Announcements
15 April 2024
Electronics 2024 Best Paper Award—Winners Announced
15 April 2024
Electronics 2023 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award—Winners Announced
12 April 2024
Meet Us at the ISPRS TC I Mid-term Symposium on Intelligent Sensing and Remote Sensing Application (ISPRS 2024 TC I), 13–17 May 2024, Changsha, China
12 April 2024
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2022–2023 in the Section “Systems & Control Engineering”
12 April 2024
Meet Us at the 16th International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics, 13–15 May 2024, Valencia, Spain
2 April 2024
MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter #10 - South Korea, IWD, U2A, Japan
Welcome to the MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter.
In these monthly letters, I will showcase two key aspects of our work at MDPI: our commitment to empowering researchers and our determination to facilitating open scientific exchange.
Opening Thoughts
Left to right: Dr. Jisuk Kang (Scientific Officer, MDPI), Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI), and Dr. Giulia Stefenelli (Chair of Scientific Office Board, MDPI), during media meetings at Prain Agency office in Seoul, South Korea.
Visit to Seoul, South Korea
During my recent visit to South Korea, I had the privilege of meeting various stakeholders, including representatives of government, research institutions, and academia, to understand their needs and communicate MDPI’s commitment to accessible science. Accompanied by my colleagues Dr. Giulia Stefenelli and Dr. Jisuk Kang, I engaged with the Korean scientific community, which is increasingly embracing open access (OA).
As the leading OA publisher in South Korea, MDPI is trusted by local authors and in 2023 enjoyed an approximately 30% share of the OA market. South Korea ranks sixth globally for MDPI in terms of research papers submitted and published.
MDPI and South Korea by Numbers
As at 30 March, over 76,000 MDPI articles have been authored by individuals affiliated with Korean institutions. We have over 1,800 active editorial board members (EBMs) from South Korea, with more than 880 EBMs having an H-index between 26 and 50, including 10 serving as Chief Editors.
“South Korea is the sixth-largest contributor to our total publications”
Over the past five years (2019–2023), nearly 120,000 authors affiliated with South Korean institutes have published with MDPI. Specifically in 2023, we received approximately 25,000 submissions from South Korean authors, publishing close to 13,000 articles, resulting in a rejection rate of 47.4%, which is not far below MDPI’s overall rejection rate of 56.4% in 2023.
Institutional Partnerships with South Korea
I am pleased to share that MDPI has more than 825 institutional partnerships worldwide, with 12 in South Korea, including Kyunghee University, Chung-Ang University, and Inha University, among others.
Left to right: Dr. Jisuk Kang (Scientific Officer, MDPI), Dr. Giulia Stefenelli (Chair of Scientific Office Board, MDPI), and Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI) fielding media questions at Prain PR Agency office in Seoul, South Korea.
Over the past three years (2021–2023), we have had some of the most prestigious academic universities ranked among the top 10 Korean institutions publishing with MDPI. Seoul National University had the highest number of publications with MDPI during those three years, publishing nearly 6,000 papers. Universities such as Korea University and Yonsei University also rank among the top 10 Korean institutions publishing with MDPI.
MDPI Hosts Seminar for Academia and Media
As the world’s leading OA publisher, MDPI is actively democratizing science. This is reflected in the seminars we hosted on 21 March to address questions about our editorial processes and ethical standards. The visit garnered media coverage, reflecting our mission to providing high-quality services and fostering open dialogue in the community.
“MDPI is actively democratizing science”
MDPI in the News
Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI) leading a seminar on OA and MDPI at Prain PR Agency office in Seoul, South Korea.
Media coverage generated by our visit to Seoul included the following stories:
“Open access is an unstoppable trend…it will lead the development of the knowledge ecosystem.”
I greatly appreciate the contributions of everyone who took the time to meet with us, share their stories, and hold us accountable for continuing to provide high-quality publishing services while identifying areas for improvement. I am also excited to announce that we have opened an MDPI office in Seoul and will release a press release on MDPI.com, with details, by the end April 2024. The purpose of the office is to establish a local presence to connect with and support the South Korean academic community through institutional partnerships, conferences, author workshops, stakeholder communications, and more.
Impactful Research
Featured Articles on Women’s Leadership and Healthcare
In celebration of International Women’s Day (8 March 2024), MDPI curated a collection of research articles on various topics, including women’s leadership, reproductive health, preventive healthcare, and a selection of articles from our journal Women.
Women’s Leadership
- Women Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development: Bibliometric Analysis and Emerging Research Trends
Sustainability 2022, 14, 9160. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14159160 - Refugee Women Business Mentors: New Evidence for Women’s Empowerment
Sustainability 2022, 14, 9154. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14159154 - Women and Leadership in Higher Education: A Systematic Review
Soc. Sci. 2023, 12, 555. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12100555 - Understanding Needs and Potentials for Gender-Balanced Empowerment and Leadership in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Africa
Sustainability 2022, 14, 9410. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14159410 - Challenges Women Experience in Leadership Careers: An Integrative Review
Merits 2023, 3, 366-389. https://doi.org/10.3390/merits3020021
Women’s Reproductive Health
- Recreational Female Athletes’ Understanding of and Perceived Impact of the Menstrual Cycle on Physical Performance, Mood, and Sleeping Behaviour
Women 2023, 3, 445-456. https://doi.org/10.3390/women3030034 - Difficulties in Adaptation of the Mother and Newborn via Cesarean Section versus Natural Birth—A Narrative Review
Life 2023, 13, 300. https://doi.org/10.3390/life13020300 - The Main Theories on the Pathogenesis of Endometriosis
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 4254. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24054254
Women’s Preventive Healthcare
- Insulin Metabolism in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Secretion, Signaling, and Clearance
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 3140. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24043140 - Assessing Barriers Encountered by Women in Cervical Cancer Screening and Follow-Up Care in Urban Bolivia, Cochabamba
Healthcare 2022, 10, 1604. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10091604 - Updates on HPV Vaccination
Diagnostics 2023, 13, 243. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13020243
Featured Articles in MDPI Journal Women
Below are a few articles from Women, our journal focused on women’s health, the social determinants of health, and the healthcare system that serves women. The aim of Women is to encourage academics to publish their experimental and theoretical results in detail, to aid reproducibility, and in an engaging style, to aid comprehensibility.
- Premenstrual Syndrome and Exercise: A Narrative Review
Women 2023, 3, 348-364. https://doi.org/10.3390/women3020026 - Increasing Awareness of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine for Women 18–45 Years of Age
Women 2023, 3, 365-373. https://doi.org/10.3390/women3030027 - Addressing Women’s Needs with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Enhancing the Visibility of Pharmacists in the Public Health Arena
Women 2022, 2, 346-352. https://doi.org/10.3390/women2040032
Inside MDPI
Championing Women’s Healthcare and Access to Healthcare Information
MDPI colleagues from our offices joined in celebrating #IWD2024. In doing so, we emphasized key missions that encompass:
- Empowering women to assume leadership and decision-making roles in both business and science.
- Helping women and girls make informed decisions about their health.
- Recruiting and developing female talent and fostering inclusive workplace environments.
“We are thrilled to recognize the accomplishments of women scientists”
I am proud to see our colleagues enthusiastically supporting the International Women’s Day call to ‘Inspire Inclusion!’ The heart-hands in the collage below symbolize our appreciation of the achievements of women researchers and the recognition of the trailblazers who have courageously made a mark on societies past and present.
We are thrilled to recognize the accomplishments of women scientists through our many MDPI awards and by highlighting success stories. As inspirational figures, female scientists are paving the way for the next generation of women aspiring to pursue careers in engineering, life sciences, computing, and various other STEM fields.
“I consider myself lucky because I work with incredibly talented women who inspire me every day.”
– Dr. Alessandra Pasut, Winner of MDPI's ‘Biology 2023 Young Investigator Award’
“It’s really important to find a supportive and enabling environment in which to do your science; it would have a big impact on you as a person and on your scientific outputs.”
– Dr. Rhea Longley, Winner of the ‘Pathogens 2023 Young Investigator Award’
Open-access publishing, in particular, allows early-career women researchers to share their work more widely, potentially attracting mentorship opportunities and collaborations. This support is crucial for career development and advancement.
Coming Together for Science
MDPI Joins United2Act in Collective Fight to Stop Paper Mills
In my February 2024 CEO Letter, I highlighted some of our recent initiatives aimed at bolstering our commitment to research integrity, including joining the STM Integrity Hub and expanding our Research Integrity and Publication Ethics team (RIPE). Continuing our efforts in coming together for science, I am pleased to share our participation in the United2Act initiative.
The text below is taken from our official announcement:
United2Act represents an international group of stakeholders in the publishing industry committed to addressing the collective challenge posed to research integrity by paper mills.
Scientists and academic publishers have increasingly noted the alarming proliferation of paper mills, recognized as fraudulent entities seeking to manipulate the publication process for financial profit. These entities engage in fraudulent practices such as falsifying or fabricating data, selling co-authorship of fake papers, manipulating peer review, and including inappropriate citations. These actions pose a significant threat to the integrity of the scholarly record, prompting widespread concern among those involved in the academic community.
MDPI has been actively contributing to combat the undermining of the scientific record. Our editors employ a set of tools to detect potential ethical breaches within a manuscript and to tackle the issue of fake papers.
United2Act’s consensus statement is the outcome of a virtual summit held in May 2023. It involved the participation of research bodies, publishers, researchers/sleuths, universities, and publishing infrastructure from 15 countries and resulted in a Consensus Statement outlining five key areas of action for all stakeholders:
- Education and awareness
- Improve post-publication corrections
- Facilitate and organise research on paper mills
- Enable the development of trust markers
- Facilitate dialogue between stakeholders
MDPI is committed to promoting transparency and integrity in scholarly publishing and is continuing to work closely with the scientific community toward this goal.
Closing Thoughts
Left to right: Ryo Hirayama (Marketing Specialist, MDPI), Takashi Sasabe (Marketing Specialist, MDPI), Dr. Giulia Stefenelli (Chair of Scientific Office Board, MDPI), Dr. Izumi Yamamoto (Marketing Manager, MDPI), and Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI), at MDPI’s office in Tokyo, Japan.
Visit to Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan
In March, I had the opportunity to visit our Tokyo office and engage with stakeholders in Tokyo and Kyoto. During the visit, I also recorded a video message to welcome Japanese scholars working with MDPI and to highlight our operations in Japan.
We held meetings with Editors-in-Chief, librarians, scholars, and external consultants to gather feedback on our efforts to enhance our reputation and explore additional steps we can take in that direction. Japan's rich cultural heritage, characterized by tradition, respect, and formality, provided valuable insights into meeting the publishing needs specific to Japan.
Japan’s Open Access statistics
Over the years, we have seen a shift from subscription-only to gold OA publishing in Japan, despite the lack of an official mandate. Here are some statistics:
- 2012: 68% of articles were subscription-only, 6% were green Open Access, and 8% were gold Open Access.
- 2016: 55% of articles were subscription-only, 6% were green Open Access, and 20% were gold Open Access.
- 2022: 43% of articles were subscription-only, 7% were green Open Access, and 39% were gold Open Access.
To learn more about the history of OA in Japan as well as about future trends, please read this blog post.
“Japan is the ninth-largest contributor to our total publications”
Left to right: Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI), Dr. Izumi Yamamoto (Marketing Manager, MDPI), and Dr. Giulia Stefenelli (Chair of Scientific Office Board, MDPI) visiting Kyoto University in Kyoto, Japan.
MDPI and Japan by Numbers
As at 1 April, over 50,000 MDPI articles have been authored by scholars affiliated with Japanese institutions, making the country the ninth-largest contributor to our total publications. Over the past three years (2020–2023), nearly 90,000 authors affiliated with Japanese institutes have published with MDPI, and we have collaborated with over 4,600 Guest Editors from Japan.
In 2023, we published over 8,200 papers from authors associated with Japanese institutions. MDPI collaborates with 41 institutional partnerships in Japan, including the University of Tokyo, Hokkaido University, and Nagoya University. We have over 2,100 active EBMs from Japan, more than 1,050 EBMs having an H-index between 26 and 50, including 13 serving as Editors-in-Chief.
General Feedback – a side note
A general takeaway from our discussions with stakeholders from around the world is that negative perceptions of MDPI often stem from misinformation, misconceptions, or misunderstandings about MDPI and our practices. While we acknowledge our mistakes and work diligently to address them, maintaining a strong editorial procedure and robust peer-review process, I find that educating stakeholders about our how we do what we do and our ongoing improvements tends to help shift opinions.
That said, we recognize the importance of addressing individual concerns. We take feedback seriously and are continuously working to get better while not compromising the core principles that millions of authors appreciate about MDPI.
Chief Executive Officer
MDPI AG
29 March 2024
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2022 in the Section “Artificial Intelligence”
25 March 2024
Meet Us at the 37th International Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exhibition (EVS37), 23–26 April 2024, Seoul, South Korea
19 March 2024
Meet Us at the 2024 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, 4–7 June 2024, Chania, Greece
14 March 2024
Electronics | Section “Quantum Electronics” Is Discontinued
14 March 2024
Electronics | Section “Artificial Intelligence Circuits and Systems (AICAS)” Is Discontinued
11 March 2024
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2023 in the Section “Microwave and Wireless Communications”
5 March 2024
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2022 in the Section “Microwave and Wireless Communications”
4 March 2024
MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter #9 - Romania, Research Integrity, Viruses
Welcome to the MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter.
In these monthly letters, I will showcase two key aspects of our work at MDPI: our commitment to empowering researchers and our determination to facilitating open scientific exchange.
Opening Thoughts
Reka Kovacs (Deputy Office Manager, MDPI), Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI), and Sandra Ana Spatariu (Office Manager, MDPI) at the MDPI office in Cluj, Romania.
MDPI’s Impact on Romania
In February, I visited our office in Cluj, Romania. I worked closely with our senior office managers and various teams, including the departments of training, marketing and conferences, as well as our journal relationship specialists, reviewing our service to the local scholarly community. During the visit, I also met with representatives from Babes-Bolyai University and the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca. Our multifunctional Romanian office plays an important role in supporting our collaborations with the local market as well as helping to meet MDPI’s overall business needs.
Feedback and strategy meeting with a group of MDPI’s Journal Relationship Specialists at the MDPI office in Cluj, Romania.
With 22,436 articles, Romania ranks as a top 20 contributing country to MDPI’s total number of papers published as at 28 February 2024. This highlights the importance of our collaboration with Romanian-affiliated authors and the growing opportunity to support their publishing needs. MDPI is one of the few academic publishers with a significant presence in Romania, boasting over 360 colleagues across our offices in Bucharest and Cluj. We are also proud to hire colleagues from local institutions to launch their careers within publishing.
Romania ranks as a top 20 contributing country.
The Numbers: 2019–2023
MDPI has seen a healthy increase in submissions from Romanian authors over the past three years, from 8,439 in 2021 to 11,866 by end of 2023, with most submissions going to journals such as Sustainability, Medicina, Diagnostics, IJMS, Applied Sciences, and JCM. From 2019 to 2023, MDPI published articles from 32,145 authors affiliated with Romanian institutions. Over those years, we have worked with Romanian Guest Editors on nearly 3,000 occasions to support their Special Issue and Topical collections.
With more than 300 Editorial Board Members from Romania, 34 appear on the board of Mathematics, 27 on Materials, 19 on Polymers, 18 on Coatings, and 16 on Molecules, while three serve as Section Editors-in-Chief (SEiC) on our journals Coatings (3.4 IF, 4.6 Citescore), Magnetochemistry (2.7 IF, 3.5 Citescore), and Chemosensors (4.2 IF, 3.9 Citescore).
Institutional Open Access Programs
Our commitment to working with institutions is evident in Romania, where we have established eight Institutional Open Access Programs (IOAP) with esteemed institutions such as the University of Bucharest, the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, and most recently the National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics.
Our growth and presence in Romania are a true testament.
We also have IOAP agreements with Babes-Bolyai University and the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, where I had the opportunity to meet senior stakeholders during my visit. Below are a few photos capturing our meeting with Prof. Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu (Head of Faculty of Chemistry, Babes-Bolyai University) at the MDPI office in Cluj, Romania, along with a photo from our meeting with Vice Deans Nicoleta Cobarzan, Nicoleta Ilies, and Hoda Gavril, from the faculty of Civil Engineering at the Technical University of Cluj, Romania.
Our growth and presence in Romania are a true testament to the service we provide to the scholarly community and the relationships we foster in that region. We look forward to continuing to support Romanian scholars and institutions by providing a valuable and trusted experience with MDPI, the leader in open access publishing.
Impactful Research
MDPI Joins the STM Integrity Hub
MDPI has long been a supporter and partner of STM, with our involvement ranging from sponsoring and attending events to helping organize event programs. By joining the STM Integrity Hub, we aim to further our commitment to STM initiatives aimed at safeguarding the integrity of science.
“We are pleased to welcome MDPI as the 35th organisation participating in the Hub. This expansion is critical, as every new member enhances our capacity to prevent fraudulent submissions from entering the academic record.”
Joris van Rossum, Director of Research Integrity, STM
MDPI operates in full alignment with STM Integrity Hub's values of shared data and experiences. We strongly believe in collaboration and open exchange for the purposes of creating a holistic approach to support research integrity at MDPI itself and across the entire academic publishing industry. The Integrity Hub is an excellent example of how publishers can come together to jointly address industry-wide challenges related to research integrity, such as manuscripts that breach research integrity standards and paper-mills.
I look forward to our Research Integrity and Publication Ethics Team (RIPE) team immersing themselves in this initiative, exchanging information, best practices, and tools for the benefit of the entire scholarly ecosystem. We believe that ethical publishing standards should be implemented across the board, and we aim to be rigorous in our approach, addressing research integrity issues and improving the impact of published research.
Inside MDPI
MDPI Expands Research Integrity and Publication Ethics Team (RIPE)
In addition to external collaborations and joint initiatives aimed at further strengthening our commitment to research integrity, we are also enhancing our internal efforts. This includes improving our processes and guidelines and expanding our teams and departments to ensure quality assurance throughout our publishing process.
We are pleased to announce the expansion of our Research Integrity and Publication Ethics Team (RIPE) at MDPI. The RIPE team has recently welcomed new colleagues, each bringing unique skills and a personal commitment to prioritize ethical considerations in all our work.
The demand for research integrity and high ethical standards in academic publishing is steadily rising across our industry. Our expanded RIPE team will work to enhance and align our practices with industry best practices, ensuring excellence in research integrity and publication ethics.
Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI) introduces Dr. Tim Tait-Jamieson (Research Integrity Lead, MDPI) for his presentation on MDPI’s Retraction and Approval Process to a group of Journal Relationship Specialists at the MDPI office in Cluj, Romania: “The demand for research integrity and publication ethics is steadily rising across our industry.”
Introducing our Research Integrity and Publication Ethics Team
Led by Dr. Tim Tait-Jamieson (Research Integrity Lead), the RIPE team comprises Dr. Ivana Resanovic (Research Integrity Manager), Dr. Lavinia Rogojina (Research Integrity Manager), Ms. Diana Apodaritei (Research Integrity Specialist), Dr. Zoltan Mihaly (Research Integrity Specialist), Mr. Aleksandar Đukić (Research Integrity Specialist), Ms. Ana Stankovic (Research Integrity Specialist), and Ms. Anna Pena (Publication Ethics Assistant).
Please click here to access everything that you need to know about MDPI’s Research and Publication Ethics.
With this span of complementary roles, the RIPE team collaborates directly with journal editorial teams and works closely with various departments, including our Scientific Office Board and our Journal Relationship Specialists. The team’s primary objectives are to help prevent issues regarding research integrity and publication ethics during peer review, uphold MDPI’s ethics policies, adhere to industry standards, and resolve publication ethics and research integrity issues and complaints.
Quality Updates to Special Issues Oversight
At MDPI, we are committed to reviewing policies pertaining to the quality of research. In this blog post, Shaheena Patel (Communications Associate, MDPI), outlines two recent updates to MDPI journal processes. These updates pertain to Special Issue (SI) quality guidelines, in line with criteria provided by COPE and DOAJ. Alongside the SI updates, details regarding the new minor corrections policy introduced in 2024 are provided in the blog.
The two updates we implemented include greater oversight and the verification of Guest Editor credentials. These guidelines require that Editors-in-Chief (EiCs) and Editorial Board Members (EBMs) take responsibility for overseeing SIs.
PS. Thank you, James Butcher, for featuring this up in your 67th issue of the Journalogy newsletter.
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Coming Together for Science
Viruses 2024 – A World of Viruses
I am pleased to share the success of our MDPI conference Viruses 2024 – A World of Viruses, held 14-16 February, in Barcelona. With 240 registrations, this event brought together top scientists, researchers, and industry experts from 40 countries to share their findings on the latest developments in viral pathogenesis and immune responses.
Attendees gathered for the 5th edition of the Viruses’ conference, where we hosted influential keynote speeches from Nobel Prize laureate Dr. Charles M. Rice and ‘Distinguished Senior Virologist’ Prof. Luis Enjuanes, along with 14 invited speakers, 47 selected speakers, and nine flash poster presenters, to discuss the most significant issues in virology today.
Recap on the #Viruses2024 Conference
Take a look at the key moments from MDPI’s Viruses event and please join us in commemorating a gathering for global knowledge and cooperation. A heartfelt thank-you to all attendees; their passion and engagement played a crucial role in making this event an engaging success!
Below are calls to action from the keynote speakers encouraging collaboration and communication:
“There’s never been a better time than now to really take the power that we have both in terms of basic research and also in biotech and pharma to develop antiviral agents.” - Dr. Charles M. Rice, The Rockefeller University, New York, USA
“The collaboration between labs is absolutely essential. Improving initial detection and improving communication is a must for all of us working in science.” - Prof. Dr. Luis Enjuanes, National Center of Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
Our thanks go to our sponsors and partnering societies, our Viruses journal and editorial team, our Barcelona colleagues, and the social media, conference and other MDPI teams for making this event a memorable occasion. View the event gallery here.
Upcoming In-Person Event
24–26 April, 2024
4th MMCS – Harnessing the Power of New Drug Modalities
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Esteemed speakers at MMCS 2024 include Prof. Arun K. Ghosh, the mind behind the Darunavir molecule, and Prof. Paul Brennan, CSO of Alzheimer's Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute.
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Closing Thoughts
Researcher to Reader (R2R) Conference
From 20–21 February 2024, I had the pleasure of attending the Researcher to Reader (R2R) conference in London, which MDPI has proudly sponsored over the years. The conference programme offered a variety of session formats, including workshops, panel discussions, debates, interviews, presentations, and lightning talks, with opportunities to discuss relevant topics.
We take pride in supporting the scientific community, bringing researchers across the world together to network, exchange ideas and share the latest in science and publishing. In 2023, MDPI invested close to 2 million CHF in sponsoring over 2,000 scientific and publishing-related conferences worldwide.
R2R Peer Review Innovations Workshop
I found the R2R conference to be engaging, with the workshops being particularly enjoyable. My colleague Giulia Stefenelli (Chair of Scientific Office Board) and I participated in the “Peer Review Innovations” workshop, which spanned four sessions over the two days. These sessions explored the future of peer review and how we can improve the peer review process for everyone involved. Notably, the large majority of attendees expressed their opinion that peer review, as currently practiced, requires significant improvement. Together, we collaborated on potential immediate and long-term improvements and innovative processes, aiming to create an ecosystem beneficial to all stakeholders by strengthening submission systems with the aim of reducing threats and making authors more responsible for their work. We also discussed the opportunity for academic institutions to better scrutinize the quality of the work produced and submitted to journals.
Our group comprised publishers, software providers, librarians, and more, bringing diverse perspectives to the discussions. These interactions were relevant to MDPI’s ongoing conversations, providing insights to our efforts. The session also made me appreciate that MDPI is doing well, as the group discussions included the subject of various quality checks that we have already embedded in our processes, ensuring that we keep abreast of industry standards.
The need for an optimized system to incentivize the activities of editors and reviewers was also a focus of discussion, as well as the support that reviewers need from publishers via the provision of strong reports through fixed forms, questionnaires and training.
At MDPI, we are currently auditing our reviewer program to improve reviewer recognition, guidelines, and methods for identifying suitable reviewers, while maintaining our commitment to quality and timeliness.
Congratulations to Mark Carden, Conference Director, and the R2R team for organizing a productive and successful event. PS: The break times were greatly appreciated as well!
Chief Executive Officer
MDPI AG
29 February 2024
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31 January 2024
MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter #8 - Altmetric and Flat Fee Agreement
Welcome to the MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter.
In these monthly letters, I will showcase two key aspects of our work at MDPI: our commitment to empowering researchers and our determination to facilitating open scientific exchange.
Opening Thoughts
MDPI and Digital Science Meeting
At MDPI, we are committed to providing our authors with the essential tools to publish, promote, and track their research. In line with this commitment, we have established a longstanding collaboration with Digital Science, a company specializing in research data and analytical insights for the research community. Our collaboration integrates their Altmetric tool, offering us and our authors the ability to track a variety of sources that monitor and report attention surrounding publications.
As part of our collaboration, we recently hosted Cathy Holland, Director of Global Publisher Business Development, and Helen Cooke, Managing Director of Publisher Sales, from Digital Science, at our MDPI headquarters in Basel, Switzerland.
Left to right: Facundo Santomé (Senior Marketing Manager, MDPI), Constanze Shelhorn (Indexing Manager, MDPI), Cathy Holland (Director of Global Publisher Business Development, Digital Science), Helen Cooke (Managing Director of Publisher Sales, Digital Science), and Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI) in front of MDPI headquarters in Basel, Switzerland.
During our meeting, we discussed MDPI’s publishing philosophy and explored further avenues for collaboration. We look forward to continuing our partnership with Digital Science, aiming to improve our services yet further and meet the needs of our authors more closely than ever.
What is Altmetric?
You will notice that MDPI articles feature an Altmetric score, a colourful doughnut capturing the score in the upper right corner of the article page. This score represents ‘alternative metrics,’ as distinct from traditional metrics such as Impact Factor, CiteScore, and Scimago Journal Rank.
Altmetrics complement traditional citation-based metrics by capturing online discussions related to a specific research topic. By analyzing both sets of data, we can obtain a comprehensive understanding of the attention a particular research output receives and the sources in which it is mentioned.
“Almetric provides visual insights into where research is being discussed”
Sources Tracked by Altmetric
Altmetric badge showing the Altmetric score and colour-coded mention sources.
Altmetric monitors various sources, categorizing them into segments such as policy documents, peer reviews, Wikipedia, news and blogs, and social media, among other sources. Each category is identifiable by a specific colour.
The Altmetric badge provides visual insights into where the research is being discussed. A more colourful badge indicates broader mentions across multiple platforms. Such tracking enables us to gauge the extent of an article’s online dissemination, noting that increased visibility may correlate with higher citation rates.
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Impactful Research
Ten High-Altmetric Articles Published by MDPI
As at 30 January 2024, Altmetric has tracked 670,500 MDPI research outputs from MDPI, resulting in over 4.3 million mentions. This includes over 71,894 mentions in policy and patents and 294,714 mentions in news and blogs, with some achieving an Altmetric score as high as 28,754.
So, what is a good Altmetric score? There are various ways to put this score into context. You can find out more about the score in context and how to evaluate your work by this means.
Here are ten MDPI papers ranking in the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric.
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“Accuracy in Wrist-Worn, Sensor-Based Measurements of Heart Rate and Energy Expenditure in a Diverse Cohort” J. Pers. Med. 2017, 7(2), 3; https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm7020003 Altmetric page: https://mdpi.altmetric.com/details/20477344 Altmetric shows that this article appeared in 253 news stories from 209 outlets including Forbes, BBC, and Fox News. |
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“Daylight Saving Time and Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Meta-Analysis” J. Clin. Med. 2019, 8(3), 404; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm8030404 Altmetric page: https://mdpi.altmetric.com/details/57654628 Altmetric shows that this article appeared in 295 news stories from 207 outlets including Forbes, The Atlantic, and New York Times. |
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“The Preliminary Analysis of Cave Lion Cubs Panthera spelaea (Goldfuss, 1810) from the Permafrost of Siberia” Quaternary 2021, 4(3), 24; https://doi.org/10.3390/quat4030024 Altmetric page: https://mdpi.altmetric.com/details/111086701 Altmetric shows that this article appeared in 182 news stories from 134 outlets including CBC News, CNN, and National Geographic. |
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“Not the Cat’s Meow? The Impact of Posing with Cats on Female Perceptions of Male Dateability” Animals 2020, 10(6), 1007; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10061007 Altmetric page: https://mdpi.altmetric.com/details/83796184 Altmetric shows that this article appeared in 124 news stories from 98 outlets including VICE, CNN and The Guardian. |
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“Behaviour and Welfare Impacts of Releasing Elephants from Overnight Tethers: A Zimbabwean Case Study” Animals 2022, 12(15), 1933; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12151933 Altmetric page: https://mdpi.altmetric.com/details/133463915 Altmetric shows that this article appeared in 192 news stories from 186 outlets. |
How do I use altmetrics?
Altmetric Explorer provides a detailed step-by-step guide and instruction video for first-time users of the tool. The guide includes useful diagrams that make it easy to get started.
Sharing Research Online
For research to be tracked across different sources, Altmetric needs a research output with a persistent identifier: a DOI, ISBN, PubMed ID, handle ID, etc. When sharing research, it is important to include a link to the original research output.
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“An Update on Eukaryotic Viruses Revived from Ancient Permafrost” Viruses 2023, 15(2), 564; https://doi.org/10.3390/v15020564 Altmetric page: https://mdpi.altmetric.com/details/142929875 Altmetric shows that this article appeared in 250 news stories from 180 outlets including CTV, Fox News, and CNN. |
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“The Global Problem of Insufficient Sleep and Its Serious Public Health Implications” Healthcare 2019, 7(1), 1; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare7010001 Altmetric page: https://mdpi.altmetric.com/details/53406248 Altmetric shows that this article appeared in 252 news stories from 168 outlets including BBC, Harvard Business Review, and Forbes. |
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“A Detailed Review Study on Potential Effects of Microplastics and Additives of Concern on Human Health” Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(4), 1212; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17041212 Altmetric page: https://mdpi.altmetric.com/details/86529137 Altmetric shows that this article appeared in 197 news stories from 150 outlets including BBC, The Tribune, and World Economic Forum. |
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“An Empirical Study of Chronic Diseases in the United States: A Visual Analytics Approach to Public Health” Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2018, 15(3), 431; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15030431 Altmetric page: https://mdpi.altmetric.com/details/34714141 Altmetric shows that this article appeared in 232 news stories from 149 outlets including Forbes, New York Times, and Harvard Business Review. |
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“Garden Scraps: Agonistic Interactions between Hedgehogs and Sympatric Mammals in Urban Gardens” Animals 2023, 13(4), 590; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13040590 Altmetric page: https://mdpi.altmetric.com/details/142934305 Altmetric shows that this article appeared in 172 news stories from 168 outlets including BBC. |
Inside MDPI
MDPI Annual Meeting Celebrations in China
On Thursday 25 January, over 1,300 MDPI colleagues from our two offices in Beijing gathered to kick off MDPI’s traditional ‘Annual Meetings.’ These celebrations take place in MDPI’s offices across China, including Dalian, Tianjin, Wuhan, and Nanjing.
The evenings include performances, informative talks and presentations, awards, and entertainment, providing an ideal platform to recognize our colleagues, celebrate their achievements, and set our sights on the future.
“It is essential that we stay connected and share best practices”
I sent a video congratulating everyone on their work and sharing our vision of building MDPI into the most trusted OA publisher, highlighting the roles each of us has to play in achieving that goal.
Unfortunately I could not join in person, but you may recall my recent trip, when I visited our offices in Beijing and Wuhan, which I look forward to visiting again this year.
Although our headquarters are in Basel, Switzerland, and we are expanding throughout Europe and North America, the majority of MDPI’s workforce is in China and throughout the Asia-Pacific region, including offices in Singapore, Thailand, Japan, and newly opened office in South Korea. It is essential that as a global organization, we stay connected and share best practices in order to grow collectively and continue providing the exceptional service to our authors.
The Annual Meeting is a moment to reflect and enjoy the year’s hard work and dedication.
I extend our best wishes to all for the Chinese New Year (Xīnnián kuàilè)!
Coming Together for Science
MDPI and TU Delft Adopt Flat Fee Model in Extended Partnership
We are excited to announce a renewed three-year partnership with Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands. This collaboration introduces a fixed lump-sum fee, covering publishing costs from 2024 to 2026.
“This initiative reflects our dedication to transparent and inclusive publishing”
TU Delft-affiliated authors will enjoy cost-free publishing in any MDPI journal during this period, aligning with our commitment to removing barriers for open access publishing. The agreement supports Plan S compliance and facilitates a seamless publishing process for TU Delft corresponding authors. This initiative reflects our dedication to transparent and inclusive publishing, providing stability and predictability both for authors and for institutions.
For further details on our Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP), please contact us.
Benefits to MDPI’s IOAP
At MDPI we have a long tradition of partnerships, including our Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP). IOAP supports institutions through simplification, access, transparency, APC discounts, and institutional repository deposits. The program simplifies administrative processes, offers central payment, and allows easy opting in and out. Participants gain free access to Susy, MDPI’s online submission system, with extensive article metadata and exportable data. APC discounts and Book Processing Charge discounts are available for affiliated authors. Automated deposits to institutional repositories and streamlined matching of papers to IOAP participants enhance the overall experience.
For further information, see our IOAP FAQ.
Closing Thoughts
Reflections on the 2024 APE Conference
MDPI was proud to co-sponsor the Academic Publishing in Europe (APE) 2024 Conference that took place in Berlin, Germany, from 9–10 January 2024.
The conference theme, ‘Keep the Conversation Going!’, explored the evolving landscape of scholarly communication. APE is one of the key conferences I make a point to attend each year. January offers a valuable opportunity to engage with new contacts, reconnect with familiar faces, and participate in impactful discussions and presentations among professionals, scholars, and practitioners in the field.
“It's fascinating to see how other publishers are leveraging AI”
Highlights
Some of the standout panels for me include: the role of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within the publishing industry. It was encouraging to hear the current status quo, though I was eager also to learn about the exciting projects planned for 2024 and beyond. These will allow us to track progress in subsequent years. At MDPI, we remain committed to promoting Open–Access (OA) content on SDGs through scientific articles and books. Furthermore, we extend our commitment to sustainability by financially supporting researchers through initiatives such as the World Sustainability Award and the Emerging Sustainability Leader Award, as well as waiving the APC for feature papers on each SDG.
In recent years, discussions on AI have become increasingly prominent at such conferences. It’s fascinating to see how other publishers are leveraging AI to meet the evolving needs of their audiences while at the same time using it to safeguard the scientific process. Other engaging panels that I enjoyed included updates on transformation beyond transformative agreements, the principles of lean change, incentive structures related to research integrity, and the panel on reviewer incentives.
“We can share best practices and lessons learned”
Incorporating MDPI’s Insights into Conferences
I must confess that I sometimes feel overlooked when MDPI is not invited to participate in crucial industry discussions. As the leading open access publisher and the third-largest publisher overall, we possess extensive experience in many of these areas and can offer valuable contributions to these discussions. We can share best practices, lessons learned, and our thinking about future trajectories. For instance, in panels discussing reviewer incentives, at MDPI we offer a discount voucher to reviewers for future submissions, reflecting our commitment to fostering a robust peer review process. In 2022 alone, MDPI collected over 1.4 million peer review reports, informing the decision-making processes of our editors. Given our expertise in these areas, it would be natural to include MDPI in such discussions. I therefore extend an invitation to future conference organizers to consider MDPI for speaking engagements and collaborative opportunities.
Chief Executive Officer
MDPI AG
26 January 2024
Acknowledgment of the Reviewers of Electronics in 2023
18 January 2024
Electronics | Issue Cover Articles in 2023
Welcome to the 2023 annual selection of cover articles, where we showcase some of the most notable and impactful research published in Electronics (ISSN: 2079-9292) over the past year. This collection represents a diverse range of topics and disciplines, highlighting the breadth and depth of scholarship within our academic community.
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“Gamma Ray Effects on Multi-Colored Commercial Light-Emitting Diodes at MGy Level” |
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“Distributed Deep Neural-Network-Based Middleware for Cyber-Attacks Detection in Smart IoT Ecosystem: A Novel Framework and Performance Evaluation Approach” |
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“Data Glove with Bending Sensor and Inertial Sensor Based on Weighted DTW Fusion for Sign Language Recognition” |
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“In-Line Gas Sensor Based on the Optical Fiber Taper Technology with a Graphene Oxide Layer” |
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“Applications of Microwaves in Medicine Leveraging Artificial Intelligence: Future Perspectives” |
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“User Experience of Multi-Mode and Multitasked Extended Reality on Different Mobile Interaction Platforms” |
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“GaN and SiC Device Characterization by a Dedicated Embedded Measurement System” |
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“Three-Dimensional Lattice Structure to Reduce Parasitic Inductance for WBG Power Semiconductor-Based Converters” |
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“A Simple Learning Approach for Robust Tracking Control of a Class of Dynamical Systems” |
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“A Wirelessly-Powered Body-Coupled Data Transmission with Multi-Stage and Multi-Source Rectifier” |
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“Bridge of Trust: Cross Domain Authentication for Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Blockchain over Transport Layer Security (TLS)” |
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“Digital Twin Haptic Robotic Arms: Towards Handshakes in the Metaverse” |
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“An Electronic Microsaccade Circuit with Charge-Balanced Stimulation and Flicker Vision Prevention for an Artificial Eyeball System” |
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“Design of Flexible Multi-Band Miniature Antenna Based on Minkowski Fractal Structure and Folding Technique for Miniature Wireless Transmission System” |
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“Towards System-Level Simulation of a Miniature Electromagnetic Energy Harvester Model” |
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“Design, Implementation, and Characterization of a Compact Lock-in Add-on for Low-Frequency Impedance Measurements” |
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“A 110 GHz Feedback Amplifier Design Based on Quasi-Linear Analysis” |
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“GPU-Accelerated Interaction-Aware Motion Prediction” |
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“Measurement and Calculation Techniques of Complex Permeability Applied to Mn-Zn Ferrites Based on Iterative Approximation Curve Fitting and Modified Equivalent Inductor Model” |
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“Fostering Fuzzy Logic in Enhancing Pedestrian Safety: Harnessing Smart Pole Interaction Unit for Autonomous Vehicle-to-Pedestrian Communication and Decision Optimization” |
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“Electromagnetic Safety of Short-Range Radio Frequency Identification Systems” |
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“Load Modulation Feedback in Adaptive Matching Networks for Low-Coupling Wireless Power Transfer Systems” |
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“Towards Smarter Positioning through Analyzing Raw GNSS and Multi-Sensor Data from Android Devices: A Dataset and an Open-Source Application” |
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“Design and Analysis of a Long-Stroke and High-Precision Positioning System for Scanning Beam Interference Lithography” |
2 January 2024
MDPI Insights: The CEO’s Letter #7 - Nobel Laureates Entrust MDPI with Their Research
Welcome to the MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter.
In these monthly letters, I will showcase two key aspects of our work at MDPI: our commitment to empowering researchers and our determination to facilitating open scientific exchange.
Opening Thoughts
Nobel Prize Laureates Entrust MDPI with Their Research
The Nobel Prize stands as a hallmark of distinction, honouring ground-breaking research across disciplines. Annually, the Nobel Prizes are awarded in six categories: Physics, Chemistry, Medicine or Physiology, Literature, Peace, and Economic Sciences.
Through the years, renowned scholars have entrusted MDPI with their work. As at December 2023, 26 Nobel laureates have contributed to more than 75 articles across 25 MDPI journals, including: Antibiotics, Applied Sciences, Biology, Biomedicines, Cancers, Catalysts, Cells, Crystals, Entropy, Games, IJMS, Life, Materials, Micromachines, Molecules, Pharmaceuticals, Pharmaceutics, Photonics, Quantum Beam Science, Remote Sensing, Sensors, Solids, Universe, Vaccines, and Viruses.
The best of the best trust us with their work.
Nobel Prize Laureates Who Have Published with MDPI
We are proud to list the names of Pierre Agostini, Hiroshi Amano, Werner Arber, Aaron Ciechanover, Robert H. Grubbs, Oliver Hart, Gerard ‘t Hooft, Michael Houghton, Harald zur Hausen, Katalin Karikó, Jean-Marie Lehn, Gérard Mourou, Ferid Murad, Shuji Nakamura, William Nordhaus, Kostya S. Novoselov, Giorgio Parisi, Charles M. Rice, Alvin E. Roth, Donna Strickland, K. Barry Sharpless, George F. Smoot, Anne L’Huillier, Drew Weissman, Kurt Wüthrich, Ada Yonath.
The privilege of hosting such contributors resonates deeply with our editorial teams. For instance, in this interview, the Editor-in-Chief (EiC) of Universe speaks on the significance of publishing a paper by Nobel laureate Gerard ’t Hooft within the journal.
2023 Nobel Prize Winners Published by MDPI
Nobel Prize Winners, 2023: Katalin Karikó, Drew Weissman, Anne L’Huillier (Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach)
Three laureates from the 2023 Nobel Prize cohort have trusted MDPI as their publishing platform. Notably, in a 2022 Pharmaceutics paper, molecular biologist Katalin Karikó and her team presented a methodology for evaluating mRNA capping efficiency, pivotal for therapeutic applications. Pharmaceutics had previously dedicated a Special Issue to “mRNA Therapeutics: A Themed Issue in Honor of Professor Katalin Karikó”, spotlighting ten articles from August 2021 to February 2022.
In the journal Vaccines, Professor Drew Weissman, collaborating with scholars from Pennsylvania University and George Mason University, contributed an influential review titled “Nanomaterial Delivery Systems for mRNA Vaccines”. His collaborative efforts spanned five papers across MDPI journals between 2021 and 2023.
Furthermore, Anne L'Huillier of Lund University, only the fifth female recipient of the Physics Prize, co-authored an article in Applied Sciences focusing on "Advanced EUV and X-Ray Optics". Similarly, Pierre Agostini, an Emeritus Professor from Ohio State University, co-authored an article featured in the special issue "Attosecond Science and Technology: Principles and Applications".
We extend heartfelt congratulations to all Nobel Prize laureates and express sincere gratitude for their confidence in MDPI as a platform for their scholarly contributions.
Read more:
Impactful Research
MDPI Journals Newly Indexed in 2023
The aim of indexing is to enhance the quality and credibility of published research, ensuring that researchers access the most credible resources available. While the principle behind citation indexing is straightforward, it remains one of the most dependable methods for tracking an idea's evolution across various scientific disciplines.
