Announcements

27 September 2023
Meet Us at the 27th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (µTAS 2023), 15–19 October 2023, Katowice, Poland


MDPI will attend the 27th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (µTAS 2023). µTAS 2023 continues an international conference series that is the premier forum for reporting research results in microfluidics, microfabrication, nanotechnology, integration, materials and surfaces, analysis and synthesis, and detection technologies for the life sciences and chemistry. The conference offers plenary and invited talks, expansive poster sessions, networking forums, and an array of industry exhibitions, as well as numerous contributed oral and poster presentations selected from submitted abstracts.

The conference anticipates over 1000 scientists, trainees, and industry professionals from around the globe will once again share advances regarding integrated microsystems and nanotechnology for chemistry and life sciences in person.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

If you plan on attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth #17 and start a conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit https://microtas2023.org/.

6 September 2023
Recap of Awards Granted to Scholars in 2022


MDPI is committed to supporting the academic community, nurturing talent and advancing science. Awards are an important part of the research landscape and play a vital role in helping academics gain recognition, especially young researchers as they embark on new research avenues.

In 2022, our journals presented a total number of 394 Awards, including Travel Awards, Young Investigator Awards, Best PhD Thesis Awards, Best Paper Awards, and Outstanding Reviewer Awards, with several winners announced for some of the awards. The total prize sum amounted to just under 580,000 Swiss francs (CHF), or approximately 650,000 US dollars. Overall, more than 720 scholars were awarded.

The majority of the awards were dedicated to young researchers in relatively early stages of their careers. This encompassed 66 of the afore-mentioned Travel Awards, 60 Young Investigator Awards, supporting research projects and conference attendance, as well as 51 Best PhD Thesis Awards. Additionally, 113 Best Paper Awards were given by our journals. The selection committees were entrusted with identifying the most impactful and novel research and review articles published in their journal within a given year.

MDPI will continue its support and recognition for the academic community moving forward, sponsoring new awards across disciplines. To learn more about all the awardees and their research projects in your field of study, please visit the following pages:

To explore more MDPI awards, please click here.

30 August 2023
MDPI Insights: The CEO’s Letter #3

Welcome to the MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter.

In these monthly letters, I will showcase two key aspects of our work at MDPI: our commitment to empowering researchers and our determination to facilitating open scientific exchange.


Opening Thoughts

Our Commitment to Sustainability

As a pioneer in academic open access publishing since 1996, MDPI has always been dedicated to facilitating scientific exchange across all disciplines. Our approach to open science is guided by principles such as Open Access (OA), Timeliness and Efficiency, Simplicity, High-Quality Service, Flexibility, and a commitment to Sustainability. This commitment involves preserving published papers for the long term and supporting the future of science through partnerships, sponsorships, and awards.

In this edition of the CEO Letter, I will delve into MDPI’s various sustainability initiatives. As a leader in OA publishing, we are able to provide the public with a significant amount of environment-related content at no cost.

MDPI and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

In 2020, the SDG Publishers Compact was launched to accelerate implementation of the SDGs by promoting content that informs, develops, and inspires action. MDPI joined this initiative in 2021 and subsequently launched the MDPI SDG Hub in 2022, offering free access to recent research within the scope of each of the 17 SDGs. We also support authors from underrepresented communities by waiving publication charges for selected SDG-related papers. Detailed sustainability practices and supported publications are available in the report under each Goal page.

“More than 80% of MDPI articles and reviews published in 2022 relate to the Sustainable Development Goals.” [source: InCites, Accessed on 21.08.2023]

As at August 2023, MDPI boasts 14 journals dedicated to sustainability-related topics. Our first journal in this area, Sustainability, has published over 29,000 articles on the SDGs, accumulating over 240,000 citations (source: InCites, as at 1 January 2023). These journals serve as vital platforms for researchers to share insights and address environmental challenges. In addition:

MDPI journals specializing in sustainability-related topics:

  • 2009: Sustainability
  • 2012: Resources
  • 2013: Climate
  • 2014: Environments
  • 2016: Recycling
  • 2019: Clean Technologies
  • 2020: Sustainable Chemistry
  • 2021: Wind, Biomass, Conservation, Pollutants, Solar
  • 2022: Waste, Microplastics

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Impactful Research

Highly Cited Articles in Sustainability

In 2022, content published in Sustainability and indexed in Journal Citation Reports (JCR) received nearly 190,000 citations. This highlights the fact that Sustainability publishes highly cited research articles related to environmental sciences and SDG-related topics such as climate action.

We are pleased to share that Sustainability received a 2022 CiteScore of 5.8, marking a 16% increase from the 2021 metric. Specifically, the CiteScore positions Sustainability as follows: Q1 (27 out of 163) in the “Environmental Science (miscellaneous)” category, and Q1 (101 out of 779) in the “Geography Planning and Development” category. For additional journal statistics, please visit here.

“Sustainability received a 2022 CiteScore of 5.8”

While MDPI journals such as Climate and Atmosphere have a distinct focus on atmosphere pollution and its impact on climate processes, journals like Sustainability, Environments, Water, Remote Sensing, and IJERPH publish content related to climate change. These journals have published over 32,300 articles related to SDG 13: Climate Action.

Highly Cited Papers in Sustainability

Below are several highly cited papers published in Sustainability over the past three years. Citation metrics are current as at 15 August 2023.

1. “A Global Assessment: Can Renewable Energy Replace Fossil Fuels by 2050?
Authors: Jerry L. Holechek, Hatim M. E. Geli, Mohammed N. Sawalhah, and Raul Valdez
Sustainability 2022, 14(8), 4792; https://doi.org/10.3390/su14084792
Citations: Crossref (97), Scopus (91), Web of Science (82), Google Scholar (125)

This paper addresses one of the most significant challenges of climate change – achieving Net Zero Carbon by 2050. The meta-analysis suggests that while difficult, this transition is possible through the concerted application of pathways, lifestyle changes, and global cooperation.

2. “Anxiety and the Ecological Crisis: An Analysis of Eco-Anxiety and Climate Anxiety
Author: Panu Pihkala
Sustainability 2020, 12(19), 7836; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12197836
Citations: Crossref (144), Scopus (121), Web of Science (159), Google Scholar (382)

This paper has received substantial media attention, including coverage by The Guardian, BBC, Vice, and CNBC. An interview with Dr. Panu Pihkala, a leading interdisciplinary researcher on the topic, can be found on MDPI’s podcast: Insight Faster, Episode 1.

3. “Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture and Its Mitigation Strategies: A Review
Authors: Gurdeep Singh Malhi, Manpreet Kaur, and Prashant Kaushik
Sustainability 2021, 13(3), 1318; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13031318
Citations: Crossref (207), Scopus (221), Web of Science (186), Google Scholar (355)

This paper reviews literature on climate change, addressing its causes, future projections, impact on agriculture, including plant physiology, growth, productivity, pest infestation, and the economic implications of mitigation strategies.

4. Impacts of Plastic Pollution on Ecosystem Services, Sustainable Development Goals, and Need to Focus on Circular Economy and Policy Interventions
Authors: Rakesh Kumar, Anurag Verma, Arkajyoti Shome, Rama Sinha, Srishti Sinha, Prakash Kumar Jha, Ritesh Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Shubham, Shreyas Das, Prabhakar Sharma, and P. V. Vara Prasad
Sustainability 2021, 13(17), 9963; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13179963
Citations: Crossref (134), Scopus (136), Web of Science (113), Google Scholar (184)

This review aims to assess the adverse effects of plastic pollution on ecosystems, link the management of plastic with the SDGs, and propose policy measures using transdisciplinary approaches. Empowering communities to reduce plastic use is crucial. Addressing global plastic pollution is a priority.

Sustainability is an international, cross-disciplinary, open access journal that explores environmental, cultural, economic, and social sustainability of human beings. It provides a forward-looking platform for research on sustainability and sustainable development, and is published semi-monthly online by MDPI. Sustainability is affiliated with The Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC) and The International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB).

Read more:

Inside MDPI

President of Ireland Authors Editorial in MDPI Journal Sustainability

It’s a very special occasion when the president of a country takes the initiative to write an editorial for a journal. Michael D. Higgins, President of the Republic of Ireland, has contributed his insights to a forthcoming Special Issue in Sustainability:

This Special Issue, focusing on “making sustainable development happen” at grassroots levels, allows for perspectives from, and on, the major world faiths, exploring how challenges have been conceptualised and addressed, in addition to case studies of faith-based sustainability initiatives in practice.

The experience of faith institutions and communities in translating theological and moral commitments to sustainable development into action is now a topic we must examine with urgency; one on which I am so glad this Special Issue focuses.

As President of Ireland, I very much support this Special Issue of Sustainability. It is my great hope that the contents of the papers contained herein will assist in making sustainable development happen at grassroots levels across the world so that we can cooperate together, people of faith and of none, to ensure a just, inclusive and sustainable future for all on our fragile planet.

Read the completed editorial here:

Special Issue “Faith and Sustainable Development: Exploring Practice, Progress and Challenges among Faith Communities and Institutions”: Foreword by the President of Ireland
Author: Michael D. Higgins
Sustainability 2023, 15(12), 9683; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15129683

Coming Together for Science

The World Sustainability Forum 2023

The World Sustainability Forum (WSF) is a biennial MDPI event focused on sustainability. WSF 2023 marks the tenth anniversary of the conference series, taking place on 14 September. For the first time, the event will be hosted as a 24-hour conference across three locations – Singapore, Basel in Switzerland, and Toronto in Canada – alongside virtual streaming.

This unique format allows us to span three time zones, providing live coverage of critical sustainability-related topics throughout the day:

  • The Singapore Hub, chaired by Professor Horn Mun Cheah and Associate Professor Renee Tan, will explore “Sustainability for Social and Community Impact”.
  • The Basel Hub, chaired by Prof. Dr. Anet Režek Jambrak and Dr. Lela Mélon, will delve into “Sustainability in the industry, and at university and corporate settings”.
  • The Toronto Hub, led by Dr. Umberto Berardi, will discuss “The Sustainable Built Environment”.

MDPI Sustainability Foundation: Recognizing Excellence in Sustainability Research

The MDPI Sustainability Foundation supports researchers through two sustainability-focused awards:

  1. The World Sustainability Award, amounting to USD 100,000, is given to senior researchers.
  2. The Emerging Sustainability Leader Award, valued at USD 20,000, sponsored by the journal Sustainability, is presented to early-career researchers.

The winners of the Sustainability Foundation will be formally awarded during the WSF2023 on 14 September. Interviews with the award winners and finalists are available below.

2023 World Sustainability Award Winners

  1. Professor Michael R. Templeton
  2. Professor Tom Lyon
  3. Dr Krithi K. Karanth

Interviews with 2023 Emerging Sustainability Leader Award Finalists

  • Dr. Bahareh Kamranzad
  • Dr. Youjin Kim
  • Dr. Julia Lohmann

As a hybrid event, WSF23 provides scholars with the option to attend in person at one of the conference sites or, for a more sustainable approach, virtually. All sessions will be recorded and archived for future access. Registration is open until 3 September 2023, with in-person and virtual tickets available here.

Read more:

Closing Thoughts

“Co-opetition”: Collaboration Plus Healthy Competition – A Visit to Elsevier

I firmly believe in fostering collaboration and at the same time promoting healthy competition within the academic publishing industry. The market offers ample room for publishers and related companies to provide valuable services and products that enrich the academic community. While MDPI is recognized for its efficient and streamlined processes –thanks to our over 6,000 colleagues, in-house tools, and initiatives that support the author journey – our ethos has always involved learning from and collaborating with other organizations.

MDPI’s Interaction with Elsevier

In January 2023, I had a brief conversation with Judy Verses, President of Global Academic and Government Markets at Elsevier, following her participation in a panel discussion at the Academic Publishers Europe event in Berlin. One of the highlights for me was Judy’s insight into the impact of research, particularly her emphasis on the role of collaboration, including policy and showing the impact of research to influence on funding decisions.

“Such collaborations drive forward-looking strategies to elevate our support for the scholarly community”

Judy and I resumed our discussion in August, when I visited Elsevier's office to review current projects, such as our recent agreement with Science Direct and the continued indexing of MDPI journals in Scopus (indexing database owned by Elsevier). We also explored possible opportunities for the future, including a potential collaboration to expand MDPI’s Scilit data infrastructure. This endeavour aims to aggregate and provide access to scholarly metadata encompassing journal articles, conference papers, books, preprints, and more. While these discussions are ongoing, the underlying principle remains that such collaborations drive forward-looking strategies to elevate our services and support for the scholarly community.

It was great that Judy and I acknowledged the merits of 'co-opetition,' a concept based of the belief that fostering cooperation alongside healthy competition can lead to shared advancements for both individual companies and the industry at large.

‘Fully OA’ Organizations Dedicated to Open Access

MDPI proudly aligns with the ‘Fully OA’ group, a collaborative initiative comprising nine organizations dedicated to Open Access. Our monthly meetings, including an OASPA representative, serve as platforms to share non-confidential information, resources, and projects. These gatherings also facilitate discussions on topics relevant to fully OA organizations. Occasionally, joint actions spring from these interactions, such as collaborative blog posts on pertinent subjects and joint statements, such as a recent response to the House Appropriations Committee.

This display of cooperation among competing entities forms a strategic alliance focused on nurturing the best interests of the OA publishing model.

As I wrap up this third edition of the CEO Letter, I encourage you to seize opportunities for collaboration and contribute to advancing our shared academic culture. As the African proverb has it, “If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.”

Stefan Tochev
Chief Executive Officer
MDPI AG

29 August 2023
Applied Sciences | Top 10 Cited Papers in 2022 in the Section “Optics and Lasers”

1. “In-Target Proton–Boron Nuclear Fusion Using a PW-Class Laser”
by Daniele Margarone, Julien Bonvalet, Lorenzo Giuffrida, Alessio Morace, Vasiliki Kantarelou, Marco Tosca, Didier Raffestin, Philippe Nicolai, Antonino Picciotto, Yuki Abe et al.
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(3), 1444; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12031444
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/3/1444

2. “Recent Progress of the PAL-XFEL”
by Intae Eom, Sae Hwan Chun, Jae Hyuk Lee, Daewoong Nam, Rory Ma, Jaehyun Park, Sehan Park, Sang Han Park, Haeryong Yang, Inhyuk Nam et al.
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(3), 1010; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12031010
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/3/1010

3. “Making Sense of Light: The Use of Optical Spectroscopy Techniques in Plant Sciences and Agriculture”
by Ana M. Cavaco, Andrei B. Utkin, Jorge Marques da Silva and Rui Guerra
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(3), 997; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12030997
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/3/997

4. “High-Efficiency Quantum Dot Lasers as Comb Sources for DWDM Applications”
by Mario Dumont, Songtao Liu, M. J. Kennedy and John Bowers
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(4), 1836; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12041836
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/4/1836

5. “An Overview of Terahertz Imaging with Resonant Tunneling Diodes”
by Jue Wang, Mira Naftaly and Edward Wasige
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3822; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12083822
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/8/3822

6. “Orthopedics-Related Applications of Ultrafast Laser and Its Recent Advances”
by Celina L. Li, Carl J. Fisher, Ray Burke and Stefan Andersson-Engels
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3957; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12083957
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/8/3957

7. “A Comparison of PCA-LDA and PLS-DA Techniques for Classification of Vibrational Spectra”
by Maria Lasalvia, Vito Capozzi and Giuseppe Perna
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(11), 5345; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12115345
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/11/5345

8. “Principle and Implementation of Stokes Vector Polarization Imaging Technology”
by Yong Wang, Yuqing Su, Xiangyu Sun, Xiaorui Hao, Yanping Liu, Xiaolong Zhao, Hongsheng Li, Xiushuo Zhang, Jing Xu, Jingjing Tian et al.
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(13), 6613; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12136613
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/13/6613

9. “Fast 3D Analytical Affine Transformation for Polygon-Based Computer-Generated Holograms”
by Houxin Fan, Bing Zhang, Yaping Zhang, Fan Wang, Wenlong Qin, Qingyang Fu and Ting-Chung Poon
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(14), 6873; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12146873
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/14/6873

10. “Evaluating Tissue Mechanical Properties Using Quantitative Mueller Matrix Polarimetry and Neural Network”
by Changjiang Mi, Conghui Shao, Honghui He, Chao He and Hui Ma
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(19), 9774; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12199774
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/19/9774

22 August 2023
Meet Us at the 13th International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation (IPIN 2023), 25–28 September 2023, Nuremberg, Germany


MDPI will be attending the 13th International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation (IPIN 2023), held in Nuremberg, Germany, from 25 to 28 September 2023.

IPIN 2023 is organized by the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS with the support of researchers from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences. The conference will be held on-site at Fraunhofer IIS in Nuremberg. Join the 300 expected industrial and academic experts in computer science, electronics and surveying to address this challenge. Discuss, in person, scientific and industrial matters and witness state-of-the-art systems and methods, including the uniquely challenging IPIN competition. During this conference, MDPI will welcome researchers from different backgrounds to visit and share their latest views as well as research with us.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

If you are attending this conference, please stop by our booth. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions that you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit the following link: http://www.ipin-conference.org/2023/index.html.

16 August 2023
MDPI’s 2022 Young Investigator Awards in Engineering—Winners Announced


MDPI’s Young Investigator Awards recognize promising junior researchers, acknowledge their contributions, and enhance communication among scientists. We are proud to present the winners for the year 2022 in the engineering category. The winners were selected by the journals’ Award Evaluation Committee.

We warmly congratulate the following young investigators for their outstanding contributions. MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.

Actuators:

  • Yi Zhang, University of Electronic Science and Technology, China

Batteries:

  • Lin Ma, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA

Biosensors:

  • Stefano Cinti, University of Naples Federico II, Italy

Buildings:

  • Umberto Berardi, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
  • Benedetto Nastasi, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

JMSE:

  • Do Kyun Kim, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea

Machines:

  • Fernando Bento, University of Beira Interior, Portugal
  • Goshtasp Cheraghian, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
  • Roman Mykhailyshyn, The University of Texas at Austin, USA

Micromachines:

  • Pingan Zhu, City University of Hong Kong, China

Processes:

  • Viknesh Andiappan, the Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus, Malaysia

Sensors:

  • Wenzhuo Wu, Purdue University, USA

About MDPI Awards:

In order to reward the academic community, especially young researchers and enhance communication among scientists, MDPI journals regularly offer various awards to researchers in specific fields. These awards, serving as a source of inspiration and recognition, help raise the influence of talented individuals who have been credited with outstanding achievements and are making a significant contribution to the advancement of their fields.

To explore more MDPI awards, please click here.

16 August 2023
MDPI’s 2022 Travel Awards in Engineering—Winners Announced


We are proud to recognize the winners of MDPI’s 2022 Travel Awards in the engineering category for their outstanding presentations.

MDPI journals regularly offer travel awards to encourage junior scientists to present their latest research at academic conferences in specific fields, which helps to increase their influence.

The winners mentioned below were carefully selected by the journal editors based on an outline of their research and the work to be presented at an academic conference.

We would like to warmly congratulate the winners of the 2022 Travel Awards and wish them the greatest success with their future research endeavors. MDPI will continue to enhance communication among scientists.

Biosensors:

  • Dmitry Kireev, University of Texas at Austin, USA

Buildings:

  • Danilo D’Angela, University of Naples Federico II, Italy

JMMP:

  • Jungsub Kim, Texas A&M University, USA

About MDPI Awards:

In order to reward the academic community, especially young researchers and enhance communication among scientists, MDPI journals regularly offer various awards to researchers in specific fields. These awards, serving as a source of inspiration and recognition, help raise the influence of talented individuals who have been credited with outstanding achievements and are making a significant contribution to the advancement of their fields.

To explore more MDPI awards, please click here.

16 August 2023
MDPI’s 2022 Outstanding Reviewer Awards in Engineering—Winners Announced


In order to acknowledge our reviewers, who demonstrate diligence, professionalism, and timeliness when generously dedicating their time to reviewing papers, MDPI journals regularly offer outstanding reviewer awards to scholars who participate in the peer review process.

We are proud to recognize the winners for the year 2022 in the engineering category for their outstanding contributions by presenting them with an Outstanding Reviewer Award.

We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all of the winners on their achievements. MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.

Actuators:

  • Chongjing Cao, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT), China

Applied Sciences:

  • Roman Mykhailyshyn, University of Texas at Austin, USA
  • Chiranjibi Sitaula, Monash University, Australia
  • Davide Forcellini, 1University of Auckland, New Zealand; 2University of San Marino, San Marino
  • Giuseppe Ciaburro, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy
  • Yang Song, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
  • Xiaoming Liu, Beijing Institute of Technology, China

Biosensors:

  • Carlos Torres-Torres, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico

Buildings:

  • Paolo Blecich, University of Rijeka, Croatia
  • Łukasz Ścislo, Cracow University of Technology, Poland

Fluids:

  • Giorgio Sonnino, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium
  • Luiz Antonio Alcântara Pereira, Federal University of Itajubá (UNIFEI), Brazil

JMSE:

  • Cagatay Iris, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
  • Chiemela Victor Amaechi, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
  • Denis Istrati, University of Nevada, USA
  • Mai The Vu, Sejong University, Korea
  • Mina Tadros, University of Lisbon, Portugal

Machines:

  • Chao Fu, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
  • Eduardo Suárez, Universidade de Vigo, Spain
  • Jordi-Roger Riba, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain

Processes:

  • Catalin Ianasi, Institute of Chemistry “Coriolan Dragulescu”, Romania
  • Daniel Ferrández, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain
  • Kamil Krzysztof Roman, Institute of Technology and Life Sciences in Warsaw, Poland
  • Marcin Dębowski, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland
  • Mariusz Szymanek, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland

Sensors:

  • Agustin L. Herrera-May, Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico
  • Chiachung Chen, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
  • Jae-Myung Ryu, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Republic of Korea
  • Sebastian Głowiński, Koszalin Technical University, Poland
  • Wei Zhou, University of Waterloo, Canada

About MDPI Awards:

In order to reward the academic community, especially young researchers and enhance communication among scientists, MDPI journals regularly offer various awards to researchers in specific fields. These awards, serving as a source of inspiration and recognition, help raise the influence of talented individuals who have been credited with outstanding achievements and are making a significant contribution to the advancement of their fields.

To explore more MDPI awards, please click here.

16 August 2023
MDPI’s 2022 Best PhD Thesis Awards in Engineering—Winners Announced


MDPI’s Best PhD Thesis Awards are presented to recognize the young scholars who are judged to have completed the most outstanding PhD thesis in their field of research and to encourage them to continue their excellent work and further contributions to their field.

We would like to warmly congratulate the winners of the 2022 Best PhD Thesis Awards and wish them success with their future research endeavors. MDPI will continue to enhance communication among scientists.

JMSE:

  • “Mathematical Modelling of Wave-Induced Motions and Loads on Moored Offshore Structures”
    by Changqing Jiang, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Machines:

  • “Experimental Characterization of Frictional Hysteresis for Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Jointed Structures”
    by Alfredo Fantetti, Imperial College London, UK

Processes:

  • “Sustainable Cultivation of Microalgae Biomass for Bioenergy Production”
    by Angela Paul Peter, Xiamen University Malaysia, Malaysia

Sensors:

  • “Studying Protein Function with Fluorescent Nanoantennas”
    by Scott G. Harroun, Université de Montréal, Canada

About MDPI Awards:

In order to reward the academic community, especially young researchers and enhance communication among scientists, MDPI journals regularly offer various awards to researchers in specific fields. These awards, serving as a source of inspiration and recognition, help raise the influence of talented individuals who have been credited with outstanding achievements and are making a significant contribution to the advancement of their fields.

To explore more MDPI awards, please click here.

16 August 2023
MDPI’s Best Paper Awards in Engineering—Winners in 2022 Announced


The purpose of our Best Paper Awards is to promote and recognize the most impactful contributions published within MDPI journals.

The editors of each journal carefully selected reviews and research papers through a rigorous judging process based on criteria such as scientific merit, overall impact, and the quality of presentation of the papers published in the journal.

We are honored to present the winners announced for the year 2022 in the engineering category, who were selected from extensive competition, and congratulate the authors for their outstanding scientific publications. MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.

Actuators:

Applied Sciences:

Buildings:

Fluids:

JMSE:

Lubricants:

Micromachines:

Processes:

Sensors:

WEVJ:

About MDPI Awards:

In order to reward the academic community, especially young researchers and enhance communication among scientists, MDPI journals regularly offer various awards to researchers in specific fields. These awards, serving as a source of inspiration and recognition, help raise the influence of talented individuals who have been credited with outstanding achievements and are making a significant contribution to the advancement of their fields.

To explore more MDPI awards, please click here

10 August 2023
Meet Us at the 2023 National University Students Innovation Contest on Plasma Science and Technology, 12–14 August 2023, Wuhan, China


MDPI will be attending the 2023 National University Students Innovation Contest on Plasma Science and Technology, organized by the China Electrotechnical Society and hosted by the Huazhong University of Science and Technology and the Wuhan University, which will be held from 12 to 14 August 2023, in Wuhan, China.

The National University Students Innovation Contest on Plasma Science and Technology is based on the principle of interdisciplinary integration and innovation-driven development. The contest revolves around national and industry needs, focusing on the forefront issues of high-voltage discharge and plasma. It aims to guide university students to carry out plasma science and technology innovation activities and cultivate their interdisciplinary innovation abilities. It also promotes the development of plasma in fields such as environmental protection, low-carbon energy, advanced manufacturing, eco-friendly agriculture, life and health, aerospace and ocean, advanced materials, high-voltage power transmission, pulse power and high-energy physics. The finals of the contest will be held in conjunction with the High-Voltage Discharge and Plasma Interdisciplinary Forum.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

If you plan on attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth and speak with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have.

For more information about the conference, please visit https://ipst.mh.chaoxing.com/.

10 August 2023
Meet Us at the 10th International Conference on Experimental Vibration Analysis for Civil Engineering Structures (EVACES 2023), 30 August–1 September 2023, Milan, Italy


A range of MDPI journals will be attending the 10th International Conference on Experimental Vibration Analysis for Civil Engineering Structures. This meeting will be held in Milan, Italy, from 30 August to 1 September 2023.

The conference will be a forum where engineers, scientists, researchers, and practitioners will have the opportunity to disseminate and discuss the latest research, developments and applications in all major aspects of vibration-based monitoring and testing of civil engineering structures.

Existing and emerging challenges related to instrumentation, sources of excitation, data analysis, system identification, damage identification, condition assessment, in situ and laboratory experiments, codes and standards will be the key, but nonexclusive, topics of the conference.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

  • Buildings;
  • Infrastructures;
  • Applied Sciences;
  • Architecture;
  • Computation;
  • CivlEng.

If you are attending this conference, please feel free to start a conversation with us at our booth (#2.2). Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit https://www.evaces2023.polimi.it/, or contact the Buildings Editorial Office at [email protected].

27 July 2023
MDPI Insights: The CEO’s Letter #2

Welcome to the MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter.

In these monthly letters, I will showcase two key aspects of our work at MDPI: our commitment to empowering researchers and our determination to facilitating open scientific exchange.


Opening Thoughts

Open Peer Review Reports

Continuing the topic of openness from my inaugural monthly CEO letter, in these Opening Thoughts, I highlight the growth and importance of open peer-review reports at MDPI. Open peer reports align with the principles of open science, making the publishing process more transparent and facilitating rigorous peer review.

MDPI journals operate an open peer-review option by default, allowing authors to publish review reports and author responses (often referred to as open reports) together with the published paper. Publishing the reviewer reports and author responses together with the article provides greater transparency and trust for readers, as this allows them to track the editorial decision-making process. Open peer-review also encourages reviewers and editors to provide high-quality comments, as these will be made public if the article is accepted for publication.

Start and Growth of Open Peer Review at MDPI

The MDPI journal Life was a pioneer in offering this opportunity to its authors in 2014. The first MDPI article with peer-review reports openly published was a review by the Nobel Laureate Werner Arber, in which the review reports were published as supplementary material. By 2018, open peer-review was available across all MDPI journals. As such, MDPI authors have embraced the open peer-review model, providing a steady increase in the number of MDPI articles. As of 2023, approximately one-third (34.0%) of MDPI articles were published with open review reports.

As at July 2023, the percentage of MDPI articles published with open peer review has increased to 36.2% of the total papers published in 2023 so far, indicating ongoing growth in adoption.

Open peer review continues to play a critical role in the assessment of the peer-review process in Life. For further insights, please see the recent editorial by Dr. Pabulo Henrique Rampelotto, the former Editor-in-Chief of Life, who spearheaded the implementation of the open peer-review process.

Benefits of Open Peer Review

The benefits of open peer review include increased transparency, trust and constructive feedback. To promote open communication further and increase the robustness of the peer-review process, we encourage reviewers to sign their reports so that their name appears on the review report (this process is referred to as open identity). The default option is for reviewers to remain anonymous; however, by signing the reports, reviewers receive direct credit for their contribution to the peer-review process and show their commitment towards open science.

As the leading open access publisher, MDPI remains committed to promoting open peer-review and encourages authors to choose this approach. Our goal is to provide a rigorous and transparent peer-review process that benefits the scientific community, and we believe that open peer-review is a vital step in fostering openness and collaboration in scientific communication.

Impactful Research

MDPI Papers Cited in the News – IJERPH edition

Every month, our corporate marketing team compiles data from Altmetrics to create a list of MDPI papers that have been cited in the news. This list continues to grow as renowned news outlets regularly reference research published by MDPI in their articles.

During 2022, a total of 111,965 MDPI research papers were mentioned in prominent news outlets such as National Geographic, The Washington Post, Forbes, The Guardian, the BBC, CNN, Time, and Harvard Business Review.

Highly Cited Journal Publications

IJERPH, known for publishing impactful research, received the most news mentions among all MDPI journals in 2022, based on Altmetrics data:

  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health: 3509 mentions
  • Nutrients: 2698 mentions
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences: 1701 mentions
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine: 1131 mentions
  • Viruses: 1111 mentions

These numbers show the recognition and impact of the articles published in IJERPH. For a more detailed view of the journal’s most cited and viewed papers, you can visit here. In total, IJERPH has garnered over 28,000 mentions in prominent news outlets, and as at July 2023, an impressive count of over 17,000 papers cited 10 times or more. These figures highlight the impactful contribution of IJERPH publications to the scientific community.

Example of Recent Mentions

During May and June 2023, a noteworthy selection of articles from IJERPH was cited in news articles, including:

The Washington Post: “Bringing nature inside can improve your health. Here’s how to do it.”
IJERPH paper:Physiological Benefits of Viewing Nature: A Systematic Review of Indoor Experiments

Harvard Business Review: “How to Take Better Breaks at Work, According to Research
IJERPH paper:Canine-Assisted Therapy Improves Well-Being in Nurses

National Geographic: “Lyme disease is spreading fast—but a vaccine may be on the way
IJERPH paper:Range Expansion of Tick Disease Vectors in North America: Implications for Spread of Tick-Borne Disease

Inside MDPI

MDPI Develops an Artificial Intelligence Tool to Enhance the Peer-Review Process

At MDPI, we believe that rigorous peer-review is the corner-stone of high-quality academic publishing. We are grateful to the scholars who generously dedicate their time to peer-review articles submitted to MDPI journals. Their contributions are invaluable to the advancement of science.

Peer-review is a critical part of the publication process, ensuring that MDPI upholds the highest quality standards for the papers we publish. Every manuscript submitted to our journals undergoes a comprehensive peer-review process conducted by subject-matter experts.

To further enhance our peer-review process, our Data Analytics team has developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool designed to support the selection of reviewers. This proprietary tool utilizes Natural Language Processing (NLP), a specially designed AI language model, to extract information from the title and abstract of submitted papers. It then searches our database for similar manuscripts and suggests potential reviewers based on this analysis. Integrated with MDPI's submission system (SuSy), the AI tool cross-references the suggested candidates with our reviewer database to verify their invitation status and availability.

The goal of this tool is to provide better targeted peer-review invitations, reducing the number of emails sent for each paper and increasing the efficiency of our editorial staff.

In the near future, our Data Analytics team plans to deploy similar AI projects to improve other critical aspects of our services, offering an enhanced experience to our authors and readers.

