Announcements

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:

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!

20 September 2022
Meet Us at the 12th National Organic Chemistry Conference of the Chinese Chemical Society, 25–29 September 2022, Hefei, China


Symmetry
(ISSN: 2073-8994) will be attending the 12th National Organic Chemistry Conference of the Chinese Chemical Society, held in Hefei, China, from 25 to 29 September 2022. This conference aims to achieve an in-depth exchange of the latest research results in organic chemistry and related disciplines and to discuss the frontier trends and future development trends of organic chemistry. During this conference, MDPI (at booth #26) will welcome researchers from different backgrounds to visit and share their latest inspirations with us.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

  • Symmetry (leading journal);
  • IJMS;
  • Molecules;
  • Catalysts;
  • Sustainability;
  • Pharmaceuticals;
  • Molbank;
  • Organics;
  • Chemistry.

If you plan on attending this conference, feel free to stop by our booth: #26. 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: http://12noc.ustc.edu.cn/.

23 August 2022
Meet the Editors | Interview with Prof. Dr. Huan Pang—Section Editor-in-Chief of the New Section “Nanoscale Science” in Chemistry


We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Huan Pang has been appointed Section Editor-in-Chief of the Section “Nanoscale Science” in Chemistry (ISSN: 2624-8549).

Prof. Dr. Huan Pang attained M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Nanjing University in 2011. He is now a university distinguished professor at Yangzhou University and Young Changjiang Scholars of the Ministry of Education, China. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He was recognized as a highly cited researcher in Cross-Field by Clarivate Analytics in 2020 and 2021. He is the Editorial Board Member of the National Science Review; a number of journal editorial boards and youth editorial board members are academic part-timers. His research area mainly focuses on nano metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)-related materials. He has published more than 300 SCI papers as the first/corresponding author and won the first prize in Natural Science from the Ministry of Education.

The following is a short Q&A with Prof. Dr. Huan Pang, who shared his vision for the journal with us, as well as his views of the research area and open access publishing:

Part I—Regarding the journal Chemistry

1. What appealed to you about the journal Chemistry that made you want to take the role as its Section Editor-in-Chief?

The journal Chemistry publishes papers on various aspects of basic chemistry and applied chemistry, including inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, physical chemistry, electrochemistry, biochemistry, green and environmental chemistry, etc. The scope of this journal is very wide. There are some experienced editors in the editorial committee team of "Nanoscale Science", such as Prof. Dr. Philippe Dugourd, Prof. Dr. Angelo Maria Taglietti, etc. I am mainly engaged in the research of energy chemistry based on nano metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)-related materials. The work of the editorial committee of chemistry enables me to come into contact with the theoretical knowledge of chemistry and the frontier issues of scientific research.

2. What are the expectations you have for this journal? What perspective do you think the journal will bring to the related fields?

This journal has covered all fields related to chemistry. I think an important direction for the future development of the journal is to apply our research materials to practice. Now, the application of nanomaterials in biology, environment, and energy storage is very common. In addition, cross disciplines are also popular, such as multi-functional composite materials.

The journal Chemistry needs to be popularized in many aspects. We still need to control the quality of journal articles, improve the impact factors, and attract more good research jobs. There are also many excellent scholars and relevant research institutions in China. my sincerest hope is that the journal will cooperate with excellent scholars at home and abroad to provide professional publishing services for more scholars and better serve the research in this field.

3. What do you think of the development of open access in publishing?

The open access model is very beneficial for researchers. Because open access journal literature can be read anywhere, we save the cost and time of purchasing literature, which is convenient for readers.