Throughout the year, MDPI works to expand the reach of our publications across premier multidisciplinary databases like Web of Science, Scopus, EBSCO, and ProQuest. This initiative is spearheaded by MDPI's Indexing team, under the leadership of Dr. Constanze Schelhorn.
In 2023, MDPI achieved 54 new acceptances in Scopus, 29 in Web of Science, 52 in EBSCO, and 83 in DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals.
The team prioritizes ensuring that our journals feature in numerous specialized databases, including PMC, PubMed, MEDLINE, Inspec, CAS, and FSTA, among others. Currently, MDPI collaborates with over 65 renowned international databases, consistently enhancing our database affiliations annually.
MDPI’s journals are indexed in all major global databases.
Furthermore, we collaborate with universities and government organizations to list our journals in country-specific ranking lists and relevant institutional repositories. This ensures compliance with requirements often set by funders or institutions for authors to publish in specific journals.
Web of Science Adds 24 MDPI Journals to Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
Clarivate recently analysed MDPI’s new journals, resulting in 24 journals, mainly established in 2020, being added to the ESCI in November and December 2023. Additionally, five journals passed this assessment earlier in the year. For a complete list of our journals in Web of Science, refer here. Journals in the ESCI meet 24 quality criteria, ensuring editorial rigor. They may be considered for inclusion in broader indices like the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), or the Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), based on four impact criteria.
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Inside MDPI
MDPI Appoints New Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Alistair Freeland returned to MDPI and assumed the role of Chief Operating Officer in November 2023, a position he previously held from 2013 to 2019. He succeeds Dr. Yu Lin, who will remain a member of MDPI’s Board of Directors, overseeing significant financial decisions for the company. I would like to express my sincere thanks to Dr. Yu Lin for his service as COO.
Alistair brings extensive experience not only in scholarly publishing but also in technology and business management. Prior to rejoining MDPI, he was associated with SIX Group, the entity responsible for Switzerland's financial market infrastructure. There, he played a pivotal role in developing the blockchain-based platform SDX (SIX Digital Exchange), which has gained traction among major Swiss banks and the Swiss National Bank.
As COO, Alistair will collaborate with the MDPI management team to improve the practices and services we offer to scholarly communities. I am pleased to welcome Alistair back to MDPI and look forward to his contributions going forward.
Coming Together for Science
MDPI’s 2024 In-Person Academic Events Schedule
MDPI's Conference Team is dedicated to organizing and hosting in-person academic events across Europe, Asia-Pacific, and North America. We recognize conferences as invaluable platforms for scientific collaboration, scholarly exchange, discussions on contemporary topics, networking, and forging collaborations.
Here's a glimpse of the notable events we currently have scheduled for 2024:
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28–31 May, 2024 |
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Upcoming events with details to be announced:
- September 2024, Materials 2024 – Basel, Switzerland
- 19–21 September 2024, International Conference on Nanomaterials Sciences 2024 – Beijing, China
- October 2024, ncRNA 2024 – Basel, Switzerland
- November 2024, Pharmaceuticals 2024 – Barcelona, Spain
- 22–26 November 2024, International Conference on Science of Electronics – Wuhan, China
- Stay tuned for more details on the Sustainable Publishing Forum 2024.
Click here for all upcoming MDPI events.
Organize Your Event with MDPI’s Sciforum
Sciforum is MDPI’s platform dedicated to the organization of scientific events. In line with our mission to promote science, Sciforum supports scholars, societies, research networks, and universities at all stages of organizing in-person events, virtual events and webinars. Our platforms are efficient, user-friendly, and cost-effective. We handle all steps related to event management. Contact us for details.
Closing Thoughts
Reflecting on 2023 and Looking Ahead to 2024
As we approach 2024, I reflect on the incredible journey we’ve had together at MDPI this year. The past 12 months have been marked by ambitious projects and initiatives to improve our internal processes, and a commitment to continue delivering top-notch services to our stakeholders. I’d like to thank each and every one of our staff members for contributing to the positive experiences our stakeholders have reported in our surveys. Your dedication to speed, efficiency, and effective communication with our stakeholders is very much recognized and appreciated.
Becoming a stronger organisation
While we have encountered challenges in 2023, it’s important to understand that these are a part of our growth process. Difficulties provide us with opportunities to reflect, address problems at their roots, and ultimately evolve into a stronger organization. Our stakeholders expect us to overcome tough times, and it’s an expectation that we have for ourselves.
I extend my sincere appreciation to every MDPI employee, from our editorial office and IT department to marketing, indexing, IOAP, societies, Scientific Office board, products, production, conferences, finance, operations, admin, and beyond. To our newest team members, a warm welcome; to our longstanding colleagues, your dedication is invaluable.
“I am committed to taking MDPI to a new level of excellence.”
Interacting with many of you during my visits to our offices and representing MDPI at external events has been a personal highlight. I am deeply grateful to Dr. Lin for entrusting me with the role of CEO of MDPI. Looking forward, I am committed to working closely with our management team to lead MDPI and take it to a new level of excellence, aiming to establish it as the most trusted publisher in open access worldwide. This is a collective endeavour, with each of us shaping MDPI’s reputation. I therefore encourage us to take pride in our work, as it represents not only our craft but also MDPI as a whole.
Accountability and communication
As we look forward to 2024, there’s a lot to be excited about. Together, we’ll navigate challenges, seize growth opportunities, and refine our practices. To solidify MDPI’s position as the premier open access publisher globally, we must bolster accountability, improve stakeholder communication, share MDPI’s best practices, champion the open access philosophy, and educate stakeholders about our mission, methodologies, and motivations.
Thank you for engaging with the CEO Letter over the past six months of 2023. I will continue to release this newsletter as a method of sharing the great work being done at MDPI. Please feel free to connect directly with any insights or questions.
Here’s to a joyous and prosperous 2024!
Chief Executive Officer
MDPI AG
26 December 2023
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2021–2022 in the Section “Electronic Multimedia”
6 December 2023
Interview with Dr. Kai Da Xu—Winner of the Electronics 2023 Young Investigator Award
5 December 2023
Editorial Board Members from Electronics Featured in the 2023 Highly Cited Researchers List Published by Clarivate
30 November 2023
MDPI Insights: The CEO’s Letter #6 - MDPI Spain Summit and ResearchGate
Welcome to the MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter.
In these monthly letters, I will showcase two key aspects of our work at MDPI: our commitment to empowering researchers and our determination to facilitating open scientific exchange.
Opening Thoughts
MDPI Spain Summit
Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI) gives the opening speech at the MDPI Spain Summit.
On Friday 10 November 2023 I was in Barcelona, Spain, to deliver the opening presentation and participate in a panel at MDPI’s Spain Summit, a two-day event, inspired by our salon events in China.
With 16 Editors-in-Chief (EiCs) and 20 Editorial Board Members (EBMs) in attendance, the event, organized by our conference team and Barcelona office, featured presentations on open access (OA), MDPI, and publishing market trends in Spain.
The event provided a great opportunity to engage with stakeholders from various MDPI journals, including Nutrients, Vaccines, Buildings, IJMS, and others. We were able to gather feedback and have open conversations around manuscript quality, the peer-review process, and journal development, as well as accreditation agencies.
Connecting with Editorial Board Members
Stefan Tochev in conversation with Summit participants: "Our EBMs are passionate about the journals they serve."
Interacting with our EBMs in person provides a valuable opportunity to show how important it is to us to connect with them, hear their perspectives on their journals and learn more about their own experience collaborating with MDPI.
From my conversations, it was clear that our EBMs are passionate about the journals they serve. I know the advice they provide may sometimes involve just small tweaks, but these can lead to important improvements. As the saying goes, small hinges swing open big doors.
As at November 2023, MDPI has over 6,300 EBMs affiliated with Spanish institutions, with more than 30 of them serving as EiCs or section EiCs. Furthermore, over 68,000 Spanish scholars have contributed as reviewers in MDPI journals.
Open Access in Spain
In 2023, Spain implemented legislation mandating immediate OA for all publicly funded research, aligning with the EU’s Plan S initiative to expedite the transition to OA. The Spanish government also approved a four-year, €23.8 million annual budget for the first national OA strategy, aiming to make publicly funded research freely accessible upon publication. This strategy aims to strengthen the quality and transparency of research in Spain, and to help promote movement towards a digital, low-carbon economy.
For further details of Spain's OA policy and the history of government mandates, click here.
Spain has already seen a notable decline in subscription-only articles, decreasing by 62% over a 10-year period, while gold OA increased by 42%. Green OA slightly decreased, suggesting a shift towards publishing in gold OA journals rather than traditional subscription-based ones. Here are some statistics from Scopus.
A big thank-you to the various MDPI teams, including our conference team and the Barcelona office, for organizing this very successful event!
MDPI colleagues from various offices gathered to host and support the first MDPI Spain Summit, in Barcelona, Spain.
I think this type of gathering has the potential to become an annual event in various locations. For example, Manchester could be an option, as we have over 30 EiCs and over 3,000 EBMs in the UK, a top market for MDPI that publishes high-quality research.
Impactful Research
769 Editorial Board Members of MDPI Journals Recognized as Highly Cited Researchers in 2023
Congratulations to our 769 Editorial Board Members from 40 countries/territories who have been awarded Highly Cited Researcher status for 2023 by Clarivate. This recognition is based on their outstanding scientific research contributions and significant influence in various fields, as evidenced by Web of Science data.
Click here to view the full list of 769 Editorial Board Members.
Clarivate's Highly Cited ResearchersTM list identifies individuals with exceptional impact in scientific and social science domains over the past decade. Their papers rank in the top 1% of citations in 21 fields analysed in ‘Essential Science Indicators,’ showcasing their substantial influence.
This year, 7,125 Highly Cited Researcher 2023 designations were issued to 6,849 individuals from 67 countries, representing just 1 in 1,000 researchers worldwide.
These researchers demonstrate exceptional influence, representing a small fraction of contributors pushing the boundaries of knowledge, contributing to global well-being, sustainability, and security.
Congratulations to these scholars for their remarkable achievement: we are honoured to have them on board with our journals!
Inside MDPI
Corporate Marketing and Communications Strategy Session
Members of MDPI’s Corporate Marketing & Communications team.
For the past few years, I have led the Corporate Marketing & Communications department in our annual strategy session.
This typically involves 2–3 days of focused sessions covering key topics including budgeting, hiring targets, campaign reviews, and planning for the upcoming year, department strategy, and structure.
We are constantly exploring ways to optimize the Corporate Marketing & Communications department to support MDPI’s primary objectives and better convey the MDPI story while serving the scholarly community.
The strategy session also serves as a team-building activity, during which the team voted on bowling!
Strategy Session
In this strategy session, we looked at how to align our teams in order to better streamline our content with our campaigns, build a dedicated marketing team to strategically support our core MDPI products, expand our communications teams and functionalities to focus on company-critical campaigns and press releases, align our new brand design system with our marketing initiatives, set up a community and engagement team to support various teams with their outreach and communication efforts, and increase our use of data in the evaluation of campaign performance.
To grow in these areas, we will be hiring for various positions, including those of Public Relations Manager, Communications Manager, Internal Communications Manager, Campaign Manager, Marketing Associate, and Editorial Engagement Manager.
I am grateful for the way our Corporate Marketing & Communications department has grown and gelled over the years, and I look forward to supporting the department teams and their ideas for the future.
Coming Together for Science
ResearchGate and MDPI Partner to Boost the Visibility of Open Access Content through Journal Home
Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI) and Sören Hofmayer (Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, ResearchGate) meet in Berlin, Germany to take their ongoing discussion further.
When I assumed the role of CEO at MDPI, my primary focus was to initiate the building of essential partnerships and collaborations within our industry. After all, I am a firm believer in achieving our goals by helping others achieve theirs and focusing on co-opetition wherever there is an opportunity. I first touched on the notion of co-opetition in MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter #3, particularly when discussing collaborations with Elsevier.
In light of this, Sören Hofmayer (Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at ResearchGate) and I connected recently to continue a discussion that had been ongoing for months. I was quickly brought up to speed and felt there was an opportunity for MDPI journals to pilot the Journal Home service that ResearchGate had launched. This would provide a new way for MDPI to engage with authors and readers and amplify the visibility of our journals.
While I receive many offers and opportunities for discussions with vendors, I am a firm believer that timing is everything, and in this case, the time for us is now. Sören and I met in person during my recent visit to Berlin and decided to proceed with piloting ten MDPI journals with the Journal Home service.
The press release below provides further details.
Press Release: Berlin (Germany) and Basel (Switzerland), 15 November 2023
ResearchGate, the professional network for researchers, and MDPI, the largest open access publisher in the world and a pioneer in open access publishing, today announced a partnership that will see ten of MDPI’s open access journals benefit from an enhanced presence on ResearchGate through its innovative Journal Home offering.
This new partnership will expand the reach and visibility of MDPI’s participating flagship journals with ResearchGate’s highly relevant community of more than 25 million researchers globally.
Around 210,000 version-of-record articles from these 10 titles will be readily available on ResearchGate, including the full archive material and all new articles as they are published. These journals also benefit from enhanced brand visibility, with dedicated journal profiles, prominent representation on all associated article pages and all relevant touchpoints across the ResearchGate network – keeping the journals top-of-mind with their reader and author audiences. All articles covered by the new partnership will automatically be added to the authors’ publication records in ResearchGate. This not only reduces MDPI authors’ needs for direct management but also offers them valuable insights into the impact of their work, including data about readership and citations.
Closing Thoughts
November is Men’s Health Awareness Month
Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI) listening to music as he writes at a coffee shop in Basel, Switzerland.
November is dedicated to raising awareness of various men’s health issues. I have been fortunate to have positive male role models in my life, and I strive to share my experiences with others.
I used to take part in Movember, growing my moustache throughout November to raise awareness and funds and to help “change the face of men’s health.” With male family and friends impacted by physical and mental health issues, I have recently become more interested in men’s overall well-being.
Men often face stigma involving the perceived need always to be strong and have things figured out. Recently, I’ve had meaningful conversations with male friends and colleagues about issues we rarely discuss, and it was a positive experience.
Various factors impact men’s health and well-being, all too easily leading to risky health behaviours including a lack of health awareness, poor health education, and negative, culturally induced, behaviour patterns in our work and personal lives. I hope we can break down these barriers in our work environment.
Healthy men help build healthy families and a healthy society
Men are less likely than women to seek help with their physical and mental health struggles. This is a reminder to prioritize your overall well-being. I hope that as men, we will continue to open up to one another, becoming vulnerable in order to share what we are going through. By sharing and by supporting each other, we can learn and grow together. You are not alone, and when you fall, you can still get up and stand tall.
From one broski to another, you are loved and appreciated. I hope this mindset carries into December and beyond.
Mindfulness
Our content team recently released a handful of articles on mindfulness, a practice that I believe provides a good opportunity for stress release and self-reflection:
Chief Executive Officer
MDPI AG
29 November 2023
Electronics 2023 Young Investigator Award—Winner Announced
24 November 2023
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2021–2022 in the Section “Quantum Electronics”
23 November 2023
Interview with Mr. Jiahao Syu—Winner of the Electronics 2023 Travel Award
We wish to congratulate Mr. Jiahao Syu on winning the Electronics 2023 Travel Award Mr. Syu is a Ph.D. student at the National Taiwan University, Taiwan. His research is focused on artificial intelligence, including machine learning and data mining in the fields of energy, healthcare, and finance.
The following is an interview with Mr. Jiahao Syu:
1. Can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers and tell us a little bit about your fields of interest?
I am currently involved in a project focused on the energy grid of a small factory. The basic concept is related to the power consumption of robots and the conversion of energy to assist with the power charging arrangement or the task arrangement and scheduling. I will consider submitting a new article to an MDPI journal with the latest findings from my Ph.D. research.
2. Which research topics do you think will be of particular interest to the research community in the coming years?
I consider that AI technologies are developing rapidly, and researchers should pay more attention to privacy and security issues. Relative technology like federated learning or school learning has potential for future research in the field of artificial intelligence.
3. Have you had difficulties to overcome in your work? How did you approach those situations?
I consider that the most difficult part of my work is related to data availability and data collection. The limitation in my research work results from concerns related to data privacy and data security at the factory level. Also, the data from websites are not always enough for complex research. Receiving funding is also a problem for my research work, especially because I am a Ph.D. student. Thus, I need to apply for many projects at the same time to support my studies.
4. What qualities do you think young scientists need?
I think that one of the main qualities that a young researcher should have is self-motivation. Junior scientists need to figure out their path and direction at the beginning of their journey. Sometimes they do not receive external guidance for future actions. It is also really important to keep a balance between one’s personal life and work. This is why I applied last year for a student exchange program in Norway. I enjoyed this experience because I could learn from the scientists there and travel at the same time.
5. What’s the secret to a happy scientific life?
In my opinion, the key to a happy scientific life is to have a positive mindset. It is really important to be open-minded to deal with different challenges during one’s research career, even when you have conflicts with other colleagues from the same project. Patience and passion are also important.
6. What is your opinion of the open access model of publishing?
I think that open access is a good opportunity to spread information using online resources when institutions are not willing to pay for subscriptions to access different scientific papers. It can offer more visibility for researchers, as their work is accessible to a wider audience.
7. As the winner of this award, is there anything you would like to express?
I was excited to receive this travel award and used the grant to travel to a conference in the USA. I appreciate MDPI for supporting young researchers in their endeavor to attend international conferences and I encourage other scientists to apply for future awards.
We wish Mr. Jiahao Syu every success in his current work, and we look forward to his future contributions to the journal.
21 November 2023
769 Editorial Board Members of MDPI Journals Achieve Highly Cited Researcher Recognition in 2023
17 November 2023
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2021–2022 in the Section “Electronic Materials”
15 November 2023
Join Us at the MDPI Author Training Workshop at Manchester Metropolitan University, 17 November 2023, Manchester, United Kingdom
MDPI Manchester, in collaboration with the Manchester Metropolitan University, is organizing an author training session aiming to elucidate the scientific aspects of writing and publishing scholarly articles. The workshops will facilitate scholars in enhancing their comprehension of academic publications through exploration and cultivation. The training will be conducted by proficient academic editors from MDPI and will include the incorporation of use-case scenarios. The event will additionally demonstrate MDPI’s regional vision, featuring a round-table discussion with field-leading academics and editors, and a quiz with an opportunity to win prizes.
Date: 17 November 2023
Time: 2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Venue: BS 6 35, Business School, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
Schedule:
| Time | Program and Content | Speakers |
| 14:00-14:05 | Introducing Author Training | Prof. Ali Kashif Bashir |
| 14:05-14:15 | MDPI’s Regional Vision | Mr. Rhys Pumphrey |
| 14:15-14:45 | How to Write Scientific Papers | Ms. Jaime Anderson |
| 14:45-15:20 | Editorial Insights: Reasons for Rejections and Responding to Peer-Reviewers | Ms. Isabel Nelson |
| 15:20-15:30 | Break | |
| 15:30-16:00 | A Round-Table Discussion with Academics and Editors | |
| 16:00-16:10 | Job Opportunities and Benefits at MDPI | Ms. Jaime Anderson |
| 16:10-16:30 | Quiz (with prizes!) | |
| 16:30-17:00 | Networking | |
MDPI speakers:
| Speaker | Biography |
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Mr. Rhys Pumphrey |
Mr. Rhys Pumphrey obtained his M.Eng. in materials science and engineering from the University of Manchester, UK in 2021. He joined MDPI as an Assistant Editor for the journal Materials the same year. In September 2022, he became a Section Managing Editor, and he is currently the Journal Relations Specialist for Materials. |
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Ms. Jaime Anderson |
Ms. Jaime Anderson holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Manchester, UK (2018) and a Master’s degree in comparative and evolutionary psychology from the University of St Andrews, UK (2019). She joined MDPI in June 2020 as Assistant Editor and Section Managing Editor for the journal IJMS. In 2022, she joined the journal Animals, and was appointed Office Manager of the Manchester Office. |
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Ms. Isabel Nelson |
Ms. Isabel Nelson obtained her M.Sc. in environmental monitoring, modelling and reconstruction from the University of Manchester, UK in 2020. With an interest in environmental and public health, she joined MDPI as an Assistant Editor for the journal Healthcare in 2021. Since October 2022, she has worked towards becoming a Section Managing Editor, whilst acting as the Journal Relations Specialist for Healthcare. |
7 November 2023
Meet Us at the Optics & Photonics Taiwan International Conference 2023 (OPTIC 2023), 1–3 December 2023, Tainan, Taiwan
7 November 2023
Meet the Editors | Interview with Prof. Dr. Enzo Pasquale Scilingo—Section Editor-in-Chief of Section “Bioelectronics” in Electronics
Prof. Dr. Enzo Pasquale Scilingo is a full professor of Electronic and Information Bioengineering at the University of Pisa, Italy. His main research interests are in wearable monitoring systems, human–computer interfaces, biomedical and biomechanical signal processing, modeling, control and instrumentation. He is the author of more than 150 papers in peer-reviewed journals, contributions to international conferences and chapters in international books.
The following is a short Q&A with Prof. Dr. Enzo Pasquale Scilingo, who shared his vision for the journal with us, as well as his views of the research area and open access publishing:
1. How has your experience been as a Section Editor-in-Chief so far?
As Section Editor-in-Chief of the “Bioelectronics” Section, I've had the privilege of overseeing the publication of cutting-edge research in the field of bioelectronics. It's been a dynamic role that has allowed me to work closely with authors, reviewers, and our editorial team to ensure the quality and relevance of the articles we publish.
2. What made you choose to work with us knowing that we are an open access digital publisher?
Working with an open access digital publisher aligns with my commitment to advancing science and making research accessible to all. I appreciate the emphasis on transparency, accessibility, and the potential for broader impact.
3. We know that you are also working as the leading Guest Editor of many Special Issues. How do you feel about your experience as a Special Issue Editor?
It allows me to focus on specific themes or emerging areas within the field. What's particularly fulfilling is the opportunity to collaborate with experts in those areas, as well as with authors who are passionate about their research. It's a great platform for knowledge exchange and for driving innovation in specialized topics. I find it rewarding to bring together high-quality articles on a particular subject and contribute to the academic community's understanding of emerging trends and developments.
7 November 2023
Meet the Editors | Interview with Prof. Dr. Elias Stathatos—Section Editor-in-Chief of Section “Optoelectronics” in Electronics
Prof. Dr. Elias Stathatos is a professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Deptartment at the University of Peloponnese, Greece and Head of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Laboratory (N&AML). His research interests are focused on third-generation solar cells and their characterization. In particular, Prof. Dr. Stathatos is interested in the conversion of solar energy to electricity using dye-sensitized, quantum dot and perovskite solar cells employing nanostructured materials.
The following is a short Q&A with Prof. Dr. Elias Stathatos, who shared his vision for the journal with us, as well as his views of the research area and open access publishing:
1. How has your experience been as the Section Editor-in-Chief of “Optoelectronics” so far?
My experience as the Section Editor-in-Chief of “Optoelectronics” has been truly rewarding. I've had the opportunity to work with an exceptional team of experts in the field, and it's been a pleasure to help shape the content and direction of the journal.
2. We know that you are also working as the leading Guest Editor of a Special Issue. How do you feel about your experience as a Special Issue Editor?
Serving as a Special Issue Editor has been a unique experience. It allows me to focus on a specific area within optoelectronics and collaborate closely with authors who are experts in that domain. It's a fantastic way to bring together cutting-edge research and share it with our readers.
3. What made you choose to work with us knowing that we are an open access digital publisher?
Open access aligns with my belief in making research more accessible to a broader audience. It ensures that knowledge is not confined behind paywalls and can benefit researchers, students, and professionals worldwide. Joining an open-access publisher like “Optoelectronics” was a natural choice for me.
4. Do you have any new topics or new directions to which we should pay more attention?
Absolutely, I believe we should pay more attention to emerging areas such as quantum optoelectronics, integrated photonics, and sustainable materials and technologies in optoelectronics. These areas hold immense potential and can significantly impact various industries and applications.
7 November 2023
Meet the Editors | Interview with Dr. Sergio Busquets-Monge—Section Editor-in-Chief of Section “Electrical and Autonomous Vehicles” in Electronics
Dr. Sergio Busquets-Monge is an academic researcher from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain. This author has contributed to research in the following topics: pulse-width modulation and converters.
The following is a short Q&A with Dr. Sergio Busquets-Monge, who shared his vision for the journal with us, as well as his views of the research area and open access publishing:
1. How has your experience been as a Section Editor-in-Chief so far?
It's been an incredibly rewarding experience. I've had the opportunity to engage with some of the brightest minds in the field of electrical and autonomous vehicles. The role has allowed me to witness the rapid advancements and innovation in this sector up close, which has been truly inspiring.
2. What made you choose to work with us, knowing that we are an open access digital publisher?
Well, open access digital publishing aligns with the modern academic landscape. It enables broader access to research, accelerating the dissemination of knowledge. I believe in the democratization of information, and working with an open access publisher allows me to contribute to this mission. Additionally, it offers a platform to reach a global audience, ensuring our research reaches the widest possible readership.
3. We know that you are also working as the leading Guest Editor of many Special Issues. How do you feel about your experience as a Special Issue Editor?
Serving as a Guest Editor for Special Issues has been a highly enriching experience. It provides the opportunity to curate collections of articles that delve deep into specific topics of interest within our field. It's a chance to shape the direction of research and encourage collaboration among experts. I find the role both intellectually stimulating and a way to contribute to the field's growth.
4. Do you have any new topics or new directions to which we should pay more attention?
Given the dynamic nature of the field, it's important to stay attuned to emerging trends. Topics like electric and autonomous transportation in smart cities, sustainable energy solutions, and AI applications in autonomous vehicles are areas that warrant attention. Additionally, as technology advances, ethical and regulatory considerations in the field will become increasingly important to address.
3 November 2023
Meet Us at Asia Communications and Photonics Conference/International Photonics and OptoElectronics Meetings (ACP/POEM 2023), 4–7 November 2023, Wuhan, China
1 November 2023
MDPI Insights: The CEO’s Letter #5 - OA Week, UK, and Strategy
Welcome to the MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter.
In these monthly letters, I will showcase two key aspects of our work at MDPI: our commitment to empowering researchers and our determination to facilitating open scientific exchange.
Opening Thoughts
Open Access Week 2023 – the Global Drive to Open Continues
As the world's largest open-access (OA) publisher, we believe that unrestricted access to research findings is the cornerstone of transparency, efficiency, and quality control across scientific disciplines. At MDPI, we provide free, immediate access to scientific papers, empowering scientists to examine, validate, replicate, and build upon existing results. This minimizes redundancy, optimizes resources, and fosters innovative approaches.
International OA Week, held from 23 to 29 October 2023, provided a unique opportunity to link the global movement toward open sharing and open science with the progress of policy changes at the local level. Our mission, during OA Week and all the year round, is to offer educational resources highlighting the benefits of open-access publishing. The MDPI Blog is a valuable resource for information on open access and open science.
Core principles of OA publishing
Accessibility, transparency, and collaboration are core principles of OA publishing. OA aims to break down barriers that have traditionally restricted research access, ensuring that knowledge is available to all, regardless of financial situation or institutional affiliations. Our commitment to diverse pathways for OA publishing worldwide includes discounts for researchers. You can learn more about how MDPI supports scientific communities here.
One of the key strengths of OA publishing is its ability to facilitate interdisciplinary research. By removing paywalls and promoting knowledge-sharing across disciplines, OA encourages collaboration and innovation. Researchers from various fields can access and build upon each others’ work, fostering a holistic approach to addressing complex global challenges.
OA holds the potential to democratize knowledge, advance science, and drive positive societal change.
Policy driving change
Governments, institutions, and funding agencies have recognized the transformative potential of OA and have implemented policies to promote it. These policies often require publicly funded research to be made openly accessible, accelerating the growth of OA repositories and journals. Check out our spotlights on OA policies in the US, EU and China.
OA publishing is continuously evolving, with community-driven models and technologies shaping its future. Initiatives such as “Plan S” and “cOAlition S” promote OA publishing from the perspective of national funders, requiring grantees to publish their research openly. A new policy announced by the US administration last year mandates that, with effect from January 2026, all US federally funded research should be freely and immediately available after publication.
Additionally, preprint servers such as MDPI's Preprints.org, which allow researchers to share their findings before formal peer review, have gained popularity, enhancing the speed at which new knowledge is disseminated. The rise of blockchain technology is also being explored to ensure transparency and authenticity in scholarly publishing.
For more than two decades, OA publishing has been revolutionizing academic publishing by promoting accessibility, transparency, and collaboration. Its support for interdisciplinary research, evolving policies, and innovative practices all contribute to its growing influence in the global research community. As OA continues to expand, it holds the potential to democratize knowledge, advance science, and drive positive societal change.
MDPI is proud to lead the transition to open access.
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Impactful Research
Spotlight on Smart Cities
Smart cities will serve as a cornerstone for future human development. Their implementation will help us tackle many of the significant challenges we are facing – climate change, ageing populations, waste management, public safety, travel, and so on. Recognising the importance of this multifaceted field, MDPI launched the inaugural issue of Smart Cities in 2018 to provide an advanced forum for research into smart technology and society. Here we take a look at how this journal has developed, and its impact in this exciting field.
As at 30 October, 2023, Smart Cities has published 421 papers and has an Impact Factor of 6.4. It also has a CiteScore of 8.5, and more than one quarter of its published papers – 124 – have been cited 10 times or more.
Highly cited papers in Smart Cities
Below are several highly cited papers recently published in Smart Cities. Citation metrics are current as at 31 October 2023.
1. “Introducing the “15-Minute City”: Sustainability, Resilience and Place Identity in Future Post-Pandemic Cities”
Authors: Carlos Moreno, Zaheer Allam, Didier Chabaud, Catherine Gall and Florent Pratlong
Smart Cities 2021, 4(1), 93-111; https://doi.org/10.3390/smartcities4010006
Citations: Crossref (338), Scopus (366), Web of Science (270), Google Scholar (710)
The paper discusses the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 on cities, including increasing inequalities and rising unemployment. It introduces the concept of the "15-Minute City," a form of "chrono-urbanism," as a response to the challenges posed by the pandemic.
2. “A Review on Electric Vehicles: Technologies and Challenges”
Authors: Julio A. Sanguesa, Vicente Torres-Sanz, Piedad Garrido, Francisco J. Martinez and Johann M. Marquez-Barja
Smart Cities 2021, 4(1), 372-404; https://doi.org/10.3390/smartcities4010022
Citations: Crossref (359), Scopus (363), Web of Science (268), Google Scholar (558)
This paper provides an overview of the progress in Electric Vehicles (EVs), focusing on battery technology, charging methods, and emerging research challenges. It also analyzes the global EV market and its future outlook.
3. “IoT in Smart Cities: A Survey of Technologies, Practices and Challenges”
Authors: Abbas Shah Syed, Daniel Sierra-Sosa, Anup Kumar and Adel Elmaghraby
Smart Cities 2021, 4(2), 429-475; https://doi.org/10.3390/smartcities4020024
Citations: Crossref (121), Scopus (151), Web of Science (91), Google Scholar (215)
This paper gives an overview of the Internet of Things (IoT) in the context of Smart Cities, discussing the fundamental components, technologies, architectures, networking technologies, and artificial algorithms that underpin IoT-based Smart City systems.
4. “Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Smart Grid: A Survey”
Authors: Olufemi A. Omitaomu and Haoran Niu
Smart Cities 2021, 4(2), 548-568; https://doi.org/10.3390/smartcities4020029
Citations: Crossref (76), Scopus (94), Web of Science (57), Google Scholar (120)
This survey paper reviews the utilization of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques in the context of the smart grid. It covers various applications of AI in load forecasting, power grid stability assessment, fault detection, and security issues in the smart grid and power systems.
5. “The Metaverse as a Virtual Form of Smart Cities: Opportunities and Challenges for Environmental, Economic, and Social Sustainability in Urban Futures”
Authors: Zaheer Allam, Ayyoob Sharifi, Simon Elias Bibri, David Sydney Jones and John Krogstie
Smart Cities 2022, 5(3), 771-801; https://doi.org/10.3390/smartcities5030040
Citations: Crossref (72), Scopus (75), Web of Science (43), Google Scholar (176)
This paper discusses the concept of the Metaverse, a virtual world introduced by Meta (formerly Facebook), and its potential impact on urban life. It explores how emerging technologies such as AI, Big Data, IoT, and Digital Twins could reshape urban design and services in the context of the Metaverse.
Testimonial
“It was indeed a great and pleasant experience with MDPI regarding our recent publication. The submission process was very straightforward and less time-consuming than the norm. The review process was very fast compared to many other open access journals, which is praiseworthy. The support from the Editorial Office during the revision process was highly useful as well. We look forward to publishing with MDPI in the future, and I will most definitely recommend MDPI to my colleagues and collaborators.” – Dr. Luís Rosa, University of Minho
Article in Smart Cities: Mobile Networks and Internet of Things Infrastructures to Characterize Smart Human Mobility
Inside MDPI
MDPI Manchester office, UK Visit
Allie Shi (Editorial Director, MDPI), Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI), Jamie Anderson (Manchester Office Manager, MDPI), Michael O’Sullivan (Senior Scientific Officer, MDPI), Hushneara Akhtar, and Becky Castellon (IOAP Team Lead, MDPI), dining out in Manchester, UK.
In October, I visited MDPI’s new office in Manchester. During the visit, I connected with our English Editing (EE) managers, Scientific Officer, members of the Editorial team, the Marketing team, and IOAP Team Lead.
Our Manchester office focuses primarily on EE services and provides local support for the UK market. Additionally, we regularly visit Editorial Board members and participate in local conferences.
I would like to thank Jamie Anderson, Manchester Office Manager, and her team, for their deep commitment to our Manchester staff and to MDPI’s impact on the UK market.
The UK by numbers
The UK is a hub for the world’s top universities, making it a key market for MDPI and the publishing world in general. It is home to two of the top-five-ranked universities globally, 11 in the top 100, and 15 in the top 200.
As a result, the UK plays a key role in MDPI’s global market. As at October 2023, it ranks as the seventh-largest contributor to the total number of papers published by MDPI. We have 3,500 Editorial Board members affiliated with UK institutions, including 34 serving as Editors-in-Chief (EiCs). Our commitment to collaboration with institutions is evident in the UK, where we have successfully established some 60 Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP) agreements with esteemed institutions, such as the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, Imperial College London, the University of Edinburgh, and more.
According to InCites Dataset + ESCI for the period 2018–2022, as at October 2023, nearly 65% of UK papers are now published as OA. Just over 10% of total OA publications are by UK authors. UK papers are known for their high quality, with an average of 11 citations per paper. Furthermore, 2.16% of UK papers are in the top 1% of cited papers, and 14.61% are in the top 10% of cited papers, showcasing their impact.
We are currently hiring EEs in various locations worldwide.
English Editing at MDPI
Our English Editing (EE) department consists of two main branches, Quality Control and Learning and Development, reflecting our priorities. We are continuously enhancing the quality of our English Editing services and have raised the relevant standards, which now extend to company-wide communications. English editors participate in international interviews, conduct English assessments, and provide colleagues with presentations on ways to improve their use of written and spoken English.
While expanding, the EE department has proactively refocused its efforts on the quality of our work and how the English Editing department can benefit the company more broadly. We currently have approximately 140 full-time English Editors based across five offices worldwide, supplemented by over 700 freelance English editors.
Our Manchester office serves as the hub for the EE Department, with EE Managers situated there, except for Kurtis Jackson, who serves as the Head of EE and is located in our Basel office. Manchester EEs play a critical role in establishing and developing EE teams in our other offices, overseeing management and recruitment. The EE department plays a vital role in MDPI’s operations, as it is the department that touches every published paper. If this work interests you, I encourage you to explore our available EE positions, whether you are seeking full-time or freelance opportunities.
Testimonials
“MDPI provides an excellent service compared to any other previously used services. It delivers fast and high-quality results but at an affordable price.” – Ardha Apriyanto, University of Potsdam
“In my role as a professor, I consider that MDPI Author Services offer an excellent quality in the editing of Western academic writing while maintaining the required standards of clarity, precision and rigor. Additionally, delivery times are fast compared to other available services.” – Jesus Insuasti, University of Nariño
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Coming Together for Science
STM and Frankfurt Book Fair
Attending STM
MDPI has been a proud sponsor of the STM Conference for several years. The STM Conference is a dynamic event featuring interactive sessions, expert panellists, idea-sharing, and ample networking opportunities. On 16 October, the event kicked off with arrival drinks, sponsored by MDPI, followed by a welcoming dinner, providing a great chance to connect and network with industry professionals. The following day was filled with speakers, sessions, and further opportunities to connect. STM exemplifies the collaborative spirit of the scientific community, with session topics including achieving open, visible, and impactful research at scale; maintaining research integrity in a rapidly changing world; and exploring the impact of ever-evolving technology in the scholarly community.
Meeting with Web of Science
On a personal note, one of the highlights of STM was a candid and productive conversation with Nandita Quaderi, Editor-in-Chief and SVP at Web of Science. During our discussion, we talked about MDPI, Web of Science, the IJERPH delisting, and ways of moving forward. This open conversation aimed at fostering better collaboration for the future.
“We discussed ways to improve our communication and collaboration.”
I appreciated our frank discussion and felt that Nandita wholeheartedly supports open access. She also expressed her appreciation for the monthly CEO Letter, which she sees as a way to add personality to the MDPI brand and provide insight into the great work we do at MDPI. While we highlighted the positives, we also discussed ways to improve our communication and collaboration moving forward. This meeting alone made the trip worthwhile, and I hope Nandita doesn’t mind my sharing that she found our chat to be “the most honest and constructive discussion” she’s had with someone from MDPI in recent years.
75th Frankfurt Book Fair
Jelena Milojevic (Book Editor, MDPI), Jovana Dubajic (Book Editor, MDPI), Evan Escamilla (Project Manager, MDPI), Laura Wagner (Head of Books, MDPI), and Jenny Knowles (Commissioning Editor, MDPI), at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
For the 75th time, the Frankfurter Buchmesse opened its doors in October to celebrate exciting stories and their authors. If you haven’t yet had the chance to visit the Frankfurt Book Fair, I highly recommend it. It’s the largest book fair in the world, attracting thousands of visitors from around the globe. This is the place to gain valuable industry insights from top-class publishing professionals, connect with publishers directly, and learn about the latest trends in publishing.
MDPI Books
Our Books team was also present at the Frankfurt Book Fair, networking and learning from various panels. Did you know that our MDPI Books department publishes OA Books?
The book publishing program includes monographs, book series, edited books and reprints of special issues and topical collections, among other book types.
If you have a book proposal you would like to discuss, please feel free to contact our Books team to understand the benefits and methods of publishing your next book with the OA model.
Closing Thoughts
MDPI Strategy Meeting
As the newly appointed CEO, this is my first year leading the MDPI Senior Management Strategy session. I saw it as an opportunity to explore what MDPI has the potential to become in the next five years. Guided by the vision of its founder and President, Dr. Shu-kun Lin, the company has accomplished remarkable feats over the past 27 years and currently holds the position as the world’s third-largest academic publisher, following Springer Nature and Elsevier.
Our primary objective is to build upon the milestones of the past decades and consolidate MDPI’s position as well-established publishing brand. The two-day meeting emphasized the importance of communicating MDPI’s values more actively via its brand and adopting a straightforward yet impactful approach to managing MDPI as a mature academic publisher.
“Our primary objective is to consolidate MDPI’s position as well-established publishing brand”
As the world’s number one open-access publisher, MDPI has long been a game-changer in the scholarly community, serving millions of authors. The challenge in being a trailblazer is the need to continuously improve and at the same time explore the next blue-ocean strategy, while also maintaining the smooth operation of the business. Our collection model, featuring guest-curated thematic topics in the form of Special Issues, has disrupted the industry. Other publishers closely study us and attempt to replicate our models. The future of this collection model is something we are actively addressing – while, of course, looking ahead to what comes next!
Chief Executive Officer
MDPI AG
31 October 2023
Interview with Dr. Jianlong Zhou—Winner of the Electronics 2023 Best Paper Award
The Electronics 2023 Best Paper Award has been granted to the following paper:
“Evaluating the Quality of Machine Learning Explanations: A Survey on Methods and Metrics”
by Jianlong Zhou, Amir H. Gandomi, Fang Chen and Andreas Holzinger
Electronics 2021, 10(5), 593; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10050593
The winners will receive CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge after peer review in Electronics (ISSN: 2079-9292) in 2023.
Dr. Jianlong Zhou is an Associate Professor at the School of Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering and IT, University of Technology Sydney, Australia, leading the UTS Human-Centred AI research lab. His current work focuses on AI for social good, AI fairness, AI explainability, smart agriculture, visual analytics, behaviour analytics, human-computer interaction, and related applications.
The following is a short Q&A with Dr. Jianlong Zhou:
1. Could you please briefly introduce the main content of the winning paper?
The content of this paper is a literature review on the evaluation of the explanation quality in machine learning, and we carried out a deep literature review on different approaches to evaluate the quality of explanations, which include qualitative and quantitative research.
2. Could you describe the difficulties and breakthrough innovations in this research field?
The most difficult part of this article, in my opinion, is the design. In the beginning, there are many different approaches, and it's a mess. Somebody has treated this topic in this way. Somebody has treated this issue in a different way. And there are other people in different areas. For example, a social scientist, even a psychologist, will also have some discussions about this.
3. How was your experience submitting to Electronics?
My experience with Electronics is that it is very impressive, very good, and I can get feedback very quickly, which I like very much, and I plan to submit my work in the future.
4. What were some of the biggest challenges you faced?
We had to think about a very good idea for a framework to frame this literal view. How do we categorize this work or existing work, and how do we find interesting ideas or challenges in such a review. So, we finally divided the work into a qualitative and quantitative approach, and qualitative is also further divided into different areas to those in the quantitative approach. In each country, there are many explanations for machine learning itself. There are also many different categories, for example, local explanation and global explanation, for each explanation. Categories are also different methods. However, we don't know whether their explanation is a real explanation or not. This kind of work is very challenging, very difficult. And why? Because most of the time we don't have a ground truth, we don't have a ground truth for the explanation. So, it's very difficult work. They only state that they have developed a new explanatory method, but they do not evaluate the quality. They have evaluated some papers. They use some simulated data. They use very simple cases. For example, they just say that they know the ground truth of the explanation and just want to measure the weather. The explanations they generate are closer to the baseline data. For our literature review, we categorized these papers and divided them into qualitative and quantitative. We also found that the evaluation of explanations is more human-focused. We also reviewed a lot of work on human-centered assessment. The evaluation of the quality of machine-learning explanations belonged to two areas: the human-computer interaction domain and the machine-learning domain.
