Entropy | Recommended Papers with Graphical Abstracts in 2025–2026

A graphical abstract (GA) is a powerful visual tool that distills the essence of a study into a clear, engaging format, allowing readers to rapidly understand the key findings and significance at a glance. As a crucial element in enhancing visibility, accessibility, and research impact, a well-designed GA can greatly improve how a study is communicated and perceived. To support authors in creating effective and compelling visuals, Entropy (ISSN 1099-4300) has curated 13 outstanding graphical abstracts, offering both inspiration and practical guidance for best practices in scientific visualization.

1. “Measurement Entropy and Conditional Information in Time-Reversed Young Interferometry”
by Jianming Wen
Entropy 2026, 28(10), 1093; https://doi.org/10.3390/e28101093
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/28/10/1093

2. “From “More Is Different” to Algorithmic Emergence: Regularity, Compression, and the Limits of Discovery”
by Giulio Ruffini and Francesca Castaldo
Entropy 2026, 28(10), 1090; https://doi.org/10.3390/e28101090
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/28/10/1090

3. “Maximum Entropy on the Complex Probability Framework”
by Francisco J. Tapiador
Entropy 2026, 28(10), 1055; https://doi.org/10.3390/e28101055
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/28/10/1055

4. “Computational Methods for Molecular Dynamics of Supercooled Water Between 200 and 273 K”
by Francisco Carrascoza, Konrad Gorzelanczyk and Jacek Blazewicz
Entropy 2026, 28(9), 1029; https://doi.org/10.3390/e28091029
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/28/9/1029

5. “Thermodynamic Insights into the Impact of Increasing Connectivity for 2D-Lattices Based on Ising Chains”
by Daniel Markthaler and Kai Peter Birke
Entropy 2026, 28(8), 894; https://doi.org/10.3390/e28080894
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/28/8/894

6. “The Statistical-Mechanical Meaning of the Wave Function of Quantum Mechanics”
by Alberto Robledo
Entropy 2026, 28(6), 710; https://doi.org/10.3390/e28060710
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/28/6/710

7. “Engineering and Applying Quantum Contextuality”
by Mladen Pavičić
Entropy 2026, 28(4), 446; https://doi.org/10.3390/e28040446
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/28/4/446

8. “An Invariant Measure for Differential Entropy: From Kullback–Leibler Divergence to Scale-Invariant Information Theory”
by Félix Truong and Alexandre Giuliani
Entropy 2026, 28(3), 301; https://doi.org/10.3390/e28030301
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/28/3/301

9. “The Properties of Plasma Sheath Containing the Primary Electrons with a Cairns Distribution”
by Yida Zhang and Jiulin Du
Entropy 2026, 28(2), 237; https://doi.org/10.3390/e28020237
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/28/2/237

10. “Fast Quantum Gates with Electric Field Pulses and Optical Tweezers in Trapped Ions”
by Clara Robalo Pereira, Liam J. Bond, Matteo Mazzanti, Rene Gerritsma and Arghavan Safavi-Naini
Entropy 2025, 27(6), 595; https://doi.org/10.3390/e27060595
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/27/6/595

11. “The Effect of Additive and Multiplicative Cyclic Perturbations on Noise-Induced Tipping Dynamics”
by Igor A. Khovanov and Natasha A. Khovanova
Entropy 2025, 27(12), 1255; https://doi.org/10.3390/e27121255
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/27/12/1255

12. “Exploring Different Extrapolation Approaches for the Critical Temperature of the 2D-Ising Model Based on Exactly Solvable Finite-Sized Lattices”
by Daniel Markthaler and Kai Peter Birke
Entropy 2025, 27(11), 1139; https://doi.org/10.3390/e27111139
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/27/11/1139

13. “Efficient Circuit Implementations of Continuous-Time Quantum Walks for Quantum Search”
by Renato Portugal and Jalil Khatibi Moqadam
Entropy 2025, 27(5), 454; https://doi.org/10.3390/e27050454
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/27/5/454

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