regard to gender, ethnicity, geographic location, sexual orientation, age, disability, political beliefs, religion, or socio-economic status. There is no place for discrimination in our workplace and editors of MDPI journals are to uphold these principles in high regard.
Representatives from C4DISC meet monthly, and have started to implement initiatives to shed light and improve on the lack of diversity in scholarly communications. Some of the initiatives include developing a joint statement of principles; conducting market research; providing training resources, best practices, toolkits, and documentation for our collective memberships; and establishing outreach programs, curricula, events, and publications.
The Coalition is committed to:
- eliminating barriers to participation, extending equitable opportunities across all stakeholders, and ensuring that our practices and policies promote equitable treatment and do not allow, condone, or result in discrimination;
- creating and maintaining an environment that respects diverse traditions, heritages, and experiences;
- promoting diversity in all staff, volunteers, and audiences, including full participation in programs, policy formulation, and decision-making;
- raising awareness about career opportunities in our industries to groups who are currently underrepresented in the workforce;
- supporting our members in achieving diversity and inclusion within their organizations.
14 December 2020
Welcoming New Members to the Editorial Board of Toxics
It is our pleasure to welcome the following recognized researchers, who recently joined the Editorial Board of Toxics:
Prof. Dr. Dianne Jolley University of Wollongong, Australia
Dr. Brice Appenzeller Luxembourg Institute of Health, Luxembourg
Prof. Dr. Greet Schoeters University of Antwerp, Belgium
Prof. Dr. David Volz University of California, USA
Dr. Ahmed Tlili Eawag, Switzerland
Prof. Dr. B. Lawrence University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, USA
Dr. Alexei Konoplev Fukushima University, Japan
Dr. Kouji Harada Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Prof. Dr. Kurunthachalam Kannan New York University School of Medicine, USA
Dr. Farhan Khan University of Oslo, Norway
Prof. Dr. Magnus Engwall Örebro University, Sweden
Prof. Dr. Leena Nylander-French University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Prof. Dr.Yuan Cheng Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Prof. Dr. Lisa Truong Oregon State University, USA
Dr. Gunnar Toft Aarhus University, Denmark
Prof. Dr. Hua-Yun Xiao Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Dr.Paweł Cyplik Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poland
Dr.João Teixeira National Institute of Health, Portugal
Dr.Konstantinos Poulas University of Patras, Greece
Dr.Konstantinos Farsalinos University of Patras, Greece
We look forward to their contributions to the journal.
Toxics Editorial Office
14 December 2020
Article Layout and Templates Revised for Future Volumes
At MDPI we have slightly revised the layout for articles to be published in the 2021 Volume, starting at the end of December 2020. As of today, the article templates available for download on ‘Instructions for Authors’ pages have been updated.
The most noticeable change can be found on the first page of the article, where a left-hand column has been created to include the following front matter elements: (i) the recommended citation style for the article, (ii) the publishing history, (iii) as well as the Creative Commons Attribution license used (iv) a standard note regarding affiliations. At the same time, the extra spacing on the left means the authors’ affiliations are now more clearly set apart than before. Other front matter key elements such as journal logo, article type, article title, authors, abstract and keywords remain unchanged.
The blank column on the left runs through all pages in an article; as a result, the main text is slightly more condensed, which improve reader friendliness for smaller screens. Small figures/tables are aligned on the left with standard indenture, while large figures/tables are centered and covering the full width of the page. The revised layout was applied in the article pictured below, to serve as an example:
1) Information is displayed in the left information bar.
2) In the main text, there is a blank column on the left.
3) Small tables/figures are aligned on the left, large tables/figures are centered.
11 December 2020
2020 "Highly Cited Researchers" on MDPI Journal's Editorial Boards
We are pleased to acknowledge that many academic editors who have made an impact on MDPI journals as editorial board members, editors-in-chief, or section editors, are recognized as 2020 Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate.
Highly Cited Researchers highlights the top 1% of researchers, by citations, in one or more of the 22 fields used in Clarivate Analytics Essential Science Indicators. We offer our congratulations to 279 academic editors of MDPI journals who were recognized as the most influential scholars in their fields in 2020.
Adams, Dave Agarwal, Ravi P. Ahn, Choon Ki Ahn, Myung-Ju Albrecht, Randy A. Andersson, Dan I. Anker, Stefan D. Apergis, Nicholas Ariga, Katsuhiko Artaxo, Paulo Balsamo, Gianpaolo Barba, Francisco J. Benediktsson, Jon Atli Benelli, Giovanni Bhatnagar, Amit Bialystok, Ellen Blaabjerg, Frede Blay, Jean-Yves Bogers, Marcel Bolton, Declan J. Boyer, Cyrille Brocca, Luca Bruix, Jordi Buhalis, Dimitrios Burdick, Jason A. Byrd, John C. Cabeza, Luisa F. Cabrerizo-Lorite, Francisco Javier Cai, Jianchao Calhoun, Vince D. Cantu, Robert C. Cerqueira, Miguel Chang, Jo-Shu Chau, Kwok-wing Chemat, Farid Chen, Jianmin Chen, Jun Chen, Min Chen, Shaowei Chen, Wei Chen, Wei-Hsin Chen, Xiaofeng Chen, Yangkang Chen, Zhi-Gang Chiclana, Francisco Corella, Dolores Cortes, Javier Cortes, Jorge Cummings, Kenneth Michael Dai, Shifeng Decker, Eric A. DePinho, Ronald A. Dimopoulos, Meletios-Athanasios Dincer, Ibrahim Du, Yihong Dupont, Didier Edwards, David Ellahi, Rahmat Ellis, Erle C. ElMasry, Gamal Esteller, Manel Estruch, Ramón Fang, Chuanglin Fasano, Alessio Fernandez-Lafuente, Roberto Ferreira, Isabel Fortino, Giancarlo Galluzzi, Lorenzo Galvano, Fabio Gandomi, Amir H. Gandomi, Amir H. Gao, Bin Gao, Feng Gao, Wei Garbe, Claus García, Hermenegildo Geschwind, Daniel H. Giampieri, Francesca Giralt, Sergio A. Glanz, Karen Goldewijk, Kees Klein Gössling, Stefan Govindan, Kannan Granato, Daniel Grosso, Giuseppe Grosso, Giuseppe Guerrero, Josep M. Haase, Dagmar Hagger, Martin S. Hamblin, Michael R. Han, Heesup Jankovic, Joseph Janotti, Anderson |
Jiang, Hai-Long Kalaji, Hazem M. Kalantar-Zadeh, Kourosh Kaner, Richard B. Karimi, Hamid Reza Kataoka, Kazunori Keesstra, Saskia Kepp, Oliver Kerminen, Veli-Matti Keyzers, Robert A. Khademhosseini, Ali Khan, Nafees A. Kim, Ki-Hyun Klemeš, Jiří Jaromír Klenk, Hans-Peter Konopleva, Marina Y. Krammer, Florian Krebs, Frederik C. Kroemer, Guido Kudo, Masatoshi Kurths, Juergen Kurzrock, Razelle Kuznetsov, Nikolay V. Kyrpides, Nikos C. La Vecchia, Carlo Lai, Yuekun Lam, James Lancellotti, Patrizio Lee, Sangmoon Leung, Victor C. M. Li, Jinghong Li, Yurui Lindahl, José M. Merigó Lip, Gregory Y. H. Loh, Xian Jun Long, Hualou Lund, Henrik Luo, Jingshan Luque, Rafael Lyons, Timothy W. Ma, Jun Ma, Wen-Xiu Ma, Yanming Maeda, Keisuke Makarova, Kira Mantovani, Alberto Martín-Belloso, Olga Martinoia, Enrico Marzband, Mousa Masclaux-Daubresse, Celine Masson, Patrick Mateos, María Victoria Mathiesen, Brian Vad Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof McArthur, Grant A. McCauley, Darren Medlock, Jolyon M. Melero, Ignacio Mezzetti, Bruno Miroshnichenko, Andrey E. Moran, Daniel Mueller, Lukas A. Mueller-Roeber, Bernd Naushad, Mu Nemeroff, Charles B. Nieto, Juan J. O'Donnell, Colm Ogino, Shuji Olabi, Abdul-Ghani O'Regan, Donal Orsini, Nicola Oswald, Isabelle P. Ozcan, Aydogan Pahl-Wostl, Claudia Pang, Huan Payne, James E. Peng, Shushi Perc, Matjaz Perez-Alvarez, Jose Angel Piquero, Alex R. Ploss, Alexander Postolache, Mihai Pradhan, Biswajeet Prinsep, Michele R. Qian, Dong Qu, Xiaogang Reiter, Russel J. Riahi, Keywan Richter, Andreas Rignot, Eric Robert, Caroline Ros, Emilio Rosell, Rafael |
Rosen, Marc A. |
The full list of 2020 Highly Cited Researchers can be accessed on https://recognition.webofsciencegroup.com/awards/highly-cited/2020/
--- Highly Cited Researchers (HCR) is a Clarivate product.
19 September 2020
Welcoming New Members to the Editorial Board of Toxics
We welcome the following recognized researchers, who recently joined the Editorial Board of Toxics:
Prof. Dr. Ad M.J. Ragas, Radboud University, the Netherlands
Dr. David C. Spink, New York State Department of Health, USA
Prof. Dr. Gary R. Fones, University of Portsmouth, UK
Prof. Dr. Guido Cavaletti, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Dr. Hyeong-Moo Shin, University of Texas, USA
Prof. Dr. James E. Klaunig, Indiana University, USA
Dr. Jennifer F. Nyland, Salisbury University, USA
Prof. Dr. Jos Kleinjans, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Prof. Dr. Karin Sørig Hougaard, National Research Centre for the Working Environment (NRCWE), Denmark
Prof. Dr. Lars Rylander, Lund University, Sweden
Prof. Dr. Laura S. Van Winkle, University of California at Davis, USA
Dr. Luis Alberto Henríquez-Hernández, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Dr. Manuel E. Ortiz-Santaliestra, Spanish Institute for Game and Wildlife Research (IREC), Spain
Prof. Dr. Michael K. Stenstrom, University of California, USA
Dr. Panagiotis Georgiadis, Institute of Chemical Biology, Greece
Dr. Remco H.S. Westerink, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
Dr. Shawn P. McElmurry, Wayne State University, USA
Dr. Valentina Carozzi, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Dr. Xavier Cousin, Université Paris-Saclay, France
Dr. Youssef Oulhote, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
9 July 2020
Open Access Agreement Between Jisc Collections and MDPI
We are delighted to announce the establishment of our Open Access agreement with Jisc Collections, which will allow UK institutions to benefit from access to article processing charge (APC) discounts and streamlined payment workflows.
All institutions participating in the agreement will also gain access to the MDPI online submission system where they can find full article metadata and pricing information for easy identification and additional transparency.
Eligible authors affiliated with the participating institutions are prompted to choose the corresponding Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP) when they submit an article via our online submission system.
About Jisc
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30 June 2020
Toxics Receives First Journal Impact Factor of 3.271
The editors are pleased to inform that Toxics has received a first Impact Factor of 3.271, as published in the 2019 Edition of the Journal Citation Reports® (Clarivate), released just now. Toxics ranks 32nd out of 92 (Q2) titles in the 'Toxicology', as well as 92nd out of 265 (Q2) titles in the 'Environmental Sciences' category.
Thank you to the authors, editorial board members and reviewers for their contribution in achieving this milestone for Toxics.
29 June 2020
Updated Impact Factors Released in the Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate)
The updated citation metrics have been released in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), published by Clarivate. The recent release of the JCR includes seventy-one MDPI titles. Out of these, 18 titles are newcomers, receiving a first Journal Impact Factor which is based on citation activity in 2019: Actuators, Agriculture, Biology, Biomedicines, Biosensors, Chemosensors, Children, Healthcare, Journal of Fungi, Journal of Personalized Medicine (JPM), Land, Life, Magnetochemistry, Membranes, Pharmaceuticals, Photonics, Separations and Toxics.
- Out of the previously listed journals, a total of 72 percent boast an increased Impact Factor.
- 25 journals are ranked among the top 25% of journals in at least one of the categories they are ranked for.
- Articles published in 2019 in MDPI journals account for approximately 17 percent of of articles published in gold Open Access journals covered in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI).