Part II—Regarding the main fields of interest

1. Can you share your career development story briefly? For example, what cases have influenced you the most?

During my master's degree, doctoral degree, and post-doctoral research work, I published papers in many journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition. I deeply understand the inseparable relationship between journal publishing and academic research. Therefore, since I started my work, as one of the representatives of Yangzhou University, I co-founded EnergyChem with Elsevier and served as the managing editor in 2019. This has laid a rich foundation for my future editing work and allowed me to accumulate rich experience and in 2020, I served as the young editor of eScience. I was lucky to work with many experienced editors whose words and deeds have benefited me a lot. In 2021, I served as a member of the editorial group of the National Science Review. At the same time, I served as the Editorial Board Member of FlatChem and Rare Metals, and the youth editorial board member of Nano Research, Nano Research Energy. In the process of serving on the editorial committee, I linked my theoretical knowledge of chemistry and the frontier issues of scientific research, and I am now able to apply my knowledge in familiar fields which ultimately strengthens the volume of contributions to the journal publishing house.

2. As a researcher in nanoscale science, what are the latest developments in your field?

Nanoscale Science has always been a research hotspot, such as the nano metal-organic framework material. Nano MOFs exhibit a tunable composition and rich structural diversity beyond traditional solid materials. These characteristics cause them to have a wide range of potential applications, such as separating/storing hydrocarbon mixtures by nano MOF-based membranes or column adsorption and catalyzing various important chemical processes. Especially using a nano MOF precursor, some interesting materials with special compositions and structures can be obtained, which are difficult to obtain using traditional methods. These nano MOF-derived materials exhibit excellent performance and potential applications when used in energy-related processes or designs. With the deepening of the research, we also have a new understanding. However, it still needs to be considered that research and application are unified. For example, the advantages of nanomaterials are more considered in research, while the disadvantages of nanomaterials in specific applications are more considered in the application. This is one of the important reasons why we have not fully utilized them despite our full expectations for nanomaterials. At present, the research on nanomaterials has reached a very high level. In the future, our research will stand on the shoulders of giants, which requires each researcher to stand higher to see further. The application of nanomaterials and energy storage is still a very active field, and it is still deepening and exploring its industrialization and new application fields.

3. Do you have any valuable suggestions you would like to share with young students and early career researchers?

For young students and early career researchers, I suggest that they should first pay attention to the accumulation of knowledge, read more literature, and improve their abilities in all aspects, especially their ability to think independently. Secondly, they should communicate with their peers and do more experiments. In addition, scientific research needs to be treated with a rigorous and responsible attitude, and the data should be recorded in detail to facilitate later verification. Another important thing is to maintain an optimistic attitude and stay healthy. Experimental failures are common, and they should learn from failures, never give up, and try and make mistakes.

We warmly welcome Prof. Dr. Huan Pang as the Section Editor-in-Chief of the new Section “Nanoscale Science” in Chemistry, and look forward to his contribution to the continued success of the journal.

17 August 2022
Meet Us at the Chinese Chemical Society Chirality China 2021 (2022) Symposium, 26–28 August 2022, Guangzhou, China


A range of MDPI journals will be attending the Chinese Chemical Society Chirality China 2021 (2022) Symposium as exhibitors. This meeting will be held in Guangzhou, China, from 26 to 28 August 2022.

The conference theme: “Chiral Science Makes Life Better”.

The conference focuses on the following areas:

  • New methods, new concepts, and new strategies for chiral synthesis;
  • Mechanisms and laws of chiral amplification;
  • Mechanism of interaction between chiral molecules and biological macromolecules;
  • Structural and functional relationship of chiral substances;
  • Synthetic technology for the production of chiral medicines and pesticides.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

If you are attending this conference, please feel free to start a conversation with us at our booth. 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 link https://www.chemsoc.org.cn/meeting/CC2021/, or contact the Pharmaceuticals Editorial Office at pharmaceuticals@mdpi.com.

27 June 2022
MDPI’s 2021 Young Investigator Awards in “Chemistry & Materials 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 “Chemistry & Materials 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.

