Latest Announcements from MDPI

We are pleased to announce that the following four institutes have signed up for MDPI's institutional membership program:

• University of Barcelona (Universitat de Barcelona), Spain,
• Fourth Military Medical University, China,
• Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden, and
• Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany.

Primary authors from these universites will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges as of 1 March 2014.

Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.

Flotillins are highly homologous proteins (known as flotillin-1 and flotillin-2, or reggie-2 and reggie-1, respectively) that localize to membrane rafts (specific cholesterol-rich microdomains in cellular membranes), and are associated with various signaling pathways, cell adhesion, membrane trafficking and axonal growth. Continue reading →

Animals (ISSN 2076-2615) now endorses the ARRIVE guidelines by the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) and has been added to their list of endorsing journals. According to the NC3Rs, “the ARRIVE (Animal Research: Reporting In Vivo Experiments) guidelines are intended to improve the reporting of animal experiments. The guidelines have been developed by the NC3Rs to improve standards of reporting and ensure that the data from animal experiments can be fully evaluated and utilised.” The NC3Rs is an independent organization aiming at reducing and replacing the needs for animals in scientific research.

Mr. Jeffrey Beall is a librarian at the Auraria Library, University of Denver, Colorado and has publicly criticized MDPI twice via his blog “Scholarly Open Access”.

First, in May 2013, Mr. Beall who has no PhD himself, published scholarly comments on a biophysics review paper that was published by a senior PhD scientist from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. The paper was published after the usual procedure: it was refereed, revised and later approved by both peer-reviewers and an external, academic editor of the journal after major revisions. The paper is somewhat hypothetical and controversial—however, it is up to expert scholars in the domain of the paper to judge its merits and to provide critical, scholarly comments and follow-up research.

More recently, Mr. Beall redoubled his attack by publishing an incompetent general critique of MDPI. As someone forwarded an advance copy of Mr. Beall's post to MDPI, we have asked Mr. Beall to communicate with us before publishing his critique. Mr. Beall did not react. Mr. Beall has become known as the maintainer of a list of questionable open access journals. However, in December 2013 he expressed personal views highly critical of open access in general in a piece published in the open access journal TripleC.

Mr. Beall’s allegations against MDPI include:

• A serious claim that MDPI added Nobelists to its Editorial Board without their approval. We have provided evidence to Mr. Beall that this is not the case. In particular, a news story on eCampus News had reported that Professor Capecchi was not aware of his board membership. After writing to him, the Editor-in-Chief of Biomolecules obtained a written confirmation from Professor Cappechi that he was indeed aware of his membership. eCampus News has already updated its story.
• A bizarre statement criticizing the use of “one-word names” for journal titles. MDPI journals are appropriately named according to the scholarly domains that they cover and the journals and their websites are easily distinguishable from other journals covering similar domains. All journals are exclusively published on the www.mdpi.com website.
• A statement that MDPI regularly publishes controversial articles to boost the citations to its journals. MDPI has published a statement on publishing controversial articles, see http://www.mdpi.com/about/controversial-articles/. Possibly controversial articles are marked as such on the abstract page, and the note points to the above statement. These are few in number, and we do not deliberately seek controversy. Any reputable publisher sometimes handles such cases and makes a judgment call on what is interesting to publish. The decision to publish is always made by an external, academic editor.
• A discriminatory statement that the Publisher is “Chinese”, although MDPI AG is a formally registered Swiss company, managed in the head office in Basel, Switzerland. All rights to the journals are owned by MDPI AG.
• The posting of a picture of the fast food shop next door claiming these are the MDPI headquarters. MDPI occupies the entire second floor of the building Klybeckstrasse 64–70, owned and partially used by a major Swiss bank. The entrance to the staircase is at Klybeckstrasse 64.

Mr. Beall bases his questionable writing on a “report” that was published by Dr. Xin Ge. Dr. Ge has been harassing MDPI and its academic editors for several weeks, as MDPI twice sponsored a prize against academic fraud in China, which is awarded annually since 2012 by Dr. Shi-min Fang, see our statement http://www.mdpi.com/about/announcements/502/. The “report” is one of many open letters from Dr. Ge to Nature, after Nature co-sponsored the 2012 John Maddox Prize, which was jointly awarded to Dr. Shi-min Fang and Professor Sir Simon Wessely. Dr. Ge’s “open letters” have all been ignored by Nature.

Open access publishing is just one of the publishing models and it should maintain the same professional standard as advocated by societies such as COPE, STM and OASPA. MDPI strives to fulfill the high standard of publication ethics. We believe that open access has a significant advantage over other models of publishing: the scientific community can easily access the literature and make scholarly comments on the papers. Serious critique of any paper published in our journals is very welcome and should be addressed to the editors of the journal. Discussions, criticism and proposal to help to improve other aspects of open access publishing service are also appreciated.

We wish to conclude by expressing that Mr. Beall’s blacklist in its current form is unnecessary and unreliable. On the one hand, there are professional indexing databases operating as watchdogs of journal quality. Professional databases such as the Web of Science, Scopus or PubMed can be used as whitelists of good journals. Also, professional services and societies, such as the Directory of Open Access Journal (DOAJ) and the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), are putting in a great deal of effort to distinguish reputable open access journals and their publishers from scamming activities. On the other hand, Mr. Beall operates as an individual person and does not provide sufficient evidence for his claims, does not attempt to verify his statements for accuracy, nor operate a methodological approach to his appraisals. Mr. Beall also denies the right to defense to those that he attacks. Mr. Beall’s judgments are therefore to be considered as unreliable, unmethodical and his personal opinions.

