The Hygiene (ISSN: 2673-947X) Editorial Office is pleased to announce that the applications are open for the Topical Advisory Panel. Should you decide to serve on the Topical Advisory Panel, you would be responsible for some of the following tasks, depending on your availability:

• Providing regular reviews of manuscripts;
• Setting up at least one Special Issue (SI) in partnership with a senior researcher within two years of your appointment, and proposing a detailed strategy plan for the SI. The topic of the proposal should be within the scope of Hygiene. The scope of the Special Issue should be broad enough to attract a reasonable number of submissions, but narrow enough to provide a cohesive collection of articles;
• Providing a detailed strategy plan for the SI, including assisting with the preparation of titles of Special Issues/Topics, as well as their aim and scope, summary, and keywords, as well as soliciting papers and promoting the SI;
• Providing support for the Special Issues/Topics related to your expertise when the Guest Editor(s) is not available. This includes SI promotion via social media and offering advice in certain scientific cases;
• Working with Editorial Board Members or the Editorial Office to promote high-quality/featured papers (for example, writing summaries or highlights for editor-selected papers).

To qualify as a Topical Advisory Panel Member, applicants must:

• Have expertise and experience in a field related to Hygiene;
• Have completed their Ph.D. within the last 10 years;
• Have published at least 6 papers in the last 5 years as the first author or corresponding author;
• Currently hold an independent research position in academia or in a government institute.

Each year, members’ performances are evaluated, and outstanding members are promoted to the Editorial Board by the Editor-in-Chief. Please visit the following link to submit your application: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/hygiene/topical_advisory_panel_application.

Please do not hesitate to contact the Editorial Office ([email protected]) for further details.

Hygiene Editorial Office