First Impact Factors
Journal | Impact Factor | Rank | Category | Details |
Actuators | 1.957 | 31/64 (Q2) | • Instruments & Instrumentation | Link |
Agriculture | 2.072 | 25/91 (Q2) | • Agronomy | Link |
Biology | 3.796 | 19/93 (Q1) | • Biology | Link |
Biomedicines | 4.717 | 30/138 (Q1) 36/270 (Q1) |
• Medicine, Research & Experimental • Pharmacology & Pharmacy |
Link |
Biosensors | 3.240 | 24/86 (Q2) | • Chemistry, Analytical | Link |
Chemosensors | 3.108 | 16/64 (Q1) 27/86 (Q2) 13/27 (Q2) |
• Instruments & Instrumentation • Chemistry, Analytical • Electrochemistry |
Link |
Children | 2.078 | 50/128 (Q2) | • Pediatrics | Link |
Healthcare | 1.916 | 62/102 (Q3) 45/87 (Q3) |
• Health Care Sciences & Services (SCIE) • Health Policy & Services (SSCI) |
Link |
Journal of Fungi | 4.621 | 5/29 (Q1) 31/135 (Q1) |
• Mycology • Microbiology |
Link |
Journal of Personalized Medicine | 4.433 | 24/165 (Q1) 10/102 (Q1) |
• Medicine, General & Internal • Health Care Sciences & Services |
Link |
Land | 2.429 | 58/123 (Q2) | • Environmental Studies (SSCI) | Link |
Life | 2.991 | 26/93 (Q2) 109/267 (Q2) |
• Biology • Microbiology |
Link |
Magnetochemistry | 1.947 | 22/45 (Q2) 109/159 (Q3) 201/314 (Q3) |
• Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear • Chemistry, Physical • Materials Science, Multidisciplinary |
Link |
Membranes | 3.094 | 53/143 (Q2) 129/314 (Q2) 23/89 (Q2) |
• Engineering, Chemical • Materials Science, Multidisciplinary • Polymer Science |
Link |
Pharmaceuticals | 4.286 | 49/270 (Q1) | • Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Link |
Photonics | 2.140 | 48/97 (Q2) | • Optics | Link |
Separations | 1.900 | 53/86 (Q3) | • Chemistry, Analytical | Link |
Toxics | 3.271 | 32/92 (Q2) 92/265 (Q2) |
• Toxicology • Environmental Sciences |
Link |
Updated Impact Factors
Journal | Impact Factor | Rank | Category | Details |
Agronomy | 2.603 | 18/91 (Q1) 65/234 (Q2) |
• Agronomy • Plant Sciences |
Link |
Animals | 2.323 | 10/63 (Q1) 14/142 (Q1) |
• Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science • Veterinary Sciences |
Link |
Antibiotics | 3.893 | 23/93 (Q1) 64/270 (Q1) |
• Infectious Diseases • Pharmacology & Pharmacy |
Link |
Antioxidants | 5.014 | 10/139 (Q1) 56/297 (Q1) 7/61 (Q1) |
• Food Science & Technology • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology • Chemistry, Medicinal |
Link |
Applied Sciences | 2.474 | 161/314 (Q3) 32/91 (Q2) 88/177 (Q2) 62/154 (Q2) |
• Materials Science, Multidisciplinary • Engineering, Multidisciplinary • Chemistry, Multidisciplinary • Physics, Applied |
Link |
Atmosphere | 2.397 | 48/93 (Q3) | • Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | Link |
Biomolecules | 4.082 | 98/297 (Q2) | • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Link |
Brain Sciences | 3.332 | 113/271 (Q2) | • Neurosciences | Link |
Cancers | 6.126 | 37/244 (Q1) | • Oncology | Link |
Catalysts | 3.520 | 65/159 (Q2) | • Chemistry, Physical | Link |
Cells | 4.366 | 70/195 (Q2) | • Cell Biology | Link |
Coatings | 2.436 | 10/21 (Q2) | • Materials Science, Coatings & Films | Link |
Crystals | 2.404 | 10/26 (Q2) 165/314 (Q3) |
• Crystallography • Materials Science, Multidisciplinary |
Link |
Diagnostics | 3.110 | 39/165 (Q1) | • Medicine, General & Internal | Link |
Diversity | 1.402 | 119/168 (Q3) | • Ecology | Link |
Electronics | 2.412 | 125/266 (Q2) | • Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Link |
Energies | 2.702 | 63/112 (Q3) | • Energy & Fuels | Link |
Entropy | 2.494 | 33/85 (Q2) | • Physics, Multidisciplinary | Link |
Foods | 4.092 | 27/139 (Q1) | • Food Science & Technology | Link |
Forests | 2.221 | 17/68 (Q1) | • Forestry | Link |
Genes | 3.759 | 53/177 (Q2) | • Genetics & Heredity | Link |
Insects | 2.220 | 18/101 (Q1) | • Entomology | Link |
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) | 2.849 | 58/193 (Q2) 32/170 (Q1) 105/265 (Q2) |
• Public, Environmental & Occupational Health (SCIE) • Public, Environmental & Occupational Health (SSCI) • Environmental Sciences (SCIE) |
Link |
International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS) | 4.556 | 74/297 (Q1) 48/177 (Q2) |
• Biochemistry & Molecular Biology • Chemistry, Multidisciplinary |
Link |
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (IJGI) | 2.239 | 31/50 (Q3) 18/30 (Q3) |
• Geography, Physical • Remote Sensing |
Link |
Journal of Clinical Medicine | 3.303 | 36/165 (Q1) | • Medicine, General & Internal | Link |
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering | 2.033 | 31/66 (Q2) | • Oceanography | Link |
Marine Drugs | 4.073 | 16/61 (Q2) | • Chemistry, Medicinal | Link |
Materials | 3.057 | 132/314 (Q2) | • Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Link |
Mathematics | 1.747 | 28/324 (Q1) | • Mathematics | Link |
Medicina | 1.205 | 107/165 (Q3) | • Medicine, General & Internal | Link |
Metabolites | 4.097 | 95/297 (Q2) | • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Link |
Metals | 2.117 | 18/79 (Q1) 185/314 (Q3) |
• Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering • Materials Science, Multidisciplinary |
Link |
Micromachines | 2.523 | 56/92 (Q3) 23/64 (Q2) |
• Nanoscience & Nanotechnology • Instruments & Instrumentation |
Link |
Microorganisms | 4.152 | 37/135 (Q2) | • Microbiology | Link |
Minerals | 2.380 | 6/21 (Q2) 11/30 (Q2) |
• Mining & Mineral Processing • Mineralogy |
Link |
Molecules | 3.267 | 70/177 (Q2) 141/297 (Q2) |
• Chemistry, Multidisciplinary • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
Link |
Nanomaterials | 4.324 | 89/314 (Q2) 42/103 (Q2) |
• Materials Science, Multidisciplinary • Nanoscience & Nanotechnology |
Link |
Nutrients | 4.546 | 17/89 (Q1) | • Nutrition & Dietetics | Link |
Pathogens | 3.018 | 65/135 (Q2) | • Microbiology | Link |
Pharmaceutics | 4.421 | 44/270 (Q1) | • Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Link |
Plants | 2.762 | 58/234 (Q1) | • Plant Sciences | Link |
Polymers | 3.426 | 16/89 (Q1) | • Polymer Science | Link |
Processes | 2.753 | 59/143 (Q2) | • Engineering, Chemical | Link |
Remote Sensing | 4.509 | 9/30 (Q2) | • Remote Sensing | Link |
Sensors | 3.275 | 22/86 (Q2) 77/266 (Q2) 15/64 (Q1) |
• Chemistry, Analytical • Engineering, Electrical & Electronic • Instruments & Instrumentation |
Link |
Sustainability | 2.576 | 120/265 (Q2) 26/41 (Q3) 53/123 (Q2) 6/8 (Q3) |
• Environmental Sciences (SCIE) • Green & Sustainable Science & Technology (SCIE) • Environmental Studies (SSCI) • Green & Sustainable Science & Technology (SSCI) |
Link |
Symmetry | 2.645 | 29/71 (Q2) | • Multidisciplinary Sciences | Link |
Toxins | 3.531 | 21/92 (Q1) 34/139 (Q1) |
• Toxicology • Food Science & Technology |
Link |
Universe | 1.752 | 18/29 (Q3) 42/68 (Q3) |
• Physics, Particles & Fields • Astronomy & Astrophysics |
Link |
Vaccines | 4.086 | 57/158 (Q2) 50/138 (Q2) |
• Immunology • Medicine, Research & Experimental |
Link |
Viruses | 3.816 | 12/37 (Q2) | • Virology | Link |
Water | 2.544 | 31/94 (Q2) | • Water Resources | Link |
Source: Clarivate 2020, InCites Journal Citation Reports®.
7 June 2020
Toxics Travel Award 2020 Winner Selected
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the winner of the Toxics 2020 Travel Award (800 Swiss Francs). The winner is Dr. Erin McCallum, a postdoctoral fellow at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden.
Dr. McCallum’s research focuses on the effects of municipal wastewater effluents and emerging anthropogenic pollutants, like pharmaceuticals, on freshwater organisms. Her work especially focuses on the effects of pollutants of animal behaviour, and she integrates across biological scales to include analytical chemistry, physiology, social behaviour, and interspecific interactions in her studies.
Congratulations to Dr. McCallum and thanks to all who applied.
Kind regards,
Toxics Editorial Office
13 May 2020
COVID-19 Academic Resources Center
Since 1996, MDPI has been committed to supporting the research community by providing the latest research freely available and making relevant and useful research available as quickly as possible. The world is current experiencing a pandemic of COVID-19, and researchers are working extremely hard to understand it and find a cure.
The values MDPI holds strongly are particularly important at the moment, and we will continue to publish relevant, peer-reviewed research as quickly as possible in open access format. This means that it will immediately be available for researchers, health professionals, and the general public to read, distribute, and reuse. We believe that scientific advancements will be crucial to overcoming this pandemic, and will do everything we can to support researchers working looking for solutions.
COVID-19 Academic Resources Center contains a variety of information related to COVID-19 available from MDPI, including journal articles, special issues, and preprints, among others.
For more information, please visit: https://www.mdpi.com/covid-19
9 April 2020
Free Open Platforms to Support Academics During the COVID-19 Pandemic
As a leading Open Access publisher, MDPI is committed to fostering open scientific exchange in all forms across all disciplines. Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, many researchers have to stay at home and many academic conferences have been cancelled or postponed. In light of these changes, MDPI has adopted numerous initiatives that may help accelerate scientific exchange and provide support to the academics during this period.
Scholarly Community—Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia is an online reference created and curated by active scholars. It aims to highlight the latest research results as well as providing benchmark information for researchers and the general public interested in accurate and advanced knowledge on specific topics.
Comprehensive and Free Literature Database—Scilit
Scilit is a comprehensive, free database for scientists that uses a new method to collate data and index scientific material. Our crawlers extract the latest data from CrossRef and PubMed on a daily basis. This means that newly published articles are immediately added to Scilit.
Display Academic Achievements—SciProfiles
SciProfiles is an innovative social network for researchers and scholars that is developed by MDPI. In line with our broad mission, the purpose of SciProfiles is to accelerate discovery and innovation by facilitating immediate access to research results and providing opportunities for academic networking.
Organize and Participate in Conferences Online—Sciforum
Sciforum is an event planning platform that supports open science by offering the opportunity to host and participate in academic conferences. It provides an environment for scholarly exchange, discussion of topics of current interest, building of networks, and establishing collaborations.
Post Early Versions of Research Outputs—Preprints
Preprints is a platform dedicated to making early versions of research outputs permanently available and citable. We post original research articles and comprehensive reviews, and papers can be updated by authors at any time. Content on Preprints is not peer-reviewed, and feedback can be received from readers.
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MDPI remains committed to open science and open data and has signed a statement, along with more than thirty scholarly publishers, showing our intention to facilitate sharing of new research findings as early on as possible. The initiative sees publishers collectively removing barriers to new research, in the face of a global healthcare crisis.
25 March 2020
MDPI Comment on the COVID-19 Virus
The world is currently suffering from a global pandemic of the corona virus COVID-19. MDPI expresses its sympathies for all of those affected by the virus and stands in solidarity with medical staff and researchers treating patients and searching for scientific solutions.
MDPI has previously published papers covering corona viruses in addition to new papers on the current outbreak, see all papers here. In particular, Viruses has published a number of Special Issues and papers on the topic (see here, here, and here) as well as a forthcoming Special Issue.
Alongside journal articles, MDPI has been a strong supporter of preprints, which are increasingly being used to rapidly disseminate the latest research, and we run the preprint server Preprints.org. Our database of research articles, Scilit, is free to use and covers all publishers including preprint servers. New papers are often in search results within hours of publication and users can set up alerts for new papers.
Our main priority during this period has been the health and safety of staff, and we continue to allow staff to work at home and closely monitor the situation in all locations in which we work. Despite the restrictions, we continue to provide a full publication service and, by close collaboration with our editorial boards and making use our in-house teams, ensure that there are no unnecessary delays in publishing vital research. Fast and open publication has always been at the core of MDPI values and is now more important than ever.
We hope that a solution to the current situation will emerge soon. In the meantime, we will do our best to continue communicating vital research in all fields.
18 March 2020
MDPI Co-Signed Position Statement on Transformative Agreements
The advantages of the open access model of scientific publishing are being increasingly recognized in the scientific community. It allows new scientific evidence to be accessed from the moment of publication for free by anyone around the globe, boosting the impact of new research. In response, many funders, libraries and universities have been adopting new principles to accelerate the transition to open access.
Recently, “transformative agreements” have been negotiated between traditional publishers and various institutions. While increasing the number of open access papers, these agreements lack binding commitments to a full transition to open access, their conditions vary across different regions, and access is still limited for many users.
MDPI is a co-signatory of the recent position statement raising concerns about potential downsides of transformative agreements and how they may delay a full transition to open access. The statement highlights that these models “risk perpetuating current limitations on access, transparency and market competitiveness, while simultaneously facilitating excessive charges on the public purse”.
As a pioneering open access journal publisher, MDPI is the first to promote the importance of science being made available to everyone. Our peer-reviewed journals, covering diverse academic disciplines, are fully accessible to the public free of charge under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). This is why, along with other open access publishers, MDPI is a proud signatory of the position paper and is committed to contributing to the replacement of weak transitional agreements with “agreements with publishers that are already fully committed to open science and who offer full, immediate and transparent Open Access”.
Read the position paper here
16 March 2020
Encyclopedia Outstanding Contributor Awards 2020 - Open for Application
We are pleased to announce that Encyclopedia will be awarding five Outstanding Contributor Awards for researchers in 2020. The nominations and applications will be assessed by an Evaluation Committee consisting of senior scholars from the Encyclopedia Editorial Board.
Prize for Winners
- An official certificate;
- A cash award of 500 CHF or an MDPI discount voucher of 800 CHF.
Application Deadline
31 December, 2020 (Please send your application email with a list of all entries you contributed to our office before the deadline: [email protected])
Candidate Requirements
- Have a Ph.D. degree;
- Have more than three qualified entries published in Encyclopedia in 2020.
Evaluation Standards
- Number of entries published in Encyclopedia in 2020;
- Quality of entries online (including length, figure quality, and novelty);
- Impact of entries (including the number of likes, discussion contents, views, and downloads).
If you are a researcher and have not yet contribute entries to Encyclopedia, please do not miss this chance to highlight your research results.
18 December 2019
Toxics Accepted for Inclusion in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) in the Web of Science
We are pleased to inform the journals Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304) has been accepted for inclusion in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) in the Web of Science Core Collection, as well as in Current Contents - Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences. Toxics is going to receive its first Journal Impact Factor in the June 2020 release of the Journal Citation Reports.
Thank you to all authors, reviewers, and editors who have contributed to Toxics and who helped to enable this achievement!
The Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Web of ScienceTM and Current Contents are Clarivate Analytics products.
11 October 2019
Introducing SciProfiles, an Academic Social Network
MDPI is pleased to announce the release of SciProfiles, its social network platform for researchers and scholars.
The purpose of SciProfiles is aligned with MDPI’s broad mission to accelerate discovery and innovation by facilitating immediate access to research results and to serve scholars and communities by providing opportunities for academic networking.
SciProfiles also ambitions to serve as a sustainable, transparent and community-driven research evaluation system aligned with the DORA principles (https://sfdora.org/). Through their scientific profiles, academics can highlight their contribution to research communities, and measure their impact on their field, beyond publication numbers and impact factors. SciProfiles is currently a beta version and will enrich to give researchers the possibility to highlight all of their contributions to science and their scientific communities as authors, reviewers, editors, conference organizers, conference panelists, conference keynote speakers, or even as lecturers or student mentors at their University.
The classic components of popular community social networks, including follower/following, classical metrics, endorsements and recommendations (https://www.mdpi.com/about/announcements/1690), comments (https://www.mdpi.com/about/announcements/1397) are or will be very soon highlighted in SciProfiles as open science contributions.
To help increase the impact and visibility of articles and their authors to an appropriate audience, the platform offers a NewsFeed that includes recommendations of relevant content based on interests, publication history, saved searches or colleagues’ recommendations.
SciProfiles’ avatars are now being integrated on several MDPI platforms, meaning that you will directly access researchers’ profiles from any of the MDPI platforms:
MDPI's journal publishing website: www.mdpi.com
MDPI's conference hosting and management website: www.sciforum.net
MDPI's pre-print website : www.preprints.org
MDPI's knowledge sharing website : www.encyclopedia.pub
MDPI's books store: www.mdpi.com/books
MDPI's literature database : www.scilit.net
SciProfiles aims to serve scientific communities at large. It can be embedded into third-party websites and also welcomes integration of data from third-parties.
Dr. Shu-Kun Lin: https://sciprofiles.com/profile/2
Dr. Franck Vazquez: https://sciprofiles.com/profile/FranckVazquez
Dr. Martyn Rittman: https://sciprofiles.com/profile/martynrittman
2 October 2019
Winners of the 2019 MDPI Writing Prize
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2019 MDPI Writing Prize. Entrants were asked to write on the theme "Judging research: How should research and researchers be evaluated and rewarded?" We received a large number of excellent essays from PhD students and postdocs, and the process of shortlisting and choosing winners was not an easy one. The winners demonstrated excellent writing skills alongside interesting and thought-provoking ideas.
As last year, we will begin the process of collating all entries into a book that will be available in open access format. Alongside promoting good writing skills, we see the prize as a way to promote the voices of early career researchers within broader debates and policy discussions.
Congratulations to all of the participants and especially the winners. The winners are:
1st Prize (500 CHF):
Albin Nilsson (National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland)
[Read here]
2nd Prize (250 CHF):
Qi Zhang (Shandong University, Jinan, China)
[Read here]
Igor Ogashawara (Indiana University, Indianapolis, US)
[Read here]
3rd Prize (100 CHF):
Margaret Sivapragasam (Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Perak, Malaysia)
[Read here]
Arvind Sharma (The University of Queensland, Gatton, Australia)
[Read here]
Jose Flores-Guerrero (University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands)
[Read here]
The MDPI Writing Prize is an annual award supported by MDPI Author Services, which provides services including language editing, reformatting, plagiarism checks, and image editing.
20 September 2019
MDPI Now Gives Scholars the Possibility to Endorse and Recommend Articles
MDPI is pleased to announce the release of a new functionality giving the possibility for researchers and scholars to endorse, and formally recommend articles to their colleagues.
MDPI was an early signatory of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (https://sfdora.org/read/) which calls for improvement in how quality and impact of scholarly research outputs are evaluated, especially in moving beyond journal-based citation metrics (journal Impact Factor, Scopus Citescore, etc.).