Notes

Mr. Beall’s anti-open access comments can be accessed from the website of the journal TripleC:
http://triplec.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/525

Mr. Beall published a paper in the MDPI journal Future Internet in 2009:
http://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/2/1/1

A chemist’s blog criticizing Mr. Beall’s attack:
https://blogs.ch.cam.ac.uk/pmr/2014/02/18/bealls-criticism-of-mdpi-lacks-evidence-and-is-irresponsible/

The news story on eCampus News:
http://www.ecampusnews.com/research/open-access-publisher-566/

(First published: 24 February 2014, last updated: 25 February 2014)

MDPI has established an institutional membership program in the fourth quarter of 2013. We are very pleased to announce that the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology has now agreed to establish an institutional membership with MDPI. Primary authors from this university will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges as of 1 March 2014.

The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology has announced its institutional membership with MDPI.

Additional details can be found at our institutional membership page.

We are pleased to announce that Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304) was recently selected to be included in CAS - Chemical Abstracts, published by the American Chemical Society.

CAS is an abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed chemical literature. This means that the research you publish with Toxics is now more visible than ever and will be available through SciFinder. Toxics, which was launched in 2013, provides an advanced forum for studies related to all aspects of toxics. It publishes reviews, regular research papers and short communications.

We are pleased to announce that Fibers (ISSN 2079-6439) was recently selected to be included in CAS - Chemical Abstracts, published by the American Chemical Society.

CAS is an abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed chemical literature. This means that the research you publish with Fibers is now more visible than ever and will be available through SciFinder. Fibers, which was launched in 2013, publishes reviews, research articles, communications and short notes on the materials science and all other empirical and theoretical studies of fibers, providing a forum for integrating fiber research across many disciplines.

We are pleased to announce that the International Journal of Financial Studies (ISSN 2227-7072) was recently selected to be included in EconLit, published by the American Economic Association.

Econlit is an abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed economics literature. This means that the research you publish with the International Journal of Financial Studies is now more visible than ever. The International Journal of Financial Studies, which was launched in 2013, publishes reviews, research articles, communications and short notes on the financial market, instruments, policy and management research.

We are pleased to announce that Econometrics (ISSN 2225-1146) was recently selected to be included in EconLit, published by the American Economic Association.

Econlit is an abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed economics literature. This means that the research you publish with Econometrics is now more visible than ever. Econometrics, which was launched in 2013, publishes reviews, research articles, communications and short notes on econometric modelling and forecasting, as well as on new advances in econometrics theory.

In 2011 Sensors started to award an annual price to recognize outstanding papers related to sensing technologies and applications published in Sensors. This year, nominations were made by the Section Editor-in-Chiefs of Sensors from among all the papers published in 2010.

Article Award

1st prize: Heather K. Hunt, Carol Soteropulos and Andrea M. Armani
Bioconjugation Strategies for Microtoroidal Optical Resonators

2nd prize: Christian H. Schwalb, Christina Grimm, Markus Baranowski, Roland Sachser, Fabrizio Porrati, Heiko Reith, Pintu Das, Jens Müller, Friedemann Völklein, Alexander Kaya and Michael Huth
A Tunable Strain Sensor Using Nanogranular Metals

3rd prize: Rozalia Orghici, Peter Lützow, Jörg Burgmeier, Jan Koch, Helmut Heidrich, Wolfgang Schade, Nina Welschoff and Siegfried Waldvogel
A Microring Resonator Sensor for Sensitive Detection of 1,3,5-Trinitrotoluene (TNT)

4th prize: Andrea Mannini and Angelo Maria Sabatini
Machine Learning Methods for Classifying Human Physical Activity from On-Body Accelerometers

5th prize: Martin Nirschl, Arto Rantala, Kari Tukkiniemi, Sanna Auer, Ann-Charlotte Hellgren, Dana Pitzer, Matthias Schreiter and Inger Vikholm-Lundin
CMOS-Integrated Film Bulk Acoustic Resonators for Label-Free Biosensing

Review Award

1st prize: Eun-Hyung Yoo and Soo-Youn Lee
Glucose Biosensors: An Overview of Use in Clinical Practice

2nd prize: Yoshikazu Kobayashi, Masaaki Habara, Hidekazu Ikezazki, Ronggang Chen, Yoshinobu Naito and Kiyoshi Toko
Advanced Taste Sensors Based on Artificial Lipids with Global Selectivity to Basic Taste Qualities and High Correlation to Sensory Scores

3rd prize: George F. Fine, Leon M. Cavanagh, Ayo Afonja and Russell Binions
Metal Oxide Semi-Conductor Gas Sensors in Environmental Monitoring

For more details, please refer to the Sensors Best Paper Award 2014 Editorial.

Earlier Editions of the Award:

Sensors Best Paper Award 2011
Sensors Best Paper Award 2012
Sensors Best Paper Award 2013

In 2013 Entropy started to award an annual price to recognize outstanding papers in the area of entropy and information studies published in Entropy. We are pleased to announce the second “Entropy Best Paper Award” for 2014. The winners were chosen by the Editor-in-Chief and selected editorial board members from among all the papers published in 2010.

