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Announcements
6 November 2025
MDPI Launches the Michele Parrinello Award for Pioneering Contributions in Computational Physical Science
MDPI is delighted to announce the establishment of the Michele Parrinello Award. Named in honor of Professor Michele Parrinello, the award celebrates his exceptional contributions and his profound impact on the field of computational physical science research.
The award will be presented biennially to distinguished scientists who have made outstanding achievements and contributions in the field of computational physical science—spanning physics, chemistry, and materials science.
About Professor Michele Parrinello
"Do not be afraid of new things. I see it many times when we discuss a new thing that young people are scared to go against the mainstream a little bit, thinking what is going to happen to me and so on. Be confident that what you do is meaningful, and do not be afraid, do not listen too much to what other people have to say.”
——Professor Michele Parrinello
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Born in Messina in 1945, he received his degree from the University of Bologna and is currently affiliated with the Italian Institute of Technology. Professor Parrinello is known for his many technical innovations in the field of atomistic simulations and for a wealth of interdisciplinary applications ranging from materials science to chemistry and biology. Together with Roberto Car, he introduced ab initio molecular dynamics, also known as the Car–Parrinello method, marking the beginning of a new era both in the area of electronic structure calculations and in molecular dynamics simulations. He is also known for the Parrinello–Rahman method, which allows crystalline phase transitions to be studied by molecular dynamics. More recently, he has introduced metadynamics for the study of rare events and the calculation of free energies. |
For his work, he has been awarded many prizes and honorary degrees. He is a member of numerous academies and learned societies, including the German Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, the British Royal Society, and the Italian Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, which is the major academy in his home country of Italy.
Award Committee
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The award committee will be chaired by Professor Xin-Gao Gong, a computational condensed matter physicist, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and professor at the Department of Physics, Fudan University. Professor Xin-Gao Gong will lead a panel of several senior experts in the field to oversee the evaluation and selection process. The Institute for Computational Physical Sciences at Fudan University (Shanghai, China), led by Professor Xin-Gao Gong, will serve as the supporting institute for the award. |
"We hope the Michele Parrinello Award will recognize scientists who have made significant contributions to the field of computational condensed matter physics and at the same time set a benchmark for the younger generation, providing clear direction for their pursuit—this is precisely the original intention behind establishing the award."
——Professor Xin-Gao Gong
The first edition of the award was officially launched on 1 November 2025. Nominations will be accepted before the end of March 2026. For further details, please visit mparrinelloaward.org.
About the MDPI Sustainability Foundation and MDPI Awards 
The Michele Parrinello Award is part of the MDPI Sustainability Foundation, which is dedicated to advancing sustainable development through scientific progress and global collaboration. The foundation also oversees the World Sustainability Award, the Emerging Sustainability Leader Award, and the Tu Youyou Award. The establishment of the Michele Parrinello Award will further enrich the existing award portfolio, providing continued and diversified financial support to outstanding professionals across various fields.
In addition to these foundation-level awards, MDPI journals also recognize outstanding contributions through a range of honors, including Best Paper Awards, Outstanding Reviewer Awards, Young Investigator Awards, Travel Awards, Best PhD Thesis Awards, Editor of Distinction Awards, and others. These initiatives aim to recognize excellence across disciplines and career stages, contributing to the long-term vitality and sustainability of scientific research.
Find more information on awards here.
1 October 2025
2024 MDPI Top 1000 Reviewers
We are honored to recognize the 2024 MDPI Top 1000 Reviewers—scholars whose exemplary commitment to rigorous and constructive peer review is vital in upholding the highest standards of academic publishing.
Selected from a distinguished pool of 215,000 reviewers from 65 countries and regions worldwide, these honorees stand out for their exceptional expertise, diligence, and dedication to advancing research through timely and thoughtful reviews. Their constructive and impartial feedback ensures the publication of high-quality, impactful research, while their timely reviews facilitate swift revisions and faster publication of innovative work.
Peer review is the invisible foundation of academic progress. With gratitude and respect, we celebrate these 1000 scholars who made that foundation stronger in 2024. We respected all privacy preferences, with part of nominees opting for limited attribution.
The names of these reviewers are listed below in alphabetical order by first name:
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Abbas Yazdinejad |
Hanane Boutaj |
Ophir Freund |
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Abdessamad Belhaj |
Hany H. Arab |
Oscar De Lucio |
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Abdolreza Jamilian |
Hao Zang |
Otilia Manta |
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Abdul Waheed |
Hatem Amin |
Panagiotis D. Michailidis |
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Abiel Aguilar-González |
Henry Alba |
Panagiotis Simitzis |
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Adina Santana |
Hiroyuki Noda |
Paola Prete |
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Aditya Velidandi |
Hitoshi Tanaka |
Paolo Trucillo |
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Adrian Stancu |
Horst Lenske |
Patricia Kara De Maeijer |
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Adriana Borodzhieva |
Hossein Azadi |
Patrícia Pires |
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Adriana Cristina Urcan |
Houlin Yu |
Paulo Schwingel |
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Adriano Bressane |
Huaifu Deng |
Pavel Loskot |
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Agbotiname Imoize |
Huamin Jie |
Pedro García-Ramírez |
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Agustin L. Herrera-May |
Hugo Lisboa |
Pedro Pablo Zamora |
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Ahmed Arafa |
Igor L. Zakharov |
Pedro Pereira |
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Ahmet Cagdas Seckin |
Igor Litvinchev |
Pei-Hsun Wang |
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Ailton Cesar Lemes |
Igor Vujović |
Pellegrino La Manna |
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Akash Kumar |
Ildiko Horvath |
Petar Ozretić |
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Akihiko Murayama |
Ilya A. Khodov |
Petko Petkov |
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Alain E. Le Faou |
Ilya Zavidovskiy |
Petr Komínek |
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Alain Massart |
Imran Ali Lakhiar |
Petras Prakas |
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Alejandro Plascencia |
Ines Aguinaga-Ontoso |
Petro Pukach |
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Aleksandar Ašonja |
Ioan Hutu |
Petru Alexandru Vlaicu |
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Aleksandra Głowacka |
Ioan Petean |
Phil Chilibeck |
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Aleksandra Nesić |
Irena M. Ilic |
Pia Lopez-Jornet |
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Alessio Ardizzone |
Isaac Lifshitz |
Pietro Geri |
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Alessio Faccia |
Ismael Cristofer Baierle |
Pingfan Hu |
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Alexander E. Berezin |
I-Ta Lee |
Piotr Cyklis |
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Alexander Lykov |
Itzhak Aviv |
Piotr Gauden |
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Alexander Robitzsch |
Iustinian Bejan |
Piotr Gawda |
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Alexandre Landry |
Ivan Matveev |
Pradeep Kumar Panda |
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Alexey Chubarov |
Ivan Pavlenko |
Pradeep Varadwaj |
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Alexey Morgounov |
Ivana Mitrović |
Presentación Caballero |
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Alexis Rodríguez |
Iyyakkannu Sivanesan |
Pu Xie |
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Alfredo Silveira De Borba |
Jacek Abramczyk |
Qingchao Li |
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Ali Hashemizdeh |
Jacques Cabaret |
Qinghua Qiu |
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Alison De Oliveira Moraes |
Jaime A. Mella-Raipán |
Qingwei Chen |
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Aliyu Aliyu |
Jaime Taha-Tijerina |
Radoslaw Jasinski |
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Alok Dhaundiyal |
James Chun Lam Chow |
Radu Racovita |
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Álvaro Antón-Sancho |
James Chung-Wai Cheung |
Rafael Galvão De Almeida |
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Amit Ranjan |
James O. Finckenauer |
Rafael Melo |
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Amritlal Mandal |
Jan Cieśliński |
Rafal Kukawka |
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Ana Isabel Roca-Fernández |
Ján Moravec |
Rafał Watrowski |
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Ana Tomić |
Jarbas Miguel |
Raffaele Pellegrino |
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Anas Alsobeh |
Jaroslav Dvorak |
Rajender Boddula |
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Anastasios Karayiannakis |
