Announcements

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.

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)

We are delighted to share that Issue 2 in Volume 2 of Applied Biosciences (ISSN: 2813-0464) was released this June. The following is a list of articles which we believe will be of interest to you:

1. “A Review of the Important Weapons against Antimicrobial Resistance in Sub-Saharan Africa”
by Noel Gahamanyi, Therese Umuhoza, Shamsaldeen Ibrahim Saeed, Landry Ndriko Mayigane and Jean Nepomuscene Hakizimana
Appl. Biosci. 2023, 2(2), 136–156; https://doi.org/10.3390/applbiosci2020011
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2813-0464/2/2/11

2. “How Far Are We from Research That Is Independent of the Use of Animal Models? A Comparative Analysis between Animal and 3D/On-a-Chip Models for the Study of Respiratory Diseases”
by Stefano Burgio,Olga Maria Manna, Giorgia Intili, Francesco Cappello and Fabio Bucchieri
Appl. Biosci. 2023, 2(2), 157–172; https://doi.org/10.3390/applbiosci2020012
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2813-0464/2/2/12

3. “Tissue Microarray Lipidomic Imaging Mass Spectrometry Method: Application to the Study of Alcohol-Related White Matter Neurodegeneration”
by Isabel Gameiro-Ros, Lelia Noble, Ming Tong, Emine B. Yalcin and Suzanne M. de la Monte
Appl. Biosci. 2023, 2(2), 173–193; https://doi.org/10.3390/applbiosci2020013
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2813-0464/2/2/13

4. “Crossiella, a Rare Actinomycetota Genus, Abundant in the Environment”
by Tamara Martin-Pozas, Jose Luis Gonzalez-Pimentel, Valme Jurado, Leonila Laiz, Juan Carlos Cañaveras, Angel Fernandez-Cortes, Soledad Cuezva, Sergio Sanchez-Moral and Cesareo Saiz-Jimenez
Appl. Biosci. 2023, 2(2), 194–210; https://doi.org/10.3390/applbiosci2020014
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2813-0464/2/2/14

5. “Caffeic Acid and Biopesticides Interactions for the Control of Storage Beetles”
by Chrysanthi Zarmakoupi, Konstantinos Mpistiolis, George Pantazis, Panagiota Psatha, Despoina Dimitriadi, Foteini Kitsiou, Panagiotis Eliopoulos, George Patakioutas and Spiridon Mantzoukas
Appl. Biosci. 2023, 2(2), 211–221; https://doi.org/10.3390/applbiosci2020015
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2813-0464/2/2/15

6. “Seed Morpho-Anatomy and Germination Enhancement of the Australian Native Species Lomandra longifolia Labill. and L. hystrix (R.Br.) L.R. Fraser & Vickery”
by Fernanda Caro Beveridge, Alwyn Williams, Robyn Cave, Sundaravelpandian Kalaipandian and Steve W. Adkins
Appl. Biosci. 2023, 2(2), 222–235; https://doi.org/10.3390/applbiosci2020016
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2813-0464/2/2/16

7. “Effect of 2-Aminoethoxydiphenyl Borate (2-APB) on Heart Rate and Relation with Suppressed Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels: Larval Drosophila Model”
by Nicole Hensley, Elizabeth R. Elliott, Maya O. Abul-Khoudoud and Robin L. Cooper
Appl. Biosci. 2023, 2(2), 236–248; https://doi.org/10.3390/applbiosci2020017
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2813-0464/2/2/17

8. “Computational and Experimental Investigation of the Combined Effect of Various 3D Scaffolds and Bioreactor Stimulation on Human Cells’ Feedback”
by Foteini K. Kozaniti, Aikaterini E. Manara, Vassilis Kostopoulos, Panagiotis Mallis, Efstathios Michalopoulos, Demosthenes Polyzos, Despina D. Deligianni and Diana V. Portan
Appl. Biosci. 2023, 2(2), 249–277; https://doi.org/10.3390/applbiosci2020018
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2813-0464/2/2/18

9. “Coupled Biogas and Fiber Production from Agricultural Residues and Energy Crops with Steam Explosion Treatment”
by Benedikt Hülsemann, Marian Baumgart, Leonhard Lenz, Elviliana, Marie Föllmer, Gregor Sailer, Konstantin Dinkler and Hans Oechsner
Appl. Biosci. 2023, 2(2), 278–291; https://doi.org/10.3390/applbiosci2020019
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2813-0464/2/2/19

10. “An Event-Driven Architecture for Genomics-Based Diagnostic Data Processing”
by Thomas Krause, Mike Zickfeld, Sebastian Bruchhaus, Thoralf Reis, Marco X. Bornschlegl, Paolo Buono, Michael Kramer, Paul Mc Kevitt and Matthias Hemmje
Appl. Biosci. 2023, 2(2), 292–307; https://doi.org/10.3390/applbiosci2020020
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2813-0464/2/2/20

11. “Comparison of Culture Media for In Vitro Expansion of Oral Epithelial Keratinocytes”
by Giancarlo A. Cuadra, Abrar Shamim, Raivat Shah, Joey Morgan and Dominic L. Palazzolo
Appl. Biosci. 2023, 2(2), 308–327; https://doi.org/10.3390/applbiosci2020021
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2813-0464/2/2/21

We would like to thank all of the research groups that authored these exceptional papers for their contributions. If you have any suitable manuscripts and need funding support, please feel free to contact the journal office via applbiosci@mdpi.com.