Article Award

1st prize: Alexander N. Gorban, Pavel A. Gorban and George Judge, Entropy: The Markov Ordering Approach

2nd prize: Andrzej Cichocki and Shun-ichi Amari, Families of Alpha- Beta- and Gamma- Divergences: Flexible and Robust Measures of Similarities

Review Award

1st prize: Katherine L. Brown, William J. Munro and Vivien M. Kendon, Using Quantum Computers for Quantum Simulation

For more details, please refer to the Entropy Best Paper Award 2014 Editorial.

Earlier Editions of the Award:

Entropy Best Paper Award 2013

MDPI has established an institutional membership program in the fourth quarter of 2013. We are very pleased to announce that the University of Amsterdam has now agreed to establish an institutional membership with MDPI. Primary authors from this university will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges as of 1 February 2014.

Additional details can be found at our institutional membership page.

Marine Drugs is sponsoring the 2014 Gordon Research Conference on Marine Natural Products, to be hold in Ventura, CA, USA from 2-7 March 2014.

From the conference website: "The 2014 Gordon Research Conference on Marine Natural Products will highlight progressive research on the chemistry and biology of natural product chemicals from the marine environment. Featured topics will include advances in molecular characterization, biomedical applications, biotechnology, genomics, chemical ecology, molecular pharmacology, and chemical biology to reflect the ever-evolving breadth of this dynamic field. The conference will feature outstanding investigators from academia, industry and the government, and will provide opportunities for junior scientists and graduate students to present their work in poster format. Some poster presenters will be selected for short talks. One of the hallmarks of this biennial conference is its friendly and collegial atmosphere that facilitates the exchange of ideas with leaders in the field that often lead to cross-disciplinary collaborations. We look forward to your participation."

Leon Terstappen's review article 'Towards the Biological Understanding of CTC: Capture Technologies, Definitions and Potential to Create Metastasis', which has been published in Cancers in the December 2013 issue, was highlighted in the MDPI Magazine:

Leon Terstappen on Circulating Tumor Cells: Biology and Technology
MDPI Magazine, 2014

The New Year provides me with the opportunity to thank all our authors, referees and readers for their valuable contribution to Toxins. By submitting and evaluating papers they have shaped the scientific content of the journal and thus generated its high standards. We sincerely do hope that you continue to support Toxins and thus contribute to the quality and scientific impact of the journal.

Prof. Dr. med. Florian Lang
Toxins Editor-in-Chief

Polymers is instituting an annual award to recognize outstanding papers in the area of polymer science published in Polymers. We are pleased to announce the first “Polymers Best Paper Award” for 2014. Nominations were selected by the Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board members of Polymers from all papers published in 2010.

Article Award

1st prize: Yuk-Hong Ting, Chi-Chun Liu, Sang-Min Park, Hongquan Jiang, Paul F. Nealey and Amy E. Wendt
Surface Roughening of Polystyrene and Poly(methyl methacrylate) in Ar/O₂ Plasma Etching

2nd prize: Mariano Pracella, Md. Minhaz-Ul Haque and Vera Alvarez
Functionalization, Compatibilization and Properties of Polyolefin Composites with Natural Fibers

Review Award

1st prize: Gilberto Siqueira, Julien Bras and Alain Dufresne
Cellulosic Bionanocomposites: A Review of Preparation, Properties and Applications

For more details, please refer to the Polymers Best Paper Award 2014 Editorial.

In 2013 Remote Sensing started to award an annual price to recognize the most outstanding papers in the area of remote sensing techniques, design and applications published in Remote Sensing. We are pleased to announce the second “Remote Sensing Best Paper Award” for 2014. Nominations were selected by the Editor-in-Chief and selected editorial board members from among all the papers published in the year 2010.

Article Award

1st prize: E. Raymond Hunt Jr., W. Dean Hively, Stephen J. Fujikawa, David S. Linden, Craig S. T. Daughtry and Greg W. McCarty
Acquisition of NIR-Green-Blue Digital Photographs from Unmanned Aircraft for Crop Monitoring

2nd prize: Bernardo Friedrich Theodor Rudorff, Daniel Alves Aguiar, Wagner Fernando Silva, Luciana Miura Sugawara, Marcos Adami and Mauricio Alves Moreira
Studies on the Rapid Expansion of Sugarcane for Ethanol Production in São Paulo State (Brazil) Using Landsat Data

Review Award

1st prize: Xuelian Meng, Nate Currit and Kaiguang Zhao
Ground Filtering Algorithms for Airborne LiDAR Data: A Review of Critical Issues

For more details, please refer to the Remote Sensing Best Paper Award 2014 Editorial.

Earlier Editions of the Award
Remote Sensing Best Paper Award 2013

In 2013 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health started to award an annual price to recognize outstanding papers related to environmental health sciences and public health that meet the aims, scope and high standards of this journal. We are pleased to announce the second “IJERPH Best Paper Award” for 2014. Nominations were solicited from the Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board members, with all papers published in 2010 eligible for consideration.