Jarosław Przybył |
Ralf Hofmann |
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Andre Luiz Costa |
Jasenka Gajdoš Kljusurić |
Ran Wang |
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Andrea Bianconi |
Jasmina Lukinac |
Ranko S. Romanić |
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Andrea Sonaglioni |
Jawad Tanveer |
Ratna Kishore Velamati |
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Andrea Tomassi |
Jean Carlos Bettoni |
Rebecca Creamer |
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Andrés Fernando Barajas Solano |
Jennie Golding |
Reggie Surya |
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Andrés Novoa |
Jerzy Chudek |
Rehan Siddiqui |
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Andreu Comas-Garcia |
Jhih-Rong Liao |
Renato Maaliw |
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Andrew Lane |
Jiachen Li |
Reuven Yosef |
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Andrew Lothian |
Jianzhu Liu |
Ricardo García-León |
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Andrew Sortwell |
Jiaquan Yu |
Richard Murray |
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Andrius Katkevičius |
Jibing Chen |
Robert Boyd |
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Andromachi Nanou |
Jie Gao |
Robert H. Eibl |
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Andrzej Kielian |
Jie Hua |
Robert James Crammond |
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Andrzej Kozłowski |
Jill Channing |
Robert Oleniacz |
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Andrzej Zolnowski |
Jinfeng Li |
Roberto Passera |
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Ángel Josabad Alonso-Castro |
Jinle Xiang |
Rodolpho Fernando Vaz |
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Ángel Llamas |
Jinliu Chen |
Rodrigo Galo |
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Angelo Ferlazzo |
Jinyao Lin |
Roger E. Thomas |
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Angelo Marcelo Tusset |
Jinyu Hu |
Roger W. Bachmann |
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Anil K. Meher |
Jiří Remr |
Rogério Leone Buchaim |
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Animesh Kumar Basak |
Jiying Liu |
Roman Trach |
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Anita Silvana Ilak Peršurić |
João Everthon Da Silva Ribeiro |
Roman Trochimczuk |
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Anna Kharkova |
Joao Pessoa |
Romil Parikh |
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Anna Lenart-Boroń |
Joaquim Carreras |
Romina Fucà |
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Anna Piotrowska |
John Adams Sebastian |
Ronald Nelson |
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Anne Anderson |
John Van Boxel |
Rosie Yagmur Yegin |
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Antiopi-Malvina Stamatellou |
Jonathan Puente-Rivera |
Roxana Lucaciu |
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Antonia Kondou |
Jordi-Roger Riba |
Rui Sales Júnior |
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Antonio Miguel Ruiz Armenteros |
Jorge De Andres-Sanchez |
Rui Vitorino |
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Anusorn Cherdthong |
Jorge Guillermo Diaz Rodriguez |
Ruo Wang |
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Aram Cornaggia |
Jorge Luis Zambrano-Martinez |
Ryoma Michishita |
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Ariana Saraiva |
José F. Fontanari |
Sabina Necula |
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Ariel Soares Teles |
José Felipe Orzuna-Orzuna |
Sabina Umirzakova |
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Aristeidis Karras |
José Francisco Segura Plaza |
Said EL-Ashker |
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Arnaud Dragicevic |
José Luis Díaz |
Saïf Ed-Dı̂n Fertahi |
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Artem Obukhov |
José Luis Rivera-Armenta |
Salvatore Romano |
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Arvind Kumar Shukla |
Jose M. Miranda |
Sándor Beszédes |
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Arvind Negi |
Jose M. Mulet |
Santiago Lain |
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Athanasios A. Panagiotopoulos |
Jose Navarro-Pedreño |
Sara Black Brown |
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Augustine Edegbene |
José Pedro Cerdeira |
Sarat Chandra Mohapatra |
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Aunchalee Aussanasuwannakul |
Jouni Räisänen |
Sarunas Grigaliunas |
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Aurel Maxim |
Jui-Yang Lai |
Saša Milojević |
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Barbara Symanowicz |
Juliana Fernandes |
Sawsan A. Zaitone |
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Bartosz Płachno |
Julio Plaza Díaz |
Scott E. Hendrix |
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Bela Kocsis |
Juliusz Huber |
Seong-Gon Kim |
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Benedetto Schiavo |
Jun Liu |
Sergii Babichev |
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Bernhard Koelmel |
Junyu Chen |
Sergio Da Silva |
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Bhupendra Prajapati |
Karan Nayak |
Sérgio Felipe |
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Bierng-Chearl Ahn |
Karel Allegaert |
Sergio Guzmán-Pino |
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Bo Zhou |
Katarina Aškerc Zadravec |
Seyed Kourosh Mahjour |
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Bohong Zhang |
Katarzyna Kubiak-Wójcicka |
Seyed Masoud Parsa |
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Bonface Ombasa Manono |
Katarzyna Peta |
Shedrach Benjamin Pewan |
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Bozhidar Stefanov |
Katarzyna Tandecka |
Shehwaz Anwar |
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Brach Poston |
Katherine Bussey |
Shengwen Tang |
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Byeong Yong Kong |
Katsuya Ichinose |
Shih-Lin Lin |
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Caio Sampaio |
Kazuharu Bamba |
Shilong Li |
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Caius Panoiu |
Kazuhiko Kotani |
Shing-Hwa Liu |
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Caiyun Wang |
Kazuhiko Nakadate |
Shu Yuan |
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Calin Mircea Gherman |
Keigi Fujiwara |
Shuohong Wang |
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Camelia Delcea |
Keith Rochfort |
Shuolin Xiao |
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Cardellicchio Angelo |
Kenneth Waters |
Shuping Wu |
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Carlos Alberto Ligarda Samanez |
Keren Dopelt |
Sihui Dong |
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Carlos Almeida |
Kira E. Vostrikova |
Sławomir Rabczak |
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Carlos Balsas |
Kit Leong Cheong |
Sojung Kim |
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Carlos López-de-Celis |
Konstantinos Vergos |
Songli Zhu |
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Carlos Marcuello |
Koyeli Girigoswami |
Soonhee Hwang |
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Carlos Pascual-Morena |
Krzysztof R. Karsznia |
Soo-Whang Baek |
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Carlos Torres-Torres |
Krzysztof Szwajka |
Soufiane Haddout |
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Casey Watters |
Krzysztof Wołk |
Sousana Papadopoulou |
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Castillo Castillo |
Kumar Ganesan |
Spiros Paramithiotis |
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Changmin Shi |
Lan Lin |
Spyridon Kaltsas |
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Chao Chen |
László Radócz |
Srecko Stopic |
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Chao Gu |
Laurent Donzé |
Srinivasan Sathiyaraj |
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Chao Zhang (China) |
Lei He |
Stefano Mancin |
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Chao Zhang (Singapore) |
Lei Huang |
Subhadeep Das |
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Chellapandian Maheswaran |
Leonard-Ionut Atanase |
Sumedha Nitin Prabhu |
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Cheonshik Kim |
Leonardo Henrique Dalcheco Messias |
Sushant K. Rawal |
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Chia Hung Kao |
Leonie Brummer |
Svetoslav Todorov |
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Chiachung Chen |
Levon Gevorkov |
Szymon Janczar |
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Chiara Cinquini |
Li Fu |
Tadeusz Kowalski |
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Chieh-Chih Tsai |
Lidija Hauptman |
Tadeusz Sierotowicz |
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Christian Rojas |
Lin-Fu Liang |
Taha Koray Sahin |
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Chu Zhang |
Ling Yang |
Tahir Cetin Akinci |
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Chuanyu Sun |
Lingli Deng |
Takuo Sakon |
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Chun-Wei Yang |
Ljubica Kazi |
Tamara Lazarević-Pašti |
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Claudia Bita-Nicolae |
Lotfi Boudjema |
Tao Zhang |
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Constant Mews |
Louis Moustakas |
Taras P. Pasternak |
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Cristian Vacacela Gomez |
Luca Ulrich |
Tarek Eldomiaty |
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Cristiano Matos |
Luis Adrian De Jesús-González |
Taro Urase |
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Cristian-Valeriu Stanciu |
Luis Alfonso Díaz-Secades |
Tenzer Robert |
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Cristóbal Macías Villalobos |
Luis Filipe Almeida Bernardo |
Thawatchai Phaechamud |
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Dalia Calneryte |
Luis Nestor Apaza Ticona |
Thomas Michael |
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Daniel Hernandez-Patlan |
Luis Puente-Díaz |
Tiberiu Harko |
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Daniele Ritelli |
Luiz Antonio Alcântara Pereira |
Timea Claudia Ghitea |