Conference: 19^th Annual International Conference of the Metabolomics Society

Date: 18–22 June 2023

Place: Niagara Falls Convention Centre, 6815 Stanley Avenue, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada L2G 3Y9

Booth: #T12

MDPI will be attending the 19^th Annual International Conference of the Metabolomics Society, which will be held from 18 to 22 June 2023 in downtown Niagara Falls, Canada, at the Niagara Falls Convention Centre.

The conference is the official annual meeting of the Metabolomics Society, and the largest metabolomics meeting worldwide. It will cover the major scientific themes of: technology advances; computational metabolomics, statistics, and bioinformatics; metabolomics in health and disease; and metabolomics of plants, food, environment and microbes. A special theme for this conference will focus on mental health, drug addiction and medicinal cannabis. The scientific program will include plenary and keynote talks, three parallel scientific sessions, interactive poster sessions, sponsor lunches, other networking events and a specially organized parallel session to promote metabolomics research in industry. A strong line-up of both introductory and advanced workshops will take place on Sunday, 18 June, and the morning of Monday, 19 June. To complement the exciting scientific program, the conference will offer a welcome reception, vibrant early career events, a conference dinner and other engaging social activities.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Metabolites;
• Agronomy;
• Antioxidants;
• Applied Biosciences;
• BioMed;
• BioMedInformatics;
• Biomolecules;
• Cancers;
• Cells;
• Children;
• CIMB;
• Diseases;
• Foods;
• Genes;
• JPM;
• Nutrients;
• Plants.

Please do not hesitate to reach out (metabolites@mdpi.com) if you plan on attending this conference. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you might have.

For more information about the conference, please visit the following website: https://www.metabolomics2023.org/.

MDPI will be attending the European Human Genetics Conference 2023 (ESHG 2023), held in Glasgow, UK, from 10 to 13 June 2023.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Genes;
• IJMS;
• JPM;
• Applied Biosciences;
• MPs;
• Symmetry;
• Toxics;
• Cells;
• IJNS.

If you plan on attending this conference, feel free to stop by our booth #824. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have.

For more information about the conference, please visit the following link: https://2023.eshg.org/.

The 2023 American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting (ASM Microbe 2023) will be held in Houston, USA, from 15 to 19 June 2023. This annual meeting is the largest gathering of microbiologists in the world, and it is expected that nearly 8,000 professionals from all over the world will attend the meeting. Founded in 1899, the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) is the oldest and largest single life science society in the world, consisting of more than 50,000 scientists and health professionals, of which more than one-third of the members are from countries and regions outside the United States. The mission of the American Society for Microbiology is to promote and advance the science of microbiology.

Topics include:

• Disaster Microbiology;
• Emerging Infections – What is the next pandemic? (Focus on Nipah and Marburg);
• Natural Product Discovery and Synthesis;
• Combating the Climate Crisis with Critters: Microbial Carbon Capture;
• Powering the Future: Applied Microbiology in the Energy Industry;
• Equity and Access in Laboratory Diagnostics;
• Microbiome Management in a Changing World.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Microorganisms;
• Journal of Fungi;
• Viruses;
• Applied Biosciences;
• MPs;
• IJMS;
• Vaccines;
• Fermentation;
• Diversity;
• Metabolites;
• Biomolecules;
• Antibiotics;
• Pathogens;
• Life.

If you are attending this conference, please feel free to start an online conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you at booth number #2504 in person and answering any questions you may have. For more information about the conference and our virtual booth, please visit the following link: https://asm.org/Events/ASM-Microbe/Home.