Article Award

1st prize: Mai A. Elobeid, Miguel A. Padilla, David W. Brock, Douglas M. Ruden and David B. Allison
Endocrine Disruptors and Obesity: An Examination of Selected Persistent Organic Pollutants in the NHANES 1999–2002 Data

2nd prize: Timothy C. Durazzo, Dieter J. Meyerhoff and Sara Jo Nixon
Chronic Cigarette Smoking: Implications for Neurocognition and Brain Neurobiology

3rd prize: Howard C. Chang, Jingwen Zhou and Montserrat Fuentes
Impact of Climate Change on Ambient Ozone Level and Mortality in Southeastern United States

Review Award

1st prize: Laura M. Plum, Lothar Rink and Hajo Hasse
The Essential Toxin: Impact of Zinc on Human Health

2nd prize: Barry Bogin and Maria Ines Varela-Silva
Leg Length, Body Proportion, and Health: A Review with a Note on Beauty

For more details, please refer to the IJERPH Best Paper Award 2014 Editorial.

Earlier Edition of the Award:
IJERPH Best Paper Award 2013

In 2012 International Journal of Molecular Sciences started to award an annual price to recognize outstanding papers related to chemistry, molecular physics and molecular biology that meet the high standards of this journal. We are pleased to announce the third “IJMS Best Paper Award” for 2014. Nominations were made by the Section Editors-in-Chief of IJMS from all papers published in 2010.

Article Award

1st prize: Parul Vatsa, Lisa Sanchez, Christophe Clement, Fabienne Baillieul and Stephan Dorey
Rhamnolipid Biosurfactants as New Players in Animal and Plant Defense against Microbes

2nd prize: Junko Okuda-Shimazaki, Saiko Takaku, Koki Kanehira, Shuji Sonezaki and Akiyohshi Taniguchi
Effects of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticle Aggregate Size on Gene Expression

3rd prize: Giuseppe Calogero, Gaetano Di Marco, Silvia Cazzanti, Stefano Caramori, Roberto Argazzi, Aldo Di Carlo and Carlo Alberto Bignozzi
Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Using Red Turnip and Purple Wild Sicilian Prickly Pear Fruits

Review Award

1st prize: Kati Hanhineva, Riitta Törrönen, Isabel Bondia-Pons, Jenna Pekkinen, Marjukka Kolehmainen, Hannu Mykkänen and Kaisa Poutanen
Impact of Dietary Polyphenols on Carbohydrate Metabolism

2nd prize: Sonia De Pascual-Teresa, Diego A. Moreno and Cristina García-Viguera
Flavanols and Anthocyanins in Cardiovascular Health: A Review of Current Evidence

For more details, please refer to the IJMS Best Paper Award 2014 Editorial.

Earlier Editions of the Award

IJMS Best Paper Award 2012
IJMS Best Paper Award 2013

In 2012 Molecules started to award an annual price to recognize outstanding papers related to synthetic organic chemistry and natural product chemistry that meet the high standards of this journal. We are pleased to announce the third “Molecules Best Paper Award” for 2014. The winners were chosen by the Editor-in-Chief and selected editorial board members from among all the papers published in 2010.

Article Award

1st prize: Marco Felici, Pablo Contreras-Carballada, Jan M. M. Smits, Roeland J. M. Nolte,René M. Williams, Luisa De Cola and Martin C. Feiters
Cationic Heteroleptic Cyclometalated Iridium^III Complexes Containing Phenyl-Triazole and Triazole-Pyridine Clicked Ligands

2nd prize: Ahmad Asadinezhad, Igor Novák, Marián Lehocký, František Bílek, Alenka Vesel, Ita Junkar, Petr Sáha and Anton Popelka
Polysaccharides Coatings on Medical-Grade PVC: A Probe into Surface Characteristics and the Extent of Bacterial Adhesion

3rd prize: Marina Soković, Jasmina Glamočlija, Petar D. Marin, Dejan Brkić and Leo J. L. D. van Griensven
Antibacterial Effects of the Essential Oils of Commonly Consumed Medicinal Herbs Using an In Vitro Model

Review Award

1st prize: Paul M. O’Neill, Victoria E. Barton and Stephen A. Ward
The Molecular Mechanism of Action of Artemisinin—The Debate Continues

2nd prize: Jin Dai and Russell J. Mumper
Plant Phenolics: Extraction, Analysis and Their Antioxidant and Anticancer Properties

For more details, please refer to the Molecules Best Paper Award 2014 Editorial.

Earlier Editions of the Award

Molecules Best Paper Award 2012
Molecules Best Paper Award 2013

MDPI has established an institutional membership scheme in the fourth quarter of 2013. We are very pleased to announce that the Wageningen University and Research Centre has now agreed to establish an institutional membership with MDPI. Primary authors from this university will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges as of 1 February 2014.

Additional details can be found at our institutional membership page.

The Viruses special issue "Recent Progress in Bacteriophage Research", guest edited by Graham F. Hatfull is now available in book format. The book contains all 14 papers available on the special issue website.

To order your copy, please contact the editorial staff at books@mdpi.com. One copy, hardcover, 356 pages, 170x240mm premium format, full color is CHF24 + shipping from Switzerland (Economy: CHF30/Europe; CHF38/International or Priority: CHF38/Europe; CHF50/ International).