Click here to learn about MDPI’s review process, including procedures, responsibilities, and benefits.

Read more:

Coming Together for Science

The Future of IJERPH

On 5 July 2023, Prof. Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou, the founding Editor-in-Chief of IJERPH, along with five Section Editors in Chief (Prof. Dr. Germán Vicente-Rodríguez, Prof. Dr. Karl Goodkin, Prof. Dr. William A. Toscano, Prof. Dr. Jimmy T. Efird, and Prof. Dr. William Douglas Evans), gathered in Basel to discuss the future of the journal. The meeting provided an opportunity to address the recent decision by The Web of Science to delist IJERPH due to the journal failing the Content Relevance criterion, and propose best strategies that will ensure high scientific rigor as well as a clear scope and aim of IJERPH, going forward.

While the delisting is disappointing for IJERPH, as well as for our authors, academic editors, and the entire scientific community supporting our journal, we see it as an opportunity to reflect and prepare for the future direction of the journal.

Since its launch in 2004, IJERPH’s vision and mission have evolved to be more complete and comprehensive in engaging scientific communities. In light of this, we will refresh the journal’s aims and scope, ensuring they align with the organic expansion of IJERPH. Additionally, we will restructure the journal sections into broader categories, encouraging collaborative research and transdisciplinary approaches for authors. This is designed to foster collaboration and knowledge exchange among diverse fields, contributing to a holistic understanding of health promotion and disease prevention. We are confident that these next steps will enhance the scientific strength and societal impact of our journal.

Journal Achievements

In addition to the productive discussions, we took the time to celebrate some of the remarkable achievements of IJERPH, which I highlight below:

  • Founded by Prof. Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou in 2004
  • Indexed in PubMed in 2008
  • Received its first Impact Factor in 2012
  • Published its 5000th paper in 2017
  • Over 60,000 papers published as at June 30, 2023
  • 131,628,173 paper views in 2018–2022
  • Over 28,000 mentions in prominent news outlets
  • 17,000 papers cited 10 times or more as at June 30, 2023
  • No.1 journal in the 2022 Google Scholar Metrics in the category of Public Health
  • Awarded several editions of Young Investigator Awards, Travel Awards, and Outstanding Reviewer Awards since 2018.

These achievements showcase the journal’s significant contributions to the field and its impact on global health. We are proud of the exceptional work accomplished by the IJERPH team and look forward to building upon this success in the years to come.

Closing Thoughts

MDPI’s Impact in Spain

During the past month, I had the opportunity to visit our new office building in Barcelona, where I met with our local colleagues to discuss the ways we serve the scholarly community, particularly in Spain. The multi-functional office plays a vital role in supporting various business needs, including editorial, design, conference management, data analytics, journal relationship management, publishing partnerships, and collaborations with societies.

Spain holds a significant position in MDPI’s global market, ranking as the fourth-largest contributor to the total number of papers published by MDPI as at July 2023, ranking next to Italy, the USA, and China, with Germany completing the top five.

The Numbers

Out of the 1,680,000 total MDPI articles published as at 25 July, almost 80,000 articles are contributed by Spanish authors, representing nearly 40,000 unique authors affiliated with Spanish institutions. Remarkably, over 6,300 of these authors hold editorial board member (EBM) positions within MDPI journals, with 30 of them serving as Editors-in-Chief (EiCs).

Our commitment to working with institutions is very evident in Spain, where we have successfully established over 40 Institutional Open Access Programs (IOAP) with esteemed institutions such as the University of Barcelona, the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Pompeu Fabra University, the University of Navarre, and Complutense University of Madrid.

Over the past five years, we have successfully organized eight in-person conferences in Barcelona, attracting over 1,150 registrations, with two forthcoming events scheduled for 2024. Barcelona's excellent connectivity to international airports makes it easily accessible to participants from around the world. Its welcoming atmosphere provides us with the perfect environment for knowledge-sharing, networking, and contributing to the local economy.

Our growth and presence in Spain are a true testament to the incredible service we provide to the scholarly community and the relationships we foster through responsive and collaborative communication. We look forward to continuing to support Spanish scholars, providing them a valuable and trusted experience with MDPI, the leader in open access publishing.

Testimonials

I close this letter as I did in the first edition, by sharing testimonials from our stakeholders. Here are a few IJERPH testimonials from a Spanish guest editor and an author:

Guest Editor
“I want to thank the kindness, attention and professionalism of the MDPI team throughout the editorial process of the Special Issue. I believe that it is a very professional and quality editorial process.”
- Professor Víctor Arufe-Giráldez, University of A Coruña
Special Issue in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health: Physical Activity in Childhood and Adolescence
Special Issue in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health: Physical Education: Present and Future
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Author
“I want to thank the rigor of the revisions made to the manuscripts to improve their quality, the support to the authors for the editor assignment system they have and the follow-up they carry out, for the speed in answering and in carrying out the entire process of the revision, and for doing all this at an affordable price.”
- Dr. María Paz García-Caro, University of Granada
Article in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health: Factors Associated with Suicide Attempts and Suicides in the General Population of Andalusia (Spain)

Stefan Tochev
Chief Executive Officer
MDPI AG

25 July 2023
Meet Us at the 15th European Congress on Catalysis (EuropaCat 2023), 27 August–1 September 2023, Prague, Czech Republic


Conference: 15th European Congress on Catalysis (EuropaCat 2023)
Date: 27 August–1 September 2023
Location: Prague, Czech Republic

MDPI will be attending EuropaCat 2023 as an exhibitor. We welcome researchers from different backgrounds to visit and share their latest ideas with us.

EuropaCat has become a traditional meeting place for scientists and researchers from academia and industry who are based all over Europe. Consequently, it has developed into a forum to discuss important challenges in the field of catalysis and the related industrial areas and beyond. The conference is jointly organized by the catalysis societies of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

If you are planning to attend this conference, please do not hesitate to start an online conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit the following website: https://www.europacat2023.cz/.

24 July 2023
Applied Sciences | Top 20 Cited Papers in 2022 in the Section “Civil Engineering”

1. “A Comprehensive Review of Deep Learning-Based Crack Detection Approaches”
by Younes Hamishebahar, Hong Guan, Stephen So and Jun Jo
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(3), 1374; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12031374
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/3/1374

2. “Forecast of Airblast Vibrations Induced by Blasting Using Support Vector Regression Optimized by the Grasshopper Optimization (SVR-GO) Technique”
by Lihua Chen, Panagiotis G. Asteris, Markos Z. Tsoukalas, Danial Jahed Armaghani, Dmitrii Vladimirovich Ulrikh and Mojtaba Yari
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(19), 9805; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12199805
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/19/9805

3. “A Good Practice for the Proof Testing of Cable-Stayed Bridges”
by Raoul Davide Innocenzi, Vanni Nicoletti, Davide Arezzo, Sandro Carbonari, Fabrizio Gara and Luigino Dezi
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(7), 3547; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12073547
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/7/3547

4. “Project Risk in the Context of Construction Schedules—Combined Monte Carlo Simulation and Time at Risk (TaR) Approach: Insights from the Fort Bema Housing Estate Complex”
by Janusz Sobieraj and Dominik Metelski
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(3), 1044; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12031044
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/3/1044

5. “Low-Cost Sensors Accuracy Study and Enhancement Strategy”
by Seyedmilad Komarizadehasl, Behnam Mobaraki, Haiying Ma, Jose-Antonio Lozano-Galant and Jose Turmo
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(6), 3186; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12063186
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/6/3186

6. “A FE-Based Macro-Element for the Assessment of Masonry Structures: Linear Static, Vibration, and Non-Linear Cyclic Analyses”
by Luis C. M. da Silva and Gabriele Milani
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(3), 1248; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12031248
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/3/1248

7. “Different Types of Continuous Track Irregularities as Sources of Train-Induced Ground Vibration and the Importance of the Random Variation of the Track Support”
by Lutz Auersch
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(3), 1463; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12031463
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/3/1463

8. “Numerical Analysis Exterior RC Beam-Column Joints with CFRP Bars as Beam’s Tensional Reinforcement under Cyclic Reversal Deformations”
by Violetta K. Kytinou, Parthena-Maria K. Kosmidou and Constantin E. Chalioris
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(15), 7419; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12157419
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/15/7419

9. “Waterproof Performance of Sealing Gasket in Shield Tunnel: A Review”
by Chenjie Gong, Yuanye Wang, Wenqi Ding, Mingfeng Lei and Chenghua Shi
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(9), 4556; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12094556
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/9/4556

10. “Insights into Plugging of Pipe Piles Based on Pile Dimensions”
by Antonio Kodsy and Magued Iskander
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(5), 2711; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12052711
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/5/2711

11. “A Rough Discrete Fracture Network Model for Geometrical Modeling of Jointed Rock Masses and the Anisotropic Behaviour”
by Peitao Wang, Cao Liu, Zhenwu Qi, Zhichao Liu and Meifeng Cai
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(3), 1720; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12031720
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/3/1720

12. “Review of Flexible Piezoresistive Strain Sensors in Civil Structural Health Monitoring”
by Ke Gao, Zhiyue Zhang, Shun Weng, Hongping Zhu, Hong Yu and Tingjun Peng
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(19), 9750; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12199750
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/19/9750

13. “Viability of Using High Amounts of Steel Slag Aggregates to Improve the Circularity and Performance of Asphalt Mixtures”
by Caroline Moura, Lucas Nascimento, Carlos Loureiro, Mafalda Rodrigues, Joel Oliveira and Hugo Silva
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(1), 490; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12010490
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/1/490

14. “Lateral Capacity of URM Walls: A Parametric Study Using Macro and Micro Limit Analysis Predictions”
by Simon Szabó, Marco Francesco Funari, Bora Pulatsu and Paulo B. Lourenço
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(21), 10834; https://doi.org/10.3390/app122110834
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/21/10834

15. “Electrical Conductivity and Compressive Strength of Cement Paste with Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene Nanoplatelets”
by Kwang Mo Lim and Joo Ha Lee
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(3), 1160; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12031160
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/3/1160

16. “Auto-Detection of Hidden Corrosion in an Aircraft Structure by Electromagnetic Testing: A Machine-Learning Approach”
by Minhhuy Le, Van Su Luong, Dang Khoa Nguyen, Dang-Khanh Le and Jinyi Lee
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(10), 5175; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12105175
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/10/5175

17. “Experimental and Empirical Study for Prediction of Blast Loads”
by Anselmo Filice, Miroslav Mynarz and Raffaele Zinno
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(5), 2691; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12052691
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/5/2691

18. “Experimental Study and Modelling on the Structural Response of Fiber Reinforced Concrete Beams”
by Vitalijs Lusis, Krishna Kiran Annamaneni, Olga Kononova, Aleksandrs Korjakins, Inga Lasenko, Rengasamy Kannathasan Karunamoorthy and Andrejs Krasnikovs
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(19), 9492; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12199492
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/19/9492

19. “Joint Stiffness Influence on the First-Order Seismic Capacity of Dry-Joint Masonry Structures: Numerical DEM Investigations”
by Nathanaël Savalle, Paulo B. Lourenço and Gabriele Milani
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(4), 2108; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12042108
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/4/2108

20. “Numerical Analysis of the Settlement Behavior of Soft Soil Improved with Stone Columns”
by Athina Grizi, Wisam Al-Ani and Dariusz Wanatowski
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(11), 5293; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12115293
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/11/5293

14 July 2023
Applied Sciences | Top 20 Cited Papers in 2022 in the Section “Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering”

1. “The Application of Integration of EEG Signals for Authorial Classification Algorithms in Implementation for a Mobile Robot Control Using Movement Imagery—Pilot Study”
by Dawid Pawuś and Szczepan Paszkiel
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(4), 2161; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12042161
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/4/2161

2. “Black Fungi on Stone-Built Heritage: Current Knowledge and Future Outlook”
by Filomena De Leo, Alessia Marchetta and Clara Urzì
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3969; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12083969
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/8/3969

3. “TTCNN: A Breast Cancer Detection and Classification towards Computer-Aided Diagnosis Using Digital Mammography in Early Stages”
by Sarmad Maqsood, Robertas Damaševičius and Rytis Maskeliūnas
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(7), 3273; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12073273
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/7/3273

4. “A Hybrid Deep Residual Network for Efficient Transitional Activity Recognition Based on Wearable Sensors”
by Sakorn Mekruksavanich, Narit Hnoohom and Anuchit Jitpattanakul
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(10), 4988; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12104988
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/10/4988

5. “Fine-Tuning Fuzzy KNN Classifier Based on Uncertainty Membership for the Medical Diagnosis of Diabetes”
by Hanaa Salem, Mahmoud Y. Shams, Omar M. Elzeki, Mohamed Abd Elfattah, Jehad F. Al-Amri and Shaima Elnazer
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(3), 950; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12030950
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/3/950

6. “Application of Botulinum Toxin in Temporomandibular Disorders: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs)”
by Fabrizio Di Francesco, Alessandro Lanza, Marco Di Blasio, Benedetta Vaienti, Emilio A. Cafferata, Gabriele Cervino, Marco Cicciù and Giuseppe Minervini
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(23), 12409; https://doi.org/10.3390/app122312409
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/23/12409

7. “Oral Lesions in Pediatric Subjects: SARS-CoV-2 Infection and COVID-19 Vaccination”
by Federica Di Spirito, Mario Caggiano, Maria Pia Di Palo, Maria Contaldo, Francesco D’Ambrosio, Stefano Martina and Alessandra Amato
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(18), 8995; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12188995
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/18/8995

8. “An Improved Stereo Matching Algorithm Based on Joint Similarity Measure and Adaptive Weights”
by Xiangjun Lai, Bo Yang, Botao Ma, Mingzhe Liu, Zhengtong Yin, Lirong Yin and Wenfeng Zheng
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(1), 514; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13010514
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/1/514

9. “Black Fungi and Stone Heritage Conservation: Ecological and Metabolic Assays for Evaluating Colonization Potential and Responses to Traditional Biocides”
by Daniela Isola, Flavia Bartoli, Paola Meloni, Giulia Caneva and Laura Zucconi
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(4), 2038; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12042038
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/4/2038

10. “A Review of Properties of Nanocellulose, Its Synthesis, and Potential in Biomedical Applications”
by Aayushi Randhawa, Sayan Deb Dutta, Keya Ganguly, Tejal V. Patil, Dinesh K. Patel and Ki-Taek Lim
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(14), 7090; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12147090
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/14/7090

11. “Recognition of mRNA N4 Acetylcytidine (ac4C) by Using Non-Deep vs. Deep Learning”
by Muhammad Shahid Iqbal, Rashid Abbasi, Md Belal Bin Heyat, Faijan Akhtar, Asmaa Sayed Abdelgeliel, Sarah Albogami, Eman Fayad and Muhammad Atif Iqbal
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(3), 1344; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12031344
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/3/1344

12. “Fungi Affecting Wall Paintings of Historical Value: A Worldwide Meta-Analysis of Their Detected Diversity”
by Laura Zucconi, Fabiana Canini, Daniela Isola and Giulia Caneva
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(6), 2988; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12062988
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/6/2988

13. “Effect of Cold Plasma Treatment on the Packaging Properties of Biopolymer-Based Films: A Review”
by Monjurul Hoque, Ciara McDonagh, Brijesh K. Tiwari, Joseph P. Kerry and Shivani Pathania
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(3), 1346; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12031346
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/3/1346

14. “Biological Effect of Gamma Rays According to Exposure Time on Germination and Plant Growth in Wheat”
by Min Jeong Hong, Dae Yeon Kim, Yeong Deuk Jo, Hong-Il Choi, Joon-Woo Ahn, Soon-Jae Kwon, Sang Hoon Kim, Yong Weon Seo and Jin-Baek Kim
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(6), 3208; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12063208
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/6/3208

15. “Two-Phase Anaerobic Digestion of Corn Steep Liquor in Pilot Scale Biogas Plant with Automatic Control System with Simultaneous Hydrogen and Methane Production”
by Elena Chorukova, Venelin Hubenov, Yana Gocheva and Ivan Simeonov
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(12), 6274; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12126274
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/12/6274

16. “Glucose Isomerase: Functions, Structures, and Applications”
by Ki Hyun Nam
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(1), 428; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12010428
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/1/428

17. “Salt Stress Tolerance-Promoting Proteins and Metabolites under Plant-Bacteria-Salt Stress Tripartite Interactions”
by Ramasamy Krishnamoorthy, Aritra Roy Choudhury, Denver I. Walitang, Rangasamy Anandham, Murugaiyan Senthilkumar and Tongmin Sa
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(6), 3126; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12063126
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/6/3126

18. “Special Bioactivities of Phenolics from Acacia dealbata L. with Potential for Dementia, Diabetes and Antimicrobial Treatments”
by Vanessa Paula, Soraia I. Pedro, Maria G. Campos, Teresa Delgado, Letícia M. Estevinho and Ofélia Anjos
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(3), 1022; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12031022
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/3/1022

19. “MALDI-Based Mass Spectrometry in Clinical Testing: Focus on Bacterial Identification”
by Sachio Tsuchida Tomohiro Nakayama
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(6), 2814; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12062814
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/6/2814

20. “Mass Cultivation of Microalgae: I. Experiences with Vertical Column Airlift Photobioreactors, Diatoms and CO2 Sequestration”
by Hans Chr. Eilertsen, Gunilla K. Eriksen, John-Steinar Bergum, Jo Strømholt, Edel Elvevoll, Karl-Erik Eilertsen, Eldbjørg Sofie Heimstad, Ingeborg Hulda Giæver, Linn Israelsen, Jon Brage Svenning et al.
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(6), 3082; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12063082
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/6/3082

11 July 2023
MDPI’s Newly Launched Journals in June 2023

With the first issue released in June 2023, five new MDPI journals disseminating multi-disciplinary science are due to launch, which will cover the subjects of medicine & pharmacology, biology and physical sciences.

The newly launched journals will be overseen by professional Editorial Board Members and Editors to ensure an accurate and rapid publication, rigorous peer review and broad visibility.

Please feel free to browse and discover more about the new journals below.

Journal Founding Editor-in-Chief Journal topics (selected)
Prof. Dr. Jun Ma, Peking University, China| Editorial | view inaugural issue growth and development;
diet and nutrients; school health promotion policies and practices; child health and care; adolescent health and wellbeing | view journal scope | submit an article
Prof. Dr. Bernd Rehm, Griffith University, Australia | Editorial | view inaugural issue DNA and gene synthesis; synthetic transcription factors; protein engineering; viral engineering; metabolic engineering | view journal scope | submit an article
Prof. Dr. Varsha Gandhi, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA | Editorial | view inaugural issue lymphatics; cancers associated with lymphocytes and lymphoblasts; lymphatic tissues; lymphoma; lymphoid leukemia | view journal scope | submit an article
Dr. Bradley Turner, University of Melbourne, Australia | Editorial | view inaugural issue multiple sclerosis; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; primary lateral sclerosis; atherosclerosis; systemic sclerosis | view journal scope | submit an article
Prof. Dr. Clemens Burda, Case Western Reserve University, USA | Editorial | view inaugural issue Gamma ray, X-ray, and UV–Vis spectroscopies; NIR/mid-infrared/Raman spectroscopy; microwave and THz spectroscopy; high-resolution gas-phase atomic, molecular, and cluster spectroscopy; MS, NMR, and EPR spectroscopy | view journal scope | submit an article

We wish to thank everyone who has supported the development of open access publishing. You are welcome to submit an application to the New Journal Committee ([email protected]) if you would like to create more new journals.

5 July 2023
Applied Sciences Webinar | Steel Health Monitoring and Rehabilitation, 29 September 2023


Thank you for your interest in the Applied Sciences (ISSN: 2076-3417) webinar: Steel Health Monitoring and Rehabilitation. We are writing to inform you that the webinar’s date has been postponed to 29 September 2023. We would like to apologize for any inconvenience that this has caused you, and to thank you for your understanding. The registration link will remain the same, so that there is no need to register again. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions or concerns.

Welcome message by Prof. Dr. Evangelos Hristoforou, the webinar Chair:

A method and the corresponding instruments, able to provide surface and bulk residual stress, as well as plastic deformation distribution monitoring in ferromagnetic steels and their welds, has been developed. The method is based on the correlation of the classic reference methods of stress tensor distribution determination and monitoring on the surface and the bulk of steels, namely X-ray Bragg–Brentano diffraction (XRD-BB) and neutron diffraction (ND), respectively, with the corresponding surface or bulk magnetic permeability and magnetostriction, resulting in reference magnetic stress calibration curves (MASC) for each different type of steel. The normalization of all different MASCs with respect to the corresponding yield point and maximum permeability, respectively, resulted in a universal law of dependence of stresses on magnetic properties concerning residual stresses, thus facilitating in determining the MASC of an unknown type of steel, only by a stress–strain characterization together with in situ magnetic permeability measurement. The mentioned uncertainty and speed of measurement for surface and bulk stress measurements have been verified for 17 out of the 42 different types of steel involved in the most interesting steel applications. The stress monitoring methods are also accompanied by localized stress rehabilitation, using localized induction heating probes. The system is accompanied by the proper software code, advancing the stress monitoring and rehabilitation method into an automated stress testing and rehabilitation system, meeting the needs for modern and advanced steel production and manufacturing.

Date: 29 September 2023 at 10:00 a.m. CEST
Webinar ID: 845 2891 5723

Register now for free!

Program:

Speaker/Presentation

Time in CEST

Prof. Dr. Evangelos Hristoforou

Chair Introduction

10:00–10:10 a.m.

Prof. Aphrodite Ktena

Correlation Between Stresses and Magnetic Properties

10:10–10:30 a.m.

Dr. Spyridon Angelopoulos

Sensors to Monitor Magnetic Properties

10:30–10:50 a.m.

Prof. Dr. Evangelos Hristoforou

The Future in Steel Health Monitoring

10:50–11:10 a.m.

Q&A Session

11:10–11:25 a.m.

Prof. Dr. Evangelos Hristoforou

Closing of Webinar

11:25–11:30 a.m.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information on how to join the webinar. Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized.

Unable to attend? Register anyway and we’ll let you know when the recording is available to watch.

Webinar Chair and Keynote Speakers:

  • Prof. Dr. Evangelos Hristoforou, Division of Communication Electronic and Information Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Zografou Campus, 9 Heroon Polytechniou Str., Athens, Greece;
  • Prof. Aphrodite Ktena, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece;
  • Dr. Spyridon Angelopoulos, Laboratory of Electronic Sensors, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece.

Relevant feature papers:

“Sensor to Monitor Localized Stresses on Steel Surfaces Using the Magnetostrictive Delay Line Technique”
by Kaiming Liang, Spyridon Angelopoulos, Georgios Lepipas, Panagiotis Tsarabaris, Aphrodite Ktena, Xiaofang Bi and Evangelos Hristoforou
Sensors 2019, 19(21), 4797; https://doi.org/10.3390/s19214797
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/19/21/4797

“Magnetic Residual Stress Monitoring Technique for Ferromagnetic Steels”
by Polyxeni Vourna, Aphrodite Ktena, Panagiotis Tsarabaris and Evangelos Hristoforou
Metals 2018, 8(8), 592; https://doi.org/10.3390/met8080592
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/8/8/592

“Residual Stress Distribution Monitoring and Rehabilitation in Ferromagnetic Steel Rods”
by Kaiming Liang, Spyridon Angelopoulos, Aphrodite Ktena, Xiaofang Bi and Evangelos Hristoforou
Sensors 2022, 22(4), 1491; https://doi.org/10.3390/s22041491
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/4/1491

“Smart Stress Annihilation in Steels Using Residual Stress Distribution Monitoring and Localized Induction Heating”
by Kaiming Liang, Panagiotis Tsarabaris, Aphrodite Ktena, Xiaofang Bi and Evangelos Hristoforou
Metals 2020, 10(6), 838; https://doi.org/10.3390/met10060838
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/10/6/838

 

5 July 2023
Applied Sciences Receives an Updated Impact Factor of 2.7


We are pleased to share that Applied Sciences (ISSN: 2076-3417) received an updated Impact Factor of 2.7 in the 2022 Journal Citation Reports™ released by Clarivate in June 2023. Applied Sciences ranks in Q2 in the categories “Engineering, Multidisciplinary” (42 among 90 titles) and “Physics, Applied” (77 among 159 titles).

For further statistics, please visit https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/stats.

The support and dedication of all journal editors, reviewers, authors, and readers are essential to our excellent performance. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to and supported our journal.

3 July 2023
MDPI Insights: The CEO’s Letter

Welcome to the MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter.

In these monthly letters, I will showcase two key aspects of our work at MDPI: our commitment to empowering researchers and our determination to facilitating open scientific exchange.


Opening Thoughts

The Future is Open, and MDPI is Leading the Way

I strongly believe in a future that embraces openness, where open source, open information, and open access (OA) take center stage. This belief that led me to join MDPI in 2020, and I am honored to have recently been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). In this capacity, and operating in close liaison with Dr. Lin and MDPI’s senior management, I shall work to build on Dr. Lin’s achievements of the past quarter-century. In this role, I will focus on communication initiatives to promote MDPI's remarkable work and continue to build our company as a trusted leader in OA publishing. For over two decades, MDPI has been at the forefront of reshaping the academic publishing landscape, with OA surpassing subscription-based publishing in 2020. This trajectory is deeply rooted in our history and reflects our unwavering commitment and vision for an open future.

1 Million Published Articles

2023 began with a remarkable achievement for MDPI, as we became the first OA publisher to reach the milestone of 1 million published articles. This represents 2.7 million unique authors who have trusted us with their work, or about a third of all researchers worldwide. As the world's most cited OA publisher, we are proud in sharing these significant milestones.

Our mission remains unchanged: to make science open and accessible to all. We understand the importance of knowledge access, empowering researchers to stay at the forefront of a rapidly changing world. Our diverse range of journals covers a wide spectrum of disciplines, offering cutting-edge insights, trusted tools, and crucial knowledge to address global challenges.

Liberating Science

As the world’s leading OA publisher, MDPI is actively liberating science. We are committed to eliminating the frustrations researchers and the general public face when accessing information, ensuring it is not locked behind paywalls. We firmly believe that everyone has a right to information, and our commitment to open access publishing drives our work.

In this inaugural edition of Insights: The CEO's Letter, I draw inspiration from the upcoming 20th anniversary of the Berlin Declaration on Open Access. Its stated mission reminds us that true impact is achieved when knowledge is widely and readily available to society:

"Our mission of disseminating knowledge is only half complete if the information is not made widely and readily available to society”

Impactful Research

MDPI Publishes Impactful Research: Recognized by Leading Indexing Databases

MDPI journals are indexed in every single top database in the world.

As of June 2023, we have 214 journals indexed within Web of Science, 223 indexed within Scopus, 87 indexed within PubMed and PMC, and 17 indexed within MEDLINE, and these numbers increase every month. We constantly strive to expand the coverage of our journals within leading multi-disciplinary and scope-specific databases, resulting in an incredibly broad range of journals that are indexed within a variety of databases. MDPI has active relationships with approximately 65 well-known databases around the world, and we continue to expand our portfolio every year so that your work can be found, cited, and referenced with ease.

Continued Growth of MDPI Journals

The 2022 Scopus and Web of Science journal citation metrics were officially released in June, and I am pleased to report that 31 MDPI journals received their first CiteScore, taking the total number of journals with a CiteScore to 216. The number of MDPI journals receiving an Impact Factor (IF) also continues to grow with 111 receiving their first, by being covered in the ESCI, bringing our total number of journals with an IF to 208 of which 41 journals received an IF above 4.0. Looking at 2022 CiteScores in the Scopus database, 80% of MDPI journals have a score that ranks them in Q1 or Q2 in at least one subject category.

Publishing impactful science would not be possible without all of our authors, editors and reviewers. Thank you for your contribution and continued support! Together we share the latest scientific insights faster and ensure that your work is accessible to all.

Read more

Interview with Indexing Manager—Constanze Shelhorn

Inside MDPI

Preprints.org: Clarivate adds the Preprint Citation Index to the Web of Science

At MDPI, we are dedicated to driving the advancement of science. Through our initiative, Preprints.org, researchers can publish their work and gain valuable feedback from the broader research community, ensuring rapid progress in their respective fields. This is particularly crucial during times of health and climate challenges, where timely dissemination of findings is essential.

Increased Visibility for Preprints

I am pleased to share that Clarivate recognizes the significance of preprints and has taken a crucial step to enhance their visibility. Clarivate has added the Preprint Citation Index to the Web of Science, encompassing preprints published not only on Preprints.org but also on other reputable repositories.

Looking ahead, the future of preprints appears promising, bolstered by the recent indexing announcement from the Web of Science. As a result, preprints will receive increased visibility, serving as a valuable resource for staying informed about the latest research developments.

Read more

What are Preprints?
The Pros and Cons of Preprints
Preprints and COVID-19
Preprints—The Future of Open Access Publishing?

Coming Together for Science

The First International Conference on Antioxidants: Sources, Methods, Health Benefits and Industrial Applications

In this edition of ‘Coming Together for Science,’ I am pleased to highlight the First International Conference on Antioxidants organized by our conference team in the beautiful city of Barcelona, Spain. The conference attracted over 130 attendees, who engaged in 42 talks, and 89 poster presentations spread across several sessions.

Working Together

Under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Alessandra Napolitano (Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Naples, Italy) and Prof. Dr. Rosa M. Lamuela Raventos (Department of Nutrition, Food Sciences and Gastronomy, University of Barcelona, Spain) as chairs, and supported by the committee members, 10 invited keynote speakers, poster presenters, and all the attendees, this dedicated group of academics came together to discuss the natural sources, methodologies, health benefits, and industrial applications of antioxidants.

Especially noteworthy is the positive feedback received from attendees, with 94% rating the overall organization of the conference as good or excellent. I particularly love the picture above, capturing the gathering of some of the participants. You can browse through more photos in the event gallery located here.

Managing Events With Sciforum

If you are considering hosting your own academic event, I highly recommend checking out Sciforum, MDPI's event management platform. Sciforum simplifies the entire process, making it easy to host your own event by allowing you to focus on what really matters: Science!

Read more

Sciforum: forthcoming events
Spotlight on Antioxidants

Closing Thoughts

Stefan Tochev, Dr. Shu-Kun Lin, Dr. Eric O. Freed, Peter Roth, Wynne Wang, Allison Yang

Viruses and Editorial Quality: Acknowledging the Dedication of our Viruses Journal Team

During a June meeting with Dr. Eric O. Freed, the founding and current Editor-in-Chief of our journal Viruses, I was reminded of the exceptional dedication of our editorial board. Meeting with Eric is a pleasure, as he has a strong commitment and clear vision for the journal. Over the course of two days, we gained a deep understanding of the journal’s expectations and focus on strategic growth, editorial board representation, and engagement.

I am pleased to share that Viruses holds a CiteScore of 7.1 (an increase of 7.57% versus the 2021 metric) and an Impact Factor of 4.7. You can view the journal statistics here. Viruses publishes highly cited papers, and is indexed in renowned databases such as Scopus, SCIE (Web of Science), PubMed, and others, and maintains affiliations with prestigious societies. Moreover, the Viruses team has recently announced an exciting upcoming event titled ‘Viruses 2024 – A World of Viruses,’ scheduled to take place in Barcelona, Spain, from 14–16 February 2024.

Testimonials

If you notice my enthusiasm regarding our editorial service, it’s because the surveys and testimonials we receive speak volumes about the experiences of our authors, reviewers, and guest editors who collaborate with MDPI. The purpose of these letters is to highlight the exceptional work that we do and the experiences we create for the scholars – thus, let me end with this testimonial from an author:

“It was a great pleasure to publish in Viruses Special Issue [Emerging Viruses in Aquaculture]. The submission process was easy. Guest editors were very helpful and provided all the guidance and support as needed. The handling of the manuscript by the Editorial Team was very fast, efficient, and professional. The reviewer’s comments were insightful, and the publication processes were remarkably rapid.”
Ms. Magdalena Stachnik, Państwowy Instytut Weterynaryjny | PIWet

Article in Viruses: Emerging Viral Pathogens in Sturgeon Aquaculture in Poland: Focus on Herpesviruses and Mimivirus Detection

Stefan Tochev
Chief Executive Officer
MDPI AG

28 June 2023
2022 Impact Factors for MDPI Journals

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.