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Daniel-Ioan Curiac |
Łukasz Rakoczy |
Timothy John Mahony |
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Daniil Olennikov |
Łukasz Szeleszczuk |
Timothy Omara |
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Daodao Hu |
Maciej Kruszyna |
Tomasz Hikawczuk |
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Daqin Guan |
Magdalena Jaciow |
Tomasz M. Karpiński |
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Daria Chudakova |
Maha Nasr |
Tomasz Trzepiecinski |
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Daria Mottareale-Calvanese |
Maharshi Bhaswant |
Triantafyllos Didangelos |
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Dariusz Dziki |
Maksim Zavalishin |
Tsvetelin Zaevski |
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Dariusz Gozdowski |
Małgorzata Jeleń |
Ulrich J. Pont |
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David Kieda |
Man Fai Leung |
Vadim Kramar |
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David Luviano-Cruz |
Manickam Minakshi |
Vagner Lunge |
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Da-Zhi Sun |
Marcel Sari |
Valério Monteiro-Neto |
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Debra Wetcher-Hendricks |
Marcello Iasiello |
Van Giap Do |
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Demin Cai |
Marco Limongiello |
Van-An Duong |
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Dennis Dieks |
Marco Zucca |
Vanni Nicoletti |
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Deokho Lee |
Marconi Batista Teixeira |
Vasilios Liordos |
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Deyu Li |
Marcos Vinícius Da Silva |
Vedran Mrzljak |
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Diego Romano Perinelli |
Marek Cała |
Vicente Romo Pérez |
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Dimitris Tatsis |
Maria G. Ioannides |
Victor-Alexandru Briciu |
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Dirceu Ramos |
Maria João Lima |
Viktor V. Brygadyrenko |
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Dmitrii Pankin |
Maria Kantzanou |
Vinícius Silva Belo |
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Dmitriy Yambulatov |
Maria Leonor Abrantes Pires |
Violeta Popovici |
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Dmitry Kultin |
Mariana Buranelo Egea |
Viorel Dragos Radu |
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Dongwei Di |
Mariana Magalhães |
Viswas Raja Solomon |
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Dorota Formanowicz |
Marija Strojnik |
Viviani Oliveira |
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Dragan Marinkovic |
Marijn Speeckaert |
Vlad Rotaru |
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Drazenko Glavic |
Marina G. Holyavka |
Vladica Stojanović |
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Duguleana Mihai |
Marina Gravit |
Volodymyr Hrytsyk |
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Dušan S. Dimić |
Mario Cerezo Pizarro |
Volodymyr Ponomaryov |
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E Terasa Chen |
Mario Ganau |
Waldemar Studziński |
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Edoardo Bucchignani |
Mariusz Ptak |
Wanming Lin |
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Eduard Zadobrischi |
Marlen Vitales-Noyola |
Waseem Jerjes |
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Edwin Villagran |
Marta Forte |
Wei-Chieh Lee |
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Eitan Simon |
Martha Rocío Moreno-Jimenez |
Weiming Fang |
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Elena Chitoran |
Marwan El Ghoch |
Weiren Luo |
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Elena Marrocchino |
Marzena Włodarczyk-Stasiak |
Weiwei Jiang |
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Elisabeta Negrău |
Massimiliano Schiavo |
Wenan Yuan |
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Elisavet Bouloumpasi |
Massoomeh Hedayati Marzbali |
Wenguang Yang |
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Elochukwu Ukwandu |
Mateusz Rozmiarek |
Wenluan Zhang |
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Emil Smyk |
Matt Smith |
Wiesław Przygoda |
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Emilio Bucio |
Matteo Riccò |
Wilian Paul Arévalo Cordero |
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Emmanouil Karampinis |
Matthias Müller |
Wilian Pech-Rodríguez |
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Ericsson D. Coy-Barrera |
Mauro Lombardo |
Wislei R. Osório |
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Eugeniusz Koda |
Md. Ataur Rahman |
Wi-Young So |
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Ewa Chomać-Pierzecka |
Md. Biddut Hossain |
Wojciech Sałabun |
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Ewa Tomaszewska |
Meisam Abdollahi |
Wojciech Zabierowski |
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Ezhaveni Sathiyamoorthi |
Meng-Hwan Lee |
Xiaofei Du |
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Fabio Corti |
Meng-Yao Li |
Xiaolong Ji |
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Fahmi Zairi |
Meysam Keshavarz |
Xiaomin Xu |
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Fanzhi Kong |
Michael Eisenhut |
Xiaoshuang Ma |
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Fasih Ullah Haider |
Michael Gerlich |
Xiaoying Liu |
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Fayez Tarsha-Kurdi |
Mihaela Brindusa Tudose |
Xiao-Yong Wang |
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Fekete Mónika |
Mihaela Niculae |
Xinming Zhang |
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Felipe Jiménez |
Mihaela Tinca Udristioiu |
Xinqiao Liu |
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Feng Wen |
Mihaela Toderaş |
Xinqing Xiao |
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Ferdinando Di Martino |
Mihai Crenganis |
Xuechen Zheng |
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Fernanda Tonelli |
Mika Simonen |
Xueming Zhang |
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Fernando Lessa Tofoli |
Milan Toma |
Xuezhen Wang |
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Fernando Viadero-Monasterio |
Miloš Lichner |
Xuguang Cai |
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Fethi Ouallouche |
Milos Seda |
Yair Wiseman |
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Flavio Arroyo |
MIloš Zrnić |
Yang Xu |
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Flor H. Pujol |
Min Xia |
Yangwon Lee |
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Florin Dumitru Bora |
Mina Tadros |
Yanhong Peng |
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Florin Nechita |
Mingming Ge |
Yao Ni |
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Francesco Di Bello |
Mingren Shen |
Yaoxiang Li |
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Francesco Galluzzo |
Mircea Neagoe |
Yasushige Shingu |
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Francisco Haces Fernandez |
Mirela-Fernanda Zaltariov |
Yaswanth Kuthati |
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Francisco Rego |
Mirjana Ljubojević |
Yaxin Liu |
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Francisco Solano |
Mirko Stanimirović |
Ygor Jessé Ramos |
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Frédéric Muttin |
Mirza Pojskić |
Yi Xu |
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Fredrick Eze |
Modesto Pérez-Sánchez |
Yifan Zhao |
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Gabriel Milan |
Mohammad Ali Sahraei |
Yih Jeng |
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Gabriel Zazeri |
Mohammad Javad Maghsoodi Tilaki |
Yiyang Chen |
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Galina Ilieva |
Mohammad Qneibi |
Yoichi Shiraishi |
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Gary Van Vuuren |
Mohammed Gamal |
Yong Hwan Kim |
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Gennadiy Kolesnikov |
Mohammed Sayed |
Yongqi Yin |
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George E. Mustoe |
Mounia Tahri |
Young-joo Ahn |
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George Lazaroiu |
Muhammad Ahsan Asghar |
Yousi Fu |
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George Xiroudakis |
Muhammad N. Mahmood |
Yuan Meng |
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Georgiy Gamov |
Muhammad Syafrudin |
Yuefei Zhuo |
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Gerald Cleaver |
Muhammed Yildirim |
Yugang He |
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Ghassan Ghssein |
Murilo E. C. Bento |
Yuliia Trach |
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Gian Mario Migliaccio |
Muthuraj Arunpandian |
Yuliya Semenova |
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Giancarlo Trimarchi |
Narcis Eduard Mitu |
Yuri Jorge Peña-Ramirez |
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Gianmarco Ferrara |
Naser Alsharairi |
Yuri Konstantinov |
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Giovanni Tesoriere |
Natale Calomino |
Yusheng Xiang |
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Giuseppe Brunetti |
Natanael Karjanto |
Yutaka Ohsedo |
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Giuseppe Di Martino |
Nataša Nastić |
Zaihua Duan |
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Giuseppe Losurdo |
Naveed Ahmad |
Zelaya-Molina Lily Xochilt |
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Giuseppina Uva |
Nebojsa Pavlovic |
Zenon Pogorelić |
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Glauber Cruz |
Neli Milenova Vilhelmova |
Zhang Ying |
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Glenn Morrison |
Nguyen Dinh-Hung |
Zhanni Luo |
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Gloria Cerasela Crisan |
Nguyen Quoc Khuong |
Zhao Ding |
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31 December 2025
MDPI INSIGHTS: The CEO's Letter #30 - Scaling with Integrity, Highly Cited Researchers, KEMÖ Consortium, Michele Parrinello, and Best PhD Thesis Awards
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

With colleagues at MDPI headquarters in Basel, representing the people behind our global growth and shared commitment to integrity.