The Viruses special issue "Chromatin Control of Viral Infection", guest edited by Thomas M. Kristie, is now available in book format. The book contains all 14 papers available on the special issue website.

To order your copy, please contact the editorial staff at books@mdpi.com. One copy, hardcover, 316 pages, 170x240mm premium format, full color is CHF23 + shipping (Economy: CHF30/Europe; CHF38/International or Priority: CHF38/Europe; CHF50/ International).

MDPI has established an institutional membership scheme in the fourth quarter of 2013. We are very pleased to announce that the University of Richmond has now agreed to establish an institutional membership with MDPI. Primary authors from this university will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges as of 1 February 2014.

Additional details can be found at our institutional membership page.

MDPI has established an institutional membership scheme in the fourth quarter of 2013. We are very pleased to announce that the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) has now agreed to establish an institutional membership with MDPI. Primary authors from this university will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges as of 1 February 2014.

Additional details can be found at our institutional membership page.

We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Alejandro M. Mayer has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of Marine Drugs from January 2014.

Alejandro M.S. Mayer, Ph.D., is currently Professor of Pharmacology at the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University. He received his Ph.D. in 1979 from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina and from 1985 to 1988, he completed a three-year postdoctoral fellowship in marine immunopharmacology in the laboratory of Dr. Robert S. Jacobs at the University of California at Santa Barbara. From 1990 to 1993, he joined the faculty of the Physiology Department, Louisiana State University Medical Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. Since 1993, he has been a faculty member at the Department of Pharmacology, Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, where he rose from Assistant to Full Professor of Pharmacology in 2000. Dr. Mayer teaches pharmacology to medical, pharmacy, dental and health sciences students and continues to be actively involved in research in both marine immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology. He is the author of 71 peer-reviewed research papers, which include a series of 14 marine pharmacology reviews covering the period 1998‑2011 which he has co-authored with Drs. Gustafson, Hamann, Berlinck, Rodríguez, Taglialatela-Scafati and Fusetani, and which have systematically reviewed global marine pharmacological and pharmaceutical research. In 2010 he reviewed the global pharmaceutical pipeline with Dr. Glaser, Cuevas, Jacobs, Kem, Little, McIntosh, Newman, Potts and Shuster. Dr. Mayer has been awarded 2 patents and has been funded by the Department of Commerce, NOAA, Sea Grant College Program and NIH, and is a member of AAAS, ASPET, and Society for Toxicology. Since 2005, Professor Mayer has been curator of a marine pharmaceuticals website which he established with the generous help of many researchers from academia, industry and government who are currently involved in the global marine pharmaceuticals pipeline, which involves both preclinical and clinical research on the pharmacology of marine-derived chemicals (http://marinepharmacology.midwestern.edu/).

Professor Mayer will succeed Prof. Dr. Hartmut Laatsch, who has served as the Editor-in-Chief of Marine Drugs from September 2009 to December 2013. During the tenure of Professor Laatsch, the journal has had great success, seeing a sustained increase in both the number of publications and the journal impact. Marine Drugs now ranked 6 out of 59 in the category ‘Chemistry, Medicinal’ according to the 2012 Journal Citation Reports^® published by Thomson Reuters. We would like to express our great appreciation for the hard work and support of Professor Laatsch.

Since 2007, Professor Mayer has served as Associate Editor of Marine Drugs and edited a very successful special issue “Marine Toxins”, which published 25 papers of excellent quality. He also participated in journal development and has regularly made acceptance decisions on multiple papers. We wish to acknowledge the valuable contribution Professor Mayer has already made to the journal.

We would like to warmly welcome Professor Mayer as Editor-in-Chief and look forward to his contributing to the continued success of Marine Drugs.

As we use the Web for social networking, shopping, and news, we leave a personal trail. These days, linger over a Web page selling lamps, and they will turn up at the advertising margins as you move around the Internet, reminding you, tempting you to make that purchase. Search engines such as Google can now look deep into the data on the Web to pull out instances of the words you are looking for. And there are pages that collect and assess information to give you a snapshot of changing political opinion. These are just basic examples of the growth of "Web intelligence", as increasingly sophisticated algorithms operate on the vast and growing amount of data on the Web, sifting, selecting, comparing, aggregating, correcting; following simple but powerful rules to decide what matters. While original optimism for Artificial Intelligence declined, this new kind of machine intelligence is emerging as the Web grows ever larger and more interconnected.

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There has been a resurgence of interest in light-induced water splitting as the search for storable carbon neutral energy becomes more urgent. Although the history of the basic idea dates back more than four decades, efficient, economical and stable integrated devices have yet to be realized. In the continuing quest for such devices, the field of photoelectrochemistry is entering a new phase where the extraordinary interdisciplinary of the research and development efforts are opening new avenues. This aspect of current research effort is reflected in the chapters of this book, which encompass present thinking in the various disciplines such as materials science, photo-electrochemistry and interfaces that can contribute to realization of viable solar fuel generators. This book presents a blend of the background science and recent advances in the field of photoelectrochemical water splitting, and includes aspects that point towards medium to long term future realization. The content of the book goes beyond the more traditional approaches to the subject by including topics such as novel excitation energy processes that have only been realized so far in advanced photonics. The comprehensive overview of current activities and development horizons provided by the impressive collection of internationally renowned authors therefore represents a unique reflection of current thinking regarding water splitting by light.