We are delighted to share that Issue 1 in Volume 2 of Applied Biosciences (ISSN: 2813-0464) was released this March. The following is a list of articles which we believe will be of interest to you:

1. “Citric Acid Production by Aspergillus niger Using Solid-State Fermentation of Agricultural Processing Coproducts”
by Thomas P. West
Appl. Biosci. 2023, 2(1), 1-13; https://doi.org/10.3390/applbiosci2010001
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2813-0464/2/1/1

2. “Sedimentation Rate of Dunaliella salina in Dark Conditions”
by Angelica Naka and Midori Kurahashi
Appl. Biosci. 2023, 2(1), 14-20; https://doi.org/10.3390/applbiosci2010002
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2813-0464/2/1/2

3. “Acknowledgment to the Reviewers of Applied Biosciences in 2022”
by Applied Biosciences Editorial Office
Appl. Biosci. 2023, 2(1), 21-22; https://doi.org/10.3390/applbiosci2010003
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2813-0464/2/1/3

4. “Analysis of the Bacterial Community of Metal Scrap Using an Enrichment Culture Approach”
by Hironaga Akita, Yoshiki Shinto and Zen-ichiro Kimura
Appl. Biosci. 2023, 2(1), 23-30; https://doi.org/10.3390/applbiosci2010004
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2813-0464/2/1/4

5. “When Gut Hormones Influence Brain Function in Depression”
by Isadora P. Siba, Bruno J. Martynhak and Marcela Pereira
Appl. Biosci. 2023, 2(1), 31-51; https://doi.org/10.3390/applbiosci2010005
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2813-0464/2/1/5

6. “Gene Drive: Past, Present and Future Roads to Vertebrate Biocontrol”
by Gus R. McFarlane, C. Bruce A. Whitelaw and Simon G. Lillic
Appl. Biosci. 2023, 2(1), 52-70; https://doi.org/10.3390/applbiosci2010006
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2813-0464/2/1/6

7. “Biochar Extracts Can Modulate the Toxicity of Persistent Free Radicals in the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans”
by Xuchao Zhang, Nadine Saul, Thora Lieke, Yi Chen, Min Wu, Bo Pan and Christian E. W. Steinberg
Appl. Biosci. 2023, 2(1), 71-83; https://doi.org/10.3390/applbiosci2010007
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2813-0464/2/1/7

8. “Phenolic Compound Production Increased In Vitro Regenerated Cichorium intybus L.”
by Yousif Abdullah Abas, Ayten Eroğlu, Abdullah Dalar, Musa Türker, Fethi Ahmet Ozdemir and Gaweł Sołowski
Appl. Biosci. 2023, 2(1), 84-93; https://doi.org/10.3390/applbiosci2010008
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2813-0464/2/1/8

9. “Nature-Inspired Cellulose-Based Active Materials: From 2D to 4D”
by Marta I. Magalhães and Ana P. C. Almeida
Appl. Biosci. 2023, 2(1), 94-114; https://doi.org/10.3390/applbiosci2010009
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2813-0464/2/1/9

10. “Are There Wheat Cultivars Allowing Enhanced Carbon Allocation to Soils?”
by Vincent Chaplot, Isack Mathew, Alistair Clulow and Hussein Shimelis
Appl. Biosci. 2023, 2(1), 115-135; https://doi.org/10.3390/applbiosci2010010
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2813-0464/2/1/10

We would like to thank all of the research groups that authored these exceptional papers for their contribution. If you have any suitable manuscripts and need funding support, feel free to contact us via applbiosci@mdpi.com.

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.

If you are interested in creating more open access journals with us to publish cutting-edge research, please send your journal proposal application to newjournal-committee@mdpi.com.

MDPI is pleased to announce that we now display the co-authors’ email addresses in addition to the corresponding author’s email address on the webpage of published papers, protected by Captcha. For more information about this change, please visit the journal’s instructions for authors page. 

We believe this change will facilitate academic discussions and advance our cause of open science and research. The corresponding authors are responsible for communicating with their co-authors and indicating in our system (https://susy.mdpi.com/) if co-authors would prefer for their email addresses not to be displayed.

On 9 February 2023, Clarivate, a global leader in providing trusted insights and analytics, added the Preprint Citation Index to the Web of Science platform, streamlining the research process by allowing researchers to locate and link to preprints alongside other trusted content in the database.

The Preprint Citation Index will act as a bridge to connect cutting-edge preprints with peer-reviewed journal articles published within the Web of Science Core Collection. Alerts can be easily set to monitor new research across several repositories and authors will also be able to include preprints on their Web of Science Research Profile to more accurately display their various research outputs.

As of its launch, the Preprint Citation Index will provide nearly two million preprints from various repositories, including MDPI’s own Preprints.org.

MDPI's Preprints Platform – Preprints.org

To advance Open Science and the fast dissemination of research, MDPI offers researchers a free multidisciplinary preprint platform. Preprints.org accepts submissions from all research areas and offers authors high visibility, permanent archiving, article-level Metrics and immediately citable content by assigning a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to all preprints.

During submission to any MDPI journal, authors have the option to share their research as a preprint. After an initial screening, the manuscript is available online in 48 hours or less. Once online, preprints can be downloaded, shared, commented on, and cited, providing authors maximum visibility.

We invite you to join the ranks of the over 100k researchers using Preprints.org and share your research.

For more information, please visit Preprints.org.