Journal Impact Factor Rank Quartile Category
Vaccines 7.8 Q1 Immunology
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Antioxidants 7.0 Q1 Food Science & Technology
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Chemistry, Medicinal
Cells 6.0 Q2 Cell Biology
Nutrients 5.9 Q1 Nutrition & Dietetics
International Journal of Molecular Sciences 5.6 Q1 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Q2 Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research 5.6 Q2 Business
Biomolecules 5.5 Q1 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Biosensors 5.4 Q1 Chemistry, Analytical
Instruments & Instrumentation
Q2 Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Fractal and Fractional 5.4 Q1 Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications
Marine Drugs 5.4 Q1 Chemistry, Medicinal
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Pharmaceutics 5.4 Q1 Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Nanomaterials 5.3 Q1 Physics, Applied
Q2 Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Cancers 5.2 Q2 Oncology
Foods 5.2 Q1 Food Science & Technology
Polymers 5.0 Q1 Polymer Science
Remote Sensing 5.0 Q1 Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Q2 Remote Sensing
Imaging Science & Photographic Technology
Environmental Sciences
Antibiotics 4.8 Q1 Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Q2 Infectious Diseases
Drones 4.8 Q2 Remote Sensing
Journal of Functional Biomaterials 4.8 Q2 Engineering, Biomedical
Materials Science, Biomaterials
Biomedicines 4.7 Q1 Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Q2 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Journal of Fungi 4.7 Q2 Mycology
Microbiology
Viruses 4.7 Q2 Virology
Bioengineering 4.6 Q2 Engineering, Biomedical
Gels 4.6 Q1 Polymer Science
Molecules 4.6 Q2 Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Pharmaceuticals 4.6 Q2 Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Chemistry, Medicinal
Toxics 4.6 Q1 Toxicology
Q2 Environmental Sciences
Biomimetics 4.5 Q1 Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Q2 Materials Science, Biomaterials
Microorganisms 4.5 Q2 Microbiology
Plants 4.5 Q1 Plant Sciences
Biology 4.2 Q2 Biology
Chemosensors 4.2 Q2 Instruments & Instrumentation
Chemistry, Analytical
Electrochemistry
Membranes 4.2 Q2 Engineering, Chemical
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Chemistry, Physical
Polymer Science
Toxins 4.2 Q1 Toxicology
Q2 Food Science & Technology
Metabolites 4.2 Q2 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Batteries 4.0 Q2 Electrochemistry
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Q3 Energy & Fuels
Catalysts 3.9 Q2 Chemistry, Physical
Journal of Clinical Medicine 3.9 Q2 Medicine, General & Internal
Land 3.9 Q2 Environmental Studies
Sensors 3.9 Q2 Instruments & Instrumentation
Chemistry, Analytical
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Sustainability 3.9 Q2 Environmental Sciences (SCIE)
Environmental Studies (SSCI)
Q3 Green & Sustainable Science & Technology (SCIE)
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology (SSCI)
Buildings 3.8 Q2 Construction & Building Technology
Engineering, Civil
Agronomy 3.7 Q1 Agronomy
Q2 Plant Sciences
Fermentation 3.7 Q2 Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Pathogens 3.7 Q2 Microbiology
Agriculture 3.6 Q1 Agronomy
Diagnostics 3.6 Q2 Medicine, General & Internal
Genes 3.5 Q2 Genetics & Heredity
Journal of Intelligence 3.5 Q2 Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Lubricants 3.5 Q2 Engineering, Mechanical
Processes 3.5 Q2 Engineering, Chemical
Coatings 3.4 Q2 Materials Science, Coatings & Films
Physics, Applied
Q3 Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 3.4 Q2 Geography, Physical
Q3 Computer Science, Information Systems
Remote Sensing
Materials 3.4 Q2 Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering
Physics, Applied
Physics, Condensed Matter
Q3 Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Chemistry, Physical
Micromachines 3.4 Q2 Instruments & Instrumentation
Physics, Applied
Chemistry, Analytical
Q3 Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Water 3.4 Q2 Water Resources
Environmental Sciences
Brain Sciences 3.3 Q3 Neurosciences
Energies 3.2 Q3 Energy & Fuels
Fire 3.2 Q1 Forestry
Q2 Ecology
Life 3.2 Q2 Biology
Current Issues in Molecular Biology 3.1 Q3 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Horticulturae 3.1 Q1 Horticulture
Animals 3.0 Q1 Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Veterinary Sciences
Insects 3.0 Q1 Entomology
Atmosphere 2.9 Q3 Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Environmental Sciences
Electronics 2.9 Q2 Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Physics, Applied
Q3 Computer Science, Information Systems
Forests 2.9 Q1 Forestry
Inorganics 2.9 Q2 Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 2.9 Q1 Engineering, Marine
Q2 Oceanography
Engineering, Ocean
Metals 2.9 Q2 Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering
Q3 Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease 2.9 Q2 Tropical Medicine
Parasitology
Q3 Infectious Diseases
Universe 2.9 Q2 Astronomy & Astrophysics
Physics, Particles & Fields
Healthcare 2.8 Q2 Health Policy & Services (SSCI)
Q3 Health Care Sciences & Services (SCIE)
Applied Sciences 2.7 Q2 Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Physics, Applied
Q3 Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Crystals 2.7 Q2 Crystallography
Q3 Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Entropy 2.7 Q2 Physics, Multidisciplinary
Magnetochemistry 2.7 Q2 Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Q3 Chemistry, Physical
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Symmetry 2.7 Q2 Multidisciplinary Sciences
Actuators 2.6 Q2 Instruments & Instrumentation
Engineering, Mechanical
Aerospace 2.6 Q1 Engineering, Aerospace
Behavioral Sciences 2.6 Q2 Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Current Oncology 2.6 Q3 Oncology
Machines 2.6 Q2 Engineering, Mechanical
Q3 Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Medicina 2.6 Q3 Medicine, General & Internal
Separations 2.6 Q3 Chemistry, Analytical
Minerals 2.5 Q2 Mining & Mineral Processing
Mineralogy
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Children 2.4 Q2 Pediatrics
Diversity 2.4 Q2 Biodiversity Conservation
Q3 Ecology
Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease 2.4 Q3 Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Mathematics 2.4 Q1 Mathematics
Photonics 2.4 Q3 Optics
Veterinary Sciences 2.4 Q1 Veterinary Sciences
Fishes 2.3 Q2 Marine & Freshwater Biology
Fisheries
Axioms 2.0 Q2 Mathematics, Applied
Systems 1.9 Q2 Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Tomography 1.9 Q3 Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging


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)

 

28 June 2023
Applied Sciences | Invitation to Read Selected Papers from Editor’s Choice Articles

The goal of the Editor’s Choice Articles project is to promote high-quality articles published in Applied Sciences (ISSN: 2076-3417). Please find below the list of articles carefully handpicked by the scientific editors of the journal, which we believe will be of interest to you.

1. “A Multiobjective Decision-Making Model for Risk-Based Maintenance Scheduling of Railway Earthworks”
by Irina Stipanovic, Zaharah Allah Bukhsh, Cormac Reale and Kenneth Gavin
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 965; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11030965
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/965

2. “An Integrated SWOT-PESTLE-AHP Model Assessing Sustainability in Adaptive Reuse Projects”
by Ioannis Vardopoulos, Evangelia Tsilika, Efthymia Sarantakou, Antonis Zorpas, Luca Salvati and Paris Tsartas
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(15), 7134; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11157134
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/15/7134

3. “Application of Spatial Time Domain Reflectometry for Investigating Moisture Content Dynamics in Unsaturated Loamy Sand for Gravitational Drainage”
by Guanxi Yan, Thierry Bore, Zi Li, Stefan Schlaeger, Alexander Scheuermann and Ling Li
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(7), 2994; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11072994
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/7/2994

4. “Applications of Decision Tree and Random Forest as Tree-Based Machine Learning Techniques for Analyzing the Ultimate Strain of Spliced and Non-Spliced Reinforcement Bars”
by Hamed Dabiri, Visar Farhangi, Mohammad Javad Moradi, Mehdi Zadehmohamad and Moses Karakouzian
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(10), 4851; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12104851
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/10/4851

5. “Asphalt Pavement Temperature Prediction Models: A Review”
by Adwan Ibrahim, Abdalrhman Milad, Zubair Ahmed Memon, Iswandaru Widyatmoko, Nuryazmin Ahmat Zanuri, Naeem Aziz Memon and Nur Izzi Md Yusoff
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 3794; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11093794
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/9/3794

6. “BIM Visual Programming Tools Applications in Infrastructure Projects: A State-of-the-Art Review”
by Jorge Collao, Fidel Lozano-Galant, José Antonio Lozano-Galant and Jose Turmo
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(18), 8343; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11188343
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/18/8343

7. “BIM-Based Digital Twin and XR Devices to Improve Maintenance Procedures in Smart Buildings: A Literature Review”
by Corentin Coupry, Sylvain Noblecourt, Paul Richard, David Baudry and David Bigaud
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(15), 6810; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11156810
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/15/6810

8. “Experimental Investigation and Artificial Neural Network Based Prediction of Bond Strength in Self-Compacting Geopolymer Concrete Reinforced with Basalt FRP Bars”
by Sherin Khadeeja Rahman and Riyadh Al-Ameri
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(11), 4889; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11114889
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/11/4889

9. “Experimental Validation of Non-Marker Simple Image Displacement Measurements for Railway Bridges”
by Kodai Matsuoka, Fumiaki Uehan, Hiroya Kusaka and Hikaru Tomonaga
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(15), 7032; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11157032
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/15/7032

10. “Exploring 3D Wave-Induced Scouring Patterns around Subsea Pipelines with Artificial Intelligence Techniques”
by Mohammad Najafzadeh and Giuseppe Oliveto
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 3792; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11093792
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/9/3792

11. “Forecast of Airblast Vibrations Induced by Blasting Using Support Vector Regression Optimized by the Grasshopper Optimization (SVR-GO) Technique”
by Lihua Chen, Panagiotis G. Asteris, Markos Z. Tsoukalas, Danial Jahed Armaghani, Dmitrii Vladimirovich Ulrikh and Mojtaba Yari
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(19), 9805; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12199805
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/19/9805

12. “Geostatistical Analysis of the Spatial Correlation between Territorial Anthropization and Flooding Vulnerability: Application to the DANA Phenomenon in a Mediterranean Watershed”
by Salvador Garcia-Ayllon and John Radke
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 809; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020809
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/2/809

13. “Indoor Acoustic Requirements for Autism-Friendly Spaces”
by Federica Bettarello, Marco Caniato, Giuseppina Scavuzzo and Andrea Gasparella
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 3942; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11093942
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/9/3942

14. “Nonlinear Dynamic Response of a Precast Concrete Building to Sudden Column Removal”
by Simone Ravasini, Beatrice Belletti, Emanuele Brunesi, Roberto Nascimbene and Fulvio Parisi
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 599; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020599
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/2/599

15. “Predicting Compressive Strength of Concrete Containing Recycled Aggregate Using Modified ANN with Different Optimization Algorithms”
by Amirreza Kandiri, Farid Sartipi and Mahdi Kioumarsi
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 485; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020485
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/2/485

16. “Railway Vehicle Wheel Flat Detection with Multiple Records Using Spectral Kurtosis Analysis”
by Araliya Mosleh, Pedro Aires Montenegro, Pedro Alves Costa and Rui Calçada
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 4002; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11094002
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/9/4002

17. “Tuning ANN Hyperparameters for Forecasting Drinking Water Demand”
by Andrea Menapace, Ariele Zanfei and Maurizio Righetti
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 4290; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11094290
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/9/4290

18. “Uncertainties in the Seismic Assessment of Historical Masonry Buildings”
by Igor Tomić, Francesco Vanin and Katrin Beyer
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(5), 2280; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11052280
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/5/2280

19. “Wind-Induced Phenomena in Long-Span Cable-Supported Bridges: A Comparative Review of Wind Tunnel Tests and Computational Fluid Dynamics Modelling”
by Yuxiang Zhang, Philip Cardiff and Jennifer Keenahan
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1642; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041642
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1642

We would like to thank all of the research groups that authored these exceptional papers for their contribution. We sincerely hope you find these articles of Applied Sciences as useful and insightful as we have found them.

26 June 2023
Applied Sciences | Top 20 Cited Papers in 2022 in the Section “Computing and Artificial Intelligence”

1. “A Secured Industrial Internet-of-Things Architecture Based on Blockchain Technology and Machine Learning for Sensor Access Control Systems in Smart Manufacturing”
by Hichem Mrabet, Adeeb Alhomoud, Abderrazek Jemai and Damien Trentesaux
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(9), 4641; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12094641
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/9/4641

2. “A Semi-Supervised Extreme Learning Machine Algorithm Based on the New Weighted Kernel for Machine Smell”
by Wei Dang, Jialiang Guo, Mingzhe Liu, Shan Liu, Bo Yang, Lirong Yin and Wenfeng Zheng
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(18), 9213; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12189213
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/18/9213

3. “A Survey on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and eXplainable AI in Air Traffic Management: Current Trends and Development with Future Research Trajectory”
by Augustin Degas, Mir Riyanul Islam, Christophe Hurter, Shaibal Barua, Hamidur Rahman, Minesh Poudel, Daniele Ruscio, Mobyen Uddin Ahmed, Shahina Begum, Md Aquif Rahman et al.
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(3), 1295; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12031295
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/3/1295

4. “A System for Standardizing and Combining U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Emissions and Waste Inventory Data”
by Ben Young, Wesley W. Ingwersen, Matthew Bergmann, Jose D. Hernandez-Betancur, Tapajyoti Ghosh, Eric Bell and Sarah Cashman
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(7), 3447; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12073447
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/7/3447

5. “An Improved Algorithm of Drift Compensation for Olfactory Sensors”
by Siyu Lu, Jialiang Guo, Shan Liu, Bo Yang, Mingzhe Liu, Lirong Yin and Wenfeng Zheng
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(19), 9529; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12199529
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/19/9529

6. “An Overview of Variants and Advancements of PSO Algorithm”
by Meetu Jain, Vibha Saihjpal, Narinder Singh and Satya Bir Singh
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(17), 8392; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12178392
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/17/8392

7. “Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Reality in Dentistry: A Narrative Review on the Existing Platforms and Future Challenges”
by Riccardo Monterubbianesi, Vincenzo Tosco, Flavia Vitiello, Giulia Orilisi, Franco Fraccastoro, Angelo Putignano and Giovanna Orsini
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(2), 877; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12020877
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/2/877

8. “BERT-Based Transfer-Learning Approach for Nested Named-Entity Recognition Using Joint Labeling”
by Ankit Agrawal, Sarsij Tripathi, Manu Vardhan, Vikas Sihag, Gaurav Choudhary and Nicola Dragoni
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(3), 976; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12030976
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/3/976

9. “Comparative Study of Machine Learning Classifiers for Modelling Road Traffic Accidents”
by Tebogo Bokaba, Wesley Doorsamy and Babu Sena Paul
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(2), 828; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12020828
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/2/828

10. “Dist-YOLO: Fast Object Detection with Distance Estimation”
by Marek Vajgl, Petr Hurtik and Tomáš Nejezchleba
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(3), 1354; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12031354
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/3/1354

11. “Driver Drowsiness Detection by Applying Deep Learning Techniques to Sequences of Images”
by Elena Magán, M. Paz Sesmero, Juan Manuel Alonso-Weber and Araceli Sanchis
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(3), 1145; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12031145
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/3/1145

12. “Educational AI Chatbots for Content and Language Integrated Learning”
by Kleopatra Mageira, Dimitra Pittou, Andreas Papasalouros, Konstantinos Kotis, Paraskevi Zangogianni and Athanasios Daradoumis
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(7), 3239; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12073239
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/7/3239

13. “Ergonomic Design of a Workplace Using Virtual Reality and a Motion Capture Suit”
by Ilona Kačerová, Jan Kubr, Petr Hořejší and Jana Kleinová
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(4), 2150; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12042150
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/4/2150

14. “Fake News Classification Based on Content Level Features”
by Chun-Ming Lai, Mei-Hua Chen, Endah Kristiani, Vinod Kumar Verma and Chao-Tung Yang
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(3), 1116; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12031116
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/3/1116

15. “Fractional-Order Controller for Course-Keeping of Underactuated Surface Vessels Based on Frequency Domain Specification and Improved Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm”
by Guangyu Li, Yanxin Li, Huayue Chen and Wu Deng
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(6), 3139; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12063139
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/6/3139

16. “Improved YOLOv5: Efficient Object Detection Using Drone Images under Various Conditions”
by Hyun-Ki Jung and Gi-Sang Choi
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(14), 7255; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12147255
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/14/7255

17. “Options for and Challenges of Employing Digital Twins in Construction Management”
by Tareq Salem and Mihai Dragomir
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(6), 2928; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12062928
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/6/2928

18. “Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning Using Homomorphic Encryption”
by Jaehyoung Park and Hyuk Lim
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(2), 734; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12020734
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/2/734

19. “Securing SCADA Energy Management System under DDos Attacks Using Token Verification Approach”
by Yu-Sheng Yang, Shih-Hsiung Lee, Wei-Che Chen, Chu-Sing Yang, Yuen-Min Huang and Ting-Wei Hou
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(1), 530; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12010530
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/1/530

20. “Virtual Reality Metaverse System Supplementing Remote Education Methods: Based on Aircraft Maintenance Simulation”
by Hyeonju Lee, Donghyun Woo and Sunjin Yu
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(5), 2667; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12052667
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/5/2667

 

15 June 2023
Applied Sciences Receives an Increased CiteScore of 4.5


We are pleased to inform you that Applied Sciences‘ 2022 CiteScore is 4.5. Applied Sciences (ISSN: 2076-3417) now ranks Q1 in the “Category Engineering (General Engineering)” category. Our journal continues to build momentum in applied natural sciences. We would like to extend our congratulations to all concerned.

Applied Sciences’ CiteScore ranks as follows:

  • Q1 (73 out of 302) in the "Engineering (General Engineering)" category;
  • Q2 (42 out of 136) in the "Physics and Astronomy (Instrumentation)" category;
  • Q2 (32 out of 92) in the "Chemical Engineering (Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes)" category;
  • Q2 (287 out of 792) in the "Computer Science (Computer Science Applications)" category;
  • Q2 (199 out of 453) in the "Materials Science (General Materials Science)" category;
  • Q3 (35 out of 68) in the "Chemical Engineering (Process Chemistry and Technology)" category.

For more journal statistics, please visit https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/stats.

15 June 2023
Meet Us at the 6th International Conference on Nanoenergy and Nanosystems (NENS 2023), 17­­–19 June 2023, Beijing, China


MDPI will be attending the 6th International Conference on Nanoenergy and Nanosystems (NENS 2023), held in Beijing, China, from 17 to 19 June 2023. Starting in 2014, NENS has been organized once every two years by the Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences (BINN, CAS). The conference has attracted high-profile scholars from around the world to deliver plenary and invited talks. This conference will provide a platform for scientists to exchange scientific information, build relationships, and possibly establish collaborations. During this conference, MDPI will welcome researchers from different backgrounds to visit and share their latest views as well as research with us.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

If you are attending this conference, please stop by our booth. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions that you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit the following link: http://www.nens.cn/.

6 June 2023
Topics Webinar | Smart Manufacturing and Industry 5.0, 15 June 2023


Welcome message by Dr. Dimitris Mourtzis, the webinar chair:

We welcome you to our webinar Smart Manufacturing and Industry 5.0. We will explore how the integration of advanced technologies is reshaping the manufacturing sector. Industry 5.0 represents a paradigm shift, where humans and intelligent machines collaborate in a seamless ecosystem. Our expert speakers will discuss the principles, trends, and transformative potential of smart manufacturing. We will delve into automation, AI, big data, and IoT, optimizing production and enabling real-time decision making. We will also highlight the importance of human workers in Industry 5.0, where collaborative robots, augmented reality, and cognitive computing unlock new possibilities. Therefore, we invite you to join us on this interesting webinar to uncover the potential of smart manufacturing and Industry 5.0, gain valuable insights, participate in stimulating discussions, and envision the future of manufacturing.

Date: 15 June 2023 at 9:00 a.m. CEST | 15:00 p.m. CST Asia

Register now for free!

 

Program:

Speaker/Presentation

Time in CEST

Time in EDT

Dr. Dimitris Mourtzis

Chair Introduction

09:00–09:10 a.m.

15:00–15:10 p.m.

Dr. Pai Zheng

Towards Mutual Cognitive Human–Robot

Collaboration in Manufacturing

9:10–9:30 a.m.

15:10–15:30 p.m.

Dr. Ang Liu

AI-driven Engineering Design

9:30–9:50 a.m.

15:30–15:50 p.m.

Dr. Dimitris Mourtzis

Industrial Metaverse: Challenges & Opportunities

9:50–10:10 a.m.

15:50–16:10 p.m.

Dr. Dimitris Mourtzis

Closing of Webinar

10:25–10:30 a.m.

16:25–16:30 p.m.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information on how to join the webinar. Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized.

Unable to attend? Register anyway and we’ll let you know when the recording is available to watch.

Webinar Chair and Keynote Speakers:

  • Dimitris Mourtzis, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, University of Patras, Patras, Greece;
  • Pai Zheng, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China;
  • Ang Liu, The University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia.

Relevant Topic:

Smart Manufacturing and Industry 5.0

Abstract submission deadline: 30 September 2023

Manuscript submission deadline: 30 November 2023

5 May 2023
Meet Us at the 9th National Conference on Luminescence Properties of Doped Nanomaterials (NMLP 2023), 19–22 May 2023, Nanning, Guangxi, China


A range of MDPI journals will be attending the 9th National Conference on Luminescent Properties of Doped Nanomaterials (NMLP 2023) as exhibitors. This meeting will be held in Nanning, Guangxi, China, from 19 to 22 May 2023.

Guangxi University was established by the State Key Laboratory of Lifetime Safety of Special Metal Materials and Composite Structures and was jointly built by the province and the ministry. This is a grand meeting for scholars in the field of luminescence. It will comprehensively display the latest progress and achievements of basic research and applied research in the fields of doped nano-luminescent materials, optoelectronic materials, micro-nano devices, and related applications, and will discuss the latest developments related to disciplines. The topic of this conference is "Luminescent Properties of Doped Nanomaterials", and the topics covered include: perovskite materials and applications, rare earth luminescent materials and applications, quantum dot luminescent materials and devices, biomedical photonics and optical information processing, micro-/nanofiber optics, devices and sensors, energy materials, and micro-/nano-optoelectronic devices. These topics will be presented in the form of invited reports of the conference, invited reports of branch sessions, oral reports, and posters.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

  • Applied Sciences;
  • Physics;
  • Optics;
  • Inorganics.

If you are attending this conference, please feel free to start a conversation with us at our booth. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have.

For more information about the conference, please visit https://www.bagevent.com/event/NMLP2023/p/510700, or contact the Applied Sciences Editorial Office at [email protected].

24 April 2023
Applied Sciences Webinar | In Silico Methods to Unravel the Mysteries of Protein Biological Function, 27 April 2023


Proteins play a key role in every biological process that takes place in our body, from transporting molecules across our cells and providing mechanical strength to our tissues, to transmitting neurochemical signals between neurons and recognizing external pathogens. This extremely large variety of biological functions is encoded in the surprisingly small alphabet of only twenty amino acids. How is that possible? How can a simple sequence of amino acids lead to such well-defined biological tasks?

The answer lies in the fact that this sequence actually exists as a corporeal structure with an evolutionary-conserved shape and the specific ability to perform biologically relevant motions. This opens several fascinating research questions that the scientific community has been trying to answer in the last half century, such as the following: how exactly is an amino acid sequence translated into a specific protein structure? How does the structure change its conformation during the protein functional cycle or under external perturbations? Can we identify the relevant motions that enable a protein to perform its biological tasks? What are the causes of disease-associated protein malfunctions at both the sequence, structure, and dynamics level?

Advances in computational approaches in the last few decades have made it feasible to answer some of these questions, by exploiting methodologies such as Molecular Dynamics (MD), Normal Mode Analysis (NMA), and Elastic Network Models (ENMs). In this webinar, we will discuss some of the most recent applications of these computational approaches to unravel the mysteries of the biological function of specific protein systems.

Date: 27 April 2023 at 01:30 p.m. CEST | 7:30 a.m. EDT | 7:30 p.m. CST Asia
Webinar ID: 836 7194 4334

Register now for free!

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Program

Speaker/Presentation

Time in CEST

Time in CST

Dr. Domenico Scaramozzino
Chair Introduction

1:30–1:40 p.m.

7:30–7:40 p.m.

Dr. Michal Cifra
Structural and dynamic response of cytoskeletal proteins to intense electric field

1:40–2:05 p.m.

7:40–8:05 p.m.

Short Q&A

2:05–2:10 p.m.

8:05–8:10 p.m.

Dr. Laura Orellana
Sampling protein conformational landscapes: MD versus coarse-grained models

2:10–2:35 p.m.

8:10–8:35 p.m.

Short Q&A

2:35–2:40 p.m.

8:35–8:40 p.m.

Prof. Patrick Senet
(Effective) Free-energy landscape of an Intrinsically Disordered Protein: alpha-synuclein

2:40–3:05 p.m.

8:40–9:05 p.m.

Short Q&A

3:05–3:10 p.m.

9:05–9:10 p.m.

General Discussion Session

3:10–3:30 p.m.

9:10–9:30 p.m.

Dr. Domenico Scaramozzino
Closing of Webinar

3:30 p.m.

9:30 p.m.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information on how to join the webinar. Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized.

Unable to attend? Register anyway and we will let you know when the recording is available to watch.

Webinar chair and keynote speakers:

Dr. Domenico Scaramozzino, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
Dr. Michal Cifra, Institute of Photonics and Electronics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia
Dr. Laura Orellana, Protein Dynamics and Mutation Lab, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
Prof. Patrick Senet, Laboratoire ICB, UMR 6303 CNRS-Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France

Relevant Special Issue:
Computational Approaches for Protein Dynamics and Function
Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Robert Jernigan and Dr. Domenico Scaramozzino
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2023

21 April 2023
Meet Us at the 40th Annual Conference of Chinese Society for Imaging Science and Technology (SCIST 2023), 13–16 May 2023, Kunming, Yunnan, China


A range of MDPI journals will be attending the 40th Annual Conference of Chinese Society for Imaging Science and Technology (SCIST 2023) as exhibitors. This meeting will be held in Kunming, Yunnan, China, from 13 to 16 May 2023.

The theme of this conference is "Strengthening the Driven by Technological Innovation and Building the Future of Photosensitive Imaging". The conference will invite well-known experts and scholars in the field of photosensitive imaging and related fields to make special reports and keynote reports of the conference. It will also organize academic exchanges in 17 sub-sessions in conjunction with various professional committees. The scale of the meeting is expected to be 1000 people.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

  • Applied Sciences;
  • J. Imaging;
  • Sensors;
  • Chemosensors;
  • Photonics.

If you are attending this conference, please feel free to start a conversation with us at our booth #1-12. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have.

For more information about the conference, please visit https://2021csist.scimeeting.cn/cn/web/index/, or contact the Applied Sciences Editorial Office at [email protected].

12 April 2023
2023 International Day of Human Space Flight

The International Day of Human Space Flight commemorates the first manned space flight by the Soviet citizen Yuri Gagarin on 12 April 1961. This day was declared the International Day of Human Space Flight in 2011 by the United Nations General Assembly resolution, to celebrate the beginning of the human space age. It reaffirms the important contribution of space science and technology in achieving sustainable development goals and increasing the well-being of countries and people, as well as ensuring the realization of their aspiration to preserve outer space for peaceful purposes. 

In the course of human exploration of space, we have established many remarkable achievements and breakthrough milestones:

  • In 1957, the first human-made Earth satellite, Sputnik I, was launched into outer space;
  • In 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first person to orbit the Earth;
  • In 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot upon the surface of the Moon;
  • In 1996, the first spacecraft in human history successfully landed on Mars;
  • In 1998, the International Space Station, a 16-nation international space program, launched for the first time;
  • In 2009, the Kepler space telescope was launched, which has helped humans find thousands of exoplanets;
  • In 2015, SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket and recovered the first stage. 

To further explore the information about space on the 2023 International Day of Human Space Flight, we have gathered academic research from several journals on the topic of space flight, all of which are open access, enabling practitioners, policymakers and people around the world to access and share up-to-date scientific knowledge. 

Let us celebrate the International Day of Human Space Flight together.

The ORIGIN Space Instrument for Detecting Biosignatures and Habitability Indicators on a Venus Life Finder Mission
Aerospace 2022, 9(6), 312; https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace9060312
Venus Life Finder Missions Motivation and Summary
Aerospace 2022, 9(7), 385; https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace9070385
Theoretical and Observational Constraints on Lunar Orbital Evolution in the Three-Body Earth-Moon-Sun System
Astronomy 2022, 1(2), 58-83; https://doi.org/10.3390/astronomy1020007
Energetic Neutral Atom (ENA) Imaging Simulation of the Distant Planetary Magnetosphere and ENA Emission Discussion of the Solar Wind
Astronomy 2022, 1(3), 235-245; https://doi.org/10.3390/astronomy1030013
Revisiting Fractional Cosmology
Fractal Fract. 2023, 7(2), 149; https://doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract7020149

 

Special Issue: Orbit Determination Methods for Space Missions and Applications to the Exploration of the Solar System Special Issue: Feature Papers in the Astronomical Sciences
 
    
Whirl Tower Demonstration of an SMA Blade Twist System
Actuators 2022, 11(6), 141; https://doi.org/10.3390/act11060141
A Tutorial and Review on Flight Control Co-Simulation Using Matlab/Simulink and Flight Simulators
Automation 2022, 3(3), 486-510; https://doi.org/10.3390/automation3030025
Reconfigurable Fault-Tolerant Control for Spacecraft Formation Flying Based on Iterative Learning Algorithms
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(5), 2485; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12052485
Wilderness Search for Lost Persons Using a Multimodal Aerial-Terrestrial Robot Team
Robotics 2022, 11(3), 64; https://doi.org/10.3390/robotics11030064

 

Special Issue: Advances in CubeSat Sails and Tethers Special Issue: Aerospace Mechanisms and Actuation
Special Issue: Advanced Fault Diagnosis and Fault-Tolerant Control Technology of Spacecraft Special Issue: Smart Sensors and Devices: Recent Advances and Applications

Investigation of UAV Detection by Different Solid-State Marine Radars
Electronics 2022, 11(16), 2502; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11162502
Edge Machine Learning for the Automated Decision and Visual Computing of the Robots, IoT Embedded Devices or UAV-Drones
Electronics 2022, 11(21), 3507; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11213507
Autonomous Tracking of ShenZhou Reentry Capsules Based on Heterogeneous UAV Swarms
Drones 2023, 7(1), 20; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7010020
A Human-Detection Method Based on YOLOv5 and Transfer Learning Using Thermal Image Data from UAV Perspective for Surveillance System
Drones 2022, 6(10), 290; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones6100290
Multi-UAV Conflict Resolution with Graph Convolutional Reinforcement Learning
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(2), 610; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12020610

 

Special Issue: Control and Applications of Intelligent Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Special Issue: Navigation, Control and Mission Planning Advances for Safe, Efficient and Autonomous Drones

4 April 2023
Applied Sciences Webinar | Advances in Acoustic Emission Technique: Test Interpretation and Numerical Simulations, 13 April 2023


Acoustic emission (AE) is a known technique for obtaining information about the critical conditions of structural systems. This system could be a tectonic plate with a characteristic length of km or an electronic device with a length of millimeters. The excitation that produces the acoustic emission events can be induced by different sources, including forces or other mechanical excitation. Several global parameters can be computed using AE data, and it is known that the evolution of these parameters in particular circumstances defines when and how the structural damage process evolves to collapse. Generally, it is not possible to prove a bidirectional, unique link between the AE signals and the damage process. For this reason, the numerical simulation of these kinds of mechanisms could furnish useful information to aid in the interpretation of AE experimental tests. Several strategies can be used, from the classical finite element model approaches to discrete element procedures, such as peridynamics, or other similar strategies where the possibilities of simulating spontaneous fractures can be more naturally harnessed. We posit that achieving such results could be a useful contribution to the scientific community. Therefore, the aim of this webinar is to bring together researchers working in the field of AE and numerical simulation, both at the material and structure scale. With it, we expect to provide novel insights on the application of this synergic approach to a wide variety of materials (concrete, steel, masonry, composites, etc.) in the field of physics, the mechanics of materials, and civil engineering.