5. How do you think open access impacts authors?
I think that open access is challenging and helps to improve the impact of publications. Our work has to do with electronics, which fits within the scope of your journal, and when readers search for similar topics, they can easily download the full PDF of the article. This way, our work could be easily cited or read, increasing the impact of the work on the research community.
We want to congratulate Dr. Jianlong Zhou for winning the Electronics 2023 Best Paper Award.
25 October 2023
Meet Us at the 7th Micro-Nano Optical Technology and Application Symposium, 17–19 November 2023, Hangzhou, China
19 October 2023
Open Access Week 2023 – the Global Drive to Open Continues
19 October 2023
Meet Us at the 26th International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS 2023), 5–8 November 2023, Zhuhai, China
16 October 2023
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2021–2022 in the Section “Artificial Intelligence Circuits and Systems (AICAS)”
16 October 2023
Electronics | Recruiting Editorial Board Members for Section “Semiconductor Devices”
12 October 2023
Meet Us at the 3rd International Forum & Exhibition on Precision Manufacturing (PreciMan 2023), 9–11 November 2023, Kunshan, China
8 October 2023
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2021–2022 in the Section “Optoelectronics”
2 October 2023
MDPI Insights: The CEO’s Letter #4 - MDPI Presence in China
Welcome to the MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter.
In these monthly letters, I will showcase two key aspects of our work at MDPI: our commitment to empowering researchers and our determination to facilitating open scientific exchange.
Opening Thoughts
Open Access in China
It is Saturday, 23 September, and I have just returned from an unforgettable 12-day trip to China, visiting our main offices in Beijing and Wuhan. In the wake of a packed and very enjoyable agenda of internal and external meetings, I would like to use this edition of the CEO Letter to showcase how MDPI supports the scholarly community in China.
Coincidentally, Jack McKenna, Communications Associate from MDPI’s corporate content team, has just released a blog article discussing China’s open access (OA) policy. It is a timely read, providing a concise overview of the development of the OA movement in China and reflecting on its future. I shall draw some content from Jack’s piece and use this edition of the CEO Letter to highlight the various ways in which MDPI is involved in this market. And it would be remiss of me not to include some pictures and highlights from my travels!
Open Access Policy in China
As per Jack’s post, in 2020, China became the world’s leading producer of research articles. Today, China is experiencing a “substantial growth rate in OA [Open Access] publication”. This growth is supported by the State’s commitment to research & development and its policy “requiring the promotion of open science”.
Over the past two decades, there have been gradual developments in China’s OA framework, with repositories and platforms being developed in a consistent manner. Currently, key institutions across China – including the National Science Library, the National Science and Technology Library, and the Natural Science Foundation of China – support OA. The State aims to establish consistent policies across government agencies – a framework for a more encompassing embrace of OA across institutions.
In China, the number of subscription-only articles decreased by nearly 30% over the 10-year period of 2011–2021, while gold OA increased by 22%. Between 2017 and 2020 alone, China published 800,921 academic papers in an OA format.
In 2023, as the leading publisher of academic research, China is pursuing “self-reliance”. Therefore, the State will be establishing consistent policies across government agencies, including those related to OA. Additionally, it will want to ensure that Chinese people can access the research that is supported by Chinese funding and produced by Chinese academics. For this reason, “Open Access is a matter of priority in China”.
MDPI Offices in China
While the history of MDPI begins in Basel, Switzerland, the story of MDPI’s founder is very much rooted in China. Dr. Shu-kun Lin, Founder and President of MDPI, graduated with a BSc from Wuhan University in 1982. He also studied physical chemistry at the Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (1982–1986; MSc in 1985), and at the University of Louisville, USA (1987–1989). Dr. Lin completed his doctorate in organic chemistry at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH-Zürich) in 1992.
Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI) at MDPI’s Wuhan office.
In 2002, MDPI’s Basel headquarters moved to Matthäusstrasse 11, 4052 Basel, and Dr. Lin opened an editorial office in Qingdao, China, which launched the journal Marine Drugs in the following year. Below is a list of MDPI’s current offices in China and their respective dates of inauguration:
- 2008: Beijing (Tongzhou, Haidian)
- 2013: Wuhan (Hankou, Guanggu)
- 2019: Tianjin
- 2021: Dalian
- 2021: Nanjing
Our Strength is in Our People
With over 6,000 MDPI staff, across 20 offices in 11 countries, MDPI is able to offer authors responsive and efficient round-the-clock support, enabling a rapid publication process.
In my experience, stakeholders are genuinely surprised when they realize the extent of our global operations. My response is to reiterate that our people are our strength. This is why we have fast and efficient processes and top-notch responsiveness. Our global presence ensures that your manuscript is constantly attended to, rather than sitting on someone’s desk. We prioritize our authors’ needs and act quickly to move things through the various stages of publication. MDPI is built on speed, convenience, and competence, which I believe are core pillars for success in any industry. We continually strive to improve our systems and processes on the basis of these core strengths. We literally have over 6,000 staff worldwide dedicated to serving your needs. It’s not magic: it’s people; it’s real.
Impactful Research
MDPI Awards
To support the academic community, and especially young researchers, and also to enhance communication among scientists, MDPI journals offer various awards in specific fields. We serve the scientific community by funding research to facilitate the development of sustainable global solutions through our annual World Sustainability Award and Emerging Sustainability Leader Award.
In 2022, MDPI made awards totalling over US$1 million in recognition and support of researchers worldwide.
Across our journal catalogue, we have granted over 2,000 awards to recognize and support researchers from all disciplines. Since 2016, these awards have served as a source of recognition, acknowledging the impact of research by heightening the influence of talented individuals. The award types mainly include the Young Investigator Award, the Best PhD Thesis Award, the Best Paper Award, and the Outstanding Reviewer Award.
To learn more about MDPI Awards and to find out which are currently available, please click here.
MDPI Awards to Scholars from China
Since 2021, there have been 23 Best Paper Awards granted to authors affiliated with Chinese institutions, identifying their papers as having high-quality scientific impact. A total of 45 Chinese scholars have received awards such as the Young Investigator Award, the Best PhD Thesis Award, the Outstanding Reviewer Award, and the Tu Youyou Award, among others. Prizes for these awards include MDPI grants for paid publications, totalling over CHF 70,000 for scholars affiliated with Chinese institutions.
MDPI’s Tu Youyou Award
Prof. Tu Youyou (left), Dr. Shu-Kun Lin (President, MDPI).
In 2015, Professor Tu Youyou was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria.” In order to commemorate Professor Tu’s contributions to human health and to promote the passion and spirit conveyed by her experiences, MDPI in 2016 established the ‘Tu Youyou Award’, which runs biennially to recognize outstanding scholars dedicated to the research of natural products and medicinal chemistry.
The 2022 Tu Youyou Award was granted to Prof. Dr. Xiaoguang Lei of Peking University. Click here to access the interview with the winner.
2015 Nobel Prize for Medicine Awarded to Professor Youyou Tu
Professor Tu’s work was celebrated in a Special Issue from Molecules on the occasion of her 80th birthday. The Special Issue: 'Artemisinin (Qinghaosu): Commemorative Issue in Honor of Professor Youyou Tu on the Occasion of her 80th Anniversary” was created five years before she won the Nobel Prize, highlighting the visibility MDPI provides researchers and their work.
Highly Cited Articles by Chinese Scholars Published in MDPI
Click here to access the most cited MDPI papers published by scholars affiliated with Chinese institutions. This list presents the most influential research from the more than 287,000 MDPI papers published by Chinese scholars. With over 9 million total citations, I encourage you to maximize your visibility and impact by publishing with MDPI, the number one most cited open access publisher.
Read more:
- Tu Youyou Award
- World Sustainability Awards
- Available Awards
Inside MDPI
Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI) with the Beijing Marketing team.
Marketing Department in China
During my visit to our offices in Beijing and Wuhan, I had the opportunity to meet with, and to present to, our local marketing teams. These teams are responsible for various journal-related and corporate promotional activities, including newsletters, conferences, seminars, author training, journal awards, content creation, digital marketing, and social media.
I was pleased by the ambition and curiosity of our marketing colleagues. They showed a strong desire to collaborate and acquire knowledge and tactics to effectively market and promote MDPI-journal-related activities. I presented some of the principles and objectives that we apply in the Corporate Marketing and Communications department, and used the opportunity to strengthen our collaborative communications across offices.
Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI) with the Wuhan Marketing team.
Coming Together for Science
Collaborations, Scholarships and Meetings
MDPI maintains partnerships with nearly 190 learned societies and over 800 institutions and consortia, helping to facilitate the transition to OA publishing. Our commitment to working with institutions is evident in China, where we have successfully established over 35 Institutional Open Access Programs (IOAP) with esteemed institutions such as the Tsinghua University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Our institutional partnerships, waiver programs, and article processing cost discounts create diverse pathways to OA publishing for researchers worldwide.
Scholarships in China
Since 2021, several MDPI journals (Sensors, Photonics, Coatings, Materials, Energies, and Journal of Fungi) have funded full scholarships for four Master’s and five Ph.D. projects in China. These scholarships align with Tianjin University, Wuhan University of Technology, Central South University, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the China University of Petroleum (Beijing).
Meeting with the Society of Chinese University Journals (CUJS)
Prof. Tieming Zhang (President of CUJS, centre) and MDPI colleagues at CUJS office.
I am pleased to have participated in some highly productive meetings during my visit to China, including one with the Society of Chinese University Journals (CUJS). The meeting involved Prof. Tieming Zhang (President of CUJS), Assoc. Prof. Xin Zhang (Vice President and Secretary General), and Dr. Fei Gao (Executive Member of CUJS). Alongside my colleagues Dr. Guoshi Liu, Dr. Giulia Stefenelli, and Anita Sun, I represented MDPI and held an open discussion to address any questions regarding OA and MDPI.
We discussed several methods for collaboration, including a workshop on the future of peer review, MDPI sponsoring a funding grant for early-career researchers, and transitioning journals from diamond to gold OA. I am thankful for the opportunity to have met our colleagues at CUJS in person and feel very confident about our future collaborations in support of OA publishing in China.
MDPI hosts free academic seminars, author training sessions, and academic conferences as part of its commitment to enrich and support the scholarly community. CUJS often stages academic events (e.g., conferences, editor training, and editor competitions), and I believe there are great opportunities for CUJS and MDPI to collaborate accordingly.
Meeting with National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NSLC)
Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI), Dr. Giulia Stefenelli (Chair of Scientific Officers, MDPI), Anita Sun (PR Manager, MDPI) and Dr. Guoshi Liu (Managing Director, MDPI) at the National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
We also visited the NSLC Director, Xiwen Liu, and colleagues Ying Jin, Zhesi Shen, and Sichao Tong. Following our introductions, we gave a presentation on the history and editorial process at MDPI, discussing specific details related to MDPI’s business and data. We highlighted the status of our IOAP collaborations in China and the makeup of our author base, specifically in China, and drew attention to the fact that MDPI has published research by authors from every country in the world. We then discussed the design indicators, calculation methods and implementation purposes of the ‘Early Warning Journal List’ and how we can have open communication to provide any data regarding MDPI journals. I am pleased to report that we reached a consensus on future communications, and am grateful to NSLC for hosting us in their offices.
In-person meetings with stakeholders provide an invaluable opportunity to communicate what MDPI is about and the various ways in which we serve the scholarly community. While digital marketing and online communication are essential, they are no replacement for the understanding and trust that come about through in-person interactions.
The Numbers
As at September 2023, China holds the largest position in MDPI’s global market, ranking as the largest contributor to the total number of papers published by MDPI.
At this point in time, there were more than 847,000 China mainland scholars who have published with MDPI, 51 of whom are Section-Editors-in-Chief (SEiC) of MDPI journals, with seven serving as Editors-in-Chief (EiCs) for journals such as Air, Big Data and Cognitive Computing, Blockchains, Future, Nanoenergy Advances, and Targets.
Our growth and presence in China are a true testament to the service we provide to the scholarly community, and to the relationships we foster through collaborative activities. We look forward to continuing to support the growth of the scholarly community in China, providing a valuable and trusted experience with MDPI.
Closing Thoughts
Final Reflections on our MDPI Offices in Beijing and Wuhan
Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI), Dr. Constanze Schelhorn (Indexing Manager, MDPI), Jiale Shang (Admin, Tongzhou, MDPI) at Beijing Capital International Airport, Beijing.
I spent approximately two weeks visiting some of our offices in China, and the first word that comes to mind when describing my experience is ‘hospitality.’ My colleagues and I were met with enthusiasm and delight at the airport by the Tongzhou Admin team (thank you, Jiale Shang, and thank you, Eric Wang, for keeping us organized on this trip!) and were taken care of with great attention. From hotels to transportation, dinners, and meetings, our stay was catered for perfectly.
Perhaps this is where MDPI’s focus on customers and service originates. At our core, we are a service company that provides a publishing platform for its authors. It’s therefore no surprise that authors consistently rate their experience with MDPI very highly.
95% of submitting authors rate their overall experience with the MDPI publication process as Excellent or Good (Springer Nature report 90%).
91% of submitting authors rate their overall experience with the MDPI peer review process as Excellent or Good.
Speed/Efficiency and Editorial Relationship are two key reasons underlying this high satisfaction score. ‘Editorial Relationship’ can be further explored, but in the past month, the most commonly noted aspects were the professionalism, kindness, availability, communicativeness, and personalized assistance provided by our editorial staff throughout the process. These attributes are at the core of our work across all our offices and continents.
Hospitality and Service
Just as our Chinese colleagues strove to keep us engaged by showing us the city sights (thank you, Thea Pan, and Jason Wu from the Wuhan Marketing team!) and sharing a variety of wonderful meals, our editorial staff are committed to serving our authors throughout their publishing journey. Our aim is to place the author at the centre of everything we do, eager to welcome our ‘guests’ and provide them with a pleasant publishing experience.
I asked my colleague Francis Wu (Senior Publisher, Wuhan office) where this hospitality originates. He responded that it is part of Chinese culture. I reflected long and deep on this answer. China is a vast country, and when visitors arrive, hosts want to ensure they feel welcomed and taken care of in order to maximize their time and visit. I can’t think of a better analogy for how I would want our authors to feel when they visit MDPI for their publishing needs. A company culture that prioritizes service, something that goes beyond products and productivity, and focuses on the overall experience. Over 6,000 people, across all MDPI offices, are ready, willing and able to go the extra mile for their colleagues and their customers. This is something I am truly proud of.
Chief Executive Officer
MDPI AG
26 September 2023
Meet Us at the 7th International Conference on Advanced Electromaterials (ICAE 2023), 31 October–3 November 2023, Jeju, South Korea
22 September 2023
Electronics | Selected Special Issue Reprints in 2021–2022
20 September 2023
Electronics | 2021–2022 Selected Hot Review Papers
19 September 2023
Meet the Editors | Interview with Dr. Piero Cosseddu—Section Editor-in-Chief of Section “Flexible Electronics” in Electronics
In this captivating series, we had the privilege of interviewing the eminent Dr. Piero Cosseddu, Section Editor-in-Chief of the “Flexible Electronics” Section of Electronics (ISSN: 2079-9292). Renowned for his groundbreaking contributions in the design, fabrication and characterization of organic semiconductor-based devices on flexible plastic substrates—such as organic field effect transistors, organic electrochemical transistors, nonvolatile memory elements and the development of innovative applications, from wearable electronics and artificial skin to sensing applications—Dr. Piero Cosseddu shares his invaluable insights and takes us on an exclusive journey into the inner workings of the journal. Through these interviews, our aim is to offer a unique perspective on the publishing process from the Editors themselves.
The following is a short Q&A with Dr. Piero Cosseddu, who shared his vision for the journal with us, as well as his views on the research area and open access publishing.
1. Can you share with us some information about your academic background?
I am an Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering of the University of Cagliari, Italy, where I currently teach analog electronics and wearable and flexible electronics. I hold a Ph.D. in electronic and computer science engineering, obtained in 2007, before continuing as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the DIEE from May 2007 to March 2010. I am also the author of more than 100 papers and book chapters of peer-reviewed international journals and conference proceedings.
2. What are your current interests?
My work primarily revolves around the field of organic electronics with particular attention toward the design, fabrication and characterization of organic semiconductor-based devices on flexible plastic substrates as organic field effect transistors (OFETs), organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) and nonvolatile memory elements. I have been particularly involved in the development of innovative sensing systems for different applications, including biochemical sensors, wearable electronics and artificial skin.
3. What made you choose to work with us knowing that we are an open access digital publisher?
In my view, I strongly believe that open access publishing has become increasingly popular in recent years as it allows for a wider distribution of academic research and promotes collaboration and innovation within the scientific community. Additionally, open access publishing aligns with the principles of accessibility and transparency, which are highly valued by many individuals and organizations.
4. Which research topics do you think will be of particular interest to the research community in the coming years?
I believe that in the coming years, the emergence of Industry 5.0 may affect the development and application of flexible electronics. Also, the creation of databases based on responses and opinions from customers and users could become a hot topic in artificial intelligence, which will involve flexible electronics. On the other hand, flexible electronics could play a bigger role in improving the quantity and quality of agricultural products through the monitoring of conditions where the products are produced. The field of flexible electronics is rapidly changing, so other possible hot topics could emerge in the future. The key is to identify targets and release more specific Special Issues, as well as to try to reach people with those interests and encourage them to submit to the journal through different means, such as advertising or asking them to become Editorial Board Members or Topic Advisors.
We wish Dr. Piero Cosseddu every success in his current position as Section Editor-in-Chief, and we look forward to his future contributions to the journal.
12 September 2023
Electronics | Issue Cover Articles in 2021
Welcome to the 2021 annual selection of articles, where we showcase some of the most notable and impactful research published in Electronics (ISSN: 2079-9292) over the past year. This collection represents a diverse range of topics and disciplines, highlighting the breadth and depth of scholarship within our academic community.
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“A Dynamic Conflict Analysis Method for EW Effectiveness Evaluation Based on Conditional State Space” |
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“A Horn Antenna Covered with a 3D-Printed Metasurface for Gain Enhancement” |
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“Solar Energy Conversion and Storage Using a Photocatalytic Fuel Cell Combined with a Supercapacitor” |
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“An Automated Method for Biometric Handwritten Signature Authentication Employing Neural Networks “ |
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“Assessments of Real-Time Communications over TSN Automotive Networks” |
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“Simultaneous Voltage and Current Measurement Instrumentation Amplifier for ECG and PPG Monitoring” |
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“A Review of Data-Driven Decision-Making Methods for Industry 4.0 Maintenance Applications” |
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“Open Source Languages and Methods for Cyber-Physical System Development: Overview and Case Studies” |
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“Agent-Based Coordinated Control of Power Electronic Converters in a Microgrid” |
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“User State Classification Based on Functional Brain Connectivity Using a Convolutional Neural Network” |
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“A Real Application of an Autonomous Industrial Mobile Manipulator within Industrial Context” |
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“Dual-Polarized Dual-Loop Double-Slot Antipodal Tapered Slot Antenna for Ultra-Wideband Radar Applications” |
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“Machine-Learning-Enabled Intrusion Detection System for Cellular Connected UAV Networks” |
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“Analyzing Visual Attention of People with Intellectual Disabilities during Virtual Reality-Based Job Training” |
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“Project ARES: Driverless Transportation System. Challenges and Approaches in an Unstructured Road” |
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“FedResilience: A Federated Learning Application to Improve Resilience of Resource-Constrained Critical Infrastructures” |
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“Development of a Real-Time Magnetic Field Measurement System for Synchrotron Control” |
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“A 0.2-Terahertz Ceramic Relic Detection System Based on Iterative Threshold Filtering Imaging and Neural Network” |
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“Empowering Commercial Vehicles through Data-Driven Methodologies” |
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“Next-Generation Blockchain-Enabled Virtualized Cloud Security Solutions: Review and Open Challenges” |
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“The Role of Front-End AC/DC Converters in Hybrid AC/DC Smart Homes: Analysis and Experimental Validation” |
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“An Improved Deep Convolutional Neural Network-Based Autonomous Road Inspection Scheme Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles” |
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“Prospects of Wireless Energy-Aware Sensors for Smart Factories in the Industry 4.0 Era” |
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“A Traffic-Aware Federated Imitation Learning Framework for Motion Control at Unsignalized Intersections with Internet of Vehicles” |
12 September 2023
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Semiconductor Devices”
7 September 2023
Interview with Dr. Gabriele Patrizi—Winner of Electronics 2022 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award
We are pleased to announce the winner of the Electronics 2022 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award. This award is for a Ph.D. student or recently qualified researcher who has produced a highly anticipated thesis with impressive academic potential.
The award has been granted to “An Innovative Data-Driven Reliability Life Cycle for Complex Systems” by Dr. Gabriele Patrizi, Department of Information Engineering, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
The winner will receive CHF 800, a certificate, and a chance to publish a paper free of charge after peer review in Electronics (ISSN: 2079-9292) in 2023.
We congratulate Dr. Gabriele Patrizi on his accomplishments. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the applicants for submitting their exceptional theses and the Award Committee for voting for and supporting this award.
Dr. Gabriele Patrizi is currently a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow of instrumentation and measurement and an Adjunct Lecturer of electric measurements at the University of Florence. His research interests include life cycle reliability, condition monitoring for the fault diagnosis of electronics, data-driven prognostic and health management, and instrumentation and measurement for reliability analyses.
The following is a short interview with Dr. Gabriele Patrizi:
Could you please give us a brief overview of your research topic and the main objectives of your Ph.D. thesis?
I graduated from a master’s course in electronics engineering, and then I started my Ph.D. in electronics and industrial engineering. The actual name of the course is industrial and reliability engineering. But, of course, I tried to bring my background in electrical and electronics engineering with me. My research topics may mainly relate to electric and electronic measurements and reliability engineering, and my thesis tried to merge these two aspects, trying to include data analysis and a measurement technique to improve the reliability analysis of different kinds of systems for hardware electronics tools. At this time, I tried to first study and search for different alternatives to improve the standard reliability analysis method. After some proposed optimization, I tried to implement this technique in different application areas.
What motivated you to pursue this research topic, and how did you come up with your research questions?
I think the first motivation came from the acknowledgements gathered during my master’s thesis. I went to Spain for a four-month research project on reliability and maintenance, and during that period, I worked on a wind turbine with a professor at Luleå University of Technology in Sweden, and it was also at that time that the knowledge of a researcher at the Spanish Research Institute together with my professor's knowledge in Florence really directed my attention to the topic of reliability and maintainability of complex systems because, most of the time, we do not think about how important they are for lots of devices to be as reliable as possible. So, I think that, during that time, the general topic really caught my attention and basically just after my master’s graduation, my supervisors in Florence said that there could be the possibility of having a Ph.D. fellowship here in Florence. So, I submitted the application, and it went well. When I came to this laboratory, which is a two-topic laboratory on reliability and measurements, we decided: OK, let's try to come up with something that could merge these two aspects so that electric and electronic measurements could actually improve the reliability of all systems.
How did you manage your time and prioritize your tasks during your Ph.D. program, and what strategies did you use to stay focused and motivated?
I was still young, and it was obviously difficult to try and study all these aspects, go to work, and at the same time, try to move on with my personal life, and I think that the most important thing that allowed me to reach these results, and at the same time, to live let's say, a happy life was that I actually enjoyed what I was studying, I liked my research topic, and I liked what I was doing. So, I think this is the secret to achieving it, to manage your time properly during a Ph.D., even if sometimes the task seems enormous with respect to your resources. But if you enjoy it and you like what you are doing, you can find the motivation.
What were some of the biggest challenges you faced during your Ph.D. journey, and how did you overcome them?
I have to say that one big challenge was COVID-19 because I started my Ph.D. in November 2018, so I basically had one full year, one full year and a half in a normal situation, and then COVID-19 caused the university to close in Florence for at least four months completely. I mean, there was a possibility to go to the lab, but only for a very specific reason. This was motivated by supervisors, and not only supervisors, but also by the department. So, it was not easy to come to the lab and do the actual practical research. I have to say that I was also a bit lucky because some parts of my work were modeling and simulation, so I found a way to do them, at least partially, at home. But yes, that was one of the biggest challenges, and it was also one of the biggest regrets because it was not possible to go to conferences and workshops and meetings that usually, during a Ph.D., could bring you news, new ideas and new connections to improve your research and activities. So, I think the biggest challenge was probably that.
When and how did you access Electronics? What prompted you to apply for this award, and would you like to share your experience with the journal Electronics?
I discovered the MDPI award basically at the beginning of my Ph.D., trying to do some research on something others have done in my field, and then after, let's say one year, one year and a half, my supervisor received an invitation for a special session on Electronics about “Reliability and Maintainability of Industrial System and Electronic System”. We decided to reply to this invitation, and we sent a little bit of our work. It wasn't basically what was in my Ph.D. dissertation, it was like a little bit of extra work and work from others and from another Ph.D. student at the time. We had a good experience. We published the paper after a couple of review rounds, but everything was very fast and of a good quality, I believe, including the quality of the reviewers, and so on. When I was looking for the publication of the article, I looked a little bit more at the journal’s website because I have to say that I knew the MDPI website, and I knew that there are a lot of journals. I even already cited some papers published on electronics, but before publishing this paper, I had never actually looked into this. So, after the publication of the article, I looked into the website, and I saw that there was this annual reward for a Ph.D. dissertation, and I said: OK, let's make a note about this prize. Who knows? And then after one year, one year and a half when the thesis was finished, I looked into that and said: OK, let's try it. The research went well, so let's also try for the award. I think it was a good decision.
Finally, how do you plan to continue building on your research in the future, and what are your long-term career aspirations?
That's a very difficult question. After my Ph.D., I started a Post Doc-Fellowship here at the University of Florence, and so, basically, it's now one and a half years later that I'm doing the Post-Doc here and I like it. I also have done some teaching here at the Department of Information Engineering of the University of Florence on electrical measurements and electronic measurements, and the aspiration, I think, is to hopefully remain here doing research and teaching activities in Florence and try to explore a little bit more about the integration between these two worlds. I am starting something right now about integrating artificial intelligence to merge these two aspects of reliability and data analysis and electronic measurements. So, probably, I think in the future, I need to integrate artificial intelligence with my research to find a better way for reliability analysis in different fields.
6 September 2023
Recap of Awards Granted to Scholars in 2022
5 September 2023
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2022 in the Section “Bioelectronics”
5 September 2023
Meet the Editors | Interview with Prof. Dr. Alessandro Gabrielli—Section Editor-in-Chief of the Section “Microelectronics” in Electronics
In this captivating series, we had the privilege of interviewing the eminent Prof. Dr. Alessandro Gabrielli, Section Editor-in-Chief of the “Microelectronics” Section of Electronics (ISSN: 2079-9292). Renowned for his groundbreaking contributions in applied electronics for high-energy physics experiments, microelectronics, single-event effects (SEE), digital electronics, firmware design and general physics, Prof. Dr. Gabrielli shares his invaluable insights into the inner workings of the journal. The aim of these interviews is to offer a unique perspective on the publishing process, straight from the Section Editor-in-Chief himself.
The following is a short Q&A with Prof. Dr. Alessandro Gabrielli, who shared his vision for the journal with us, as well as his views on the research area and open access publishing:
1. Can you share some information about your academic background?
I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Bologna, Italy. I hold a Ph.D. in physics, obtained in 2000, which I continued in the same year by becoming an Associated Member of CERN in Geneva for the ALICE and ATLAS experiments. I am the author of more than 900 peer-reviewed publications and over 50 presentations at international conferences. I was also the coordinator for the Bologna Section of the INFN since 2012 for the realization and commissioning of the ROD (ReadOut Driver) card electronics, as part of the Phase-0 upgrade of all the ATLAS Pixel Detector at CERN in Geneva.
2. What are your current interests?
My work primarily revolves around the field of physics, with applications in the design of digital systems with programmable electronic frontier devices (Xilinx UltraScale+ FPGA) for trigger architectures and data acquisition for the ATLAS experiment at CERN in Geneva. I’m also interested in track recognition techniques involving the Hough transform.
3. What made you choose to work with us, knowing that we are an open access digital publisher?
I was initially a reviewer before being asked to join the editorial team. I gladly accepted the invitation because it was a niche area in which I had expertise. I still enjoy reviewing papers and I am generally good at accepting or orienting authors towards publishing. I am happy to have the opportunity to read papers and update myself in various research fields. I believe MDPI can help young researchers gain the necessary experience to publish quality papers. Another thing that I like is that MDPI provides feedback on papers submitted to them, which is helpful for inexperienced researchers. MDPI also has programs like young research awards and travel awards to support the young researcher community.
4. What is the main challenge you face when ensuring the integrity and quality of academic publications?
I will give you a short example: Engineers are closer to the applications of the journal, and they appreciate the speed of publications, the exclusivity of having only a few authors, and the quality of the impact factor. On the other hand, physicists have a more complex system with a publishing committee and policies that prefer publishing in different journals. The main challenge is to meet the intermediate space between science, engineering, and other topics, which the journal Electronics is already doing.
5. Which research topics do you think will be of particular interest to the research community in the coming years?
I suggest focusing on specific topics like artificial intelligence for security, cyber security, or databases for artificial intelligence. The concept of cyber diplomacy is another potential hot topic. We need to be aware of the changes that are happening around us. For example, I changed the name of my electronics course to "electronics for physics of things" to reflect the current trend of changing course names in universities and add new topics such as "electronics for Internet of Things" or "Electronics for Industry 4.0."
We wish Prof. Dr. Alessandro Gabrielli every success in his current position as Section Editor-in-Chief, and we look forward to his future contributions to the journal.
1 September 2023
Electronics | Special Issue Mentor Program
31 August 2023
Meet Us at the Building Simulation 2023 (BS2023), 4–6 September 2023, Shanghai, China
30 August 2023
MDPI Insights: The CEO’s Letter #3 - Sustainability and Co-opetition
Welcome to the MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter.
In these monthly letters, I will showcase two key aspects of our work at MDPI: our commitment to empowering researchers and our determination to facilitating open scientific exchange.
Opening Thoughts
Our Commitment to Sustainability
As a pioneer in academic open access publishing since 1996, MDPI has always been dedicated to facilitating scientific exchange across all disciplines. Our approach to open science is guided by principles such as Open Access (OA), Timeliness and Efficiency, Simplicity, High-Quality Service, Flexibility, and a commitment to Sustainability. This commitment involves preserving published papers for the long term and supporting the future of science through partnerships, sponsorships, and awards.
In this edition of the CEO Letter, I will delve into MDPI’s various sustainability initiatives. As a leader in OA publishing, we are able to provide the public with a significant amount of environment-related content at no cost.
MDPI and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
In 2020, the SDG Publishers Compact was launched to accelerate implementation of the SDGs by promoting content that informs, develops, and inspires action. MDPI joined this initiative in 2021 and subsequently launched the MDPI SDG Hub in 2022, offering free access to recent research within the scope of each of the 17 SDGs. We also support authors from underrepresented communities by waiving publication charges for selected SDG-related papers. Detailed sustainability practices and supported publications are available in the report under each Goal page.
“More than 80% of MDPI articles and reviews published in 2022 relate to the Sustainable Development Goals.” [source: InCites, Accessed on 21.08.2023]
As at August 2023, MDPI boasts 14 journals dedicated to sustainability-related topics. Our first journal in this area, Sustainability, has published over 29,000 articles on the SDGs, accumulating over 240,000 citations (source: InCites, as at 1 January 2023). These journals serve as vital platforms for researchers to share insights and address environmental challenges. In addition:
MDPI journals specializing in sustainability-related topics:
- 2009: Sustainability
- 2012: Resources
- 2013: Climate
- 2014: Environments
- 2016: Recycling
- 2019: Clean Technologies
- 2020: Sustainable Chemistry
- 2021: Wind, Biomass, Conservation, Pollutants, Solar
- 2022: Waste, Microplastics
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Impactful Research
Highly Cited Articles in Sustainability
In 2022, content published in Sustainability and indexed in Journal Citation Reports (JCR) received nearly 190,000 citations. This highlights the fact that Sustainability publishes highly cited research articles related to environmental sciences and SDG-related topics such as climate action.
We are pleased to share that Sustainability received a 2022 CiteScore of 5.8, marking a 16% increase from the 2021 metric. Specifically, the CiteScore positions Sustainability as follows: Q1 (27 out of 163) in the “Environmental Science (miscellaneous)” category, and Q1 (101 out of 779) in the “Geography Planning and Development” category. For additional journal statistics, please visit here.
“Sustainability received a 2022 CiteScore of 5.8”
While MDPI journals such as Climate and Atmosphere have a distinct focus on atmosphere pollution and its impact on climate processes, journals like Sustainability, Environments, Water, Remote Sensing, and IJERPH publish content related to climate change. These journals have published over 32,300 articles related to SDG 13: Climate Action.
Highly Cited Papers in Sustainability
Below are several highly cited papers published in Sustainability over the past three years. Citation metrics are current as at 15 August 2023.
1. “A Global Assessment: Can Renewable Energy Replace Fossil Fuels by 2050?”Authors: Jerry L. Holechek, Hatim M. E. Geli, Mohammed N. Sawalhah, and Raul Valdez
Sustainability 2022, 14(8), 4792; https://doi.org/10.3390/su14084792
Citations: Crossref (97), Scopus (91), Web of Science (82), Google Scholar (125)
This paper addresses one of the most significant challenges of climate change – achieving Net Zero Carbon by 2050. The meta-analysis suggests that while difficult, this transition is possible through the concerted application of pathways, lifestyle changes, and global cooperation.
2. “Anxiety and the Ecological Crisis: An Analysis of Eco-Anxiety and Climate Anxiety”Author: Panu Pihkala
Sustainability 2020, 12(19), 7836; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12197836
Citations: Crossref (144), Scopus (121), Web of Science (159), Google Scholar (382)
This paper has received substantial media attention, including coverage by The Guardian, BBC, Vice, and CNBC. An interview with Dr. Panu Pihkala, a leading interdisciplinary researcher on the topic, can be found on MDPI’s podcast: Insight Faster, Episode 1.
3. “Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture and Its Mitigation Strategies: A Review”Authors: Gurdeep Singh Malhi, Manpreet Kaur, and Prashant Kaushik
Sustainability 2021, 13(3), 1318; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13031318
Citations: Crossref (207), Scopus (221), Web of Science (186), Google Scholar (355)
This paper reviews literature on climate change, addressing its causes, future projections, impact on agriculture, including plant physiology, growth, productivity, pest infestation, and the economic implications of mitigation strategies.
4. “Impacts of Plastic Pollution on Ecosystem Services, Sustainable Development Goals, and Need to Focus on Circular Economy and Policy Interventions”Authors: Rakesh Kumar, Anurag Verma, Arkajyoti Shome, Rama Sinha, Srishti Sinha, Prakash Kumar Jha, Ritesh Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Shubham, Shreyas Das, Prabhakar Sharma, and P. V. Vara Prasad
Sustainability 2021, 13(17), 9963; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13179963
Citations: Crossref (134), Scopus (136), Web of Science (113), Google Scholar (184)
This review aims to assess the adverse effects of plastic pollution on ecosystems, link the management of plastic with the SDGs, and propose policy measures using transdisciplinary approaches. Empowering communities to reduce plastic use is crucial. Addressing global plastic pollution is a priority.
Sustainability is an international, cross-disciplinary, open access journal that explores environmental, cultural, economic, and social sustainability of human beings. It provides a forward-looking platform for research on sustainability and sustainable development, and is published semi-monthly online by MDPI. Sustainability is affiliated with The Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC) and The International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB).
Read more:
- Testimonials: See what our editors and authors say about Sustainability.
Inside MDPI
President of Ireland Authors Editorial in MDPI Journal Sustainability
It’s a very special occasion when the president of a country takes the initiative to write an editorial for a journal. Michael D. Higgins, President of the Republic of Ireland, has contributed his insights to a forthcoming Special Issue in Sustainability:
This Special Issue, focusing on “making sustainable development happen” at grassroots levels, allows for perspectives from, and on, the major world faiths, exploring how challenges have been conceptualised and addressed, in addition to case studies of faith-based sustainability initiatives in practice.
The experience of faith institutions and communities in translating theological and moral commitments to sustainable development into action is now a topic we must examine with urgency; one on which I am so glad this Special Issue focuses.
As President of Ireland, I very much support this Special Issue of Sustainability. It is my great hope that the contents of the papers contained herein will assist in making sustainable development happen at grassroots levels across the world so that we can cooperate together, people of faith and of none, to ensure a just, inclusive and sustainable future for all on our fragile planet.
Read the completed editorial here:
Special Issue “Faith and Sustainable Development: Exploring Practice, Progress and Challenges among Faith Communities and Institutions”: Foreword by the President of Ireland
Author: Michael D. Higgins
Sustainability 2023, 15(12), 9683; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15129683
Coming Together for Science
The World Sustainability Forum 2023
The World Sustainability Forum (WSF) is a biennial MDPI event focused on sustainability. WSF 2023 marks the tenth anniversary of the conference series, taking place on 14 September. For the first time, the event will be hosted as a 24-hour conference across three locations – Singapore, Basel in Switzerland, and Toronto in Canada – alongside virtual streaming.
This unique format allows us to span three time zones, providing live coverage of critical sustainability-related topics throughout the day:
- The Singapore Hub, chaired by Professor Horn Mun Cheah and Associate Professor Renee Tan, will explore “Sustainability for Social and Community Impact”.
- The Basel Hub, chaired by Prof. Dr. Anet Režek Jambrak and Dr. Lela Mélon, will delve into “Sustainability in the industry, and at university and corporate settings”.
- The Toronto Hub, led by Dr. Umberto Berardi, will discuss “The Sustainable Built Environment”.
MDPI Sustainability Foundation: Recognizing Excellence in Sustainability Research
The MDPI Sustainability Foundation supports researchers through two sustainability-focused awards:
- The World Sustainability Award, amounting to USD 100,000, is given to senior researchers.
- The Emerging Sustainability Leader Award, valued at USD 20,000, sponsored by the journal Sustainability, is presented to early-career researchers.
The winners of the Sustainability Foundation will be formally awarded during the WSF2023 on 14 September. Interviews with the award winners and finalists are available below.
2023 World Sustainability Award Winners
Interviews with 2023 Emerging Sustainability Leader Award Finalists
- Dr. Bahareh Kamranzad
- Dr. Youjin Kim
- Dr. Julia Lohmann
As a hybrid event, WSF23 provides scholars with the option to attend in person at one of the conference sites or, for a more sustainable approach, virtually. All sessions will be recorded and archived for future access. Registration is open until 3 September 2023, with in-person and virtual tickets available here.
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Closing Thoughts
“Co-opetition”: Collaboration Plus Healthy Competition – A Visit to Elsevier
I firmly believe in fostering collaboration and at the same time promoting healthy competition within the academic publishing industry. The market offers ample room for publishers and related companies to provide valuable services and products that enrich the academic community. While MDPI is recognized for its efficient and streamlined processes –thanks to our over 6,000 colleagues, in-house tools, and initiatives that support the author journey – our ethos has always involved learning from and collaborating with other organizations.
MDPI’s Interaction with Elsevier
In January 2023, I had a brief conversation with Judy Verses, President of Global Academic and Government Markets at Elsevier, following her participation in a panel discussion at the Academic Publishers Europe event in Berlin. One of the highlights for me was Judy’s insight into the impact of research, particularly her emphasis on the role of collaboration, including policy and showing the impact of research to influence on funding decisions.
“Such collaborations drive forward-looking strategies to elevate our support for the scholarly community”
Judy and I resumed our discussion in August, when I visited Elsevier's office to review current projects, such as our recent agreement with Science Direct and the continued indexing of MDPI journals in Scopus (indexing database owned by Elsevier). We also explored possible opportunities for the future, including a potential collaboration to expand MDPI’s Scilit data infrastructure. This endeavour aims to aggregate and provide access to scholarly metadata encompassing journal articles, conference papers, books, preprints, and more. While these discussions are ongoing, the underlying principle remains that such collaborations drive forward-looking strategies to elevate our services and support for the scholarly community.
It was great that Judy and I acknowledged the merits of 'co-opetition,' a concept based of the belief that fostering cooperation alongside healthy competition can lead to shared advancements for both individual companies and the industry at large.
‘Fully OA’ Organizations Dedicated to Open Access
MDPI proudly aligns with the ‘Fully OA’ group, a collaborative initiative comprising nine organizations dedicated to Open Access. Our monthly meetings, including an OASPA representative, serve as platforms to share non-confidential information, resources, and projects. These gatherings also facilitate discussions on topics relevant to fully OA organizations. Occasionally, joint actions spring from these interactions, such as collaborative blog posts on pertinent subjects and joint statements, such as a recent response to the House Appropriations Committee.
This display of cooperation among competing entities forms a strategic alliance focused on nurturing the best interests of the OA publishing model.
As I wrap up this third edition of the CEO Letter, I encourage you to seize opportunities for collaboration and contribute to advancing our shared academic culture. As the African proverb has it, “If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.”
Chief Executive Officer
MDPI AG
29 August 2023
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2021–2022 in the Section “Flexible Electronics”
25 August 2023
Electronics | Top Cited Review Papers of the Editorial Team in 2021
22 August 2023
Meet Us at the 13th International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation (IPIN 2023), 25–28 September 2023, Nuremberg, Germany
18 August 2023
Meet Us at the China National Computer Congress 2023 (CNCC 2023), 26–28 October 2023, Shenyang, China
16 August 2023
MDPI’s 2022 Young Investigator Awards in Engineering—Winners Announced
16 August 2023
MDPI’s 2022 Travel Awards in Engineering—Winners Announced
16 August 2023
MDPI’s 2022 Outstanding Reviewer Awards in Engineering—Winners Announced
16 August 2023
MDPI’s 2022 Best PhD Thesis Awards in Engineering—Winners Announced
16 August 2023
MDPI’s Best Paper Awards in Engineering—Winners in 2022 Announced
15 August 2023
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Bioelectronics”
14 August 2023
Electronics | Call for Special Issue Proposals and Recruiting Guest Editors
11 August 2023
Electronics | Issue Cover Articles in 2022
Welcome to the 2022 annual selection of articles, where we showcase some of the most notable and impactful research published in Electronics (ISSN: 2079-9292) over the past year. This collection represents a diverse range of topics and disciplines, highlighting the breadth and depth of scholarship within our academic community.