MDPI supports the establishment of article-level impact metrics, including citations, views, downloads, and Altmetric scores. These measures serve as an impact indicator for research articles on a case–by-case basis, assessing paper on its own merit. However, these metrics are also subjective and can give a biased picture of the article impact: they do not directly reflect the quality or the intrinsic scientific value of the article.
In our view, community engagement with publications based on community-driven metrics can help to overcome this limitation. We have therefore launched an option for scholars to endorse articles, indicating their own assessment of its content and making a recommendation to their community. This follows our implementation of the open source Hypothesis commenting tool, which has been available for all articles published by MDPI for over a year (https://www.mdpi.com/about/announcements/1397). Both endorsement and commenting are available for all previously published and forthcoming MDPI articles.
In addition to potentially serving as a sustainable solution to article assessment, endorsements will help scientific communities to identify the most relevant articles, independently of the journal in which it was published.
The code for the endorsing functionality, which relies on DOIs and ORCIDs, will be made available on GitHub with an open source license.
Dr. Shu-Kun Lin, President and Founder
Dr. Franck Vazquez, Chief Scientific Officer
Dr. Martyn Rittman, Publishing Director
17 September 2019
Meet Us at Small Water and Wastewater Systems 2019 in Perth, Western Australia, 1–5 December 2019
MDPI will be attending the International Water Association conference on Small Water and Wastewater Systems 2019 in Perth, Western Australia, 1–5 December at Murdoch University.
SWWS is a parallel conference organized by IWA. The conference focuses on sharing ideas, presenting the latest research findings and discussing new possibilities in science and technology with local and global policy directions, engineers and managers.
Water is essential for all life forms. It is a fundamental resource necessary for socio-economic development and for ecological sustainability. Good quality water is becoming scarce due to population growth and associated residential and industrial development and pollution, particularly in towns and cities. It is timely that the sustainable management of water resources is widely discussed, noting that water can be recycled for an unlimited number of times after adequate treatment.
The conference will discuss and explore new and innovative methods of treatment, better understanding and assessment of resources and their supporting ecosystems, proper management for conservation and approaches to achieve the dual aim of economic development and ecological sustainability. The focus is on the necessary infrastructure to provide good quality water, in sufficient quantity, in the most sustainable manner.
The following MDPI journals will be represented:
If you are also attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth (#01). Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit: https://www.swws2019.com/.
11 September 2019
Create an Entry in Encyclopedia to Get a 100 CHF Voucher in Publishing in MDPI Journals
Encyclopedia is a free online reference created and curated by active scholars. It aims to highlight the latest research results as well as provide a comprehensive record of scientific development. If you have any suggestions or questions, please feel free to contact us via [email protected].
6 September 2019
Meet us at the 35th Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments, Water, and Energy in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA, 21-24 October 2019
MDPI will be attending the 35th Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments, Water, and Energy in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA, 21-24 October 2019.
The Annual Conference on Soils, Sediments, Water and Energy at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst has become the preeminent national conference in this important environmental area. The conference attracts 600-800 attendees annually which includes a wide variety of representation from state and federal agencies, military, industry (including railroad, petroleum, transportation, and utilities), environmental engineering, environmental consulting, and academia.
The following MDPI journals will be represented:
If you are also attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth (Booth #B34). Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit: https://www.aehsfoundation.org/Ecc-Exhibitor-Info.aspx
6 August 2019
Preprints Reaches 10,000 Posted Articles Milestone
We are pleased to announce that Preprints has passed the milestone of 10,000 posted preprints. We are delighted to have reached this after just over three years of operation. Our congratulations and thanks go to our authors and advisory board who have supported growth of the platform and been crucial to its operation.
You can find further details at https://www.preprints.org/announcement/show/37.
2 August 2019
DeepGreen Partnering with Publishers and Universities in Distributing Open Access Content to Institutional Repositories
Last week, the DeepGreen initiative in Germany started into an advanced test phase with the publishing partners S. Karger AG, SAGE Publishing, MDPI, Frontiers and De Gruyter, as well as 27 universities from all over Germany, from Hamburg University of Applied Sciences to University of Konstanz.
DeepGreen aims at lowering the barriers for open access publishing by automatically delivering metadata and full text publications from participating publishers to authorized repositories at German universities.
In preparation for a later live operation, the advanced test phase serves to gain experience with extensive data deliveries from publishers and also handling different repository software (including OPUS4, DSpace, EPrints, MyCoRe). DeepGreen thereby acts as a sophisticated platform, receiving articles published by authors affiliated with German universities and depositing these articles to respective university repositories, based on the affiliation metadata. For more information about DeepGreen: https://deepgreen.kobv.de
Karger AG has been a close cooperation partner of the DeepGreen consortium since 2016. S. Karger has more than 80 subscription-based and around 20 open access journals covering a wide spectrum in health science. DeepGreen will assign S. Karger articles to authorized institutions on the legal basis of German alliance and national licenses.
SAGE Publishing was founded by Sara Miller McCune in 1965 to support the dissemination of usable knowledge and educate a global community. SAGE publishes more than 1,000 journals and over 600 new books each year, spanning a wide range of subject areas. Our growing selection of library products includes archives, data, case studies and video. SAGE remains majority owned by our founder and after her lifetime will become owned by a charitable trust that secures the company’s continued independence. Principal offices are located in Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore, Washington DC and Melbourne. SAGE Publishing has been a close cooperation partner of DeepGreen since 2016.
MDPI is a scientific open access publisher and has been a partner of DeepGreen since 2017. MDPI comprises 205 peer-reviewed journals of various disciplines. All articles are published under a CC-BY license and are freely available without embargo period.
Frontiers is a scientific open access publisher with 61 journals of over 600 academic disciplines. All articles are peer-reviewed and published freely available under CC-BY license.
De Gruyter is an academic publisher with more than 700 subscription-based and open access journals of 29 disciplines. Articles provided by De Gruyter will be assigned to institutions with German alliance and national licenses.
There is promising communication with other publishers.
DeepGreen is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the consortium comprises six institutions: the Cooperative Library Network Berlin-Brandenburg, Bavarian State Library, Bavarian Library Network, University Library of the Technische Universität Berlin, University Library of Erlangen-Nuremberg and the Helmholtz Open Science Coordination Office at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences.
If you would like to know in more detail which institutions take part in the advanced test phase of DeepGreen, you can find more information here.
30 July 2019
Meet Us at the 2019 APHA Annual Meeting and Expo
We will be attending the 2019 APHA Annual Meeting and Expo in Philadelphia, PA, USA from 2–6 November 2019. APHA's Annual Meeting and Expo is the largest and most influential annual gathering of public health professionals. Nearly 13,000 attendees join the conference each year to present, learn, and find inspiration. This year, the theme of the conference is “Creating the Healthiest Nation: For science. For action. For health”. Representatives of the following open access journals will attend:
If you are also attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth (Booth #1144). Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit https://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual.
25 July 2019
Meet Us at the 12th European Public Health Conference
We will be attending the 12th European Public Health Conference. From 20–23 November 2019, Marseille is hosting the 12th European Public Health (EPH) Conference, where you can reach over 1500 international delegates attending a fully packed programme over four days. Marseille 2019 offers you exceptional opportunities to network, raise your profile in the public health community, and gain valuable access to influential opinion-leaders, policy-makers, and researchers. The theme of the Congress is: Building bridges for solidarity and public health. Representatives of the following open access journals will attend:
IJERPH
Cancers
Toxics
Healthcare
JPM
17 July 2019
First Basel Sustainable Publishing Forum
The University of Basel and the MDPI Sustainability Foundation are organizing the First Basel Sustainable Publishing Forum on 9th September 2019.
The aim of this event is to provide background and perspectives on Plan S to Learned Societies, which have to make well-informed decisions to transition their journals to Open Access (OA).
The BSPF will bring together several representatives of Learned societies, Plan S architects as well as representatives from various publishers and publishing platforms. After getting the big picture from cOAlition S, panel discussions will allow to better understand the diverse challenges that Learned societies are facing to transition their journals to OA as well as to identify sustainable, implementable and scalable solutions for successful Open Access transition.
For program details and registration, please follow the link below:
https://sciforum.net/conference/SustainableSolutionsToOpenAccess
21 June 2019
Meet Us at World Water Week 2019 in Stockholm, Sweden, 25–30 August 2019
World Water Week is the annual focal point for the globe’s water issues. It is organized by SIWI. In 2019, World Water Week will address the theme “Water for society – Including all”.
In the fourth year of implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the 2019 World Water Week addresses the basic objective of this agenda to secure inclusive and sustainable development for all people in all countries. The UN is focusing on “no-one left behind” as the theme for the 2019 World Water Day and World Water Development Report. In Stockholm, we are aligning this 2019 Thematic Scope with that theme, broadened to the wider perspective of inclusiveness. Water security underlies human and environmental security; access to and use of water in adequate quantity and quality are fundamental to survival and prosperity.
The following MDPI journals will be represented:
If you are also attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth (#A10). Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit: http://www.worldwaterweek.org/.
31 May 2019
First-Timers: MDPI Journals Receiving a First CiteScore™ in Scopus
In addition to MDPI journals who received updated CiteScores for 2018, the titles listed below were added in Scopus recently and therefore received a first CiteScore in May 2019, based on last year's citation activity in the database.
For almost all of the newly added MDPI titles, their CiteScore ranks in the upper 50% of the distribution (Q1 or Q2) in at least one of the research areas. The following titles rank in the top 25% cited journals based on CiteScore: Actuators; Biomedicines; Coatings; Cosmetics; Fermentation; Journal of Fungi; Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity; Nanomaterials; and Publications.
To access the full data for MDPI journals, please see here. More data can also be found in SJR Scimago Journal & Country Rank.
New CiteScore for MDPI Journals
Journal | Rank (Quartile) |
Category | Link | CiteScore 2018 | SNIP 2018 |
Actuators | 9/92 (Q1) 60/232 (Q2) |
• Control and Optimization • Control and Systems Engineering |
Link | 2.80 | 1.542 |
Atmosphere | 26/71 (Q2) | • Environmental Science (miscellaneous) | Link | 2.27 | 0.855 |
Atoms | 36/69 (Q3) 105/173 (Q3) 239/397 (Q3) |
• Nuclear and High Energy Physics • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics • Condensed Matter Physics |
Link | 1.20 | 0.707 |
Axioms | 25/91 (Q2) 26/78 (Q2) 11/27 (Q2) 55/135 (Q2) 35/58 (Q3) |
• Algebra and Number Theory • Geometry and Topology • Logic • Analysis • Mathematical Physics |
Link | 0.99 | 0.670 |
Bioengineering | 42/139 (Q2) | • Bioengineering | Link | 3.14 | - |
Biomedicines | 40/189 (Q1) 47/206 (Q1) |
• General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology • Medicine (miscellaneous) |
Link | 3.33 | 0.908 |
Chemosensors | 34/110 (Q2) 50/160 (Q2) |
• Analytical Chemistry • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry |
Link | 2.77 | 0.770 |
Climate | 53/109 (Q2) | • Atmospheric Science | Link | 1.95 | 0.864 |
Coatings | 27/116 (Q1) 63/271 (Q1) 15/53 (Q2) |
• Surfaces, Coatings and Films • Materials Chemistry • Surfaces and Interfaces |
Link | 2.42 | 1.186 |
Computation | 74/204 (Q2) 171/460 (Q2) 58/118 (Q2) 127/259 (Q3) |
• General Computer Science • Applied Mathematics • Theoretical Computer Science • Modeling and Simulation |
Link | 1.40 | 0.552 |
Computers | 128/274 (Q2) 52/89 (Q3) |
• Computer Networks and Communications • Human-Computer Interaction |
Link | 1.59 | - |
Cosmetics | 92/390 (Q1) 38/128 (Q2) 67/164 (Q2) 11/23 (Q2) 23/30 (Q4) |
• Surgery • Dermatology • Pharmaceutical Science • Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous) • Aging |
Link | 1.81 | 1.689 |
Econometrics | 339/595 (Q3) | • Economics and Econometrics | Link | 0.82 | - |
Fermentation | 91/404 (Q1) 76/273 (Q2) 10/24 (Q2) |
• Plant Science • Food Science • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) |
Link | 2.24 | - |
Fibers | 86/288 (Q2) 34/103 (Q2) 118/352 (Q2) 49/83 (Q3) |
• Civil and Structural Engineering • Ceramics and Composites • Mechanics of Materials • Biomaterials |
Link | 2.01 | 0.889 |
Galaxies | 46/76 (Q3) | • Astronomy and Astrophysics | Link | 1.08 | 0.308 |
High-Throughput | 181/257 (Q3) 153/205 (Q4) 108/139 (Q4) 340/407 (Q4) |
• Biotechnology • Biomedical Engineering • Bioengineering • Biochemistry |
Link | 0.88 | 0.295 |
Inorganics | 35/69 (Q3) | • Inorganic Chemistry | Link | 1.90 | 0.474 |
International Journal of Neonatal Screening | 138/277 (Q3) 3/5 (Q3) 95/166 (Q3) |
• Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health • Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous) • Obstetrics and Gynecology |
Link | 1.07 | 0.240 |
Journal of Developmental Biology | 39/76 (Q3) 224/375 (Q3) 164/265 (Q3) |
• Developmental Biology • Molecular Biology • Cell Biology |
Link | 2.36 | 0.813 |
Journal of Functional Biomaterials | 11/83 (Q1) 26/205 (Q1) |
• Biomaterials • Biomedical Engineering |
Link | 5.10 | 2.234 |
Journal of Fungi | 90/591 (Q1) 62/404 (Q1) |
• Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics • Plant Science |
Link | 2.84 | 0.982 |
Journal of Imaging | 291/661 (Q2) 136/272 (Q3) 36/70 (Q3) 40/75 (Q3) |
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition |
Link | 1.47 | - |
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering | 30/92 (Q2) 105/288 (Q2) 77/203 (Q2) |
• Ocean Engineering • Civil and Structural Engineering • Water Science and Technology |
Link | 1.76 | 0.955 |
Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity | 4/202 (Q1) 27/1111 (Q1) 9/214 (Q1) |
• General Economics, Econometrics and Finance • Sociology and Political Science • Development |
Link | 4.26 | 2.138 |
Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks | 13/92 (Q1) 27/123 (Q1) 70/274 (Q2) |
• Control and Optimization • Instrumentation • Computer Networks and Communications |
Link | 2.58 | 1.036 |
Lubricants | 182/579 (Q2) 42/116 (Q2) |
• Mechanical Engineering • Surfaces, Coatings and Films |
Link | 1.87 | 1.321 |
Machines | 104/323 (Q2) 33/92 (Q2) 214/579 (Q2) 21/53 (Q2) 262/661 (Q2) 109/232 (Q2) |
• Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering • Control and Optimization • Mechanical Engineering • Computer Science (miscellaneous) • Electrical and Electronic Engineering • Control and Systems Engineering |
Link | 1.63 | 0.769 |
Mathematics | 86/339 (Q2) | • General Mathematics | Link | 1.04 | 0.739 |
Nanomaterials | 29/272 (Q1) 66/439 (Q1) |
• General Chemical Engineering • General Materials Science |
Link | 4.21 | 1.112 |
Processes | 9/23 (Q2) 25/59 (Q2) 68/139 (Q2) |
• Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous) • Process Chemistry and Technology • Bioengineering |
Link | 2.05 | 1.049 |
Proteomes | 54/115 (Q2) 23/46 (Q2) 213/407 (Q3) 229/375 (Q3) |
• Clinical Biochemistry • Structural Biology • Biochemistry • Molecular Biology |
Link | 2.32 | 0.445 |
Publications | 11/66 (Q1) 51/312 (Q1) 83/351 (Q1) 233/569 (Q2) |
• Media Technology • Communication • Business and International Management • Computer Science Applications |
Link | 1.96 | 1.068 |
Robotics | 234/579 (Q2) 38/92 (Q2) |
• Mechanical Engineering • Control and Optimization |
Link | 1.53 | 0.722 |
Toxics | 32/117 (Q2) 3/8 (Q2) 40/114 (Q2) |
• Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis • Chemical Health and Safety • Toxicology |
Link | 2.84 | 0.896 |
20 March 2019
Fostering Open Access Publishing Worldwide: New IOAP Participants in February and March 2019
We are pleased to welcome more universities from Poland, Italy, Germany, Brazil and other parts of the world to MDPI's Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP). A warm welcome to the institutions listed below, who have joined the Program in February and March this year.