Webinar date and time: 13 April 2023 at 11:00 a.m. CEST | 5:00 a.m. EST | 5:00 p.m. CST Asia
Webinar ID: 872 8465 8746

Register now for free!

Keynote Speakers:

  • Prof. Alex Hansen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway;
  • Prof. Florin Bobaru, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, USA;
  • Prof. Ignacio Iturrioz, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Program:

Speaker/Presentation

Time in CEST or Italian time

Prof. Giuseppe Lacidogna

Chair Introduction

11:05–11:15

Prof. Alex Hansen

Presentation Title:

"Can we predict catastrophic failure before it happens?"

11:15–11:35

Q&A Session*

11:35–11:45

Prof. Florin Bobaru

Presentation Title:

"Peridynamic modeling of fracture and damage in porous and heterogeneous materials: validation against acoustic emission data".

11:45–12:05

Q&A Session*

12:05–12:15

Prof. Ignacio Iturrioz

Presentation Title:

"Application of Discrete Element strategies to aid the interpretation of acoustic emission data in the damage process of structures".

12:15–12:35

Q&A Session*

12:35–12:45

Prof. Giuseppe Lacidogna

Closing of Webinar

12:45–12:50

*There will be 10 minutes between sessions to answer questions and promote discussion about the topics covered in the presentations.

 Relevant Special Issue:
Advances in Acoustic Emission Technique: Tests Interpretation and Numerical Simulations
Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Lacidogna and Prof. Dr. Ignacio Iturrioz
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2023

This is a free webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information on how to join the webinar. Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized.

Certificates of attendance will be delivered to those who attend the live webinar.

Can’t attend? Register anyway and we’ll let you know when the recording is available to watch.

27 March 2023
Applied Sciences | Invitation to Read Selected Papers from Editor’s Choice Articles

The goal of “Editor’s Choice Articles” project is to promote high-quality articles published in Applied Sciences (ISSN: 2076-3417). Please find below the list of articles carefully handpicked by the scientific editors of the journal, which we believe will be of interest to you.

1. “Applications of Cold Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Technology in Medicine, Agriculture and Food Industry”
by Mária Domonkos, Petra Tichá, Jan Trejbal and Pavel Demo
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(11), 4809; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11114809
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/11/4809

2. “Hydrothermal and Entropy Investigation of Ag/MgO/H2O Hybrid Nanofluid Natural Convection in a Novel Shape of Porous Cavity”
by Nidal Abu-Libdeh, Fares Redouane, Abderrahmane Aissa, Fateh Mebarek-Oudina, Ahmad Almuhtady, Wasim Jamshed and Wael Al-Kouz
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1722; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041722
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1722

3. “Extensive Benchmarking of DFT+U Calculations for Predicting Band Gaps”
by Nicole E. Kirchner-Hall, Wayne Zhao, Yihuang Xiong, Iurii Timrov and Ismaila Dabo
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(5), 2395; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11052395
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/5/2395

4. “A Review on Recent Advancements of Graphene and Graphene-Related Materials in Biological Applications”
by Federica Catania, Elena Marras, Mauro Giorcelli, Pravin Jagdale, Luca Lavagna, Alberto Tagliaferro and Mattia Bartoli
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 614; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020614
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/2/614

5. “Fe3O4 Nanoparticles: Structures, Synthesis, Magnetic Properties, Surface Functionalization, and Emerging Applications”
by Minh Dang Nguyen, Hung-Vu Tran, Shoujun Xu and T. Randall Lee
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(23), 11301; https://doi.org/10.3390/app112311301
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/23/11301

6. “Hybrid Metal/Polymer Filaments for Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) to Print Metal Parts”
by Claudio Tosto, Jacopo Tirillò, Fabrizio Sarasini and Gianluca Cicala
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1444; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041444
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1444

7. “Biogenic Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterisation and Applications”
by Bilal Mughal, Syed Zohaib Javaid Zaidi, Xunli Zhang and Sammer Ul Hassan
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(6), 2598; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062598
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/6/2598

8. “Polyphenols: A Promising Avenue in Therapeutic Solutions for Wound Care”
by Inês Guimarães, Sara Baptista-Silva, Manuela Pintado and Ana L. Oliveira
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 1230; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11031230
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/1230

9. “Fundamentals of Building Deconstruction as a Circular Economy Strategy for the Reuse of Construction Materials”
by Gaetano Bertino, Johannes Kisser, Julia Zeilinger, Guenter Langergraber, Tatjana Fischer and Doris Österreicher
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 939; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11030939
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/939

10. “Non-Destructive Testing Applications for Steel Bridges”
by Seyed Saman Khedmatgozar Dolati, Nerma Caluk, Armin Mehrabi and Seyed Sasan Khedmatgozar Dolati
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(20), 9757; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11209757
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/20/9757

11. “The DEMO Water-Cooled Lead–Lithium Breeding Blanket: Design Status at the End of the Pre-Conceptual Design Phase”
by Pietro Arena, Alessandro Del Nevo, Fabio Moro, Simone Noce, Rocco Mozzillo, Vito Imbriani, Fabio Giannetti, Francesco Edemetti, Antonio Froio, Laura Savoldi et al.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(24), 11592; https://doi.org/10.3390/app112411592
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/24/11592

12. “Enhancement of Antimicrobial Activity of Alginate Films with a Low Amount of Carbon Nanofibers (0.1% w/w)”
by Isaías Sanmartín-Santos, Sofía Gandía-Llop, Beatriz Salesa, Miguel Martí, Finn Lillelund Aachmann and Ángel Serrano-Aroca
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(5), 2311; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11052311
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/5/2311

13. “The Behavior of Hybrid Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Elements: A New Stress-Strain Model Using an Evolutionary Approach”
by Ali A. Abdulhameed, Alaa Hussein Al-Zuhairi, Salah R. Al Zaidee, Ammar N. Hanoon, Ahmed W. Al Zand, Mahir M. Hason and Haider A. Abdulhameed
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(4), 2245; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12042245
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/4/2245

14. “Effects of Adding Alkali Metals and Organic Cations to Cu-Based Perovskite Solar Cells”
by Riku Okumura, Takeo Oku, Atsushi Suzuki, Masanobu Okita, Sakiko Fukunishi, Tomoharu Tachikawa and Tomoya Hasegawa
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(3), 1710; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12031710
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/3/1710

15. “Geometry and Distortion Prediction of Multiple Layers for Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing with Artificial Neural Networks”
by Christian Wacker, Markus Köhler, Martin David, Franziska Aschersleben, Felix Gabriel, Jonas Hensel, Klaus Dilger and Klaus Dröder
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(10), 4694; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11104694
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/10/4694

16. “Buckling Analysis of CNTRC Curved Sandwich Nanobeams in Thermal Environment”
by Ahmed Amine Daikh, Mohammed Sid Ahmed Houari, Behrouz Karami, Mohamed A. Eltaher, Rossana Dimitri and Francesco Tornabene
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(7), 3250; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11073250
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/7/3250

17. “Effect of Printing Layer Thickness on the Trueness and Margin Quality of 3D-Printed Interim Dental Crowns”
by Gülce Çakmak, Alfonso Rodriguez Cuellar, Mustafa Borga Donmez, Martin Schimmel, Samir Abou-Ayash, Wei-En Lu and Burak Yilmaz
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(19), 9246; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11199246
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/19/9246

18. “Nanoparticles—Plant Interaction: What We Know, Where We Are?”
by Ewa Kurczyńska, Kamila Godel-Jędrychowska, Katarzyna Sala and Anna Milewska-Hendel
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(12), 5473; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11125473
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/12/5473

We would like to thank all of the research groups that authored these exceptional papers for their contribution. We sincerely hope you find these articles of Applied Sciences as useful and insightful.

 

16 March 2023
Applied Sciences 2022 Outstanding Reviewer Award—Winners Announced

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Applied Sciences 2022 Outstanding Reviewer Award. The Applied Sciences Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by reviewers in checking the manuscripts submitted to Applied Sciences. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround are maintained.

Dr. Fernando Rubiera González

Dr. Roman Mykhailyshyn
Affiliation:
Taxes Robotics, College of Natural Sciences and the Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
Research Interests: robotics; gripping device; manipulation; manipulator; industrial robot; pneumatics; ejection; bernoulli gripper device; contactless transportation; handling; grasping; CFD; modeling; 3D printing

Dr. Fernando Rubiera González

Dr. Chiranjibi Sitaula
Affiliation: Monash University Victoria 3800 Australia
Research Interests: computer vision, deep learning, and image processing

Dr. Fernando Rubiera González

Dr. Davide Forcellini
Affiliation: University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Research Interests: earthquake engineering; soil structure interaction; finite element modeling; civil engineering

Dr. Fernando Rubiera González

Dr. Giuseppe Ciaburro
Affiliation: Department of Architecture and Industrial Design, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Aversa, Italy
Research Interests: acoustics; architecture; digital signal processing; sound; audio signal processing; acoustic signal processing; acoustic analysis; acoustics and acoustic engineering; sound analysis; noise analysis

Dr. Fernando Rubiera González

Dr. Yang Song
Affiliation: Department of Structural Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Richard Birkelands Vei 1A, Trondheim, Norway
Research Interests: railway; Vibration; mechanics; aerodynamics; wind load; active control; catenary; pantograph; fem; dynamics; condition monitoring; overhead contact line

Dr. Fernando Rubiera González

Dr. Xiaoming Liu
Affiliation: School of Mechatronical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Research Interests: micro/nano robotics; micro-assembly; tissue regeneration; microfluidic device; piezo-actuated micromanipulator; cell analysis; cell operation; microassembly; micromanipulation; microbubble

The Prize for Each Winner:

  • CHF 500;
  • An opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in Applied Sciences in 2023 after peer review;
  • A certificate.

For more information about awards please visit: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/awards.

Applied Sciences Editorial Office

13 March 2023
MDPI’s Newly Launched Journals in December 2022

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.

Journal

Founding Editor-in-Chief

Journal Topics (Selected)

Prof. Dr. Fabio Gresta, University of Messina, Italy| Editorial | view inaugural issue

grass/forage/turf production; grassland management; pasture monitoring; grazing and livestock; grass agro-ecosystems| view journal scope | submit an article

Prof. Dr. Christos G. Athanassiou, University of Thessaly, Greece| Editorial | view inaugural issue

pesticides; fungicides; herbicides; fertilizers; soil conditioners| view journal scope | submit an article

Prof. Dr. Stephen H. Safe, Texas A&M University, USA| Editorial | view inaugural issue

receptor structure; receptor function; receptor signaling; receptor expression and regulation; receptor interactions with drugs| view journal scope | submit an article

Dr. Jean Jacques Vanden Eynde, University of Mons-UMONS, Belgium| Editorial | view inaugural issue

drug discovery; medicinal chemistry; preclinical and clinical research; marketed drugs; intellectual property and regulatory affairs| view journal scope | submit an article

Prof. Dr. Heather Kanuka, University of Alberta, Canada| Editorial | view inaugural issue

higher education; tertiary education; policy and practice in higher education; educational leadership in higher education; educational administration and management in higher education| view journal scope | submit an article

If you are interested in creating more open access journals with us to publish cutting-edge research, please send your journal proposal application to [email protected].

7 March 2023
Displaying Co-Authors’ Email Addresses on the Webpage of Published Papers

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.

3 March 2023
Applied Sciences | Top 20 Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Environmental Sciences”

1. “The Use of Microalgae and Cyanobacteria in the Improvement of Agricultural Practices: A Review on Their Biofertilising, Biostimulating and Biopesticide Roles”
by Ana L. Gonçalves
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 871; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020871
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/2/871

2. “A Smart and Sustainable Future for Viticulture Is Rooted in Soil: How to Face Cu Toxicity”
by Stefano Cesco, Youry Pii, Luigimaria Borruso, Guido Orzes, Paolo Lugli, Fabrizio Mazzetto, Giulio Genova, Marco Signorini, Gustavo Brunetto, Roberto Terzano et al.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 907; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11030907
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/907

3. “Digestate as Sustainable Nutrient Source for Microalgae—Challenges and Prospects”
by Lisa Bauer, Karolína Ranglová, Jiří Masojídek, Bernhard Drosg and Katharina Meixner
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 1056; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11031056
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/1056

4. “Recent Advancements of UF-Based Separation for Selective Enrichment of Proteins and Bioactive Peptides—A Review”
by Enny Ratnaningsih, Reynard Reynard, Khoiruddin Khoiruddin, I Gede Wenten and Ramaraj Boopathy
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 1078; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11031078
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/1078

5. “Sources and Metal Pollution of Sediments from a Coastal Area of the Central Western Adriatic Sea (Southern Marche Region, Italy)”
by Federico Spagnoli, Rocco De Marco, Enrico Dinelli, Emanuela Frapiccini, Fabrizio Frontalini and Patrizia Giordano
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 1118; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11031118
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/1118

6. “Phosphogypsum Recycling: A Review of Environmental Issues, Current Trends, and Prospects”
by Yelizaveta Chernysh, Olena Yakhnenko, Viktoriia Chubur and Hynek Roubík
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1575; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041575
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1575

7. “Paraben Compounds—Part I: An Overview of Their Characteristics, Detection, and Impacts”
by João Lincho, Rui C. Martins and João Gomes
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(5), 2307; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11052307
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/5/2307

8. “Coupling Plant Biomass Derived from Phytoremediation of Potential Toxic-Metal-Polluted Soils to Bioenergy Production and High-Value by-Products—A Review”
by Vázquez-Núñez Edgar, Fernández-Luqueño Fabián, Peña-Castro Julián Mario and Vera-Reyes Ileana
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(7), 2982; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11072982
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/7/2982

9. “The Influence of Polystyrene Microspheres Abundance on Development and Feeding Behavior of Artemia salina (Linnaeus, 1758)”
by Marco Albano, Giuseppe Panarello, Davide Di Paola, Fabiano Capparucci, Rosalia Crupi, Enrico Gugliandolo, Nunziacarla Spanò, Gioele Capillo and Serena Savoca
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(8), 3352; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11083352
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/8/3352

10. “Indoor Acoustic Requirements for Autism-Friendly Spaces”
by Federica Bettarello, Marco Caniato, Giuseppina Scavuzzo and Andrea Gasparella
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 3942; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11093942
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/9/3942

11. “Antioxidant Production in Dunaliella
by Uttam Kumer Roy, Birthe Vejby Nielsen and John James Milledge
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 3959; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11093959
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/9/3959

12. “Remediation of Metal/Metalloid-Polluted Soils: A Short Review”
by Carla Maria Raffa, Fulvia Chiampo and Subramanian Shanthakumar
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 4134; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11094134
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/9/4134

13. “Recent Developments in Lignin- and Tannin-Based Non-Isocyanate Polyurethane Resins for Wood Adhesives—A Review”
by Manggar Arum Aristri, Muhammad Adly Rahandi Lubis, Sumit Manohar Yadav, Petar Antov, Antonios N. Papadopoulos, Antonio Pizzi , Widya Fatriasari, Maya Ismayati and Apri Heri Iswanto
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 4242; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11094242
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/9/4242

14. “Influencing Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for the Removal of Ismate Violet 2R Dye from Wastewater: Isotherm, Kinetics, and Thermodynamic Studies”
by Khamael M. Abualnaja, Ahmed E. Alprol, Mohamed Ashour and Abdallah Tageldein Mansour
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(11), 4786; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11114786
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/11/4786

15. “Mycosporine-Like Amino Acids from Red Macroalgae: UV-Photoprotectors with Potential Cosmeceutical Applications”
by Julia Vega, Geniane Schneider, Bruna R. Moreira, Carolina Herrera, José Bonomi-Barufi and Félix L. Figueroa
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(11), 5112; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11115112
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/11/5112

16. “Extraction of Pigments from Microalgae and Cyanobacteria—A Review on Current Methodologies”
by Fernando Pagels, Ricardo N. Pereira, António A. Vicente and A. Catarina Guedes
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(11), 5187; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11115187
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/11/5187

17. “Impacts of E-Micromobility on the Sustainability of Urban Transportation—A Systematic Review”
by Buket Şengül and Hamid Mostofi
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(13), 5851; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11135851
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/13/5851

18. “Diversity of Synthetic Dyes from Textile Industries, Discharge Impacts and Treatment Methods”
by Houda Ben Slama, Ali Chenari Bouket, Zeinab Pourhassan, Faizah N. Alenezi, Allaoua Silini, Hafsa Cherif-Silini, Tomasz Oszako, Lenka Luptakova, Patrycja Golińska and Lassaad Belbahri
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(14), 6255; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11146255
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/14/6255

19. “Removal of Pharmaceuticals from Water by Adsorption and Advanced Oxidation Processes: State of the Art and Trends”
by Fatma Mansouri, Khawla Chouchene, Nicolas Roche and Mohamed Ksibi
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(14), 6659; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11146659
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/14/6659

20. “Microplastics in Wastewater and Drinking Water Treatment Plants: Occurrence and Removal of Microfibres”
by Daniel Sol, Amanda Laca, Adriana Laca and Mario Díaz
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(21), 10109; https://doi.org/10.3390/app112110109
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/21/10109

16 February 2023
Increasing Visibility for Preprints.org – Clarivate adds the Preprint Citation Index to the Web of Science

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.

14 February 2023
10th Applied Sciences Webinar | The Basics of Plasma Medicine and Its Biomedical Applications, 21 February 2023


Date: 21 February 2023
Time: 10:00 a.m. CET | 4:00 a.m. EST | 5:00 p.m. CST Asia
Webinar website: https://applsci-10.sciforum.net/
Webinar ID: 826 5177 1009
Webinar Secretariat: [email protected]

In this webinar, we will give an overview of the basics of cold atmospheric plasma, an emerging multiagent technology and multi-modal therapy with several potential clinical applications at the interface between different research fields. Physicists, chemists, engineers, and life sciences researchers are welcome to participate to find out more about the promising field of plasma medicine, with a special focus on oral oncology.

Chairs:

Dr. Fernando Rubiera

Dr. Vittoria Perrotti

Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, G. d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy

Dr. Fernando Rubiera

Dr. Eloisa Sardella

Institute of Nanotechnology (CNR‐NANOTEC), National Research Council, Bari, Italy

Invited Speakers:

Dr. Fernando Rubiera González

Dr. Cristina Canal

Escola d'Enginyeria Barcelona Est (EEBE), Biomaterials, Biomechanics & Tissue Engineering Group, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Topic: An Introduction to Plasma Medicine

Dr. Fernando Rubiera González

Dr. Francesco Tampieri

Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Topic: Plasma-Treated Liquids for Biological Applications: Insights on the Underlying Chemistry

Dr. Fernando Rubiera González

Dr. Marwa Balaha

Department of Pharmacy, University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
Topic: Antitumoral Effects of Cape Derivatives in Combination With Direct Cold Atmospheric Plasma Treatment

Dr. Fernando Rubiera González

Dr. Viviana di Giacomo

Department of Pharmacy, University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
Topic: Indirect Cold Atmospheric Plasma Treatment of Head and Neck Cell Lines: Preliminary Results and Technical Aspects Toward Standardization

Sponsors and Partners:

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14 February 2023
Meet Us at the 15th Annual International Conference on Porous Media, 22–25 May 2023, Edinburgh, Scotland


The International Society for Porous Media (InterPore) will hold its 15th annual meeting, InterPore2023—the International Conference on Porous Media.

The conference will be organized in cooperation with Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, and will be held at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC).

Date: 22–25 May 2023
Satellite Short Courses: 21 and 26 May 2023

Please visit the InterPore2023 website for more details: https://events.interpore.org/event/41/.

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14 February 2023
Meet Us at the 16th International Conference on Advanced Technologies & Treatments for Diabetes, 22–25 February 2023, Online or On-Site in Berlin, Germany


The ATTD conference will host the latest innovative technologies, medicines, and treatments for diabetes. It gathers clinicians, scientists, industries, investors, reimbursement authorities, and people with diabetes from all around the world to share the most exciting advances in diabetes science. Join us from 22 to 25 February 2023 in Berlin or online.

Registration Savings Deadline: 7 February 2023.

Find out more about the conference at: https://attd.kenes.com/.

9 February 2023
Meet Us at the Fourth International Conference on Energy Storage Materials, 13–16 April 2023, Shenzhen, China

Conference: The Fourth International Conference on Energy Storage Materials
Date: 13–16 April 2023

MDPI will be attending the Fourth International Conference on Energy Storage Materials as the exhibitor. With the theme of advanced energy storage materials and energy storage devices, this seminar invites well-known scholars and industry professionals from around the world to discuss the latest research progress and industrial development status and trends in advanced energy storage materials and devices from academic and industrial perspectives in order to promote the application process of energy storage materials and energy storage devices. The conference is held annually.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

If you are attending this conference, please feel free to start a conversation with us at our booth: #9. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit http://www.icensm.ac.cn/eindex.html.

3 February 2023
9th Applied Sciences Webinar | Additive Manufacturing and Topology Optimization of Microstructures, 7 February 2023


Date: 7 February 2023
Time: 10:00 a.m. CET | 4:00 a.m. EST | 5:00 p.m. CST Asia | 11:00 a.m. EET
Webinar ID: 840 2871 8035
Webinar Secretariat: [email protected]
Webinar Website: https://applsci-9.sciforum.net/

Topology optimization is the modern approach to a flexible optimal design of structures and microstructures. Additive manufacturing, also known as rapid prototyping or 3D printing, makes the creation of structures of any shape and topology, including microstructures, feasible. Exchange of information between the two disciplines, state-of-the-art development, and expected steps for the near future are the topics of the present webinar.

Chairs:

Dr. Fernando Rubiera González

Prof. Dr. Georgios E. Stavroulakis

Institute of Computational Mechanics and Optimization, School of Production Engineering and Management, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece

Dr. Fernando Rubiera González

Dr. Loucas Papadakis

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Frederick University, Nicosia, Cyprus

Dr. Fernando Rubiera González

Dr. Ioannis Ntintakis

School of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Iraklion, Greece

Invited Speakers:

Dr. Fernando Rubiera González

Dr. Nikolaos Karathanasopoulos

New York University, Abu Dhabi Campus & Tandon School of Engineering, UAE & USA
Topic: Machine-Learning and Homogenization-Based Inverse Design of Architected Materials within and beyond Orthotropy

Dr. Fernando Rubiera González

Dr. Demetris Photiou

Simlead Ltd, Nicosia, Cyprus
Topic: Design-For-Experiment Strategies Toward Material Optimization

Dr. Fernando Rubiera González

Dr. Nikolaos Kladovasilakis

Digital Manufacturing and Materials Characterization Laboratory, International Hellenic University, School of Science and Technology, Thessaloniki, Greece
Topic: Design and Evaluation of Hybrid Architected Materials Constructed via Additive Manufacturing: Experimental and Finite Element Study

Relevant Special Issue:
“Additive Manufacturing: Topology Optimization and Cellular Microstructures”
Edited by Prof. Dr. Georgios E. Stavroulakis, Dr. Loucas Papadakis, and Dr. Ioannis Ntintakis
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/special_issues/cellular_microstructures

Sponsors and Partners:

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31 January 2023
Meet Us at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2023), 29 May–2 June 2023, London, UK


Conference: IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2023)

Date: 29 May–2 June 2023
Place: London, UK

Machines (ISSN: 2075-1702) will be attending ICRA 2023 as an exhibitor. This meeting will take place from 29 May to 2 June 2023 in London, UK.

The largest and most prestigious event of the year in the robotics and automation calendar, the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) will bring together the world's top academics, researchers, and industry representatives. With the conference taking place in the UK for the first time, London will provide the perfect backdrop to this world-class event.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

If you are planning to attend this conference, please do not hesitate to start an online conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit the following website: https://www.icra2023.org/.

12 January 2023
Applied Sciences | Top 20 Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Earth Sciences and Geography”

1. “Risk Assessment of Soil Contamination with Heavy Metals from Municipal Sewage Sludge”
by Jolanta Latosińska, Robert Kowalik and Jarosław Gawdzik
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 548; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020548
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/2/548

2. “Drilling Fluid and Cement Slurry Design for Naturally Fractured Reservoirs”
by Nediljka Gaurina-Međimurec, Borivoje Pašić, Petar Mijić and Igor Medved
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 767; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020767
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/2/767

3.Arundo donax L. Biomass Production in a Polluted Area: Effects of Two Harvest Timings on Heavy Metals Uptake”
by Tommaso Danelli, Alessio Sepulcri, Giacomo Masetti, Federico Colombo, Stefano Sangiorgio, Elena Cassani, Simone Anelli, Fabrizio Adani and Roberto Pilu
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 1147; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11031147
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/1147

4. “Optimization of Photogrammetric Flights with UAVs for the Metric Virtualization of Archaeological Sites. Application to Juliobriga (Cantabria, Spain)”
by Julio Manuel de Luis-Ruiz, Javier Sedano-Cibrián, Raúl Pereda-García, Rubén Pérez-Álvarez and Beatriz Malagón-Picón
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 1204; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11031204
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/1204

5. “Earthen Jewish Architecture of Southern Morocco: Documentation of Unfired Brick Synagogues and Mellahs in the Drâa-Tafilalet Region”
by Eva Matoušková, Karel Pavelka, Tobiáš Smolík and Karel Pavelka, Jr.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1712; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041712
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1712

6. “Characterization of a Shallow Coastal Aquifer in the Framework of a Subsurface Storage and Soil Aquifer Treatment Project Using Electrical Resistivity Tomography (Port de la Selva, Spain)”
by Alex Sendrós, Aritz Urruela, Mahjoub Himi, Carlos Alonso, Raúl Lovera, Josefina C. Tapias, Luis Rivero, Ruben Garcia-Artigas and Albert Casas
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(6), 2448; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062448
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/6/2448

7. “Fracturing Fluids and Their Application in the Republic of Croatia”
by Nediljka Gaurina-Međimurec, Vladislav Brkić, Matko Topolovec and Petar Mijić
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(6), 2807; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062807
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/6/2807

8. “Primary and Secondary Environmental Effects Triggered by the 30 October 2020, Mw = 7.0, Samos (Eastern Aegean Sea, Greece) Earthquake Based on Post-Event Field Surveys and InSAR Analysis”
by Spyridon Mavroulis, Ioanna Triantafyllou, Andreas Karavias, Marilia Gogou, Katerina-Navsika Katsetsiadou, Efthymios Lekkas, Gerassimos A. Papadopoulos and Issaak Parcharidis
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(7), 3281; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11073281
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/7/3281

9. “Numerical Modelling of Flow-Debris Interaction during Extreme Hydrodynamic Events with DualSPHysics-CHRONO”
by Gioele Ruffini, Riccardo Briganti, Paolo De Girolamo, Jacob Stolle, Bahman Ghiassi and Myrta Castellino
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(8), 3618; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11083618
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/8/3618

10. “Heavy Metals in Urban Street Dust: Health Risk Assessment (Lublin City, E Poland)”
by Wojciech Zgłobicki and Małgorzata Telecka
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 4092; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11094092
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/9/4092

11. “Solar Potential in Saudi Arabia for Southward-Inclined Flat-Plate Surfaces”
by Ashraf Farahat, Harry D. Kambezidis, Mansour Almazroui and Emad Ramadan
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 4101; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11094101
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/9/4101

12. “A Comprehensive Assessment of XGBoost Algorithm for Landslide Susceptibility Mapping in the Upper Basin of Ataturk Dam, Turkey”
by Recep Can, Sultan Kocaman and Candan Gokceoglu
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(11), 4993; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11114993
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/11/4993

13. “From Field Archaeology to Virtual Reconstruction: A Five Steps Method Using the Extended Matrix”
by Emanuel Demetrescu and Daniele Ferdani
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(11), 5206; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11115206
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/11/5206

14. “Increasing Resolution of Seismic Hazard Mapping on the Example of the North of Middle Russian Highland”
by Igor B. Movchan, Zilya I. Shaygallyamova, Alexandra A. Yakovleva and Alexander B. Movchan
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(11), 5298; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11115298
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/11/5298

15. “How Will Rwandan Land Use/Land Cover Change under High Population Pressure and Changing Climate?”
by Chaodong Li, Mingyi Yang, Zhanbin Li and Baiqun Wang
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(12), 5376; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11125376
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/12/5376

16. “Land Suitability Mapping Using Geochemical and Spatial Analysis Methods”
by Dimitrios E. Alexakis, George D. Bathrellos, Hariklia D. Skilodimou and Dimitra E. Gamvroula
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(12), 5404; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11125404
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/12/5404

17. “Virtual Geosite Communication through a WebGIS Platform: A Case Study from Santorini Island (Greece)”
by Federico Pasquaré Mariotto, Varvara Antoniou, Kyriaki Drymoni, Fabio Luca Bonali, Paraskevi Nomikou, Luca Fallati, Odysseas Karatzaferis and Othonas Vlasopoulos
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(12), 5466; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11125466
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/12/5466

18. “Integrating Convolutional Neural Network and Multiresolution Segmentation for Land Cover and Land Use Mapping Using Satellite Imagery”
by Saziye Ozge Atik and Cengizhan Ipbuker
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(12), 5551; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11125551
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/12/5551

19. “Linking Soil Erosion Modeling to Landscape Patterns and Geomorphometry: An Application in Crete, Greece”
by Imen Brini, Dimitrios D. Alexakis and Chariton Kalaitzidis
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(12), 5684; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11125684
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/12/5684

20. “Biodeterioration of Salón de Reinos, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain”
by Valme Jurado, José Luis Gonzalez-Pimentel, Bernardo Hermosin and Cesareo Saiz-Jimenez
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(19), 8858; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11198858
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/19/8858

6 January 2023
Recruiting Topical Advisory Panel Members for Applied Sciences


The Applied Sciences Editorial Office is pleased to inform you that applications are open for the Topical Advisory Panel. Should you decide to serve on the Topical Advisory Panel, you would be responsible for some of the following tasks, depending on your availability:

  • Providing regular reviews of manuscripts;
  • Setting up at least one Special Issue (SI) in partnership with a senior researcher within two years of your appointment and proposing a detailed strategy plan for the SI. The topic of the proposal should be within the scope of Applied Sciences (ISSN: 2076-3417) but broad enough to attract a reasonable number of submissions while also narrow enough to provide a cohesive collection of articles. The Special Issue should cover a small part of the scope of Applied Sciences;
  • Providing a detailed strategy plan for the SI, including assisting in preparing Special Issue/Topic titles, aim and scope, summary, and keywords, soliciting papers and promoting the SI;
  • Providing support for the Special Issues/Topics related to your expertise when the Guest Editors are not available. This includes SI promotion via social media and advice on some scientific cases;
  • Promoting our journal at conferences (adding 1–2 slides into your presentation, distributing flyers, recommending the journal to your colleagues, etc.), on social media and other relevant platforms;
  • Working with Editorial Board Members or the Editorial Office to promote high-quality/featured papers (for example, writing summaries or highlights for editor-selected papers).

To qualify as a Topical Advisory Panel Member, applicants must:

  • Have expertise and experience in the field related to Applied Sciences;
  • Have completed their Ph.D. in the last approximately 10 years;
  • Have published at least 6 papers in the last 5 years as a first author or corresponding author;
  • Currently hold an independent research position in academia or government institute.

Each year, members’ performance is evaluated, and outstanding members are promoted to the Editorial Board by the Editor-in-Chief. Please click on the following link to submit your application: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/topical_advisory_panel_application.

Please do not hesitate to contact the Applied Sciences Editorial Office ([email protected]) for further details and clarification.