Coatings:

  • Marta Mohedano, Complutense University of Madrid-UCM, Spain

Materials:

  • Edoardo Baldini, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Magnetochemistry:

  • Mauro Perfetti, University of Florence, Italy

Membranes:

  • Xu Hou, Xiamen University, China

Molecules:

  • Biplab Maji, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, India

Nanomaterials:

  • Andres Castellanos-Gomez, Instituto de Ciencia de los Materiales de Madrid, Spain
  • Takuya Isono, Hokkaido University, Japan
  • Panbo Liu, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

27 June 2022
MDPI’s 2021 Outstanding Reviewer Awards in “Chemistry & Materials 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 2021 in the “Chemistry & Materials Sciences” category for their outstanding contributions among extensive competition by presenting them with the 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.

Catalysts:

  • Rahat Javaid, Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute, Japan
  • Georgios Bampos, University of Patras, Greece
  • Esmail Doustkhah, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan
  • Pawan Kumar, University of Alberta, Canada

Magnetochemistry:

  • Lorenzo Sorace, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy

Materials:

  • Khaled Giasin, University of Portsmouth, UK
  • Oldrich Sucharda, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
  • Danil Pimenov, South Ural State University, Russia
  • Marián Palcut, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia

Metals:

  • Khaled Giasin, University of Portsmouth, UK
  • Catalin Pruncu, University of Strathclyde, UK
  • Jacek Tomków, Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland
  • Alexander Yu Churyumov, National University of Science and Technology (MISiS), Russia
  • Hesam Pouraliakbar, Chungnam National University, South Korea

Nanomaterials:

  • George Kenanakis, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Greece
  • Goshtasp Cheraghian, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
  • Oana Cadar, Research Institute for Analytical Instrumentation, Romania

Polymers:

  • Sawsan A. Zaitone, Suez Canal University, Saudi Arabia
  • Lucia Baldino, University of Salerno Via Giovanni Paolo II, Fisciano (SA) Italy
  • Gyorgy Szekely, University of Manchester, UK
  • Bin Jiang, Northeast Agricultural University, China
  • Haibao Lu, Harbin Institute of Technology, China

 

27 June 2022
MDPI’s 2021 Best Paper Awards in “Chemistry & Materials 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 “Chemistry & Materials Sciences” category, who were selected amongst the extensive competition, and congratulate the authors for their outstanding scientific publications.

MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.

C — Journal of Carbon Research

Catalysts:

Ceramics:

Coatings:

Crystals:

Magnetochemistry:

Membranes:

Nanomaterials:

Polymers:

27 June 2022
MDPI’s 2021 Travel Awards in “Chemistry & Materials Sciences—Winners Announced

We are proud to recognize the winners of MDPI’s 2021 Travel Awards in the “Chemistry & Materials Sciences” category for their outstanding presentations.

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 winners of Travel Awards for the year 2021 and wish them the greatest success with their future research endeavors.

MDPI will continue to enhance communication among scientists.

Crystals:

  • Gaojun Mao, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
  • Lidia Bofill Herrera, University of Barcelona, Spain

Gels:

  • Demetra Giuri, University of Bologna, Italy
  • Martina Genta, Imperial College London, UK

Journal of Functional Biomaterials:

  • Anushree Seth, Washington University, USA

Magnetochemistry:

  • Fabio Ferreira, University of Coimbra, Portugal
  • Giulia Serrano, University of Florence, Italy

Materials

  • Giulia Fredi, University of Trento, Italy
  • Mattia Biesuz, Czech Academy of Science, Czech Republic

Metals:

  • Adriana Eres-Castellanos, Spanish National Center for Metallurgical Research, Spain
  • Pavel Shurkin, National University of Science and Technology, Russia

Nanomaterials:

  • Aleksandrs Leitis, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, France
  • Ekaterina Kolesova, ITMO, Russia

Separations:

  • Christoph Gstoettner, Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands

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

Non-coding RNA

10.1

Q1

Genetics

Journal of Functional Biomaterials

10.0

Q1

Biomedical Engineering

Marine Drugs

8.1

Q1

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous)