Scaling with Integrity: A Year of Growth, Responsibility, and Trust
When I look back on 2025, one phrase seems to sum up the year: “Scaling with integrity.” That was our watchword for 2025, and it will remain so as we move forward in to 2026.
Our journal portfolio continued to grow in 2025, reflecting the trust of a widening proportion of the scholarly community.
Today, MDPI has 355 journals indexed in Scopus and 330 in Web of Science – a testimonial to the scale at which our journals meet established external quality criteria. During the year, 45 of our journals were newly accepted into Scopus and 29 into Web of Science (this excludes transferred journals to our portfolio that were already indexed), following rigorous, independent evaluation by the world’s leading indexing bodies
Meeting external quality benchmarks
These results underline the fact that scaling responsibly is not only about expanding our catalogue, but also about meeting external quality benchmarks consistently, transparently, and at scale. Our indexing performance remains one of the strongest independent validations of MDPI’s commitment to rigor, trust, and long-term sustainability.
Over the course of 2025, we made targeted investments to ensure that the integrity of our editorial process scaled to keep pace with our growth. We strengthened our editorial governance by doubling down on our dedicated Publication Ethics department, appointing a Head of Ethics, and expanding our research integrity team by the addition of new specialists plus the creation of embedded editorial ethics roles across key journals. We also introduced new internal ethics guidelines, pre-review integrity checks, and monitoring dashboards to help teams identify potential issues and apply consistent standards across our portfolio.
Besides investing in systems and tools, we of course also invested heavily in our people and culture, delivering organisation-wide training on topics such as image integrity, AI use in publishing, and ethical oversight, while actively engaging with the wider publishing community through COPE and STM forums.
All these efforts reflect a simple principle: growth only matters if it is matched by rigor, responsibility, and trust.
Technology and AI: Supporting the editorial decision-making process
At MDPI, AI is designed to assist, not replace, editorial decision-making. It is one element in a broader system that combines people, technology, and processes to support scale responsibly.
In 2025, we continued to invest heavily in technology that supports quality rather than shortcuts. Our AI team doubled in size, ensuring that increased automation goes hand-in-hand with expertise and oversight. Proprietary AI tools such as Scholar Finder have significantly improved the precision of reviewer matching, while Ethicality has been widely adopted across editorial workflows to identify contextual signals, such as scope alignment and citation behaviour, so that human judgment can be applied where it matters most.
Partnerships: Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP) agreements and Societies
Our recent growth is also reflected in the strength of our partnerships. In 2025, we entered into more than 150 new IOAP agreements, bringing our total to 975 active agreements worldwide. This activity included the signing of our first-ever consortium agreements in North America, renewals of all major national consortia in the UK, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Austria, and Croatia, and the conclusion of several flat-fee agreements. At the same time, we concluded a total of 30 agreements, encompassing 24 new Society affiliations, four strategic publishing partnerships, and two journal acquisitions.
In 2025, we opened MDPI USA in Philadelphia – our latest global office, which complements our Toronto office in representing North America. MDPI USA is responsible for accelerating Open Access in the US through ongoing support of our scholars and for expanding our institutional and society partnerships.
On the other side of the globe, meanwhile, we signed an IOAP agreement in India, allowing researchers discounted Article Processing Charges (APCs), streamlined APC management for universities, and visibility into submissions, supporting India’s push for wider Open Access by offering flexible models and helping institutions meet national mandates such as Plan S.
Sustainability, sponsorships and awards
We continued to expand our sustainability efforts during 2025, hosting the 11th World Sustainability Forum, awarding CHF 125,000 in sustainability-related funding, and launching the Z-Forum on Sustainability and Innovation conference, which will officially take place in January 2026.
We also saw a record year for conference sponsorships and awards (while establishing new awards such as the Michele Parrinello Award), recognising scholars across disciplines and reinforcing our commitment to supporting the global research community at every stage of the academic journey.
Deepening our relationships
In 2025, I had the opportunity to travel more widely than ever before on MDPI business, meeting many of our stakeholders face to face and relishing the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of their science communication needs. It was also excellent to visit a large number of MDPI offices and witness the commitment and service orientation of so many of our colleagues around the world. I shall resume my itinerary in the new year, and I look forward to many more such interactions.
Looking ahead to 2026, we will be celebrating a very significant milestone: 30 years of MDPI. From our foundation as a single Open Access journal in 1996 to the global publishing organisation we are today, our mission has remained consistent: advancing Open Access through rigorous and trustworthy scientific communication.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all our stakeholders – authors, Editors-in-Chief, Editorial Board members, and reviewers – who have placed their trust in us during 2025. On behalf of the entire MDPI team, I look forward to deepening our relationships yet further in 2026 and celebrating 30 Years of Open Science at MDPI, something we’ve built together.

Basel, Switzerland, where MDPI was founded in 1996.
Impactful Research

621 MDPI Editors Named Highly Cited Researchers in 2025
I am pleased to share an important milestone for our editorial community and for MDPI. In late November, Clarivate announced the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers, and 621 MDPI Editorial Board Members were included among the most influential scientific contributors over the past decade!
The 621 editors come from 33 countries, representing 21 scientific disciplines, and account for nearly one in every ten Highly Cited Researchers globally. This recognition speaks to the depth of expertise across our Editorial Boards and the strength of the scientific communities that choose to collaborate with MDPI. It is important to note that while citation metrics are not in themselves a proxy for quality, they do offer one lens on sustained scientific influence.
“Our strength comes from the scientific communities who choose to work with us”
Why this is important
Having more than 600 editors recognized on this list highlights:
- The high level of expertise guiding peer review across our journals
- The global and disciplinary diversity within our Editorial Boards
- Our commitment to maintaining strong, knowledgeable, and engaged editorial oversight
Impactful science is of course shaped by broad, diverse research communities, and no single metric captures the full picture of research quality. However, this recognition does serve as meaningful, independent affirmation of the calibre of many editors who contribute to MDPI’s work.
A closer look at the recognition
Clarivate’s methodology highlights researchers whose publications rank in the top one per cent by citation count, reflecting consistent influence over the past decade. The process includes:
- Evaluation of c. 200,000 highly cited papers
- Removal of retracted publications
- Filtering of papers with unusually large authorship groups to focus on clear contributions
That so many of our editors meet these thresholds reflects the impact of the communities behind our journals.
What this means going forward
This recognition underlines the fact that our strength comes from the scientific communities who choose to work with us.
For authors, partners, and readers, it confirms that:
- MDPI journals benefit from editorial guidance grounded in active, high-impact research
- Our Editorial boards include leaders who are helping shape the future direction of their fields
- MDPI continues to attract experts who value openness, efficiency, and scientific integrity
For our internal teams, it is a reminder that the work we do every day (supporting editors, refining workflows, and improving systems) directly contributes to the trust placed in MDPI by researchers worldwide.
Thank you to all our editorial teams, publishing staff, and journal relationship specialists, and to everyone who collaborates with our Editorial Boards. Achievements like this are only possible because of your ongoing hard work, dedication, and collaboration.

From our first annual MDPI UK Summit in Manchester, bringing together over 30 Chief Editors and Editorial Board Members to discuss MDPI’s mission, achievements, and collaborations in the UK.
Inside MDPI

MDPI Launches the Michele Parrinello Award for Computational Physical Science
In case you missed it, in November, we announced the launch of the Michele Parrinello Award. This new biennial international award will recognize pioneering contributions in computational physical science. The award honours Michele Parrinello, one of the most influential scientists of the past half-century in atomistic simulations and computational materials research.
This award reflects MDPI’s long-standing commitment to recognizing scientific excellence, supporting foundational research, and inspiring the next generation of scholars across disciplines.
“Be confident that what you do is meaningful”
Honouring a transformative scientific legacy
Professor Parrinello’s work has fundamentally reshaped how scientists model matter at the atomic scale. Together with Roberto Car, he introduced ab initio molecular dynamics, widely known as the Car–Parrinello method, opening new pathways in electronic structure calculations and molecular simulations. His subsequent contributions, including the Parrinello–Rahman method and metadynamics, have become core tools across physics, chemistry, materials science, and increasingly biology.

“Do not be afraid of new things. I see it many times when we discuss a new thing that young people are scared to go against the mainstream a little bit, thinking, ‘What is going to happen to me?’ and so on. Be confident that what you do is meaningful, and do not be afraid, do not listen too much to what other people have to say.”