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/eBook/978-1-84973-647-3#!divbookcontent

The following journals are scheduled to release their inaugural issues within 2014.

Aerospace (ISSN 2226-4310)
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/aerospace

Beverages (ISSN 2306-5710)
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/beverages

Bioengineering (ISSN 2306-5354)
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/bioengineering

Children (ISSN 2227-9067)
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/children

Chromatography (ISSN 2227-9075)
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/chromatography

Cosmetics (ISSN 2079-9284)
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/cosmetics

Environments (ISSN 2067-3298)
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/environments

Fungi (ISSN 2309-608X)
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/fungi

Hydrology (ISSN 2306-5338)
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/hydrology

Informatics (ISSN 2227-9709)
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/Informatics

International Journal of Biogeography
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijbg

Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease (ISSN 2308-3425)
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/jcdd

Journal of Physical and Chemical Gels (ISSN 2310-2861)
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/jpcg

Languages (ISSN 2226-471X)
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/languages

Logistics (ISSN 2305-6290)
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/logistics

Medicines (ISSN 2305-6320)
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/medicines

Optics (ISSN 2304-6732)
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/optics

Transducers (ISSN 2075-4655)
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/transducers

Veterinary Sciences (ISSN 2306-7381)
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/vetsci

We are pleased to announce that Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994) has been accepted for indexing in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences according to a letter that we received from Thomson Reuters on 17 December 2013. The coverage will start with volume 1(1), 2009. Symmetry will therefore be available in Web of Science soon.

Symmetry is a journal covering research on symmetry phenomena wherever they occur in mathematical and scientific studies, including physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, computer science and other disciplines.

The Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and Web of Science are Thomson Reuters' products.

We are pleased to announce that Life (ISSN 2075-1729) was recently selected to be included in SciVerse Scopus, published by Elesvier B.V.

SciVerse Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. This means that the research you publish with Life is now more visible than ever. Life, which was launched in 2011, publishes reviews, research articles, communications and short notes about the origins of life, astrobiology and evolution of biosystems.

Veterinary Sciences (ISSN 2306-7381) is joining the One Health Initiative.

The mission of the One Health Initiative is to "recognize that human health, animal health, and ecosystem health are inextricably linked. It seeks to promote, improve, and defend the health and well-being of all species by enhancing cooperation and collaboration between physicians, veterinarians, other scientific health and environmental professionals and by promoting strengths in leadership and management to achieve these goals."

MDPI has established an institutional membership scheme in the fourth quarter of 2013. We are very pleased to announce that the University of Bern has now agreed to establish an institutional membership with MDPI. Primary authors from this university will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges as of 19 December 2013.

Additional details can be found at our institutional membership page.

MDPI has established an institutional membership scheme in the fourth quarter of 2013. We are very pleased to announce that the Vienna University of Technology - TU Wien (TUW) has now agreed to establish an institutional membership with MDPI. Primary authors from this university will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges as of 1 January 2014.

The TUW has announced its institutional membership with MDPI.

Additional details can be found at our institutional membership page.

MDPI will release its issues according to the following schedule in 2014.

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Publication Frequency Changes for 2014

The following three journals will switch from a quarterly to a monthly publication frequency in 2014:

Forests (ISSN 1999-4907), http://www.mdpi.com/journal/forests
Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360), http://www.mdpi.com/journal/polymers
Water (ISSN 2073-4441), http://www.mdpi.com/journal/water

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His Hiding Place is Darkness explores the uncertainties of faith and love in a pluralistic age. In keeping with his conviction that studying multiple religious traditions intensifies rather than attenuates religious devotion, Francis Clooney's latest work of comparative theology seeks a way beyond today's religious and interreligious uncertainty by pairing a fresh reading of the absence of the beloved in the Biblical Song of Songs with a pioneering study of the same theme in the Holy Word of Mouth (9th century CE), a classic of Hindu mystical poetry rarely studied in the West.

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There has been a resurgence of interest in light-induced water splitting as the search for storable carbon neutral energy becomes more urgent. Although the history of the basic idea dates back more than four decades, efficient, economical and stable integrated devices have yet to be realized. In the continuing quest for such devices, the field of photoelectrochemistry is entering a new phase where the extraordinary interdisciplinary of the research and development efforts are opening new avenues. This aspect of current research effort is reflected in the chapters of this book, which encompass present thinking in the various disciplines such as materials science, photo-electrochemistry and interfaces that can contribute to realization of viable solar fuel generators. This book presents a blend of the background science and recent advances in the field of photoelectrochemical water splitting, and includes aspects that point towards medium to long term future realization. The content of the book goes beyond the more traditional approaches to the subject by including topics such as novel excitation energy processes that have only been realized so far in advanced photonics. The comprehensive overview of current activities and development horizons provided by the impressive collection of internationally renowned authors therefore represents a unique reflection of current thinking regarding water splitting by light.

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The Viruses special issue "Advances in Filovirus Research 2012", guest edited by Jens Kuhn and Sina Bavari, is now available in book format. The book contains all 25 papers available on the special issue website.

To order your copy, please contact the editorial staff at simon@mdpi.com. One copy, hardcover, 535 pages, 170x240mm premium format, full color is CHF35 + shipping (Priority mailing: CHF44 international / CHF32 Europa; Economy mailing: 32CHF/24CHF).

