MDPI at EGU 2025: Celebrating Open Science and Academic Excellence
From 27 April to 2 May 2025, MDPI joined the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly in Vienna, Austria, welcoming over 20,984 attendees from 120+ countries at booth 02 in the Entrance Hall. This landmark event featured 18,934 presentations across 1,102 sessions, with 56% of abstracts contributed by Early Career Scientists (ECSs)—a testament to the vibrant future of geosciences.
Academic Engagement: Dialogue and Collaboration
Meet the Editors-in-Chief
We hosted two insightful sessions with editorial leaders from top journals:
- April 28: Prof. Dr. Stephen Macko (Editor-in-Chief of Nitrogen) and Prof. Dr. Zhong Lu (Editor-in-Chief of GeoHazards);
- April 29: Dr. Tommaso Caloiero (Section Editor-in-Chief of Hydrology) and Prof. Dr. Rui A. P. Perdigão (Section Editor-in-Chief of Climate).
These discussions fostered meaningful connections between attendees and editors, strengthening our commitment to supporting scholarly exchange.
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Environmental and Earth Sciences Journals Editorial Board Meeting
Leaders from MDPI’s environmental and earth sciences journals convened for an in-person meeting to discuss journal updates, peer review enhancements, and editorial standards. The dialogue emphasized collaboration to maintain our rigorous publishing quality.
Award Ceremonies: Honoring Innovation
Remote Sensing Travel Award
On April 30, Dr. Nicola Nocentini (University of Padua and University of Florence) received the award from Associate Editor Prof. Dr. Fabio Tosti. Following the ceremony, Dr. Nocentini shared insights into an exclusive booth interview.
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Geosciences Best Paper Award
Prof. Dr. Olivier Lacombe (Section Editor-in-Chief of Geosciences) presented the award for the paper “Improving the Estimation of the Occurrence Time of an Impending Major Earthquake Using the Entropy Change of Seismicity in Natural Time Analysis”—a groundbreaking study on earthquake prediction.
Interactive Highlights: Fun and Engagement
Raffle Games
Attendees enjoyed lively prize draws, with customized gifts adding a playful touch to scientific networking.
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Quick Q&A Sessions
Topic-based quizzes sparked friendly competition, turning academic curiosity into interactive fun—even hesitant scholars joined the excitement!
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Looking Ahead: Advancing Open Science
Participating in the EGU General Assembly constituted a profoundly enriching experience. Through this engagement, we engaged in profound dialogues not only with authors, reviewers, and members of the Editorial Boards associated with MDPI, but also were afforded the invaluable opportunity to disseminate our institutional mission to emerging scholars.
As an entity steadfastly committed to fostering open scientific exchange across all academic disciplines, MDPI reaffirms its unwavering dedication to advancing global scholarship. We earnestly look forward to prospects of connecting with researchers from around the world, collaborating in unison to expand the frontiers of knowledge and advocate for the practices of open science.