– Professor Michele Parrinello
A global, community-led award

The award committee is chaired by Xin-Gao Gong, Professor of Physics at Fudan University and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The Institute for Computational Physical Sciences at Fudan University will serve as the supporting institute, reinforcing the award’s international and cross-cultural foundation.
Nominations for the first edition of the Michele Parrinello Award opened on 1 November 2025, with submissions accepted until March 2026. The award will recognize scientists whose work has advanced computational physical science across physics, chemistry, and materials research – fields increasingly central to energy, sustainability, advanced manufacturing, and technological innovation.
Why this matters for MDPI
The Michele Parrinello Award is part of the MDPI Sustainability Foundation, which supports science as a driver of long-term societal progress.

Alongside other foundation-level honours, including the World Sustainability Award, the Emerging Sustainability Leader Award, and the Tu Youyou Award, this new prize builds on our role in supporting excellence across career stages and disciplines.
MDPI journals and programs continue to recognize researchers through Best Paper Awards, Young Investigator Awards, Travel Awards, Best PhD Thesis Awards, and Outstanding Reviewer Awards. Together, these initiatives reflect a simple belief: strong scientific communities are built through recognition, trust, and sustained support.
As MDPI approaches its 30th anniversary, the launch of the Michele Parrinello Award highlights our commitment not only to publishing research but also to helping shape the future of science by celebrating those who expand its boundaries.
Coming Together for Science

KEMÖ Consortium (Austria) Extends Open Access Agreement with MDPI until 2027
I’m pleased to share that MDPI has renewed its Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP) agreement with the Austrian library consortium KEMÖ, extending our partnership through 2027.
The renewed agreement now includes 23 Austrian institutions, with the Medical University of Vienna and the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) joining the partnership. Participating institutions benefit from APC discounts across MDPI’s more than 495 journals, with centralized funding options further reducing the administrative burden for researchers and libraries.
“This renewal reflects shared commitment to advancing Open Access publishing in Europe”
Austria continues to be an important and engaged research community for MDPI, with 525+ Austrian Editorial Board Members, eight Editors-in-Chief, and 15 Section Editors-in-Chief contributing to our journals.
This renewal reflects long-term trust and shared commitment to advancing Open Access publishing in Europe, and improves MDPI’s collaboration with national OA infrastructures such as the Open Access Monitor Austria. Such long-term agreements show how MDPI’s growth is increasingly built on institutional trust, collaboration, and shared commitment to Open Access.
A big thank-you to the IOAP team and everyone involved in supporting this partnership.
Closing Thoughts

Celebrating the Next Generation of Scholars: MDPI’s 2024 Best PhD Thesis Awards
One of the privileges of working in scholarly publishing is supporting the beginning of new scientific journeys. We recently announced the recipients of MDPI’s 2024 Best PhD Thesis Awards, recognizing some of the most promising emerging researchers across disciplines.
These awards do more than celebrate academic excellence. They reflect something deeper about our mission: supporting the next generation of authors and the future of Open Science.
Recognition of Excellence
This year, we made awards to 55 early-career researchers across seven fields:
- Biology and Life Sciences
- Chemistry and Materials Science
- Computer Science and Mathematics
- Engineering
- Environmental and Earth Sciences
- Medicine and Pharmacology
- Interdisciplinary ‘Other’ fields
For those of you who have completed a PhD, you’ll know first-hand that behind each number is a story of perseverance, curiosity, and sustained effort. These researchers represent institutions around the world, with thesis topics spanning:
- Brain–machine interfaces and neural engineering
- Sustainable materials and next-generation batteries
- Cancer genomics, tumour microenvironments, and immunotherapy
- AI-driven image analysis, robotics, and computational models
- Climate change monitoring and environmental risk assessment
- Regenerative medicine, biomaterials, and drug development
These dissertations are early signs of the scientific directions that will shape the coming decade.
“Our mission is about building a global community of authors”
Why this is important
Every year, millions of scholars begin their research careers with limited visibility and few platforms for sharing their work. By recognizing outstanding PhD theses, we elevate authors early in their academic journeys, build MDPI’s connection to the global research community, reinforce our commitment to quality and rigor, and highlight the depth and breadth of scholarship published across our portfolio (from biology to materials science to mathematics).

A foretaste of the future
These 55 awardees represent the next generation of researchers whose work will influence science, policy, and society in the years ahead. What we support today helps shape the scientific ecosystem of tomorrow. Our mission goes beyond publishing papers. It is about building a global community of authors who will define the next era of scientific discovery.
To explore more about MDPI Awards, including current and upcoming Best PhD Thesis Awards, please click here.
Thank you to the editors, reviewers, and teams across MDPI who make these awards possible each year.
Everything we achieved this year was made possible by the collective effort of our global teams and the trust placed in us by the scholarly community. Thank you again, and here’s to the successful continuation of our collaboration in 2026!
Chief Executive Officer
MDPI AG
26 December 2025
Meet Us at the British Society for Developmental Biology 2026 Spring Meeting, 23–26 March 2026, Coventry, UK
Conference: British Society for Developmental Biology 2026 Spring Meeting
Organizer: British Society for Developmental Biology
Date: 23–26 March 2026
Location: Coventry, UK
A number of MDPI journals will be attending BSDB 2026 as an exhibitor. This meeting will be held in Coventry, UK, from 23 to 26 March 2026.
The British Society for Developmental Biology is delighted to announce its 2026 Spring Meeting, themed "Molecules to Morphogenesis". Taking place at The Oculus, University of Warwick, this annual flagship event brings together a dynamic international research community, showcasing research on cutting-edge animal and plant developmental systems.
The following MDPI journals will be represented at the conference:
If you are planning to attend the above conference, please feel free to stop by our booth (#9). Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions that you may have.
For more information about the conference, please visit the following website: https://registrations.hg3conferences.co.uk/hg3/frontend/reg/thome.csp?pageID=133750&ef_sel_menu=2508&eventID=334.
25 December 2025
International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, 27 December 2025
International Day of Epidemic Preparedness is an annual observance aimed at enhancing awareness of epidemic prevention, preparedness and response, fostering a deeper recognition of the urgency to strengthen global resilience against infectious disease outbreaks, while also drawing attention to the widespread health, economic and social burdens that epidemics impose—especially on vulnerable populations and under-resourced regions. This day highlights the pivotal role that collective action plays in advancing epidemic surveillance, early warning systems, vaccine and therapeutic development, and equitable access to medical supplies and care, thereby reinforcing the imperative for robust and proactive epidemic preparedness.

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“Structural Insights into the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein and Its Implications for Antibody Resistance”
by Yuichiro Yamamoto and Kohji Noguchi
Biomolecules 2025, 15(11), 1489; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15111489
“HSP60 and SARS-CoV-2: Les Liaisons Dangereuses”
by Adelaide Carista, Melania Ionelia Gratie, Francesco Cappello and Stefano Burgio
Biology 2025, 14(9), 1281; https://doi.org/10.3390/biology14091281
“Impact of Obesity on Immunity to the Influenza Virus: Gut Microbiota, Mechanisms, and Novel Therapeutic Strategies”
by Xiaoyue Ji and Jing Sun
Diseases 2025, 13(8), 267; https://doi.org/10.3390/diseases13080267
“Immunological Strategies for Enhancing Viral Neutralization and Protection in Antibody-Guided Vaccine Design”
by Dimitrina Miteva, Maria Kokudeva, Latchesar Tomov, Hristiana Batselova and Tsvetelina Velikova
Biologics 2025, 5(3), 21; https://doi.org/10.3390/biologics5030021
“Manifestations of Post-COVID Syndrome in Healthcare Workers in Northeast England”
by Rachael K. Raw, Jon Rees, Deborah Wilson, Sharon Gowans, Ng Cho Ee and David Chadwick
COVID 2025, 5(6), 91; https://doi.org/10.3390/covid5060091
“Aptamer Development for SARS-CoV-2 and Omicron Variants Using the Spike Protein Receptor Binding Domain as a Potential Diagnostic Tool and Therapeutic Agent”
by Prasanna V. Shekar, Anuj Kumar, Nirmitee Mulgaonkar, Samneet Kashyap, Gourav Choudhir, Sandun Fernando and Sachin Rustgi
Biomolecules 2025, 15(6), 805; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15060805
“The Global Burden of Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria”
by Andrea Marino, Antonino Maniaci, Mario Lentini, Salvatore Ronsivalle, Giuseppe Nunnari, Salvatore Cocuzza, Federica Maria Parisi, Bruno Cacopardo, Salvatore Lavalle and Luigi La Via
Epidemiologia 2025, 6(2), 21; https://doi.org/10.3390/epidemiologia6020021
“Intricacies of Global Tuberculosis Management—EndTB-2035 on the Fence?”