Applied Sciences Editorial Office

5 January 2023
Applied Sciences | Top 20 Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Energy Science and Technology”

1. “Advanced Control and Fault Detection Strategies for District Heating and Cooling Systems—A Review”
by Simone Buffa, Mohammad Hossein Fouladfar, Giuseppe Franchini, Ismael Lozano Gabarre and Manuel Andrés Chicote
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(1), 455; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11010455
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/1/455

2. “Wind Turbine Prognosis Models Based on SCADA Data and Extreme Learning Machines”
by Pere Marti-Puig, Alejandro Blanco-M., Moisès Serra-Serra and Jordi Solé-Casals
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 590; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020590
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/2/590

3. “Carbon from Bagasse Activated with Water Vapor and Its Adsorption Performance for Methylene Blue”
by Fitria Rahmawati, Arikasuci Fitonna Ridassepri, Chairunnisa, Agung Tri Wijayanta, Koji Nakabayashi, Jin Miyawaki and Takahiko Miyazaki
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 678; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020678
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/2/678

4. “Review of Dew Point Evaporative Cooling Technology for Air Conditioning Applications”
by Anna Pacak and William Worek
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 934; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11030934
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/934

5. “New Tendencies in Wind Energy Operation and Maintenance”
by Ángel M. Costa, José A. Orosa, Diego Vergara and Pablo Fernández-Arias
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1386; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041386
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1386

6. “Towards Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Storage: Classification, Improvements and Applications in the Building Sector”
by Christina V. Podara, Ioannis A. Kartsonakis and Costas A. Charitidis
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1490; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041490
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1490

7. “Estimation of the Optimum Energy Received by Solar Energy Flat-Plate Convertors in Greece Using Typical Meteorological Years. Part I: South-Oriented Tilt Angles”
by Harry D. Kambezidis and Basil E. Psiloglou
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1547; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041547
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1547

8. “PV-Powered Electric Vehicle Charging Stations: Preliminary Requirements and Feasibility Conditions”
by Saleh Cheikh-Mohamad,Manuela Sechilariu, Fabrice Locment and Youssef Krim
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1770; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041770
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1770

9. “Efficient Operative Cost Reduction in Distribution Grids Considering the Optimal Placement and Sizing of D-STATCOMs Using a Discrete-Continuous VSA”
by Oscar Danilo Montoya, Walter Gil-González and Jesus C. Hernández
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(5), 2175; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11052175
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/5/2175

10. “Application of Long-Short-Term-Memory Recurrent Neural Networks to Forecast Wind Speed”
by Meftah Elsaraiti and Adel Merabet
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(5), 2387; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11052387
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/5/2387

11. “A 0.3 V, Rail-to-Rail, Ultralow-Power, Non-Tailed, Body-Driven, Sub-Threshold Amplifier”
by Francesco Centurelli, Riccardo Della Sala, Giuseppe Scotti and Alessandro Trifiletti
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(6), 2528; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062528
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/6/2528

12. “Building Information Modelling and Internet of Things Integration for Facility Management—Literature Review and Future Needs”
by Antonino Mannino, Mario Claudio Dejaco and Fulvio Re Cecconi
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(7), 3062; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11073062
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/7/3062

13. “Towards an Occupancy-Oriented Digital Twin for Facility Management: Test Campaign and Sensors Assessment”
by Elena Seghezzi, Mirko Locatelli, Laura Pellegrini, Giulia Pattini, Giuseppe Martino Di Giuda, Lavinia Chiara Tagliabue and Guido Boella
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(7), 3108; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11073108
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/7/3108

14. “Optimal Multi-Operation Energy Management in Smart Microgrids in the Presence of RESs Based on Multi-Objective Improved DE Algorithm: Cost-Emission Based Optimization”
by Mohammad Ghiasi, Taher Niknam, Moslem Dehghani, Pierluigi Siano, Hassan Haes Alhelou and Amer Al-Hinai
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(8), 3661; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11083661
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/8/3661

15. “Review of Renewable Energy-Based Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles”
by Gamal Alkawsi, Yahia Baashar, Dallatu Abbas U, Ammar Ahmed Alkahtani and Sieh Kiong Tiong
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 3847; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11093847
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/9/3847

16. “PV Benefits Assessment for PV-Powered Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles”
by Youssef Krim, Manuela Sechilariu and Fabrice Locment
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 4127; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11094127
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/9/4127

17. “An Adapted Model of Cognitive Digital Twins for Building Lifecycle Management”
by Ibrahim Yitmen, Sepehr Alizadehsalehi, İlknur Akıner and Muhammed Ernur Akıner
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 4276; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11094276
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/9/4276

18. “Optimal Control for a Hydraulic Recuperation System Using Endoreversible Thermodynamics”
by Robin Masser and Karl Heinz Hoffmann
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(11), 5001; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11115001
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/11/5001

19. “Perspectives on Cathodes for Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cells”
by Glenn C. Mather, Daniel Muñoz-Gil, Javier Zamudio-García, José M. Porras-Vázquez, David Marrero-López and Domingo Pérez-Coll
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(12), 5363; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11125363
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/12/5363

20. “A State-of-Art-Review on Machine-Learning Based Methods for PV”
by Giuseppe Marco Tina, Cristina Ventura, Sergio Ferlito and Saverio De Vito
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(16), 7550; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11167550
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/16/7550

22 December 2022
Special Issue Mentor Program

We are pleased to announce the launch of a new initiative—the MDPI Special Issue Mentor Program.

This program will enable early career researchers (who must hold a Ph.D. in a related field) to experience editing a Special Issue in MDPI journals, under the mentorship of our experienced Editorial Board Members or other experienced scientists. The mentor program will provide an excellent opportunity for early career scientists to gain editorial experience, and to cultivate their ability to edit scientific research.

The mentee’s responsibilities include:

  • Proposing a Special Issue title and assisting the mentor in preparing a summary (around 200–400 words) and 3–10 keywords describing the background, importance, and goal of the Issue;
  • Writing a brief promotion plan for the Special Issue;
  • Preparing a list of scholars who may be interested in the Issue and personally e-mailing invitations on behalf of Guest Editors;
  • Writing an editorial for the online Special Issue together with the mentor.

The mentor’s responsibilities include:

  • Conducting a final check before the Special Issue is published online;
  • Performing editorial control of the Special Issue and quality control of the publications, both of which must be carried out in a timely manner;
  • Providing suggestions to younger scholars if they have any doubts or concerns regarding submissions;
  • Organizing video calls with young scholars and the Editorial Office regularly to discuss problems and improvement suggestions for the Special Issue;
  • Making and submitting decisions regarding submissions with the assistance of mentees.

Certificates and awards:
After the Special Issue closes, the Editorial Office will provide official certificates for all the mentors and early career researchers.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your Special Issue proposal to the Editorial Office of a journal you choose, and we will discuss the process (i.e., mentor collaboration, Special Issue topic feasibility analysis, etc.) in further detail. The full list of MDPI journals is as follows: https://www.mdpi.com/about/journals.

In addition to the new Special Issue Mentor Program, we will continue to welcome all Special Issue proposals focusing on hot research topics.

16 December 2022
Applied Sciences | Invitation to Read Selected Papers from Editor’s Choice Articles

The goal of the Editor’s Choice Articles project is to promote high-quality articles published in Applied Sciences (ISSN: 2076-3417). Please find below the list of articles carefully handpicked by the scientific editors of the journal, which we believe will be of interest to you.

1. “A Survey on Robotic Technologies for Forest Firefighting: Applying Drone Swarms to Improve Firefighters’ Efficiency and Safety”
by Juan Jesús Roldán-Gómez, Eduardo González-Gironda and Antonio Barrientos
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(1), 363; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11010363
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/1/363

2. “Deep Learning Method for Fault Detection of Wind Turbine Converter”
by Cheng Xiao, Zuojun Liu, Tieling Zhang and Xu Zhang
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 1280; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11031280
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/1280

3. “Multi-Resolution SPH Simulation of a Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing Process”
by Mohamadreza Afrasiabi, Christof Lüthi, Markus Bambach and Konrad Wegener
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(7), 2962; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11072962
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/7/2962

4. “Rail Diagnostics Based on Ultrasonic Guided Waves: An Overview”
by Davide Bombarda, Giorgio Matteo Vitetta and Giovanni Ferrante
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 1071; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11031071
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/1071

5. “Security Vulnerabilities in LPWANs—An Attack Vector Analysis for the IoT Ecosystem”
by Nuno Torres, Pedro Pinto and Sérgio Ivan Lopes
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(7), 3176; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11073176
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/7/3176

6. “A Literature Review of Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in Manufacturing Systems”
by Paolo Renna and Sergio Materi
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(16), 7366; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11167366
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/16/7366

7. “An Improved VGG19 Transfer Learning Strip Steel Surface Defect Recognition Deep Neural Network Based on Few Samples and Imbalanced Datasets”
by Xiang Wan, Xiangyu Zhang and Lilan Liu
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(6), 2606; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062606
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/6/2606

8. “Effect of Hydrogen Addition on the Energetic and Ecologic Parameters of an SI Engine Fueled by Biogas”
by Saugirdas Pukalskas, Donatas Kriaučiūnas, Alfredas Rimkus, Grzegorz Przybyła, Paweł Droździel and Dalibor Barta
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 742; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020742
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/2/742

9. “A Five-Step Approach to Planning Data-Driven Digital Twins for Discrete Manufacturing Systems”
by Matevz Resman,Jernej Protner, Marko Simic and Niko Herakovic
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(8), 3639; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11083639
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/8/3639

10. “Application of an Additive Manufactured Hybrid Metal/Composite Shock Absorber Panel to a Military Seat Ejection System”
by Valerio Acanfora, Chiara Corvino, Salvatore Saputo, Andrea Sellitto and Aniello Riccio
Appl. Sci. 202111(14), 6473; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11146473
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/14/6473

11. “Digital Twin and Reinforcement Learning-Based Resilient Production Control for Micro Smart Factory”
by Kyu Tae Park, Yoo Ho Son, Sang Wook Ko and Sang Do Noh
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(7), 2977; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11072977
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/7/2977

12. “Impact Fracture and Fragmentation of Glass via the 3D Combined Finite-Discrete Element Method”
by Zhou Lei, Esteban Rougier, Earl E. Knight, Mengyan Zang and Antonio Munjiza
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(6), 2484; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062484
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/6/2484

13. “Friction Stir Welding of 1Cr11Ni2W2MoV Martensitic Stainless Steel: Numerical Simulation Based on Coupled Eulerian Lagrangian Approach Supported with Experimental Work”
by Mohamed Ragab, Hong Liu, Guan-Jun Yang and Mohamed M. Z. Ahmed
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(7), 3049; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11073049
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/7/3049

14. “A Review on the Lifecycle Strategies Enhancing Remanufacturing”
by Raoul Fonkoua Fofou, Zhigang Jiang and Yan Wang
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(13), 5937; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11135937
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/13/5937

15. “Nano-Elicitation as an Effective and Emerging Strategy for In Vitro Production of Industrially Important Flavonoids”
by Amna Komal Khan, Sidra Kousar, Duangjai Tungmunnithum, Christophe Hano, Bilal Haider Abbasi and Sumaira Anjum
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1694; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041694
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1694

We would like to thank all of the research groups that authored these exceptional papers for their contribution. We sincerely hope you find these articles of Applied Sciences as useful and insightful as we have found them.

14 December 2022
"Thanks a Million!" – One Million Articles Published in MDPI Journals

MDPI has just become the first open access (OA) publisher to reach the milestone of one million articles published. That is one million articles freely available to all, to circulate and build upon! We are proud to share this special moment with the global scientific community.

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Within more than 25 years of publishing, our journals received 2.1 million manuscripts and generated 4.6 million peer review reports to get to one million papers published.

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9 December 2022
Applied Sciences | Top 10 Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Chemical and Molecular Sciences”

1. “Smartphone-Based NFC Potentiostat for Wireless Electrochemical Sensing”
by Karnpimon Krorakai, Supannika Klangphukhiew, Sirinan Kulchat and Rina Patramanon
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(1), 392; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11010392
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/1/392

2. “Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater and Its Implications for Drinking Water Quality and Human Health in Under-Developed Countries and Remote Communities—A Review”
by Samuel B. Adeloju, Shahnoor Khan and Antonio F. Patti
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1926; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041926
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1926

3. “Thermal Conductivity of Nanofluids: A Review on Prediction Models, Controversies and Challenges”
by Inês Gonçalves, Reinaldo Souza, Gonçalo Coutinho, João Miranda, Ana Moita, José Eduardo Pereira, António Moreira and Rui Lima
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(6), 2525; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062525
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/6/2525

4. “Synthesis and Characterization of ZnBi2O4 Nanoparticles: Photocatalytic Performance for Antibiotic Removal under Different Light Sources”
by Oussama Baaloudj, Achraf Amir Assadi, Mohamed Azizi, Hamza Kenfoud, Mohamed Trari, Abdeltif Amrane, Aymen Amine Assadi and Noureddine Nasrallah
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 3975; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11093975
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/9/3975

5. “Deep Eutectic Solvents for the Extraction of Bioactive Compounds from Natural Sources and Agricultural By-Products”
by Bárbara Socas-Rodríguez, Monica Vanessa Torres-Cornejo, Gerardo Álvarez-Rivera and Jose A. Mendiola
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(11), 4897; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11114897
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/11/4897

6. “Current View on Green Tea Catechins Formulations, Their Interactions with Selected Drugs, and Prospective Applications for Various Health Conditions”
by Magdalena Cerbin-Koczorowska, Magdalena Waszyk-Nowaczyk, Paweł Bakun, Tomasz Goslinski and Tomasz Koczorowski
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(11), 4905; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11114905
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/11/4905

7. “Five-Membered Cyclic Carbonates: Versatility for Applications in Organic Synthesis, Pharmaceutical, and Materials Sciences”
by Patrick Rollin, Liane K. Soares, Angelita M. Barcellos, Daniela R. Araujo, Eder J. Lenardão, Raquel G. Jacob and Gelson Perin
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(11), 5024; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11115024
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/11/5024

8. “Chemical Profiling, Antioxidant, and Antimicrobial Activity against Drug-Resistant Microbes of Essential Oil from Withania frutescens L”
by Abdelfattah EL Moussaoui, Mohammed Bourhia, Fatima Zahra Jawhari, Ahmad Mohammad Salamatullah, Riaz Ullah, Ahmed Bari, Hafiz Majid Mahmood, Muhammad Sohaib, Bohza Serhii, Alexander Rozhenko et al.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(11), 5168; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11115168
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/11/5168

9. “A Review on the Advancements in the Field of Metal Complexes with Schiff Bases as Antiproliferative Agents”
by Alessia Catalano, Maria Stefania Sinicropi, Domenico Iacopetta, Jessica Ceramella, Annaluisa Mariconda, Camillo Rosano, Elisabetta Scali, Carmela Saturnino and Pasquale Longo
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(13), 6027; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11136027
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/13/6027

10. “Recovery of Heavy Metal Ions Using Magnetic Glycine-Modified Chitosan—Application to Aqueous Solutions and Tailing Leachate”
by Asmaa Benettayeb, Amine Morsli, Khalid Z. Elwakeel, Mohammed F. Hamza and Eric Guibal
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(18), 8377; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11188377
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/18/8377

8 December 2022
MDPI Sustainability Foundation: New Look and Nominations for the 2023 Sustainability Awards Now Open

We are pleased to announce that the website of the MDPI Sustainability Foundation has been revamped! For the past couple of months, our UX UI team and front-end developers have been working hard to launch the website in time for the opening of the Sustainability Awards nominations.

The website is not the only thing that has had a remodeling. Indeed, the format of the Emerging Sustainability Leader Award (ESLA) has been updated. ESLA is now a competition open to individual researchers or start-ups founded by researchers under the age of 35. Nominee applications will go through 2 rounds of selection until the final 3 are decided. The finalists will then be invited to give pitch presentations during the Award Ceremony to win either first place (10,000 USD) or runner-up (2 x 5000 USD).

The World Sustainability Award, on the other hand, remains the same: a total prize money of 100,000 USD is up for grabs by senior individual researchers or groups of researchers from the international research community.

Nominations for both the World Sustainability Award and the Emerging Sustainability Leader award are now open! Check out our new website for more information on how to nominate.

16 November 2022
Applied Sciences | Top 20 Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Applied Industrial Technologies”

1. “Digital Processing of Seismic Data from Open-Pit Mining Blasts”
by Natalia Koteleva and Ilia Frenkel
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(1), 383; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11010383
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/1/383

2. “A Review of the Water Desalination Technologies”
by Domenico Curto, Vincenzo Franzitta and Andrea Guercio
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 670; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020670
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/2/670

3. “Towards Integrated Digital Twins for Industrial Products: Case Study on an Overhead Crane”
by Juuso Autiosalo, Riku Ala-Laurinaho, Joel Mattila, Miika Valtonen, Valtteri Peltoranta and Kari Tammi
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 683; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020683
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/2/683

4. “Classification and Quantification of Human Error in Manufacturing: A Case Study in Complex Manual Assembly”
by Yaniel Torres, Sylvie Nadeau and Kurt Landau
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 749; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020749
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/2/749

5. “Developing a Digital Twin and Digital Thread Framework for an ‘Industry 4.0’ Shipyard”
by Toh Yen Pang, Juan D. Pelaez Restrepo, Chi-Tsun Cheng, Alim Yasin,Hailey Lim and Miro Miletic
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 1097; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11031097
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/1097

6. “Lot-Sizing and Scheduling for the Plastic Injection Molding Industry—A Hybrid Optimization Approach”
by Nathalie Klement, Mohamed Amine Abdeljaouad, Leonardo Porto and Cristóvão Silva
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 1202; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11031202
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/1202

7. “A Review of Experimental and Numerical Studies of Lithium Ion Battery Fires”
by Matt Ghiji, Shane Edmonds and Khalid Moinuddin
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 1247; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11031247
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/1247

8. “Nano-Elicitation as an Effective and Emerging Strategy for In Vitro Production of Industrially Important Flavonoids”
by Amna Komal Khan, Sidra Kousar, Duangjai Tungmunnithum, Christophe Hano, Bilal Haider Abbasi and Sumaira Anjum
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1694; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041694
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1694

9. “A Systematic Mapping of the Advancing Use of Machine Learning Techniques for Predictive Maintenance in the Manufacturing Sector”
by Milena Nacchia, Fabio Fruggiero, Alfredo Lambiase and Ken Bruton
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(6), 2546; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062546
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/6/2546

10. “An Improved VGG19 Transfer Learning Strip Steel Surface Defect Recognition Deep Neural Network Based on Few Samples and Imbalanced Datasets”
by Xiang Wan, Xiangyu Zhang and Lilan Liu
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(6), 2606; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062606
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/6/2606

11. “Is Digital Twin Technology Supporting Safety Management? A Bibliometric and Systematic Review”
by Giulio Paolo Agnusdei, Valerio Elia and Maria Grazia Gnoni
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(6), 2767; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062767
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/6/2767

12. “Adaptive Pitch Controller of a Large-Scale Wind Turbine Using Multi-Objective Optimization”
by Manuel Lara, Juan Garrido, Mario L. Ruz and Francisco Vázquez
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(6), 2844; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062844
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/6/2844

13. “Security Vulnerabilities in LPWANs—An Attack Vector Analysis for the IoT Ecosystem”
by Nuno Torres, Pedro Pinto and Sérgio Ivan Lopes
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(7), 3176; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11073176
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/7/3176

14. “The Role of Digital Technologies in Operationalizing the Circular Economy Transition: A Systematic Literature Review”
by Enrico Cagno, Alessandra Neri, Marta Negri, Carlo Andrea Bassani and Tommaso Lampertico
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(8), 3328; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11083328
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/8/3328

15. “Recent Progress Trend on Abrasive Waterjet Cutting of Metallic Materials: A Review”
by Jennifer Milaor Llanto, Majid Tolouei-Rad, Ana Vafadar and Muhammad Aamir
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(8), 3344; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11083344
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/8/3344

16. “Smart Manufacturing Real-Time Analysis Based on Blockchain and Machine Learning Approaches”
by Zeinab Shahbazi and Yung-Cheol Byun
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(8), 3535; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11083535
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/8/3535

17. “Mobile Learning Technologies for Education: Benefits and Pending Issues”
by Santiago Criollo-C, Andrea Guerrero-Arias, Ángel Jaramillo-Alcázar and Sergio Luján-Mora
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 4111; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11094111
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/9/4111

18. “Applications of Smart Glasses in Applied Sciences: A Systematic Review”
by Dawon Kim and Yosoon Choi
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(11), 4956; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11114956
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/11/4956

19. “A Literature Review of Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in Manufacturing Systems”
by Paolo Renna and Sergio Materi
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(16), 7366; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11167366
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/16/7366

20. “Adaptable and Explainable Predictive Maintenance: Semi-Supervised Deep Learning for Anomaly Detection and Diagnosis in Press Machine Data”
by Oscar Serradilla, Ekhi Zugasti, Julian Ramirez de Okariz, Jon Rodriguez and Urko Zurutuza
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(16), 7376; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11167376
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/16/7376

 

16 November 2022
Editorial Board Members from Applied Sciences Featured in Stanford’s List of the World’s Top 2% Scientists


Stanford University has recently published an update of the list of the top 2% most widely cited scientists—the World’s Top 2% Scientists.

The time node of the statistical data of this list is from 1960 to 2022, and it is divided into two lists: "Lifetime Scientific Influence Ranking" and "2022 Annual Scientific Influence Ranking". The "Lifetime Scientific Influence Ranking" counts the comprehensive influence performance of scientists during their careers, and the "2022 Annual Influence Ranking" focuses on highlighting the academic influence of scientists in the previous year. This ranking, considered the most prestigious worldwide, is based on the bibliometric information contained in the Scopus database and includes more than 200,000 researchers from the more than 10 million scientists considered to be active worldwide, with 22 scientific fields and 176 subfields taken into account.

We are pleased to share that 610 Editorial Board Members from Applied Sciences (ISSN: 2076-3417) were featured in Stanford University World’s Top 2% Scientists list in 2022.

Name Affiliation Name Affiliation
Prof. Dr. Yan Wang Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Prof. Dr. Huajiang Ouyang University of Liverpool
Prof. Dr. Yanhui Ao Hohai University Dr. Hongwei Wu University of Hertfordshire
Prof. Dr. Bo Bai Xidian University Prof. Dr. Hasan Ayaz Drexel University
Bo Shen Bo Shen Donghua University Prof. Dr. Hannu Laaksonen University of Vaasa
Prof. Dr. Bo Wang Nanjing University Prof. Dr. Hanqing Jiang Arizona State University
Dr. Yan Cao Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences Dr. Harry D. Kambezidis National Observatory of Athens
Prof. Dr. Yao Chen Southeast University Prof. Dr. Helmut G. Alt University of Bayreuth
Prof. Dr. Hui Liu Central South University Dr. Helmut Hügel RMIT University
Prof. Dr. ChangZhi Li Zhejiang University Prof. Dr. Masahito Hayashi Nagoya University
Prof. Dr. Dongsheng Wen Beihang University Prof. Dr. Hoon Kim Sunchon National University
Prof. Dr. David He 1. Northeastern University
2. University of Illinois at Chicago
Prof. Dr. Hugues Garnier University of Lorraine
Prof. Dr. Xiaoze Du North China Electric Power University Prof. Dr. Hung Nguyen Swinburne University of Technology
Prof. Dr. Dong Zhang Nanjing University Prof. Dr. Ho Won Jang Seoul National University
Dr. Guijun Bi Institute of Intelligent Manufacturing, Guangdong Academy of Sciences Prof. Dr. Hatsuo Ishida Case Western Reserve University
Prof. Dr. Wei Huang National University of Defense Technology Prof. Dr. Hyungjun Kim Yonsei University
Prof. Dr. Shengping Gong Beihang University Prof. Dr. Haishan Zeng University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute
Prof. Dr. Guixue Wang Chongqing University Prof. Dr. Ipsita Roy University of Sheffield
Prof. Dr. Ke Gu Beijing University of Technology Prof. Dr. Rainer Niewa Universität Stuttgart
Prof. Dr. Guoqing Chang Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Prof. Dr. Ioannis Chatzigiannakis Sapienza University of Rome
Dr. Guangjie Han Hohai University Prof. Dr.Ichiro Minami Luleå University of Technology
Prof. Dr. Hao Zheng Shanghai Jiao Tong University Prof. Dr. Ido Kanter Bar-Ilan University
Dr. Haibo Zhang Zhejiang A&F University Prof. Dr. Igor Meglinski University of Oulu
Prof. Dr. Hengyi Xu Nanchang University Prof. Dr. Ibrahim M. Banat University of Ulster
Prof. Dr. Haihui Wang South China University of Technology Prof. Dr. Totaro Imasaka Kyushu University
Prof. Dr. Yu Tian Harbin Institute of Technology Prof. Dr. Sang Hyuk Im Korea University
Dr. Hong Lu Nanjing University Prof. Dr. Inkyu Park Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Prof. Dr. Bing Chen Shanghai Jiao Tong University Prof. Dr. In Sun Cho Ajou University
Prof. Dr. Hongwei Zhu Tsinghua University Prof. Dr. Irena Cosic Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University
Prof. Dr. Wei Hu Nanjing University Prof. Dr. Jeongyong Kim Sungkyunkwan University
Prof. Dr. Haibo Zhao Huazhong University of Science and Technology Prof. Dr. Joanna Pawłat Lublin University of Technology
Prof. Dr. Jianbo Gao Beijing Normal University Dr. Jiujun Zhang National Research Council Canada
Prof. Dr. John Dodson 1. University of Wollongong
2. Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dr. Jacek Tomków Gdańsk University of Technology
Prof. Dr. Jianhong Ye Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Dr. Jaewon Lee Chungnam National University
Prof. Dr. Ping Jiang Huazhong University of Science and Technology Prof. Dr. M. Jamal Deen McMaster University
Prof. Dr. Jie Wu Taizhou University Prof. Dr.Robert Jankowski Gdansk University of Technology
Prof. Dr. Jing Jin East China University of Science and Technology Prof. Dr. Jari Turunen University of Eastern Finlan
Prof. Dr. Jun Lin Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Prof. Dr. Seokwoo Jeon Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Prof. Dr. Jieshan Qiu 1. Dalian University of Technology;
2. Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Prof. Dr. Jeong Ik Lee Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology
Prof. Dr. Jinsong Bao Zhejiang University Prof. Dr. Jérôme Morio Université de Toulouse
Dr. Jun Yang University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Prof. Dr. Jens Schmidt University of Southern Denmark
Prof. Dr. Jian Zhang Nanjing University Prof. Dr. Juan Félix González Extremadura University
Dr. Lei Wang Beihang University Prof. Dr. Ju Han Lee University of Seoul
Dr. Yuxin Leng Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM), Chinese Academy of Sciences Dr. Ji Hyun Ryu Wonkwang University
Prof. Dr. Liang Li Shanghai Jiao Tong University Prof. Dr. Jiazhao Wang University of Wollongong
Dr. Heping Li Tsinghua University Prof. Dr. Jifeng Liu Dartmouth College
Dr. Lijun Sun Northwest A & F University Prof. Dr. Jinah Jang Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
Prof. Dr. Xin Li Beijing Institute of Technology Prof. Dr. José A. Jiménez Georgia Southern University
Prof. Dr. Kaili Lin Shanghai Jiao Tong University Prof. Dr. Johannes Kiefer Universität Bremen
Prof. Dr. Lun Dai Peking University Prof. Dr. Joseph Mizrahi Technion−Israel Institute of Technology
Dr. Jianwen Luo Tsinghua University Dr. Jorge Martin-Gutierrez Universidad de La Laguna
Prof. Dr. Xinpei Lu Huazhong University of Science and Technology Prof. Dr. Joachim Müller University of Hohenheim
Prof. Dr. Xiaodong Li University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Dr. Joamin Gonzalez-Gutierrez Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Dr. Wenchao Ma Tianjin University Prof. Dr.Jörg Wallaschek Leibniz Universität Hannover
Prof. Dr. Yufei Ma Harbin Institute of Technology Prof. Dr. Jong Wan Hu Incheon National University
Prof. Dr. Jianzhong Lin Zhejiang University Prof. Dr. Joondong Kim Incheon National University
Dr. Miao Li Tsinghua University Prof. Dr. José Antonio Sanz University of Seville
Dr. Jian Chen Zhejiang University Prof. Dr. Julian Fierrez University Autonoma de Madrid
Prof. Dr. Daomu Zhao Zhejiang University Prof. Dr. JungHwan Oh University of North Texas
Prof. Dr. Qingbo He Shanghai Jiao Tong University Prof. Dr. Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh University of New South Wales
Prof. Dr. Sailing He Zhejiang University Prof. Dr. Karsten König University of Saarland
Prof. Dr. Shuaishuai Sun University of Science and Technology of China Prof. Dr. Katleen Raes Ghent University
Dr. Liangbi Su Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Prof. Dr. Nagendra Kumar Kaushik Kwangwoon University
Prof. Dr. Rui Sun Beijing Normal University Prof. Dr. Yoshimasa Kawata Shizuoka University
Dr. Jie Tian Institute of Acoustics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Prof. Dr. Konstantinos Diamantaras International Hellenic University
Prof. Dr. Junfeng Wang Huazhong University of Science and Technology Dr. Ke Huang NC State University
Prof. Dr. Wen Wang Institute of Acoustics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Dr. Ki Chul Kim Konkuk University
Prof. Dr. Xianpeng Wang Northeastern University Dr. Alexander V. Kildishev Purdue University
Prof. Dr. Wei Chen The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Prof. Dr. Kimberly Hamad-Schifferli University of Massachusetts Boston
Prof. Dr. Wenjun Wang Xi'an Jiaotong University Prof. Dr. Detlef Kip Helmut Schmidt University / University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Hongning Wang Sichuan University Prof. Dr. Soshu Kirihara Osaka University
Prof. Dr. Xuesong Mei Xi'an Jiaotong University Prof. Dr. Kurt W. Kolasinski West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Prof. Dr. Jiang Xu Zhejiang University Prof. Dr. Koji Murai Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Prof. Dr. Xiaoyan Li Beijing Normal University Prof. Dr. Takayoshi Kobayashi The University of Electro-Communications
Prof. Dr. Xinzhang Song Zhejiang A&F University Prof. Dr. Koen Janssens University of Antwerp
Prof. Dr. Haiqing Yang Chongqing University Prof. Dr. Kyunghwan Oh Yonsei University
Prof. Dr. Tao Yang Sun Yat-sen University Prof. Dr. Michael Kornaros University of Patras
Prof. Dr. Yanzhong Pei Tongji University Prof. Dr. Vassilis Kostopoulos University of Patras
Prof. Dr. Yongchun Zhao Huazhong University of Science and Technology Prof. Dr. Krassimir Panajotov Brussels Photonics
Prof. Dr. Yingmin Jia Beihang University Prof. Dr. Yang Kuang Arizona State University
Prof. Dr. Yongmin Li Shanxi University Dr. Kwang Ho Kim Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Prof. Dr. Yong He Zhejiang University Prof. Dr. Leo K. Cheng University of Auckland
Prof. Dr. Yuyang Li Shanghai Jiao Tong University Prof. Dr. Laurens Katgerman Delft University of Technology
Prof. Dr. Zhaosheng Yu Zhejiang University Prof. Dr. Lamberto Tronchin University of Bologna
Prof. Dr. Zhidan Liu China Agricultural University Prof. Dr. Laurent Daudeville University Grenoble Alpes
Prof. Dr. Su Zeng Zhejiang University Prof. Dr. Shunsuke Kobayashi 1. University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT);
2. Tokyo University of Science
Prof. Dr. Zhigang Wang University of Science and Technology of China Prof. Dr. Luis M. Camarinha-Matos NOVA University of Lisbon
Prof. Dr. Guoping Zhang Zhejiang University Prof. Dr. Leonel Pereira University of Coimbra
Prof. Dr. Yi Zhang Nanjing University Prof. Dr. Ernesto Limiti University of Roma Tor Vergata
Dr. Zhao Zhang Beijing Normal University Prof. Dr. Lingxue Kong Deakin University
Dr. Jing Zhao Tianjin University Prof. Dr. Mario Lucido University of Cassino and Southern Lazio
Dr. Wei Zhou Beihang University Prof. Dr. Luigi Biolzi Politecnico di Milano
Prof. Dr. Zhengjun Liu Harbin Institute of Technology Prof. Dr. Luigi Fortuna Universita degli Studi di Catania
Prof. Dr. Bingsuo Zou Beijing Institute of Technology Prof. Dr. Luigi Portinale University of Piemonte Orientale "Amedeo Avogadro"
Prof. Dr. Zengqiang Zhang Northwest A&F University Dr. Mike Boland Massey University
Prof. Dr. Antonio Facchetti Northwestern University Prof. Dr. Mohammed Farid The University of Auckland
Prof. Dr. Akikazu Sakudo Okayama University of Science Prof. Dr. Marco Genovese INRIM
Prof. Dr. Andrew Alderson Sheffield Hallam University Prof. Dr. Mark I. van Berge Henegouwen University of Amsterdam
Dr. Akram Alomainy Queen Mary University of London Prof. Dr. Mirosław Klinkowski Central Chamber for Telecommunication Metrology (Z-12), National Institute of Telecommunications
Prof. Dr. Augusto Beléndez University of Alicante; Prof. Dr. Marian Wiercigroch University of Aberdeen
Prof. Dr. Andrzej Cichocki Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (SKOLTECH) Dr. Nir Krakauer City College of New York
Prof. Dr. Alessandro Di Nuovo Sheffield Hallam University Prof. Dr. Manuel Graña University of the Basque Country
Prof. Dr. Alexander E. Hramov 1. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University;
2. Innopolis University
Prof. Dr. Manuela Sechilariu Université de Technologie de Compiègne
Dr. Adrian Irimescu Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Dr. Marcella Dell'Aglio University of Bari
Prof. Dr. Athanasios Kolios The University of Strathclyde Prof. Dr. Marco Beccali University of Palermo
Prof. Dr. Shuli Liu Coventry University Prof. Dr. Marco Ferrari University of Brescia
Prof. Dr. Amjad Anvari-Moghaddam Aalborg University Prof. Dr. Marco Ferrari University of Siena
Prof. Dr. Abdeltif Amrane University of Rennes Prof. Dr. Marco Filippi Politecnico di Torino
Prof. Dr. Eyad H. Abed University of Maryland Prof. Dr. Marco Invernizzi University of Eastern Piedmont
Prof. Dr. Adonis Bogris University of West Attica Dr. Marco Mamei University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Prof. Dr. André Chwalibog University of Copenhagen Prof. Dr. Marek Majdan Maria Curie Skłodowska University
Prof. Dr. Anthony C. Boucouvalas University of Peloponnese Prof. Dr. Marek Krawczuk Gdansk University of Technology
Prof. Dr. Adem Gharsallaoui University of Lyon Dr. Maria Losurdo University of Bari
Dr. Aimin Yu Swinburne University of Technology Dr. Maria Grazia De Giorgi University of Salento
Prof. Dr. Alberto Benato University of Padova Prof. Dr. Marilena Carbone University of Rome Tor Vergata
Dr. Alberto Boschetto Sapienza University of Rome Prof. Dr. Mario Bertolotti Sapienza University of Rome
Prof. Dr. Alberto Dalla Mora Politecnico di Milano Prof. Dr. Mario Piattini Paseo de la Universidad
Dr. Alberto Villa Università degli Studi di Milano Prof. Dr. Markus Strobl Paul Scherrer Institute
Dr. Alessandra Biancolillo University of L’Aquila Dr. Marta Cremonesi European Institute of Oncology
Prof. Dr. Alessandra Continenza University of L'Aquila Dr. Marta Sevilla Instituto Nacional del Carbón (CSIC)
Prof. Dr. Alessandro Chiolerio Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia - IIT Dr. Masafumi Yamaguchi Toyota Technological Institute
Prof. Dr. Alessandro de Sire University of Catanzaro "Magna Graecia" Prof. Dr. Massimiliano Barletta Università degli Studi Roma Tre
Prof. Dr. Alessandro Gasparetto University of Udine Prof. Dr. Massimiliano Rinaldi University of Parma
Prof. Dr. Alessandro Marzani Alma Mater Studiorum Universita di Bologna Dr. Matteo Prussi University of Florence
Prof. Dr. Alessandro Reali University of Pavia Prof. Dr. Matti Lehtonen Aalto University
Prof. Dr. Alexander N. Pisarchik Technical University of Madrid Prof. Dr. Magdalena Biesaga University of Warsaw
Prof. Dr. Imad L. Al-Qadi University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Dr. Marco Bonini Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources (IGG), National Research Council of Italy (CNR)
Dr. Alvaro de Gracia University of Lleida Prof. Dr. Milena Cadenaro University of Trieste
Prof. Dr. Hiroshi Amano Nagoya University Prof. Dr. Minhaeng Cho 1. Institute for Basic Science (IBS);
2. Korea University
Prof. Dr. Amit Bandyopadhyay Washington State University Dr. Martin Classen KU Leuven
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14 November 2022
Dr. Jean-Claude André Appointed Section Editor-in-Chief of Section “Additive Manufacturing Technologies” in Applied Sciences