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“Reconfigurable Computing for Reactive Robotics Using Open-Source FPGAs” |
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“Estimation of the Energy Consumption of an All-Terrain Mobile Manipulator for Operations in Steep Vineyards” |
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“A Vacuum Transistor Based on Field-Assisted Thermionic Emission from a Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube” |
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“Solpen: An Accurate 6-DOF Positioning Tool for Vision-Guided Robotics” |
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“A Novel Strategy for Monitoring a PV Junction Box Based on LoRa in a 3 kW Residential PV System” |
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“Connected Heterogenous Multi-Processing Architecture for Digitalization of Freight Railway Transport Applications” |
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“Thin Circularly Polarized Slot Array Antenna for High-Band UWB Applications” |
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“Priority-Aware Conflict Resolution for U-Space” |
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“Design and Demonstration of a 540 V/28 V SiC-Based Resonant DC–DC Converter for Auxiliary Power Supply in More Electric Aircraft” |
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“Quantum Brain Networks: A Perspective” |
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“Virtual Reality for Safe Testing and Development in Collaborative Robotics: Challenges and Perspectives” |
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“Antimonotonicity, Hysteresis and Coexisting Attractors in a Shinriki Circuit with a Physical Memristor as a Nonlinear Resistor” |
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“Numerical Investigation of Signal Launch Imperfections for Edge Mount RF Connectors” |
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“A Fault Clearance and Restoration Approach for MMC-Based MTDC Grid” |
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“Enhanced Machine Learning Approach for Accurate and Fast Resolution of Inverse Scattering Problem in Breast Cancer Detection” |
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“Assessment of the Impact of Emitted Radiated Interference Generated by a Selected Rail Traction Unit on the Operating Process of Trackside Video Monitoring Systems” |
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“Design and Field Test of a Mobile Augmented Reality Human–Machine Interface for Virtual Stops in Shared Automated Mobility On-Demand” |
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“Versatile Electronics for Microwave Holographic RADAR Based on Software Defined Radio Technology” |
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“PUF-PSS: A Physically Secure Privacy-Preserving Scheme Using PUF for IoMT-Enabled TMIS” |
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“Recent Advances in the Characterized Identification of Mono-to-Multi-Layer Graphene and Its Biomedical Applications: A Review” |
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“Resistive High-Voltage Probe with Frequency Compensation by Planar Compensation Electrode Integrated in Printed Circuit Board Design” |
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“3D-Printed Electronic Circuits from Fusible Alloys” |
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“Energy Scheduling and Performance Evaluation of an e-Vehicle Charging Station” |
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“PG-Based Vehicle-In-the-Loop Simulation for System Development and Consistency Validation” |
11 August 2023
Meet Us at the 6th International Conference on Perovskite Solar Cell and Optoelectronics (PSCO 2023), 18–20 September 2023, Oxford, UK
27 July 2023
MDPI Insights: The CEO’s Letter #2 - Open Peer-Review and IJERPH
Welcome to the MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter.
In these monthly letters, I will showcase two key aspects of our work at MDPI: our commitment to empowering researchers and our determination to facilitating open scientific exchange.
Opening Thoughts
Open Peer Review Reports
Continuing the topic of openness from my inaugural monthly CEO letter, in these Opening Thoughts, I highlight the growth and importance of open peer-review reports at MDPI. Open peer reports align with the principles of open science, making the publishing process more transparent and facilitating rigorous peer review.
MDPI journals operate an open peer-review option by default, allowing authors to publish review reports and author responses (often referred to as open reports) together with the published paper. Publishing the reviewer reports and author responses together with the article provides greater transparency and trust for readers, as this allows them to track the editorial decision-making process. Open peer-review also encourages reviewers and editors to provide high-quality comments, as these will be made public if the article is accepted for publication.
Start and Growth of Open Peer Review at MDPI
The MDPI journal Life was a pioneer in offering this opportunity to its authors in 2014. The first MDPI article with peer-review reports openly published was a review by the Nobel Laureate Werner Arber, in which the review reports were published as supplementary material. By 2018, open peer-review was available across all MDPI journals. As such, MDPI authors have embraced the open peer-review model, providing a steady increase in the number of MDPI articles. As of 2023, approximately one-third (34.0%) of MDPI articles were published with open review reports.
As at July 2023, the percentage of MDPI articles published with open peer review has increased to 36.2% of the total papers published in 2023 so far, indicating ongoing growth in adoption.
Open peer review continues to play a critical role in the assessment of the peer-review process in Life. For further insights, please see the recent editorial by Dr. Pabulo Henrique Rampelotto, the former Editor-in-Chief of Life, who spearheaded the implementation of the open peer-review process.
Benefits of Open Peer Review
The benefits of open peer review include increased transparency, trust and constructive feedback. To promote open communication further and increase the robustness of the peer-review process, we encourage reviewers to sign their reports so that their name appears on the review report (this process is referred to as open identity). The default option is for reviewers to remain anonymous; however, by signing the reports, reviewers receive direct credit for their contribution to the peer-review process and show their commitment towards open science.
As the leading open access publisher, MDPI remains committed to promoting open peer-review and encourages authors to choose this approach. Our goal is to provide a rigorous and transparent peer-review process that benefits the scientific community, and we believe that open peer-review is a vital step in fostering openness and collaboration in scientific communication.
Impactful Research
MDPI Papers Cited in the News – IJERPH edition
Every month, our corporate marketing team compiles data from Altmetrics to create a list of MDPI papers that have been cited in the news. This list continues to grow as renowned news outlets regularly reference research published by MDPI in their articles.
During 2022, a total of 111,965 MDPI research papers were mentioned in prominent news outlets such as National Geographic, The Washington Post, Forbes, The Guardian, the BBC, CNN, Time, and Harvard Business Review.
Highly Cited Journal Publications
IJERPH, known for publishing impactful research, received the most news mentions among all MDPI journals in 2022, based on Altmetrics data:
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health: 3509 mentions
- Nutrients: 2698 mentions
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences: 1701 mentions
- Journal of Clinical Medicine: 1131 mentions
- Viruses: 1111 mentions
These numbers show the recognition and impact of the articles published in IJERPH. For a more detailed view of the journal’s most cited and viewed papers, you can visit here. In total, IJERPH has garnered over 28,000 mentions in prominent news outlets, and as at July 2023, an impressive count of over 17,000 papers cited 10 times or more. These figures highlight the impactful contribution of IJERPH publications to the scientific community.
Example of Recent Mentions
During May and June 2023, a noteworthy selection of articles from IJERPH was cited in news articles, including:
The Washington Post: “Bringing nature inside can improve your health. Here’s how to do it.”
IJERPH paper: “Physiological Benefits of Viewing Nature: A Systematic Review of Indoor Experiments”
Harvard Business Review: “How to Take Better Breaks at Work, According to Research”
IJERPH paper: “Canine-Assisted Therapy Improves Well-Being in Nurses”
National Geographic: “Lyme disease is spreading fast—but a vaccine may be on the way”
IJERPH paper: “Range Expansion of Tick Disease Vectors in North America: Implications for Spread of Tick-Borne Disease”
Inside MDPI
MDPI Develops an Artificial Intelligence Tool to Enhance the Peer-Review Process
At MDPI, we believe that rigorous peer-review is the corner-stone of high-quality academic publishing. We are grateful to the scholars who generously dedicate their time to peer-review articles submitted to MDPI journals. Their contributions are invaluable to the advancement of science.
Peer-review is a critical part of the publication process, ensuring that MDPI upholds the highest quality standards for the papers we publish. Every manuscript submitted to our journals undergoes a comprehensive peer-review process conducted by subject-matter experts.
To further enhance our peer-review process, our Data Analytics team has developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool designed to support the selection of reviewers. This proprietary tool utilizes Natural Language Processing (NLP), a specially designed AI language model, to extract information from the title and abstract of submitted papers. It then searches our database for similar manuscripts and suggests potential reviewers based on this analysis. Integrated with MDPI's submission system (SuSy), the AI tool cross-references the suggested candidates with our reviewer database to verify their invitation status and availability.
The goal of this tool is to provide better targeted peer-review invitations, reducing the number of emails sent for each paper and increasing the efficiency of our editorial staff.
In the near future, our Data Analytics team plans to deploy similar AI projects to improve other critical aspects of our services, offering an enhanced experience to our authors and readers.
Click here to learn about MDPI’s review process, including procedures, responsibilities, and benefits.
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Coming Together for Science
The Future of IJERPH
On 5 July 2023, Prof. Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou, the founding Editor-in-Chief of IJERPH, along with five Section Editors in Chief (Prof. Dr. Germán Vicente-Rodríguez, Prof. Dr. Karl Goodkin, Prof. Dr. William A. Toscano, Prof. Dr. Jimmy T. Efird, and Prof. Dr. William Douglas Evans), gathered in Basel to discuss the future of the journal. The meeting provided an opportunity to address the recent decision by The Web of Science to delist IJERPH due to the journal failing the Content Relevance criterion, and propose best strategies that will ensure high scientific rigor as well as a clear scope and aim of IJERPH, going forward.
While the delisting is disappointing for IJERPH, as well as for our authors, academic editors, and the entire scientific community supporting our journal, we see it as an opportunity to reflect and prepare for the future direction of the journal.
Since its launch in 2004, IJERPH’s vision and mission have evolved to be more complete and comprehensive in engaging scientific communities. In light of this, we will refresh the journal’s aims and scope, ensuring they align with the organic expansion of IJERPH. Additionally, we will restructure the journal sections into broader categories, encouraging collaborative research and transdisciplinary approaches for authors. This is designed to foster collaboration and knowledge exchange among diverse fields, contributing to a holistic understanding of health promotion and disease prevention. We are confident that these next steps will enhance the scientific strength and societal impact of our journal.
Journal Achievements
In addition to the productive discussions, we took the time to celebrate some of the remarkable achievements of IJERPH, which I highlight below:
- Founded by Prof. Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou in 2004
- Indexed in PubMed in 2008
- Received its first Impact Factor in 2012
- Published its 5000th paper in 2017
- Over 60,000 papers published as at June 30, 2023
- 131,628,173 paper views in 2018–2022
- Over 28,000 mentions in prominent news outlets
- 17,000 papers cited 10 times or more as at June 30, 2023
- No.1 journal in the 2022 Google Scholar Metrics in the category of Public Health
- Awarded several editions of Young Investigator Awards, Travel Awards, and Outstanding Reviewer Awards since 2018.
These achievements showcase the journal’s significant contributions to the field and its impact on global health. We are proud of the exceptional work accomplished by the IJERPH team and look forward to building upon this success in the years to come.
Closing Thoughts
MDPI’s Impact in Spain
During the past month, I had the opportunity to visit our new office building in Barcelona, where I met with our local colleagues to discuss the ways we serve the scholarly community, particularly in Spain. The multi-functional office plays a vital role in supporting various business needs, including editorial, design, conference management, data analytics, journal relationship management, publishing partnerships, and collaborations with societies.
Spain holds a significant position in MDPI’s global market, ranking as the fourth-largest contributor to the total number of papers published by MDPI as at July 2023, ranking next to Italy, the USA, and China, with Germany completing the top five.
The Numbers
Out of the 1,680,000 total MDPI articles published as at 25 July, almost 80,000 articles are contributed by Spanish authors, representing nearly 40,000 unique authors affiliated with Spanish institutions. Remarkably, over 6,300 of these authors hold editorial board member (EBM) positions within MDPI journals, with 30 of them serving as Editors-in-Chief (EiCs).
Our commitment to working with institutions is very evident in Spain, where we have successfully established over 40 Institutional Open Access Programs (IOAP) with esteemed institutions such as the University of Barcelona, the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Pompeu Fabra University, the University of Navarre, and Complutense University of Madrid.
Over the past five years, we have successfully organized eight in-person conferences in Barcelona, attracting over 1,150 registrations, with two forthcoming events scheduled for 2024. Barcelona's excellent connectivity to international airports makes it easily accessible to participants from around the world. Its welcoming atmosphere provides us with the perfect environment for knowledge-sharing, networking, and contributing to the local economy.
Our growth and presence in Spain are a true testament to the incredible service we provide to the scholarly community and the relationships we foster through responsive and collaborative communication. We look forward to continuing to support Spanish scholars, providing them a valuable and trusted experience with MDPI, the leader in open access publishing.
Testimonials
I close this letter as I did in the first edition, by sharing testimonials from our stakeholders. Here are a few IJERPH testimonials from a Spanish guest editor and an author:
Guest Editor
“I want to thank the kindness, attention and professionalism of the MDPI team throughout the editorial process of the Special Issue. I believe that it is a very professional and quality editorial process.”
- Professor Víctor Arufe-Giráldez, University of A Coruña
Special Issue in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health: Physical Activity in Childhood and Adolescence
Special Issue in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health: Physical Education: Present and Future
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Author
“I want to thank the rigor of the revisions made to the manuscripts to improve their quality, the support to the authors for the editor assignment system they have and the follow-up they carry out, for the speed in answering and in carrying out the entire process of the revision, and for doing all this at an affordable price.”
- Dr. María Paz García-Caro, University of Granada
Article in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health: Factors Associated with Suicide Attempts and Suicides in the General Population of Andalusia (Spain)
Chief Executive Officer
MDPI AG
25 July 2023
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2022 in the Section “Microelectronics”
25 July 2023
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2022 in the Section “Industrial Electronics”
21 July 2023
Meet the Editors | Prof. Dr. Giovanni Crupi Appointed Section Editor-in-Chief of Section “Microwave and Wireless Communications” in Electronics
In this captivating series, we had the privilege of interviewing the eminent Prof. Dr. Giovanni Crupi who was appointed Section Editor-in-Chief earlier this year for the Section “Microwave and Wireless Communications” of Electronics (IF 2.9, CiteScore 3.7, ISSN: 2079-9292). Bringing unparalleled expertise to drive innovation and advancements in the field and renowned for his groundbreaking contributions in microwave electronics engineering, focusing on the characterization and modeling of microwave transistors for circuit design and wireless applications, as well as that of microwave sensors for bioengineering applications, Dr. Crupi shares his invaluable insights and takes us on an exclusive journey into the inner workings of the journal. Through these interviews, our aim is to offer a unique perspective on the publishing process, straight from the Section Editor-in-Chief himself.
The following is a short Q&A with Prof. Dr. Giovanni Crupi, who shared his vision for the journal with us, as well as his views of the research area and open access publishing:
1. Can you share with us some information about your academic background?
I received my Ph.D. degree in 2006 from the University of Messina, Italy. Since 2005, I have had the privilege of being a repeat Visiting Scientist at KU Leuven and IMEC, both located in Leuven, Belgium. These experiences have enriched my academic journey significantly. At present, I hold the position of Associate Professor at the University of Messina, Italy. It is a role that I find fulfilling as I engage in various scholarly activities and contribute to the academic community. Throughout my career, I have had the opportunity to author or coauthor over 250 publications in esteemed international journals and conferences, enabling me to share my research findings and insights with a wider audience. I am also the Editor-in-Chief of the Wiley International Journal of Numerical Modelling: Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields, Section Editor-in-Chief of the MDPI Electronics, and Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, IEEE Microwave and Wireless Technology Letters, and IEEE Access.
2. What are your current research interests?
In terms of my current research focus, I am actively engaged in various areas of electronic engineering, particularly in microwave and wireless communications. My endeavors involve exploring theoretical concepts, developing practical applications, and contributing to the advancement of the field. It is an exciting journey, and I am fortunate to be involved in such meaningful and impactful research endeavors.
3. What made you choose to work with us knowing that we are an open access digital publisher?
I gladly accepted the invitation to lead the “Microwave and Wireless Communications” Section, since this is a vibrant and fascinating segment of the electronics, in which I have been working since my master’s thesis. I believe that all of us have the responsibility to contribute to the betterment of the publishing process by ensuring fairness, inclusiveness, multidisciplinarity, dissemination, and sustainability. Involvement at different editorial levels is an essential part of our commitment to support the global transition toward open access publishing in a healthy way, without leaving developing countries and emerging economies behind.
I really believe that open access is the way forward, as it presents a tremendous opportunity to provide free access to information for emerging nations. It is truly the future of academic publishing. In recent years, I have observed a positive trend where many universities have started funding researchers to publish their papers in open access formats. This shift towards open access not only promotes the dissemination of knowledge but also ensures that valuable research findings are accessible to a wider audience, including those in less privileged regions. By removing financial barriers and enabling free access to information, we can contribute to the growth and development of academic communities worldwide.
4. Electronics is an open access publication. How do you think open access impacts authors?
I am particularly enthusiastic about the impact this movement can have on emerging nations and authors, as it empowers researchers and students in those regions to benefit from the wealth of knowledge available. The ability to freely access information without financial constraints can foster innovation, collaboration, and ultimately contribute to bridging the knowledge gap between countries. Embracing open access as the future of publishing aligns with my vision of promoting equitable access to information and supporting the advancement of academic communities globally. Right now, we are entering a new era of scientific publications, mostly owing to global transition toward open access to make research openly and freely available. By opening new frontiers, open access publishing is rapidly and profoundly changing the traditional concept of research publication. The open access process is aimed primarily at facilitating the widest possible dissemination, at empowering the development of multidisciplinary research, and at maximizing the impact of research for future generations, but at the same time this might bring adverse side effects, just as any medication can.
To meet the new challenges and great opportunities brought by this extraordinary revolution, we all needed to keep an open mind, to not miss out on this amazing opportunity, while keeping eyes wide open, to minimize any potential side effect and to make sure that this transition provides access to a better future for us all, without leaving anyone behind.
5. What is your vision for the “Microwave and Wireless Communications” Section?
Throughout the years, microwave wireless communication technologies have greatly evolved and nowadays are experiencing a tremendous growth, driven by an explosive broadening of their applications. My belief is that competence, curiosity, passion, enthusiasm, experience, synergistic teamwork, and communication across disciplinary boundaries are essential for effectively strengthening the connectivity between the extraordinary progress of these amazing technologies and the market expansion of their fast-evolving applications. This would enable us to build together a better future for the benefit of humankind. In this dynamic and exciting scenario, I am of the opinion that “Microwave and Wireless Communications” Section can play a key role in the advancement of the journal Electronics.
6. Which research topics do you think will be of particular interest to the research community in the coming years?
From my perspective, I believe that three research topics will capture significant interest from the research community in the coming years. Firstly, microwave transistors are expected to be a focal point as scientists strive to enhance miniaturization and efficiency of electronic devices to support the ubiquitous development of green wireless communication systems. Secondly, microwave sensors for engineering applications are gaining momentum due to their wide range of practical uses, going from wearable smart sensors for IoT enabled personalized healthcare to remote sensing for structural health monitoring. Thirdly, quantum computing has emerged as a cutting-edge field with immense potential for solving complex problems, and I anticipate it will continue to draw substantial attention from researchers.
These are three important strategic topics, but my belief is that defining and developing each strategic research topic strictly requires a multidisciplinary approach to promote our unwavering commitment to the environment, society and the economy, which constitute the three intertwined pillars to ensure a responsible and sustainable progress for making the world a better place to live for our future generations to come.
We wish Dr. Giovanni Crupi every success in his new current position as Section Editor-in-Chief, and we look forward to his contributions to the journal.
19 July 2023
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Industrial Electronics”
19 July 2023
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Microelectronics”
12 July 2023
Meet the Editors | Interview with Prof. Dr. Flavio Canavero—Editor-in-Chief of Electronics
In this captivating series, we had the privilege of interviewing the eminent Prof. Dr. Flavio Canavero, Editor-in-Chief of the prestigious Electronics journal (ISSN: 2079-9292). Renowned for his groundbreaking contributions in signal integrity and EMC design issues, interconnect modeling, the black-box characterization of digital integrated circuits, statistics, and uncertainty quantification in EMC, Prof. Dr. Canavero shares his invaluable insights and takes us on an exclusive journey into the inner workings of the journal. Through these interviews, our aim is to offer a unique perspective on the publishing process, straight from the Editors themselves.
The following is a short Q&A with Prof. Canavero, who shared his vision for the journal with us, as well as his views of the research area and open access publishing:
1. Can you share with us some information about your academic background?
I received my Ph.D. in 1986 from the Georgia Institute of Technology, USA. Throughout my career, I have had the privilege of authoring or co-authoring over 300 papers that have been published in esteemed international journals and conference proceedings. In addition to my research endeavors, I have actively engaged in various service activities both within my current institution and on an international scale. At Politecnico di Torino, I have held several prominent roles, including serving as the Director of the Electronics Department from 1993 to 1999, Vice Rector for Organization from 2001 to 2005, and Head of the Doctoral School from 2012 to 2018. Beyond my institution, I have contributed to the advancement of doctoral education as a member of the Steering Committee of the Council for Doctoral Education (CDE) of the European University Association (EUA).
2. What are your current research interests?
In my work, I am immersed in the fascinating realm of circuits and systems theory, with a strong focus on signal integrity and EMC design issues.
3. How has your experience been as an Editor-in-Chief so far and what made you choose to work with us, knowing that we are an open access digital publisher?
As the Editor-in-Chief, my experience with the journal has been quite positive so far. Being retired, I now have more time to devote to the development and management of the journal, which has been very rewarding in recent years.
Regarding my decision to work with an open access digital publisher, in the past, I was involved with other journals where I had to handle all the editorial work and I couldn’t give more time to promoting and developing the journal. Instead, in my current role as the Section Editor-in-Chief of the journal Electronics, I do not have to worry about many details of the editorial process, as they are effectively handled by the well-trained and capable staff of the journal. This is actually a positive aspect as it ensures a more transparent and inclusive decision-making process, leaving me with more time to handle more important issues within the journal. I am very satisfied with my current position and the expertise that I bring to the journal.
4. Which research topics do you think will be of particular interest to the research community in the coming years?
I think we should place more emphasis on integrated devices utilized in various domains. These devices play a crucial role in enabling advanced technologies and applications across different industries. By highlighting their importance, we can provide valuable insights and promote advancements in this area. Another captivating topic that warrants attention is the utilization of artificial intelligence (AI) for storing and efficiently taking advantage of electric power. With the growing need for sustainable energy solutions, AI can significantly contribute to optimizing power storage and consumption. Exploring this intersection of AI and electric power management can lead to innovative approaches and solutions in the field.
Furthermore, it is essential to closely monitor the interface between humans and machines. As technology continues to evolve, the control and interaction between humans and AI-driven devices become increasingly significant. By focusing on the development of control devices for AI, we can enhance the user experience, ensure safety, and drive progress in this critical aspect of human–machine interaction. Overall, by concentrating on hardware equipment, integrated devices, AI-powered power management, and the interface between humans and machines, the journal Electronics can stay at the forefront of advancements in the field and provide valuable insights for researchers and practitioners alike.
5. What are your expectations for Electronics?
I think that citations play a crucial role in assessing the influence and significance of published research. I expect that authors who have previously published with us and achieved good citation metrics will continue to contribute impactful papers. This creates a positive cycle, as their future publications are likely to generate further citations and contribute to the journal's success. I also expect authors to ensure that they provide a robust and well-explained methodology to support their findings. By emphasizing the need for good reports, focusing on completeness and structure in article writing, and emphasizing the importance of a clear methodology, we can enhance the quality of submissions and help authors to improve their chances of publication.
We wish Prof. Dr. Flavio Canavero every success in his current position as Editor-in-Chief, and we look forward to his contributions to the journal.
11 July 2023
MDPI’s Newly Launched Journals in June 2023
With the first issue released in June 2023, five new MDPI journals disseminating multi-disciplinary science are due to launch, which will cover the subjects of medicine & pharmacology, biology and physical sciences.
The newly launched journals will be overseen by professional Editorial Board Members and Editors to ensure an accurate and rapid publication, rigorous peer review and broad visibility.
Please feel free to browse and discover more about the new journals below.
| Journal | Founding Editor-in-Chief | Journal topics (selected) |
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Prof. Dr. Jun Ma, Peking University, China| Editorial | view inaugural issue | growth and development; diet and nutrients; school health promotion policies and practices; child health and care; adolescent health and wellbeing | view journal scope | submit an article |
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Prof. Dr. Bernd Rehm, Griffith University, Australia | Editorial | view inaugural issue | DNA and gene synthesis; synthetic transcription factors; protein engineering; viral engineering; metabolic engineering | view journal scope | submit an article |
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Prof. Dr. Varsha Gandhi, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA | Editorial | view inaugural issue | lymphatics; cancers associated with lymphocytes and lymphoblasts; lymphatic tissues; lymphoma; lymphoid leukemia | view journal scope | submit an article |
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Dr. Bradley Turner, University of Melbourne, Australia | Editorial | view inaugural issue | multiple sclerosis; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; primary lateral sclerosis; atherosclerosis; systemic sclerosis | view journal scope | submit an article |
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Prof. Dr. Clemens Burda, Case Western Reserve University, USA | Editorial | view inaugural issue | Gamma ray, X-ray, and UV–Vis spectroscopies; NIR/mid-infrared/Raman spectroscopy; microwave and THz spectroscopy; high-resolution gas-phase atomic, molecular, and cluster spectroscopy; MS, NMR, and EPR spectroscopy | view journal scope | submit an article |
We wish to thank everyone who has supported the development of open access publishing. You are welcome to submit an application to the New Journal Committee ([email protected]) if you would like to create more new journals.
3 July 2023
MDPI Insights: The CEO’s Letter #1 - Open Access and Impactful Research
Welcome to the MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter.
In these monthly letters, I will showcase two key aspects of our work at MDPI: our commitment to empowering researchers and our determination to facilitating open scientific exchange.
Opening Thoughts
The Future is Open, and MDPI is Leading the Way
I strongly believe in a future that embraces openness, where open source, open information, and open access (OA) take center stage. This belief that led me to join MDPI in 2020, and I am honored to have recently been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). In this capacity, and operating in close liaison with Dr. Lin and MDPI’s senior management, I shall work to build on Dr. Lin’s achievements of the past quarter-century. In this role, I will focus on communication initiatives to promote MDPI's remarkable work and continue to build our company as a trusted leader in OA publishing. For over two decades, MDPI has been at the forefront of reshaping the academic publishing landscape, with OA surpassing subscription-based publishing in 2020. This trajectory is deeply rooted in our history and reflects our unwavering commitment and vision for an open future.
1 Million Published Articles
2023 began with a remarkable achievement for MDPI, as we became the first OA publisher to reach the milestone of 1 million published articles. This represents 2.7 million unique authors who have trusted us with their work, or about a third of all researchers worldwide. As the world's most cited OA publisher, we are proud in sharing these significant milestones.
Our mission remains unchanged: to make science open and accessible to all. We understand the importance of knowledge access, empowering researchers to stay at the forefront of a rapidly changing world. Our diverse range of journals covers a wide spectrum of disciplines, offering cutting-edge insights, trusted tools, and crucial knowledge to address global challenges.
Liberating Science
As the world’s leading OA publisher, MDPI is actively liberating science. We are committed to eliminating the frustrations researchers and the general public face when accessing information, ensuring it is not locked behind paywalls. We firmly believe that everyone has a right to information, and our commitment to open access publishing drives our work.
In this inaugural edition of Insights: The CEO's Letter, I draw inspiration from the upcoming 20th anniversary of the Berlin Declaration on Open Access. Its stated mission reminds us that true impact is achieved when knowledge is widely and readily available to society:
"Our mission of disseminating knowledge is only half complete if the information is not made widely and readily available to society”
Impactful Research
MDPI Publishes Impactful Research: Recognized by Leading Indexing Databases
MDPI journals are indexed in every single top database in the world.
As of June 2023, we have 214 journals indexed within Web of Science, 223 indexed within Scopus, 87 indexed within PubMed and PMC, and 17 indexed within MEDLINE, and these numbers increase every month. We constantly strive to expand the coverage of our journals within leading multi-disciplinary and scope-specific databases, resulting in an incredibly broad range of journals that are indexed within a variety of databases. MDPI has active relationships with approximately 65 well-known databases around the world, and we continue to expand our portfolio every year so that your work can be found, cited, and referenced with ease.
Continued Growth of MDPI Journals
The 2022 Scopus and Web of Science journal citation metrics were officially released in June, and I am pleased to report that 31 MDPI journals received their first CiteScore, taking the total number of journals with a CiteScore to 216. The number of MDPI journals receiving an Impact Factor (IF) also continues to grow with 111 receiving their first, by being covered in the ESCI, bringing our total number of journals with an IF to 208 of which 41 journals received an IF above 4.0. Looking at 2022 CiteScores in the Scopus database, 80% of MDPI journals have a score that ranks them in Q1 or Q2 in at least one subject category.
Publishing impactful science would not be possible without all of our authors, editors and reviewers. Thank you for your contribution and continued support! Together we share the latest scientific insights faster and ensure that your work is accessible to all.
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Inside MDPI
Preprints.org: Clarivate adds the Preprint Citation Index to the Web of Science
At MDPI, we are dedicated to driving the advancement of science. Through our initiative, Preprints.org, researchers can publish their work and gain valuable feedback from the broader research community, ensuring rapid progress in their respective fields. This is particularly crucial during times of health and climate challenges, where timely dissemination of findings is essential.
Increased Visibility for Preprints
I am pleased to share that Clarivate recognizes the significance of preprints and has taken a crucial step to enhance their visibility. Clarivate has added the Preprint Citation Index to the Web of Science, encompassing preprints published not only on Preprints.org but also on other reputable repositories.
Looking ahead, the future of preprints appears promising, bolstered by the recent indexing announcement from the Web of Science. As a result, preprints will receive increased visibility, serving as a valuable resource for staying informed about the latest research developments.
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What are Preprints?
The Pros and Cons of Preprints
Preprints and COVID-19
Preprints—The Future of Open Access Publishing?
Coming Together for Science
The First International Conference on Antioxidants: Sources, Methods, Health Benefits and Industrial Applications
In this edition of ‘Coming Together for Science,’ I am pleased to highlight the First International Conference on Antioxidants organized by our conference team in the beautiful city of Barcelona, Spain. The conference attracted over 130 attendees, who engaged in 42 talks, and 89 poster presentations spread across several sessions.
Working Together
Under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Alessandra Napolitano (Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Naples, Italy) and Prof. Dr. Rosa M. Lamuela Raventos (Department of Nutrition, Food Sciences and Gastronomy, University of Barcelona, Spain) as chairs, and supported by the committee members, 10 invited keynote speakers, poster presenters, and all the attendees, this dedicated group of academics came together to discuss the natural sources, methodologies, health benefits, and industrial applications of antioxidants.
Especially noteworthy is the positive feedback received from attendees, with 94% rating the overall organization of the conference as good or excellent. I particularly love the picture above, capturing the gathering of some of the participants. You can browse through more photos in the event gallery located here.
Managing Events With Sciforum
If you are considering hosting your own academic event, I highly recommend checking out Sciforum, MDPI's event management platform. Sciforum simplifies the entire process, making it easy to host your own event by allowing you to focus on what really matters: Science!
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Closing Thoughts
Stefan Tochev, Dr. Shu-Kun Lin, Dr. Eric O. Freed, Peter Roth, Wynne Wang, Allison Yang
Viruses and Editorial Quality: Acknowledging the Dedication of our Viruses Journal Team
During a June meeting with Dr. Eric O. Freed, the founding and current Editor-in-Chief of our journal Viruses, I was reminded of the exceptional dedication of our editorial board. Meeting with Eric is a pleasure, as he has a strong commitment and clear vision for the journal. Over the course of two days, we gained a deep understanding of the journal’s expectations and focus on strategic growth, editorial board representation, and engagement.
I am pleased to share that Viruses holds a CiteScore of 7.1 (an increase of 7.57% versus the 2021 metric) and an Impact Factor of 4.7. You can view the journal statistics here. Viruses publishes highly cited papers, and is indexed in renowned databases such as Scopus, SCIE (Web of Science), PubMed, and others, and maintains affiliations with prestigious societies. Moreover, the Viruses team has recently announced an exciting upcoming event titled ‘Viruses 2024 – A World of Viruses,’ scheduled to take place in Barcelona, Spain, from 14–16 February 2024.
Testimonials
If you notice my enthusiasm regarding our editorial service, it’s because the surveys and testimonials we receive speak volumes about the experiences of our authors, reviewers, and guest editors who collaborate with MDPI. The purpose of these letters is to highlight the exceptional work that we do and the experiences we create for the scholars – thus, let me end with this testimonial from an author:
“It was a great pleasure to publish in Viruses Special Issue [Emerging Viruses in Aquaculture]. The submission process was easy. Guest editors were very helpful and provided all the guidance and support as needed. The handling of the manuscript by the Editorial Team was very fast, efficient, and professional. The reviewer’s comments were insightful, and the publication processes were remarkably rapid.”
– Ms. Magdalena Stachnik, Państwowy Instytut Weterynaryjny | PIWet
Article in Viruses: Emerging Viral Pathogens in Sturgeon Aquaculture in Poland: Focus on Herpesviruses and Mimivirus Detection
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30 June 2023
Electronics Receives an Increased Impact Factor of 2.9
28 June 2023
2022 Impact Factors for MDPI Journals
The 2022 citation metrics have been released in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), and we’re pleased to announce the following results for MDPI journals:
We are thrilled to announce that 90% of our ranked MDPI journals, specifically 86 out of 96 (captured in the table below), are performing above average in Q1 or Q2. This year, Clarivate has expanded its Impact Factor (IF) awards to include journals in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), providing greater transparency for the full set of journals indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection. As a result, 111 of MDPI journals have received their first IF in 2023, with 37 journals surpassing an IF of 3.0. In total, 208 MDPI journals have been honored with an IF.
Clarivate explains that by "expanding the coverage but holding to highly selective standards, the [Impact Factor] is now a reliable indicator of trustworthiness, as well as a measure of scholarly impact, at the journal level."
Please visit our blog post where we discuss the release of the latest citation metrics with our Indexing Manager, Dr. Constanze Schelhorn, to find out what's different this time around and how to make use of different metrics available.
| Journal | Impact Factor | Rank Quartile | Category |
| Vaccines | 7.8 | Q1 | Immunology |
| Medicine, Research & Experimental | |||
| Antioxidants | 7.0 | Q1 | Food Science & Technology |
| Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | |||
| Chemistry, Medicinal | |||
| Cells | 6.0 | Q2 | Cell Biology |
| Nutrients | 5.9 | Q1 | Nutrition & Dietetics |
| International Journal of Molecular Sciences | 5.6 | Q1 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Q2 | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | ||
| Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research | 5.6 | Q2 | Business |
| Biomolecules | 5.5 | Q1 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Biosensors | 5.4 | Q1 | Chemistry, Analytical |
| Instruments & Instrumentation | |||
| Q2 | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | ||
| Fractal and Fractional | 5.4 | Q1 | Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications |
| Marine Drugs | 5.4 | Q1 | Chemistry, Medicinal |
| Pharmacology & Pharmacy | |||
| Pharmaceutics | 5.4 | Q1 | Pharmacology & Pharmacy |
| Nanomaterials | 5.3 | Q1 | Physics, Applied |
| Q2 | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | ||
| Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | |||
| Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | |||
| Cancers | 5.2 | Q2 | Oncology |
| Foods | 5.2 | Q1 | Food Science & Technology |
| Polymers | 5.0 | Q1 | Polymer Science |
| Remote Sensing | 5.0 | Q1 | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
| Q2 | Remote Sensing | ||
| Imaging Science & Photographic Technology | |||
| Environmental Sciences | |||
| Antibiotics | 4.8 | Q1 | Pharmacology & Pharmacy |
| Q2 | Infectious Diseases | ||
| Drones | 4.8 | Q2 | Remote Sensing |
| Journal of Functional Biomaterials | 4.8 | Q2 | Engineering, Biomedical |
| Materials Science, Biomaterials | |||
| Biomedicines | 4.7 | Q1 | Pharmacology & Pharmacy |
| Q2 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | ||
| Medicine, Research & Experimental | |||
| Journal of Fungi | 4.7 | Q2 | Mycology |
| Microbiology | |||
| Viruses | 4.7 | Q2 | Virology |
| Bioengineering | 4.6 | Q2 | Engineering, Biomedical |
| Gels | 4.6 | Q1 | Polymer Science |
| Molecules | 4.6 | Q2 | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary |
| Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | |||
| Pharmaceuticals | 4.6 | Q2 | Pharmacology & Pharmacy |
| Chemistry, Medicinal | |||
| Toxics | 4.6 | Q1 | Toxicology |
| Q2 | Environmental Sciences | ||
| Biomimetics | 4.5 | Q1 | Engineering, Multidisciplinary |
| Q2 | Materials Science, Biomaterials | ||
| Microorganisms | 4.5 | Q2 | Microbiology |
| Plants | 4.5 | Q1 | Plant Sciences |
| Biology | 4.2 | Q2 | Biology |
| Chemosensors | 4.2 | Q2 | Instruments & Instrumentation |
| Chemistry, Analytical | |||
| Electrochemistry | |||
| Membranes | 4.2 | Q2 | Engineering, Chemical |
| Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | |||
| Chemistry, Physical | |||
| Polymer Science | |||
| Toxins | 4.2 | Q1 | Toxicology |
| Q2 | Food Science & Technology | ||
| Metabolites | 4.2 | Q2 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Batteries | 4.0 | Q2 | Electrochemistry |
| Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | |||
| Q3 | Energy & Fuels | ||
| Catalysts | 3.9 | Q2 | Chemistry, Physical |
| Journal of Clinical Medicine | 3.9 | Q2 | Medicine, General & Internal |
| Land | 3.9 | Q2 | Environmental Studies |
| Sensors | 3.9 | Q2 | Instruments & Instrumentation |
| Chemistry, Analytical | |||
| Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | |||
| Sustainability | 3.9 | Q2 | Environmental Sciences (SCIE) |
| Environmental Studies (SSCI) | |||
| Q3 | Green & Sustainable Science & Technology (SCIE) | ||
| Green & Sustainable Science & Technology (SSCI) | |||
| Buildings | 3.8 | Q2 | Construction & Building Technology |
| Engineering, Civil | |||
| Agronomy | 3.7 | Q1 | Agronomy |
| Q2 | Plant Sciences | ||
| Fermentation | 3.7 | Q2 | Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology |
| Pathogens | 3.7 | Q2 | Microbiology |
| Agriculture | 3.6 | Q1 | Agronomy |
| Diagnostics | 3.6 | Q2 | Medicine, General & Internal |
| Genes | 3.5 | Q2 | Genetics & Heredity |
| Journal of Intelligence | 3.5 | Q2 | Psychology, Multidisciplinary |
| Lubricants | 3.5 | Q2 | Engineering, Mechanical |
| Processes | 3.5 | Q2 | Engineering, Chemical |
| Coatings | 3.4 | Q2 | Materials Science, Coatings & Films |
| Physics, Applied | |||
| Q3 | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | ||
| ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information | 3.4 | Q2 | Geography, Physical |
| Q3 | Computer Science, Information Systems | ||
| Remote Sensing | |||
| Materials | 3.4 | Q2 | Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering |
| Physics, Applied | |||
| Physics, Condensed Matter | |||
| Q3 | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | ||
| Chemistry, Physical | |||
| Micromachines | 3.4 | Q2 | Instruments & Instrumentation |
| Physics, Applied | |||
| Chemistry, Analytical | |||
| Q3 | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | ||
| Water | 3.4 | Q2 | Water Resources |
| Environmental Sciences | |||
| Brain Sciences | 3.3 | Q3 | Neurosciences |
| Energies | 3.2 | Q3 | Energy & Fuels |
| Fire | 3.2 | Q1 | Forestry |
| Q2 | Ecology | ||
| Life | 3.2 | Q2 | Biology |
| Current Issues in Molecular Biology | 3.1 | Q3 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Horticulturae | 3.1 | Q1 | Horticulture |
| Animals | 3.0 | Q1 | Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science |
| Veterinary Sciences | |||
| Insects | 3.0 | Q1 | Entomology |
| Atmosphere | 2.9 | Q3 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
| Environmental Sciences | |||
| Electronics | 2.9 | Q2 | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic |
| Physics, Applied | |||
| Q3 | Computer Science, Information Systems | ||
| Forests | 2.9 | Q1 | Forestry |
| Inorganics | 2.9 | Q2 | Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear |
| Journal of Marine Science and Engineering | 2.9 | Q1 | Engineering, Marine |
| Q2 | Oceanography | ||
| Engineering, Ocean | |||
| Metals | 2.9 | Q2 | Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering |
| Q3 | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | ||
| Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease | 2.9 | Q2 | Tropical Medicine |
| Parasitology | |||
| Q3 | Infectious Diseases | ||
| Universe | 2.9 | Q2 | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| Physics, Particles & Fields | |||
| Healthcare | 2.8 | Q2 | Health Policy & Services (SSCI) |
| Q3 | Health Care Sciences & Services (SCIE) | ||
| Applied Sciences | 2.7 | Q2 | Engineering, Multidisciplinary |
| Physics, Applied | |||
| Q3 | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | ||
| Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | |||
| Crystals | 2.7 | Q2 | Crystallography |
| Q3 | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | ||
| Entropy | 2.7 | Q2 | Physics, Multidisciplinary |
| Magnetochemistry | 2.7 | Q2 | Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear |
| Q3 | Chemistry, Physical | ||
| Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | |||
| Symmetry | 2.7 | Q2 | Multidisciplinary Sciences |
| Actuators | 2.6 | Q2 | Instruments & Instrumentation |
| Engineering, Mechanical | |||
| Aerospace | 2.6 | Q1 | Engineering, Aerospace |
| Behavioral Sciences | 2.6 | Q2 | Psychology, Multidisciplinary |
| Current Oncology | 2.6 | Q3 | Oncology |
| Machines | 2.6 | Q2 | Engineering, Mechanical |
| Q3 | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | ||
| Medicina | 2.6 | Q3 | Medicine, General & Internal |
| Separations | 2.6 | Q3 | Chemistry, Analytical |
| Minerals | 2.5 | Q2 | Mining & Mineral Processing |
| Mineralogy | |||
| Geochemistry & Geophysics | |||
| Children | 2.4 | Q2 | Pediatrics |
| Diversity | 2.4 | Q2 | Biodiversity Conservation |
| Q3 | Ecology | ||
| Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease | 2.4 | Q3 | Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems |
| Mathematics | 2.4 | Q1 | Mathematics |
| Photonics | 2.4 | Q3 | Optics |
| Veterinary Sciences | 2.4 | Q1 | Veterinary Sciences |
| Fishes | 2.3 | Q2 | Marine & Freshwater Biology |
| Fisheries | |||
| Axioms | 2.0 | Q2 | Mathematics, Applied |
| Systems | 1.9 | Q2 | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary |
| Tomography | 1.9 | Q3 | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging |
Note: The Journal of Personalized Medicine's Impact Factor was omitted in the original release and will be assigned separately. Please find the data on the journal webpage in due course.