by Radha Gopalaswamy and Selvakumar Subbian
J. Respir. 2025, 5(1), 4; https://doi.org/10.3390/jor5010004
“Long COVID: General Perceptions and Challenges in Diagnosis and Management”
by Katia Ozanic, Aripuana Sakurada Aranha Watanabe, Alesandra Barbosa Ferreira Machado, Vania Lucia da Silva, Vanessa Cordeiro Dias and Claudio Galuppo Diniz
COVID 2025, 5(3), 41; https://doi.org/10.3390/covid5030041
“An Increase in Aspartate Aminotransferase Can Predict Worsening Disease Severity in Japanese Patients with COVID-19”
by Kengo Matsumoto, Tsutomu Nishida, Dai Nakamatsu, Masashi Yamamoto, Koji Fukui, Osamu Morimura, Kinya Abe, Yukiyoshi Okauchi, Hiromi Iwahashi and Masami Inada
Clin. Pract. 2024, 14(4), 1601-1614; https://doi.org/10.3390/clinpract14040129
“Arbovirus Transmission in Australia from 2002 to 2017”
by Elvina Viennet, Francesca D. Frentiu, Emilie McKenna, Flavia Torres Vasconcelos, Robert L. P. Flower and Helen M. Faddy
Biology 2024, 13(7), 524; https://doi.org/10.3390/biology13070524
“Host Innate Antiviral Response to Influenza A Virus Infection: From Viral Sensing to Antagonism and Escape”
by Wenlong An, Simran Lakhina, Jessica Leong, Kartik Rawat and Matloob Husain
Pathogens 2024, 13(7), 561; https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens13070561
“Colchicine—The Divine Medicine against COVID-19”
by Vanyo Mitev
J. Pers. Med. 2024, 14(7), 756; https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm14070756
“Towards Improved XAI-Based Epidemiological Research into the Next Potential Pandemic”
by Hamed Khalili and Maria A. Wimmer
Life 2024, 14(7), 783; https://doi.org/10.3390/life14070783
“Antimicrobial Efficacy of a Portable UV-C-Based Coating Activation Device against Candida albicans Biofilm and SARS-CoV-2 as an Additional Feature: An In Vitro Study”
by Adityakrisna Yoshi Putra Wigianto, Megumi Watanabe, Yuki Iwawaki, Takaharu Goto, Tamaki Otsuki and Tetsuo Ichikawa
Hygiene 2024, 4(1), 93-102; https://doi.org/10.3390/hygiene4010006

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“Ecology and Evolution of Viral Pathogens: From Wildlife to Human Infections” |
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“Advances in Coronaviruses Research: Pathogenesis, Immunity, and Antivirals” |
24 December 2025
Biomolecules | Highly Viewed Papers and Hot Topic Special Issues in the “Molecular Biophysics: Structure, Dynamics, and Function” Section
We are delighted to share a collection of highly viewed papers and some successful Special Issues in the Section “Molecular Biophysics: Structure, Dynamics, and Function” that were published in Biomolecules (ISSN: 2218-273X) in 2024 and 2025. What follows is a list of articles and Special Issues that we believe may be of interest to you.
Relevant papers:
“Ubiquitin-Specific Protease Inhibitors for Cancer Therapy: Recent Advances and Future Prospects”
by Mohamad Bakkar, Sara Khalil, Komal Bhayekar, Narva Deshwar Kushwaha, Amirreza Samarbakhsh, Sadaf Dorandish, Holly Edwards, Q. Ping Dou, Yubin Ge and Navnath S. Gavande
Biomolecules 2025, 15(2), 240; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15020240
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15/2/240
“Updated Review on Natural Polyphenols: Molecular Mechanisms, Biological Effects, and Clinical Applications for Cancer Management”
by Zainab Sabry Othman Ahmed, Elyas Khan, Nathan Elias, Alhussein Elshebiny and Qingping Dou
Biomolecules 2025, 15(5), 629; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15050629
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15/5/629
“Piezo1 Channel Activators Yoda1 and Yoda2 in the Context of Red Blood Cells”
by Min Qiao, Reetta Penttinen, Ariel Coli, Nicoletta Murciano, Felix M. Maurer, Christian Wagner, Maria Giustina Rotordam and Lars Kaestner
Biomolecules 2025, 15(8), 1110; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15081110
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15/8/1110
“Artificial Intelligence: A New Tool for Structure-Based G Protein-Coupled Receptor Drug Discovery”
by Jason Chung, Hyunggu Hahn, Emmanuel Flores-Espinoza and Alex R. B. Thomsen
Biomolecules 2025, 15(3), 423; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15030423
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15/3/423
“Multiple Mechanisms to Regulate Actin Functions: “Fundamental” Versus Lineage-Specific Mechanisms and Hierarchical Relationships”
by Taro Q. P. Uyeda, Yosuke Yamazaki, Saku T. Kijima, Taro Q. P. Noguchi and Kien Xuan Ngo
Biomolecules 2025, 15(2), 279; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15020279
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15/2/279
“MTPrompt-PTM: A Multi-Task Method for Post-Translational Modification Prediction Using Prompt Tuning on a Structure-Aware Protein Language Model”
by Ye Han, Fei He, Qing Shao, Duolin Wang and Dong Xu
Biomolecules 2025, 15(6), 843; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15060843
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15/6/843
“Non-Canonical, Strongly Selective Protein Disulfide Isomerases as Anticancer Therapeutic Targets”
by Mary E. Law, Zaafir M. Dulloo, Brian Hardy, Ania Kelegama, Reagan Clark, Mariana Rivas Montbrun, Gabriella Antmann, Srihith Nooka, Ronald K. Castellano and Brian K. Law
Biomolecules 2025, 15(8), 1146; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15081146
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15/8/1146
“Chemotaxis and Related Signaling Systems in Vibrio cholerae”
by Fuga Omori, Hirotaka Tajima, Sotaro Asaoka, So-ichiro Nishiyama, Yoshiyuki Sowa and Ikuro Kawagishi
Biomolecules 2025, 15(3), 434; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15030434
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15/3/434
“Defibrotide for Protecting Against and Managing Endothelial Injury in Hematologic Malignancies and COVID-19”
by Edward Richardson, Clifton C. Mo, Eleonora Calabretta, Francesco Corrado, Mehmet H. Kocoglu, Rebecca M. Baron, Jean Marie Connors, Massimo Iacobelli, Lee-Jen Wei, Emily J. Benjamin et al.
Biomolecules 2025, 15(7), 1004; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15071004
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15/7/1004
“Aptamer Development for SARS-CoV-2 and Omicron Variants Using the Spike Protein Receptor Binding Domain as a Potential Diagnostic Tool and Therapeutic Agent”
by Prasanna V. Shekar, Anuj Kumar, Nirmitee Mulgaonkar, Samneet Kashyap, Gourav Choudhir, Sandun Fernando and Sachin Rustgi
Biomolecules 2025, 15(6), 805; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15060805
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15/6/805
Special Issues:
“Recent Advances in Supramolecular Motility Machinery of Microorganisms”
Guest Editors: Dr. Tohru Minamino, Dr. Yusuke V. Morimoto and Dr. Daisuke Nakane
Published papers: 11
Viewed by 23,860+
“Bioactive Molecules: Structures, Functions and Potential Uses for Cancer Prevention and Targeted Therapies (2nd Edition)”
Guest Editor: Prof. Dr. Qingping Dou
Published papers: 10
Viewed by 41,560+
“Advances in Cellular Biophysics: Transport and Mechanics”
Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Boris Musset and Prof. Dr. Peter Pohl
Published papers: 7
Viewed by 14,665+
“Genetic and Structural Analyses of Coronaviruses: Insights into SARS-CoV-2 and Beyond”
Guest Editor: Prof. Dr. Stefano Pascarella
Published papers: 8
Viewed by 15,495+
“Harnessing Protein Design and Engineering for Therapeutic Applications”
Guest Editors: Dr. Julia Shifman and Dr. Norman Metanis
Published papers: 5
Viewed by 19,255+
“Innovative Biomolecular Structure Analysis Techniques”
Guest Editor: Dr. Tzanko I. Doukov
Published papers: 6
Viewed by 10,165+
“Protein Biophysics”
Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Vladimir N. Uversky and Dr. Orkid Coskuner-Weber
Published papers: 4
Viewed by 4165+
24 December 2025
Biomolecules | Highly Viewed Papers and Hot Topic Special Issues in the “Molecular Biomarkers” Section
We are delighted to share a collection of highly viewed papers and some successful Special Issues in the Section “Molecular Biomarkers” that were published in Biomolecules (ISSN: 2218-273X) in 2024 and 2025. What follows is a list of articles and Special Issues that we believe may be of interest to you.