Authors affiliated with these institutions can now enjoy a discount on the APC for papers accepted for publication in any MDPI journal. If you would like to learn more about our program, please visit: https://www.mdpi.com/about/ioap or email us at [email protected].
5 March 2019
MDPI Joins Jisc’s Publications Router Service
We are delighted to announce our participation in Jisc’s Publication Router project, as of March 2019.
Publications Router is a Jisc service that automatically sends notifications about research articles to institutions' systems such as their repositories or CRISs, since May 2015. Through this agreement, MDPI will provide Jisc with daily feeds and information regarding published articles, which will be gathered by their system and delivered to institutions also registered to this service. Nearly all of our articles are published within 15 days of acceptance, so institutions will receive them quite promptly.
The feed will include the full text of the published version of record, with no embargo, so the articles can be exposed immediately for public view. They are accompanied by rich metadata, including confirmation of the immediate CC BY licence, minimising the need for any manual intervention or checking.
For more information about Publications Router, you may contact Jisc’s central helpdesk at [email protected]. For any queries about MDPI’s institutional agreements and collaborations, you may get in touch with MDPI’s Institutional Engagement team at [email protected], which would be very happy to hear from further UK institutions.
1 February 2019
2018 MDPI Top Reviewer Award—Winners Announced
Rigorous peer-review is the cornerstone of high quality academic publishing. Over 97,000 scholars served as reviewers for MDPI journals in 2018. We are extremely appreciative of all those who made a contribution to the editorial process in this capacity. At the beginning of every year, journal editorial offices publish a list all reviewers’ names to express our gratitude. In addition, this year the “MDPI Top Reviewer Awards” are announced, to recognize the very best reviewers for their expertise, dedication, high quality, and timely review reports. We are pleased to announce the following winners of the 2018 MDPI Top Reviewer Awards:
- Ali Behnood
- Andrea Pezzuolo
- Angela Gorgoglione
- Anna D'Auria
- Antonio D'Andrea
- Azhar Abbas
- Bogdan Zagajewski
- Chunhui Chen
- Dominika Głąbska
- Dominika Guzek
- Dragan Pamucar
- Francisco J. G. Silva
- Frank Li
- Gianluca Serafini
- Gyorgy Szekely
- Haozhi Pan
- Helvi Heinonen-Tanski
- José Manuel Gómez-Soberón
- Kathy Lewis
- Klara Kosova
- Luis N. López De Lacalle
- M. Z. Naser
- Malwina Tytła
- Masoume Amirkhani
- Matteo Ghidelli
- Moretti Laura
- Petra Schneider
- Roberto Cerchione
- Spyros Papaefthymiou
- Ştefan Cristian Gherghina
24 January 2019
JAMS Journals: A Low-Cost Publishing Platform
Since 2010, MDPI has run its own online submission system. More recently, we have made the software, with accompanying publishing services, available to other publishers as JAMS (Journal and Article Management System). We are now delighted to announce the launch of JAMS Journals, a standardized platform for operating open access journals at low cost.
JAMS Journals provides a comprehensive service, including a shared submission website, journal websites hosted at a URL provided by the publisher, and a full production service. There is a small setup fee and the cost for each published paper is just a few hundred Swiss francs.
The platform demonstrates that running an open access journal can be straightforward and affordable. The JAMS Journals platform is suitable for
- small publishers or groups of scholars looking to launch their own journal;
- existing publishers or societies seeking to explore open access options;
- publishers looking to convert an existing subscription journal to open access.
JAMS journals launches with two journals from Canadian-based publisher Etcetera Publications:
- Canadian Journal of Pesticides & Pest Management (http://www.cjppm.ca)
- Nanotechnology in Agriculture, Food & Environment (http://www.nanoafe.ca)
Dr AJ Al-Rajab (President of Etcetera Publications) comments:
“In the past few months, we were working on our project to launch new open access scientific journals in the field of agricultural and environmental sciences. We decided to go with JAMS for this venture because of the high quality of their services, reasonable prices, professionalism and easy communication. Our portfolio is expected to grow rapidly during 2019 to include more titles covering different areas in agriculture and environment. MDPI earned already our complete satisfaction and we are looking for a long term cooperation.”
Alongside the new platform, we continue to provide flexible, tailored journal management solutions for existing publishers. For any questions or to request a quotation, contact Dr. Constanze Schelhorn ([email protected]).
24 January 2019
Popularity of Preprints Continues to Grow
2018 was a great year for preprints, with increasing numbers of authors looking to make their papers available online before peer review. Along with other preprint servers, our platform Preprints.org saw an increase in the uptake from authors, and more than double the number of announced papers compared to 2017. In fact, we recently passed two important milestones: 8000 preprints online and 30,000 authors.
We believe that the whole research community has the opportunity to benefit from work being available online as early as possible. We thank and congratulate our authors for supporting us to make this goal a reality.
In 2019, we will be looking carefully at how to provide better value for authors, maintain efficiency while growing in size, and make sure we remain well-connected with the research community.
If you want to participate, you can consider screening preprints or joining our advisory board. And, of course, posting your own work.
9 January 2019
Open Access Agreement between the Austrian Academic Library Consortium (KEMÖ), the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), and MDPI
We are delighted to announce the establishment of our national Open Access agreement with the Austrian Academic Library Consortium (KEMÖ) and the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). Through this national agreement, the Austrian institutions listed below as well as FWF will cover the Article Processing Charges (APC) of manuscripts published by eligible corresponding or funded authors in MDPI journals as long as central funds are available.
All participating institutions have gained access to the MDPI online submission system where they can find full article metadata and pricing information as well as Funder and Grant ID details for easy identification and additional transparency. At the same time eligible authors are benefited from an APC discount which comes at no cost for the institutions.
Eligible corresponding authors affiliated with the participating institutions are prompted to choose the corresponding Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP) when they submit an article via our online submission system. The program will be selected automatically if authors submit their papers using their institutional email address. To claim their discount, FWF funded authors should choose the particular funder and add their Grant ID upon online submission of their manuscript. The institutions will then crosscheck the information and confirm the APC funding.
Eligible authors that have their APC covered by their institution or funder are advised to include the following sentence in their acknowledgments: "Open Access Funding by the [name of the institution/funder]".
The full text of the agreement is openly available online at: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2536007
For any questions about the agreement, please contact the KEMÖ Consortium at [email protected], FWF at [email protected], or the MDPI IOAP team at [email protected].
The Austrian institutions participating in this agreement are:
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
- University for Continuing Education Krems
- University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna
- University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria
- University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien
- Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
- Institute of Science and Technology Austria
- MCI Management Center Innsbruck
- University of Graz
- University of Linz
- University of Salzburg
- Graz University of Technology
- TU Wien
- University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
- University of Vienna
This is our first collective agreement with a national library consortium, while the individual institutions around the world participating in our IOAP are now more than 500 - see details here: https://www.mdpi.com/about/ioap. We would be mostly interested in discussing about possible collaborations with other consortia, funders, and institutions in our mutual efforts to accelerate Open Access.
2 January 2019
Encyclopedia—the Scholarly Community Encyclopedia
We are pleased to announce the new platform Encyclopedia, which is an online reference created and curated by active scholars. It aims to highlight the latest research results as well as providing benchmark information for researchers and the general public interested in accurate and advanced knowledge on specific topics.
We encourage authors of review articles to quote and adapt the content of their published papers to create Encyclopedia entries. You can create completely new entries on topics in which you have knowledge and expertise. There is no limit on the topics or research fields. All of science and the humanities are included. Each entry will be published directly after submission.
We also have prepared a DOI application function in Encyclopedia. Once a DOI application is approved, the entry website will announce the DOI number and a pdf version with DOI information will be automatically created.
We look forward to your contributions and hope you will make use of this service. Find more about the service at: https://encyclopedia.pub/
30 October 2018
Institutional Open Access Agreement between Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and MDPI
We are delighted to announce that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) is now a participant of our Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP). Authors funded by the BMGF can enjoy discounts on the APC, while the funder covers the costs of eligible articles centrally. BMGF also has access to the MDPI online submission system where they can find full article metadata and pricing information as well as Grant ID details for easy identification and additional transparency.
We hope that funded authors find the programme beneficial and we are happy to offer our IOAP to other funders that need a streamlined workflow of compliance checking and APC coverage.
To claim their discount, BMGF funded authors should choose the particular funder and add their Grant ID upon online submission of their manuscript.
For any questions about the BMGF agreement, please contact the funder at [email protected] or the MDPI IOAP team at [email protected].
2 October 2018
MDPI Welcomes Plan S
Recently, it was announced that a group of European funders supported 10 principles that will help to expand open access, known as Plan S. MDPI warmly welcomes this move as a step towards achieving more open and accessible communication of research across all disciplines. Some aspects remain to be clarified, however the details given so far match the aims and values that MDPI has held over the past two decades.
We believe that open access publishers should be active participants in discussions around Plan S, particularly regarding potential new business models and practical aspects of implementation. MDPI supports APCs as a transparent unit of payment for article publishing, however we are committed to exploring other measures and recently signed the Jussieu Call. Sustainability is a key value for MDPI, and future funding models should have at their heart the sustainability of knowledge and research dissemination. Plan S provides an opportunity for funders and publishers to directly discuss funding of open access journals in ways that are beneficial to all parties involved.
30 August 2018
MDPI establishes Open Access agreement with Qatar National Library
We are happy to announce the establishment of an Open Access (OA) agreement with Qatar National Library (QNL). QNL is committed to supporting and helping Qatar authors publish OA at no cost. Through this national agreement, QNL will cover the Article Processing Charges (APC) of manuscripts published by Qatar-based corresponding authors in MDPI journals.
Eligible corresponding authors affiliated with Qatar research centers and universities are prompted to choose QNL as part of our Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP) when they submit an article via our online submission system. The program will be selected automatically if authors submit their papers using their institutional email and/or a computer registered with the institution’s IP range. QNL will then crosscheck the information and confirm the APC funding.
Qatar authors that have their APC covered by QNL are advised to include the following sentence in their acknowledgments: "The publication of this article was funded by Qatar National Library".
For more information, please visit Open Access at QNL or email the QNL Open Access team at [email protected].
31 May 2018
2017 CiteScore™ Metrics Released
The 2017 CiteScore™ data is available now, based on citation data in the Scopus® database. The current CiteScore reflects citation activity in 2017 for articles published in 2014‒2016. Please note that the list below includes journals assigned a CiteScore in this year’s release. For a full list of journals indexed in Scopus, please see our journal list.
Thirteen of our journals received a CiteScore which is in the top 10% of the distribution in at least one of the categories (marked with * in the table below), while a further 32 journals exhibit scores that are in the first quartile of the respective categories.
To access the full data for MDPI journals, please see here. More data can also be found in SJR Scimago Journal & Country Rank.
Unlike CiteScores and the widely used Journal Impact Factors, the Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) metrics are normalized in order to correct for differences in citation practices between scientific fields. Therefore, the SNIP allows direct comparison between journals specialized in different fields.
According to 2017 data, MDPI publishes six journals with an average citation impact, or SNIP, in excess of 1.500. These journals are Biomolecules, Cancers, Journal of Clinical Medicine (JCM), Marine Drugs, Remote Sensing and Sensors (see the last column in the table below).