Source: 2022 Journal Impact Factors, Journal Citation Reports TM (Clarivate, 2023)
21 June 2023
Meet the Editors | Interview with Dr. Yoichi Hayashi—Section Editor-in-Chief of Section “Artificial Intelligence” in Electronics
In this captivating series, we had the privilege of interviewing the eminent Dr. Yoichi Hayashi, Section Editor-in-Chief of the “Artificial Intelligence” Section of the prestigious Electronics journal (ISSN: 2079-9292). Renowned for his groundbreaking contributions in artificial intelligence, deep neural networks, fuzzy logic, rule extraction, ensemble systems, computational intelligence, data science, and medical informatics, Dr. Hayashi shares his invaluable insights and takes us on an exclusive journey into the inner workings of the journal. Through these interviews, we aim to offer a unique perspective on the publishing process, straight from the Section Editors-in-Chief.
The following is a short Q&A with Dr. Yoichi Hayashi, who shared his vision for the journal with us, as well as his views of the research area and open access publishing:
1. Can you share with us some information about your academic background?
I received my Dr. Eng. degree in systems engineering from the Tokyo University of Science in 1984. Following that, in 1986, I joined the Computer Science Department of Ibaraki University in Japan as an Assistant Professor. Since 1996, I have been a Full Professor at the Computer Science Department of Meiji University in Tokyo. Throughout my career, I have had the privilege of serving as a Visiting Professor at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, USA, and the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. I have authored over 230 published computer science papers.
2. What are your current research interests?
My research interests primarily revolve around deep learning, particularly focusing on the black-box nature of deep neural networks and shallow neural networks. I am dedicated to exploring the transparency, interpretability, and explainability of deep neural networks, as well as developing methodologies for rule extraction. Additionally, I am involved in the development of high-performance classifiers, advanced data mining techniques, big data analytics, and their applications in the field of medical informatics.
3. What advice would you offer to a beginning editor of a journal?
I believe a beginning editor should pay attention to the referee’s reports. Also, I think it's important to provide timely and constructive feedback and try not to rush the reviewer’s process.
4. What is the main challenge for ensuring the integrity and quality of academic publications?
I think a key factor is providing comprehensive and prompt feedback to authors. Professors and scholars greatly value feedback on their research and ensuring that this feedback is thorough and timely can make a significant difference. By offering valuable input to authors, the journal establishes a reputation as a platform that values and supports scholarly research. This, in turn, encourages more submissions and contributes to the growth and recognition of the journal.
5. Which research topics do you think will be of particular interest to the research community in the coming years?
In recent years, several emerging areas have gained significant prominence and offer exciting avenues for exploration. One such area is Core AI, which encompasses the fundamental principles and concepts underlying artificial intelligence. Understanding and advancing the core aspects of AI can lead to breakthroughs in various applications and domains. Machine learning algorithms and deep learning techniques are also areas deserving of attention. These approaches have revolutionized the field by enabling systems to learn from data and make intelligent decisions. Further advancements in these techniques hold tremendous potential for enhancing the capabilities of AI systems.
The field of AI offers a plethora of fascinating topics and directions to explore. Core AI, machine learning algorithms, deep learning, NLP, computer vision, robotics, deep neural networks, cognitive computing, knowledge representation, reasoning, and reinforcement learning are all areas that deserve increased attention as they hold immense potential for shaping the future of AI and driving innovation across various domains.
We wish Dr. Yoichi Hayashi every success in his current position as Section Editor-in-Chief, and we look forward to his contributions to the journal.
16 June 2023
Meet Us at the 22nd International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers 2023), 25–29 June 2023, Kyoto, Japan
15 June 2023
Meet Us at the 6th International Conference on Nanoenergy and Nanosystems (NENS 2023), 17–19 June 2023, Beijing, China
14 June 2023
Electronics Webinar | New Insights in Power Electronics and Industrial Electronics, Held on 25 June 2023
14 June 2023
Meet Us at the 5th International Symposium on Multimodal Transportation (ISMT 2023), 19–21 July 2023, Dalian, China
14 June 2023
The 8th Asia Pacific Conference on Optics Manufacture and 3rd International Forum of Young Scientists on Advanced Optical Manufacturing, 4–6 Aug 2023, Shenzhen, China
13 June 2023
Electronics Receives an Increased CiteScore of 4.7
9 June 2023
Meet the Editors | Interview with Dr. Juan M. Corchado—Section Editor-in-Chief of the Section “Computer Science & Engineering” in Electronics
In this captivating series, we had the privilege of interviewing the eminent Dr. Juan M. Corchado, Section Editor-in-Chief of the “Computer Science & Engineering” Section of Electronics (ISSN: 2079-9292). Renowned for his groundbreaking contributions in artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain, IoT, fog computing, edge computing, smart cities, smart grids, sentiment analysis, and bioinformatics, Dr. Corchado shares his invaluable insights and takes us on an exclusive journey into the inner workings of the journal. Through these interviews, our aim is to offer a unique perspective on the publishing process, straight from the Section Editor-in-Chief himself.
The following is a short Q&A with Dr. Juan M. Corchado, who shared his vision for the journal with us, as well as his views on the research area and open access publishing.
1. Can you share with us some information about your academic background?
I hold a Ph.D. in computer science from the esteemed University of Salamanca, Spain, as well as another in artificial intelligence from the University of the West of Scotland. Throughout my academic journey, I have been fortunate enough to serve as the Dean of the Faculty of Science not once, but twice. Additionally, I had the privilege of holding the esteemed position of Vice-Rector for Research and Transfer from 2013 to 2017, along with the role of Director of the Science Park at the University of Salamanca. Currently, I am deeply involved in various cutting-edge initiatives. I proudly serve as the director of the IOT Digital Innovation Hub and hold the esteemed position of president at the AIR Institute.
2. What are your current interests?
My work primarily revolves around groundbreaking projects centered on artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain, IoT, fog computing, edge computing, smart cities, smart grids, sentiment analysis, and bioinformatics. Leveraging my extensive experience, I was recently appointed as a trustee of the prestigious AstraZeneca Foundation, a position I hold with great honor and responsibility.
3. What made you choose to work with us knowing that we are an open access digital publisher?
In my view, I strongly believe that open access represents the future of publishing. I hold a positive stance towards the concept of providing free access to information. It is worth noting that one of the requirements for European projects is to publish research in an open access format. This presents a remarkable opportunity to contribute to the development of countries that may not have the same level of access to resources.
4. Electronics is an open access publication. How do you think open access impacts authors?
From the Section Editor-in-Chief perspective, I see open access as the way forward for the future of publishing. The idea of enabling unrestricted access to valuable information resonates with me and aligns with my vision for fostering knowledge dissemination. I believe that authors are the key foundation for open access. I am genuinely content with the work and contributions that our authors make to the scientific community. Their dedication and commitment to advancing knowledge are commendable. It is through their collective efforts that we can foster a vibrant and impactful scholarly environment.
5. What is the main challenge in ensuring the integrity and quality of academic publications?
In my role as the Section Editor-in-Chief, I strongly encourage authors to upload their code and other supplementary materials on platforms like GitHub. Doing so not only facilitates easy reference for readers, but also enhances the credibility of their work. By making these resources readily accessible, authors contribute to the transparency and reproducibility of their research, which is highly valued in the scientific community.
6. Which research topics do you think will be of particular interest to the research community in the coming years?
I’m aware that there are numerous automated tools, including options like ChatGPT, that facilitate the creation of PowerPoint presentations. However, it's important to acknowledge that the advancements in AI extend far beyond just these tools. Exciting developments are occurring in various other AI-related areas. Some notable examples include the emergence of data lakes, the implementation of federated learning, the integration of AI in blockchain technology, and the continuous development of new models.
We wish Dr. Juan M. Corchado every success in his current position as Section Editor-in-Chief, and we look forward to his future contributions to the journal.
7 June 2023
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2022 in the Section “Artificial Intelligence”
6 June 2023
Topics Webinar | Smart Manufacturing and Industry 5.0, 15 June 2023
Welcome message by Dr. Dimitris Mourtzis, the webinar chair:
We welcome you to our webinar Smart Manufacturing and Industry 5.0. We will explore how the integration of advanced technologies is reshaping the manufacturing sector. Industry 5.0 represents a paradigm shift, where humans and intelligent machines collaborate in a seamless ecosystem. Our expert speakers will discuss the principles, trends, and transformative potential of smart manufacturing. We will delve into automation, AI, big data, and IoT, optimizing production and enabling real-time decision making. We will also highlight the importance of human workers in Industry 5.0, where collaborative robots, augmented reality, and cognitive computing unlock new possibilities. Therefore, we invite you to join us on this interesting webinar to uncover the potential of smart manufacturing and Industry 5.0, gain valuable insights, participate in stimulating discussions, and envision the future of manufacturing.
Date: 15 June 2023 at 9:00 a.m. CEST | 15:00 p.m. CST Asia
Register now for free!
Program:
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Dr. Dimitris Mourtzis Chair Introduction |
09:00–09:10 a.m. |
15:00–15:10 p.m. |
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Dr. Pai Zheng Towards Mutual Cognitive Human–Robot Collaboration in Manufacturing |
9:10–9:30 a.m. |
15:10–15:30 p.m. |
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Dr. Ang Liu AI-driven Engineering Design |
9:30–9:50 a.m. |
15:30–15:50 p.m. |
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Dr. Dimitris Mourtzis Industrial Metaverse: Challenges & Opportunities |
9:50–10:10 a.m. |
15:50–16:10 p.m. |
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Dr. Dimitris Mourtzis Closing of Webinar |
10:25–10:30 a.m. |
16:25–16:30 p.m. |
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information on how to join the webinar. Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized.
Unable to attend? Register anyway and we’ll let you know when the recording is available to watch.
Webinar Chair and Keynote Speakers:
- Dimitris Mourtzis, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, University of Patras, Patras, Greece;
- Pai Zheng, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China;
- Ang Liu, The University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia.
Relevant Topic:
“Smart Manufacturing and Industry 5.0”
Abstract submission deadline: 30 September 2023
Manuscript submission deadline: 30 November 2023
1 June 2023
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2022 in the Section “Electrical and Autonomous Vehicles”
25 May 2023
Meet Us at the 7th Scientific Meeting of Ph.D. Students (JPhD2023), 7–9 June 2023, Barcelona, Spain
MDPI will be presenting at the 7th Scientific Meeting of Ph.D. Students at the UAB campus (JPhD2023). The event will be held at the Sala d'Actes Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain, from 7 to 9 June 2023.
JPhD2023 aims to facilitate the exchange of knowledge about scientific research from different fields, sharing of research works and communication among the Ph.D. students of the BNC-b in an academic and scientific environment.
MDPI Speaker
Dr. Gabriel Martínez Edo
Presentation theme: MDPI Open Access & Peer Review Process
Dr. Gabriel Martínez Edo holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry (2013) and a master’s degree in pharmaceutical chemistry (2015) from the IQS school of Engineering, Universitat Ramon Llull (Barcelona, Spain). He completed his Ph.D. (2020) in chemistry and chemical engineering at the same institution focusing on the use of nanomaterials as drug delivery systems.
He joined MDPI in June 2020 as Assistant Editor and Section Managing Editor for the journal Nanomaterials. In 2021, he was appointed Managing Editor of the journal Nanomanufacturing, a position he held until his recent appointment as Journal Relations Specialist.
If you are also attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit: https://jphd.icmab.es/.
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17 May 2023
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Electrical and Autonomous Vehicles”
17 May 2023
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Artificial Intelligence”
14 May 2023
2023 World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
The purpose of the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day is to help raise awareness of the possibilities that the use of the Internet and other information and communication technologies (ICTs) can bring to societies and economies, as well as of ways to bridge the digital divide. 17 May marks the anniversary of the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention and the creation of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
This year, World Telecommunication and Information Society Day focuses on “Empowering the least developed countries (LDCs) through information and communication technologies.” As the world becomes increasingly adept at leveraging the Internet for value creation, LDCs risk falling further behind. To further explore the information about digital transformation in these LDCs and communication technologies in the rest of the world on the 2023 World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, we have gathered academic research from several journals on the topic of digital communication, all of which are open access, enabling practitioners, policymakers and people around the world to access and share up-to-date scientific knowledge.
Let us celebrate the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day together.
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ParlTech: Transformation Framework for the Digital Parliament |
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Impactful Digital Twin in the Healthcare Revolution |
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Managerial Practices for the Digital Transformation of Manufacturers |
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Blockchain-Enabled IoT for Rural Healthcare: Hybrid-Channel Communication with Digital Twinning |
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Applied Data Science for Social Good |
The Digital Transformation of Healthcare |
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23 April 2023
Electronics 2022 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award—Winner Announced
21 April 2023
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2022 from the Section “Systems & Control Engineering”
20 April 2023
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2022 in the Section “Networks”
13 April 2023
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Systems & Control Engineering”
13 April 2023
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Networks”
12 April 2023
2023 International Day of Human Space Flight
The International Day of Human Space Flight commemorates the first manned space flight by the Soviet citizen Yuri Gagarin on 12 April 1961. This day was declared the International Day of Human Space Flight in 2011 by the United Nations General Assembly resolution, to celebrate the beginning of the human space age. It reaffirms the important contribution of space science and technology in achieving sustainable development goals and increasing the well-being of countries and people, as well as ensuring the realization of their aspiration to preserve outer space for peaceful purposes.
In the course of human exploration of space, we have established many remarkable achievements and breakthrough milestones:
- In 1957, the first human-made Earth satellite, Sputnik I, was launched into outer space;
- In 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first person to orbit the Earth;
- In 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot upon the surface of the Moon;
- In 1996, the first spacecraft in human history successfully landed on Mars;
- In 1998, the International Space Station, a 16-nation international space program, launched for the first time;
- In 2009, the Kepler space telescope was launched, which has helped humans find thousands of exoplanets;
- In 2015, SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket and recovered the first stage.
To further explore the information about space on the 2023 International Day of Human Space Flight, we have gathered academic research from several journals on the topic of space flight, all of which are open access, enabling practitioners, policymakers and people around the world to access and share up-to-date scientific knowledge.
Let us celebrate the International Day of Human Space Flight together.
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| A Tutorial and Review on Flight Control Co-Simulation Using Matlab/Simulink and Flight Simulators Automation 2022, 3(3), 486-510; https://doi.org/10.3390/automation3030025 |
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| Reconfigurable Fault-Tolerant Control for Spacecraft Formation Flying Based on Iterative Learning Algorithms Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(5), 2485; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12052485 |
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| Wilderness Search for Lost Persons Using a Multimodal Aerial-Terrestrial Robot Team Robotics 2022, 11(3), 64; https://doi.org/10.3390/robotics11030064 |
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31 March 2023
Electronics 2023 Best Paper Award—Winners Announced
31 March 2023
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2022 in the Section “Power Electronics”
27 March 2023
Meet Us at the 2023 IEEE 6th International Conference on Electronics Technology (ICET 2023), 12–15 May 2023, Chengdu, China
22 March 2023
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2022 in the Section “Microwave and Wireless Communications”
22 March 2023
Recruiting Editorial Board Members for Section “Artificial Intelligence Circuits and Systems (AICAS)” in Electronics
17 March 2023
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2021 in The Section “Microwave and Wireless Communications”
17 March 2023
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Power Electronics”
13 March 2023
MDPI’s Newly Launched Journals in December 2022
As a leading open access publisher, MDPI provides scholars with a high-quality and rich academic exchange platform by continuously expanding into new and exciting research areas.
In December 2022, MDPI launched five new journals, covering multiple subjects such as life sciences, biology, medicine and pharmacology, social sciences and humanities. These new journals are being edited by established scholars across the world.
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Prof. Dr. Fabio Gresta, University of Messina, Italy| Editorial | view inaugural issue |
grass/forage/turf production; grassland management; pasture monitoring; grazing and livestock; grass agro-ecosystems| view journal scope | submit an article |
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Prof. Dr. Christos G. Athanassiou, University of Thessaly, Greece| Editorial | view inaugural issue |
pesticides; fungicides; herbicides; fertilizers; soil conditioners| view journal scope | submit an article |
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Prof. Dr. Stephen H. Safe, Texas A&M University, USA| Editorial | view inaugural issue |
receptor structure; receptor function; receptor signaling; receptor expression and regulation; receptor interactions with drugs| view journal scope | submit an article |
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Dr. Jean Jacques Vanden Eynde, University of Mons-UMONS, Belgium| Editorial | view inaugural issue |
drug discovery; medicinal chemistry; preclinical and clinical research; marketed drugs; intellectual property and regulatory affairs| view journal scope | submit an article |
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Prof. Dr. Heather Kanuka, University of Alberta, Canada| Editorial | view inaugural issue |
higher education; tertiary education; policy and practice in higher education; educational leadership in higher education; educational administration and management in higher education| view journal scope | submit an article |
If you are interested in creating more open access journals with us to publish cutting-edge research, please send your journal proposal application to [email protected].
7 March 2023
Displaying Co-Authors’ Email Addresses on the Webpage of Published Papers
7 March 2023
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2022 from the “Circuit and Signal Processing” Section
2 March 2023
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2022 in the Section “Computer Science & Engineering”
27 February 2023
Recruiting Editorial Board Members for Section “Semiconductor Devices” in Electronics
17 February 2023
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Circuit and Signal Processing”
17 February 2023
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Computer Science & Engineering”
16 February 2023
Increasing Visibility for Preprints.org – Clarivate adds the Preprint Citation Index to the Web of Science
9 February 2023
Meet Us at the 7th Asian Conference on Artificial Intelligence Technology (ACAIT 2023), 3–5 November 2023, Jiaxing, China
Conference title: The 7th Asian Conference on Artificial Intelligence Technology (ACAIT 2023)
Date: 3–5 November 2023
Location: Jiaxing, China
Website: https://www.acaitconf.com/
We are honored to host the 7th Asian Conference on Artificial Intelligence Technology in Jiaxing, China (ACAIT 2023). The city lies in the northeast of Zhejiang Province, where national high-end manufacturing industries including new energy vehicles and auto core parts, smart grid and new material industries have developed.
Under the theme of “Intelligence Creation, Welcome Future”, we are preparing plenary & keynote presentations and special sessions for scientists and engineers to present their latest research findings in this rapidly-changing field. We would like you to enjoy not only the research side of the conference, but also the hospitality of Jiaxing and its citizens. We are looking forward to seeing you at ACAIT 2023.
Scope:
The program committee of ACAIT 2023 invites the submission of papers for the technical program of the conference. High-quality original submissions are welcome from research results and applications of all areas of AI including but not limited to the following areas:
- Image Analysis;
- Video Analysis;
- Medical Image Processing;
- Intelligent Vehicles;
- Machine Learning;
- Data Mining;
- Knowledge Representation and Reasoning;
- Multimodality Information Fusion;
- Natural Language Processing;
- Swarm Intelligence;
- Intelligent Robot and Systems;
- Intelligent Control;
- Smart Medical Systems;
- Autonomous Systems;
- Other AI-enabled Applications.
Contact:
Tel: 023-62561406
Email: [email protected]
9 February 2023
Meet Us at the Fourth International Conference on Energy Storage Materials, 13–16 April 2023, Shenzhen, China
Conference: The Fourth International Conference on Energy Storage Materials
Date: 13–16 April 2023
MDPI will be attending the Fourth International Conference on Energy Storage Materials as the exhibitor. With the theme of advanced energy storage materials and energy storage devices, this seminar invites well-known scholars and industry professionals from around the world to discuss the latest research progress and industrial development status and trends in advanced energy storage materials and devices from academic and industrial perspectives in order to promote the application process of energy storage materials and energy storage devices. The conference is held annually.
The following MDPI journals will be represented:
- Batteries;
- Energies;
- Sustainability;
- Materials;
- Electronics;
- Nanomaterials;
- Inorganics;
- Crystals;
- AppliedChem;
- Membranes;
- Electrochem;
- Applied Sciences;
- Metals;
- Molecules.
If you are attending this conference, please feel free to start a conversation with us at our booth: #9. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit http://www.icensm.ac.cn/eindex.html.
31 January 2023
Meet Us at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2023), 29 May–2 June 2023, London, UK
20 January 2023
Meet Us at the XII Reunión del Grupo de Física de la Materia Condensada de la RSEF (GEFES 2023), 1–3 February 2023, Salamanca, Spain
22 December 2022
Special Issue Mentor Program
14 December 2022
"Thanks a Million!" – One Million Articles Published in MDPI Journals
MDPI has just become the first open access (OA) publisher to reach the milestone of one million articles published. That is one million articles freely available to all, to circulate and build upon! We are proud to share this special moment with the global scientific community.
This landmark has been reached thanks to the immeasurable support of more than 600,000 expert reviewers, 66,000 editorial board members and 6700 hard-working colleagues across MDPI’s global offices.
Within more than 25 years of publishing, our journals received 2.1 million manuscripts and generated 4.6 million peer review reports to get to one million papers published.
Reaching the milestone of one million articles published reinforces our mission to remove any existing barriers and to make scientific research accessible to all. Since its inception, MDPI’s goal has been to create reliable processes to make science open. This is a path towards facilitating the dissemination of novel insights in scientific communities.
Regular feedback from authors and reviewers shows that our service is greatly appreciated and needed. At the same time, the feedback helps us identify areas for further improvement.
As it stands, a significant share of published research findings remain closed access. More than half of the content published with the most well-known legacy publishers stays behind a paywall, and that is not including articles published in hybrid OA journals, or made available months or years after publication.
A new policy announced by the US administration in August 2022 requires that, as of January 2026, all US federally funded research be made freely and immediately available after publication. While the new policy does not mandate articles be published under an open access license, it is aligned with the open access movement in removing all barriers to research. Similarly, some of the most advanced research institutions in the world intend to have all funded research articles published in open access by 2025.
MDPI is proud to be the leading agent of the transition to open access.
"Thanks a Million" to all the contributors!
8 December 2022
MDPI Sustainability Foundation: New Look and Nominations for the 2023 Sustainability Awards Now Open
We are pleased to announce that the website of the MDPI Sustainability Foundation has been revamped! For the past couple of months, our UX UI team and front-end developers have been working hard to launch the website in time for the opening of the Sustainability Awards nominations.
The website is not the only thing that has had a remodeling. Indeed, the format of the Emerging Sustainability Leader Award (ESLA) has been updated. ESLA is now a competition open to individual researchers or start-ups founded by researchers under the age of 35. Nominee applications will go through 2 rounds of selection until the final 3 are decided. The finalists will then be invited to give pitch presentations during the Award Ceremony to win either first place (10,000 USD) or runner-up (2 x 5000 USD).
The World Sustainability Award, on the other hand, remains the same: a total prize money of 100,000 USD is up for grabs by senior individual researchers or groups of researchers from the international research community.
Nominations for both the World Sustainability Award and the Emerging Sustainability Leader award are now open! Check out our new website for more information on how to nominate.
23 November 2022
Electronics | 2022 Young Investigator Award—Winner Announced
We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Electronics 2022 Young Investigator Award is Dr. Houqiang Fu.
Dr. Houqiang Fu is an assistant professor at the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering at Arizona State University, Temple, USA. Dr. Fu’s research interests are exploring novel materials and developing next-generation electronic and photonic/optoelectronic devices as well as systems to address critical societal needs in regard to energy efficiency, computing, communication, and sensing, which are at the interdisciplinary intersection of electrical engineering, materials science, photonics, and physics. Dr. Fu received his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Arizona State University (ASU) in 2019, and he has an outstanding publication record; his work has been chronicled in over 160 journal and conference publications, 4 book chapters, 2 granted patents, and 10 pending patents. His research has been featured by many media outlets, including IEEE Spectrum, Semiconductor Today, Compound Semiconductor, and Silicon Valley Microelectronics, and has been collectively cited more than 16,000 times (Hirsch index of 25). He is a rising star in the field of third-generation wide-bandgap semiconductor materials and devices, in addition to their optoelectronic applications. Despite his young age, Dr. Fu has been the recipient of several academic prizes, including the 2021 ISU Regents Innovation Fund Award, the 2019 Palais Outstanding Doctoral Award (the highest honor for ASU ECEE Ph.D. graduates), and the 2018 ASU Outstanding Research Award. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Fu for his outstanding achievements.
As the awardee, Dr. Fu will receive an honorarium of CHF 2000, a certificate, and an offer to publish one paper free of charge in Electronics (ISSN: 2079-9292) after peer review before the end of June 2023.
On behalf of the Assessment Committee Members—Dr. Xiongfeng Ma, Prof. Dr. Boris Andrievsky, Prof. Dr. Elias Stathatos, Dr. Nikolay Hinov, and Prof. Dr. Kiat Seng Yeo—we congratulate the winner on his accomplishments. We would also like to thank all of the nominators from various fields of study for their participation as well as all of the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of the abundant excellent nominations.
Prof. Dr. Flavio Canavero
Editor-in-Chief of Electronics
7 November 2022
Electronics | 2022 Travel Awards—Winners Announced
27 October 2022
Meet Us at the 2022 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, Asia-Pacific (ITEC-AP 2022), 28–31 October 2022, Haining, China
28 September 2022
Peer Review Week 2022 – Research Integrity: Creating and Supporting Trust in Research
28 September 2022
Meet Us at the 6th Micro-Nano Optical Technology and Application Conference, 21–23 October 2022, Nanjing, China
23 September 2022
Meet Us at the 2022 IET International Conference on Engineering Technologies and Applications, 14–16 October 2022, Changhua, Taiwan
13 September 2022
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Electronic Multimedia”
13 September 2022
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Quantum Electronics”
13 September 2022
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Industrial Electronics”
13 September 2022
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Power Electronics”
13 September 2022
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Semiconductor Devices”
13 September 2022
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Optoelectronics”
8 September 2022
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Flexible Electronics”
8 September 2022
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Microwave and Wireless Communications”
8 September 2022
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Artificial Intelligence Circuits and Systems (AICAS)”
8 September 2022
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Microelectronics”
8 September 2022
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Electrical and Autonomous Vehicles”
7 September 2022
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Bioelectronics”
7 September 2022
Electronics | Highly Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Artificial Intelligence”
5 September 2022
Electronics | Call for Special Issue Proposal
1 September 2022
Meet Us at the Seventh International Conference on Data Mining and Big Data (DMBD'2022), 21–24 November 2022, Beijing, China
28 July 2022
Meet Us at the 9th International Symposium on Microwave, Antenna, Propagation and EMC Technologies for Wireless Communications (MAPE 2022), 26–29 August 2022, Chengdu, China
11 July 2022
MDPI’s 2021 Best Paper Awards in “Engineering”—Winners Announced
11 July 2022
MDPI’s 2021 Young Investigator Awards in “Engineering”—Winners Announced
11 July 2022
MDPI’s 2021 Travel Awards in “Engineering”—Winners Announced
11 July 2022
MDPI’s 2021 Outstanding Reviewer Awards in “Engineering”—Winners Announced
8 July 2022
Electronics | 5th Webinar on Advanced Techniques for Low Power and Ultra Low Power ICs, 14 July 2022
Date: 14 July 2022
Time: 3:00 p.m. CEST | 9:00 a.m. EDT | 9:00 p.m. CST Asia
Webinar ID: 890 5218 6355
Register for free here: https://electronics-5.sciforum.net/#registration
In this webinar, the focus will be on advanced techniques for the design of effective and reliable low-power and ultra-low-power integrated circuits attributed to our invited speakers. Audience members will have the opportunity to expand their knowledge and engage in a Q&A with the speakers.
Chair:
Name: Prof. Dr. Anna Richelli
Affiliation: Editorial Board Member of the Section “Circuit and Signal Processing” in Electronics
Interests: design of ultra-low-voltage analog circuits; electromagnetic interference analysis in integrated circuits; integrated voltage converters; CMOS operational amplifiers
Speakers:
Name: Dr. Pedro Filipe Leite Correia de Toledo
Affiliation: Topical Advisory Panel Member of the Section “Circuit and Signal Processing” in Electronics
Presentation title: “Nanoscale Digital-Based Analog Processing: How to Design Analog Building Blocks Using Only Digital Gates”
Dr. Pedro Filipe Leite Correia de Toledo is an Electronic Engineer with more than ten years of experience developing CMOS RF/Analog Integrated Circuits. Currently, he is a Mixed-Signal IC designer in Synopsys, working in SERDES designs with sub-10nm CMOS technology. He has received a Ph.D. at Polito and UFRGS (Joint-Degree Ph.D.) working with digital-based analog processing for IoT applications. He has finished his M.Sc. degree in microelectronics from UFRGS, working with low thermal sensitivity analog applications based on ZTC and GZTC MOSFET bias point modeling. He has also received a BSEE (2010), and an RF IC Designer Specialization Course (IC-Brazil Program–2011) at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) and the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), respectively. He has also won the award for the best master's thesis in the design, CAD, and IC Test category in 2015 from the Brazilian Society of Microelectronics (SBMICRO). In 2019, he was awarded the Best Student Paper Award of the 2019 IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems (ICECS 2019). He possesses a sound understanding of fundamental principles and trends in electronic engineering. He can work and study at the same time, and is eager to learn and adapt to new environments, products, and projects.
Name: Dr. Roberto Rubino
Affiliation: Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Turin, Italy
Presentation title: “Relaxation Digital to Analog Converter”
Dr. Roberto Rubino received his B.Sc. degree and his M.Sc. degree in electronic engineering at Politecnico di Torino, Italy. Currently, he is continuing his research as a Ph.D. student in Politecnico di Torino, as part of the research activity on "Ultra-Low Power, Mostly Digital, Integrated Interfaces for the Internet of Things".
Name: Prof. Dr. Inhee Lee
Affiliation: Editorial Board Member of the Section “Circuit and Signal Processing” in Electronics
Presentation title: “Millimeter-Scale Smart Sensing System”
Prof. Dr. Inhee Lee received his B.Sc. and M.Ss. degrees in electrical and electronic engineering from Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, in 2006 and 2008, respectively, and a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, in 2014. From 2015 to 2019, he was with the University of Michigan as an assistant research scientist. In 2019, he joined the University of Pittsburgh as an assistant professor. His research includes adaptive circuit/system design, ultra-low-power power management circuits, and energy-efficient sensor interface circuits. Additionally, he is developing millimeter-scale or even smaller sensing/computing systems for ecological, biomedical, energy exploration, and internet-of-things applications.
For any questions about the webinar, please send an email to [email protected].
28 June 2022
2021 Impact Factors - Released
The 2021 citation metrics have been released in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), and we’re pleased to announce the following results for MDPI journals:
| Journal | Impact Factor | Rank | Category |
| Antioxidants | 7.675 | Q1 | Food Science & Technology |
| Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | |||
| Chemistry, Medicinal | |||
| Cells | 7.666 | Q2 | Cell Biology |
| Nutrients | 6.706 | Q1 | Nutrition & Dietetics |
| Cancers | 6.575 | Q1 | Oncology |
| Pharmaceutics | 6.525 | Q1 | Pharmacology & Pharmacy |
| International Journal of Molecular Sciences | 6.208 | Q1 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Q2 | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | ||
| Marine Drugs | 6.085 | Q1 | Chemistry, Medicinal |
| Pharmacology & Pharmacy | |||
| Biomolecules | 6.064 | Q2 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Batteries * | 5.938 | Q2 | Electrochemistry |
| Energy & Fuels | |||
| Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | |||
| Viruses | 5.818 | Q2 | Virology |
| Biosensors | 5.743 | Q1 | Chemistry, Analytical |
| Instruments & Instrumentation | |||
| Q2 | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | ||
| Journal of Fungi | 5.724 | Q1 | Mycology |
| Q2 | Microbiology | ||
| Nanomaterials | 5.719 | Q1 | Physics, Applied |
| Q2 | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | ||
| Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | |||
| Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | |||
| Metabolites | 5.581 | Q2 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Foods | 5.561 | Q1 | Food Science & Technology |
| Drones * | 5.532 | Q2 | Remote Sensing |
| Remote Sensing | 5.349 | Q1 | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
| Imaging Science & Photographic Technology | |||
| Q2 | Remote Sensing | ||
| Environmental Sciences | |||
| Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research | 5.318 | Q2 | Business |
| Antibiotics | 5.222 | Q1 | Pharmacology & Pharmacy |
| Q2 | Infectious Diseases | ||
| Pharmaceuticals | 5.215 | Q1 | Pharmacology & Pharmacy |
| Q2 | Chemistry, Medicinal | ||
| Biology | 5.168 | Q1 | Biology |
| Fermentation | 5.123 | Q2 | Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology |
| Toxins | 5.075 | Q1 | Toxicology |
| Q2 | Food Science & Technology | ||
| Bioengineering * | 5.046 | Q2 | Engineering, Biomedical |
| Polymers | 4.967 | Q1 | Polymer Science |
| Journal of Clinical Medicine | 4.964 | Q2 | Medicine, General & Internal |
| Vaccines | 4.961 | Q2 | Immunology |
| Medicine, Research & Experimental | |||
| Molecules | 4.927 | Q2 | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary |
| Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | |||
| Microorganisms | 4.926 | Q2 | Microbiology |
| Journal of Functional Biomaterials * | 4.901 | Q2 | Engineering, Biomedical |
| Materials Science, Biomaterials | |||
| Biomedicines | 4.757 | Q2 | Medicine, Research & Experimental |
| Pharmacology & Pharmacy | |||
| Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | |||
| Plants | 4.658 | Q1 | Plant Sciences |
| International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 4.614 | Q1 | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health (SSCI) |
| Q2 | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health (SCIE) | ||
| Environmental Sciences (SCIE) | |||
| Membranes | 4.562 | Q1 | Polymer Science |
| Q2 | Engineering, Chemical | ||
| Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | |||
| Chemistry, Physical | |||
| Pathogens | 4.531 | Q2 | Microbiology |
| Catalysts | 4.501 | Q2 | Chemistry, Physical |
| Toxics | 4.472 | Q2 | Toxicology |
| Environmental Sciences | |||
| Gels | 4.432 | Q1 | Polymer Science |
| Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease | 4.415 | Q2 | Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems |
| Chemosensors | 4.229 | Q1 | Instruments & Instrumentation |
| Q2 | Chemistry, Analytical | ||
| Q3 | Electrochemistry | ||
| Genes | 4.141 | Q2 | Genetics & Heredity |
| Diagnostics | 3.992 | Q2 | Medicine, General & Internal |
| Agronomy | 3.949 | Q1 | Agronomy |
| Plant Sciences | |||
| Land | 3.905 | Q2 | Environmental Studies |
| Sustainability | 3.889 | Q2 | Environmental Sciences (SCIE) |
| Environmental Studies (SSCI) | |||
| Q3 | Green & Sustainable Science & Technology (SCIE) | ||
| Q4 | Green & Sustainable Science & Technology (SSCI) | ||
| Sensors | 3.847 | Q2 | Instruments & Instrumentation |
| Chemistry, Analytical | |||
| Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | |||
| Materials | 3.748 | Q1 | Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering |
| Q2 | Physics, Applied | ||
| Physics, Condensed Matter | |||
| Q3 | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | ||
| Chemistry, Physical | |||
| Biomimetics * | 3.743 | Q2 | Engineering, Multidisciplinary |
| Q3 | Materials Science, Biomaterials | ||
| Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease * | 3.711 | Q1 | Tropical Medicine |
| Q2 | Parasitology | ||
| Q3 | Infectious Diseases | ||
| Lubricants * | 3.584 | Q2 | Engineering, Mechanical |
| Fractal and Fractional | 3.577 | Q1 | Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications |
| Water | 3.530 | Q2 | Water Resources |
| Q3 | Environmental Sciences | ||
| Micromachines | 3.523 | Q2 | Instruments & Instrumentation |
| Physics, Applied | |||
| Chemistry, Analytical | |||
| Q3 | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | ||
| Journal of Personalized Medicine | 3.508 | Q2 | Medicine, General & Internal |
| Health Care Sciences & Services | |||
| Agriculture | 3.408 | Q1 | Agronomy |
| Processes | 3.352 | Q2 | Engineering, Chemical |
| Separations | 3.344 | Q2 | Chemistry, Analytical |
| Magnetochemistry | 3.336 | Q2 | Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear |
| Q3 | Chemistry, Physical | ||
| Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | |||
| Brain Sciences | 3.333 | Q3 | Neurosciences |
| Buildings | 3.324 | Q2 | Construction & Building Technology |
| Engineering, Civil | |||
| Forests | 3.282 | Q1 | Forestry |
| Energies | 3.252 | Q3 | Energy & Fuels |
| Life | 3.251 | Q2 | Biology |
| Coatings | 3.236 | Q2 | Materials Science, Coatings & Films |
| Physics, Applied | |||
| Q3 | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | ||
| Animals | 3.231 | Q1 | Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science |
| Veterinary Sciences | |||
| Journal of Intelligence * | 3.176 | Q2 | Psychology, Multidisciplinary |
| Fishes | 3.170 | Q1 | Marine & Freshwater Biology |
| Q2 | Fisheries | ||
| Healthcare | 3.160 | Q2 | Health Policy & Services (SSCI) |
| Health Care Sciences & Services (SCIE) | |||
| Inorganics * | 3.149 | Q2 | Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear |
| Insects | 3.139 | Q1 | Entomology |
| Atmosphere | 3.110 | Q3 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
| Environmental Sciences | |||
| Current Oncology | 3.109 | Q3 | Oncology |
| ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information | 3.099 | Q2 | Geography, Physical |
| Q3 | Computer Science, Information Systems | ||
| Remote Sensing | |||
| Diversity | 3.029 | Q2 | Biodiversity Conservation |
| Ecology | |||
| Tomography | 3.000 | Q3 | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging |
| Current Issues in Molecular Biology | 2.976 | Q3 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Medicina | 2.948 | Q3 | Medicine, General & Internal |
| Symmetry | 2.940 | Q2 | Multidisciplinary Sciences |
| Horticulturae | 2.923 | Q1 | Horticulture |
| Machines | 2.899 | Q2 | Engineering, Mechanical |
| Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | |||
| Systems * | 2.895 | Q2 | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary |
| Applied Sciences | 2.838 | Q2 | Engineering, Multidisciplinary |
| Physics, Applied | |||
| Q3 | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | ||
| Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | |||
| Children | 2.835 | Q2 | Pediatrics |
| Minerals | 2.818 | Q2 | Mining & Mineral Processing |
| Mineralogy | |||
| Geochemistry & Geophysics | |||
| Universe | 2.813 | Q2 | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| Q3 | Physics, Particles & Fields | ||
| Journal of Marine Science and Engineering | 2.744 | Q1 | Engineering, Marine |
| Q2 | Oceanography | ||
| Engineering, Ocean | |||
| Entropy | 2.738 | Q2 | Physics, Multidisciplinary |
| Fire * | 2.726 | Q2 | Forestry |
| Q3 | Ecology | ||
| Metals | 2.695 | Q2 | Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering |
| Q3 | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | ||
| Electronics | 2.690 | Q3 | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic |
| Computer Science, Information Systems | |||
| Physics, Applied | |||
| Crystals | 2.670 | Q2 | Crystallography |
| Q3 | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | ||
| Aerospace | 2.660 | Q1 | Engineering, Aerospace |
| Mathematics | 2.592 | Q1 | Mathematics |
| Photonics | 2.536 | Q3 | Optics |
| Actuators | 2.523 | Q2 | Instruments & Instrumentation |
| Q3 | Engineering, Mechanical | ||
| Veterinary Sciences | 2.518 | Q2 | Veterinary Sciences |
| Behavioral Sciences * | 2.286 | Q3 | Psychology, Multidisciplinary |
| Axioms * | 1.824 | Q2 | Mathematics, Applied |
For more information on Impact Factors and what it means to index academic journals, please visit our related blog posts.
* Journals given their first Impact Factor in 2022
Source: 2021 Journal Impact Factors, Journal Citation Reports TM (Clarivate, 2022)
23 June 2022
Electronics 2021 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award—Winner Announced
9 June 2022
2021 CiteScores - Released
7 June 2022
Electronics 2021 Best Paper Awards for Anniversary Special Issues—Winners Announced
1 June 2022
Recruiting Topical Advisory Panel Members for Electronics
1 June 2022
Electronics | Top 20 Cited Papers in 2020
27 May 2022
Electronics | Top 20 Cited Papers in 2021
20 April 2022
Prof. Dr. Ray-Hua Horng Appointed Section Editor-in-Chief of Section "Semiconductor Devices" in Electronics
19 April 2022
Meet the Editors | Interview with Prof. Dr. Juan-Carlos Cano—Section Editor-in-Chief of the Section “Networks” in Electronics
Prof. Dr. Juan-Carlos Cano has been a University Professor at the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) since November 7, 2011, in the area of computer architecture and technology, and his research is developed in the area of communications networks. He has five research "sexenios" (six-year terms), one of which is for knowledge transfer. He is an author of more than 400 papers, and at present, his Google Scholar h-index is 46.
Name: Prof. Dr. Juan-Carlos Cano
Email: [email protected]
Affiliation: Department of Computer Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Homepage: http://www.disca.upv.es/jucano
Research Keywords: mobile ad hoc networks; vehicular networks; mobile communication; computer networks; wireless networks; MANETs; VANETs
The following is a short Q&A with Prof. Dr. Juan-Carlos Cano, who shared his vision for the journal with us, as well as his views of the research area and open access publishing:
1. Can you briefly share your research results?
To date, I have published more than 400 papers in international journals and congresses, highlighting 95 articles in international journals with the JCR impact index (more than 50 in Q1), 125 articles from congresses classified as CORE or SCIE, and more than 150 articles in international congresses (mainly IEEE and ACM and IFIP), of which I would highlight those published in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, which in 2003 was in the number 1 position by impact index in the “Communications” category.
2. Can you briefly share your teaching activity?
As for my teaching activity, I have received the award for Teaching Excellence by the Social Council of the UPV and the Generalitat Valenciana. At present (since June 2021), I am the Vice-Rector for Teaching Staff and Academic Organization, at the Universitat Politécnica de Valencia.
3. What is your vision for the “Networks” Section?
“Networks” contains many different fields of computer communications and networks while providing full coverage of all topics of interest involved in the networking area. I also support new emerging topics in the field of networks and hope this Section will publish more and more high-quality papers.
4. What do you think of the development of Open Access in the publishing field?
I support Open Access, and Open Access increases the possibility for researchers from all over the world to read scientific literature.