Relevant papers:
“Advances and Challenges in Pediatric Sepsis Diagnosis: Integrating Early Warning Scores and Biomarkers for Improved Prognosis”
by Susanna Esposito, Benedetta Mucci, Eleonora Alfieri, Angela Tinella and Nicola Principi
Biomolecules 2025, 15(1), 123; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15010123
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15/1/123
“Synergistic Effects of UVB and Ionizing Radiation on Human Non-Malignant Cells: Implications for Ozone Depletion and Secondary Cosmic Radiation Exposure”
by Angeliki Gkikoudi, Gina Manda, Christina Beinke, Ulrich Giesen, Amer Al-Qaaod, Elena-Mihaela Dragnea, Maria Dobre, Ionela Victoria Neagoe, Traimate Sangsuwan, Siamak Haghdoost et al.
Biomolecules 2025, 15(4), 536; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15040536
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15/4/536
“Possible Involvement of Lysophospholipids in Severe Asthma as Novel Lipid Mediators”
by Hiroaki Kume, Kentaro Kazama, Riko Sato and Yuki Sato
Biomolecules 2025, 15(2), 182; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15020182
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15/2/182
“Microbiota–Gut–Brain Axis: Mass-Spectrometry-Based Metabolomics in the Study of Microbiome Mediators—Stress Relationship”
by Nicolò Interino, Rosalba Vitagliano, Federica D’Amico, Raffaele Lodi, Emanuele Porru, Silvia Turroni and Jessica Fiori
Biomolecules 2025, 15(2), 243; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15020243
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15/2/243
“NK Cell-Microbiota Interaction Biomarker Strategy: Advancing Prostate Cancer Management”
by Sara Fanijavadi, Torben Frøstrup Hansen and Ahmed Hussein Zedan
Biomolecules 2025, 15(2), 273; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15020273
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15/2/273
“Inflammatory Drug-Resistant Epilepsy Index (IDREI) as a Molecular Compound Biomarker in Focal Epilepsies”
by Maria José Aguilar-Castillo, Guillermo Estivill-Torrús, Guillermina García-Martín, Pablo Cabezudo-García, Yolanda López-Moreno, Jesús Ortega-Pinazo, Teresa Ramírez-García, Nicolas Lundahl Ciano-Petersen and Pedro Jesus Serrano-Castro
Biomolecules 2025, 15(7), 914; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15070914
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15/7/914
“A Comprehensive Oncological Biomarker Framework Guiding Precision Medicine”
by Reza Bayat Mokhtari, Manpreet Sambi, Faezeh Shekari, Kosar Satari, Roya Ghafoury, Neda Ashayeri, Paige Eversole, Narges Baluch, William W. Harless, Lucia Anna Muscarella et al.
Biomolecules 2025, 15(9), 1304; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15091304
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15/9/1304
“Diagnostic Utility of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Flow Cytometric Leukocyte Profiling in Interstitial Lung Disease and Infection”
by Erika M. Novoa-Bolivar, José A. Ros, Sonia Pérez-Fernández, José A. Campillo, Ruth López-Hernández, Rosana González-López, Inmaculada Ruiz-Lorente, Almudena Otálora-Alcaraz, Cristina Ortuño-Hernández, Lourdes Gimeno et al.
Biomolecules 2025, 15(4), 597; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15040597
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15/4/597
“The Impact of the Microbiota on the Immune Response Modulation in Colorectal Cancer”
by Ana Iulia Neagu, Marinela Bostan, Vlad Alexandru Ionescu, Gina Gheorghe, Camelia Mia Hotnog, Viviana Roman, Mirela Mihaila, Simona Isabelle Stoica, Camelia Cristina Diaconu, Carmen Cristina Diaconu et al.
Biomolecules 2025, 15(7), 1005; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15071005
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15/7/1005
“Targeting SMOX Preserves Optic Nerve Myelin, Axonal Integrity, and Visual Function in Multiple Sclerosis”
by Harry O. Henry-Ojo, Fang Liu and S. Priya Narayanan
Biomolecules 2025, 15(2), 158; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15020158
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15/2/158
Special Issues:
“Biomarkers of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases”
Guest Editor: Dr. Ana Catarina Fonseca
Published papers: 9
Viewed by 31,010+
“Immune-Related Biomarkers: 2nd Edition”
Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Cornelia Deeg and Dr. Jelena Skuljec
Published papers: 15
Viewed by 60,995+
“Extracellular Vesicles as Biomarkers of Diseases”
Guest Editors: Dr. Mebarek Saida and Dr. Leyre Brizuela
Published papers: 10
Viewed by 29,645+
“Molecular Mechanisms in DNA and RNA Damage and Repair”
Guest Editors: Dr. Marino J. E. Resendiz, Prof. Dr. Chryssostomos Chatgilialoglu and Dr. Yuan Liu
Published papers: 8
Viewed by 19,370+
“Biomarkers in Neurodegenerative Diseases: Shaping the Future of Diagnosis and Treatment”
Guest Editors: Dr. Martine Tétreault and Dr. Laura Hamilton
Published papers: 5
Viewed by 5290+
24 December 2025
Biomolecules | Highly Viewed Papers and Hot Topic Special Issues in the “Molecular Biology” Section
We are delighted to share a collection of highly viewed papers and some successful Special Issues in the Section “Molecular Biology” that were published in Biomolecules (ISSN: 2218-273X) in 2024 and 2025. What follows is a list of articles and Special Issues that we believe may be of interest to you.
Relevant papers:
“Neuroinflammation—A Crucial Factor in the Pathophysiology of Depression—A Comprehensive Review”
by Andreea Sălcudean, Cristina-Raluca Bodo, Ramona-Amina Popovici, Maria-Melania Cozma, Mariana Păcurar, Ramona-Elena Crăciun, Andrada-Ioana Crisan, Virgil-Radu Enatescu, Ileana Marinescu, Dora-Mihaela Cimpian et al.
Biomolecules 2025, 15(4), 502; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15040502
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15/4/502
“Thyroid Hormones and Metabolism Regulation: Which Role on Brown Adipose Tissue and Browning Process?”