Citations of papers published in Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923) are now searchable in PubMed. Further, the full-text versions of the papers are deposited into PubMed Central.

PubMed comprises more than 23 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals in PubMed Central, and online books. It is a free resource developed and maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM).

MDPI today published a statement regarding controversial articles.

Citations of papers published in Pharmaceuticals (ISSN 1424-8247) are now searchable in PubMed. Further, the full-text versions of the papers are deposited into PubMed Central.

PubMed comprises more than 23 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals in PubMed Central, and online books. It is a free resource developed and maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM).

Following its tradition of open scientific publishing, MDPI now joins forces with the Chemical Information Service of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) to go one step further. With MDPI's support and under the supervision of Dr. Luc Patiny from the EPFL, an open source e-infrastructure for research in organic chemistry will be developed.

The objective is to build a flexible platform that can support organic chemists with their research in the form of a digital laboratory notebook with advanced chemo-informatic tools. The platform will be an open database that will make chemical data widely available, allowing users to quickly upload, access, and visualize annotated chemical information. The database will also serve as a tool for long-term storage and protection of data using standardized formats.

Citations of papers published in Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694) are now searchable in PubMed. Further, the full-text versions of the papers are deposited into PubMed Central.

PubMed comprises more than 23 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals in PubMed Central, and online books. It is a free resource developed and maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM).

We are pleased to announce that Geosciences (ISSN 2076-3263) was recently selected to be included in SciVerse Scopus, published by Elesvier B.V.

SciVerse Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. This means that the research you publish with Geosciences is now more visible than ever. Geosciences, which was launched in 2011, publishes original papers, rapid communications, technical notes and review articles, and discussions about all interdisciplinary aspects of the Earth and Planetary Sciences.

We are pleased to announce that Games (ISSN 2073-4336) was recently selected to be included in SciVerse Scopus, published by Elesvier B.V.

SciVerse Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. This means that the research you publish with Games is now more visible than ever. Games, which was launched in 2010, which provides an advanced forum for studies related to strategic interaction, game theory and its application, and decision making.

This book examines systematically both the theoretical and practical issues that have characterized the discipline over the past two centuries. Some of the historically most consequential mistakes in archaeology are dissected and explained, together with the effects of the related controversies. The theoretical basis of the discipline is deliberated in some detail, leading to the diagnosis that there are in fact numerous archaeologies, all with different notions of commensurability, ideologies, and purposes. Their various perspectives of what archaeology is and does are considered and the range of views of the human past is illuminated in this book. How humans became what they are today is of profound importance to understanding ourselves, both as a species and individually. Our psychology, cognition, diseases, intellect, communication forms, physiology, predispositions, ideologies, culture, genetics, behavior, and, perhaps most importantly, our reality constructs are all the result of our evolutionary history. Therefore the models archaeology—especially Pleistocene archaeology—creates of our past are not just narratives of what happened in human history; they are fundamental to every aspect of our existence.

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Atmosphere was recently added to the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE). Based on the SCIE data an unofficial Impact Factor can be calculated. The unofficial Impact Factor for Atmosphere for 2012 is 0.9. Atmosphere published 40 articles (excl. editorial material) in 2010-2011 that were cited 36 times by other SCIE-journals in 2012. The first official Impact Factor for Atmosphere will be published in June 2014, and calculated with citations from 2013 to articles published in 2011-2012.

Micromachines was recently added to the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE). Based on the SCIE data an unofficial Impact Factor can be calculated. The unofficial Impact Factor for Micromachines for 2012 is 1.53. Micromachines published 32 articles (excl. editorial material) in 2010-2011 that were cited 49 times by other SCIE-journals in 2012. The first official Impact Factor for Micromachines will be published in June 2014, and calculated with citations from 2013 to articles published in 2011-2012.

We are pleased to announce that Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X) has been accepted for indexing in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE). Micromachines will therefore be available in Web of Science soon.

This means that the research you publish with Micromachines is now more visible than ever. Micromachines is a journal on micro- and nano-scaled machines, micromachinery and miniaturization.

The Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Web of Science are Thomson Reuters' products.

We are pleased to announce that Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050) has been accepted for indexing in both, the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI). Sustainability will therefore be available in Web of Science soon.

This means that the research you publish with Sustainability is now more visible than ever. Sustainability is an international and cross-disciplinary journal of environmental, cultural, economic and social sustainability of human beings, and provides an advanced forum for studies related to sustainability and sustainable development.

The Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and Web of Science are Thomson Reuters' products.

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We are pleased to announce that our journal Religions has been accepted for indexing in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI). This important index offers essential information on more that 1'700 arts and humanities journals and is available in Web of Science.

The Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) and Web of Science are Thomson Reuters' products.

We are pleased to announce that Atmosphere has been accepted for indexing in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), available in Web of Science, the leading indexing and abstracting database in natural sciences.

This means that the research you publish with Atmosphere is now more visible than ever. Atmosphere is an international and cross-disciplinary scholarly journal of scientific studies related to the atmosphere. Covered subjects include atmospheric sciences, atmospheric physics and chemistry, air, and meteorology.

The Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Web of Science are Thomson Reuters' products.