15 April 2022
Meet Us at the 2022 4th Asia Symposium on Image Processing, 23–25 June 2022, Guangzhou, China
15 April 2022
Meet Us at the 2022 4th International Artificial Intelligence Technology Conference, 4–6 August 2022, Dalian, China
28 March 2022
Meet Us at the 19th International Conference on Cooperative Design, Visualization and Engineering (CDVE), 25–28 September 2022, Krakow, Poland
16 March 2022
Electronics | Special Issue Mentor Program
15 March 2022
Dr. Sergio Busquets-Monge Appointed Editor-in-Chief of Section "Electrical and Autonomous Vehicles" in Electronics
10 December 2021
Meet Us at the 2022 2nd Power System and Green Energy Conference (PSGEC 2022), Shanghai, China, 25–27 August 2022
It is our great pleasure to invite you to participate in the 2022 2nd Power System and Green Energy Conference (PSGEC 2022) (https://www.psgec.org/), which will take place from 25 to 27 August 2022 in Shanghai, China.
With the development of the world’s economy, the environment has suffered serious pollution and damage. To prevent a global climate disaster, the large-scale development and utilization of green energy have become an important part of the energy strategy of many countries around the world. Currently, green energy, such as wind power and solar power, is developing rapidly and has played an important role in the energy supply. However, the operation of the power system is facing a major challenge in terms of the integration of green energy due to its randomness and fluctuation.
This conference focuses on the latest research on the power system and green energy and is dedicated to promoting exchanges and discussions among scientists, scholars, researchers, and engineers from power industry concerning the above topic. Thus, we hope to promote the development of the power system and green energy.
PSGEC 2022 is being organized by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, with technical support from IEEE PES Chongqing Chapter; support from Southeast University and Shanghai University of Electric Power; and media support from the Journals Center, China Electric Power Research Institute, and MDPI’s Electronics.
We welcome prospective authors to submit their new research or technological contributions to PSGEC 2022 in order to share their valuable experience with scientists and students from around the world.
The topics of PSGEC 2022 include but are not limited to:
- AI Applications in Power Systems;
- Diagnostics and Condition Monitoring;
- Distributed Generation;
- Electrical Machines and Transformers;
- Electricity Market and Power System Economics;
- Energy Storage, Fuel Cell Technologies, and Trends;
- Electrical Vehicles, Grid to Vehicle (G2V) and Vehicle to Grid (V2G);
- Energy Efficiency;
- Energy Management;
- High Voltage Systems;
- HVDC and FACTS Devices;
- Industrial Automation and Control;
- Modeling and Simulation;
- Modeling Cyber-physical Smart Grids and Demand Response Management;
- Power Electronics and Drives;
- Power Engineering Education;
- Power Quality (PQ);
- Power System Operation and Planning;
- Power System Reliability;
- Power Systems Control and Protection;
- Renewable Energy including Modelling, Operation, Control, and Integration;
- Safe and Resiliency through Community-Scale Micro-Grids;
- Solar Power Systems, Energy and Water Management and Sustainability;
- Smart Grid Development;
- Sustainable Energy Technologies;
- Transmission and Distribution.
22 November 2021
722 MDPI Editorial Board Members Receiving "2021 Highly Cited Researchers" Distinction
16 November 2021
Topical Advisory Panel Established to Support Editorial Board
3 November 2021
Welcome to the World Engineers Summit (WES) 2021, Singapore, 10–12 November 2021
25 October 2021
Open Access Week 2021 | It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity, 25–31 October
Founded in 1996, MDPI was one of the first fully Open Access publisher. Over 25 years MDPI has grown to become the largest Open Access publisher globally, publishing over 160,000 articles across more than 350 journals in 2020. At the core, MDPI was founded in response to a pressing need of fast publication and inclusion. The scholar was set at the centre of the publication process for the first time. Acting as a service provider, rather than a product provider, MDPI exists to help scientists achive their objective to disseminate research results. At MDPI, we believe scientists deserve a better service from the publishing world.
The International Open Access Week (Open Access Week), founded by the SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) Alliance and student partners in 2008, has been successfully running for 13 years. As an advocate and pioneer of open access publishing, MDPI actively responds to the call of International Open Access Week. This year’s theme of “It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity” highlights the Recommendation’s call for equitable participation from all authors and readers.
For the last 25 years, MDPI has been committed to disseminating open research. Here is a video showing MDPI’s Commitment to Equity, Inclusion and Diversity for More than 25 Years.
International Open Access Week is an important opportunity to catalyze new conversations, create connections across and between communities that can facilitate this co-design, and advance progress in the building of more equitable foundations for opening knowledge—discussions and actions that need to be continued, year in and year out. MDPI has always aimed to provide professional and efficient publishing services to scholars around the world.
Our mission is to make scientific research accessible to everyone; this year, we interview and hold discussions with open science ambassadors on how to build an equal and inclusive environment for open science. Academic editors help us collaborate with more institutions to advocate for open access ideas.
Besides this, our scientific community is a key driver of our success and MDPI’s remarkable growth. Despite the pandemic, we have prepared online conferences and workshops to gather scholars from different communities.
The Basel Sustainable Publishing online forum provides an equal opportunity for stakeholders and researchers from multi-cultural environments to exchange ideas and eliminate barriers to participation.
Conference date: 25 October 2021, online
Conference website: https://bspf2021.sciforum.net/
Main topics: MDPI discusses the current dilemma of open access science from various perspectives such as governments, libraries, and publishers, and related measures on how to change the status quo of discrimination from a global perspective.
We aim to support equality, inclusion, diversity, and accessibility in scholarly communications. We collaborate with universities and key laboratories and have scholarly communications with researchers, teachers, and students on open access workshops.
- 25 October 2021
Energies journal and Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 28 October 2021
Machines journal and State Key Laboratory of Traction Power, Southwest Jiaotong University
- 29 October 2021
Processes journal and Beijing Institute of Technology
- 29 October 2021
Coatings journal and Wuhan University of Technology
MDPI is committed to providing open access and high-quality publishing services for scholars and promoting rapid dissemination of academic achievements. We hope to promote the practices and policies of open access publishing and diversify the dissemination of academic achievements.
15 October 2021
Meet Us Virtually at the 2nd International Conference on Industrial IoT, Big Data and Supply Chain (IIoTBDSC 2021), 15–17 October 2021
23 September 2021
2020 MDPI Top Reviewer Award—Winners Announced
23 September 2021
Electronics | Accepted for Coverage within Two New Categories of the Journal Citation Reports (JCR)
22 September 2021
MDPI Joins SDG Publishers Compact
UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. In 2020 the SDG Publishers Compact was launched, aimed to inspire publishers and accelerate progress to achieve the 17 goals by 2030. Members of the programme are committed to support the publication of materials that will promote and inspire actions towards SDGs.
MDPI is an eager advocate of SDGs and has already been supporting the programme by creating Special Issues and publishing a series of books on SDGs prior to joining the Compact in 2021. MDPI's Sustainability Foundation initiated the World Sustainability Awards in 2016. We fully support UN's goals to promote sustainable actions that make the world a better place for all and, as part of its commitment, we will focus our actions on SDG10: Reduced Inequalities whilst promoting all 17 SDGs. For more details, please visit the programme’s website: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sdg-publishers-compact/.
Joining this initiative was a unanimous decision. MDPI has in its core values the dissemination of science for all, breaking the wall between research access and under-represented members of the scientific community and the general population. To support this initiative further and continue to support under-represented scientists, MDPI will take a series of actions that will be announced once ready.
The first action MDPI takes is to nominate Dr. Liliane Auwerter as the coordinator of the programme. Dr. Auwerter studied Environmental Process Technology (UTFPR, Brazil), obtained her MSc degree in Water and Environmental Engineering (University of Surrey, UK) and in 2020 completed her PhD in self-healing low-friction materials for water transport (Imperial College London, UK), always focusing on diverse scientific projects that would potentially bring sustainability to industrial processes. As a student in Brazil, she engaged in volunteering activities focused on environmental education and took part in the Millennial Development Goals meetings held at the university.
For more information, please contact:
Dr. Liliane Auwerter
Scientific Officer
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18 September 2021
Meet Us at the 4th International Conference on Information Technologies and Electrical Engineering (ICITEE2021), Changsha, Hunan, China, 29–31 October 2021
14 September 2021
Meet Us at the 11th International Conference & Exhibition on Green Flexible & Printed Electronics Industry, Athens, Greece, 11–12 October 2021
1 September 2021
Meet Us at the 6th Optoelectronics Global Conference (OGC 2021) in Shenzhen, China, 15–18 September 2021
3 August 2021
Announcement on Japanese Consumption Tax (JCT)
9 July 2021
Meet Us at the 12th International Conference on Information Optics and Photonics (CIOP 2021), Xi’an, China, 23–26 July 2021
30 June 2021
Meet Us at the CCF Conference on Artificial Intelligence (CCFAI 2021), Yantai, China, 22–25 July 2021
30 June 2021
2020 Impact Factors - Released
21 June 2021
Meet Us at the China Instrument and Control Society Annual Meeting, Shanghai, China, 27–29 August 2021
21 June 2021
Electronics Receives Updated CiteScore of 2.7
18 June 2021
Electronics Special Issue “Recent Advances in Microelectronics Devices and Integrated Circuit” Is Open for Submission Now!
This Special Issue is edited by Dr. Teo Tee Hui and Prof. Dr. I-Chyn Wey. This Special Issue focuses on novel methodological developments in the field of advanced microelectronics and the design of the related integrated circuits.
Potential topics in computationally intelligent devices areas include, but are not limited to, the following:
- artificial intelligence technologies in direct memory;
- deep-learning-driven procession unit;
- display/motor driver;
- sensor interface;
- parallel computing;
- cryptography in quantum computing devices and circuits;
- novel design directions and improve devices, circuits, system performance, as well as processes;
- limitations of applying artificial intelligence to certain problems and specific domains.
Moreover, this SI is cooperated by the IEEE 14th International Symposium on Embedded Multicore/Manycore Systems-on-Chip: MCSoC 2021, it will be held in Singapore, 20–23 December 2021. ( https://www.mcsoc-forum.org/ )
Selected papers from MCSoC 2021 and all the external contributions in this field are welcome in this Special Issue.
Important Dates for Conference:
Abstract submission: 25 June 2021
Full paper submission: 25 June 2021 (extended)
Acceptance notification: 30 July 2021
Camera-ready paper: 10 August 2021
Conference: 20–23 December 2021
Important Dates for Special Issue:
Submission deadline: 31 May 2022
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10 June 2021
Recruiting Editorial Board Members for the New Sections “Electronic Materials” and “Electronic Multimedia” of Electronics
Electronics has just launched two new Sections: “Electronic Materials” and “Electronic Multimedia”. If you are an active researcher in the field and are passionate about participating in cutting-edge research publications, please do not hesitate to contact us about joining the board and contributing to the Sections.
The Section “Electronic Materials” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/electronics/sections/Electronic_Materials) reports on the science, technology, and applications of electronic materials that are used in electrical industries, electronics and microelectronics, as well as the substances used in the construction of integrated circuits, circuit boards, packaging materials, communication cables, optical fibers, displays, and various controlling and monitoring devices.
The main topics of this Section include but are not limited to the following:
- Electronic materials science and technology;
- Energy storage and conversion materials;
- Nanoscale science and technology;
- Organic materials and thin-film technology;
- Oxide semiconductors and dielectrics;
- Wide bandgap semiconductors.
The Section “Electronic Multimedia” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/electronics/sections/Electronic_Multimedia) reports on electronic multimedia technology, tools, and applications of electronic multimedia, including but not limited to circuits, networking, signal processing, systems, software, and system integration.
The main topics of this Section include but are not limited to the following:
- Electronic multimedia systems;
- Electronic multimedia communications;
- Electronic multimedia processing;
- Electronic multimedia applications.
If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].
28 April 2021
Book Builder—Compile a Customized E-Book from Your Favorite MDPI Open Access Content
MDPI Books recently released Book Builder, a new online tool to conveniently arrange, design and produce an eBook from any content published in MDPI journals. Book Builder offers two functions: on the one hand (1) Selections, available to every registered user of MDPI; on the other hand (2) Special Issue Reprints, which can be used exclusively by Guest Editors of Special Issues.
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In just a matter of a few clicks, all users are now able to assemble books from MDPI articles and receive instantaneous feedback in the form of a fully produced and compiled book (PDF), which can be downloaded or ordered as print copy. Selections can include any paper published with MDPI, picking and combining content from different journals and special issues.
This way, the user may for example choose to compile an ebook focusing around a particular topic, or assemble articles from a group of others.
We invite you to make yourself familiar with the new tool! The Book Builder can be found here: https://www.mdpi.com/books/book_builder.
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The Book Builder allows Guest Editors of MDPI journals to create a reprint from a successfully completed Special Issue or Topical Collection in book format. If you are a Guest Editor for an MDPI journal, you can use the new tool to create an PDF document which includes all articles published in the Special Issue as well as a book cover and table of contents.
For Special Issues containing a minimum of 5 articles, the Guest Editor can request its publication on the MDPI Book platform. Published reprints are assigned an ISBN and DOI.
In addition to the PDF copy of the Reprint Book, as a token of our gratitude, MDPI offers every Guest Editor one (1) complimentary print copy (via print-on-demand). All contributors benefit from a discount on orders of any additional print copies, to share with colleagues or libraries or others.
Why choose MDPI Books?
In line with our organization's values, MDPI Books publishes all content in open access, promoting the exchange of ideas and knowledge in a globalized world. MDPI Books encompasses all the benefits of open access—high availability and visibility, as well as wide and rapid dissemination. MDPI Books are distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License, meaning as an author you retain the copyright for your work. In addition, with MDPI Books you can complement the digital version of your work with a high-quality printed counterpart.
If you are interested in editing a book volume or series, or have a monograph manuscript to be considered for publication, please submit your proposal online and look at our Information for Authors.
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26 April 2021
Electronics | 2021 Young Investigator Award—Winner Announced
23 April 2021
Meet Us at 2021 IEEE 4th International Conference on Electronics Technology (ICET), Chengdu, China, 7–10 May 2021
16 April 2021
Electronics | 3rd Webinar on Low Dimensional Materials for Optoelectronic Applications
This webinar will address issues related to the latest achievements in Low Dimensional Materials for Optoelectronic Applications attributed to our invited speakers. Audience members will have the opportunity to expand their knowledge and engage in a Q&A with the speakers.
Date: 26 April 2021
Time: 10 a.m. (CEST)
Webinar ID: 856 9742 8566
Register for free here: https://electronics-3.sciforum.net/#webinar_registration
Chair:
Prof. Dr. Elias Stathatos
Section Editor-in-Chief of “Microelectronics and Optoelectronics” in Electronics
Interests: nanostructured semiconductors; third-generation photovoltaics, including perovskite and dye-sensitized solar cells; organic electronics
Speakers:
Dr. Sanshui Xiao
EBM of Section “Microelectronics and Optoelectronics” of Electronics
Presentation Title: Integrated 2D-Material-Based Optoelectronic Devices
Sanshui Xiao obtained his PhD degree at Zhejiang University in 2004, and he is now an Associate Professor at the Technical University of Denmark. His current research interests mainly focus on the exploration of fundamental physics of light–matter interactions and the development of 2D-material-based optoelectronic devices. He has published more than 120 journal papers with a total citation of 4000 and an h-index of 33 (Google scholar). He has co-organized several sessions at SPIE, PIERS, AME, and EMN conferences and obtained the European Optics Prize from the European Optical Society in 2008. He is a senior member of OSA and SPIE, and also serves as the Topical Editor for Applied Optics.
Prof. Dr. Yahya M. Meziani
EBM of Section “Microelectronics and Optoelectronics” of Electronics
Presentation Title: 2D-Material-Based Devices for Terahertz Technology
Dr. Yahya Meziani is currently working as an Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Physics, Salamanca University. He has previously worked as a researcher for Tohoku University, Japan, and for Montpellier 2 University, France. Dr. Meziani has been conducting research on the Quantum Hall effect phenomenon and its application for the conservation of the Ohm unit. His research focuses on the development of new electronic devices that can emit and/or detect terahertz radiation at room temperature. He is author and co-author of more than 90 scientific publications. He has a h-index of 19 according to Web of Science.
For any questions about the webinar, please send an email to [email protected].
15 April 2021
MDPI Celebrates Company Milestone With 25th Anniversary Page
"We exist to help scientists achieve their own objectives"
8 April 2021
Electronics | 2021 Travel Awards – Winners Announced
2 April 2021
Recruiting Editorial Board Members for Section “Circuit and Signal Processing” in Electronics
2 April 2021
Electronics | 2021 Travel Awards and Young Investigator Award—Winners Announcement Date Extension
26 March 2021
Prof. Dr. Costas Psychalinos Appointed Section Editor-in-Chief of the New Section "Circuit and Signal Processing" in Electronics
We are pleased to announce that Professor Costas Psychalinos has been appointed as Section Editor-in-Chief of "Circuit and Signal Processing" in Electronics.
Costas Psychalinos received his B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics and Electronics from the University of Patras, Greece, in 1986 and 1991, respectively. From 1993 to 1995, he worked as Post-Doctoral Researcher in the VLSI Design Laboratory, University of Patras. From 1996 to 2000, he was an Adjunct Lecturer at the Department of Computer Engineering and Informatics, University of Patras. From 2000 to 2004, he served as Assistant Professor at the Electronics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. From 2004, he serves as Faculty Member at the Electronics Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Patras, Greece, and, currently, he is a full Professor.
His research area is in the development of CMOS analog integrated circuits, including fractional-order circuits and systems, continuous and discrete-time analog filters, amplifiers, and low voltage/low power building blocks for analog signal processing.
He serves as Area Editor of the International Journal of Electronics and Communications (AEUE), and Editor of the International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications.
He is Associate Editor of the Circuits Systems and Signal Processing journal, and the Journal of Advanced Research. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Microelectronics journal, Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing journal, MDPI’s Fractal & Fractional journal, and Journal of Low Power Electronics.
He is an IEEE Senior Member and, also, Member of the Nonlinear Circuits and Systems Technical Committee of the IEEE CAS Society.
We would like to warmly welcome Professor Psychalinos as Section Editor-in-Chief and look forward to developing the Section "Circuit and Signal Processing" under his leadership.
22 March 2021
Recruiting Editorial Board Members for Section “Electrical and Autonomous Vehicles” in Electronics
19 March 2021
Recruiting Editorial Board Members for Section “Microwave and Wireless Communications” in Electronics
19 March 2021
Prof. Dr. Lucas Lamata Appointed Section Editor-in-Chief of the New Section "Quantum Electronics" in Electronics
We are pleased to announce that Professor Lucas Lamata has been appointed as Section Editor-in-Chief of "Quantum Electronics" in Electronics. His term started at the beginning of March 2021.
Lucas Lamata graduated in Theoretical Physics in 2003 from Universidad Complutense de Madrid and received his PhD with Honors in Quantum Information Theory in 2007 from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, having carried out his PhD research at the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) in Madrid, Spain. Latterly, he was a Humboldt Research Fellow and a Max-Planck Postdoctoral Fellow from 2007 to 2011 at the Max-Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Garching, Germany. From 2011 to 2019, he worked at the University of the Basque Country in Bilbao, Spain, first with a Marie Curie IEF Fellowship, and subsequently with a Ramón y Cajal tenure track position and a permanent staff scientist position. Since 2019, he has been an Associate Professor of Theoretical Physics at Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.
His research interests are focused on quantum optics, quantum information, and quantum technologies, with many developments in the fields of quantum simulations, quantum computation, and quantum machine learning. As a theoretician, he has worked in proposals and their experimental realizations with several experimental groups worldwide, among other quantum platforms in trapped ions and superconducting circuits.
He is the author of more than 100 papers in indexed journals (a list of his publications can be found here). He has been an invited speaker in many international conferences in countries including the USA, Germany, the UK, China, Japan, and Australia. Regarding his refereeing and editorial experience, he is a frequent reviewer of more than 60 indexed journals, including Nature, Nature Materials, Nature Communications, Physical Review X, and Physical Review Letters, and an Editorial Board Member for six prestigious scientific journals: Machine Learning: Science and Technology (IOP), Quantum Machine Intelligence (Springer), Electronics (MDPI), Quantum Reports (MDPI), PLOS ONE, and Quantum Measurements and Quantum Metrology (De Gruyter).
He has also organized several Special Issues for journals from MDPI, Wiley (Advanced Quantum Technologies), Springer, and ACTA Press.
We would like to warmly welcome Professor Lamata as Section Editor-in-Chief and look forward to developing the Section "Quantum Electronics" under his leadership.
18 March 2021
Professor Flavio Canavero Appointed Editor-in-Chief for Electronics
We are pleased to announce that Professor Flavio Canavero has been appointed Editor-in-Chief for Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292).
Flavio Canavero is Full Professor at the Department of Electronics and Telecommunications of Politecnico di Torino. He received his diploma in Electronics Engineering in 1977 from Politecnico di Torino, and his PhD in 1986 from Georgia Institute of Technology. He works in the area of circuits and systems theory, with special interest in signal integrity and EMC design issues. To date, he has authored or coauthored more than 300 papers published in international journals and conference proceedings.
During his scientific career, he has been involved in various service activities both at the level of his institution and for many international organizations. At Politecnico di Torino, he has been Director of the Electronics Department (1993–1999), Vice Rector for Organization (2001–2005), and Head of the Doctoral School (2012–2018). At the international level, he has been a member of the Steering Committee of the Council for doctoral Education (CDE) of the European University Association (EUA), a member of the Board of Directors of the IEEE EMC Society (2012–2015), and VP of Communication Services for the same Society. He has been the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility (2004–2006) and the Technical Editor of the IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Newsletter. Between 2005 and 2008, he was the Chair of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI) Commission E (Noise and Interference). He has been also a Member of the IEEE Fellow Committee and of the IEEE Press Editorial Board. He has been the Organizer of the Workshop on Signal Propagation on Interconnects (SPI) during 2001–2003 and 2007. He is currently a Member of the Editorial Boards for several scientific journals and a Member of the Scientific Steering Committees of several International Conferences in the field of EMC and electrical performance of interconnects and packages.
He has been Invited Visiting Professor at Okayama University (Japan), ESIGELEC (Engineering School in Rouen, France), University of Rennes and INSA (Rennes, France), University of Ghent (Belgium), University of Science and Technology of Lille (France), and University of Clermont-Ferrand (France).
For over a decade, he has been serving as Principal Investigator or Local Coordinator of several research projects supported by EU. In addition, he has been responsible for many research contracts with industrial companies globally.
Flavio Canavero is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a Fellow of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI). He has been the recipient of the prestigious Richard R. Stoddard Award for Outstanding Performance (the highest recognition of scientific merit bestowed by IEEE EMCS), and of the Honored Member Award of EMC Society (highest recognitions of service merit). He has been the recipient of IBM and Intel Research Awards; he was presented the award for the best paper contributed to the journal IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packaging for the year 2007, and has received several best paper awards for work presented at the following conferences: EMC Roma 1996, EMC-Zurich in Singapore 2006, EPEPS in Austin 2010 and San Jose 2013, EMC Europe in Angers (F) 2017, CEM in Paris (F) 2018, and SPI in Chambéry (F) 2019.
Some of his selected publications may be accessed at
https://iris.polito.it/browse?type=author&authority=rp19434&authority_lang=en&sort_by=2&order=DESC#.XlSGy_wRXIU
10 March 2021
Journal Selector: Helping to Find the Right MDPI Journal for Your Article
5 March 2021
Brief Profile | Section Editor-in-Chief of “Power Electronics” in Electronics—Prof. Dr. Luis M. Fernández-Ramírez
5 March 2021
Recruiting Editors for Section “Microelectronics and Optoelectronics” in Electronics
4 March 2021
Recruiting Journal Board Members for Section “Networks” in Electronics
22 February 2021
Recruiting Editorial Board Members for Section “Organic Electronics” in Electronics
18 February 2021
Industrial Electronics Section EB Recruiting
3 February 2021
Electronics | 2020 Outstanding Reviewer Awards—Winners Announced
3 February 2021
Electronics | 2020 Best Paper Awards—Winners Announced
26 January 2021
Electronics 2021 Best Paper Award for Special Issue “Women in Electronics”
Dear Colleagues,
In 2021, Electronics is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Since its first paper published in 2011, Electronics has received important support and excellent contributions from female scientists. They have served as our Editorial Board Members, Guest Editors, Topic Editors, authors, and reviewers.
To celebrate and highlight the achievements of women in the research area of electronics, Electronics is pleased to announce that the “Electronics 2021 Best Paper Award for Women” will be launched and granted to one best paper published in the “Women in Electronics” Special Issue. The paper will be selected after thorough evaluation by the Journal Award Committee.
Eligibility for the Award:
– Open to all career levels;
– ONLY submissions in “Women in Electronics” will be considered.
Selection Criteria:
The papers will be selected by the journal Award Committee according to the following criteria (data source: Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)):
– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Relevance to the journal’s field;
– Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citation and download rates by 28 February 2022.
The award will consist of the following:
– 500 Swiss Francs;
– A certificate;
– An opportunity for the winner to publish her next submission in Electronics free of charge in 2022.
The winners will be announced on the journal website in March 2022.
If you want to know more about the Special Issue and submit your paper, please follow this link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/electronics/special_issues/women_electronics
Kind regards,
Electronics Editorial Office
25 December 2020
Electronics Has Become a Semimonthly Publication
22 December 2020
Electronics Celebrates Its 10th Year of Publication in 2021
22 December 2020
Electronics 2021 Travel Awards—Open for Application
22 December 2020
Electronics 2021 Young Investigator Award—Open for Nomination
15 December 2020
MDPI adopts C4DISC principles to improve diversity and inclusion in scholarly communications
MDPI is proud to adopt the principles of the Coalition for Diversity & Inclusion in Scholarly Communications (C4DISC) to support building equity, inclusion, diversity, and accessibility in scholarly communications.
The C4DISC represents organizations and individuals working in scholarly communications and is focused on addressing issues of diversity and inclusion within the publishing industry.
MDPI’s Managing Editors encourage the Editors-in-Chief and Associate Editors to appoint diverse expert Editorial Boards. This is also reflective in our multi-national and inclusive workplace. We are proud to create equal opportunities without regard to gender, ethnicity, geographic location, sexual orientation, age, disability, political beliefs, religion, or socio-economic status. There is no place for discrimination in our workplace and editors of MDPI journals are to uphold these principles in high regard.
Representatives from C4DISC meet monthly, and have started to implement initiatives to shed light and improve on the lack of diversity in scholarly communications. Some of the initiatives include developing a joint statement of principles; conducting market research; providing training resources, best practices, toolkits, and documentation for our collective memberships; and establishing outreach programs, curricula, events, and publications.
The Coalition is committed to:
- eliminating barriers to participation, extending equitable opportunities across all stakeholders, and ensuring that our practices and policies promote equitable treatment and do not allow, condone, or result in discrimination;
- creating and maintaining an environment that respects diverse traditions, heritages, and experiences;
- promoting diversity in all staff, volunteers, and audiences, including full participation in programs, policy formulation, and decision-making;
- raising awareness about career opportunities in our industries to groups who are currently underrepresented in the workforce;
- supporting our members in achieving diversity and inclusion within their organizations.
14 December 2020
Article Layout and Templates Revised for Future Volumes
At MDPI we have slightly revised the layout for articles to be published in the 2021 Volume, starting at the end of December 2020. As of today, the article templates available for download on ‘Instructions for Authors’ pages have been updated.
The most noticeable change can be found on the first page of the article, where a left-hand column has been created to include the following front matter elements: (i) the recommended citation style for the article, (ii) the publishing history, (iii) as well as the Creative Commons Attribution license used (iv) a standard note regarding affiliations. At the same time, the extra spacing on the left means the authors’ affiliations are now more clearly set apart than before. Other front matter key elements such as journal logo, article type, article title, authors, abstract and keywords remain unchanged.
The blank column on the left runs through all pages in an article; as a result, the main text is slightly more condensed, which improve reader friendliness for smaller screens. Small figures/tables are aligned on the left with standard indenture, while large figures/tables are centered and covering the full width of the page. The revised layout was applied in the article pictured below, to serve as an example:
1) Information is displayed in the left information bar.
2) In the main text, there is a blank column on the left.
3) Small tables/figures are aligned on the left, large tables/figures are centered.
11 December 2020
2020 "Highly Cited Researchers" on MDPI Journal's Editorial Boards
12 November 2020
2nd Webinar on Electronics: Beyond 5G Evolution (19 November 2020, 3:00pm CET)
This webinar will address issues related to 5G and beyond, allow our incredible Principal Investigators to share their personal scientific stories, and provide our audience with the opportunity to ask questions and directly connect with scientists involved in 5G.
Date: 19 November 2020
Time: 3:00 pm (CET)
Webinar ID: 984 1509 5815
Register for free here: https://sciforum.net/conference/electronics-2
Chair:
Prof. Dr. Carlos Jesús Bernardos Cano
EBM of Section “Networks” of Electronics
Interests: network virtualization; IP mobility management; wireless experimentation; cloud computing and vehicular communications
Speaker 1
Dr. Ömer Bulakci (Nokia Bell Labs)
Topic: Role of 5GPPP Architecture WG toward B5G/6G System
Dr. Ömer Bulakci is currently a Senior Research Engineer at Nokia Bell Labs, Munich, Germany, and Vice-Chairman of the 5GPPP Architecture Working Group (WG). He has received B.Sc. (METU, Turkey, 2006), M.Sc. (TUM, Germany, 2008), and doctorate (Aalto University, Finland, 2013) degrees. He worked at Nokia Siemens Networks, Germany, on LTE-A relaying (2009–2012) in support of his doctorate studies. From 2012 to February 2020, he conducted research toward the 5G system, contributed to EU flagship projects METIS, METIS-II (leading a work package on RAN synchronous control plane design), and 5G-MoNArch (leading a work package on overall architecture and E2E network slicing), and contributed to 5G standardization (3GPP Releases 15, 16, and 17) at Huawei GRC, Germany. He is an author or co-author of 75+ technical publications (including 5G book chapters and editorship) and an inventor of 50+ patents/patent applications. His research interests comprise network slicing, industrial IoT, RRM, dynamic network topology, and system design and performance analysis of mobile networks.
Speaker 2
Dr. Alain Mourad (InterDigital Labs)
Topic: On the Path to 6G: Target Capabilities and Technology Trends
Alain Mourad has 18+ years of experience in wireless communications industrial R&D. He is currently a Director Engineering R&D at InterDigital Labs in London (UK), leading research and innovation for 5G and beyond radio access networks. Prior to joining InterDigital, from 2007 to 2014, Alain was a Principal Engineer at Samsung Electronics R&D (London, UK), where he led research and standardization efforts with a focus on ATSC 3.0, DVB-T2 and DVB-NGH, and WiMAX IEEE 802.16m. From 2002 to 2007, he was a Senior Engineer at Mitsubishi Electric R&D Centre Europe (Rennes, France), where he contributed technology development toward HSPA+ and 3GPP LTE/LTE-Advanced (4G). Alain is a prolific inventor with over 50 issued patents and several additional pending applications. He is a thought leader who has participated in numerous talks, panels, and publications. Alain has received several awards, notably the Inventor of the Year Award from Samsung Electronics R&D in 2012 and 2013, InterDigital Innovation Awards in 2016 and 2018, and the 2018 Global Telecoms Awards “Highly Commended” in the category “Advancing the Road to 5G”.
Speaker 3
Dr. Josep Mangues-Bafalluy (CTTC)
Topic: Network Architectures for 5G and Beyond
Josep Mangues-Bafalluy has been a Senior Researcher and Head of the Communication Networks Division of the Telecommunications Technological Center of Catalunya (CTTC) since 2013, a division that is currently composed of 30 researchers. He has a degree (1996) and a PhD (2003) in Telecommunications Engineering from the Technical University of Catalunya (UPC) and over 20 years of experience in the networks field (including mobile networks, application of machine learning to network optimization, testbed design and deployment, and network function virtualization). Josep has held various roles (including leadership) in several publicly funded and industrial research projects (e.g., 5GPPP 5Growth, 5G-Transformer, and Spanish 5G-REFINE), with a recent emphasis on adapting network infrastructures to the needs of vertical industries (e.g., automotive/transportation, industry 4.0, media, eHealth) and automated network management. He has published 120+ international journal articles and conference papers. He was Vice-Chair of IEEE WCNC 2018 (Barcelona). He was also a Researcher and Assistant Professor at UPC from 1996 to 2003.
For any questions about the webinar, please send an email to [email protected]
4 November 2020
Open for Discussion: the 1st International Electronic Conference—Futuristic Applications on Electronics
4 November 2020
Electronics Special Issue “New Techniques and Components for Microwave and Radiofrequency Applicator Design” is open for submission now.
29 October 2020
Introducing Editor's Choice Articles in Electronics
25 October 2020
First Webinar of Electronics: Artificial Intelligence Circuits and Systems (AICAS)—28 October 2020. 13:00 CET
This webinar will address matters related to Artificial Intelligence Circuits and Systems, allowing our incredible principal investigators to share their personal stories of science, and provide our audience with the opportunity to ask questions and connect with AI scientists directly.
Date: 28 October 2020
Time: 11:00 a.m. (CEST)丨5:00 a.m. (EDT)丨17:00 p.m. (CST ASIA)
Webinar ID: 861 1225 4623
Register for Free Here: https://sciforum.net/conference/Electronics-1
Chair: Prof. D.Sc. Valeri Mladenov
Editorial Board Member of “Artificial Intelligence Circuits and Systems (AICAS)”
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/electronics/sectioneditors/AICAS
Interests: artificial intelligence; circuits and systems; electronics; power systems; smart grids; mathematical modeling; control theory and applications
Speaker 1. Prof. Huai Wang
Huai Wang is currently a Professor with the Center of Reliable Power Electronics (CORPE), and the Vice Leader of the Efficient and Reliable Power Electronics Research Program at Aalborg University. He has contributed more than 100 journal papers and co-edited a book on the Reliability of Power Electronic Converter Systems in 2015. He has given 25 tutorials at leading power electronics conferences (e.g., PCIM Europe, APEC, ECCE, etc.), and more than 80 invited talks.
Presentation: The Application of AI for Condition and Health Monitoring of Power Electronic Converters
Speaker 2. Prof. Georgi Radulov
Editorial Board Member of “Artificial Intelligence Circuits and Systems (AICAS)”
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/electronics/sectioneditors/AICAS
Interests: RF and mm-wave transmitters and receivers; phased arrays; Nyquist and sigma–delta data converters; built-in-self-testing
Presentation: Artificial Intelligence in Modern Redundant Systems
For any questions about the webinar, please send an email to [email protected]
13 October 2020
Electronics—Call for Special Issue Proposals
25 September 2020
Recruiting Editors for Section “Artificial Intelligence” in Electronics
18 September 2020
Announcement of New Sections “Industrial Electronics”, “Organic Electronics”, and “Artificial Intelligence Circuits and Systems” in Electronics
19 August 2020
Electronics—Call for Editorial Board Members
19 August 2020
Recruiting Editors for New Section “Industrial Electronics” in Electronics
19 August 2020
Recruiting Editors for New Section “Organic Electronics” in Electronics
9 July 2020
Open Access Agreement Between Jisc Collections and MDPI
We are delighted to announce the establishment of our Open Access agreement with Jisc Collections, which will allow UK institutions to benefit from access to article processing charge (APC) discounts and streamlined payment workflows.
All institutions participating in the agreement will also gain access to the MDPI online submission system where they can find full article metadata and pricing information for easy identification and additional transparency.
Eligible authors affiliated with the participating institutions are prompted to choose the corresponding Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP) when they submit an article via our online submission system.
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29 June 2020
Updated Impact Factors Released in the Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate)
The updated citation metrics have been released in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), published by Clarivate. The recent release of the JCR includes seventy-one MDPI titles. Out of these, 18 titles are newcomers, receiving a first Journal Impact Factor which is based on citation activity in 2019: Actuators, Agriculture, Biology, Biomedicines, Biosensors, Chemosensors, Children, Healthcare, Journal of Fungi, Journal of Personalized Medicine (JPM), Land, Life, Magnetochemistry, Membranes, Pharmaceuticals, Photonics, Separations and Toxics.
- Out of the previously listed journals, a total of 72 percent boast an increased Impact Factor.
- 25 journals are ranked among the top 25% of journals in at least one of the categories they are ranked for.
- Articles published in 2019 in MDPI journals account for approximately 17 percent of of articles published in gold Open Access journals covered in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI).
First Impact Factors
| Journal | Impact Factor | Rank | Category | Details |
| Actuators | 1.957 | 31/64 (Q2) | • Instruments & Instrumentation | Link |
| Agriculture | 2.072 | 25/91 (Q2) | • Agronomy | Link |
| Biology | 3.796 | 19/93 (Q1) | • Biology | Link |
| Biomedicines | 4.717 | 30/138 (Q1) 36/270 (Q1) |
• Medicine, Research & Experimental • Pharmacology & Pharmacy |
Link |
| Biosensors | 3.240 | 24/86 (Q2) | • Chemistry, Analytical | Link |
| Chemosensors | 3.108 | 16/64 (Q1) 27/86 (Q2) 13/27 (Q2) |
• Instruments & Instrumentation • Chemistry, Analytical • Electrochemistry |
Link |
| Children | 2.078 | 50/128 (Q2) | • Pediatrics | Link |
| Healthcare | 1.916 | 62/102 (Q3) 45/87 (Q3) |
• Health Care Sciences & Services (SCIE) • Health Policy & Services (SSCI) |
Link |
| Journal of Fungi | 4.621 | 5/29 (Q1) 31/135 (Q1) |
• Mycology • Microbiology |
Link |
| Journal of Personalized Medicine | 4.433 | 24/165 (Q1) 10/102 (Q1) |
• Medicine, General & Internal • Health Care Sciences & Services |
Link |
| Land | 2.429 | 58/123 (Q2) | • Environmental Studies (SSCI) | Link |
| Life | 2.991 | 26/93 (Q2) 109/267 (Q2) |
• Biology • Microbiology |
Link |
| Magnetochemistry | 1.947 | 22/45 (Q2) 109/159 (Q3) 201/314 (Q3) |
• Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear • Chemistry, Physical • Materials Science, Multidisciplinary |
Link |
| Membranes | 3.094 | 53/143 (Q2) 129/314 (Q2) 23/89 (Q2) |
• Engineering, Chemical • Materials Science, Multidisciplinary • Polymer Science |
Link |
| Pharmaceuticals | 4.286 | 49/270 (Q1) | • Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Link |
| Photonics | 2.140 | 48/97 (Q2) | • Optics | Link |
| Separations | 1.900 | 53/86 (Q3) | • Chemistry, Analytical | Link |
| Toxics | 3.271 | 32/92 (Q2) 92/265 (Q2) |
• Toxicology • Environmental Sciences |
Link |
Updated Impact Factors
| Journal | Impact Factor | Rank | Category | Details |
| Agronomy | 2.603 | 18/91 (Q1) 65/234 (Q2) |
• Agronomy • Plant Sciences |
Link |
| Animals | 2.323 | 10/63 (Q1) 14/142 (Q1) |
• Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science • Veterinary Sciences |
Link |
| Antibiotics | 3.893 | 23/93 (Q1) 64/270 (Q1) |
• Infectious Diseases • Pharmacology & Pharmacy |
Link |
| Antioxidants | 5.014 | 10/139 (Q1) 56/297 (Q1) 7/61 (Q1) |
• Food Science & Technology • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology • Chemistry, Medicinal |
Link |
| Applied Sciences | 2.474 | 161/314 (Q3) 32/91 (Q2) 88/177 (Q2) 62/154 (Q2) |
• Materials Science, Multidisciplinary • Engineering, Multidisciplinary • Chemistry, Multidisciplinary • Physics, Applied |
Link |
| Atmosphere | 2.397 | 48/93 (Q3) | • Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | Link |
| Biomolecules | 4.082 | 98/297 (Q2) | • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Link |
| Brain Sciences | 3.332 | 113/271 (Q2) | • Neurosciences | Link |
| Cancers | 6.126 | 37/244 (Q1) | • Oncology | Link |
| Catalysts | 3.520 | 65/159 (Q2) | • Chemistry, Physical | Link |
| Cells | 4.366 | 70/195 (Q2) | • Cell Biology | Link |
| Coatings | 2.436 | 10/21 (Q2) | • Materials Science, Coatings & Films | Link |
| Crystals | 2.404 | 10/26 (Q2) 165/314 (Q3) |
• Crystallography • Materials Science, Multidisciplinary |
Link |
| Diagnostics | 3.110 | 39/165 (Q1) | • Medicine, General & Internal | Link |
| Diversity | 1.402 | 119/168 (Q3) | • Ecology | Link |
| Electronics | 2.412 | 125/266 (Q2) | • Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Link |
| Energies | 2.702 | 63/112 (Q3) | • Energy & Fuels | Link |
| Entropy | 2.494 | 33/85 (Q2) | • Physics, Multidisciplinary | Link |
| Foods | 4.092 | 27/139 (Q1) | • Food Science & Technology | Link |
| Forests | 2.221 | 17/68 (Q1) | • Forestry | Link |
| Genes | 3.759 | 53/177 (Q2) | • Genetics & Heredity | Link |
| Insects | 2.220 | 18/101 (Q1) | • Entomology | Link |
| International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) | 2.849 | 58/193 (Q2) 32/170 (Q1) 105/265 (Q2) |
• Public, Environmental & Occupational Health (SCIE) • Public, Environmental & Occupational Health (SSCI) • Environmental Sciences (SCIE) |
Link |
| International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS) | 4.556 | 74/297 (Q1) 48/177 (Q2) |
• Biochemistry & Molecular Biology • Chemistry, Multidisciplinary |
Link |
| ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (IJGI) | 2.239 | 31/50 (Q3) 18/30 (Q3) |
• Geography, Physical • Remote Sensing |
Link |
| Journal of Clinical Medicine | 3.303 | 36/165 (Q1) | • Medicine, General & Internal | Link |
| Journal of Marine Science and Engineering | 2.033 | 31/66 (Q2) | • Oceanography | Link |
| Marine Drugs | 4.073 | 16/61 (Q2) | • Chemistry, Medicinal | Link |
| Materials | 3.057 | 132/314 (Q2) | • Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Link |
| Mathematics | 1.747 | 28/324 (Q1) | • Mathematics | Link |
| Medicina | 1.205 | 107/165 (Q3) | • Medicine, General & Internal | Link |
| Metabolites | 4.097 | 95/297 (Q2) | • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Link |
| Metals | 2.117 | 18/79 (Q1) 185/314 (Q3) |
• Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering • Materials Science, Multidisciplinary |
Link |
| Micromachines | 2.523 | 56/92 (Q3) 23/64 (Q2) |
• Nanoscience & Nanotechnology • Instruments & Instrumentation |
Link |
| Microorganisms | 4.152 | 37/135 (Q2) | • Microbiology | Link |
| Minerals | 2.380 | 6/21 (Q2) 11/30 (Q2) |
• Mining & Mineral Processing • Mineralogy |
Link |
| Molecules | 3.267 | 70/177 (Q2) 141/297 (Q2) |
• Chemistry, Multidisciplinary • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
Link |
| Nanomaterials | 4.324 | 89/314 (Q2) 42/103 (Q2) |
• Materials Science, Multidisciplinary • Nanoscience & Nanotechnology |
Link |
| Nutrients | 4.546 | 17/89 (Q1) | • Nutrition & Dietetics | Link |
| Pathogens | 3.018 | 65/135 (Q2) | • Microbiology | Link |
| Pharmaceutics | 4.421 | 44/270 (Q1) | • Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Link |
| Plants | 2.762 | 58/234 (Q1) | • Plant Sciences | Link |
| Polymers | 3.426 | 16/89 (Q1) | • Polymer Science | Link |
| Processes | 2.753 | 59/143 (Q2) | • Engineering, Chemical | Link |
| Remote Sensing | 4.509 | 9/30 (Q2) | • Remote Sensing | Link |
| Sensors | 3.275 | 22/86 (Q2) 77/266 (Q2) 15/64 (Q1) |
• Chemistry, Analytical • Engineering, Electrical & Electronic • Instruments & Instrumentation |
Link |
| Sustainability | 2.576 | 120/265 (Q2) 26/41 (Q3) 53/123 (Q2) 6/8 (Q3) |
• Environmental Sciences (SCIE) • Green & Sustainable Science & Technology (SCIE) • Environmental Studies (SSCI) • Green & Sustainable Science & Technology (SSCI) |
Link |
| Symmetry | 2.645 | 29/71 (Q2) | • Multidisciplinary Sciences | Link |
| Toxins | 3.531 | 21/92 (Q1) 34/139 (Q1) |
• Toxicology • Food Science & Technology |
Link |
| Universe | 1.752 | 18/29 (Q3) 42/68 (Q3) |
• Physics, Particles & Fields • Astronomy & Astrophysics |
Link |
| Vaccines | 4.086 | 57/158 (Q2) 50/138 (Q2) |
• Immunology • Medicine, Research & Experimental |
Link |
| Viruses | 3.816 | 12/37 (Q2) | • Virology | Link |
| Water | 2.544 | 31/94 (Q2) | • Water Resources | Link |
Source: Clarivate 2020, InCites Journal Citation Reports®.