CiteScore Data for MDPI Journals
Journal | Rank (Quartile) |
Category | Link | CiteScore 2017 | 2016 |
2015 |
SNIP 2017 |
Aerospace | 43/116 (Q2) | • Aerospace Engineering | Link | 1.23 | - | - | 1.152 |
Agriculture | 69/309 (Q1) 91/398 (Q1) 78/255 (Q2) |
• Agronomy and Crop Science • Plant Science • Food Science |
Link | 1.93 | - | - | 1.133 |
Agronomy | 46/309 (Q1) | • Agronomy and Crop Science | Link | 2.38 | - | - | 1.115 |
Algorithms | 22/46 (Q2) 61/125 (Q2) 60/107 (Q3) 64/114 (Q3) |
• Numerical Analysis • Computational Mathematics • Computational Theory and Mathematics • Theoretical Computer Science |
Link | 1.03 | 1.15 | 1.07 | 0.749 |
Animals | 12/154 (Q1) * 48/367 (Q1) |
• General Veterinary • Animal Science and Zoology |
Link | 2.02 | 1.46 | 1.66 | 1.099 |
Antibiotics | 6/68 (Q1) * 62/263 (Q1) 55/230 (Q1) 31/108 (Q2) 47/134 (Q2) 139/398 (Q2) |
• General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics • Infectious Diseases • Pharmacology (medical) • Microbiology (medical) • Microbiology • Biochemistry |
Link | 2.85 | 1.65 | - | 0.975 |
Antibodies | 43/143 (Q2) 61/164 (Q2) 85/189 (Q2) |
• Drug Discovery • Immunology and Allergy • Immunology |
Link | 2.85 | - | - | 0.844 |
Antioxidants | 23/119 (Q1) 35/169 (Q2) 100/398 (Q2) 119/367 (Q2) 102/264 (Q2) |
• Clinical Biochemistry • Physiology • Biochemistry • Molecular Biology • Cell Biology |
Link | 3.42 | - | - | 1.361 |
Applied Sciences | 48/270 (Q1) 15/66 (Q1) 31/116 (Q2) 18/53 (Q2) 151/434 (Q2) 186/535 (Q2) |
• General Engineering • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes • Instrumentation • Process Chemistry and Technology • General Materials Science • Computer Science Applications |
Link | 1.90 | - | - | 0.801 |
Biology | 12/177 (Q1)* 32/186 (Q1) 10/40 (Q1) |
• General Agricultural and Biological Sciences • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology • General Immunology and Microbiology |
Link | 3.48 | 3.02 | 2.78 | 0.961 |
Biomolecules | 31/398 (Q1) * 41/367 (Q1) |
• Biochemistry • Molecular Biology |
Link | 5.72 | 1.67 | 3.08 | 1.542 |
Biosensors | 20/119 (Q1) | • Clinical Biochemistry | Link | 3.59 | 2.83 | 2.37 | 1.122 |
Brain Sciences | 47/111 (Q2) | • General Neuroscience | Link | 2.56 | - | - | 0.695 |
Cancers | 26/323 (Q1) * 23/191 (Q1) |
• Oncology • Cancer Research |
Link | 5.82 | 5.02 | 4.07 | 1.567 |
Catalysts | 32/151 (Q1) 21/46 (Q2) |
• Physical and Theoretical Chemistry • Catalysis |
Link | 3.23 | 3.44 | 3.45 | 0.954 |
Crystals | 76/272 (Q2) 140/434 (Q2) 127/398 (Q2) 26/64 (Q2) |
• General Chemical Engineering • General Materials Science • Condensed Matter Physics • Inorganic Chemistry |
Link | 1.97 | 1.89 | 1.47 | 0.745 |
Diagnostics | 49/119 (Q2) | • Clinical Biochemistry | Link | 2.43 | - | - | 0.788 |
Diversity | 30/124 (Q1) 14/52 (Q2) 83/306 (Q2) 11/29 (Q2) |
• Nature and Landscape Conservation • Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) • Ecology • Ecological Modelling |
Link | 2.15 | 2.03 | 1.96 | 1.300 |
Electronics | 109/644 (Q1) 26/148 (Q1) 42/224 (Q1) 50/259 (Q1) 23/96 (Q1) |
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering • Hardware and Architecture • Control and Systems Engineering • Computer Networks and Communications • Signal Processing |
Link | 2.97 | - | - | 1.227 |
Energies | 6/73 (Q1) * 31/192 (Q1) 103/644 (Q1) 4/16 (Q1) 47/140 (Q2) |
• Control and Optimization • Energy Engineering and Power Technology • Electrical and Electronic Engineering • Energy (miscellaneous) • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment |
Link | 3.11 | 2.50 | 2.87 | 1.340 |
Entropy | 35/202 (Q1) | • General Physics and Astronomy | Link | 2.41 | 1.87 | 1.99 | 1.189 |
Forests | 17/129 (Q1) | • Forestry | Link | 2.31 | 2.06 | 1.76 | 0.990 |
Future Internet | 132/259 (Q3) | • Computer Networks and Communications | Link | 1.25 | - | - | - |
Games | 132/187 (Q3) 78/110 (Q3) 305/418 (Q3) |
• Statistics and Probability • Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty • Applied Mathematics |
Link | 0.61 | 0.87 | 0.57 | 1.038 |
Genes | 21/91 (Q1) 74/311 (Q1) |
• Genetics (clinical) • Genetics |
Link | 3.49 | 3.62 | 3.18 | 0.374 |
Geosciences | 32/182 (Q1) |
• General Earth and Planetary Sciences | Link | 1.97 | 1.67 | 1.29 | 0.856 |
Information | 143/251 (Q3) | • Information Systems | Link | 1.16 | 0.78 | 0.94 | 1.146 |
Insects | 27/135 (Q1) | • Insect Science | Link | 1.85 | 1.81 | 1.38 | 0.719 |
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) | 80/478 (Q1) 34/106 (Q2) |
• Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis |
Link | 2.41 | 2.38 | 2.42 | 0.931 |
International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS) | 7/69 (Q1) * 61/535 (Q1) 20/163 (Q1) 9/64 (Q1) 26/151 (Q1) 89/367 (Q2) 17/46 (Q2) |
• Spectroscopy • Computer Science Applications • Organic Chemistry • Inorganic Chemistry • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry • Molecular Biology • Catalysis |
Link | 3.86 | 3.73 | 3.37 | 0.998 |
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (IJGI) | 79/605 (Q1) 22/82 (Q2) 13/36 (Q2) |
• Geography, Planning and Development • Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) • Computers in Earth Sciences |
Link | 2.10 | 1.62 | 1.52 | 1.062 |
Journal of Clinical Medicine (JCM) | 10/841 (Q1) * | • General Medicine | Link | 7.07 | - | - | 1.535 |
Journal of Functional Biomaterials (JFB) | 43/199 (Q1) 23/77 (Q2) |
• Biomedical Engineering • Biomaterials |
Link | 3.47 | - | - | 1.344 |
Journal of Low Po- wer Electronics and Applications (JLPEA) |
301/644 (Q2) | • Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Link | 1.12 | 0.98 | 0.83 | 0.367 |
Journal of Personalized Medicine (JPM) | 54/189 (Q2) | • Medicine (miscellaneous) | Link | 2.61 | - | - | 0.944 |
Land | 50/124 (Q2) 129/306 (Q2) 36/65 (Q3) |
• Nature and Landscape Conservation • Ecology • Global and Planetary Change |
Link | 1.44 | - | - | 0.658 |
Life | 4/94 (Q1) * 70/561 (Q1) 40/186 (Q1) 20/80 (Q2) |
• Palaeontology • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology • Space and Planetary Science |
Link | 3.16 | 2.95 | 1.68 | 0.935 |
Marine Drugs | 17/146 (Q1) | • Drug Discovery | Link | 4.58 | 3.83 | 3.66 | 1.537 |
Materials | 83/434 (Q1) | • General Materials Science | Link | 3.02 | 3.26 | 3.11 | 1.285 |
Membranes | 5/18 (Q2) 15/53 (Q2) 4/10 (Q2) |
• Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous) • Process Chemistry and Technology • Filtration and Separation |
Link | 2.69 | 2.19 | 2.95 | 0.880 |
Metabolites | 47/209 (Q1) 103/398 (Q2) 127/367 (Q2) |
• Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism • Biochemistry • Molecular Biology |
Link | 3.35 | - | - | 0.925 |
Metals | 155/434 (Q2) | • General Materials Science | Link | 1.87 | - | - | 0.955 |
Micromachines | 105/554 (Q1) 154/644 (Q1) 64/224 (Q2) |
• Mechanical Engineering • Electrical and Electronic Engineering • Control and Systems Engineering |
Link | 2.31 | 1.83 | 1.78 | 0.987 |
Minerals | 33/175 (Q1) 45/208 (Q1) |
• Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology • Geology |
Link | 2.21 | 2.13 | 1.77 | 1.149 |
Molecules | 4/25 (Q1) 25/172 (Q1) 18/104 (Q1) 31/163 (Q1) 30/151 (Q1) 31/146 (Q1) 55/160 (Q2) |
• Chemistry (miscellaneous) • Pharmaceutical Science • Analytical Chemistry • Organic Chemistry • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry • Drug Discovery • Molecular Medicine |
Link | 3.27 | 3.09 | 2.65 | 1.146 |
Nutrients | 11/255 (Q1) * 9/112 (Q1) * |
• Food Science • Nutrition and Dietetics |
Link | 4.35 | 4.29 | 4.07 | 1.403 |
Pathogens | 38/263 (Q1) 20/108 (Q1) 9/40 (Q1) 40/164 (Q1) 110/367 (Q2) |
• Infectious Diseases • Microbiology (medical) • General Immunology and Microbiology • Immunology and Allergy • Molecular Biology |
Link | 3.52 | - | - | 1.166 |
Pharmaceuticals | 14/172 (Q1) * 33/160 (Q1) |
• Pharmaceutical Science • Molecular Medicine |
Link | 4.12 | 4.90 | 3.64 | 1.370 |
Pharmaceutics | 21/172 (Q1) | • Pharmaceutical Science | Link | 3.68 | 3.83 | 2.68 | 1.092 |
Photonics | 30/116 (Q1) 80/270 (Q2) 53/160 (Q2) |
• Instrumentation • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and Imaging • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics |
Link | 1.96 | - | - | 0.817 |
Plants | 73/561 (Q1) 48/389 (Q1) 44/306 (Q1) |
• Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics • Plant Science • Ecology |
Link | 3.13 | - | - | 0.969 |
Polymers | 17/142 (Q1) 63/359 (Q1) |
• Polymers and Plastics • General Chemistry |
Link | 3.30 | 3.74 | 3.37 | 1.213 |
Religions | 26/389 (Q1) * | • Religious Studies | Link | 0.56 | - | - | 0.676 |
Remote Sensing | 13/182 (Q1) * | • General Earth and Planetary Sciences | Link | 4.03 | 3.56 | 3.76 | 1.559 |
Resources | 19/142 (Q1) 39/261 (Q1) |
• Nature and Landscape Conservation • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law |
Link | 2.69 | - | - | 1.387 |
Scientia Pharmaceutica | 92/172 (Q3) | • Pharmaceutical Science | Link | 0.86 | - | - | 0.513 |
Sensors | 9/116 (Q1) * 25/160 (Q1) 100/644 (Q1) 19/104 (Q1) 113/398 (Q2) |
• Instrumentation • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics • Electrical and Electronic Engineering • Analytical Chemistry • Biochemistry |
Link | 3.23 | 2.78 | 2.21 | 1.550 |
Social Sciences | 81/213 (Q2) | • General Social Sciences | Link | 0.60 | - | - | 0.445 |
Sustainability | 61/605 (Q1) * 55/261 (Q1) 60/140 (Q2) |
• Geography, Planning and Development • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment |
Link | 2.37 | 1.96 | 1.78 | 1.030 |
Symmetry | 44/327 (Q1) 17/45 (Q2) 16/40 (Q2) 14/25 (Q2) |
• General Mathematics • Computer Science (miscellaneous) • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) • Chemistry (miscellaneous) |
Link | 1.32 | 1.12 | 0.95 | 0.802 |
Toxins | 18/106 (Q1) 21/111 (Q1) |
• Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis • Toxicology |
Link | 3.32 | 3.34 | 3.76 | 1.136 |
Vaccines | 5/230 (Q1) * 13/263 (Q1) * 18/302 (Q1) * 11/146 (Q1) * 32/189 (Q1) |
• Pharmacology (medical) • Infectious Diseases • Pharmacology • Drug Discovery • Immunology |
Link | 4.88 | 1.23 | 3.76 | 1.255 |
Viruses | 29/263 (Q1) 16/68 (Q1) |
• Virology • Infectious Diseases |
Link | 3.88 | 3.60 | 3.74 | 1.130 |
Water | 66/605 (Q1) 37/191 (Q1) 43/199 (Q1) 193/398 (Q2) |
• Geography, Planning and Development • Water Science and Technology • Aquatic Science • Biochemistry |
Link | 2.29 | 2.05 | 1.96 | 1.007 |
30 May 2018
MDPI sponsors the latest issue of CHIMIA
30 April 2018
Winners of the First MDPI Writing Prize
We are pleased to announce the results of the first MDPI Writing Prize. We received a large number of entries from across the globe on the theme of “The Global Benefits of Open Research”. It was a pleasure to read so many original, well-researched and well-presented ideas, and the final choice was not an easy one. We are pleased to announce that the winners are as follows:
1st prize (500 CHF, Swiss knife and certificate)
Edmond Sanganyado, Shantou University, China
2nd prizes (250 CHF, Swiss knife and certificate)
Kamala T. Rajahgopal, Asia e University, Malaysia
Yin Zhixuan, Qingdao University of Technology, China
3rd prizes (100 CHF, Swiss knife and certificate)
Alexandra Ticea, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania
Ankur Sarker, University of Virginia, USA
Daniel Attoye, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
Congratulations to all of them! The winning entries can be downloaded by clicking on the names above. A compilation of all entries will soon be available as an open access book.
The writing prize is sponsored by the MDPI English editing service.
23 March 2018
Check for Updates: A New Function in the Article PDF Version
At MDPI, we always want to keep you up to date. Even for already published articles, some corrections or minor changes may occur. To prevent you from missing any updates, from now on you will be able to access the latest version of any manuscript by clicking on the “check for updates” logo that you can find in the PDF file, even if you have saved the file on your computer.
13 March 2018
MDPI Becoming a Member of UKSG
We are proud to announce that MDPI is now a member of UKSG, the UK´s largest scholarly communications community. Through UKSG, different stakeholders share their knowledge and experience in order to improve the knowledge and information environment for researchers. UKSG´s members include universities, publishers, content providers, intermediaries, and other similar organisations. Members participate in discussions and events on issues around scholarly communications.
The UKSG Annual Conference and Exhibition is a flagship initiative from the UKSG and one of the most stimulating events in the scholarly communications calendar. It is held annually and attracts a large number of delegates. More information is available at https://www.uksg.org/events/annualconference
MDPI is delighted to be a part of this active community and we look forward to making our own contribution. We will continue to support organisations and initiatives that boost collaboration and vision within scholarly communication.
More information about UKSG can be found at https://www.uksg.org/. The full membership list is available at: https://www.uksg.org/members.
1 February 2018
MDPI Signed the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA)
The DORA initiative addresses the need for advanced approaches in the evaluation and measurement of the quality of scientific research outputs. It is a worldwide initiative covering all scholarly disciplines. MDPI proudly joins a list of more than 400 organizations around the world which support DORA’s recommendations for improving the way the quality of research results is evaluated.
More info can be found at http://www.ascb.org/dora/
19 December 2017
Announcing the MDPI English Writing Prize
The competition is still open until end of March! Please check out the banner for more details: https://mdpi-res.com/data/english-prize.pdf
15 December 2017
UCL Press Adopts the MDPI Editorial Platform JAMS
We are delighted to announce that UCL Press has adopted MDPI's Journal Article & Management System, JAMS, including production services. JAMS is a modular, integrated editorial platform for academic publishers. It offers flexibility, ease-of-use, and is a fully integrated solution for the end-to-end management of scholarly journals. JAMS is based on the software used to publish MDPI’s portfolio of journals.
Ian Caswell, UCL Press Journals Manager, says he is "excited to see UCL Press and MDPI partner together to implement the JAMS submission system for all UCL Press journals. The system offered a flexible, efficient and straightforward solution for our processes from author submission to ready for publication. I am grateful for the valuable experience and support MDPI have offered and look forward to developing our programme with an effective submission system in place.” Dr Martyn Rittman, MDPI’s Publishing Services Manager, adds, “We are proud to support one of the UK’s premier university presses in their publishing operation. This is an excellent way for us at MDPI to share our experience and knowledge, and benefit the research community beyond our own journals.”
JAMS combines services that are kept separate for many publishers. The entire editorial process, production and invoicing (e.g. for open access article processing charges) are fully integrated into a single platform. This allows for efficient, fast manuscript processing. For further information about JAMS, see https://www.mdpi.com/publishing_services.
23 November 2017
New Participants in the Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP)
We are pleased to welcome new participants to MDPI's Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP), designed to help institutions manage the transition to the Open Access publishing model. Researchers affiliated with participating universites benefit from a 10% discount on the Article Processing Charges (APC) for any paper published in an MDPI journal, while the participating library or university incurs no basic fee for participating in the program.
The IOAP set of free services, provided by MDPI to institutions that sign up, include:- No fee for participants and no obligation to prolong after the initial 12 months. The participants may withdraw from the programme at any time, and we will also keep it free for the library for as long as they continue in the programme.
- Authors affiliated with the university will receive a 10% discount on the APC.
- The institution is granted free access to the MDPI submission system and can receive free alerts of new submissions to our journals.
- By default, authors from the institution will continue to be invoiced directly unless the institution opts for central billing.
- Auto-archiving of papers into the institutions´ repository as long as it supports SWORD 1.3.
More details about the programme and a list of our current participant institutions can be found at: https://www.mdpi.com/about/ioap
Institutions which are interested to participate may do so online at: https://www.mdpi.com/ioap-form
The following North American universities have signed up to the IOAP program recently:
Connecticut College, USA
Emory University, USA
Florida International University, USA
Johns Hopkins University, USA
Mississippi State University, USA
Northeastern University, USA
Rice University, USA
University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada
University of Rhode Island, USA
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA
University of Toronto, Canada
University of Windsor, Canada
University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA
Wellesley College, USA
West Virginia University, USA
Many prestigious institutions from Europe and Asia have joined as well:
Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation, Malaysia
Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
Gdansk University of Technology, Poland
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
Newcastle University, UK
Northumbria University, UK
Southwest University, China
Technical University of Crete, Greece
University Malaya, Malaysia
University of Antwerp, Belgium
University of Cyprus, Cyprus
University of Manchester, UK
University of Reading, UK
University of Sussex, UK
University of Warwick, UK
West Pomeranian University of Technology Szczecin, Poland
We offer a warm welcome to the new participants!
10 November 2017
Available Journal Awards at MDPI
In order to reward the academic community, especially young researchers, and enhance communication among scientists, MDPI journals regularly offer various awards to researchers in specific fields, for example, Young Investigator Awards, Travel Awards, Best Paper Awards, and Best Poster Awards, etc. The awardees range from PhD students to junior scientists.
Currently, the following 44 awards given by MDPI journals are accepting applications. Please click on the award title below to check whether you are eligible for it and start the application process.