We are pleased to announce that Dr. Jean-Claude André (Emeritus Research Director at CNRS) has been appointed Section Editor-in-Chief of "Additive Manufacturing Technologies" in Applied Sciences (ISSN: 2076-3417, IF: 2.838). Engineer "Processes" of the University of Lorraine, former scientific director of its National Polytechnic Institute, and former Deputy Director of the CNRS, Department of Engineering Sciences (Paris), he holds a Ph.D. in chemical-physics and a French doctorate in physical sciences, supplemented by two postdoctoral stays at the University of Western Ontario (Canada), where he completed his scientific skills on light-matter interactions and the signal processing of optical signals. Upon his return, he set up his team in the field of photo-physical and photochemical engineering. In 1984, with two colleagues, he was at the origin of the first patent on stereolithography, which he developed with his team. The initial lack of interest from the national environment led him to move to the private sector with the scientific responsibility of an R, R&D and consulting and training center of 700 people in charge of occupational risk prevention. This 12-year break reinforced his conviction of the need to engage researchers in interdisciplinary adventures. He returned as a scientific advisor to the CNRS headquarter, and as a "basic researcher", again involved in the 3D field and the development of 4D printing (plus bio-printing).

In addition to these new 3D manufacturing processes, his investment in the 4D field with a short, but efficient, French network of young colleagues attempts to break the epistemological barriers of the field: creativity, heuristics, interdisciplinary approaches, downstream control, inverse problem, proofs of concepts, etc. He is the origin of three start-ups in 3D machining and has about 50 patents (+5 under progress) and enough scientific papers (possibly over 300, ranging from physics, chemical physics, and optical engineering or process engineering to sociology and ethics) to allow for him to increase his investment in time-consuming “slow science”, divergent thinking (before convergence), and epistemology to try to go beyond the “conventional” New Public Management of the (French or European) scientific research system. He has published two books on photochemical engineering, three on additive manufacturing, one on Industry 4.0, three on chemical/process engineering, and two on 4D printing, either alone or with a colleague. Fearing not to do everything, he promised, before a probable end (which may be as far away as possible!). He has begun to write a book on creativity and innovation (now in press) and is beginning to explore biomimetic action paths for soft robotics based on 3D or 4D technologies.

The following is a short Q&A with Dr. Jean Claude André, who shared his vision for the Section with us, as well as his views on the research area and open access publishing:

1. What appealed to you about the journal that made you want to take the role as its Section Editor-in-Chief?

I am a tinkerer of science who likes to cultivate himself and to open up to others; this is a big change from the narrow modes of today's too mono-disciplinary management. It is this vision that I wish to share.

2. What is your vision for the “Additive Manufacturing Technologies” Section?

The applied science approach should be more demand-driven and involve more exploration of complexity. This is particularly the case for 3D printing.

3. What does the future of this field of research look like, in your view?

With a technology that is around 40 years old, nothing is stabilized, which maintains a very open field for research, in particular application-oriented.

4. Who should contribute to this Section?

All those who can bring their high-level scientific and/or technological original contributions to the field.

5. What do you think of the development of Open Access in the publishing field?

Traditional journals now also play in this area.

We wish Dr. Jean Claude André every success in his new position, and we look forward to his contributions to the journal.

10 November 2022
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3 November 2022
Applied Sciences | Top 20 Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Materials Science and Engineering”

1. “Polyphenols: A Promising Avenue in Therapeutic Solutions for Wound Care”
by Guimarães, I.; Baptista-Silva, S.; Pintado, M. and L. Oliveira, A.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 1230; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11031230
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/1230

2. “Hybrid Metal/Polymer Filaments for Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) to Print Metal Parts”
by Tosto, C.; Tirillò, J.; Sarasini, F. and Cicala, G.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1444; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041444
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1444

3. “Hydrothermal and Entropy Investigation of Ag/MgO/H2O Hybrid Nanofluid Natural Convection in a Novel Shape of Porous Cavity”
by Abu-Libdeh, N.; Redouane, F.; Aissa, A.; Mebarek-Oudina, F.; Almuhtady, A.; Jamshed, W. and Al-Kouz, W.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1722; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041722
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1722

4. “Extensive Benchmarking of DFT+U Calculations for Predicting Band Gaps”
by Kirchner-Hall, N.; Zhao, W.; Xiong, Y.; Timrov, I. and Dabo, I.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(5), 2395; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11052395
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/5/2395

5. “Contribution of Interface Fracture Mechanism on Fracture Propagation Trajectory of Heterogeneous Asphalt Composites”
by He, J.; Liu, L.; Yang, H.; Aliha, M. and Karimi, H.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(7), 3013; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11073013
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/7/3013

6. “Rheology, Hydration, and Microstructure of Portland Cement Pastes Produced with Ground Açaí Fibers”
by Azevedo, A.; de Matos, P.; Marvila, M.; Sakata, R.; Silvestro, L.; Gleize, P. and Brito, J.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(7), 3036; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11073036
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/7/3036

7. “Buckling Analysis of CNTRC Curved Sandwich Nanobeams in Thermal Environment”
by Daikh, A.; Houari, M.; Karami, B.; Eltaher, M.; Dimitri, R. and Tornabene, F.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(7), 3250; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11073250
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/7/3250

8. “Environmentally Friendly Anticorrosive Polymeric Coatings”
by Faccini, M.; Bautista, L.; Soldi, L.; Escobar, A.; Altavilla, M.; Calvet, M.; Domènech, A. and Domínguez, E.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(8), 3446; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11083446
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/8/3446

9. “Investigation of Integral and Differential Characteristics of Variatropic Structure Heavy Concretes by Ultrasonic Methods”
by Mailyan, L.; Stel’makh, S.; Shcherban’, E.; Khalyushev, A.; Smolyanichenko, A.; Sysoev, A.; Parinov, I. and Cherpakov, A.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(8), 3591; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11083591
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/8/3591

10. “Applications of Cold Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Technology in Medicine, Agriculture and Food Industry”
by Domonkos, M.; Tichá, P.; Trejbal, J. and Demo, P.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(11), 4809; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11114809
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/11/4809

11. “Sustainability Levels in Comparison with Mechanical Properties and Durability of Pumice High-Performance Concrete”
by Hrabová, K.; Lehner, P.; Ghosh, P.; Konečný, P. and Teplý, B.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(11), 4964; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11114964
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/11/4964

12. “Comparison of Testing Method Effects on Cracking Resistance of Asphalt Concrete Mixtures”
by Yang, D.; Karimi, H. and Aliha, M.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(11), 5094; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11115094
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/11/5094

13. “Improving the Structural Characteristics of Heavy Concrete by Combined Disperse Reinforcement”
by Mailyan, L.; Beskopylny, A.; Meskhi, B.; Shilov, A.; Stel’makh, S.; Shcherban’, E.; Smolyanichenko, A. and El’shaeva, D.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(13), 6031; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11136031
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/13/6031

14. “Evaluation of Dental Surface after De-Bonding Orthodontic Bracket Bonded with a Novel Fluorescent Composite: In Vitro Comparative Study”
by Farronato, M.; Farronato, D.; Inchingolo, F.; Grassi, L.; Lanteri, V. and Maspero, C.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(14), 6354; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11146354
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/14/6354

15. “Extraction, Characterization, and Applications of Pectins from Plant By-Products”
by Belkheiri, A.; Forouhar, A.; Ursu, A.; Dubessay, P.; Pierre, G.; Delattre, C.; Djelveh, G.; Abdelkafi, S.; Hamdami, N. and Michaud, P.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(14), 6596; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11146596
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/14/6596

16. “Optimization of Composition and Technological Factors for the Lightweight Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Production on a Combined Aggregate with an Increased Coefficient of Structural Quality”
by Mailyan, L.; Beskopylny, A.; Meskhi, B.; Stel’makh, S.; Shcherban, E. and Ananova, O.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(16), 7284; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11167284
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/16/7284

17. “Sound-Absorbing Composites with Rubber Crumb from Used Tires”
by Smirnova, O.; Menéndez Pidal de Navascués, I.; Mikhailevskii, V.; Kolosov, O. and Skolota, N.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(16), 7347; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11167347
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/16/7347

18. “The Current State of Research of Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM): A Review”
by Treutler, K. and Wesling, V.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(18), 8619; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11188619
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/18/8619

19. “Influence of Composition and Technological Factors on Variatropic Efficiency and Constructive Quality Coefficients of Lightweight Vibro-Centrifuged Concrete with Alkalized Mixing Water”
by Stel’makh, S.; Shcherban’, E.; Beskopylny, A.; Mailyan, L.; Meskhi, B.; Butko, D. and Smolyanichenko, A.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(19), 9293; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11199293
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/19/9293

20. “Non-Destructive Testing Applications for Steel Bridges”
by Khedmatgozar Dolati, S.; Caluk, N.; Mehrabi, A. and Khedmatgozar Dolati, S.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(20), 9757; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11209757
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/20/9757

1 November 2022
Meet Us at the 14th National Surface Engineering Conference, 11–13 November 2022, Wuhan, China


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21 October 2022
Prof. Dr. Yuyang Li Appointed Section Editor-in-Chief of Section “Applied Thermal Engineering” in Applied Sciences


We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Yuyang Li has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the “Applied Thermal Engineering” Section in Applied Sciences (ISSN: 2076-3417, IF: 2.838).

Prof. Dr. Yuyang Li received his bachelor's and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2004 and 2010, respectively, and worked as a postdoctoral researcher and a faculty member at the University of Science and Technology of China between 2010 and 2015. In February 2015, he joined the School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He was promoted to full professor in 2018 and is now a vice dean of the School of Mechanical Engineering. He served as a Board Member of the Combustion Section of the Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics, a Board Member of the Combustion Aerodynamics Section of the Chinese Aerodynamics Research Society, a Colloquium Co-Chair of the International Symposium on Combustion, a Program Co-Chair of the China National Symposium on Combustion, and a Scientific Committee Member of the Symposium on Ammonia Energy, etc.

In terms of scientific research, he has long been engaged in the research of carbon-neutral energy and power technology, low-carbon combustion technology, combustion kinetics and dynamics, novel combustion technologies, and spray, atomization, and evaporation. He has undertaken more than 10 scientific projects and published more than 170 papers and been authorized as the owner of 7 patents.

He has been awarded the second prize of the China’s State Natural Science Award, the China Youth Science and Technology Award, the Excellent Young Scholar of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Wu Zhonghua Outstanding Young Scholar Award of the Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics, the Excellent Research Award of the Combustion Institute, and the 2022 Energy and Fuel Rising Star.

The following is a short Q&A with Prof. Dr. Yuyang Li, who shared his vision for the journal and his views on the research area and open access publishing with us:

1. What appealed to you about the journal that made you want to take on the role of its Section Editor-in-Chief?
At present, great changes are taking place rapidly in the global energy field. The subject of applied thermal engineering plays a vital role in the energy revolution, and it has been a major topic of discussion. I have carried out long-term research on the subject of applied thermal engineering, especially in the field of combustion energy and power. I really appreciate the invitation from the Applied Sciences journal to be the Section Editor-in-Chief of “Applied Thermal Engineering”, and it is my pleasure to serve the international academic field of applied thermal engineering.

2. What is your vision for the Section "Applied Thermal Engineering"?
There are currently 18 Editorial Members in the Section “Applied Thermal Engineering” of Applied Sciences. Their research directions cover combustion, engineering thermodynamics, heat transfer, renewable energy, building energy conservation, energy storage, etc. In the future, we will further expand the editorial team, cover emerging research directions, and strengthen key research directions, so as to form a high-level stable source of submissions, increase the influence of the Section, and better serve the goal of disseminating academic achievements and promoting academic exchanges in the direction of applied thermal engineering.

3. Who should contribute to this Section, and what can readers expect?
Scholars, including mature Ph.D. students and post-doc researchers in the research field of applied thermal engineering can contribute to this Section, providing innovative academic ideas and valuable research progress to our readers.

4. What does the future of this field of research look like?
The research field of applied thermal engineering is an important supporting field of energy science and technology. The research directions of low-carbon thermal engineering, renewable energy, energy storage and heat storage, and novel energy-saving technologies are on the rise. A large number of cutting-edge research hotspots have been developed, such as hydrogen and ammonia combustion, solar photothermal technology, battery thermal management, and the thermal management of electronic devices. In the future, with the strong support from government and industry and the joint efforts of scholars in this field, I believe that the research field of applied thermal engineering will develop more vigorously.

5. What do you think of the development of Open Access in the publishing field?
Open Access is the general trend in academic publishing. As early as 2016, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research had announced the full implementation of the open access strategy. Chinese academic institutions are also actively exploring the open access mode for academic publishing. Founded in 2012 by the National Science Library of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the China Open Access Promotion Week has been held ten consecutive times. I myself am also an advocate and beneficiary of the open access mode of academic publishing. This year alone, five papers by my research group have been or will be published through the open access mode.

We warmly welcome Prof. Dr. Yuyang Li to his new role as Section Editor-in-Chief of the “Applied Thermal Engineering” Section, and we look forward to his guidance in helping Applied Sciences reach new milestones.

21 October 2022
Applied Sciences | Top 20 Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Mechanical Engineering”

1. “A Survey on Robotic Technologies for Forest Firefighting: Applying Drone Swarms to Improve Firefighters’ Efficiency and Safety”
by Roldán-Gómez, J.; González-Gironda, E. and Barrientos, A.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(1), 363; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11010363
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/1/363

2. “Methodology for Complex Efficiency Evaluation of Machinery Safety Measures in a Production Organization”
by Pačaiová, H.; Andrejiová, M.; Balažiková, M.; Tomašková, M.; Gazda, T.; Chomová, K.; Hijj, J. and Salaj, L.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(1), 453; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11010453
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/1/453

3. “Effect of Hydrogen Addition on the Energetic and Ecologic Parameters of an SI Engine Fueled by Biogas”
by Pukalskas, S.; Kriaučiūnas, D.; Rimkus, A.; Przybyła, G.; Droździel, P. and Barta, D.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 742; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020742
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/2/742

4. “Uncertainty Handling in Structural Damage Detection via Non-Probabilistic Meta-Models and Interval Mathematics, a Data-Analytics Approach”
by Ghiasi, R.; Noori, M.; Altabey, W.; Silik, A.; Wang, T. and Wu, Z.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 770; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020770
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/2/770

5. “Enhanced K-Nearest Neighbor for Intelligent Fault Diagnosis of Rotating Machinery”
by Lu, J.; Qian, W.; Li, S. and Cui, R.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 919; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11030919
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/919

6. “Rail Diagnostics Based on Ultrasonic Guided Waves: An Overview”
by Bombarda, D.; Vitetta, G. and Ferrante, G.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 1071; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11031071
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/1071

7. “Life Cycle Assessment of an NMC Battery for Application to Electric Light-Duty Commercial Vehicles and Comparison with a Sodium-Nickel-Chloride Battery”
by Accardo, A.; Dotelli, G.; Musa, M. and Spessa, E.

Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 1160; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11031160
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/1160

8. “Advances in Metal Additive Manufacturing: A Review of Common Processes, Industrial Applications, and Current Challenges”
by Vafadar, A.; Guzzomi, F.; Rassau, A. and Hayward, K.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 1213; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11031213
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/1213

9. “Deep Learning Method for Fault Detection of Wind Turbine Converter”
by Xiao, C.; Liu, Z.; Zhang, T. and Zhang, X.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 1280; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11031280
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/1280

10. “Topology Optimisation in Structural Steel Design for Additive Manufacturing”
by Ribeiro, T.; Bernardo, L. and Andrade, J.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(5), 2112; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11052112
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/5/2112

11. “Integrated Design of a Morphing Winglet for Active Load Control and Alleviation of Turboprop Regional Aircraft”
by Dimino, I.; Andreutti, G.; Moens, F.; Fonte, F.; Pecora, R. and Concilio, A.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(5), 2439; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11052439
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/5/2439

12. “Review of Liquid Argon Detector Technologies in the Neutrino Sector”
by Majumdar, K. and Mavrokoridis, K.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(6), 2455; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062455
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/6/2455

13. “A Comparative Study of Energy Consumption and Recovery of Autonomous Fuel-Cell Hydrogen–Electric Vehicles Using Different Powertrains Based on Regenerative Braking and Electronic Stability Control System”
by Yildiz, A. and Özel, M.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(6), 2515; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062515
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/6/2515

14. “Trends and Challenges in Intelligent Condition Monitoring of Electrical Machines Using Machine Learning”
by Kudelina, K.; Vaimann, T.; Asad, B.; Rassõlkin, A.; Kallaste, A. and Demidova, G.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(6), 2761; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062761
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/6/2761

15. “Multi-Resolution SPH Simulation of a Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing Process”
by Afrasiabi, M.; Lüthi, C.; Bambach, M. and Wegener, K.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(7), 2962; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11072962
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/7/2962

16. “Environmental Consequences of Closing the Textile Loop—Life Cycle Assessment of a Circular Polyester Jacket”
by Braun, G.; Som, C.; Schmutz, M. and Hischier, R.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(7), 2964; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11072964
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/7/2964

17. “Exploring the Traveler’s Intentions to Use Public Transport during the COVID-19 Pandemic While Complying with Precautionary Measures”
by Abdullah, M.; Ali, N.; Dias, C.; Campisi, T. and Javid, M.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(8), 3630; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11083630
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/8/3630

18. “A Review of X-ray Microcalorimeters Based on Superconducting Transition Edge Sensors for Astrophysics and Particle Physics”
by Gottardi, L. and Nagayashi, K.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 3793; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11093793
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/9/3793

19. “Industry 4.0 Technologies for Manufacturing Sustainability: A Systematic Review and Future Research Directions”
by Jamwal, A.; Agrawal, R.; Sharma, M. and Giallanza, A.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(12), 5725; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11125725
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/12/5725

20. “Applications of Magnesium and Its Alloys: A Review”
by Tan, J. and Ramakrishna, S.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(15), 6861; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11156861
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/15/6861

11 October 2022
Applied Sciences | Top 20 Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Food Science and Technology

1. “Internet of Nonthermal Food Processing Technologies (IoNTP): Food Industry 4.0 and Sustainability”
by Režek Jambrak, A.; Nutrizio, M.; Djekić, I.; Pleslić, S. and Chemat, F.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 686; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020686
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/2/686

2. “The Assessment of the Possibility of Using Ethanol and Ultrasound to Design the Properties of Dried Carrot Tissue”
by Dadan, M. and Nowacka, M.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 689; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020689
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/2/689

3. “Non-Thermal Methods for Ensuring the Microbiological Quality and Safety of Seafood”
by Ekonomou, S. and Boziaris, I.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 833; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020833
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/2/833

4. “Evaluation of Bioactive and Physicochemical Properties of White and Black Garlic (Allium sativum L.) from Conventional and Organic Cultivation”
by Najman, K.; Sadowska, A. and Hallmann, E.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 874; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020874
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/2/874

5.“Interactions between Polyphenols and Volatile Compounds in Wine: A Literature Review on Physicochemical and Sensory Insights”
by Pittari, E.; Moio, L. and Piombino, P.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 1157; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11031157
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/1157

6. “Current Applications of Ultrasound in Fruit and Vegetables Osmotic Dehydration Processes”
by Nowacka, M.; Dadan, M. and Tylewicz, U.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 1269; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11031269
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/1269

7. “Volatile Organic Compounds in Breads Prepared with Different Sourdoughs”
by De Luca, L.; Aiello, A.; Pizzolongo, F.; Blaiotta, G.; Aponte, M. and Romano, R.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 1330; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11031330
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/1330

8. “Kombucha Tea as a Reservoir of Cellulose Producing Bacteria: Assessing Diversity among Komagataeibacter Isolates”
by La China, S.; De Vero, L.; Anguluri, K.; Brugnoli, M.; Mamlouk, D. and Gullo, M.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1595; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041595
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1595

9. “Flavor Chemistry of Virgin Olive Oil: An Overview”
by Genovese, A.; Caporaso, N. and Sacchi, R.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1639; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041639
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1639

10. “Buckwheat Seeds: Impact of Milling Fractions and Addition Level on Wheat Bread Dough Rheology”
by Coțovanu, I. and Mironeasa, S.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1731; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041731
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1731

11. “Environmental Conditions and Agronomical Factors Influencing the Levels of Phytochemicals in Brassica Vegetables Responsible for Nutritional and Sensorial Properties”
by Biondi, F.; Balducci, F.; Capocasa, F.; Visciglio, M.; Mei, E.; Vagnoni, M.; Mezzetti, B. and Mazzoni, L.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1927; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041927
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1927

12. “Effect of Chitosan Nanoemulsion on Enhancing the Phytochemical Contents, Health-Promoting Components, and Shelf Life of Raspberry (Rubus sanctus Schreber)”
by Ishkeh, S.; Shirzad, H.; Asghari, M.; Alirezalu, A.; Pateiro, M. and Lorenzo, J.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(5), 2224; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11052224
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/5/2224

13. “Phenolic Profiling of Five Different Australian Grown Apples”
by Li, H.; Subbiah, V.; Barrow, C.; Dunshea, F. and Suleria, H.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(5), 2421; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11052421
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/5/2421

14. “Ohmic Heating in the Food Industry: Developments in Concepts and Applications during 2013–2020”
by Alkanan, Z.; Altemimi, A.; Al-Hilphy, A.; Watson, D. and Pratap-Singh, A.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(6), 2507; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062507
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/6/2507

15. “Infrared Radiation Favorably Influences the Quality Characteristics of Key Lime Juice”
by Altemimi, A.; Al-Hilphy, A.; Abedelmaksoud, T.; Aboud, S.; Badwaik, L.; G, L.; Noore, S. and Pratap-Singh, A.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(6), 2842; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062842
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/6/2842

16. “Maize and Sorghum as Raw Materials for Brewing, a Review”
by Dabija, A.; Ciocan, M.; Chetrariu, A. and Codină, G.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(7), 3139; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11073139
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/7/3139

17. “Postharvest UV-B and Photoperiod with Blue + Red LEDs as Strategies to Stimulate Carotenogenesis in Bell Peppers”
by Martínez-Zamora, L.; Castillejo, N. and Artés-Hernández, F.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 3736; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11093736
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/9/3736

18. “Animal Protein Sources as a Substitute for Fishmeal in Aquaculture Diets: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”
by Luthada-Raswiswi, R.; Mukaratirwa, S. and O’Brien, G.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 3854; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11093854
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/9/3854

19. “Microencapsulation of Anthocyanins—Critical Review of Techniques and Wall Materials”
by Mohammadalinejhad, S. and Kurek, M.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 3936; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11093936
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/9/3936

20. “Nanoencapsulation of Essential Oils as Natural Food Antimicrobial Agents: An Overview”
by Liao, W.; Badri, W.; Dumas, E.; Ghnimi, S.; Elaissari, A.; Saurel, R. and Gharsallaoui, A.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(13), 5778; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11135778
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/13/5778

29 September 2022
Applied Sciences | Top 10 Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Applied Physics”

1. “Mathematical Model and FPGA Realization of a Multi-Stable Chaotic Dynamical System with a Closed Butterfly-Like Curve of Equilibrium Points”
by Sambas, A.; Vaidyanathan, S.; Bonny, T.; Zhang, S.; Sukono; Hidayat, Y.; Gundara, G. and Mamat, M.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 788; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020788
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/2/788

2. “Artificial Intelligence and the Medical Physicist: Welcome to the Machine”
by Avanzo, M.; Trianni, A.; Botta, F.; Talamonti, C.; Stasi, M. and Iori, M.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1691; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041691
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1691

3. “Assessment of Natural Radioactivity and Radiological Risks in River Sediments from Calabria (Southern Italy)”
by Caridi, F.; Di Bella, M.; Sabatino, G.; Belmusto, G.; Fede, M.; Romano, D.; Italiano, F. and Mottese, A.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1729; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041729
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1729

4. “Applications of Cold Atmospheric Pressure Plasma in Dentistry”
by Borges, A.; Kostov, K.; Pessoa, R.; de Abreu, G.; Lima, G.; Figueira, L. and Koga-Ito, C.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(5), 1975; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11051975
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/5/1975

5. “A Review of the Synthesis, Properties, and Applications of Bulk and Two-Dimensional Tin (II) Sulfide (SnS)”
by Norton, K.; Alam, F. and Lewis, D.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(5), 2062; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11052062
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/5/2062

6. “Current Progress in Femtosecond Laser Ablation/Ionisation Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry”
by Tulej, M.; Ligterink, N.; de Koning, C.; Grimaudo, V.; Lukmanov, R.; Keresztes Schmidt, P.; Riedo, A. and Wurz, P.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(6), 2562; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062562
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/6/2562

7. “Flexible Sample Environment for the Investigation of Soft Matter at the European Spallation Source: Part II—The GISANS Setup”
by Widmann, T.; Kreuzer, L.; Kühnhammer, M.; Schmid, A.; Wiehemeier, L.; Jaksch, S.; Frielinghaus, H.; Löhmann, O.; Schneider, H.; Hiess, A.; Klitzing, R.; Hellweg, T. and Müller-Buschbaum, P.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 4036; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11094036
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/9/4036

8. “MA-XRF for the Characterisation of the Painting Materials and Technique of the Entombment of Christ by Rogier van der Weyden”
by Mazzinghi, A.; Ruberto, C.; Castelli, L.; Czelusniak, C.; Giuntini, L.; Mandò, P. and Taccetti, F.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(13), 6151; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11136151
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/13/6151

9. “Characterizations of a Plasma-Water System Generated by Repetitive Microsecond Pulsed Discharge with Air, Nitrogen, Oxygen, and Argon Gases Species”
by Bolouki, N.; Kuan, W.; Huang, Y. and Hsieh, J.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(13), 6158; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11136158
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/13/6158

10. “The Role of HNO2 in the Generation of Plasma-Activated Water by Air Transient Spark Discharge”
by Janda, M.; Hensel, K.; Tóth, P.; Hassan, M. and Machala, Z.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(15), 7053; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11157053
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/15/7053

29 September 2022
Meet Us at the 2022 BMES Annual Meeting, 12–15 October 2022, San Antonio, Texas, USA


Conference: 2022 BMES Annual Meeting
Date: 12–15 October 2022
Place: San Antonio, Texas, USA
Booth: #346

MDPI will be attending the 2022 BMES Annual Meeting as an exhibitor from 12 to 15 October 2022 in San Antonio, Texas, USA.

BMES holds an annual meeting where they have hosted up to 5,500 biomedical engineers who attend more than 2,500 scientific presentations on cancer treatment, heart disease, women’s health, global health disparities, and more. The meeting allows members to advocate for their innovative solutions, demonstrating their commitment to the society’s core value of health equity for all individuals. In addition, BMES shares scientific information to inspire the up-and-coming generation through four scientific journals, three special interest groups, and collaborations with other scientific societies to elevate the visibility and significant impact that the biomedical engineering community has worldwide as the thought leaders behind the future of human health.

From 12 to 15 October 2022, in the vibrant multicultural city of San Antonio, we will celebrate the tremendous contributions made by BMES members in research, teaching, education, and the workforce that directly impact many sectors of our society. We also aim to highlight equity issues in healthcare and education, stemming from racial and socioeconomic diversity, gender and sexual orientation, and disabilities.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

Please do not hesitate to reach out 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.bmes.org/annualmeeting.

28 September 2022
Peer Review Week 2022 – Research Integrity: Creating and Supporting Trust in Research

Peer Review Week began 19 September 2022 under the theme of “Research Integrity: Creating and Supporting Trust in Research”. Through various blog articles, podcast, and webinar, we discussed this crucial subject throughout the week, celebrating the essential role peer review plays in maintaining research quality.

To begin, we held a Webinar on the topic. Professor Peter W. Choate and Dr. Emmanuel Obeng-Gyasi joined Dr. Ioana Craciun, one of MDPI’s scientific officers, for an in-depth discussion.