by Laura Sabatino and Cristina Vassalle
Biomolecules 2025, 15(3), 361; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15030361
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15/3/361
“Unravelling the Connection Between Energy Metabolism and Immune Senescence/Exhaustion in Patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome”
by Jente Van Campenhout, Yanthe Buntinx, Huan-Yu Xiong, Arne Wyns, Andrea Polli, Jo Nijs, Joeri L. Aerts, Thessa Laeremans and Jolien Hendrix
Biomolecules 2025, 15(3), 357; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15030357
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15/3/357
“Does Cannabis Use Contribute to Schizophrenia? A Causation Analysis Based on Epidemiological Evidence”
by Sepehr Pourebrahim, Tooba Ahmad, Elisabeth Rottmann, Johannes Schulze and Bertram Scheller
Biomolecules 2025, 15(3), 368; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15030368
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15/3/368
“Pathological and Inflammatory Consequences of Aging”
by Mario García-Domínguez
Biomolecules 2025, 15(3), 404; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15030404
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15/3/404
“Possible Anti-Aging and Anti-Stress Effects of Long-Term Transcendental Meditation Practice: Differences in Gene Expression, EEG Correlates of Cognitive Function, and Hair Steroids”
by Supaya Wenuganen, Kenneth G. Walton, Frederick T. Travis, Tobias Stalder, R. Keith Wallace, Meera Srivastava and John Fagan
Biomolecules 2025, 15(3), 317; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15030317
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15/3/317
“PlastiCRISPR: Genome Editing-Based Plastic Waste Management with Implications in Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Degradation”
by Puja Palit, Maya Minkara, Maisha Abida, Safa Marwa, Chandrima Sen, Ayan Roy, Md Ridoan Pasha, Paulraj Selvakumar Mosae, Ayan Saha and Jannatul Ferdoush
Biomolecules 2025, 15(5), 684; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15050684
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15/5/684
“Circadian Biomarkers in Humans: Methodological Insights into the Detection of Melatonin and Cortisol”
by Cene Skubic, Urša Zevnik, Katarina Nahtigal, Leja Dolenc Grošelj and Damjana Rozman
Biomolecules 2025, 15(7), 1006; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15071006
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15/7/1006
“The Balance of MFN2 and OPA1 in Mitochondrial Dynamics, Cellular Homeostasis, and Disease”
by Paola Zanfardino, Alessandro Amati, Mirko Perrone and Vittoria Petruzzella
Biomolecules 2025, 15(3), 433; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15030433
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15/3/433
“Targeting the Electron Transport System for Enhanced Longevity”
by Marko Radovic, Lucas P. Gartzke, Simon E. Wink, Joris A. van der Kleij, Frouwkje A. Politiek and Guido Krenning
Biomolecules 2025, 15(5), 614; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15050614
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15/5/614
Special Issues:
“Molecular and Cell Biology in Endometriosis and Endometrial Cancer”
Guest Editor: Dr. Jacqueline F. Donoghue
Published papers: 11
Viewed by 48,595+
“Role of Neuroactive Steroids in Health and Disease”
Guest Editor: Prof. Dr. Roberto Cosimo Melcangi
Published papers: 11
Viewed by 34,345+
“Cancer Immunotherapy and the PD-1/PD-L1 Checkpoint Pathway”
Guest Editors: Dr. Simona Serratì and Dr. Francesca Margheri
Published papers: 9
Viewed by 30,835+
“Neurological Disorders: From Molecular Mechanisms to Therapy Strategies”
Guest Editors: Dr. Oana Cioanca, Prof. Dr. Lucian Hritcu and Dr. Cornelia Mircea
Published papers: 11
Viewed by 108,475+
“DNA Damage, Mutagenesis, and Repair Mechanisms”
Guest Editors: Dr. Valentyn Oksenych, Dr. Sofie Lautrup and Dr. Péter Csaba Huszthy
Published papers: 9
Viewed by 18,560+
“The Role of Vascular Dysfunction in Neuronal Degeneration and Cognitive Impairment (2nd Edition)”
Guest Editor: Prof. Dr. David Lominadze
Published papers: 7
Viewed by 16,425+
“Molecular, Cellular, and Blood Biomarkers in Diagnosis, Prognosis, Monitoring, and Treatment”
Guest Editors: Dr. Jordi Camps, Dr. Isabel Fort Gallifa and Dr. Xavier Gabaldó Barrios
Published papers: 11
Viewed by 22,715+
“Drosophila as a Model System to Study Metabolism”
Guest Editor: Dr. Justin R. DiAngelo
Published papers: 7
Viewed by 11,815+
“Molecular Advances in Mechanism and Regulation of Lifespan and Aging”
Guest Editor: Dr. Mark McCormick
Published papers: 7
Viewed by 38,855+
“Role of Neuroactive Steroids in Health and Disease: 2nd Edition”
Guest Editor: Prof. Dr. Roberto Cosimo Melcangi
Published papers: 8
Viewed by 13,650+
23 December 2025
Meet Us at the 2026 Society For Biomaterials Annual Meeting & Exposition, 25–28 March 2026, Atlanta, USA
MDPI is excited to announce its participation as an exhibitor at the 2026 Society For Biomaterials Annual Meeting & Exposition (SFB 2026), taking place in Atlanta, USA, from 25 to 28 March 2026.
The Society For Biomaterials (SFB)’s Annual Meeting is the preeminent conference for biomaterials science. Each year, the Society provides a diverse program of sessions, panels, and workshops relating to special interest groups, specific topics, and important issues. The meeting is a welcoming community of academics, industry leaders, scientists, and students, networking and discussing the latest research and innovations in the field. The Annual Meeting provides an academic and social environment for connection and knowledge to be obtained by each individual.
The theme for the SFB 2026 Annual Meeting is Biomaterials at the Crossroads: Connecting Science, Industry, and Innovation. This is where the future of biomaterials unfolds!
The following MDPI journals will be presented at the conference:
- Bioengineering;
- Journal of Functional Biomaterials;
- Biomolecules;
- Journal of Pharmaceutical and BioTech Industry;
- Prosthesis;
- Materials;
- Future Pharmacology;
- Pharmaceutics;
- Biomedicines.
If you are attending this conference, please feel free to contact us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person at booth #401 and answering any questions that you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit the following link: https://meetings.biomaterials.org/.
12 December 2025
Biomolecules | Special Issue Reprints Published in 2024–2025
We are delighted to share with you 9 reprints of Special Issues published in 2024–2025 in Biomolecules (ISSN: 2218-273X). They were selected by the Biomolecules Editorial Office, and each has ten or more articles published. You can read more reprints of the Special Issues published by Biomolecules here: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/biomolecules/special_issues.
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1. “Computational Analysis and Conformational Modeling for Protein Structure and Interaction” Guest Editors: Clement Agoni and Clement Agoni ISBN 978-3-7258-5825-5 (Hardback), ISBN 978-3-7258-5826-2 (PDF) https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-7258-5826-2 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/books/reprint/11948-computational-analysis-and-conformational-modeling-for-protein-structure-and-interaction |
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2. “Bioactive Molecules Structures, Functions and Potential Uses for Cancer Prevention and Targeted Therapies (2nd Edition)” Guest Editor: Q. Ping Dou ISBN 978-3-7258-5965-8 (Hardback), ISBN 978-3-7258-5966-5 (PDF) https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-7258-5966-5 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/books/reprint/11945-bioactive-molecules |
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3. “Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (PPARs) A Themed Issue in Honor of Prof. Walter Wahli” Guest Editors: Hervé Guillou and Manuel Vázquez-Carrera ISBN 978-3-7258-5529-2 (Hardback), ISBN 978-3-7258-5530-8 (PDF) https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-7258-5530-8 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/books/reprint/11890-peroxisome-proliferator-activated-receptors-ppars |
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4. “Zinc in Health and Disease Conditions” Guest Editor: Xiang-Ping Chu ISBN 978-3-7258-4143-1 (Hardback), ISBN 978-3-7258-4144-8 (PDF) https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-7258-4144-8 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/books/reprint/11326-zinc-in-health-and-disease-conditions |
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5. “Development, Characterization, and Application of Bioactive Peptides, Diagnostic Biomarkers, and Pharmaceutical Proteins” Guest Editors: Hyung-Sik Won and Ji-Hun Kim ISBN 978-3-7258-3564-5 (Hardback), ISBN 978-3-7258-3563-8 (PDF) https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-7258-3563-8 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/books/reprint/10685-development-characterization-and-application-of-bioactive-peptides-diagnostic-biomarkers-and |
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6. “Ribosomal Proteins in Ribosome Assembly” Guest Editors: Brigitte Pertschy and Ingrid Zierler ISBN 978-3-7258-3218-7 (Hardback), ISBN 978-3-7258-3217-0 (PDF) https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-7258-3217-0 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/books/reprint/10483-ribosomal-proteins-in-ribosome-assembly |
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7. “Cell Differentiation, Oxidative Stress, and Oxygen Radicals—in Honor of Prof. Michael Breitenbach” Guest Editors: Mark Rinnerthaler and Markus Ralser ISBN 978-3-7258-2616-2 (Hardback), ISBN 978-3-7258-2615-5 (PDF) https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-7258-2615-5 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/books/reprint/10259-cell-differentiation-oxidative-stress-and-oxygen-radicals-in-honor-of-prof-michael-breitenbach |
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8. “Versatility of Glutathione Transferase Proteins” Guest Editor: Bengt Mannervik ISBN 978-3-7258-0453-5 (Hardback), ISBN 978-3-7258-0454-2 (PDF) https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-7258-0454-2 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/books/reprint/8931-versatility-of-glutathione-transferase-proteins |
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9. “Biomarkers of Oxidative and Radical Stress” Guest Editor: Chryssostomos Chatgilialoglu ISBN 978-3-7258-0328-6 (Hardback), ISBN 978-3-7258-0327-9 (PDF) https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-7258-0327-9 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/books/reprint/8864-biomarkers-of-oxidative-and-radical-stress |
