Subject |
Journal |
Award |
Intended Awardee |
Biology & Life Sciences |
Animals |
PhD students or postdoctoral researchers |
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Antioxidants |
Postdoctoral researchers or PhD students |
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Biology |
PhD or postdoctoral fellows |
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Forests |
Postdocs or PhD students |
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS) |
Ground-breaking contribution in the fields of Molecular Biology, and Molecular Pathology |
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Journal of Fungi (JoF) |
Travel Awards 2018 |
PhD graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows |
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Life |
Travel Award 2018 |
PhD students or postdoctoral fellows |
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Metabolites |
PhD students |
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Pharmaceuticals |
PhD students |
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Toxins |
Postdoctoral fellows |
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Viruses |
Viruses 2018 participants |
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Viruses |
Viruses 2018 participants |
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Water |
2018 Young Investigator Award |
Young investigators |
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Chemistry & Materials Science |
Biomimetics
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Graduate Student or Postdoctoral Trainee / Research Associate |
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Catalysts |
PhD students |
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Chemosensors |
PhD or postdoctoral fellows |
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Entropy |
Young investigators |
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Fibers |
2018 Travel award |
Postdocs or PhD students |
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Magnetochemistry |
Postdocs |
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Materials |
PhD or postdoctoral fellows |
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Metals |
PhD or postdoctoral fellows |
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Minerals |
PhD or postdoctoral fellows |
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Sensors |
Travel Award 2018 |
PhD or postdoctoral fellows |
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Sensors |
Sensors' reviewers in 2017 |
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Sensors |
Young investigators |
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Technologies |
PhD students |
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Computer Science & Mathematics |
Multimodal Technologies and Interaction (MTI) |
Postdoctoral researchers or PhD students |
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ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information(IJGI) |
Postdocs |
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Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks (JSAN) |
Postdoctoral fellows and PhD students |
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Journal of Imaging |
Postdoctoral fellows and PhD students |
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Engineering |
Actuators |
PhD or postdoctoral fellows |
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Remote Sensing |
Authors |
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Machines |
PhD or postdoctoral fellows |
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Micromachines |
PhD or postdoctoral fellows |
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Fluids |
Postdoctoral fellows and PhD students |
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ChemEngineering |
Postdoctoral researchers and PhD students |
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Environmental & Earth Sciences |
Diversity |
Travel Awards 2018 |
Postdoctoral fellows |
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) |
Authors who submit from 1 Nov 2017 to 31 Oct 2018 |
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Resources |
Postdocs or PhD students |
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Geosciences |
Postdoctoral fellows and PhD students |
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Physical Sciences & Astronomy |
Galaxies |
Ph.D. students, postdoctoral fellows, or lecturers in cosmology or galaxies physics |
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Applied Science |
Postdocs |
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Medicine & Pharmacology; Public Health & Healthcare |
Journal of Clinical Medicine (JCM) |
PhD or postdoctoral fellows |
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Medicines |
Postdocs |
7 November 2017
MDPI has signed the Jussieu Call for Open Science and Bibliodiversity
The Jussieu Call aims to develop and implement alternative models to meet the aims of open science while promoting bibliodiversity. In particular it wishes to promote new business models for funding open access publication. It was drafted on the Jussieu campus in Paris by a group of French researchers and scientific publishing professionals.
MDPI supports scholarly communities and initiatives that innovate and further promote Open Access publishing. There is a need to explore different frameworks to fund open access in ways that ensure that excessive funds are not diverted from research towards publishing. Many fair funding models already exist, and they can be further developed and extended. These include institutional support, library contributions or subsidies, premium services, participatory funding, etc. For this reason, MDPI has signed up to the Jussieu call and welcomes its aims.
More information can be found at http://jussieucall.org/ (archived here)
23 October 2017
Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304) Now in Pubmed and Pubmed Central
6 October 2017
Dr. Franck Vazquez, MDPI CEO, Interviewed by Scholarly Kitchen
The Society for Scholarly Publishing’s popular blog about topics in academic publishing, Scholarly Kitchen, recently interviewed MDPI’s CEO, Dr. Franck Vazquez. He shared some thoughts and information on the past and future of MDPI and open access publishing in general:
“In the long run, we aim to anchor MDPI in research communities. We recently developed and launched the preprint platform Preprints, revamped our free-to-use conference hosting platform Sciforum, and are working on other projects, such as Scilit, our bibliographic database.”
Read the full interview here.
19 September 2017
A Warm Welcome to the New IOAP Participants
We are delighted to have welcomed 24 new participants to our Institutional Open Access Programme (IOAP) since the beginning of September this year. These are University libraries and Research Institutions located around the world; from the USA and Canada to the UK, and from Norway and Spain to Greece. Well respected Universities, such as the University of Denver, the University of Colorado Boulder, and the University of Arizona in the US, have signed up, while their researchers can now benefit from a 10% discount on the Article Processing Charges (APC) for any papers they publish in MDPI journals, at no cost for the library or the University.
We are more than happy to see the Open Access movement growing stronger and wider every day and we appreciate the vital role which librarians, repository managers, and other scholarly communications professionals play in the field. Our communication with and service to this community is, therefore, one of our principal priorities. The IOAP is our way to support academic and scientific Institutions as well as their scholars in managing, administrating, and publishing research in an Open Access world.
The IOAP set of free services, provided by MDPI to institutions that sign up, include:
- No fee for participants and no obligation to prolong after the initial 12 months. The participants may withdraw from the programme at any time, and we will also keep it free for the library for as long as they continue in the programme.
- Authors affiliated with the university will receive a discount on the article processing charge (APC).
- The institution is granted free access to the MDPI submission system and can receive free alerts of new submissions to our journals.
- By default, authors from the institution will continue to be invoiced directly unless the institution opts for central billing.
- Auto-archiving of papers into the institutions´ repository as long as it supports SWORD 1.3.
More details about the programme and a list of our current participant institutions can be found at: https://www.mdpi.com/about/ioap
Institutions which are interested to participate may do so online at: https://www.mdpi.com/ioap-form
The full list of the Institutions that signed up in September is as follows:
- University of Denver, USA
- University of Colorado Boulder, USA
- University of Arizona, USA
- Institute of Metrology of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Middlebury College, USA
- Touro College, USA
- University of New Orleans, USA
- University of Leicester, UK
- Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, USA
- University of Strathclyde, UK
- Cranfield University, UK
- Hope College, USA
- Oregon State University, USA
- Drew University, USA
- Swansea University, UK
- University of South Florida, USA
- University of Georgia, USA
- Arizona State University, USA
- University of Southern Mississippi, USA
- Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Canada
- Grinnell College, USA
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
- University of Patras, Greece
- Public University of Navarre, Spain
23 June 2017
Congratulations for Publishing the 100,000th Peer-Reviewed Article
Congratulations to the authors Javier Monroy and Javier Gonzalez-Jimenez from Universidad de Malaga, Spain, Victor Hernandez-Bennets, Han Fan and Achim Lilienthal from Örebro University, Sweden for publishing the 100,000th peer-reviewed article.
The article is published in the Chemical Sensors section of Sensors.
GADEN: A 3D Gas Dispersion Simulator for Mobile Robot Olfaction in Realistic Environments
Evermore pressing environmental concerns have led global actors and decision-makers to search for stricter emission monitoring approaches. As part of novel monitoring systems, robots with gas and environmental sensors are a promising solution. However, validation of such robotic inspectors is expensive, time consuming, and plagued by repeatability issues. In this article, we present GADEN (the short form for Gas Dispersion Simulator for Mobile Robot Olfaction in Realistic Environments), which combines gas dispersion and robotics simulation in a common framework. Developed under the widely used Robot Operating System (ROS), GADEN enables validation of sensing strategies with gas dispersion being simulated using computational fluid dynamics and filament dispersion theory. GADEN allows simulating complex, realistic, 3D environments for reproducible testing of robotic gas sensing algorithms. Through qualitative and quantitative evaluations, we show that GADEN is a versatile and user-friendly evaluation tool and emphasize its enormous potential for the mobile robot olfaction community.
Read the full article here: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/17/7/1479/htm
6 June 2017
CiteScore™ Metrics Released for Scopus Journals
The CiteScore, the new citation metric for journals covered in the Scopus® database, was released on 1 June 2017, reflecting the citation activity in 2016 for articles published during the three previous years. Please note that the list below does not contain all MDPI journals covered in Scopus. For the CiteScore to serve as a reliable metric at least three volumes of articles need to be indexed in Scopus; journals which have not met this criterion have been omitted here.
Ten MDPI journals received a CiteScore which is in the Top 10% of scores in at least one of the categories, while a further 21 journals exhibit scores that are in the first quartile of the respective categories.
CiteScore Data for MDPI Journals
Journal | Rank | Category | Link | CiteScore 2016 | 2015 |
2014 |
Algorithms | 44/112 (Q2) 49/111 (Q2) 19/42 (Q2) 52/113 (Q2) |
• Numerical Analysis • Computational Mathematics • Computational Theory and Mathematics • Theoretical Computer Science |
Link | 1.15 | 1.07 | 1.06 |
Animals | 69/343 (Q1) 21/146 (Q1) |
• Animal Science and Zoology • General Veterinary |
Link | 1.46 | 1.66 | 0.74 |
Biology | 13/92 (Q1) 34/81 (Q1) 10/75 (Q1) |
• General Agricultural and Biological Sciences • General Biochemistry, Gene- tics and Molecular Biology • General Immunology and Microbiology |
Link | 3.02 | 2.78 | 1.74 |
Biomolecules | 234/382 (Q3) 260/353 (Q3) |
• Biochemistry • Molecular Biology |
Link | 1.67 | 3.08 | 1.00 |
Biosensors | 36/118 (Q2) 209/2156 (Q1) |
• Clinical Biochemistry • General Medicine |
Link | 2.83 | 2.37 | 2.04 |
Cancers | 29/196 (Q1) 27/321 (Q1) |
• Cancer Research • Oncology |
Link | 5.02 | 4.07 | 2.31 |
Catalysts | 18/44 (Q2) 27/144 (Q1) |
• Catalysis • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry |
Link | 3.44 | 3.45 | 2.17 |
Crystals | 70/270 (Q2) 25/64 (Q2) 118/398 (Q2) 131/424 (Q2) |
• General Chemical Engineering • Inorganic Chemistry • Condensed Matter Physics • General Materials Science |
Link | 1.89 | 1.47 | 1.03 |
Diversity | 10/41 (Q1) 9/25 (Q2) 76/291 (Q2) 24/109 (Q1) |
• Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) • Ecological Modelling • Ecology • Nature and Landscape Conservation |
Link | 2.03 | 1.96 | 1.82 |
Energies | - | - | Link | 2.50 | 2.87 | 2.66 |
Entropy | 51/198 (Q2) | • General Physics and Astronomy | Link | 1.87 | 1.99 | 1.69 |
Forests | 17/127 (Q1) | • Forestry | Link | 2.06 | 1.76 | 1.84 |
Games | 204/398 (Q3) 83/181 (Q2) 48/105 (Q2) |
• Applied Mathematics • Statistics and Probability • Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty |
Link | 0.87 | 0.57 | 0.64 |
Genes | 62/300 (Q1) 18/90 (Q1) |
• Genetics • Genetics (clinical) |
Link | 3.62 | 3.18 | 1.33 |
Geosciences | 36/169 (Q1) |
• General Earth and Planetary Sciences | Link | 1.67 | 1.29 | 1.13 |
Information | 156/237 (Q3) | • Information Systems | Link | 0.78 | 0.94 | 0.74 |
Insects | 28/131 (Q1) | • Insect Science | Link | 1.81 | 1.38 | 1.23 |
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) | 67/446 (Q1) 31/102 (Q2) |
• Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis |
Link | 2.38 | 2.42 | 2.47 |
International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS) | 23/157 (Q1) 8/64 (Q1) 90/353 (Q1) 22/144 (Q1) 16/44 (Q1) 8/62 (Q1) |
• Organic Chemistry • Inorganic Chemistry • Molecular Biology • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry • Catalysis • Spectroscopy |
Link | 3.73 | 3.37 | 3.06 |
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information | 12/29 (Q2) 28/79 (Q2) 96/587 (Q1) |
• Computers in Earth Sciences • Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) • Geography, Planning and Development |
Link | 1.62 | 1.52 | - |
Journal of Low Power Electronic Applications (JLPEA) | 301/645 (Q2) | • Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Link | 0.98 | 0.83 | 0.83 |
Life | 65/525 (Q1) 36/186 (Q1) 5/92 (Q1) 20/80 (Q2) |
• Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics • General Biochemistry, Gene- tics and Molecular Biology • Palaeontology • Space and Planetary Science |
Link | 2.95 | 1.68 | 1.20 |
Marine Drugs | 18/145 (Q1) | • Drug Discovery | Link | 3.83 | 3.66 | 3.59 |
Materials | 63/424 (Q1) | • General Materials Science | Link | 3.26 | 3.11 | 2.69 |
Membranes | 103/424 (Q1) | • Materials Science | Link | 2.19 | 2.95 | 2.42 |
Micromachines | 173/645 (Q2) 69/211 (Q2) 113/526 (Q1) |
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering • Control and Systems Engineering • Mechanical Engineering |
Link | 1.83 | 1.78 | 2.10 |
Minerals | 45/206 (Q1) 29/167 (Q1) |
• Geology • Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology |
Link | 2.13 | 1.77 | - |
Molecules | 32/157 (Q1) | • Organic Chemistry | Link | 3.09 | 2.65 | 2.62 |
Nutrients | 12/247 (Q1) | • Food Science | Link | 4.29 | 4.07 | 3.78 |
Pharmaceuticals | 8/168 (Q1) 21/158 (Q1) |
• Pharmaceutical Science • Molecular Medicine |
Link | 4.90 | 3.64 | 1.92 |
Pharmaceutics | 19/168 (Q1) | • Pharmaceutical Science | Link | 3.83 | 2.68 | 2.46 |
Polymers | 13/138 (Q1) 44/354 (Q1) |
• Polymers and Plastics • General Chemistry |
Link | 3.74 | 3.37 | 4.10 |
Remote Sensing | 13/169 (Q1) | • General Earth and Planetary Sciences | Link | 3.56 | 3.76 | 3.23 |
Sensors | 25/96 (Q2) 25/159 (Q1) 124/382 (Q2) 103/645 (Q1) |
• Analytical Chemistry • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics • Biochemistry • Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
Link | 2.78 | 2.21 | 2.40 |
Sustainability | 49/129 (Q2) 68/587 (Q1) 56/236 (Q1) |
• Renewable Energy, Sustai-nability and the Environment • Geography, Planning and Development • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law |
Link | 1.96 | 1.78 | 1.52 |
Symmetry | 17/42 (Q2) 49/111 (Q2) |
• Numerical Analysis • Computational Mathematics |
Link | 1.12 | 0.95 | 1.02 |
Toxins | 16/102 (Q1) 16/108 (Q1) |
• Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis • Toxicology |
Link | 3.34 | 3.76 | 2.85 |
Vaccines | 146/184 (Q4) 151/250 (Q3) 93/145 (Q3) 186/299 (Q3) 130/232 (Q3) |
• Immunology • Infectious Diseases • Drug Discovery • Pharmacology • Pharmacology (medical) |
Link | 1.23 | 3.76 | 2.85 |
Viruses | 15/68 (Q1) 34/250 (Q1) |
• Virology • Infectious Diseases |
Link | 3.60 | 3.74 | 3.80 |
Water | 33/184 (Q1) 48/195 (Q1) 62/587 (Q1) 198/382 (Q3) |
• Water Science and Technology • Aquatic Science • Geography, Planning and Development • Biochemistry |
Link | 2.05 | 1.96 | 1.45 |
18 May 2017
Nine Journals Accepted for Inclusion in Scopus
We are pleased to announce that the collection of MDPI journals covered in Scopus keeps expanding.
The following journals have been accepted for inclusion in Scopus this year: Axioms (ISSN 2075-1680), Climate (ISSN 2225-1154), Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (JMSE) (ISSN 2077-1312), Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks (JSAN) (ISSN 2224-2708), Lubricants (ISSN 2075-4442), Mathematics (ISSN 2227-7390), Microarrays (ISSN 2076-3905), Robotics (ISSN 2218-6581) and Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304). These titles are expected to be included in Scopus towards the end of 2017, starting from articles in the current volume.
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and is published by Elsevier B.V. This means that the research you publish with the journals above will be more visible than ever.