We invite you to view the event recording:

During the week, the MDPI Blog in a series articles highlighted how good Peer Review safeguards research integrity. The following topics were covered:

In a new edition of Insight Faster, an MDPI podcast, we were delighted to talk to the co-chairs of the Peer Review Week committee, Jayashree Rajagopalan (Senior Manager of Global Community Engagement for CACTUS) and Danielle Padula (Head of Marketing and Community Development at Scholastica) to get their take on this year’s event and its related topics.

You can find the Podcast here.

We hope you enjoy the contents!

27 September 2022
Applied Sciences | Invitation to Read Selected Papers from Editor’s Choice Articles

The goal of Editor’s Choice Articles project is to promote high-quality articles published in Applied Sciences (ISSN: 2076-3417).  Please find below the list of articles carefully handpicked by the scientific editors of the journal, which we believe will be of interest to you.

1. “Photodynamic Therapy—An Up-to-Date Review”
by Adelina-Gabriela Niculescu et al.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(8), 3626; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11083626
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/8/3626

2. “Current Challenges and Future Opportunities for XAI in Machine Learning-Based Clinical Decision Support Systems: A Systematic Review”
by Anna Markella Antoniadi et al.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(11), 5088; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11115088
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/11/5088

3. “Deep Learning-Based Methods for Prostate Segmentation in Magnetic Resonance Imaging”
by Albert Comelli et al.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 782; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020782
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/2/782

4. “Recent Progress in Applications of Non-Thermal Plasma for Water Purification, Bio-Sterilization, and Decontamination”
by Azadeh Barjasteh et al.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(8), 3372; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11083372
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/8/3372

5. “Ozonized Water Administration in Peri-Implant Mucositis Sites: A Randomized Clinical Trial”
by Andrea Butera et al.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(17), 7812; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11177812
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/17/7812

6. “Mitigation of NaCl Stress in Wheat by Rhizosphere Engineering Using Salt Habitat Adapted PGPR Halotolerant Bacteria”
by Souhila Kerbab et al.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 1034; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11031034
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/1034

7. “Applications of Nanosized-Lipid-Based Drug Delivery Systems in Wound Care”
by Andreea-Mariana Matei et al.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(11), 4915; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11114915
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/11/4915

8. “Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review of the Application of Machine Learning Classifiers in Biomedical Applications of Infrared Thermography”
by Carolina Magalhaes et al.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 842; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020842
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/2/842

9. “Chronic Effects of Diazinon® Exposures Using Integrated Biomarker Responses in Freshwater Walking Catfish, Clarias batrachus
by Shubhajit Saha et al.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(22), 10902; https://doi.org/10.3390/app112210902
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/22/10902

10. “Deep Malaria Parasite Detection in Thin Blood Smear Microscopic Images”
by Asma Maqsood et al.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(5), 2284; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11052284
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/5/2284

11. “Environmentally Relevant Concentrations of Triclosan Induce Cyto-Genotoxicity and Biochemical Alterations in the Hatchlings of Labeo rohita
by Sunil Sharma et al.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(21), 10478; https://doi.org/10.3390/app112110478
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/21/10478

12. “N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Gold(I) Complexes Targeting Actin Polymerization”
by Domenico Iacopetta et al.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(12), 5626; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11125626
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/12/5626

13. “Land Suitability Mapping Using Geochemical and Spatial Analysis Methods”
by Dimitrios E. Alexakis et al.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(12), 5404; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11125404
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/12/5404

14. “Virtual Geosite Communication through a WebGIS Platform: A Case Study from Santorini Island (Greece)”
by Federico Pasquaré Mariotto et al.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(12), 5466; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11125466
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/12/5466

15. “Primary and Secondary Environmental Effects Triggered by the 30 October 2020, Mw = 7.0, Samos (Eastern Aegean Sea, Greece) Earthquake Based on Post-Event Field Surveys and InSAR Analysis”
by Spyridon Mavroulis et al.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(7), 3281; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11073281
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/7/3281

We would like to thank all of the research groups that authored these exceptional papers for their contribution. We sincerely hope you find these articles of Applied Sciences to be useful and insightful.

23 September 2022
Applied Sciences | Top 20 Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section "Computing and Artificial Intelligence"

1. “Detection of Cardiac Structural Abnormalities in Fetal Ultrasound Videos Using Deep Learning”
by Komatsu, M.; Sakai, A.; Komatsu, R.; Matsuoka, R.; Yasutomi, S.; Shozu, K.; Dozen, A.; Machino, H.; Hidaka, H.; Arakaki, T.; Asada, K.; Kaneko, S.; Sekizawa, A. and Hamamoto, R.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(1), 371; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11010371
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/1/371

2. “Impact of Dataset Size on Classification Performance: An Empirical Evaluation in the Medical Domain”
by Althnian, A.; AlSaeed, D.; Al-Baity, H.; Samha, A.; Dris, A.; Alzakari, N.; Abou Elwafa, A. and Kurdi, H.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 796; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020796
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/2/796

3. “Sentence Representation Method Based on Multi-Layer Semantic Network”
by Zheng, W.; Liu, X. and Yin, L.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 1316; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11031316
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/1316

4. “Trends and Challenges in Network Covert Channels Countermeasures”
by Caviglione, L.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1641; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041641
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1641

5. “Intelligent Cyber Attack Detection and Classification for Network-Based Intrusion Detection Systems”
by Oliveira, N.; Praça, I.; Maia, E. and Sousa, O.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1674; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041674
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1674

6. “Augmented CWT Features for Deep Learning-Based Indoor Localization Using WiFi RSSI Data”
by Ssekidde, P.; Steven Eyobu, O.; Han, D. and Oyana, T.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1806; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041806
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1806

7. “How to Correctly Detect Face-Masks for COVID-19 from Visual Information?”
by Batagelj, B.; Peer, P.; Štruc, V. and Dobrišek, S.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(5), 2070; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11052070
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/5/2070

8. “A Review of Human–Computer Interaction and Virtual Reality Research Fields in Cognitive InfoCommunications”
by Katona, J.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(6), 2646; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062646
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/6/2646

9. “Deep Learning Based Human Activity Recognition Using Spatio-Temporal Image Formation of Skeleton Joints”
by Tasnim, N.; Islam, M. and Baek, J.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(6), 2675; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062675
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/6/2675

10. “Key Factors in the Implementation of the Internet of Things in the Hotel Sector”
by Infante-Moro, A.; Infante-Moro, J. and Gallardo-Pérez, J.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(7), 2924; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11072924
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/7/2924

11. “Information Security Behavior and Information Security Policy Compliance: A Systematic Literature Review for Identifying the Transformation Process from Noncompliance to Compliance”
by Ali, R.; Dominic, P.; Ali, S.; Rehman, M. and Sohail, A.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(8), 3383; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11083383
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/8/3383

12. “A Deep Neural Network Model for Speaker Identification”
by Ye, F. and Yang, J.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(8), 3603; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11083603
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/8/3603

13. “Prediction of Peak Particle Velocity Caused by Blasting through the Combinations of Boosted-CHAID and SVM Models with Various Kernels”
by Zeng, J.; Roussis, P.; Mohammed, A.; Maraveas, C.; Fatemi, S.; Armaghani, D. and Asteris, P.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(8), 3705; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11083705
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/8/3705

14. “Sentiment Analysis of Students’ Feedback with NLP and Deep Learning: A Systematic Mapping Study”
by Kastrati, Z.; Dalipi, F.; Imran, A.; Pireva Nuci, K. and Wani, M.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 3986; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11093986
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/9/3986

15. “Real-Time Hand Gesture Recognition Based on Deep Learning YOLOv3 Model”
by Mujahid, A.; Awan, M.; Yasin, A.; Mohammed, M.; Damaševičius, R.; Maskeliūnas, R. and Abdulkareem, K.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 4164; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11094164
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/9/4164

16. “Augmented Reality Maintenance Assistant Using YOLOv5”
by Malta, A.; Mendes, M. and Farinha, T.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(11), 4758; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11114758
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/11/4758

17. “COVID-19 Vaccination Awareness and Aftermath: Public Sentiment Analysis on Twitter Data and Vaccinated Population Prediction in the USA”
by Sattar, N. and Arifuzzaman, S.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(13), 6128; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11136128
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/13/6128

18. “A Survey on Change Detection and Time Series Analysis with Applications”
by Ghaderpour, E.; Pagiatakis, S. and Hassan, Q.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(13), 6141; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11136141
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/13/6141

19. “Prediction of COVID-19 from Chest CT Images Using an Ensemble of Deep Learning Models”
by Biswas, S.; Chatterjee, S.; Majee, A.; Sen, S.; Schwenker, F. and Sarkar, R.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(15), 7004; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11157004
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/15/7004

20. “Comparative Analysis of Low Discrepancy Sequence-Based Initialization Approaches Using Population-Based Algorithms for Solving the Global Optimization Problems”
by Bangyal, W.; Nisar, K.; Ag. Ibrahim, A.; Haque, M.; Rodrigues, J. and Rawat, D.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(16), 7591; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11167591
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/16/7591

15 September 2022
Applied Sciences | Top 20 Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Nanotechnology and Applied Nanosciences”

1. “A Review on Recent Advancements of Graphene and Graphene-Related Materials in Biological Applications”
by Catania, F.; Marras, E.; Giorcelli, M.; Jagdale, P.; Lavagna, L.; Tagliaferro, A. and Bartoli, M.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 614; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020614
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/2/614

2. “Review on Silver Nanoparticles as a Novel Class of Antibacterial Solutions”
by Crisan, C.; Mocan, T.; Manolea, M.; Lasca, L.; Tăbăran, F. and Mocan, L.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 1120; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11031120
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/1120

3. “Carbon Nanotube-Based Composite Filaments for 3D Printing of Structural and Conductive Elements”
by Podsiadły, B.; Matuszewski, P.; Skalski, A. and Słoma, M.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 1272; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11031272
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/1272

4. “Ag-Nanowire Bundles with Gap Hot Spots Synthesized in Track-Etched Membranes as Effective SERS-Substrates”
by Kozhina, E.; Bedin, S.; Nechaeva, N.; Podoynitsyn, S.; Tarakanov, V.; Andreev, S.; Grigoriev, Y. and Naumov, A.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1375; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041375
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1375

5. “Nanoparticles and Nanocrystals by Supercritical CO2-Assisted Techniques for Pharmaceutical Applications: A Review”
by Franco, P. and De Marco, I.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1476; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041476
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1476

6. “Nanotechnology Development for Formulating Essential Oils in Wound Dressing Materials to Promote the Wound-Healing Process: A Review”
by De Luca, I.; Pedram, P.; Moeini, A.; Cerruti, P.; Peluso, G.; Di Salle, A. and Germann, N.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1713; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041713
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1713

7. “Mechanical Properties of DNA Hydrogels: Towards Highly Programmable Biomaterials”
by Bush, J.; Hu, C. and Veneziano, R.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1885; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041885
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1885

8. “Yttrium Oxide Nanoparticle Synthesis: An Overview of Methods of Preparation and Biomedical Applications”
by Rajakumar, G.; Mao, L.; Bao, T.; Wen, W.; Wang, S.; Gomathi, T.; Gnanasundaram, N.; Rebezov, M.; Shariati, M.; Chung, I.; Thiruvengadam, M. and Zhang, X.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(5), 2172; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11052172
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/5/2172

9. “Enhancement of Antimicrobial Activity of Alginate Films with a Low Amount of Carbon Nanofibers (0.1% w/w)”
by Sanmartín-Santos, I.; Gandía-Llop, S.; Salesa, B.; Martí, M.; Lillelund Aachmann, F. and Serrano-Aroca, Á.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(5), 2311; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11052311
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/5/2311

10. “Systematic Review on Human Skin-Compatible Wearable Photoplethysmography Sensors”
by Lee, I.; Park, N.; Lee, H.; Hwang, C.; Kim, J. and Park, S.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(5), 2313; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11052313
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/5/2313

11. “Green Approaches to Carbon Nanostructure-Based Biomaterials”
by Adorinni, S.; Cringoli, M.; Perathoner, S.; Fornasiero, P. and Marchesan, S.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(6), 2490; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062490
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/6/2490

12. “Biogenic Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterisation and Applications”
by Mughal, B.; Zaidi, S.; Zhang, X. and Hassan, S.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(6), 2598; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062598
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/6/2598

13. “Electrospun PVP/PVA Nanofiber Mat as a Novel Potential Transdermal Drug-Delivery System for Buprenorphine: A Solution Needed for Pain Management”
by Rahmani, F.; Ziyadi, H.; Baghali, M.; Luo, H. and Ramakrishna, S.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(6), 2779; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062779
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/6/2779

14. “Tuning Single-Molecule Conductance by Controlled Electric Field-Induced trans-to-cis Isomerisation”
by Quintans, C.; Andrienko, D.; Domke, K.; Aravena, D.; Koo, S.; Díez-Pérez, I. and Aragonès, A.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(8), 3317; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11083317
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/8/3317

15. “Surface Functionalization of PLGA Nanoparticles to Increase Transport across the BBB for Alzheimer’s Disease”
by Del Amo, L.; Cano, A.; Ettcheto, M.; Souto, E.; Espina, M.; Camins, A.; García, M. and Sánchez-López, E.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 4305; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11094305
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/9/4305

16. “Antibacterial Activity of TiO2 Nanoparticles Prepared by One-Step Laser Ablation in Liquid”
by Khashan, K.; Sulaiman, G.; Abdulameer, F.; Albukhaty, S.; Ibrahem, M.; Al-Muhimeed, T. and AlObaid, A.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(10), 4623; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11104623
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/10/4623

17. “Electrospun Nanofibrous Membranes for Tissue Engineering and Cell Growth”
by Tanzli, E. and Ehrmann, A.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(15), 6929; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11156929
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/15/6929

18. “Nanotechnology, Nanomedicine, and the Kidney”
by Hauser, P.; Chang, H.; Yanagawa, N. and Hamon, M.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(16), 7187; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11167187
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/16/7187

19. “Fe3O4 Nanoparticles: Structures, Synthesis, Magnetic Properties, Surface Functionalization, and Emerging Applications”
by Nguyen, M.; Tran, H.; Xu, S. and Lee, T.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(23), 11301; https://doi.org/10.3390/app112311301
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/23/11301

20. “Copper Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Characterization, Physiology, Toxicity and Antimicrobial Applications”
by Crisan, M.; Teodora, M. and Lucian, M.
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(1), 141; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12010141
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/1/141

14 September 2022
Meet Us at NanoInnovation 2022, 19–23 September 2022, Rome, Italy


MDPI will be attending NanoInnovation 2022, held in Rome, Italy, from 19 to 23 September 2022.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

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

For more information about the conference, please see the following link: https://www.nanoinnovation2022.eu/.

13 September 2022
Applied Sciences | Top 10 Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Robotics and Automation”

1. “A Practical and Effective Layout for a Safe Human-Robot Collaborative Assembly Task”
by Scimmi, L.; Melchiorre, M.; Troise, M.; Mauro, S. and Pastorelli, S.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1763; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041763
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1763

2. “Control of DC Motors to Guide Unmanned Underwater Vehicles”
by Sands, T.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(5), 2144; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11052144
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/5/2144

3. “Belt Conveyors Rollers Diagnostics Based on Acoustic Signal Collected Using Autonomous Legged Inspection Robot”
by Skoczylas, A.; Stefaniak, P.; Anufriiev, S. and Jachnik, B.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(5), 2299; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11052299
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/5/2299

4. “An Improved PID Controller for the Compliant Constant-Force Actuator Based on BP Neural Network and Smith Predictor”
by Pei, G.; Yu, M.; Xu, Y.; Ma, C.; Lai, H.; Chen, F. and Lin, H.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(6), 2685; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062685
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/6/2685

5. “Transformed Structural Properties Method to Determine the Controllability and Observability of Robots”
by Martinez, D.; Rubio, J.; Garcia, V.; Vargas, T.; Islas, M.; Pacheco, J.; Gutierrez, G.; Meda-Campaña, J.; Mujica-Vargas, D. and Aguilar-Ibañez, C.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(7), 3082; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11073082
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/7/3082

6. “A Mobile Service Robot Global Path Planning Method Based on Ant Colony Optimization and Fuzzy Control”
by Tao, Y.; Gao, H.; Ren, F.; Chen, C.; Wang, T.; Xiong, H. and Jiang, S.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(8), 3605; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11083605
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/8/3605

7. “Digital Twin for Designing and Reconfiguring Human–Robot Collaborative Assembly Lines”
by Kousi, N.; Gkournelos, C.; Aivaliotis, S.; Lotsaris, K.; Bavelos, A.; Baris, P.; Michalos, G. and Makris, S.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(10), 4620; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11104620
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/10/4620

8. “Comparing Methods of DC Motor Control for UUVs”
by Shah, R. and Sands, T.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(11), 4972; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11114972
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/11/4972

9. “A 4-DOF Upper Limb Exoskeleton for Physical Assistance: Design, Modeling, Control and Performance Evaluation”
by Gull, M.; Thoegersen, M.; Bengtson, S.; Mohammadi, M.; Andreasen Struijk, L.; Moeslund, T.; Bak, T. and Bai, S.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(13), 5865; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11135865
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/13/5865

10. “Anomaly Detection Using Deep Neural Network for IoT Architecture”
by Ahmad, Z.; Shahid Khan, A.; Nisar, K.; Haider, I.; Hassan, R.; Haque, M.; Tarmizi, S. and Rodrigues, J.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(15), 7050; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11157050
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/15/7050

8 September 2022
Meet Us at the 21st European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB2022), 18–21 September 2022, Barcelona, Spain


MDPI will be attending the 21st European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB2022), held in Barcelona, Spain, from 18 to 21 September 2022.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

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

For more information about the conference, please see the following link: https://eccb2022.org/.

2 September 2022
Prof. Dr. Francesco Cappello Appointed Associate Editor of Applied Sciences


We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Francesco Cappello has been appointed as the Associate Editor of the journal Applied Sciences (ISSN: 2076-3417, IF: 2.838).

Prof. Dr. Francesco Cappello was born in Palermo, Italy, in 1973. In 1997, he completed his degree in medicine and surgery with honors and was awarded the Best Thesis prize. In 2002, he became a specialist in pathological anatomy, receiving the maximum score. Since 2016, he has served as a Full Professor at the University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, where he teaches human anatomy and histology. His current honorific appointments include the following: Scientific Director of the Euro-Mediterranean Institute of Science and Technology, Palermo, Italy; Associate Member of the Faculty of the Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (TX), USA; Adjunct Associate Professor of the Department of Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia (PA), USA; President of the Italian Society of Experimental Biology; and Senior Fellow of the Cell Stress Society International. His research interests include cell differentiation, tissue homeostasis, organ regeneration, cell stress and chaperones, and nanovesicles.

The following is a short Q&A with Prof. Dr. Francesco Cappello, who shared his vision for the journal and his views of the research area and open access publishing with us:

1. What appealed to you about the journal that made you want to take on the role as its Associate Editor?
The reputation of MDPI and the efficacious support of its editorial team.

2. What is your vision for the Section "Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering"?
This is a growing field of interest for the future as well as in developing countries.

3. Who should contribute to this Section, and what can readers expect?
Scientists, including mature Ph.D. and post-doc students, should contribute to offering readers the opportunity to learn about their contributions to the advancement of science in this field.

4. What does the future of this field of research look like?
The future of this field is of great interest and includes the opportunity of receiving funding from public and private entities.

We warmly welcome Prof. Dr. Francesco Cappello to his new role as Associate Editor, and we look forward to his guidance in helping Applied Sciences reach new milestones.

2 September 2022
Applied Sciences | Top 20 Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering”

1. “Assessment of an Improved Three-Diode against Modified Two-Diode Patterns of MCS Solar Cells Associated with Soft Parameter Estimation Paradigms”
by Bayoumi, A.; El-Sehiemy, R.; Mahmoud, K.; Lehtonen, M.; Darwish, M.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 1055; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11031055
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/1055

2.Real-Time Extensive Livestock Monitoring Using LPWAN Smart Wearable and Infrastructure”
by Casas, R.; Hermosa, A.; Marco, Á.; Blanco, T.; Zarazaga-Soria, F.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 1240; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11031240
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/1240

3. “A Novel Automatic Modulation Classification Method Using Attention Mechanism and Hybrid Parallel Neural Network”
by Zhang, R.; Yin, Z.; Wu, Z.; Zhou, S.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 1327; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11031327
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/1327

4. “Crowded Space: A Review on Radar Measurements for Space Debris Monitoring and Tracking”
by Muntoni, G.; Montisci, G.; Pisanu, T.; Andronico, P.; Valente, G.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1364; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041364
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1364

5. “Metamaterial Based Design of Compact UWB/MIMO Monopoles Antenna with Characteristic Mode Analysis”
by Jabire, A.; Ghaffar, A.; Li, X.; Abdu, A.; Saminu, S.; Alibakhshikenari, M.; Falcone, F.; Limiti, E.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1542; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041542
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1542

6. “Machine Learning for Design Optimization of Electromagnetic Devices: Recent Developments and Future Directions”
by Li, Y.; Lei, G.; Bramerdorfer, G.; Peng, S.; Sun, X.; Zhu, J.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1627; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041627
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1627

7. “Design and Realization of a Frequency Reconfigurable Multimode Antenna for ISM, 5G-Sub-6-GHz, and S-Band Applications”
by Ghaffar, A.; Li, X.; Awan, W.; Iffat Naqvi, S.; Hussain, N.; Seet, B.; Alibakhshikenari, M.; Falcone, F.; Limiti, E.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1635; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041635
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1635

8. “Time-Dependent Performance of a Multi-Hop Software Defined Network”
by Czachórski, T.; Gelenbe, E.; Kuaban, G.; Marek, D.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(6), 2469; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062469
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/6/2469

9. “Interpretation of Frequency Response Analysis for Fault Detection in Power Transformers”
by Al-Ameri, S.; Kamarudin, M.; Yousof, M.; Salem, A.; Siada, A.; Mosaad, M.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(7), 2923; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11072923
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/7/2923

10. “Digital Twins Collaboration for Automatic Erratic Operational Data Detection in Industry 4.0”
by Sahal, R.; Alsamhi, S.; Breslin, J.; Brown, K.; Ali, M.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(7), 3186; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11073186
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/7/3186

11. “Renewable Generation and Transmission Expansion Planning Coordination with Energy Storage System: A Flexibility Point of View”
by Ansari, M.; Pirouzi, S.; Kazemi, M.; Naderipour, A.; Benbouzid, M.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(8), 3303; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11083303
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/8/3303

12. “True Random Number Generator Based on Fibonacci-Galois Ring Oscillators for FPGA”
by Nannipieri, P.; Di Matteo, S.; Baldanzi, L.; Crocetti, L.; Belli, J.; Fanucci, L.; Saponara, S.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(8), 3330; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11083330
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/8/3330

13. “Power-Ordered NOMA with Massive MIMO for 5G Systems”
by Marques da Silva, M.; Dinis, R.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(8), 3541; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11083541
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/8/3541

14. “In Situ Assessment of 5G NR Massive MIMO Base Station Exposure in a Commercial Network in Bern, Switzerland”
by Aerts, S.; Deprez, K.; Colombi, D.; Van den Bossche, M.; Verloock, L.; Martens, L.; Törnevik, C.; Joseph, W.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(8), 3592; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11083592
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/8/3592

15. “Sizing and Sitting of DERs in Active Distribution Networks Incorporating Load Prevailing Uncertainties Using Probabilistic Approaches”
by Nematollahi, A.; Shahinzadeh, H.; Nafisi, H.; Vahidi, B.; Amirat, Y.; Benbouzid, M.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 4156; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11094156
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/9/4156

16. “A Self-Optimizing Technique Based on Vertical Handover for Load Balancing in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks Using Big Data Analytics”
by Beshley, M.; Kryvinska, N.; Yaremko, O.; Beshley, H.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(11), 4737; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11114737
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/11/4737

17. “Parametric Analysis of the Edge Capacitance of Uniform Slots and Application to Frequency-Variation Permittivity Sensors”
by Muñoz-Enano, J.; Martel, J.; Vélez, P.; Medina, F.; Su, L.; Martín, F.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(15), 7000; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11157000
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/15/7000

18. “Microwave Planar Resonant Solutions for Glucose Concentration Sensing: A Systematic Review”
by Juan, C.; Potelon, B.; Quendo, C.; Bronchalo, E.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(15), 7018; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11157018
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/15/7018

19. “Cyclostationary Crosstalk Cancelation in High-Speed Transmission Lines”
by Kuznetsov, Y.; Baev, A.; Konovalyuk, M.; Gorbunova, A.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(17), 7988; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11177988
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/17/7988

20. “Dynamic Correction of the Influence of Long Measuring Path Irregularity in Antenna Tests”
by Dobychina, E.; Snastin, M.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(17), 8183; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11178183
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/17/8183

25 August 2022
Applied Sciences | Top 20 Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Optics and Lasers”

1. “Homodyne Spectroscopy with Broadband Terahertz Power Detector Based on 90-nm Silicon CMOS Transistor”
by Ikamas, K.; But, D.; Lisauskas, A.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(1), 412; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11010412
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/1/412

2. “Beam Profile Characterisation of an Optoelectronic Silicon Lens-Integrated PIN-PD Emitter between 100 GHz and 1 THz”
by Smith, J.; Naftaly, M.; Nellen, S.; Globisch, B.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 465; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020465
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/2/465

3. “Trends in Performance Limits of the HOT Infrared Photodetectors”
by Rogalski, A.; Martyniuk, P.; Kopytko, M.; Hu, W.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 501; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020501
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/2/501

4. “Performance Evaluation of a THz Pulsed Imaging System: Point Spread Function, Broadband THz Beam Visualization and Image Reconstruction”
by Di Fabrizio, M.; D’Arco, A.; Mou, S.; Palumbo, L.; Petrarca, M.; Lupi, S.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 562; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020562
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/2/562

5. “Inductive Thermography as Non-Destructive Testing for Railway Rails”
by Tuschl, C.; Oswald-Tranta, B.; Eck, S.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 1003; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11031003
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/1003

6. “Review on Complete Mueller Matrix Optical Scanning Microscopy Imaging”
by Le Gratiet, A.; Mohebi, A.; Callegari, F.; Bianchini, P.; Diaspro, A.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1632; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041632
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1632

7. “Cladding-Pumped Erbium/Ytterbium Co-Doped Fiber Amplifier for C-Band Operation in Optical Networks”
by Supe, A.; Olonkins, S.; Udalcovs, A.; Senkans, U.; Mūrnieks, R.; Gegere, L.; Prigunovs, D.; Grube, J.; Elsts, E.; Spolitis, S.; Ozolins, O.; Bobrovs, V.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1702; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041702
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1702

8. “Dual-Slope Diffuse Reflectance Instrument for Calibration-Free Broadband Spectroscopy”
by Blaney, G.; Donaldson, R.; Mushtak, S.; Nguyen, H.; Vignale, L.; Fernandez, C.; Pham, T.; Sassaroli, A.; Fantini, S.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1757; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041757
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1757

9. “Storm-Time Features of the Ionospheric ELF/VLF Waves and Energetic Electron Fluxes Revealed by the China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite”
by Zhima, Z.; Hu, Y.; Shen, X.; Chu, W.; Piersanti, M.; Parmentier, A.; Zhang, Z.; Wang, Q.; Huang, J.; Zhao, S.; Yang, Y.; Yang, D.; Sun, X.; Tan, Q.; Zhou, N.; Guo, F.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(6), 2617; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062617
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/6/2617

10. “Inverse Design for Silicon Photonics: From Iterative Optimization Algorithms to Deep Neural Networks”
by Mao, S.; Cheng, L.; Zhao, C.; Khan, F.; Li, Q.; Fu, H.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 3822; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11093822
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/9/3822

11. “A Survey of Low-Cost 3D Laser Scanning Technology”
by Bi, S.; Yuan, C.; Liu, C.; Cheng, J.; Wang, W.; Cai, Y.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 3938; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11093938
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/9/3938

12. “Towards a Glass New World: The Role of Ion-Exchange in Modern Technology”
by Berneschi, S.; Righini, G.; Pelli, S.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(10), 4610; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11104610
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/10/4610

13. “Trace CH4 Gas Detection Based on an Integrated Spherical Photoacoustic Cell”
by Jiao, Y.; Fan, H.; Gong, Z.; Yang, K.; Shen, F.; Chen, K.; Mei, L.; Peng, W.; Yu, Q.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(11), 4997; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11114997
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/11/4997

14. “Gas Sensors Based on Localized Surface Plasmon Resonances: Synthesis of Oxide Films with Embedded Metal Nanoparticles, Theory and Simulation, and Sensitivity Enhancement Strategies”
by Rodrigues, M.; Borges, J.; Lopes, C.; Pereira, R.; Vasilevskiy, M.; Vaz, F.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(12), 5388; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11125388
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/12/5388

15. “From Femtoseconds to Hours—Measuring Dynamics over 18 Orders of Magnitude with Coherent X-rays”
by Lehmkühler, F.; Roseker, W.; Grübel, G.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(13), 6179; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11136179
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/13/6179

16. “Terahertz and Microwave Optical Properties of Single-Crystal Quartz and Vitreous Silica and the Behavior of the Boson Peak”
by Naftaly, M.; Gregory, A.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(15), 6733; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11156733
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/15/6733

17. “Exact Scan Patterns of Rotational Risley Prisms Obtained with a Graphical Method: Multi-Parameter Analysis and Design”
by Duma, V.; Dimb, A.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(18), 8451; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11188451
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/18/8451

18. “Review of Element Analysis of Industrial Materials by In-Line Laser—Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)”
by Pedarnig, J.; Trautner, S.; Grünberger, S.; Giannakaris, N.; Eschlböck-Fuchs, S.; Hofstadler, J.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(19), 9274; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11199274
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/19/9274

19. “Fast Image Reconstruction Technique for Parallel Phase-Shifting Digital Holography”
by Tsuruta, M.; Fukuyama, T.; Tahara, T.; Takaki, Y.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(23), 11343; https://doi.org/10.3390/app112311343
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/23/11343

20. “Experimental Demonstration and Performance Enhancement of 5G NR Multiband Radio over Fiber System Using Optimized Digital Predistortion”
by Hadi, M.; Awais, M.; Raza, M.; Ashraf, M.; Song, J.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(24), 11624; https://doi.org/10.3390/app112411624
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/24/11624

17 August 2022
Applied Sciences | Top 10 Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Acoustics and Vibrations”

1. “Recent Advances in Acoustics of Transitional Airfoils with Feedback-Loop Interactions: A Review”
by Golubev, V.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 1057; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11031057
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/1057

2. “Improving the Accuracy of Analytical Relationships for Mechanical Properties of Permeable Metamaterials“
by Hedayati, R.; Ghavidelnia, N.; Sadighi, M.; Bodaghi, M.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 1332; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11031332
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/1332

3. “Underwater Acoustic Target Recognition with a Residual Network and the Optimized Feature Extraction Method”
by Hong, F.; Liu, C.; Guo, L.; Chen, F.; Feng, H.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1442; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041442
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1442

4. “Ultrasound Extraction Mediated Recovery of Nutrients and Antioxidant Bioactive Compounds from Phaeodactylum tricornutum Microalgae”
by Khawli, F.; Martí-Quijal, F.; Pallarés, N.; Barba, F.; Ferrer, E.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1701; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041701
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1701

5. “Monitoring the Hydration Process in Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Cement-Based Composites Using Nonlinear Elastic Waves”
by Tragazikis, I.; Kordatou, T.; Exarchos, D.; Dalla, P.; Matikas, T.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1720; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041720
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1720

6. “3D Roughness Measurement of Failure Surface in CFA Pile Samples Using Three-Dimensional Laser Scanning”
by Seo, H.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(6), 2713; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062713
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/6/2713

7. “Recent Advancements in Non-Destructive Testing Techniques for Structural Health Monitoring
by Kot, P.; Muradov, M.; Gkantou, M.; Kamaris, G.; Hashim, K.; Yeboah, D.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(6), 2750; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062750
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/6/2750

8. “Aeroacoustics Assessment of an Hybrid Aircraft Configuration with Rear-Mounted Boundary Layer Ingested Engine”
by Petrosino, F.; Barbarino, M.; Staggat, M.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(7), 2936; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11072936
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/7/2936

9. “Detection and Localization of Multiple Damages through Entropy in Information Theory”
by Ceravolo, R.; Civera, M.; Lenticchia, E.; Miraglia, G.; Surace, C.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(13), 5773; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11135773
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/13/5773

10. “An Ensemble of Convolutional Neural Networks for Audio Classification”
by Nanni, L.; Maguolo, G.; Brahnam, S.; Paci, M.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(13), 5796; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11135796
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/13/5796

17 August 2022
Meet Us at the XVI Meeting of Plant Molecular Biology (RBMP), 14–16 September 2022, Sevilla, Spain


MDPI will be attending RBMP 2022, held in Sevilla, Spain, from 14 to 16 September 2022. The Meeting of Plant Molecular Biology (RBMP) is the most important biennial event with the greatest impact on plant research, open to scientists from academia and industry. During this conference, MDPI (at the booth #25) welcomes researchers from different backgrounds to visit and share with us your latest inspirations.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

  • IJMS (leading journal);
  • CIMB;
  • Plants;
  • Horticulturae;
  • Applied Sciences;
  • Antioxidants;
  • Taxonomy.