27 June 2020
Dr. S. M. Muyeen Appointed Section Editor-in-Chief for “Industrial Electronics” in Electronics
We are pleased to announce that Dr. S. M. Muyeen has been appointed Section Editor-in-Chief for the Section “Industrial Electronics” of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). His term started in July 2020.
Dr. S. M. Muyeen is presently working as an Associate Professor with the School of Electrical Engineering Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Curtin University, Australia. He received his Ph.D. from the Kitami Institute of Technology, Japan, in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and worked in Japan under the versatile banner of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). He has visiting professor position at Shanghai Maritime University, China.
His research interests are industry-oriented, focusing on power electronics, electrical machines, FACTS, energy storage systems (ESSs), renewable energy, HVDC systems, power system stability and control, and smart grids. He has published more than 225 articles in different journals and international conferences. He has published seven books as an author or editor. He has been a keynote speaker and invited speaker at many international conferences, workshops, and universities. Dr. Muyeen has been the recipient of many research awards, including The Petroleum Institute ‘Research/Scholarship Award 2012’ and best paper awards from IEEE conferences many times. He has been awarded the IEEE WA Outstanding Engineering Award 2017, jointly from IEEE PES and PELS societies, for his leadership role, research, and service-related activities.
During his scientific career, he has been involved in various professional service activities, both nationally and internationally. He serves on the editorial panel for many prestigious journals from IEEE, IET, and other publishers including IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy (editor), IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion (editor), IEEE Power Engineering Letters (editor), IET Renewable Power Generation (associate editor), and IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution (subject editor), etc. He has organized many international conferences for IEEE and other organizations in various capacities, including as General Chair, Advisory Chair, Technical Committee Chair, Special Session/Tutorial/Workshop Chair, Steering Committee member, etc. He is deeply involved with the IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) University Education Sub-Committee under the Power and Energy Education Committee (PEEC).
Dr. Muyeen has secured many national and international research and infrastructure development grants as a leading investigator. He has established strong collaborations with renowned international universities and research centers worldwide. He has an intense connection with the R&D wings of leading industries like ABB, Siemens, Hitachi, Toshiba, Oztronenergy, Western Power, Horizon, ADNOC, and others. Dr. Muyeen is the senior member of the IEEE and Fellow of Engineers Australia (FIEAust).
His university profile link: - https://staffportal.curtin.edu.au/staff/profile/view/Sm.Muyeen/
23 May 2020
Professor Valeri Mladenov Appointed Section Editor-in-Chief for “Artificial Intelligence Circuits and Systems (AICAS)” in Electronics
We are pleased to announce that Professor Valeri Mladenov has been appointed Section Editor-in-Chief for the section “Artificial Intelligence Circuits and Systems (AICAS)” of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). His term started in May 2020.
Professor Valeri Mladenov received his Ph.D. from Technical University of Sofia (TU Sofia), Bulgaria, in 1993. Here, in 2019, he defended his thesis of his “Doctor of Science”. In 2004, he became Head of the Department of Theory of Electrical Engineering., He has served as Dean of Faculty of Automation since his appointment in June 2011, Vice-Rector of TU Sofia since Dec. 2011, and Director of the Directorate of Information and Public Relations since Dec. 2015. Currently, he is Head of the Neurocomputing Laboratory of TU Sofia and Head of the Artificial Intelligence and CAD Systems Laboratory at Sofia Tech Park. He is Guest Lecturer at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, in the Netherlands, and numerous other institutions. In 2014, he served as the Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Caretaker Government in Bulgaria.
Prof. Mladenov’s research interests are in the field of nonlinear circuits and systems, neural networks, artificial intelligence, applied mathematics, and signal processing. He has been awarded numerous international research fellowships. He has published more than 300 scientific papers in professional journals and conferences. He is a co-author of ten books and manuals for students. He had received many research grants including from the Technical University of Sofia, Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science, DAAD (Germany), NWO (Netherlands), Royal Society (UK), NATO, TEMPUS, and Erasmus, and together with his team, has and is participating in numerous national and international projects, e.g., H2020, FP7, DFG, Erasmus+, and others. Prof. Mladenov serves as a member of numerous editorial boards, in addition to positions as Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editor, and as a reviewer for a number of professional journals and conferences. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and member of the IEEE Circuit and Systems Technical Committee on Cellular Nanoscale Networks and Array Computing and Educational Activities Officer of the Bulgarian IEEE section. He is also a member of the International Neural Networks Society (INNS) and International Council of Large Electric Systems, (SIGRE), Steering Committee Member of the International Symposium on Theoretical Electrical Engineering (ISTET), and Management Board Member of the Scientific and Technical Union of the Power Engineers as well as the Union of Automation and Informatics in Bulgaria.
21 May 2020
The 1st International Electronic Conference—Futuristic Applications on Electronics
13 May 2020
COVID-19 Academic Resources Center
27 April 2020
Professor Flavio Canavero Appointed Section Editor-in-Chief for "Circuit and Signal Processing" in Electronics
We are pleased to announce that Professor Flavio Canavero has been appointed Section Editor-in-Chief for the section "Circuit and Signal Processing" of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292).
Flavio Canavero is Full Professor at the Department of Electronics and Telecommunications of Politecnico di Torino. He received his diploma in Electronics Engineering in 1977 from Politecnico di Torino, and his PhD in 1986 from Georgia Institute of Technology. He works in the area of circuits and systems theory, with special interest in signal integrity and EMC design issues. To date, he has authored or coauthored more than 300 papers published in international journals and conference proceedings.
During his scientific career, he has been involved in various service activities both at the level of his institution and for many international organizations. At Politecnico di Torino, he has been Director of the Electronics Department (1993–1999), Vice Rector for Organization (2001–2005), and Head of the Doctoral School (2012–2018). At the international level, he has been a member of the Steering Committee of the Council for doctoral Education (CDE) of the European University Association (EUA), a member of the Board of Directors of the IEEE EMC Society (2012–2015), and VP of Communication Services for the same Society. He has been the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility (2004–2006) and the Technical Editor of the IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Newsletter. Between 2005 and 2008, he was the Chair of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI) Commission E (Noise and Interference). He has been also a Member of the IEEE Fellow Committee and of the IEEE Press Editorial Board. He has been the Organizer of the Workshop on Signal Propagation on Interconnects (SPI) during 2001–2003 and 2007. He is currently a Member of the Editorial Boards for several scientific journals and a Member of the Scientific Steering Committees of several International Conferences in the field of EMC and electrical performance of interconnects and packages.
He has been Invited Visiting Professor at Okayama University (Japan), ESIGELEC (Engineering School in Rouen, France), University of Rennes and INSA (Rennes, France), University of Ghent (Belgium), University of Science and Technology of Lille (France), and University of Clermont-Ferrand (France).
For over a decade, he has been serving as Principal Investigator or Local Coordinator of several research projects supported by EU. In addition, he has been responsible for many research contracts with industrial companies globally.
Flavio Canavero is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a Fellow of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI). He has been the recipient of the prestigious Richard R. Stoddard Award for Outstanding Performance (the highest recognition of scientific merit bestowed by IEEE EMCS), and of the Honored Member Award of EMC Society (highest recognitions of service merit). He has been the recipient of IBM and Intel Research Awards; he was presented the award for the best paper contributed to the journal IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packaging for the year 2007, and has received several best paper awards for work presented at the following conferences: EMC Roma 1996, EMC-Zurich in Singapore 2006, EPEPS in Austin 2010 and San Jose 2013, EMC Europe in Angers (F) 2017, CEM in Paris (F) 2018, and SPI in Chambéry (F) 2019.
Some of his selected publications may be accessed at
https://iris.polito.it/browse?type=author&authority=rp19434&authority_lang=en&sort_by=2&order=DESC#.XlSGy_wRXIU.
23 April 2020
Electronics Reaches 3000 Articles Milestone
20 April 2020
Electronics 2020 Young Investigator Award: Winner Announced
Electronics 2020 Young Investigator Award
Prof. Shahar Kvatinsky is an Associate Professor at the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Technion–Israel Institute of Technology. Shahar received a B.S. in computer engineering and applied physics and an MBA degree in 2009 and 2010, respectively, both from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology in 2014. From 2006 to 2009, he worked as a circuit designer at Intel. From 2014 and 2015, he was a post-doctoral research fellow at Stanford University. Kvatinsky is an editor of Microelectronics Journal and has been the recipient of numerous awards: the 2019 Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research, 2015 IEEE Guillemin-Cauer Best Paper Award, 2015 Best Paper of Computer Architecture Letters, Viterbi Fellowship, Jacobs Fellowship, ERC starting grant, the 2017 Pazy Memorial Award, the 2014 and 2017 Hershel Rich Technion Innovation Awards, 2013 Sanford Kaplan Prize for Creative Management in High Tech, 2010 Benin prize, and seven Technion excellence teaching awards. His current research is focused on circuits and architectures with emerging memory technologies and design of energy efficient architectures.
It was a difficult decision given the number of high quality applications for the award, and we would like to thank all the applicants from various fields of study for their participation, and all the Award Committee members for their efforts in evaluating the many applications. We congratulate the winner, Prof. Shahar Kvatinsky, on his accomplishments. We wish him further success in his career.
For more information about Electronics awards, please check: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/electronics/awards
20 April 2020
Electronics 2020 Travel Award: Winners Announced
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 Travel Award sponsored by MDPI and Electronics. The award was granted to two outstanding young researchers working in thematic areas:
Electronics 2020 Travel Award
Dr. David Valiente is a postdoctoral fellow in the communications engineering department of Miguel Hernández University (UMH), within the area of electronics. He received degrees in telecommunications (Eng.), industrial and telecommunications (M.S.Eng.), teacher training (M.S.), and a Ph.D. in robotics, all of them with honours. He conducted research at Imperial College, Polytechnic University of Madrid, and Polytechnic Institute of Engineering of Coimbra. His research work has laid the groundwork for the innovative creation of a realistic, robust, and feasible mapping and localization mobile robotic system, which can be exploited through a wide range of real applications in autonomous robots. Additionally, he is currently setting the foundations of a new and promising research line on advanced organic photovoltaic materials, focusing on obtaining high power conversion efficiency in solar cells.
Electronics 2020 Travel Award
Dr. Jaroslav Frnda graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of the VSB-Technical University of Ostrava (Czech Republic) in 2013. He received his Ph.D. in 2018 with the thesis topic “New Method for Video Quality Evaluation” at the same university. Since 2019, he has been working at the University of Zilina (Slovakia). His research includes multimedia services, QoS/QoE (video quality assessement methods), computer networks and next generation networks, and artificial intelligence.
This was certainly a difficult decision given the collection of high quality applications submitted for the awards. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting such a range of diverse and fascinating research topics and congratulate the winners for their accomplishment.
For more information about Electronics awards, please check: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/electronics/awards
9 April 2020
Free Open Platforms to Support Academics During the COVID-19 Pandemic
7 April 2020
Professor Piero Cosseddu Appointed Section Editor-in-Chief for “Organic Electronics” in Electronics
We are pleased to announce that Professor Piero Cosseddu has been appointed Section Editor-in-Chief for the section “Organic Electronics” of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). His term started in April 2020.
Piero Cosseddu is Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering of the University of Cagliari, Italy, where he currently teaches “Analog Electronics” and “Wearable and Flexible Electronics”. He also graduated in Electronic Engineering in 2003 from the University of Cagliari, where he obtained his Ph.D. in Electronic and Computer Science Engineering in 2007 before continuing as Postdoctoral Fellow at the DIEE from May 2007 to March 2010.
In 2008, he founded the company TechOnYou SRL, focused on the development of innovative systems for medical monitoring and healthcare, robotics, and biotechnologies, where he has been employed from 2012 to 2014 as Project Manager.
His research activity has mainly been focused on the field of Organic Electronics with particular attention towards the design, fabrication, and characterization of organic semiconductor-based devices on flexible plastic substrates as organic field effect transistors (OFETs), organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs), and nonvolatile memory elements. He has been particularly involved in the development of innovative sensing systems for different applications, including as biochemical sensors, wearable electronics, and artificial skin.
Piero Cosseddu is author of more than 100 papers and book chapters of peer-reviewed international journals and conference proceedings.
He has given more than 20 invited talks at various international conferences, schools, and other institutions.
25 March 2020
MDPI Comment on the COVID-19 Virus
18 March 2020
MDPI Co-Signed Position Statement on Transformative Agreements
16 March 2020
Encyclopedia Outstanding Contributor Awards 2020 - Open for Application
We are pleased to announce that Encyclopedia will be awarding five Outstanding Contributor Awards for researchers in 2020. The nominations and applications will be assessed by an Evaluation Committee consisting of senior scholars from the Encyclopedia Editorial Board.
Prize for Winners
- An official certificate;
- A cash award of 500 CHF or an MDPI discount voucher of 800 CHF.
Application Deadline
31 December, 2020 (Please send your application email with a list of all entries you contributed to our office before the deadline: [email protected])
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- Have a Ph.D. degree;
- Have more than three qualified entries published in Encyclopedia in 2020.
Evaluation Standards
- Number of entries published in Encyclopedia in 2020;
- Quality of entries online (including length, figure quality, and novelty);
- Impact of entries (including the number of likes, discussion contents, views, and downloads).
If you are a researcher and have not yet contribute entries to Encyclopedia, please do not miss this chance to highlight your research results.
12 March 2020
Meet us at The IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Seville, Spain, October 12–14, 2020
14 February 2020
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4 February 2020
Professor Stathatos Appointed Section Editor-in-Chief for "Microelectronics and Optoelectronics"
We are pleased to announce that Professor Elias Stathatos has been appointed as Section Editor-in-Chief of “Microelectronics and Optoelectronics” in Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292; CODEN: ELECGJ). His term started at the beginning of January 2020.
Elias Stathatos graduated from the Physics Department in 1991 and received his PhD in Materials Science/School of Engineering in 1999, both from the University of Patras, Greece. He was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, in 2004. From 2005 to 2019, he was a faculty member of Technological Educational Institute of Patras and is currently Professor at the University of Peloponnese. In the period 2008–2010, he was Department Head of the Electrical Engineering Department at Technological Educational Institute of Patras.
His research interests encompass different themes, such as conversion of solar into electrical energy using dye-sensitized, quantum dot, and perovskite solar cells employing nanostructured materials. Furthermore, Prof. Stathatos is also interested in the application of electrochromic nanocomposite materials in smart windows as well as OLED and OFET devices and nanosensors in environmental applications. He is the author of more than 130 papers published in ISI journals, six book chapters (a list of publications can be found here), and five international patents related to solar cells and electrochromic devices. He has been an invited speaker or reviewer in numerus international journals. He is also Associate Editor of International Journal of Photoenergy (Hindawi Publishing Corporation) and Elsevier’s Heliyon (Elsevier) in addition to being on the advisory board of their publication Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing. In 2020, he was appointed as Section Editor-in-Chief for the Section “Microelectronics and Optoelectronics” of Electronics. He has also organized several Special Issues in international journals.
We would like to warmly welcome Professor Elias Stathatos as Section Editor-in-Chief and look forward to developing the Section “Microelectronics and Optoelectronics” under his leadership.
4 February 2020
New Associate Section Editor-in-Chief of Electronics - Section "Microelectronics and Optoelectronics"
We are pleased to announce that Professor Alessandro Gabrielli has been appointed as Associate Section Editor-in-Chief of “Microelectronics and Optoelectronics” in Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). His term started at the beginning of February 2020.
Alessandro Gabrielli, of the Physics and Astronomy Department of the University of Bologna, received a degree in Physics (110/110) in 1993, and later his PhD in Physics, from the University of Bologna, Italy.
He was a Project Associate at CERN of Geneva in the years 2008-2010 (6 months cumulative), joining international projects on electro-optical radiation-hardened microelectronic devices for applications in LHC experiments at CERN.
He was a Visiting Professor at the Center for Human Space Robotics (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia) in Turin, Italy, December 2012–May 2013. The research dealt with the design of wireless sensor read-out systems for space applications and radiation-resistant microchips. He also collaborated with the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Italy; Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), USA; CERN of Geneva, Switzerland; and the Ratherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), UK.
His research interests include electronics, microelectronics and, in particular, his recent work for the ATLAS Experiment at CERN of Geneva. He is in charge of the firmware design for high-speed digital off-detector acquisition systems.
He is the co-author of hundreds of scientific papers, visible in http://www.bo.infn.it/~gabriell/private/papers.html. The papers cover nuclear physics and electronic digital applications for high-energy physics experiments. Dr. Gabrielli has personally presented tens of talks at international scientific conferences.
He teaches General Physics for the School of Engineering and Architecture and Applied Electronics for the School of Science at the University of Bologna, Italy.
He advised for many MA theses in physics and electronics, as well as a telecommunications PhD thesis for the ATLAS Experiment at CERN of Geneva.
He is member of the PhD board for Physics at the University of Bologna.
22 January 2020
Professor Tae-Yeon Seong Appointed Section Editor-in-Chief for "Semiconductor Devices" in Electronics
22 January 2020
Dr. Ajeet Kaushik Appointed Associate Section Editor-in-Chief for "Bioelectronics" in Electronics
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Ajeet Kaushik has been appointed Associate Section Editor-in-Chief for the section "Bioelectronics" of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). His term started in January 2020.
Ajeet Kaushik, M.Sc., Ph.D., Fellow-Indian Chemical Society I, as an assistant professor of chemistry at Flrida Polytechnic University, is exploring nanotechnology, material science, thin films, miniaturized sensors, electrochemistry, electrochemical biosensors, nanomedicine, drug delivery to CNS, and biomedical engineering for health wellness.
Dr. Kaushik received his Ph.D. on chemistry and nano-enabled biosensors in collaboration with National Physical Laboratory and Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi, India. Prior to moving to Polytech, he worked as an Assistant Professor to explore “magnetic nanomedicine along with drug delivery to the brain for CND disease management and miniaturized electrochemical sensing systems for personalized health wellness” at the Center of Personalized Nanomedicine, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Department of Immunology and Nano-Medicine, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University (FIU), Miami USA. He is the recipient of various reputed awards for his service in the area of nano-biotechnology in healthcare. His excellent research credentials are reflected in his four edited books, over 100 international research peer-reviewed publications, and three patents in the area of nanomedicine and smart biosensors for personalized healthcare.
In the course of his research, Dr. Kaushik has been engaged in the design and development of various electro-active nanostructures for electrochemical biosensor and nanomedicine for healthcare. His research interests include nano-biotechnology, analytical systems, design and development of nanostructures, nanocarriers for drug delivery, nanotherapeutics for CNS diseases, on-demand site-specific release of therapeutic agents, exploring personalized nanomedicines, biosensors, point-of-care sensing devices, and related areas of health care monitoring.
We would like to warmly welcome Dr. Ajeet Kaushik as Associate Section Editor-in-Chief and look forward to developing the Section "Bioelectronics" under his leadership.
22 January 2020
Professor Enzo Pasquale Scilingo Appointed Section Editor-in-Chief for "Bioelectronics" in Electronics
We are pleased to announce that Professor Enzo Pasquale Scilingo has been appointed Section Editor-in-Chief for the section “Bioelectronics” of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). His term started in January 2020.
Enzo Pasquale Scilingo is a full Professor in Electronic and Information Bioengineering at the University of Pisa. He received his Laurea Degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Pisa, Italy and his Ph.D. degree in Bioengineering from the University of Milan, in 1995 and 1998, respectively. For two years, he was a postdoctoral fellow with the Italian National Research Council and for two another years a post-doctoral fellow at Information Engineering Department of the University of Pisa.
Currently, he is pursuing his research work mainly at the Research Center “E. Piaggio”. He has several teaching activities, he is the supervisor of several PhD students, and he is leading the laboratory Biolab at the Information Engineering Department. He coordinated European project EC-FP7-ICT-247777 “PSYCHE-Personalized monitoring Systems for Care in mental Health”, and he is currently coordinating two other European projects: H2020-PHC-2015-689691 NEVERMIND—Neurobehavioral Predictive and Personalized Modeling of Depressive Symptoms during Primary Somatic Diseases with ICT-Enabled Self-Management Procedures and H2020-FETPROACT-2018-01- 824153 POTION—Promoting Social Interaction through Emotional Body Odors. His main research interests are in wearable monitoring systems, human–computer interfaces, biomedical and biomechanical signal processing, modeling, control, and instrumentation.
He is the author of more than 200 papers on peer-review journals, contributions to international conferences, and chapters in international books. He is also the co-author of three books edited by Springer. He is currently serving as a reviewer for many international journals and as a member of Program and Scientific Committees of yearly international conferences. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the following journals: Plos One, Scientific Reports – Nature, IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Frontiers in Robotics and AI section Bionics and Biomimetics, Frontiers in Neuroscience section Neural technology, Electronics, Complexity, and the ETRI Journal.
We would like to warmly welcome Professor Enzo Pasquale Scilingo as Section Editor-in-Chief and look forward to developing the Section "Bioelectronics" under his leadership.
19 December 2019
Professor Zita Vale Appointed Section Editor-in-Chief for "Electrical and Autonomous Vehicles" in Electronics
Zita Vale is Full Professor at the Engineering School of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal. She received her diploma in Electrical Engineering in 1986 and her PhD in 1993, both from University of Porto. She works in the area of power and energy systems, with special interest in the application of artificial intelligence techniques.
She has been involved in more than 60 funded projects related to the development and use of knowledge-based systems, multiagent systems, machine learning, metaheuristics, optimization, and data mining. The main application fields of these projects comprise:
- Smart grids, accommodating an intensive use of renewable energy sources, distributed energy resources (DER), namely distributed generation (DG), storage, electric vehicles including the ones with griddable capability (V2G), and demand flexibility. Real-time management and simulation of energy resources, considering electrical networks, buildings, and diverse Internet of Things (IoT) and machine to machine (M2M) approaches are relevant aspects of her work in this field;
- Electricity markets, addressing decision support for market participants, prices and tariffs, ancillary services, energy transactions, service provision, and market simulation in the scope of wholesale and emergent local markets. The integration of DER, demand response, and EVs in electricity markets and transactive energy (TE) approaches are important aspects of her work. Her work also focuses on the conception, development, and testing of new business models for market participants and aggregation models for energy resources and the respective management and operation methods.
She published over 800 works, including more than 100 papers in international scientific journals and more than 500 papers in international scientific conferences.
See some of her selected publications at http://www.gecad.isep.ipp.pt/GECAD/Pages/Pubs/Publications.aspx.
11 October 2019
Introducing SciProfiles, an Academic Social Network
MDPI is pleased to announce the release of SciProfiles, its social network platform for researchers and scholars.
The purpose of SciProfiles is aligned with MDPI’s broad mission to accelerate discovery and innovation by facilitating immediate access to research results and to serve scholars and communities by providing opportunities for academic networking.
SciProfiles also ambitions to serve as a sustainable, transparent and community-driven research evaluation system aligned with the DORA principles (https://sfdora.org/). Through their scientific profiles, academics can highlight their contribution to research communities, and measure their impact on their field, beyond publication numbers and impact factors. SciProfiles is currently a beta version and will enrich to give researchers the possibility to highlight all of their contributions to science and their scientific communities as authors, reviewers, editors, conference organizers, conference panelists, conference keynote speakers, or even as lecturers or student mentors at their University.
The classic components of popular community social networks, including follower/following, classical metrics, endorsements and recommendations (https://www.mdpi.com/about/announcements/1690), comments (https://www.mdpi.com/about/announcements/1397) are or will be very soon highlighted in SciProfiles as open science contributions.
To help increase the impact and visibility of articles and their authors to an appropriate audience, the platform offers a NewsFeed that includes recommendations of relevant content based on interests, publication history, saved searches or colleagues’ recommendations.
SciProfiles’ avatars are now being integrated on several MDPI platforms, meaning that you will directly access researchers’ profiles from any of the MDPI platforms:
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MDPI's literature database : www.scilit.net
SciProfiles aims to serve scientific communities at large. It can be embedded into third-party websites and also welcomes integration of data from third-parties.
Dr. Shu-Kun Lin: https://sciprofiles.com/profile/2
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2 October 2019
Winners of the 2019 MDPI Writing Prize
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2019 MDPI Writing Prize. Entrants were asked to write on the theme "Judging research: How should research and researchers be evaluated and rewarded?" We received a large number of excellent essays from PhD students and postdocs, and the process of shortlisting and choosing winners was not an easy one. The winners demonstrated excellent writing skills alongside interesting and thought-provoking ideas.
As last year, we will begin the process of collating all entries into a book that will be available in open access format. Alongside promoting good writing skills, we see the prize as a way to promote the voices of early career researchers within broader debates and policy discussions.
Congratulations to all of the participants and especially the winners. The winners are:
1st Prize (500 CHF):
Albin Nilsson (National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland)
[Read here]
2nd Prize (250 CHF):
Qi Zhang (Shandong University, Jinan, China)
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Igor Ogashawara (Indiana University, Indianapolis, US)
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3rd Prize (100 CHF):
Margaret Sivapragasam (Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Perak, Malaysia)
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Arvind Sharma (The University of Queensland, Gatton, Australia)
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Jose Flores-Guerrero (University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands)
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The MDPI Writing Prize is an annual award supported by MDPI Author Services, which provides services including language editing, reformatting, plagiarism checks, and image editing.
20 September 2019
MDPI Now Gives Scholars the Possibility to Endorse and Recommend Articles
MDPI is pleased to announce the release of a new functionality giving the possibility for researchers and scholars to endorse, and formally recommend articles to their colleagues.
MDPI was an early signatory of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (https://sfdora.org/read/) which calls for improvement in how quality and impact of scholarly research outputs are evaluated, especially in moving beyond journal-based citation metrics (journal Impact Factor, Scopus Citescore, etc.).
MDPI supports the establishment of article-level impact metrics, including citations, views, downloads, and Altmetric scores. These measures serve as an impact indicator for research articles on a case–by-case basis, assessing paper on its own merit. However, these metrics are also subjective and can give a biased picture of the article impact: they do not directly reflect the quality or the intrinsic scientific value of the article.
In our view, community engagement with publications based on community-driven metrics can help to overcome this limitation. We have therefore launched an option for scholars to endorse articles, indicating their own assessment of its content and making a recommendation to their community. This follows our implementation of the open source Hypothesis commenting tool, which has been available for all articles published by MDPI for over a year (https://www.mdpi.com/about/announcements/1397). Both endorsement and commenting are available for all previously published and forthcoming MDPI articles.
In addition to potentially serving as a sustainable solution to article assessment, endorsements will help scientific communities to identify the most relevant articles, independently of the journal in which it was published.
The code for the endorsing functionality, which relies on DOIs and ORCIDs, will be made available on GitHub with an open source license.
Dr. Shu-Kun Lin, President and Founder
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18 September 2019
Meet us at the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) in San Francisco, USA, 7–11 December 2019
11 September 2019
Create an Entry in Encyclopedia to Get a 100 CHF Voucher in Publishing in MDPI Journals
Encyclopedia is a free online reference created and curated by active scholars. It aims to highlight the latest research results as well as provide a comprehensive record of scientific development. If you have any suggestions or questions, please feel free to contact us via [email protected].
14 August 2019
Conference announcement: International Conference on Space, Aeronautical and Navigation Electronics 2019, 31st October–1st November 2019
6 August 2019
Preprints Reaches 10,000 Posted Articles Milestone
We are pleased to announce that Preprints has passed the milestone of 10,000 posted preprints. We are delighted to have reached this after just over three years of operation. Our congratulations and thanks go to our authors and advisory board who have supported growth of the platform and been crucial to its operation.
You can find further details at https://www.preprints.org/announcement/show/37.
2 August 2019
DeepGreen Partnering with Publishers and Universities in Distributing Open Access Content to Institutional Repositories
Last week, the DeepGreen initiative in Germany started into an advanced test phase with the publishing partners S. Karger AG, SAGE Publishing, MDPI, Frontiers and De Gruyter, as well as 27 universities from all over Germany, from Hamburg University of Applied Sciences to University of Konstanz.
DeepGreen aims at lowering the barriers for open access publishing by automatically delivering metadata and full text publications from participating publishers to authorized repositories at German universities.
In preparation for a later live operation, the advanced test phase serves to gain experience with extensive data deliveries from publishers and also handling different repository software (including OPUS4, DSpace, EPrints, MyCoRe). DeepGreen thereby acts as a sophisticated platform, receiving articles published by authors affiliated with German universities and depositing these articles to respective university repositories, based on the affiliation metadata. For more information about DeepGreen: https://deepgreen.kobv.de
Karger AG has been a close cooperation partner of the DeepGreen consortium since 2016. S. Karger has more than 80 subscription-based and around 20 open access journals covering a wide spectrum in health science. DeepGreen will assign S. Karger articles to authorized institutions on the legal basis of German alliance and national licenses.
SAGE Publishing was founded by Sara Miller McCune in 1965 to support the dissemination of usable knowledge and educate a global community. SAGE publishes more than 1,000 journals and over 600 new books each year, spanning a wide range of subject areas. Our growing selection of library products includes archives, data, case studies and video. SAGE remains majority owned by our founder and after her lifetime will become owned by a charitable trust that secures the company’s continued independence. Principal offices are located in Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore, Washington DC and Melbourne. SAGE Publishing has been a close cooperation partner of DeepGreen since 2016.
MDPI is a scientific open access publisher and has been a partner of DeepGreen since 2017. MDPI comprises 205 peer-reviewed journals of various disciplines. All articles are published under a CC-BY license and are freely available without embargo period.
Frontiers is a scientific open access publisher with 61 journals of over 600 academic disciplines. All articles are peer-reviewed and published freely available under CC-BY license.
De Gruyter is an academic publisher with more than 700 subscription-based and open access journals of 29 disciplines. Articles provided by De Gruyter will be assigned to institutions with German alliance and national licenses.
There is promising communication with other publishers.
DeepGreen is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the consortium comprises six institutions: the Cooperative Library Network Berlin-Brandenburg, Bavarian State Library, Bavarian Library Network, University Library of the Technische Universität Berlin, University Library of Erlangen-Nuremberg and the Helmholtz Open Science Coordination Office at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences.
If you would like to know in more detail which institutions take part in the advanced test phase of DeepGreen, you can find more information here.
22 July 2019
Professor Hirokazu Kobayashi Appointed Section Editor-in-Chief for "Microwave and Wireless Communications"
We are pleased to announce Dr. Hirokazu Kobayashi was appointed Section Editor-in-Chief for the section "Microwave and Wireless Communications" in Electronics.
Hirokazu Kobayashi graduated with a Master’s degree of Electrical Engineering from Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu, Japan, in 1980 and received his Doctorate in Engineering from the University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, in 2000.
He joined Fujitsu Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan, and worked with the Fujitsu System Integration Laboratories as a researcher on Space and Defense Division, where he developed micro/millimeter wave wide band antennas, active phased array radar systems, antennas, and theoretical investigation of electromagnetic scattering. From 1999 to 2010, he was a General Manager at Fujitsu Ltd. In 2010, he joined the Faculty of Engineering as a Professor with Niigata University, Niigata, Japan. Since 2013, he has been a professor in the Department of Electronics and Information Systems Engineering, Osaka Institute of Technology, Osaka, Japan.
Dr. Kobayashi's current research interests include high-frequency electromagnetics scattering theory, computing of radar cross-section (RCS) using physical optics, physical theory of diffraction and geometrical theory of diffraction (PO/PTD/GTD), RCS near-field to far-field transformation technology for electrical large object such as airplanes based on microwave radar imaging theory, radar SAR and ISAR imaging, radiation analysis such as conformal array, and target recognizing analysis by micro-Doppler information.
Dr. Kobayashi has published around two hundred papers, including conference papers, and three books. He was a Senior Member of IEEE, a Chair of Technical Committee on Space, Aeronautical and Navigational Electronics (SANE) of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE) in 2015-2016. He also served as a member or chair of the steering committee/TPC of many international and local conferences.
17 July 2019
First Basel Sustainable Publishing Forum
The University of Basel and the MDPI Sustainability Foundation are organizing the First Basel Sustainable Publishing Forum on 9th September 2019.
The aim of this event is to provide background and perspectives on Plan S to Learned Societies, which have to make well-informed decisions to transition their journals to Open Access (OA).
The BSPF will bring together several representatives of Learned societies, Plan S architects as well as representatives from various publishers and publishing platforms. After getting the big picture from cOAlition S, panel discussions will allow to better understand the diverse challenges that Learned societies are facing to transition their journals to OA as well as to identify sustainable, implementable and scalable solutions for successful Open Access transition.
For program details and registration, please follow the link below:
https://sciforum.net/conference/SustainableSolutionsToOpenAccess
8 July 2019
Professor Karimi Appointed Section Editor-in-Chief for "Systems & Control Engineering" in Electronics
We are pleased to announce that Professor Dr. Hamid Reza Karimi has been appointed Section Editor-in-Chief for the section "Systems & Control Engineering" of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). His term started in July 2019.
Hamid Reza Karimi (M’06–SM’09), born in 1976, received his B.Sc. (First Hons.) degree in power systems from the Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 1998 and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. (First Hons.) degrees in control systems engineering from the University of Tehran, Tehran, in 2001 and 2005, respectively. From 2009 to 2016, he was full professor of Mechatronics and Control Systems at the University of Agder in Norway. Since 2016, he has been a professor of Applied Mechanics at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. His current research interests include control systems and mechatronics with applications to automotive control systems and wind energy.
Prof. Karimi is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Cyber-Physical Systems, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Machines, Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Aerospace System Science and Engineering, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Designs, and Editorial Board Member of various international journals, such as IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-I: Regular Papers, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Systems, Information Sciences, IFAC-Mechatronics, International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, Electronics, Neurocomputing, Asian Journal of Control, Journal of The Franklin Institute. He is a member of Agder Academy of Science and Letters and also a member of the IEEE Technical Committee on Systems with Uncertainty, the Committee on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems, the IFAC Technical Committee on Mechatronic Systems, the Committee on Robust Control, and the Committee on Automotive Control. Prof. Karimi was awarded as the 2016, 2017, and 2018 Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher in Engineering.
We would like to warmly welcome Professor Dr. Hamid Reza Karimi as Section Editor-in-Chief and look forward to developing the Section "Systems & Control Engineering" under his leadership.
3 July 2019
Meet Us at the Conference EWTEC 2019 in Napoli, Italy, 1–6 September 2019
27 June 2019
Professor Corchado Appointed Section Editor-in-Chief "Computer Science & Engineering" in Electronics
We are pleased to announce that Professor Dr. Juan Manuel Corchado Rodríguez has been appointed Section Editor-in-Chief for the section "Computer Science & Engineering" in Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). His term started in June 2019.
Juan Manuel Corchado (born May 15, 1971, Salamanca, Spain). He is a Full Professor with Chair at the University of Salamanca. He was the Vice President for Research from December 2013 to December 2017 and the Director of the Science Park of the University of Salamanca. Chosen twice as the Dean of the Faculty of Science, he holds a PhD in Computer Sciences from the University of Salamanca and a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of the West of Scotland. He is the Director of BISITE (Bioinformatics, Intelligent Systems and Educational Technology), which was founded in 2000, and also the director of the Digital Innovation Hub and President of the AIR Institute.
J.M. Corchado has been a Visiting Professor at the Osaka Institute of Technology since January 2015 and Visiting Professor at the Universiti Malaysia Kelantan. He has served as a Member of the Advisory group on Online Terrorist Propaganda of the European Counter Terrorism Centre (EUROPOL).
He has also been President of the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Spanish Chapter and the academic coordinator of the Institute of Digital Art and Animation of the University of Salamanca. Juan M. Corchado has also been a researcher at the Universities of Paisley (UK), Vigo (Spain), and at the Plymouth Marine Laboratory (UK). He also oversees Master´s Degrees in: Security, Digital Animation, Mobile Telephony, Information Systems Management, Internet of Things, Social Media, 3D Design and Printing, Blockchain, Z Systems, Industry 4.0, Agile Project Management and Smart Cities and Intelligent Buildings, at the University of Salamanca.
M. Corchado is the author of more than 160 peer-reviewed journal papers and 200 conference papers. He is also the co-author of numerous book chapters and several books. He has been the president of science and organization committees at over 30 international conferences, such as IEEE GlobeCom, Fusion, ACM SAC, PAAMS, DCAI, KMO, and ICUWB.
He has led over 120 research projects (both national and international) in the fields of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain, IoT, Fog Computing, Edge Computing, Smart Cities, Smart Grids, Sentiment Analysis, etc.
We would like to warmly welcome Professor Dr. Juan Manuel Corchado Rodríguez as Section Editor-in-Chief and look forward to developing the Section “Computer Science & Engineering” under his leadership.
20 June 2019
Electronics Receiving 2018 Updated Impact Factor of 1.764
18 June 2019
Meet Us at the MNE 2019 in Rhodes Island, Greece, 23–26 September 2019
14 June 2019
Professor Yoichi Hayashi Appointed Section Editor-in-Chief for "Artificial Intelligence" in Electronics
We are pleased to announce that Professor Dr. Yoichi Hayashi has been appointed Section Editor-in-Chief of "Artificial Intelligence" in Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). His term starts in June 2019.
Yoichi Hayashi received the Dr. Eng. degree in systems engineering from Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, in 1984. In 1986, he joined the Computer Science Department of Ibaraki University, Japan, as an Assistant Professor. Since 1996, he has been a Full Professor at the Computer Science Department, Meiji University, Tokyo. He has also been a Visiting Professor at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, USA, and the University of Canterbury in New Zealand and has authored over 230 published computer science papers.
Professor Hayashi's research interests include deep learning (DBN, CNN), especially the black box nature of deep neural networks and shallow neural networks, transparency, interpretability and explainability of deep neural networks, rule extraction, high-performance classifiers, advanced data mining, big data analytics, and medical informatics. He has been the Action Editor of Neural Networks and the Associate Editor of IEEE Trans. Fuzzy Systems and Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. Overall, he has served as an associate editor, guest editor, or reviewer for 50 academic journals. He has been a senior member of the IEEE since 2000.
We would like to warmly welcome Professor Dr. Yoichi Hayashi as Section Editor-in-Chief and look forward to research forthcoming to be highlighted in the "Artificial Intelligence" section under his leadership.
8 May 2019
Meet us at the 46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC 46) in Chicago, Illinois, USA
29 April 2019
Meet Us at the ELECTRIMACS 2019 in Salerno, Italy, 21–23 May 2019
20 March 2019
Fostering Open Access Publishing Worldwide: New IOAP Participants in February and March 2019
We are pleased to welcome more universities from Poland, Italy, Germany, Brazil and other parts of the world to MDPI's Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP). A warm welcome to the institutions listed below, who have joined the Program in February and March this year.
Authors affiliated with these institutions can now enjoy a discount on the APC for papers accepted for publication in any MDPI journal. If you would like to learn more about our program, please visit: https://www.mdpi.com/about/ioap or email us at [email protected].
5 March 2019
MDPI Joins Jisc’s Publications Router Service
21 February 2019
Professor Juan-Carlos Cano Appointed Section Editor-in-Chief in Electronics
We are pleased to announce that Professor Dr. Juan-Carlos Cano has been appointed as Section Editor-in-Chief of “Networks” in Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). His appointment starts from February 2019.
Juan-Carlos Cano received his M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in computer science from the Technical University of Valencia (UPV) in 1994 and 2002, respectively. From 1995 to 1997, he worked as a programming analyst at IBM’s manufacturing division in Valencia. He has been a full professor in computer engineering since 2011 and the Head of the Department of Computer Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de València in Spain since 2012.
Professor Cano's current research interests include: wireless networks intelligent transport systems (ITS) computer networks design modeling and implementation power-aware routing protocols quality of service for mobile ad hoc networks pervasive computing and protocols for unmanned aerial vehicles. He is the author of over 100 scientific journal publications and 200 conference proceedings. A complete list of publications and research activities can be found here. You can contact Professor Cano at [email protected].
He has served as Co-Chair of the for IEEE ITS Society Technical Committee on Mobile Communication Networks (from January 2011 to December 2018), and currently is a member of the IFIP working Group 6.8, Mobile and Wireless Communications (since October 2015).
Professor Cano organized many Special Issues dealing with computer networks in reputable journals such as Mobile Information Systems, IEEE Transaction in Intelligent Transport Systems, Wireless Personal Communication, and Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing among others. He has chaired many international conferences including serving as General Chair at the Wireless Days 2013 Conference, and at the 28th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN 2019).