We are pleased to report the first Impact Factor for Water for 2012. According to the newly released 2012 Journal Citation Reports® Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2013), the Impact Factor for Water is 0.973. Water enters the ranking in the category 'Water Resources' placed 53 out of 80 (Q2).

We are pleased to report the first Impact Factor for Toxins for 2012. According to the newly released 2012 Journal Citation Reports® Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2013), the Impact Factor for Toxins is 2.129. Toxins enters the ranking in the category 'Toxicology' placed 50 out of 85 (Q2). It is the highest ranking general toxinology open access journal, covering toxins from animal, plant or microbial origin.

We are pleased to report the first Impact Factor for Remote Sensing for 2012. According to the newly released 2012 Journal Citation Reports® Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2013), the Impact Factor for Remote Sensing is 2.101. Remote Sensing enters the ranking in the category 'Remote Sensing' placed 7 out of 27 (Q2). It is the highest ranking open access journal in this category.

We are pleased to report the first Impact Factor for Polymers for 2012. According to the newly released 2012 Journal Citation Reports® Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2013), the Impact Factor for Polymers is 1.687. Polymers enters the ranking in the category 'Polymer Science' placed 31 out of 83 (Q2). It is the highest ranking open access journal in this category.

We are pleased to report the first Impact Factor for Forests for 2012. According to the newly released 2012 Journal Citation Reports® Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2013), the Impact Factor for Forests is 1.094. Forests enters the ranking in the category 'Forestry' placed 25 out of 60 (Q2). It is the highest ranking open access journal in this category.

We are pleased to report an increased Impact Factor for Viruses for 2012. According to the newly released 2012 Journal Citation Reports® Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2013), the new Impact Factor for Viruses is 2.509. The 5-Year Impact Factor is 2.435. Viruses now ranks 19/34 (Q3) in the category 'Virology'.

Evolution of the Viruses Impact Factor since 2010:

Evolution of citations to Viruses since 2009:

We are pleased to report an increased Impact Factor for Nutrients for 2012. According to the newly released 2012 Journal Citation Reports® Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2013), the new Impact Factor for Nutrients is 2.072. The 5-Year Impact Factor is 1.908. Nutrients now ranks 41/67 (Q3) in the category 'Nutrition & Dietetics'.

Evolution of the Nutrients Impact Factor since 2011:

Evolution of citations to Nutrients since 2010:

We are pleased to report an increased Impact Factor for Materials for 2012. According to the newly released 2012 Journal Citation Reports® Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2013), the new Impact Factor for Materials is 2.247. The 5-Year Impact Factor is 2.338. Materials now ranks 54/234 (Q1) in the category 'Materials Science, Multidisciplinary'.

Evolution of the Materials Impact Factor since 2011:

Evolution of citations to Materials since 2008:

We are pleased to report an increased Impact Factor for the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) for 2012. According to the newly released 2012 Journal Citation Reports® Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2013), the new Impact Factor for the IJERPH is 1.998. The 5-Year Impact Factor is 2.197. The IJERPH now ranks 90/209 (Q2) in the category 'Environmental Sciences'.

Evolution of the IJERPH Impact Factor since 2011:

Evolution of citations to the IJERPH since 2006:

We are pleased to report an increased Impact Factor for Entropy for 2012. According to the newly released 2012 Journal Citation Reports® Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2013), the new Impact Factor for Entropy is 1.347. The 5-Year Impact Factor is 1.322. Entropy now ranks 37/87 (Q2) in the category 'Physics, Multidisciplinary'.

Evolution of the Entropy Impact Factor since 2010:

Evolution of citations to Entropy since 2006:

We are pleased to report an increased Impact Factor for Marine Drugs for 2012. According to the newly released 2012 Journal Citation Reports® Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2013), the new Impact Factor for Marine Drugs is 3.978. The 5-Year Impact Factor is 3.911. Marine Drugs now ranks 6/59 (Q1) in the category 'Chemistry, Medicinal'.

Evolution of the Marine Drugs Impact Factor since 2006:

Evolution of citations to Marine Drugs since 2006:

We are pleased to report an increased Impact Factor for Molecules for 2012. According to the newly released 2012 Journal Citation Reports® Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2013), the new Impact Factor for Molecules is 2.428. The 5-Year Impact Factor is 2.679. Molecules now ranks 23/55 (Q2) in the category 'Chemistry, Organic'. (Note added on 28 October 2013: after an update to the JCR, the title now appears on rank 24/57).

Evolution of the Molecules Impact Factor since 2006:

Evolution of citations to Molecules since 2006:

We are pleased to report an increased Impact Factor for Sensors for 2012. According to the newly released 2012 Journal Citation Reports® Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2013), the new Impact Factor for Sensors is 1.953. The 5-Year Impact Factor is 2.395. Sensors now ranks 38/75 (Q3) in the category 'Chemistry, Analytical', 15/26 (Q3) in 'Electrochemistry', and 9/57 (Q1) in 'Instruments & Instrumentation'.

Evolution of the Sensors Impact Factor since 2006:

Evolution of citations to Sensors since 2006:

We are pleased to announce the updated Impact Factors for the MDPI journals from the 2012 Journal Citation Reports® Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2013). This new edition reports a strong positive trend for most of MDPI journals’ Impact Factors. Five MDPI open access journals received their first Impact Factors.

Journals with Updated Impact Factors

Journals with First Impact Factors