Meet the Editors | Prof. Dr. Marco Marengo—Section Editor-in-Chief of “Thermal Management” in Energies

Short Biography

Prof. Dr. Marco Marengo received a Master’s Degree in Physics cum laude at the University of Turin on Dynamical Systems. He got a Ph.D. in Energetics at the Polytechnic of Milan with a thesis about “Drop Impingement on Liquid Film”. Since 2009 he has been European Editor of the international journal Atomization and Sprays, Editorial Board member of Heat Pipe Science and Technology and other international journals. He is involved in one Topical Team of the European Space Agency, he is leading the ESA PHP scientific team, he is active in ESA parabolic campaigns. He has founded two spin-off companies and he has been involved in more than 30 industrial contracts. He has published more than 300 scientific papers, among which more than 60 in peer-reviewed international journals about liquid sprays, drop impact on solid, dry, and wetted surfaces, heat pipes, building physics.

Q&A

1. How did you become involved with Energies?

I have held the role of Editor-in-Chief for the journal Atomization and Sprays for 9 years, and I genuinely enjoy this kind of work. It put me in a position where I can always be in contact with the latest results in the field, and I am obliged to leave my comfort zone of only reading papers close to my research expertise. Moreover, I feel as though I am a part of the scientific community with a particular commitment to increasing the quality of papers and the impact of our research. Since I have experience with standard publishers, I was looking for a publisher dedicated to open access. My doubt at that time was that the review process for an open access journal was less strict due to a possible conflict of interest between having to publish more papers in order to increase income and the quality of the papers. Indeed, I was glad to verify that the quality of reviews was not far from what I experienced with other journals.

2. What impact do you hope that the journal will have in terms of the energy field?

Energies is one of the most recognized journals in the field at the moment. With a high number of sections and the continuous commitment to proposing Special Issues, it can become one of the leading journals in the field of energy production, energy processes, and in more fundamental topics such as heat transfer, fluid dynamics, and so on. What is now necessary, due to the increase in incoming papers, is to raise the bar to maintain the same number of published papers, but with an improved selection.

3. Who will be your main readers, who should contribute to the journal, and what can the readers expect?

The readers of Energies are the scholars working in related fields; however, due to the particularly high number of papers devoted to technologies, I think that applied scientists and researchers in companies are also reading the papers due to the open access nature of the publication. I believe that most of the readers are from the engineering sector; however, there may also be interest from chemists and physicists. The colleagues who are submitting papers to Energies are attracted by the high Impact Factor and the rapidity of the review process. Maintaining a high journal Impact Factor is a key issue for me as Editor-in-Chief of the journal.