17 May 2017
Three New Institutional Memberships Established
We are pleased to announce that the Goethe University of Frankfurt, the Technical University of Hamburg (TU Hamburg-Harburg), as well as the Humboldt University of Berlin, in Germany, have joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Primary authors from these instititions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
4 May 2017
MDPI Supports the Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC)
As an open access publisher, we are keen to support openness and transparency in the research process. Citation data is very important for assessing the value of individual papers and the contribution of researchers. As such, we support the recently launched Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC). The initiative recognizes that citations should be freely available and machine-readable. By doing so, authors gain the maximum benefit from having their work cited.
MDPI now uploads citation data with metadata uploaded to Crossref when registering digital object identifiers (DOIs) for published papers. We are delighted to take this step to support a truly open research environment.
2 May 2017
Publons Peer Review Academy Goes Live
Getting high quality review reports is critical for any journal’s editorial process. At MDPI we have put in place several measures to motivate reviewers and reward them for their work. We are proud of the quality of reviewer reports we receive and grateful for the hours put in by active researchers from across the globe.
Reviewers of MDPI’s largest journals can get recognition via Publons, a website dedicated to rewarding peer reviewers. They have now taken this one step further and launched the Publons Reviewer Academy to help train reviewers to provide useful feedback. Through the academy, researchers can be trained and tutored in various aspects of how to provide structured feedback that will be of genuine help to editors and authors. We support this initiative and recommend it to potential MDPI reviewers, especially early career researchers. See the Publons announcement for further information.
More information on reviewing for MDPI, including how to volunteer as a reviewer, can be found here.
24 April 2017
Two New Institutional Memberships Established
We are pleased to announce that the following universities have joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, USA and the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia. Primary authors from these instititions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
30 March 2017
Credit for Preprints Comments via Publons
Preprints.org is a platform run by MDPI that allows authors to make early versions of manuscripts available before peer review has been completed.
One of the major benefits of putting a preprint online is to get feedback before journal submission. Until now, however, the feedback has been on a voluntary basis. Preprints is delighted to be the first preprint server to collaborate with Publons to acknowledge substantial comments as reviews and give commentators the opportunity to receive credit for their efforts.
When you add a comment to any article, there is a check box to click for it to appear on Publons. If you have already linked your account it will be passed on automatically. If you don't already have a Publons account, you will be contacted soon afterwards with instructions on how to create one.
We appreciate the enthusiasm and cooperation of Publons in this project and expect it to be of great benefit to authors and commenters alike.
20 March 2017
MDPI 2016 Annual Report Released
We are pleased to announce that our annual report for the year 2016 has now been published.
It contains information regarding company and journal performance, conferences and other publishing services that we provided throughout 2016.
To read the report in full or download a copy, please click here.
15 March 2017
Our 100,000th Article Could be Yours!
After the 20th anniversary of MDPI in 2016, we will reach another milestone this year and will publish the 100,000th peer-reviewed article in one of our 170+ open access journals.
We would like you to be part of this great achievement and so are offering to publish the 100,000th accepted paper free of charge.
To be in with a chance, select a journal in one of our 10 scientific subject areas and submit your paper.
Access the live tracker on published articles here.
3 March 2017
1000 Preprints Online
We are delighted that Preprints now has 1000 papers online since its launch on 3 May 2016.
For more information, see the editorial here.
9 February 2017
Minister and State Secretaries Visit MDPI Office at STP, Belgrade, Serbia
Earlier this week the Science Technology Park in Belgrade, Serbia was visited by Swiss Secretary of State Dr. Mauro Dell’Ambrogio, as well as Serbian Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government Ana Brnabic, State Secretary Dr. Vladimir Popovic and Mayor of Belgrade Mr. Siniša Mali.
During the visit to the STP they had a short presentation from MDPI’s CEO Dr. Franck Vazquez and IT Manager Mr. Miloš Čučulović, and further discussed important issues such as Open Access and Open education. Dr. Dell'Ambrogio said he was impressed with the potential for development and ideas for business.
For more information please see:
http://bit.ly/2kpIu7k and http://bit.ly/2kpUQfz
7 February 2017
The 6th World Sustainability Forum: Final Press Release
Basel, 29 January 2017
The 6th World Sustainability Forum #WSF2017SA: African universities critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Jeffrey and Sonia Sachs win first World Sustainability Award.
Universities need to take the lead in solving the greatest challenges the world faces today, particularly in Africa. They need to do this not only through education – teaching the next generation to think critically and creatively to find sustainable solutions – but also through research that cuts across a range of disciplines. To ensure these solutions are implemented, they need to partner with the private sector and with government.
This was the key message from the 6th World Sustainability Forum (WSF2017), which took place in Cape Town on 27 and 28 January 2017. Sponsored by MDPI and the journal Sustainability under the patronage of the Universities of the Western Cape (UWC), Cape Town (UCT), University of Basel and the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa, the conference was attended by key national and international speakers, including world-leading economist Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs, senior United Nations (UN) advisor and director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University.
The WSF is an annual sustainability conference which addresses research in a range of areas related to sustainable development and sustainability globally. This was the first WSF to take place on the African continent. Discussions at the 2017 conference were driven by the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) adopted as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by the UN in September 2015.
Achieving the SDGs “is the moonshot for our generation,” said Sachs. “Like the moonshot [moon landing] of the 1960s, these are tough, bold and achievable objectives.”
“This is a nasty, tough world we live in, and our world agrees on very little. So when 193 governments agree on something, that is important. And when they agree on something as important as sustainable development, that is really something for us to grab hold of – that is a lifeline.”
There was agreement at the WSF that the SDGs are particularly important for Africa, and that African universities in particular have a role to play in achieving them.
Said Professor Tyrone Pretorius, vice-chancellor of UWC: “The quest for sustainable development can only be met through education. Universities today are the oil that fuels the knowledge economy.”
As part of the drive to develop academic capacity to provide the knowledge needed to meet the SDGs, WSF2017 was preceded by the 1st Postgraduate Forum on Sustainability. “A series of workshops for postgraduate education linked to WSF are important, in order to equip postgraduates with the skills necessary to promote sustainability,” said Professor Thandi Mgwebi, director for research at UWC. A second postgraduate forum will take place alongside the WSF2018 in Beijing.
This capacity development is particularly critical to Africa. Said Sachs: “African universities need to do research to find solutions to Africa’s development challenges, because no other university will.”
The UN set a target of achieving the SDGs by 2030: “I regard this as the breakthrough period to end extreme poverty on the continent,” said Sachs, “and for Africa to become one of the most dynamic centres of the world economy.”
It is a critical time for South African universities, said Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, deputy vice-chancellor for research and internationalisation at UCT: “Higher education is at a crossroads, and there is much polarisation. We need to think carefully about how this sustainable development agenda is owned by all so that it is inclusionary.”
There was also strong emphasis on public–private partnerships – for universities, business and government to work together to achieve the goals.
Said Professor Francis Petersen, deputy vice-chancellor at UCT and vice-chancellor designate at the University of the Free State: “Business sustainability has become critical, because there is increasing demand and complexity of demand on business from the natural, social and economic environment. Sustainability cannot be a standalone issue, divorced from business as usual. Sustainability needs to be embedded into business.”
Environmental crises and climate change was also high on the WSF agenda. In his keynote address, Sachs noted the irreversibility of the climate- and environmental-related challenges.
“If we don’t get our act together, we lose the chance of safety,” he said.
Said Professor Mark New, pro vice-chancellor and director of the African Climate and Development Initiative at UCT: “We have a fundamental challenge in responding to climate change, and we must go further than just putting a plaster on a wound. We need to address the deep structural issues, to move from our current model of development into climate-compatible development.”
“This requires researchers to find the evidence for the correct development pathways to take, and then support the ability of policymakers at all levels to enable the shift to climate-compatible development planning.”
Said Dr. Aldo Stroebel, executive director of international relations and cooperation at the NRF, in closing: “We have seen over the past two days an urgency towards the next step of thinking, that critical type of framework that we all must engage with, not only from an academic perspective, but further up into the policy environment and into rural-based environments where one can clearly see the links and effectiveness of the work.”
World Sustainability Awards
The first World Sustainability Award and the first Emerging Sustainability Leader Awards were presented by Prof. Thandi Mgwebi, Director of Research at UWC, and Dr. Franck Vazquez, CEO of MDPI, during the ceremony on 27 January 2017 as part of the gala dinner of the 6th World Sustainability Forum in South Africa.after day one of proceedings of the 2017 World Sustainability Forum South Africa.
Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs and Dr. Sonia Ehrlich Sachs are the joint recipients of the first World Sustainability Award. Jeffrey Sachs is a world-renowned economist and senior United Nations (UN) advisor and director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. Sonia Sachs is a paediatrician and public health specialist, and director of the Health Centre at the Centre for Sustainable Development, also at Columbia University.
The joint recipients of the first Emerging Sustainability Leader Award are Dr. Esther Ngumbi and Dr. Xiaosong Hu. Esther Ngumbi is a postdoctoral researcher at Auburn University in Alabama USA and serves as a 2015 Clinton Global University Mentor for agriculture. Xiaosong Hu is a professor at the Chongqing University in China and specialises in automotive control systems and mechanical engineering.
The World Sustainability Award and the Emerging Sustainability Leader Awards are funded to encourage new initiatives and developments in sustainability with the ultimate aim of fostering the transition to sustainable practices and societies.
The World Sustainability Award is funded by the MDPI Sustainability Foundation, and included a monetary prize of USD 100,000 to Jeffrey and Sonia Sachs. The Emerging Sustainability Leader Award is funded by the journal Sustainability, awarded to researchers under 40, and included a monetary prize of USD10,000.
Issued jointly by: UCT Global Strategy and Visibility, Research Office, UWC Communications & Media and MDPI AG
Conference photos are free available at: https://sciforum.net/conference/wsf-6/page/175 Photo credit: Matthias Burkhalter
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31 January 2017
Three New Institutional Memberships Established
We are pleased to announce that the Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, the University of Manitoba, Canada and the Technical University of Cartagena, Spain, have joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Primary authors from these institutions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
27 January 2017
6th World Sustainability Forum under way in South Africa
The 6th World Sustainability Forum is currently being held at the Cape Sun Hotel until 28 January 2017.
The Forum will showcase the work of internationally renowned researchers and include more than 150 presentations. During the conference dinner, the World Sustainability Award, associated with a US$ 100,000 prize, will be announced, as well as the Emerging Sustainability Leader Award, associated with a US$ 10,000 prize. The prizes are sponsored by the MDPI Sustainability Foundation and Sustainability, an academic open access journal by MDPI.
Here are some pictures from the forum so far:
To see the full WSF2017 program and schedule, please see here: https://sciforum.net/conference/wsf-6/page/schedule
19 January 2017
Cape Town to Host the 6th World Sustainability Forum
Cape Town will host the 6th World Sustainability Forum at the Cape Sun Hotel on 27 and 28 January 2017. This prominent event, held for the first time in Africa, will include many illustrious South African and international experts, such as Her Excellency Graça Machel (Sustainable Development Advocate for the United Nations, Mozambique), Joyene Isaacs (HoD Agriculture Western Cape Government), Jeffrey Sachs (Columbia University, USA), Max Bergman (SRaM, University of Basel), Mark New (Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Cape Town), Frans Swanepoel (FutureAfrica, University of Pretoria) and Francis Petersen (Vice-Chancellor-designate, University of the Free State). The Forum will provide a stage for national and international debates on sustainability in South Africa, the African continent, and about international perspectives on sustainability. It brings together researchers and representatives from government and the business sector to discuss a wide-ranging set of issues associated with sustainability, including food security, water and energy scarcity, mining, poverty reduction, climate change, and urbanisation.
The next few decades will be marked by profound changes in the relationships between global economics, national societies, and the environment. We have entered what some call the Anthropocene, an age in which human activity dominates the climate and the environment. These changes will have numerous consequences on societies around the globe. South Africa and Africa will play a central role, for better or worse, in creating opportunities and risks during these changing times as Africa is profoundly influencing and being influenced by global developments.
The adoption of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in September 2015 was accompanied by what insiders considered an optimism they have not experienced in relation to UN resolutions before. The relative efficiency in the drafting, the lack of trenches between East and West, or between North and South, and the unanimity of support of the 193 countries speak volumes. In stark contrast, sustainability seems to go against a changing economic and political tide, where waves of nationalism and protectionism from some of the most powerful countries risk the wellbeing of the rest of the world. The 6th World Sustainability Forum will enable fruitful exchanges, which sensitise South African and international communities to the global urgency and specifics of sustainability.
The Forum will showcase the work of internationally renowned researchers and include more than 150 presentations. During the conference dinner, the World Sustainability Award, associated with a US$ 100 000 prize, will be announced, as well as the Emerging Sustainability Leader Award, associated with a US$ 10 000 prize. The prizes are sponsored by the MDPI Sustainability Foundation and Sustainability, an academic open access journal by MDPI. The World Sustainability Forum is preceded by the Postgraduate Forum on Sustainability, which will introduce more than 100 young scholars from South Africa and the African continent to sustainability research. Both events are organized and sponsored by the University of Cape Town, the University of the Western Cape, the University of Basel, MDPI, and by the National Research Foundation of South Africa.
Contacts:
Scientific Matters: Prof Manfred Max Bergman, Social Research and Methodology Group (SRaM), University of Basel, Switzerland; Email: [email protected]
Press Accreditation and General Enquiries: Mr Matthias Burkhalter, MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland; Email: [email protected]; Tel. +41 61 683 77 34
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6 January 2017
MDPI Supports the OA2020 Initiative
MDPI is now a proud supporter of the OA2020 Initiative.
Open Access 2020 is an international initiative that aims to induce the swift, smooth and scholarly-oriented transformation of today’s scholarly journals from subscription to open access publishing.
MDPI is participating in the upcoming Berlin13 conference in March 2017, where we are contributing to the initiative by aiding in the design of the roadmap which will make OA the default publishing model.
For more information please see here.
5 January 2017
Three New Institutional Memberships Established
We are pleased to announce that the University of Texas at Arlington, USA, the Harbin Institute of Technology, China and TU Darmstadt, Germany, have joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Primary authors from these institutions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
22 December 2016
Two New Institutional Memberships Established
We are pleased to announce that the Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Germany and the University of California, Berkeley, USA, have joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Primary authors from these instititions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
19 December 2016
MDPI and Wellcome Trust Compliance
The Wellcome Trust has, for a number of years, required that the results of its funded projects are published in open access format. Recently it announced criteria that publishers must fulfil for publication fees to be paid by the Trust. MDPI is pleased to have been added to the list of compliant publishers.
Only publishers who have confirmed their compliance by 16 December 2016 will be eligible to receive payment of APCs by the Wellcome Trust as of 1 April 2017. For more information on the criteria and a full list of publishers that meet them, see here.
13 December 2016
Meet MDPI at the 2016 AGU Fall Meeting
MDPI is currently attending the 2016 AGU Fall Meeting (12–16 December, 2016)
If you are also attending the conference, please feel free to stop by our booth (Booth #1147) and meet the representative editors.
Conference details:
2016 AGU Fall Meeting
12–16 December 2016
Moscone Center
747 Howard St
San Francisco, CA 94103, USA
8 December 2016
Three New Institutional Memberships Established
We are pleased to announce that Purdue University, USA, the Universitat Politécnica de Valencia, Spain and the Queensland University of Technology, Australia, have joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Primary authors from these instititions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
16 November 2016
World Sustainability Award - Final Extension
The deadline for the World Sustainability Award has been extended for one last time! You now have one more month to nominate an individual researcher, group or project! The final deadline for nominations will be December 15, 2016.
For full details, please visit here.
11 November 2016
Three New Institutional Memberships Established
We are pleased to announce that the University of Minnesota, USA, the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, have joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Primary authors from these instititions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
4 November 2016
MDPI Joins the United Nations Global Compact
MDPI has become a member of the United Nations Global Compact to support corporate sustainability and have committed ourselves to the ten principles associated with the Compact.