Batteries

7.9

Q1

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Nutrients

7.9

Q1

Nutrition and Dietetics

Remote Sensing

7.4

Q1

General Earth and Planetary Sciences

Drones

7.2

Q1

Computer Science Applications

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

6.9

Q1

Inorganic Chemistry

Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks

6.9

Q1

Computer Networks and Communications

Cells

6.7

Q1

General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Nanomaterials

6.6

Q1

General Chemical Engineering

Toxins

6.6

Q1

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Viruses

6.6

Q1

Infectious Diseases

Antioxidants

6.5

Q1

Food Science

Fibers

6.5

Q1

Civil and Structural Engineering

Resources

6.4

Q1

Nature and Landscape Conservation

Sensors

6.4

Q1

Instrumentation

Big Data and Cognitive Computing

6.1

Q1

Management Information Systems

Molecules

5.9

Q1

Chemistry (miscellaneous)

Polymers

5.7

Q1

Polymers and Plastics

Biosensors

5.6

Q1

Engineering (miscellaneous)

Catalysts

5.5

Q1

General Environmental Science

Smart Cities

5.5

Q1

Urban Studies

Future Internet

5.4

Q2

Computer Networks and Communications

Beverages

5.3

Q1

Food Science

Fermentation

5.3

Q1

Plant Science

Environments

5.2

Q1

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Inventions

5.2

Q1

General Engineering

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

5.1

Q1

Development

Colloids and Interfaces

5.0

Q1

Chemistry (miscellaneous)

Energies

5.0

Q1

Control and Optimization

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

5.0

Q1

Geography, Planning and Development

Sustainability

5.0

Q1

Geography, Planning and Development

Fire

4.9

Q1

Forestry

Robotics

4.9

Q1

Control and Optimization

Soil Systems

4.9

Q1

Soil Science

Geosciences

4.8

Q1

General Earth and Planetary Sciences

Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing

4.8

Q1

Mechanical Engineering

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease

4.8

Q1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Water

4.8

Q1

Geography, Planning and Development

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

4.5

Q1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Sports

4.5

Q1

Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation

Entropy

4.4

Q1

Mathematical Physics

Journal of Clinical Medicine

4.4

Q1

General Medicine

Symmetry

4.3

Q1

General Mathematics

Cosmetics

4.2

Q1

Surgery

Foods

4.1

Q1

Health Professions (miscellaneous)

Journal of Fungi

4.1

Q1

Plant Science

ChemEngineering

4.0

Q1

General Engineering

Forests

4.0

Q1

Forestry

Journal of Intelligence

4.0

Q1

Education

Antibiotics

3.9

Q1

General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics

Cryptography

3.9

Q1

Applied Mathematics

Behavioral Sciences

3.8

Q1

Development

Buildings

3.8

Q1

Architecture

Metals

3.8

Q1

Metals and Alloys

Publications

3.5

Q1

Communication

Social Sciences

3.4

Q1

General Social Sciences

Mathematics

2.9

Q1

General Mathematics

Fractal and Fractional

2.8

Q1

Analysis

Animals

2.7

Q1

General Veterinary

Axioms

2.6

Q1

Algebra and Number Theory

Heritage

1.8

Q1

Conservation

Religions

1.0

Q1

Religious Studies

Philosophies

0.9

Q1

Philosophy

Source: 2021 CiteScores™ (Elsevier)

23 February 2022
Chemistry Accepted for Coverage in Scopus

We are pleased to inform you that the open access journal Chemistry (ISSN 2624-8549) was accepted for coverage by Scopus in February 2022. We would like to extend our sincerest gratitude to all the authors, reviewers, and editors who have contributed to this journal and made this achievement possible.

Chemistry (ISSN 2624-8549) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal that presents the latest research pertaining to all aspects of chemistry. The process of submission to first decision is undertaken in approximately 15.5 days, and acceptance to publication is undertaken in approximately 3.9 days.

To make the most of this opportunity, we would like to invite you to submit a manuscript to Chemistry. If you have a paper on any topic within the scope of the journal, please do not hesitate to submit it (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/chemistry).

We look forward to working with you in the future.

Chemistry Editorial Office

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