MDPI at AGU 2025: Celebrating Open Science and Academic Excellence

From 15 to 19 December 2025, MDPI participated in the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 2025 held in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA at booth #922  in the Entrance Hall. The conference attracted over 25,000 attendees from more than 100 countries, with academic participants from universities accounting for 70.5% of the total.

Academic Engagement: Dialogue and Collaboration

Meet the Editors
We hosted several insightful sessions with editorial leaders from top journals:

• Prof. Dr. Magaly Koch (Section Editor-in-Chief of Remote Sensing);
• Prof. Dr. Xi Chen (Editorial Board Member of Water);
• Dr. Elizabeth Silber (Guest Editor of Atmosphere);
• Dr. Andrea Zerboni (Guest Editor of Water).

These discussions fostered meaningful connections between attendees and editors, strengthening our commitment to supporting scholarly exchange.

Environmental and Earth Sciences Journal Editorial Board Meeting

Leaders from MDPI’s environmental and earth sciences journals and editorial board members gathered for an in-person Editorial Board Meeting held on 16 December at the Hilton Riverside Hotel in New Orleans during the conference to exchange updates and discuss editorial practices, peer review developments, and key challenges in the field. The discussion highlighted the importance of collaboration and shared efforts to maintain high scientific and publishing standards. The meeting was attended by Dr. David L. Feldman, Prof. Dr. Zong-Liang Yang, Dr. Paul Kucera, Dr. Pavel Grosiman, Prof. Dr. Carlo De Michele, Prof. Dr. Xi Chen, Dr. May Wu, Prof. Sayed M. Bateni, Prof. Dr. Assefa M. Melesse, Prof. Pietro Milillo, Prof. Peng Fu, Dr. Dongdong Wang, Prof. Dr. Hatim Sharif, Prof. Dr. Jie Shan, Prof. Dr. Soe Win Myint, and Prof. Dr. Brian Horton.

Looking Ahead: Advancing Open Science

Participating in the AGU Annual Meeting was a profoundly enriching experience. We engaged in profound dialogue not only with authors, reviewers, and members of the Editorial Boards associated with MDPI, but also had 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 connecting with researchers from around the world, collaborating in unison to expand the frontiers of knowledge and advocate for open science.