Sustainability has always been at the core of MDPI’s values, starting with the collection and preservation of rare chemical samples that started in 1996 and led to the first journal, Molecules. Sustainability has become one of our flagship journals and we have supported and organized several conferences and events based on Sustainability, including the upcoming 6th World Sustainability Forum. As a global enterprise, we see it as our duty to promote responsible practices that will ensure a bright future for our planet. Given this, the choice to join the Global Compact was an easy one and we will do our utmost to fully implement it.
3 November 2016
MDPI Now a Member of SPARC Europe
We are delighted to announce that MDPI has become a member of SPARC Europe, an organization that works for open scholarship in Europe, including support of open access publication.
As one of the few publishers to join SPARC Europe to date, MDPI looks forward to making a contribution that puts open scholarship on a positive and sustainable path. We fully support the goals of open scholarship that allow the largest number of people possible to benefit from work of researchers in all disciplines. We hope that our membership will enable us to work with other stakeholders to find the best possible solution.
2 November 2016
World Sustainability Award Deadline Extension
The deadline for the World Sustainability Award has been extended! You now have until November 15, 2016 to nominate an individual researcher, group or project!
For full details, please visit here.
26 October 2016
Four New Institutional Memberships Established
We are pleased to announce that the Wuppertal Institut, Germany, the University of Girona, Spain and Central South University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, have joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Primary authors from these instititions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
24 October 2016
International Open Access Week 2016
Meet us during International Open Access Week 2016! We will be presenting at various locations in Europe and China.
To get involved and for full details see the complete list of events organised by MDPI here.
18 October 2016
Institutional Membership established with Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain and Aalto University, Finland
We are pleased to announce that the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain and Aalto University, Finland, have joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Primary authors from these universities will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
12 October 2016
Institutional Membership Established with Iowa State University and the University of North Texas, USA
We are pleased to announce that the Iowa State University and the University of North Texas, USA, have joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Primary authors from these universities will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
7 October 2016
MDPI at Open Access Days in Munich, 10-11 October 2016
Meet MDPI during the Open Access Days held from 10-11 October 2016 at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany.
The two-day event will feature experts from the open access sector, scientists from all disciplines, publishing representatives and supporters of scientific research and communication from libraries as well as research institutes and funding institutions. Join us!
For more information about the event and to see the program, visit the event webpage.
7 October 2016
Institutional Membership Established with the University of Sevilla and the University of Alicante, Spain
We are pleased to announce that the University of Sevilla and the University of Alicante, Spain have joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Primary authors from these universities will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
29 September 2016
Institutional Membership Established with the University of Delaware
We are pleased to announce that the University of Delaware, USA, has joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Primary authors from this university will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
19 September 2016
Peer Review Week 2016
As an open access publisher indebted to the work of our peer reviewers, we are proud to support Peer Review Week 2016. As part of the week's activities and to celebrate this year's theme "Recognition for Review", MDPI will host two webinars that anyone can join.
These webinars will explore the role and value of reviewers and the recognition they receive from a publishers perspective, with examples from MDPI's experience in publishing nearly 80,000 peer reviewed papers, along with evidence from reviewer surveys. It will also touch upon potential changes in how review is carried out and tips for early career researchers who want to be involved in the review process.
Details and links to join can be found below:
Wednesday September 21, 08:00 (CEST)
Friday September 23, 16:00 (CEST)
For more information about all the activites taking place, please visit the Peer Review Week website.
6 September 2016
Institutional Membership established with Kansas State University and Northwestern University, USA
We are pleased to announce that Kansas State University and Northwestern Universty, USE, have joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Primary authors from these universities will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
5 September 2016
Institutional Membership Established with University College Cork
We are pleased to announce that University College Cork, Ireland, has joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Primary authors from this university will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
22 August 2016
MDPI New Office Location
We are pleased to announce that MDPI has now moved to a new permanent address:
MDPI AG
St. Alban Anlage 66
CH-4052 Basel
Postfach, CH-4020 Basel
Switzerland
Telephone and fax numbers remain unchanged.
10 August 2016
Institutional Membership established with the University of Texas at Austin, USA, the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland and the University of Granada and the Compultense University of Madrid, Spain
We are pleased to announce that the following institutions have joined MDPI's institutional membership program in August 2016:
- University of Texas at Austin, USA
- Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland
- University of Granada, Spain
- Compultense University of Madrid, Spain
Authors affiliated with these institutions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
18 July 2016
Institutional Membership established with Louisiana State University and Florida State University, USA, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland, University of Rostock, Germany, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland and Southeast University, China
We are pleased to announce that the following institutions have joined MDPI's institutional membership program in July 2016:
- Louisiana State University, USA
- Florida State University, USA
- Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
- University of Rostock, Germany
- AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
- Southeast University, China
Authors affiliated with these institutions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
12 July 2016
MDPI Moving to New Office Location in Basel (Switzerland) in August 2016
As of 20 August 2016, MDPI's new address in Basel will be:
MDPI AG
St. Alban-Anlage 66
CH-4052 Basel
Switzerland
Telephone and fax numbers remain unchanged.
St. Alban-Anlage 66 was built from 1947 to 1948 and initially the home of the "Bühler AG", a book printing business.
For more information about this building, see: https://www.mdpi.com/about/headquarters
21 June 2016
"Behind the Scenes of Academic Publishing—A Publisher's Perspective" - MDPI's Lecture at the University of Basel
From the 15-16 September, 2016, MDPI will run a course on Academic Publishing at the University of Basel.
In this two day workshop, MDPI will look in detail at the role performed by academic journal publishers and how they interact with academics. Ethical dimensions, what happens when problems occur and how the publisher coordinates all aspects of the submission process will also be covered.
For more detailed information about the program, trainers and registration please visit the course webpage.
14 June 2016
2015 Impact Factors Released
We are pleased to report the 2015 Journal Impact Factors in the latest Journal Citation Reports® Science Edition, published by Thomson Reuters in June 2016. Twenty out of 25 journals have seen an increase in their Impact Factor and two journals (Crystals and IJGI) received a first Impact Factor. Coatings was recently added to SCIE and will receive its first Impact Factor in next year’s JCR.
Updated Impact Factors for Journals in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
Journal | 2015 Impact Factor | Details | Category Rank |
Applied Sciences | 1.726 | Link | 83/163 (Q3) in ‘Chemistry, Multidisciplinary’; 129/271 (Q2) in ‘Materials Science, Multidisciplinary’; 64/145 (Q2) in ‘Physics, Applied’ |
Atmosphere | 1.221 | Link | 66/84 (Q4) in ‘Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences’ |
Catalysts | 2.964 | Link | 53/144 (Q2) in ‘Chemistry, Physical’ |
Energies | 2.077 | Link | 43/88 (Q2) in ‘Energy & Fuels’ |
Entropy | 1.743 | Link | 25/79 (Q2) in ‘Physics, Multidisciplinary’ |
Forests | 1.583 | Link | 19/66 (Q2) in ‘Forestry’ |
Genes | 3.242 | Link | 60/165 (Q2) in ‘Genetics & Heredity’ |
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) | 2.035 | Link | 101/225 (Q2) in ‘Environmental Sciences’ |
International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS) | 3.257 | Link | 110/289 (Q2) in ‘Biochemistry & Molecular Biology’; 51/163 (Q2) in ‘Chemistry, Multidisciplinary’ |
Marine Drugs | 3.345 | Link | 13/59 (Q1) in ‘Chemistry, Medicinal’ |
Materials | 2.728 | Link | 63/271 (Q1) in ‘Materials Science, Multidisciplinary’ |
Metals | 1.574 | Link | 18/73 (Q1) in ‘Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering’; 145/271 (Q3) in ‘Materials Science, Multidisciplinary’ |
Micromachines | 1.295 | Link | 30/56 (Q3) in ‘Instruments & Instrumentation’ 63/83 (Q4) in ‘Nanoscience & Nanotechnology’ |
Minerals | 1.468 | Link | 9/21 (Q2) in ‘Mining & Mineral Processing; 14/29 (Q2) in ‘Mineralogy’ |
Molecules | 2.465 | Link | 24/59 (Q2) in ‘Chemistry, Organic’ |
Nanomaterials | 2.690 | Link | 64/271 (Q1) in ‘Materials Science, Multidisciplinary’; 36/83 (Q2) in ‘Nanoscience & Nanotechnology’ |
Nutrients | 3.759 | Link | 16/78 (Q1) in ‘Nutrition & Dietetics’ |
Polymers | 2.944 | Link | 20/85 (Q1) in ‘Polymer Science’ |
Remote Sensing | 3.036 | Link | 5/28 (Q1) in ‘Remote Sensing’ |
Sensors | 2.033 | Link | 36/75 (Q2) in ‘Chemistry, Analytical’; 16/27 (Q3) in ‘Electrochemistry’; 12/56 (Q1) in ‘Instruments & Instrumentation’ |
Sustainability | 1.343 | Link | 146/225 (Q3) in ‘Environmental Sciences’; 22/29 (Q4) in ‘Green & Sustainable Science & Technology’ |
Symmetry | 0.841 | Link | 31/63 (Q2) in ‘Multidisciplinary Sciences’ |
Toxins | 3.571 | Link | 16/89 (Q1) in ‘Toxicology’ |
Viruses | 3.042 | Link | 14/33 (Q2) in ‘Virology’ |
Water | 1.687 | Link | 33/85 (Q2) in ‘Water Resources’ |
Journals with First Impact Factors
Journal | 2015 Impact Factor | Details | Category Rank |
Crystals | 2.075 | Link | 13/26 (Q2) in ‘Crystallography’ |
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information | 0.651 | Link | 45/49 (Q4) in ‘Geography, Physical’; 26/28 (Q4) in ‘Remote Sensing’. |
26 May 2016
Institutional Membership established with University of Bremen, Germany, Koç University, Turkey, IIASA, Austria and Jilin University and Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, China
We are pleased to announce that the following institutions have joined MDPI's institutional membership program in May 2016:
- Unversity of Bremen, Germany
- Koç University, Turkey
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria
- Jilin University, China
- Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Authors affiliated with these institutions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
23 May 2016
Institutional Membership Established with the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden and the South China University of Technology, Beijing University of Technology and Southern Medical University, China
We are pleased to announce that the following institutions have joined MDPI's institutional membership program in April and May 2016:
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
- South China University of Technology, China
- Beijing University of Technology, China
- Southern Medical University, China
Authors affiliated with these institutions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
26 April 2016
New Section on www.mdpi.com - Latest Books
You may have noticed a new section that is now visible on our home page. This section is called "Latest Books" and showcases recent publications from MDPI Books, our book publishing service.
By clicking on the hyperlink "More Books" you will be taken to the MDPI Books Home Page. There you will find more information about the service, as well as the "Recent Publications" list.
Clicking on any of the book images in this list will take you to detailed information about that book (shown below). Here you can also download a PDF version of the book, or order a hardcover printed copy.
For further information about the MDPI Books service, please visit the webpage or contact [email protected].
31 March 2016
Axioms, Behavioral Sciences, Photonics, Separations and Toxics added to the Emerging Sources Citation Index in Web of Science
We are pleased to announce that the journals Axioms, Behavioral Sciences, Photonics, Separations and Toxics were recently accepted for inclusion in the newly launched Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) in Web of Science.
ESCI serves to highlight promising journals which are still under consideration for the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) or the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI).
The Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index
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30 March 2016
Institutional Membership established with the University of Winchester, UK, Silesian University of Technology, Poland and Beijing Jiaotong University and Zhejiang University, China
We are pleased to announce that the University of Winchester, UK, the Silesian University of Technology, Poland and Beijing Jiaotong University and Zhejiang University, China, have joined our Institutional Membership program. Primary authors from these universities will benefit from a 10% discount on article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
24 March 2016
New Editorial Office in Barcelona, Spain
We are excited to announce the opening of our new editorial office in Barcelona, Spain. The launch team is led by a Senior Editor and comprises further staff holding doctoral degrees with several years of research experience. The new editorial team will help us to get closer to European research communities and progress Sciforum, the platform to support the scientific community via conference hosting and other functions. They will also help spread the word about Open Access and meet academics at scientific events.
We are in the process of hiring more doctoral and masters graduates to join the editorial team and welcome applications via [email protected]. For contact details about the office, see our contact page.
22 February 2016
Membership Established with the Max Planck Society
We are pleased to announce that the Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL) has signed an agreement with MDPI to support authors associated with the Max Planck Society (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft). As of 22 February 2016, corresponding authors will receive full funding from the MPDL for articles published in MDPI journals, with a 10% discount applied to the Article Processing Charges. Additional details can be found at our institutional membership page.
Founded in 1948, The Max Planck Society is one of Germany’s leading research organizations, and is currently made up of 83 institutes conducting basic research in natural sciences, life sciences, social sciences and humanities. 18 Nobel laureates have emerged from its ranks of scientists and the society has more than 15,000 publications in scientific journals each year.
5 February 2016
Institutional Membership Extension: Wageningen University, CSIC, University of Zürich, ETH Zürich, University of Tübingen and Osnabrück University
We are pleased to announce that Wageningen University, the Netherlands, the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain, the University of Zürich and ETH Zürich, Switzerland, and the University of Tübingen and Osnabrück University, Germany, have not only renewed their institutional memberships with MDPI after two years of successful cooperation, but have also increased the reduction of the article processing charges (APCs) for affiliated authors to 25%.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
5 February 2016
Institutional Membership established with Brock University, Canada and the University of Pisa, Italy
We are pleased to announce that Brock University, Cananda, and the University of Pisa, Italy, have joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Primary authors from these universities will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges as of 01 February 2016.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
25 January 2016
MDPI Sponsors diss:kurs with the University of Basel
MDPI is pleased to announce its newly established sponsorship of diss:kurs, an event coordinated by the University of Basel to support their doctorate program. For more information about the event and how to register, please visit the diss:kurs webpage.
7 January 2016
New Institutional Memberships Established with Tsinghua University, the Chinese Society of Micro-Nano Technology, Ruhr University Bochum and the University of Ulm
We are pleased to announce that the following institutions have joined MDPI's institutional membership program as of 1 January 2016:
- Tsinghua University, China
- Chinese Society of Micro-Nano Technology (CSMNT)
- Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
- University of Ulm, Germany
Authors affiliated with these institutions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
5 January 2016
Safety, Fermentation, C-Journal of Carbon Research, Magnetochemistry, Batteries and Horticulturae Released Their First Issue in December 2015
We are pleased to announce that MDPI's open access journals Safety, Journal of Imaging, Fermentation, C-Journal of Carbon Research, Magnetochemistry, Batteries and Horticulturae released their first issue at the end of December 2015.
17 December 2015
Institutional Membership Extension: University of Bern, Switzerland
We are pleased to announce that the University of Bern, Switzerland has not only renewed their institutional membership with MDPI after two years of successful cooperation, but also increased the reduction of the article processing charges (APCs) for affiliated authors to 25%.
17 December 2015
Institutional Membership with the University of Ulm and Helmholtz Zentrum Munich
We are pleased to announce that University of Ulm, Germany and Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, Germany has joined MDPI's institutional membership program:
Primary authors from the University of Ulm and Helmholtz Zentrum Munich will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges as of 1 January 2016. Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
9 December 2015
Membership Established with the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)
We are pleased to announce that Virginia Tech has joined MDPI's institutional membership program. Authors from Virginia Tech will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges as of 1 December 2015. Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
1 December 2015
Membership Established with the Technical University of Denmark and the University of North Florida
We are pleased to announce that the following universities have joined MDPI's institutional membership program:
- Technical University of Denmark (as of 1 November 2015)
- University of North Florida, USA (as of 15 November 2015)
Primary authors from the Technical University of Denmark and the University of North Florida will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
2 October 2015
Membership Established with the University of Freiburg and the University of Regensburg
We are pleased to announce that the following universities have joined MDPI's institutional membership program:
University of Freiburg, Germany
University of Regensburg, Germany
Primary authors from the University of Freiburg and the University of Regensburg will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges as of 1 October 2015 and 1 November 2015.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.