We would like to warmly welcome Professor Dr. Juan-Carlos Cano as Section Editor-in-Chief and look forward to developing the Section “Networks” under his leadership.
18 February 2019
Electronics Reaches One Thousand Articles Milestone
Electronics, MDPI’s open access journal on the science of electronics and its applications, has published more than 1000 articles and reviews since its inception in 2012. Electronics is now covered in the Science Citation Index Expanded in Web of Science and received its first Impact Factor of 2.110 for 2017, which corresponds to rank 113/260 (Q2) in the JCR category ‘Engineering, Electrical & Electronic’.
Electronics’s current CiteScore in Scopus is 3.01. The CiteScore is a ratio between the number of citations in 2017 to papers published 2014–2016 in the numerator and the number of papers published 2014–2016 in the denominator, drawn from Scopus data.
Our sincerest thanks go to the Editor-in-Chief of Electronics, Prof. Dr. Mostafa Bassiouni, Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Kyo-Beum Lee, as well as the Guest Editors of our Special Issues, who have ensured, with their hard work and diligence, the continued significance of the journal.
1 February 2019
2018 MDPI Top Reviewer Award—Winners Announced
Rigorous peer-review is the cornerstone of high quality academic publishing. Over 97,000 scholars served as reviewers for MDPI journals in 2018. We are extremely appreciative of all those who made a contribution to the editorial process in this capacity. At the beginning of every year, journal editorial offices publish a list all reviewers’ names to express our gratitude. In addition, this year the “MDPI Top Reviewer Awards” are announced, to recognize the very best reviewers for their expertise, dedication, high quality, and timely review reports. We are pleased to announce the following winners of the 2018 MDPI Top Reviewer Awards:
- Ali Behnood
- Andrea Pezzuolo
- Angela Gorgoglione
- Anna D'Auria
- Antonio D'Andrea
- Azhar Abbas
- Bogdan Zagajewski
- Chunhui Chen
- Dominika Głąbska
- Dominika Guzek
- Dragan Pamucar
- Francisco J. G. Silva
- Frank Li
- Gianluca Serafini
- Gyorgy Szekely
- Haozhi Pan
- Helvi Heinonen-Tanski
- José Manuel Gómez-Soberón
- Kathy Lewis
- Klara Kosova
- Luis N. López De Lacalle
- M. Z. Naser
- Malwina Tytła
- Masoume Amirkhani
- Matteo Ghidelli
- Moretti Laura
- Petra Schneider
- Roberto Cerchione
- Spyros Papaefthymiou
- Ştefan Cristian Gherghina
24 January 2019
JAMS Journals: A Low-Cost Publishing Platform
24 January 2019
Popularity of Preprints Continues to Grow
2018 was a great year for preprints, with increasing numbers of authors looking to make their papers available online before peer review. Along with other preprint servers, our platform Preprints.org saw an increase in the uptake from authors, and more than double the number of announced papers compared to 2017. In fact, we recently passed two important milestones: 8000 preprints online and 30,000 authors.
We believe that the whole research community has the opportunity to benefit from work being available online as early as possible. We thank and congratulate our authors for supporting us to make this goal a reality.
In 2019, we will be looking carefully at how to provide better value for authors, maintain efficiency while growing in size, and make sure we remain well-connected with the research community.
If you want to participate, you can consider screening preprints or joining our advisory board. And, of course, posting your own work.
9 January 2019
Open Access Agreement between the Austrian Academic Library Consortium (KEMÖ), the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), and MDPI
We are delighted to announce the establishment of our national Open Access agreement with the Austrian Academic Library Consortium (KEMÖ) and the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). Through this national agreement, the Austrian institutions listed below as well as FWF will cover the Article Processing Charges (APC) of manuscripts published by eligible corresponding or funded authors in MDPI journals as long as central funds are available.
All participating institutions have gained access to the MDPI online submission system where they can find full article metadata and pricing information as well as Funder and Grant ID details for easy identification and additional transparency. At the same time eligible authors are benefited from an APC discount which comes at no cost for the institutions.
Eligible corresponding authors affiliated with the participating institutions are prompted to choose the corresponding Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP) when they submit an article via our online submission system. The program will be selected automatically if authors submit their papers using their institutional email address. To claim their discount, FWF funded authors should choose the particular funder and add their Grant ID upon online submission of their manuscript. The institutions will then crosscheck the information and confirm the APC funding.
Eligible authors that have their APC covered by their institution or funder are advised to include the following sentence in their acknowledgments: "Open Access Funding by the [name of the institution/funder]".
The full text of the agreement is openly available online at: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2536007
For any questions about the agreement, please contact the KEMÖ Consortium at [email protected], FWF at [email protected], or the MDPI IOAP team at [email protected].
The Austrian institutions participating in this agreement are:
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
- University for Continuing Education Krems
- University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna
- University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria
- University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien
- Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
- Institute of Science and Technology Austria
- MCI Management Center Innsbruck
- University of Graz
- University of Linz
- University of Salzburg
- Graz University of Technology
- TU Wien
- University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
- University of Vienna
This is our first collective agreement with a national library consortium, while the individual institutions around the world participating in our IOAP are now more than 500 - see details here: https://www.mdpi.com/about/ioap. We would be mostly interested in discussing about possible collaborations with other consortia, funders, and institutions in our mutual efforts to accelerate Open Access.
4 January 2019
Professor Kyo-Beum Lee Appointed Section Editor-in-Chief for "Power Electronics"
We are pleased to announce that Professor Dr. Kyo-Beum Lee has been appointed Section Editor-in-Chief of “Power Electronics” in Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). His term started in January 2019.
Kyo-Beum Lee received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical and electronic engineering from Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea, in 1997 and 1999, respectively. He received a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Korea University, Seoul, South Korea, in 2003.
From 2003 to 2006, he was with the Institute of Energy Technology at Aalborg University, Denmark. From 2006 to 2007, he was with the Division of Electronics and Information Engineering, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, South Korea. In 2007, he joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ajou University.
Professor Lee's research interests include electric machine drives, renewable power generation, and electric vehicle applications. He is an Associated Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, the Journal of Power Electronics, and the Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology.
We would like to warmly welcome Professor Dr. Kyo-Beum Lee as Section Editor-in-Chief and look forward to strengthening the Section “Power Electronics” under his leadership.
2 January 2019
Encyclopedia—the Scholarly Community Encyclopedia
5 November 2018
Blog │ Funders Push for a Full Transition to Open Access: Plan S
30 October 2018
Institutional Open Access Agreement between Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and MDPI
2 October 2018
MDPI Welcomes Plan S
Recently, it was announced that a group of European funders supported 10 principles that will help to expand open access, known as Plan S. MDPI warmly welcomes this move as a step towards achieving more open and accessible communication of research across all disciplines. Some aspects remain to be clarified, however the details given so far match the aims and values that MDPI has held over the past two decades.
We believe that open access publishers should be active participants in discussions around Plan S, particularly regarding potential new business models and practical aspects of implementation. MDPI supports APCs as a transparent unit of payment for article publishing, however we are committed to exploring other measures and recently signed the Jussieu Call. Sustainability is a key value for MDPI, and future funding models should have at their heart the sustainability of knowledge and research dissemination. Plan S provides an opportunity for funders and publishers to directly discuss funding of open access journals in ways that are beneficial to all parties involved.
12 September 2018
Best Paper Award for Special Issue "Engineering Metamaterials"
30 August 2018
MDPI establishes Open Access agreement with Qatar National Library
We are happy to announce the establishment of an Open Access (OA) agreement with Qatar National Library (QNL). QNL is committed to supporting and helping Qatar authors publish OA at no cost. Through this national agreement, QNL will cover the Article Processing Charges (APC) of manuscripts published by Qatar-based corresponding authors in MDPI journals.
Eligible corresponding authors affiliated with Qatar research centers and universities are prompted to choose QNL as part of our Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP) when they submit an article via our online submission system. The program will be selected automatically if authors submit their papers using their institutional email and/or a computer registered with the institution’s IP range. QNL will then crosscheck the information and confirm the APC funding.
Qatar authors that have their APC covered by QNL are advised to include the following sentence in their acknowledgments: "The publication of this article was funded by Qatar National Library".
For more information, please visit Open Access at QNL or email the QNL Open Access team at [email protected].
26 June 2018
Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292) receives first Journal Impact Factor: 2.110
We are pleased to announce that Electronics has received a first Impact Factor in the latest edition of the Journal Citation Reports®, published by Clarivate Analytics in June 2018.
Electronics is covered in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) in Web of Science and received a first Impact Factor of 2.110. The journal ranks 113/260 (Q2) in the category 'Engineering, Electrical & Electronic.'
The Journal Citation Reports®, 2018 release, is a Clarivate Analytics product.
31 May 2018
Electronics 2017 CiteScore™ Announced - 2.97
We are pleased to report Electronics received a CiteScore of 2.97 for 2017. The metric reflects citation activity in 2017 in Scopus for papers published in the period 2014‒2016.
For the full details in the current CiteScore release, please see the journal's Source profile. To check the full list of MDPI journals receiving CiteScores, please see here.
31 May 2018
2017 CiteScore™ Metrics Released
30 April 2018
Winners of the First MDPI Writing Prize
23 March 2018
Check for Updates: A New Function in the Article PDF Version
At MDPI, we always want to keep you up to date. Even for already published articles, some corrections or minor changes may occur. To prevent you from missing any updates, from now on you will be able to access the latest version of any manuscript by clicking on the “check for updates” logo that you can find in the PDF file, even if you have saved the file on your computer.
13 March 2018
MDPI Becoming a Member of UKSG
We are proud to announce that MDPI is now a member of UKSG, the UK´s largest scholarly communications community. Through UKSG, different stakeholders share their knowledge and experience in order to improve the knowledge and information environment for researchers. UKSG´s members include universities, publishers, content providers, intermediaries, and other similar organisations. Members participate in discussions and events on issues around scholarly communications.
The UKSG Annual Conference and Exhibition is a flagship initiative from the UKSG and one of the most stimulating events in the scholarly communications calendar. It is held annually and attracts a large number of delegates. More information is available at https://www.uksg.org/events/annualconference
MDPI is delighted to be a part of this active community and we look forward to making our own contribution. We will continue to support organisations and initiatives that boost collaboration and vision within scholarly communication.
More information about UKSG can be found at https://www.uksg.org/. The full membership list is available at: https://www.uksg.org/members.
8 March 2018
Meet Us at NANOTECH 2018 in Anaheim, CA, USA, 13–16 May 2018
1 February 2018
MDPI Signed the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA)
The DORA initiative addresses the need for advanced approaches in the evaluation and measurement of the quality of scientific research outputs. It is a worldwide initiative covering all scholarly disciplines. MDPI proudly joins a list of more than 400 organizations around the world which support DORA’s recommendations for improving the way the quality of research results is evaluated.
More info can be found at http://www.ascb.org/dora/
3 January 2018
Expanding the Coverage in SCIE (Web of Science)
The collection of journals in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—the most prestigious part of the Web of Science Core Collection—keeps expanding. Last year, nine MDPI open access journals were added in SCIE; they are due to receive first Journal Impact Factors in June 2018.
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28 December 2017
6th International Symposium on Sensor Science (I3S 2018) and 4th SPINTECH Technology Thesis Award, 6–8 August 2018, Kenting, Taiwan
19 December 2017
Announcing the MDPI English Writing Prize
15 December 2017
UCL Press Adopts the MDPI Editorial Platform JAMS
29 November 2017
Cells, Electronics and Pharmaceutics added to SCIE in Web of Science
We are pleased to announce that the journals Cells, Electronics and Pharmaceutics have been accepted into the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) in the Web of Science Core Collection (Clarivate Analytics). Coverage for the newly added titles starts from first issues in 2015. Cells, Electronics and Pharmaceutics are now eligible to be included in next year's Journal Citation Reports (JCR); they are due to receive first Journal Impact Factors in 2018.
23 November 2017
New Participants in the Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP)
10 November 2017
Available Journal Awards at MDPI
7 November 2017
MDPI has signed the Jussieu Call for Open Science and Bibliodiversity
The Jussieu Call aims to develop and implement alternative models to meet the aims of open science while promoting bibliodiversity. In particular it wishes to promote new business models for funding open access publication. It was drafted on the Jussieu campus in Paris by a group of French researchers and scientific publishing professionals.
MDPI supports scholarly communities and initiatives that innovate and further promote Open Access publishing. There is a need to explore different frameworks to fund open access in ways that ensure that excessive funds are not diverted from research towards publishing. Many fair funding models already exist, and they can be further developed and extended. These include institutional support, library contributions or subsidies, premium services, participatory funding, etc. For this reason, MDPI has signed up to the Jussieu call and welcomes its aims.
More information can be found at http://jussieucall.org/ (archived here)
6 October 2017
Dr. Franck Vazquez, MDPI CEO, Interviewed by Scholarly Kitchen
3 October 2017
Electronics – Official Sponsor of The Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC 2017), Loughborough, UK, 13–14 November 2017
19 September 2017
A Warm Welcome to the New IOAP Participants
23 June 2017
Congratulations for Publishing the 100,000th Peer-Reviewed Article
6 June 2017
CiteScore™ Metrics Released for Scopus Journals
17 May 2017
Three New Institutional Memberships Established
We are pleased to announce that the Goethe University of Frankfurt, the Technical University of Hamburg (TU Hamburg-Harburg), as well as the Humboldt University of Berlin, in Germany, have joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Primary authors from these instititions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
4 May 2017
MDPI Supports the Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC)
2 May 2017
Publons Peer Review Academy Goes Live
24 April 2017
Two New Institutional Memberships Established
We are pleased to announce that the following universities have joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, USA and the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia. Primary authors from these instititions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
30 March 2017
Credit for Preprints Comments via Publons
Preprints.org is a platform run by MDPI that allows authors to make early versions of manuscripts available before peer review has been completed.
One of the major benefits of putting a preprint online is to get feedback before journal submission. Until now, however, the feedback has been on a voluntary basis. Preprints is delighted to be the first preprint server to collaborate with Publons to acknowledge substantial comments as reviews and give commentators the opportunity to receive credit for their efforts.
When you add a comment to any article, there is a check box to click for it to appear on Publons. If you have already linked your account it will be passed on automatically. If you don't already have a Publons account, you will be contacted soon afterwards with instructions on how to create one.
We appreciate the enthusiasm and cooperation of Publons in this project and expect it to be of great benefit to authors and commenters alike.
20 March 2017
MDPI 2016 Annual Report Released
15 March 2017
Our 100,000th Article Could be Yours!
After the 20th anniversary of MDPI in 2016, we will reach another milestone this year and will publish the 100,000th peer-reviewed article in one of our 170+ open access journals.
We would like you to be part of this great achievement and so are offering to publish the 100,000th accepted paper free of charge.
To be in with a chance, select a journal in one of our 10 scientific subject areas and submit your paper.
Access the live tracker on published articles here.
3 March 2017
1000 Preprints Online
We are delighted that Preprints now has 1000 papers online since its launch on 3 May 2016.
For more information, see the editorial here.
9 February 2017
Minister and State Secretaries Visit MDPI Office at STP, Belgrade, Serbia
Earlier this week the Science Technology Park in Belgrade, Serbia was visited by Swiss Secretary of State Dr. Mauro Dell’Ambrogio, as well as Serbian Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government Ana Brnabic, State Secretary Dr. Vladimir Popovic and Mayor of Belgrade Mr. Siniša Mali.
During the visit to the STP they had a short presentation from MDPI’s CEO Dr. Franck Vazquez and IT Manager Mr. Miloš Čučulović, and further discussed important issues such as Open Access and Open education. Dr. Dell'Ambrogio said he was impressed with the potential for development and ideas for business.
For more information please see:
http://bit.ly/2kpIu7k and http://bit.ly/2kpUQfz
7 February 2017
The 6th World Sustainability Forum: Final Press Release
Basel, 29 January 2017
The 6th World Sustainability Forum #WSF2017SA: African universities critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Jeffrey and Sonia Sachs win first World Sustainability Award.
Universities need to take the lead in solving the greatest challenges the world faces today, particularly in Africa. They need to do this not only through education – teaching the next generation to think critically and creatively to find sustainable solutions – but also through research that cuts across a range of disciplines. To ensure these solutions are implemented, they need to partner with the private sector and with government.
This was the key message from the 6th World Sustainability Forum (WSF2017), which took place in Cape Town on 27 and 28 January 2017. Sponsored by MDPI and the journal Sustainability under the patronage of the Universities of the Western Cape (UWC), Cape Town (UCT), University of Basel and the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa, the conference was attended by key national and international speakers, including world-leading economist Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs, senior United Nations (UN) advisor and director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University.
The WSF is an annual sustainability conference which addresses research in a range of areas related to sustainable development and sustainability globally. This was the first WSF to take place on the African continent. Discussions at the 2017 conference were driven by the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) adopted as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by the UN in September 2015.
Achieving the SDGs “is the moonshot for our generation,” said Sachs. “Like the moonshot [moon landing] of the 1960s, these are tough, bold and achievable objectives.”
“This is a nasty, tough world we live in, and our world agrees on very little. So when 193 governments agree on something, that is important. And when they agree on something as important as sustainable development, that is really something for us to grab hold of – that is a lifeline.”
There was agreement at the WSF that the SDGs are particularly important for Africa, and that African universities in particular have a role to play in achieving them.
Said Professor Tyrone Pretorius, vice-chancellor of UWC: “The quest for sustainable development can only be met through education. Universities today are the oil that fuels the knowledge economy.”
As part of the drive to develop academic capacity to provide the knowledge needed to meet the SDGs, WSF2017 was preceded by the 1st Postgraduate Forum on Sustainability. “A series of workshops for postgraduate education linked to WSF are important, in order to equip postgraduates with the skills necessary to promote sustainability,” said Professor Thandi Mgwebi, director for research at UWC. A second postgraduate forum will take place alongside the WSF2018 in Beijing.
This capacity development is particularly critical to Africa. Said Sachs: “African universities need to do research to find solutions to Africa’s development challenges, because no other university will.”
The UN set a target of achieving the SDGs by 2030: “I regard this as the breakthrough period to end extreme poverty on the continent,” said Sachs, “and for Africa to become one of the most dynamic centres of the world economy.”
It is a critical time for South African universities, said Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, deputy vice-chancellor for research and internationalisation at UCT: “Higher education is at a crossroads, and there is much polarisation. We need to think carefully about how this sustainable development agenda is owned by all so that it is inclusionary.”
There was also strong emphasis on public–private partnerships – for universities, business and government to work together to achieve the goals.
Said Professor Francis Petersen, deputy vice-chancellor at UCT and vice-chancellor designate at the University of the Free State: “Business sustainability has become critical, because there is increasing demand and complexity of demand on business from the natural, social and economic environment. Sustainability cannot be a standalone issue, divorced from business as usual. Sustainability needs to be embedded into business.”
Environmental crises and climate change was also high on the WSF agenda. In his keynote address, Sachs noted the irreversibility of the climate- and environmental-related challenges.
“If we don’t get our act together, we lose the chance of safety,” he said.
Said Professor Mark New, pro vice-chancellor and director of the African Climate and Development Initiative at UCT: “We have a fundamental challenge in responding to climate change, and we must go further than just putting a plaster on a wound. We need to address the deep structural issues, to move from our current model of development into climate-compatible development.”
“This requires researchers to find the evidence for the correct development pathways to take, and then support the ability of policymakers at all levels to enable the shift to climate-compatible development planning.”
Said Dr. Aldo Stroebel, executive director of international relations and cooperation at the NRF, in closing: “We have seen over the past two days an urgency towards the next step of thinking, that critical type of framework that we all must engage with, not only from an academic perspective, but further up into the policy environment and into rural-based environments where one can clearly see the links and effectiveness of the work.”
World Sustainability Awards
The first World Sustainability Award and the first Emerging Sustainability Leader Awards were presented by Prof. Thandi Mgwebi, Director of Research at UWC, and Dr. Franck Vazquez, CEO of MDPI, during the ceremony on 27 January 2017 as part of the gala dinner of the 6th World Sustainability Forum in South Africa.after day one of proceedings of the 2017 World Sustainability Forum South Africa.
Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs and Dr. Sonia Ehrlich Sachs are the joint recipients of the first World Sustainability Award. Jeffrey Sachs is a world-renowned economist and senior United Nations (UN) advisor and director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. Sonia Sachs is a paediatrician and public health specialist, and director of the Health Centre at the Centre for Sustainable Development, also at Columbia University.
The joint recipients of the first Emerging Sustainability Leader Award are Dr. Esther Ngumbi and Dr. Xiaosong Hu. Esther Ngumbi is a postdoctoral researcher at Auburn University in Alabama USA and serves as a 2015 Clinton Global University Mentor for agriculture. Xiaosong Hu is a professor at the Chongqing University in China and specialises in automotive control systems and mechanical engineering.
The World Sustainability Award and the Emerging Sustainability Leader Awards are funded to encourage new initiatives and developments in sustainability with the ultimate aim of fostering the transition to sustainable practices and societies.
The World Sustainability Award is funded by the MDPI Sustainability Foundation, and included a monetary prize of USD 100,000 to Jeffrey and Sonia Sachs. The Emerging Sustainability Leader Award is funded by the journal Sustainability, awarded to researchers under 40, and included a monetary prize of USD10,000.
Issued jointly by: UCT Global Strategy and Visibility, Research Office, UWC Communications & Media and MDPI AG
Conference photos are free available at: https://sciforum.net/conference/wsf-6/page/175 Photo credit: Matthias Burkhalter
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31 January 2017
Three New Institutional Memberships Established
We are pleased to announce that the Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, the University of Manitoba, Canada and the Technical University of Cartagena, Spain, have joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Primary authors from these institutions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
27 January 2017
6th World Sustainability Forum under way in South Africa
The 6th World Sustainability Forum is currently being held at the Cape Sun Hotel until 28 January 2017.
The Forum will showcase the work of internationally renowned researchers and include more than 150 presentations. During the conference dinner, the World Sustainability Award, associated with a US$ 100,000 prize, will be announced, as well as the Emerging Sustainability Leader Award, associated with a US$ 10,000 prize. The prizes are sponsored by the MDPI Sustainability Foundation and Sustainability, an academic open access journal by MDPI.
Here are some pictures from the forum so far:
To see the full WSF2017 program and schedule, please see here: https://sciforum.net/conference/wsf-6/page/schedule
19 January 2017
Cape Town to Host the 6th World Sustainability Forum
Cape Town will host the 6th World Sustainability Forum at the Cape Sun Hotel on 27 and 28 January 2017. This prominent event, held for the first time in Africa, will include many illustrious South African and international experts, such as Her Excellency Graça Machel (Sustainable Development Advocate for the United Nations, Mozambique), Joyene Isaacs (HoD Agriculture Western Cape Government), Jeffrey Sachs (Columbia University, USA), Max Bergman (SRaM, University of Basel), Mark New (Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Cape Town), Frans Swanepoel (FutureAfrica, University of Pretoria) and Francis Petersen (Vice-Chancellor-designate, University of the Free State). The Forum will provide a stage for national and international debates on sustainability in South Africa, the African continent, and about international perspectives on sustainability. It brings together researchers and representatives from government and the business sector to discuss a wide-ranging set of issues associated with sustainability, including food security, water and energy scarcity, mining, poverty reduction, climate change, and urbanisation.
The next few decades will be marked by profound changes in the relationships between global economics, national societies, and the environment. We have entered what some call the Anthropocene, an age in which human activity dominates the climate and the environment. These changes will have numerous consequences on societies around the globe. South Africa and Africa will play a central role, for better or worse, in creating opportunities and risks during these changing times as Africa is profoundly influencing and being influenced by global developments.
The adoption of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in September 2015 was accompanied by what insiders considered an optimism they have not experienced in relation to UN resolutions before. The relative efficiency in the drafting, the lack of trenches between East and West, or between North and South, and the unanimity of support of the 193 countries speak volumes. In stark contrast, sustainability seems to go against a changing economic and political tide, where waves of nationalism and protectionism from some of the most powerful countries risk the wellbeing of the rest of the world. The 6th World Sustainability Forum will enable fruitful exchanges, which sensitise South African and international communities to the global urgency and specifics of sustainability.
The Forum will showcase the work of internationally renowned researchers and include more than 150 presentations. During the conference dinner, the World Sustainability Award, associated with a US$ 100 000 prize, will be announced, as well as the Emerging Sustainability Leader Award, associated with a US$ 10 000 prize. The prizes are sponsored by the MDPI Sustainability Foundation and Sustainability, an academic open access journal by MDPI. The World Sustainability Forum is preceded by the Postgraduate Forum on Sustainability, which will introduce more than 100 young scholars from South Africa and the African continent to sustainability research. Both events are organized and sponsored by the University of Cape Town, the University of the Western Cape, the University of Basel, MDPI, and by the National Research Foundation of South Africa.
Contacts:
Scientific Matters: Prof Manfred Max Bergman, Social Research and Methodology Group (SRaM), University of Basel, Switzerland; Email: [email protected]
Press Accreditation and General Enquiries: Mr Matthias Burkhalter, MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland; Email: [email protected]; Tel. +41 61 683 77 34
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6 January 2017
MDPI Supports the OA2020 Initiative
MDPI is now a proud supporter of the OA2020 Initiative.
Open Access 2020 is an international initiative that aims to induce the swift, smooth and scholarly-oriented transformation of today’s scholarly journals from subscription to open access publishing.
MDPI is participating in the upcoming Berlin13 conference in March 2017, where we are contributing to the initiative by aiding in the design of the roadmap which will make OA the default publishing model.
For more information please see here.
6 January 2017
MDPI is Attending SPIE Photonics West 2017
We are pleased to announce that MDPI will be attending the 2017 SPIE Photonics West Conference (28 January-2 February, 2017) and representing the following open access journals:
Sensors
Photonics
Micromachines
Materials
Applied Sciences
Journal of Imaging
Inventions
Computation
Technologies
Remote Sensing
Biosensors
Electronics
If you are also attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth (Booth #4220) and meet the representative editors.
Conference details:
SPIE Photonics West 2017
28 January-2 February, 2017
Moscone Center
747 Howard St
San Francisco, CA 94103, USA
5 January 2017
Three New Institutional Memberships Established
We are pleased to announce that the University of Texas at Arlington, USA, the Harbin Institute of Technology, China and TU Darmstadt, Germany, have joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Primary authors from these institutions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
22 December 2016
Happy Festive Season!
Season's greetings from everyone at MDPI!
22 December 2016
Two New Institutional Memberships Established
We are pleased to announce that the Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Germany and the University of California, Berkeley, USA, have joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Primary authors from these instititions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
19 December 2016
MDPI and Wellcome Trust Compliance
The Wellcome Trust has, for a number of years, required that the results of its funded projects are published in open access format. Recently it announced criteria that publishers must fulfil for publication fees to be paid by the Trust. MDPI is pleased to have been added to the list of compliant publishers.
Only publishers who have confirmed their compliance by 16 December 2016 will be eligible to receive payment of APCs by the Wellcome Trust as of 1 April 2017. For more information on the criteria and a full list of publishers that meet them, see here.
13 December 2016
Meet MDPI at the 2016 AGU Fall Meeting
MDPI is currently attending the 2016 AGU Fall Meeting (12–16 December, 2016)
If you are also attending the conference, please feel free to stop by our booth (Booth #1147) and meet the representative editors.
Conference details:
2016 AGU Fall Meeting
12–16 December 2016
Moscone Center
747 Howard St
San Francisco, CA 94103, USA
8 December 2016
Three New Institutional Memberships Established
We are pleased to announce that Purdue University, USA, the Universitat Politécnica de Valencia, Spain and the Queensland University of Technology, Australia, have joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Primary authors from these instititions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
16 November 2016
World Sustainability Award - Final Extension
The deadline for the World Sustainability Award has been extended for one last time! You now have one more month to nominate an individual researcher, group or project! The final deadline for nominations will be December 15, 2016.
For full details, please visit here.
11 November 2016
Three New Institutional Memberships Established
We are pleased to announce that the University of Minnesota, USA, the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, have joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Primary authors from these instititions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
4 November 2016
MDPI Joins the United Nations Global Compact
MDPI has become a member of the United Nations Global Compact to support corporate sustainability and have committed ourselves to the ten principles associated with the Compact.
Sustainability has always been at the core of MDPI’s values, starting with the collection and preservation of rare chemical samples that started in 1996 and led to the first journal, Molecules. Sustainability has become one of our flagship journals and we have supported and organized several conferences and events based on Sustainability, including the upcoming 6th World Sustainability Forum. As a global enterprise, we see it as our duty to promote responsible practices that will ensure a bright future for our planet. Given this, the choice to join the Global Compact was an easy one and we will do our utmost to fully implement it.
3 November 2016
MDPI Now a Member of SPARC Europe
We are delighted to announce that MDPI has become a member of SPARC Europe, an organization that works for open scholarship in Europe, including support of open access publication.
As one of the few publishers to join SPARC Europe to date, MDPI looks forward to making a contribution that puts open scholarship on a positive and sustainable path. We fully support the goals of open scholarship that allow the largest number of people possible to benefit from work of researchers in all disciplines. We hope that our membership will enable us to work with other stakeholders to find the best possible solution.
2 November 2016
World Sustainability Award Deadline Extension
The deadline for the World Sustainability Award has been extended! You now have until November 15, 2016 to nominate an individual researcher, group or project!
For full details, please visit here.
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26 October 2016
Four New Institutional Memberships Established
We are pleased to announce that the Wuppertal Institut, Germany, the University of Girona, Spain and Central South University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, have joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Primary authors from these instititions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
24 October 2016
International Open Access Week 2016
Meet us during International Open Access Week 2016! We will be presenting at various locations in Europe and China.
To get involved and for full details see the complete list of events organised by MDPI here.
18 October 2016
Institutional Membership established with Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain and Aalto University, Finland
We are pleased to announce that the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain and Aalto University, Finland, have joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Primary authors from these universities will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
12 October 2016
Institutional Membership Established with Iowa State University and the University of North Texas, USA
We are pleased to announce that the Iowa State University and the University of North Texas, USA, have joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Primary authors from these universities will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
7 October 2016
MDPI at Open Access Days in Munich, 10-11 October 2016
Meet MDPI during the Open Access Days held from 10-11 October 2016 at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany.
The two-day event will feature experts from the open access sector, scientists from all disciplines, publishing representatives and supporters of scientific research and communication from libraries as well as research institutes and funding institutions. Join us!
For more information about the event and to see the program, visit the event webpage.
7 October 2016
Institutional Membership Established with the University of Sevilla and the University of Alicante, Spain
We are pleased to announce that the University of Sevilla and the University of Alicante, Spain have joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Primary authors from these universities will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
29 September 2016
Institutional Membership Established with the University of Delaware
We are pleased to announce that the University of Delaware, USA, has joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Primary authors from this university will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
19 September 2016
Peer Review Week 2016
As an open access publisher indebted to the work of our peer reviewers, we are proud to support Peer Review Week 2016. As part of the week's activities and to celebrate this year's theme "Recognition for Review", MDPI will host two webinars that anyone can join.
These webinars will explore the role and value of reviewers and the recognition they receive from a publishers perspective, with examples from MDPI's experience in publishing nearly 80,000 peer reviewed papers, along with evidence from reviewer surveys. It will also touch upon potential changes in how review is carried out and tips for early career researchers who want to be involved in the review process.
Details and links to join can be found below:
Wednesday September 21, 08:00 (CEST)
Friday September 23, 16:00 (CEST)
For more information about all the activites taking place, please visit the Peer Review Week website.
6 September 2016
Institutional Membership established with Kansas State University and Northwestern University, USA
We are pleased to announce that Kansas State University and Northwestern Universty, USE, have joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Primary authors from these universities will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
5 September 2016
Institutional Membership Established with University College Cork
We are pleased to announce that University College Cork, Ireland, has joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Primary authors from this university will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
22 August 2016
MDPI New Office Location
We are pleased to announce that MDPI has now moved to a new permanent address:
MDPI AG
St. Alban Anlage 66
CH-4052 Basel
Postfach, CH-4020 Basel
Switzerland
Telephone and fax numbers remain unchanged.
10 August 2016
Institutional Membership established with the University of Texas at Austin, USA, the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland and the University of Granada and the Compultense University of Madrid, Spain
We are pleased to announce that the following institutions have joined MDPI's institutional membership program in August 2016:
- University of Texas at Austin, USA
- Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland
- University of Granada, Spain
- Compultense University of Madrid, Spain
Authors affiliated with these institutions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
18 July 2016
Institutional Membership established with Louisiana State University and Florida State University, USA, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland, University of Rostock, Germany, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland and Southeast University, China
We are pleased to announce that the following institutions have joined MDPI's institutional membership program in July 2016:
- Louisiana State University, USA
- Florida State University, USA
- Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
- University of Rostock, Germany
- AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
- Southeast University, China
Authors affiliated with these institutions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
12 July 2016
MDPI Moving to New Office Location in Basel (Switzerland) in August 2016
As of 20 August 2016, MDPI's new address in Basel will be:
MDPI AG
St. Alban-Anlage 66
CH-4052 Basel
Switzerland
Telephone and fax numbers remain unchanged.
St. Alban-Anlage 66 was built from 1947 to 1948 and initially the home of the "Bühler AG", a book printing business.
For more information about this building, see: https://www.mdpi.com/about/headquarters
21 June 2016
"Behind the Scenes of Academic Publishing—A Publisher's Perspective" - MDPI's Lecture at the University of Basel
From the 15-16 September, 2016, MDPI will run a course on Academic Publishing at the University of Basel.
In this two day workshop, MDPI will look in detail at the role performed by academic journal publishers and how they interact with academics. Ethical dimensions, what happens when problems occur and how the publisher coordinates all aspects of the submission process will also be covered.
For more detailed information about the program, trainers and registration please visit the course webpage.
14 June 2016
2015 Impact Factors Released
26 May 2016
Institutional Membership established with University of Bremen, Germany, Koç University, Turkey, IIASA, Austria and Jilin University and Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, China
We are pleased to announce that the following institutions have joined MDPI's institutional membership program in May 2016:
- Unversity of Bremen, Germany
- Koç University, Turkey
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria
- Jilin University, China
- Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Authors affiliated with these institutions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
23 May 2016
Institutional Membership Established with the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden and the South China University of Technology, Beijing University of Technology and Southern Medical University, China
We are pleased to announce that the following institutions have joined MDPI's institutional membership program in April and May 2016:
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
- South China University of Technology, China
- Beijing University of Technology, China
- Southern Medical University, China
Authors affiliated with these institutions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
26 April 2016
New Section on www.mdpi.com - Latest Books
You may have noticed a new section that is now visible on our home page. This section is called "Latest Books" and showcases recent publications from MDPI Books, our book publishing service.
By clicking on the hyperlink "More Books" you will be taken to the MDPI Books Home Page. There you will find more information about the service, as well as the "Recent Publications" list.
Clicking on any of the book images in this list will take you to detailed information about that book (shown below). Here you can also download a PDF version of the book, or order a hardcover printed copy.
For further information about the MDPI Books service, please visit the webpage or contact [email protected].
31 March 2016
Axioms, Behavioral Sciences, Photonics, Separations and Toxics added to the Emerging Sources Citation Index in Web of Science
We are pleased to announce that the journals Axioms, Behavioral Sciences, Photonics, Separations and Toxics were recently accepted for inclusion in the newly launched Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) in Web of Science.
ESCI serves to highlight promising journals which are still under consideration for the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) or the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI).
The Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index
(SSCI), and Web of Science™ (WoS) are Thomson Reuters products.
30 March 2016
Institutional Membership established with the University of Winchester, UK, Silesian University of Technology, Poland and Beijing Jiaotong University and Zhejiang University, China
We are pleased to announce that the University of Winchester, UK, the Silesian University of Technology, Poland and Beijing Jiaotong University and Zhejiang University, China, have joined our Institutional Membership program. Primary authors from these universities will benefit from a 10% discount on article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
24 March 2016
New Editorial Office in Barcelona, Spain
We are excited to announce the opening of our new editorial office in Barcelona, Spain. The launch team is led by a Senior Editor and comprises further staff holding doctoral degrees with several years of research experience. The new editorial team will help us to get closer to European research communities and progress Sciforum, the platform to support the scientific community via conference hosting and other functions. They will also help spread the word about Open Access and meet academics at scientific events.
We are in the process of hiring more doctoral and masters graduates to join the editorial team and welcome applications via [email protected]. For contact details about the office, see our contact page.
22 February 2016
Membership Established with the Max Planck Society
We are pleased to announce that the Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL) has signed an agreement with MDPI to support authors associated with the Max Planck Society (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft). As of 22 February 2016, corresponding authors will receive full funding from the MPDL for articles published in MDPI journals, with a 10% discount applied to the Article Processing Charges. Additional details can be found at our institutional membership page.
Founded in 1948, The Max Planck Society is one of Germany’s leading research organizations, and is currently made up of 83 institutes conducting basic research in natural sciences, life sciences, social sciences and humanities. 18 Nobel laureates have emerged from its ranks of scientists and the society has more than 15,000 publications in scientific journals each year.
5 February 2016
Institutional Membership Extension: Wageningen University, CSIC, University of Zürich, ETH Zürich, University of Tübingen and Osnabrück University
We are pleased to announce that Wageningen University, the Netherlands, the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain, the University of Zürich and ETH Zürich, Switzerland, and the University of Tübingen and Osnabrück University, Germany, have not only renewed their institutional memberships with MDPI after two years of successful cooperation, but have also increased the reduction of the article processing charges (APCs) for affiliated authors to 25%.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
5 February 2016
Institutional Membership established with Brock University, Canada and the University of Pisa, Italy
We are pleased to announce that Brock University, Cananda, and the University of Pisa, Italy, have joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Primary authors from these universities will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges as of 01 February 2016.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
25 January 2016
MDPI Sponsors diss:kurs with the University of Basel
MDPI is pleased to announce its newly established sponsorship of diss:kurs, an event coordinated by the University of Basel to support their doctorate program. For more information about the event and how to register, please visit the diss:kurs webpage.
7 January 2016
New Institutional Memberships Established with Tsinghua University, the Chinese Society of Micro-Nano Technology, Ruhr University Bochum and the University of Ulm
We are pleased to announce that the following institutions have joined MDPI's institutional membership program as of 1 January 2016:
- Tsinghua University, China
- Chinese Society of Micro-Nano Technology (CSMNT)
- Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
- University of Ulm, Germany
Authors affiliated with these institutions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
5 January 2016
Safety, Fermentation, C-Journal of Carbon Research, Magnetochemistry, Batteries and Horticulturae Released Their First Issue in December 2015
We are pleased to announce that MDPI's open access journals Safety, Journal of Imaging, Fermentation, C-Journal of Carbon Research, Magnetochemistry, Batteries and Horticulturae released their first issue at the end of December 2015.
23 December 2015
Happy Festive Season!
Season's greetings from everyone at MDPI!
17 December 2015
Institutional Membership Extension: University of Bern, Switzerland
We are pleased to announce that the University of Bern, Switzerland has not only renewed their institutional membership with MDPI after two years of successful cooperation, but also increased the reduction of the article processing charges (APCs) for affiliated authors to 25%.
17 December 2015
Institutional Membership with the University of Ulm and Helmholtz Zentrum Munich
We are pleased to announce that University of Ulm, Germany and Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, Germany has joined MDPI's institutional membership program:
Primary authors from the University of Ulm and Helmholtz Zentrum Munich will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges as of 1 January 2016. Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
9 December 2015
Membership Established with the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)
We are pleased to announce that Virginia Tech has joined MDPI's institutional membership program. Authors from Virginia Tech will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges as of 1 December 2015. Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
1 December 2015
Membership Established with the Technical University of Denmark and the University of North Florida
We are pleased to announce that the following universities have joined MDPI's institutional membership program:
- Technical University of Denmark (as of 1 November 2015)
- University of North Florida, USA (as of 15 November 2015)
Primary authors from the Technical University of Denmark and the University of North Florida will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
16 November 2015
Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) Launched in Web of Science™
The Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) has been launched by Thomson Reuters as a new index in Web of Science™ alongside the established Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI). Web of Science™ thereby continues to reflect the growing importance of Open Access scholarly literature as nearly half of the newly incorporated journals are Open Access journals.
We are pleased to announce that 32 journals published by MDPI were selected for inclusion in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI). Articles published after 1 January 2015 now appear in ESCI and Web of Science™. This will bring higher visibility to the published research, while they will continue to be under evaluation for SCIE or SSCI.
The following MDPI journals are covered by ESCI:
| Journal Title |
Established | About the Journal |
| Algorithms | 2008 | Link |
| Agriculture | 2011 | Link |
| Agronomy | 2011 | Link |
| Biomolecules | 2011 | Link |
| Brain Sciences | 2011 | Link |
| Diagnostics | 2011 | Link |
| Membranes | 2011 | Link |
| Metabolites | 2011 | Link |
| Antibiotics | 2012 | Link |
| Antibodies | 2012 | Link |
| Antioxidants | 2012 | Link |
| Arts | 2012 | Link |
| Computers | 2012 | Link |
| Electronics | 2012 | Link |
| Foods | 2012 | Link |
| Journal of Clinical Medicine | 2012 | Link |
| Pathogens | 2012 | Link |
| Plants | 2012 | Link |
| Atoms | 2013 | Link |
| Chemosensors | 2013 | Link |
| Climate | 2013 | Link |
| Computation | 2013 | Link |
| Economies | 2013 | Link |
| Fibers | 2013 | Link |
| International Journal of Financial Studies | 2013 | Link |
| Journal of Developmental Biology | 2013 | Link |
| Mathematics | 2013 | Link |
| Processes | 2013 | Link |
| Publications | 2013 | Link |
| Risks | 2013 | Link |
| Systems | 2013 | Link |
| Vaccines | 2013 | Link |
The Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), and Web of Science™ (WoS) are Thomson Reuters products.
2 October 2015
Membership Established with the University of Freiburg and the University of Regensburg
We are pleased to announce that the following universities have joined MDPI's institutional membership program:
University of Freiburg, Germany
University of Regensburg, Germany
Primary authors from the University of Freiburg and the University of Regensburg will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges as of 1 October 2015 and 1 November 2015.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
10 August 2015
Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292) Accepted for Coverage in Scopus
We are pleased to announce that the journal Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292) was recently selected to be included in Scopus. Citations are expected to be available in Scopus soon.
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and is published by Elsevier B.V. This means that the research you publish with Electronics will be more visible than ever. Electronics is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal on the science of electronics and its applications.
6 February 2013
Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292) Covered by Chemical Abstracts (CAS)
5 February 2013
Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292) Covered by INSPEC