If you plan on attending this conference, feel free to stop by our booth #25. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have.

For more information about the conference, please see the following link: https://www.bcongresos.com/congresos/rbmp2022/.

15 August 2022
Meet Us at the INTECOL 2022, 28 August–2 September 2022, Geneva, Switzerland


A range of MDPI journals will be attending INTECOL 2022 as exhibitors. This meeting will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 28 August to 2 September 2022.

“Frontiers in Ecology – Science and Society” is the general theme of the conference. With an estimated number of 1500 participants coming to Geneva, and as many following the conference from a distance, the conference aims to bring the state-of-the-art expertise in ecology to the forefront of societal challenges.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

If you are attending this conference, please feel free to start a conversation with us at our booth #03. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit http://intecol2021.org/, or contact the Diversity Editorial Office at [email protected].

15 August 2022
Meet Us at the 25th International Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx20in22), 6–10 September 2022, Vienna, Austria


MDPI will be attending the 25th International Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx20in22), held in Vienna, Austria, from 6 to 10 September 2022.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

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

For more information about the conference, please see the following link: https://dafx2020.mdw.ac.at/.

10 August 2022
Recruiting Section Editors-in-Chief for Applied Sciences


To ensure the continued efficient and high-quality production of our journal, we are currently seeking nominations and applications for the position of Section Editor-in-Chief (SEiC) for the following Sections of Applied Sciences (ISSN: 2076-3417):

Engineering Subject:

Physical Sciences Subject:

Chemistry & Materials Science Subject:

Biology & Life Sciences Subject:

Environmental & Earth Sciences Subject:

The Section Editor-in-Chief is responsible for ensuring the scientific quality of a particular Section of a journal and is expected to oversee the growth and development of the journal Sections and its Board Members.

The responsibilities of a Section Editor-in-Chief include the following:

  • Acting as an ambassador for the journal, MDPI, and Open Access publishing;
  • Making scientific decisions about the scope of their Section;
  • Inviting distinguished scientists to join the Editorial Board;
  • Suggesting topics for Special Issues;
  • Providing support and guidance to Editorial Board Members and editorial staff where required;
  • Maintaining oversight of the editorial process for individual manuscripts in their Section (mainly by making the final decision as to whether a paper can be published after peer review and revisions);
  • Understanding, leading, and upholding MDPI’s peer review and ethics guidelines.

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9 August 2022
Interview with Prof. Dr. Dimitris Mourtzis—Winner of Applied Sciences 2020 Best Paper Award in “Mechanical Engineering”

Name: Prof. Dr. Dimitris Mourtzis
Email: [email protected]
Article Title: “Real-Time Remote Maintenance Support Based on Augmented Reality (AR)”

Prof. Dr. Dimitris Mourtzis is a Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics at the University of Patras. At this institute, he also serves as Vice President of the Research and Development Council of the University of Patras and Governing Board Member for the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking, representing European Academia. He is also the Director of the Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems and Automation (LMS). Additionally, he is the coordinator of the Internal Evaluation Team for the evaluation of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics. At the University of Patras, he has served as Vice Chairman of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics from 2017 to 2020 and the Director of the Design and Manufacturing Division from 2015 to 2017. He has remarkable teaching experience, having taught for many years eight undergraduate and four postgraduate courses at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics at the University of Patras in the field of Manufacturing Systems Programming and Control Methods. He has been the coordinator of the innovative educational activity for engineers, Teaching Factories—“New training methods of the Engineer”, in close collaboration with the industry. At an international level, he is the Faculty Liaison representing the University of Patras in the iPodia program. His scientific interests focus on the simulation, design, planning and control of manufacturing systems and networks, robotic systems, automation, augmented, mixed, and virtual reality in manufacturing, manufacturing processes modeling and machine tool maintenance. Furthermore, his research interests are also focused on the design, development and implementation of solutions based on technologies such as the cloud, internet of things (IoT), the digital twin, 5G cellular networks, and artificial intelligence as well as on the development of product–service systems (PSS). He is also actively involved in the digital transformation of manufacturing companies and implementation of Industry 4.0 as well as of the upcoming Industry 5.0 and Society 5.0 practices, both on a national and international level.

He is a Fellow of the International Academy for Production Research (CIRP), International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC 5.2), and International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP WG 5.7); Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Association of Learning Factories (IALF), European Factories of the Future Association (EFFRA), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), and European Manufacturing and Innovation Research Association (EMIRACLE); and Founding Member of the European Aeronautics Science Network/Association (EASN).

He is also the author and editor of the book Design and Operation of Production Networks for Mass Personalization in the Era of Cloud Technology, published by Elsevier in 2022. He also participates as a member of the editorial board of nine international scientific journals and has participated as a guest editor in four international scientific journals with a high impact factor.

He has published around three hundred scientific papers, of which one hundred were in highly regarded international scientific journals and one hundred and fifty at international scientific conferences in addition to thirty-five chapters in books, ten editorials, and four white papers. His research work has been acknowledged by the scientific community with more than 10,300 citations (h-index 52) according to the Google Scholar, Scopus, and ResearchGate databases.

We want to congratulate Prof. Dr. Dimitris Mourtzis for winning the Applied Sciences 2020 Best Paper Award in “Mechanical Engineering”.

The following is an interview with Prof. Dr. Dimitris Mourtzis:

  1. Could you please briefly introduce the main research content of the winning paper?

Cloud computing has enabled the provision of high-quality services, especially in the field of maintenance. However, since modern machines are becoming more complex, maintenance has to be carried out by experienced and well-trained personnel, while overseas support is timely and financially costly. Furthermore, augmented reality (AR) is a backbone technology facilitating the development of robust maintenance support tools. However, its applications are limited to the provision of predefined scenarios. Thus, the main research content of the winning paper is research work that aims to design and develop a framework for the support of remote maintenance and repair operation based on AR by creating suitable communication channels between the shop-floor technicians and the expert engineers who are utilizing real-time feedback from the operator’s field of view. Finally, the applicability and validation of the proposed tool are tested in a lab-based machine shop and a real-life industrial case study.

  1. Could you describe the difficulties and breakthrough innovations encountered in this research?

Τhe most important challenge that the research and development community has to overcome is the creation of highly intuitive AR applications and tools. Even though there are several publications covering the AR-based aspect of maintenance, the majority of publications have focused on the remote assistance of technical operation. However, in the majority of publications, the use of frame markers is inevitable, which can highly affect the overall performance of the tool and, by extension, the performance of the shop-floor/field technician. Therefore, according to our literature search, a more robust and compact framework to enhance the technician’s mobility when working on the machine is needed. This research work is one of the first publications that provide real-time support based on AR technology.

  1. What are the current cutting-edge research areas in this field?

The majority of maintenance tasks are now being completed in one of four ways: shipment to a repair facility, hiring a skilled specialist, hiring a novice technician, or a combination of these. The method, involving the use of a skilled specialist, would undoubtedly result in faster and higher-quality maintenance than that provided by a novice technician. However, there may not be a specialist available, resulting in longer downtime for equipment and higher travel costs. Additionally, if the maintenance problem is not properly reported before the specialist arrives, additional transportation may be required to allow the specialist to diagnose the problem and obtain the necessary tools and replacement parts. Next, another method used for maintenance would be to utilize a novice technician, aided by an operations manual or additional instructional material such as videos. While personnel would be readily available, support material takes a long time to produce and quickly becomes obsolete as the equipment is modified. Finally, allowing an off-site skilled specialist to guide an on-site novice technician through maintenance tasks using an audiovisual call is another option for performing maintenance. Therefore, it may be difficult to effectively communicate tasks when both the specialist and the novice technician are unfamiliar with the same terminology because of the high reliance on technical vocabulary. As a result, finding more efficient ways to train and guide technicians is critical to the continued maintenance of globally distributed equipment.

Taking into consideration that, under the framework of Industry 4.0, the complexity of machines and systems has greatly increased, suitably trained personnel are required for maintenance repair and operations (MRO). Moreover, during the current Industrial Revolution, the research community has expended great efforts in the design, development, and implementation of big dataset analytics toward predictive maintenance (PdM). PdM approaches can facilitate the improvement of production and manufacturing networks by providing good estimates for future events (e.g., machine breakdowns). However, there is a lack within the field of decision-making and human support.

Above all, engineering is a wide and highly technological field that focuses on the satisfaction of market demands (human demands). Therefore, it is imperative that humans remain at the center of attention. Many countries are already moving toward more human-centric, resilient, and sustainable initiatives in what is known as Industry 5.0 and Society 5.0. Similar to the pillar technologies of Industry 4.0, Industry 5.0 and Society 5.0 will focus on the development of new analytics methods also known as prescriptive analytics. Prescriptive analytics can be realized as the next generation of predictive analytics. Their main differentiation lies in the provision of decision-making support (for prescriptive analytics), which will facilitate humans into foreseeing future events and act proactively and, by extension, improve the seamless and continuous operation of manufacturing and production networks. Furthermore, digital technologies, such as extended reality (which encapsulates augmented reality, virtual reality, and mixed reality) will be key drivers for delivering more intuitive human experiences and improved data interpretation and visualization.

  1. As one of the winners of the Applied Sciences Best Paper Award, what do you think researchers find appealing about this award?

Beyond the publication of their manuscripts, the Best Paper Award is the ultimate recognition of the research work accomplished by scientists. It is important for authors to receive recognition for their research activities as well as to know that the community has benefited from their research work. Furthermore, the Best Paper Award is one of the most important points for building a strong academic and professional profile. Finally, such awards drive young researchers to strive even harder to produce and publish top-quality research works.

  1. How do you think open access impacts authors?

Scientific research shows that publishing in open access results in more citations and impact because of the global visibility without barriers. Businesses can also gain access to the most up-to-date scientific ideas, which they can then build on. Increased visibility is one of the most widely praised benefits of open access publishing; since there is no barrier to accessing articles, more people can find and read them. To that end, this research work has been cited 43 times so far, based on Google Scholar.

About the other authors of “Real-Time Remote Maintenance Support Based on Augmented Reality (AR)”:

John Angelopoulos
John Angelopoulos holds an integrated master’s in Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics from the University of Patras. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate and Research Associate with the Laboratory of Manufacturing Systems and Automation (LMS) at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, University of Patras. His research activities are related to extended reality (XR), maintenance techniques, artificial intelligence (AI), and manufacturing systems in Industry 4.0. He has published 45 research works, including 2 book chapters, 10 publications in scientific journals, 32 publications at international scientific conferences, and 1 white paper. His research work has been acknowledged by the scientific community with more than 300 citations corresponding to an h-index of 10 according to Google Scholar.

Vasileios Siatras
Vasilis Siatras is an undergraduate integrated master’s degree student at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics at the University of Patras. His research interests are focused on artificial intelligence (AI), optimization, and extended reality (XR) technologies. He is also a Research Associate at the Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems and Automation (LMS) working on European-funded projects in close collaboration with key innovation drivers and SMEs in Europe. He has also published thirteen research papers in international journals and conferences. His research work has been acknowledged by the scientific community with 120 citations corresponding to an h-index of 5 according to Google Scholar.

11 July 2022
MDPI’s 2021 Best Paper Awards in “Engineering”—Winners Announced

The purpose of our Best Paper Awards is to promote and recognize the most impactful contributions published within MDPI journals.

The academic editors of each journal carefully selected reviews and research papers through a rigorous judging process based on criteria such as the scientific merit, overall impact, and the quality of presentation of the papers published in the journal.

We are honored to present the winners in the “Engineering” category, who were selected amongst extensive competition, and congratulate the authors for their outstanding scientific publications.

Actuators:

Batteries:

Chemosensors:

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering:

Lubricants:

Micromachines:

Processes:

Sensors:

World Electric Vehicle Journal:

11 July 2022
MDPI’s 2021 Young Investigator Awards in “Engineering—Winners Announced

MDPI’s Young Investigator Awards recognize promising junior researchers, acknowledge their contributions, and enhance communication among scientists. We are proud to present the winners for the year 2021 in the “Engineering” category. The winners were selected by the journals’ editors.

We warmly congratulate the awarded Young Investigators for their outstanding contributions. MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.

Biosensors:

  • Amay J. Bandodkar, North Carolina State University, USA.

ChemEngineering:

  • Andrew S. Paluch, Miami University, USA.

Chemosensors:

  • Mindy Levine, Ariel University, Israel.

Electronics:

  • Amir H. Gandomi, University of Technology Sydney, Australia.

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering:

  • Tiago Fazeres-Ferradosa, University of Porto, Portugal.

Machines:

  • Chen Lv, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore;
  • Ignacio Gonzalez-Prieto, University of Malaga (UMA), Spain;
  • Ning Sun, Nankai University, China.

Processes:

  • Anton Rassõlkin, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia.

Sensors:

  • Qammer H. Abbasi, Queen Mary University of London, UK;
  • Chi Hwan Lee, Purdue University, USA.

11 July 2022
MDPI’s 2021 Travel Awards in “Engineering”—Winners Announced

We are proud to recognize the winners of MDPI’s 2021 Travel Awards in the “Engineering” category for their outstanding presentations and to present them with the prize.

MDPI journals regularly offer travel awards to encourage talented junior scientists to present their latest research at academic conferences in specific fields, which helps to increase their influence.

The winners mentioned below were carefully selected by the journal editors based on an outline of their research and the work to be presented at an academic conference.

We would like to warmly congratulate the winners of this year’s Travel Awards and wish them the greatest success with their future research endeavors. MDPI will continue to enhance communication among scientists.

Actuators:

  • Matthew Wei Ming Tan, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Applied Sciences:

  • Márcia de Sousa Oliveira, University of León, Spain;
  • Caroline Sarah Taylor, University of Sheffield, UK;
  • Raquel Viveiros, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal;
  • Alfonso González Briones, University of Salamanca, Spain;
  • Alen Horvat, University Carlos III Madrid, Spain;
  • Marie Švecová, University of Chemistry and Technology, Czech Republic;
  • Venanzio Giannella, University of Salerno, Italy;
  • Michaël Lobet, University of Namur, Belgium;
  • Lam Thi Ngoc Tran, National Research Council, Italy;
  • Hanfei Mei, University of South Carolina, USA.

Applied System Innovation:

  • Mert Nakip, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland.

Biosensors:

  • Mengdi Bao, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA;

Yichi Su, Stanford University, USA.

Buildings:

  • Karthik Panchabikesan, Concordia University, Canada;
  • Xiaolei Yuan, Tongji University, China.

Chemosensors:

  • Verónica Montes García, Université de Strasbourg & CNRS, France.

Electronics:

  • Peng Hang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore;
  • Alfonso González Briones, University of Salamanca, Spain.

Fluids:

  • Alberto Zingaro, Politecnico di Milano, Italy;
  • Sarah E. Morris, Auburn University, USA.

Infrastructures:

  • Angelo Aloisio, University of L’Aquila, Italy;
  • André Filipe Castanheira Alves Furtado, University of Porto, Portugal.

Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications:

  • Tommaso Zanotti, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy.

Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing:

  • Nagalingam Arun Prasanth, Rolls-Royce@NTU Corporate Lab, Singapore.

Machines:

  • Muhammad Jamil, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA), China;
  • Mariagrazia Tristano, Sheffield Hallam University, UK.

Processes:

  • Michele Schlich, University of Cagliari, Italy;
  • Álvaro Santana Mayor, University of La Laguna, Spain.

Sensors:

  • Eleonora Macchia, Åbo Akademi University, Finland;
  • Alfonso Gonzalez Briones, University of Salamanca, Spain;
  • Saúl Vallejos Calzada, University of Burgos, Spain;
  • Ana Novo, University of Vigo, Spain;
  • Yalin Liu, Macau University of Science and Technology, China;
  • Marilena Giglio, Politecnico of Bari, Italy;
  • Yuzhi Shi, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.

11 July 2022
MDPI’s 2021 Outstanding Reviewer Awards in “Engineering”—Winners Announced

In order to acknowledge our reviewers, who so generously dedicate their time to reviewing papers and demonstrate diligence, professionalism, and timeliness when reviewing manuscripts, MDPI journals regularly offer outstanding reviewer awards to scholars who participate in the peer-review process.

We are proud to recognize the winners for the year 2021 in the “Engineering category for their outstanding contributions among extensive competition by presenting them with an Outstanding Reviewer Award.

We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all of the winners on their achievement. MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.

Actuators:

  • Ryszard Dindorf, Kielce University of Technology, Poland.

Applied Sciences:

  • Khaled Giasin, University of Portsmouth, UK;
  • Jakub Krzysztof Grabski, University of Technology, Poland;
  • Marcos Tostado-Véliz, University of Jaén, Spain;
  • Luigi Pugliese, University of Calabria, Italy;
  • Francesco Bennardo, University of Catanzaro, Italy;
  • Heriberto Perez-Acebo, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Spain.

Biosensors:

  • Amir Hatamie, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Buildings:

  • Francesco Fiorito, Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy;
  • Paul G. O’Brien, York University, Canada.

Chemosensors:

  • Verónica Montes García, University of Strasbourg, France.

Machines:

  • Piotr Gierlak, Rzeszow University of Technology, Poland;
  • Sebastian A. Nugroho, University of Michigan, USA;
  • Viorel Paleu, Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Romania.

Processes:

  • Marcin Dębowski, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland;
  • Bartłomiej Zieniuk, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland;
  • Zbigniew Nadolny, Poznan University of Technology, Poland;
  • Attila Egedy, University of Pannonia, Hungary;
  • Seok-Ho Rhi, Chungbuk National University, Korea.

Sensors:

  • Hojong Choi, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Korea;
  • Li Fu, Hangzhou Dianzi University, China;
  • Leonardo De Mello Honorio, Federal University of Juiz De Fora Juiz De Fora, Brazil;
  • Mario Versaci, Mediterranea University, Italy;
  • Robertas Damasevicius, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania.

11 July 2022
Recruiting Section Editor-in-Chief for the Section “Applied Thermal Engineering” in Applied Sciences


The journal Applied Sciences (ISSN: 2076-3417) is currently recruiting a Section Editor-in-Chief for the Section “Applied Thermal Engineering”.

The Section “Applied Thermal Engineering” aims to publish high-quality, state-of-the-art reviews, original full research, short communications, and case studies, covering all technologies based on heat transfer processes. Therefore, challenging works dealing with applied thermodynamic problems up to real applications are welcomed in this Section. Both theoretical and experimental works with rigorous and replicable methodology can be submitted in this Section.

Both basic and applied research and anything in between is acceptable in this Section, and many different applications can be covered, such as domestic, commercial, industrial, marine, aeronautics, aerospatial, transport, primary/secondary/tertiary sector, and clean energy.

Further information about the Section may be found via the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/sections/ATE.

The Section Editor-in-Chief is responsible for the following:

  • Defining the aims and scope of the Section;
  • Advising on the strategic development of the Section;
  • Ensuring that the published content is of high quality;
  • Nominating/inviting Guest Editors and optionally providing them with the authority to make final acceptance decisions about submitted articles;
  • Nominating/inviting contributors;
  • Nominating and leading the Section Editorial Board;
  • Promoting the journal at scientific conferences or through other venues;
  • Conducting preliminary checks of submissions and making the final decision as to whether a paper can be accepted for publication following peer review and author revisions (when it suits your schedule).

To apply for this position, please contact the Applied Sciences Editorial Office ([email protected]) with the following two files attached:

  • A full academic CV;
  • A short cover letter that details your interest and enthusiasm for the position.

Applied Sciences Editorial Office

4 July 2022
Meet Us at the 11th National Conference on Environmental Chemistry, 25–29 July 2022, Harbin, China


A range of MDPI journals will be attending the 11th National Conference on Environmental Chemistry as an exhibitor. This meeting will be held in Harbin, China, from 25 to 29 July 2022.

The theme of this conference will be “Innovating Environmental Sciences, Low-Carbon Protecting Environment and Health”, which fully reflects the conference’s purpose of innovation, participation, cooperation, and foresight. More than 50 branches have been set up in the fields of interface process, toxicology and health, public health, environmental safety, pollution control, remediation technology, green and low-carbon, and environmental policy, and various well-known experts at home and abroad have been invited to produce conference and branch reports and deliver speeches. We invite experts in the field and environmental protection companies to participate in the exhibition, for which academic activities such as paper exhibitions, postgraduate forums, and Editor-in-Chief meetings have been organized.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

If you are attending this conference, please feel free to start a conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions you may have. For more information about the conference and our booth, please visit the following link: https://www.ncec2021.com/Home/Default.

1 July 2022
Meet Us Online at the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Applied Sciences (ASEC 2022), 1–15 December 2022


We would like to invite you to join the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Applied Sciences (ASEC 2022), which will be hosted online from 1 to 15 December 2022. ASEC 2022 will be free of charge for presenters and visitors.

This event will take place entirely online, enabling participation from all over the world with no concerns regarding travel and related expenditures. An electronic conference provides a platform for rapid and direct exchange of the latest research findings and novel ideas.

ASEC 2022 aims to promote and advance the exciting and rapidly changing fields representing all aspects of applied sciences. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering (Session A);
  • Chemistry and Materials Science (Session B);
  • Computing and Artificial Intelligence (Session C);
  • Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering (Session D);
  • Energy Science and Technology (Session E);
  • Environmental and Earth Sciences (Session F);
  • Mechanical Engineering (Session G);
  • Nanotechnology and Applied Nanosciences (Session H);
  • Optics and Lasers (Session I);
  • Sensors, Instrumentation and Measurement Science (Session J).

Paper submission guidelines:
For information about the procedure for submission, peer review, revision, and acceptance of conference proceedings papers, please refer to the instructions for authors. There will be an opportunity to publish papers that have been peer reviewed and accepted for a Special Issue of Applied Sciences. MDPI offers a 20% discount on the fees for publication in this Special Issue.

Important dates:
Abstract submission: 25 August 2022;
Notification of acceptance: 15 September 2022;
Proceedings paper submission deadline: 13 October 2022;
Conference: 1–15 December 2022.

We look forward to receiving your research papers and to welcoming you to ASEC 2022.

28 June 2022
2021 Impact Factors - Released

The 2021 citation metrics have been released in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), and we’re pleased to announce the following results for MDPI journals:

Journal Impact Factor Rank Category
Antioxidants 7.675 Q1 Food Science & Technology
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Chemistry, Medicinal
Cells 7.666 Q2 Cell Biology
Nutrients 6.706 Q1 Nutrition & Dietetics
Cancers 6.575 Q1 Oncology
Pharmaceutics 6.525 Q1 Pharmacology & Pharmacy
International Journal of Molecular Sciences 6.208 Q1 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Q2 Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Marine Drugs 6.085 Q1 Chemistry, Medicinal
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Biomolecules 6.064 Q2 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Batteries * 5.938 Q2 Electrochemistry
Energy & Fuels
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Viruses 5.818 Q2 Virology
Biosensors 5.743 Q1 Chemistry, Analytical
Instruments & Instrumentation
Q2 Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Journal of Fungi 5.724 Q1 Mycology
Q2 Microbiology
Nanomaterials 5.719 Q1 Physics, Applied
Q2 Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Metabolites 5.581 Q2 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Foods 5.561 Q1 Food Science & Technology
Drones * 5.532 Q2 Remote Sensing
Remote Sensing 5.349 Q1 Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Imaging Science & Photographic Technology
Q2 Remote Sensing
Environmental Sciences
Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research 5.318 Q2 Business
Antibiotics 5.222 Q1 Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Q2 Infectious Diseases
Pharmaceuticals 5.215 Q1 Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Q2 Chemistry, Medicinal
Biology 5.168 Q1 Biology
Fermentation 5.123 Q2 Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Toxins 5.075 Q1 Toxicology
Q2 Food Science & Technology
Bioengineering * 5.046 Q2 Engineering, Biomedical
Polymers 4.967 Q1 Polymer Science
Journal of Clinical Medicine 4.964 Q2 Medicine, General & Internal
Vaccines 4.961 Q2 Immunology
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Molecules 4.927 Q2 Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Microorganisms 4.926 Q2 Microbiology
Journal of Functional Biomaterials * 4.901 Q2 Engineering, Biomedical
Materials Science, Biomaterials
Biomedicines 4.757 Q2 Medicine, Research & Experimental
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Plants 4.658 Q1 Plant Sciences
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 4.614 Q1 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health (SSCI)
Q2 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health (SCIE)
Environmental Sciences (SCIE)
Membranes 4.562 Q1 Polymer Science
Q2 Engineering, Chemical
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Chemistry, Physical
Pathogens 4.531 Q2 Microbiology
Catalysts 4.501 Q2 Chemistry, Physical
Toxics 4.472 Q2 Toxicology
Environmental Sciences
Gels 4.432 Q1 Polymer Science
Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease 4.415 Q2 Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Chemosensors 4.229 Q1 Instruments & Instrumentation
Q2 Chemistry, Analytical
Q3 Electrochemistry
Genes 4.141 Q2 Genetics & Heredity
Diagnostics 3.992 Q2 Medicine, General & Internal
Agronomy 3.949 Q1 Agronomy
Plant Sciences
Land 3.905 Q2 Environmental Studies
Sustainability 3.889 Q2 Environmental Sciences (SCIE)
Environmental Studies (SSCI)
Q3 Green & Sustainable Science & Technology (SCIE)
Q4 Green & Sustainable Science & Technology (SSCI)
Sensors 3.847 Q2 Instruments & Instrumentation
Chemistry, Analytical
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Materials 3.748 Q1 Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering
Q2 Physics, Applied
Physics, Condensed Matter
Q3 Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Chemistry, Physical
Biomimetics * 3.743 Q2 Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Q3 Materials Science, Biomaterials
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease * 3.711 Q1 Tropical Medicine
Q2 Parasitology
Q3 Infectious Diseases
Lubricants * 3.584 Q2 Engineering, Mechanical
Fractal and Fractional 3.577 Q1 Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications
Water 3.530 Q2 Water Resources
Q3 Environmental Sciences
Micromachines 3.523 Q2 Instruments & Instrumentation
Physics, Applied
Chemistry, Analytical
Q3 Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Journal of Personalized Medicine 3.508 Q2 Medicine, General & Internal
Health Care Sciences & Services
Agriculture 3.408 Q1 Agronomy
Processes 3.352 Q2 Engineering, Chemical
Separations 3.344 Q2 Chemistry, Analytical
Magnetochemistry 3.336 Q2 Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Q3 Chemistry, Physical
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Brain Sciences 3.333 Q3 Neurosciences
Buildings 3.324 Q2 Construction & Building Technology
Engineering, Civil
Forests 3.282 Q1 Forestry
Energies 3.252 Q3 Energy & Fuels
Life 3.251 Q2 Biology
Coatings 3.236 Q2 Materials Science, Coatings & Films
Physics, Applied
Q3 Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Animals 3.231 Q1 Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Veterinary Sciences
Journal of Intelligence * 3.176 Q2 Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Fishes 3.170 Q1 Marine & Freshwater Biology
Q2 Fisheries
Healthcare 3.160 Q2 Health Policy & Services (SSCI)
Health Care Sciences & Services (SCIE)
Inorganics * 3.149 Q2 Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Insects 3.139 Q1 Entomology
Atmosphere 3.110 Q3 Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Environmental Sciences
Current Oncology 3.109 Q3 Oncology
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 3.099 Q2 Geography, Physical
Q3 Computer Science, Information Systems
Remote Sensing
Diversity 3.029 Q2 Biodiversity Conservation
Ecology
Tomography 3.000 Q3 Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Current Issues in Molecular Biology 2.976 Q3 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Medicina 2.948 Q3 Medicine, General & Internal
Symmetry 2.940 Q2 Multidisciplinary Sciences
Horticulturae 2.923 Q1 Horticulture
Machines 2.899 Q2 Engineering, Mechanical
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Systems * 2.895 Q2 Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Applied Sciences 2.838 Q2 Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Physics, Applied
Q3 Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Children 2.835 Q2 Pediatrics
Minerals 2.818 Q2 Mining & Mineral Processing
Mineralogy
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Universe 2.813 Q2 Astronomy & Astrophysics
Q3 Physics, Particles & Fields
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 2.744 Q1 Engineering, Marine
Q2 Oceanography
Engineering, Ocean
Entropy 2.738 Q2 Physics, Multidisciplinary
Fire * 2.726 Q2 Forestry
Q3 Ecology
Metals 2.695 Q2 Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering
Q3 Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Electronics 2.690 Q3 Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Computer Science, Information Systems
Physics, Applied
Crystals 2.670 Q2 Crystallography
Q3 Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Aerospace 2.660 Q1 Engineering, Aerospace
Mathematics 2.592 Q1 Mathematics
Photonics 2.536 Q3 Optics
Actuators 2.523 Q2 Instruments & Instrumentation
Q3 Engineering, Mechanical
Veterinary Sciences 2.518 Q2 Veterinary Sciences
Behavioral Sciences * 2.286 Q3 Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Axioms * 1.824 Q2 Mathematics, Applied

For more information on Impact Factors and what it means to index academic journals, please visit our related blog posts.

 

* Journals given their first Impact Factor in 2022

Source: 2021 Journal Impact Factors, Journal Citation Reports TM (Clarivate, 2022)

 

23 June 2022
Applied Sciences | Top 20 Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Civil Engineering”

1. “Feasibility of LoRa for Smart Home Indoor Localization”
by Kim, K.; Li, S.; Heydariaan, M.; Smaoui, N.; Gnawali, O.; Suh, W.; Suh, M.; Kim, J.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(1), 415; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11010415

2. “Predicting Compressive Strength of Concrete Containing Recycled Aggregate Using Modified ANN with Different Optimization Algorithms”
by Kandiri, A.; Sartipi, F.; Kioumarsi, M.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 485; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020485

3. “Concrete Crack Detection Based on Well-Known Feature Extractor Model and the YOLO_v2 Network”
by Teng, S.; Liu, Z.; Chen, G.; Cheng, L.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 813; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020813 

4. “Deep Learning-Based Applications for Safety Management in the AEC Industry: A Review”
by Hou, L.; Chen, H.; Zhang, G.; Wang, X.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 821; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020821 

5. “Mechanical Strength Characterization of Plastic Fiber Reinforced Cement Concrete Composites”
by Anandan, S.; Alsubih, M.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 852; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020852 

6. “Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Seismically Base-Isolated Structures by a Novel OpenSees Hysteretic Material Model”
by Vaiana, N.; Capuano, R.; Sessa, S.; Marmo, F.; Rosati, L.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 900; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11030900 

7. “A Tool for the Rapid Seismic Assessment of Historic Masonry Structures Based on Limit Analysis Optimisation and Rocking Dynamics”
by Funari, M.; Mehrotra, A.; Lourenço, P.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 942; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11030942 

8. “A Multi-Criteria Decision Support Concept for Selecting the Optimal Contractor”
by Marović, I.; Perić, M.; Hanak, T.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1660; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041660 

9. “Advanced Modelling and Risk Analysis of RC Buildings with Sliding Isolation Systems Designed by the Italian Seismic Code”
by Ponzo, F.; Di Cesare, A.; Telesca, A.; Pavese, A.; Furinghetti, M.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1938; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041938 

10. “Influence of Additional Bracing Arms as Reinforcement Members in Wooden Timber Cross-Arms on Their Long-Term Creep Responses and Properties”
by Asyraf, M.; Ishak, M.; Sapuan, S.; Yidris, N.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(5), 2061; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11052061 

11. “Extending 3D-GIS District Models and BIM-Based Building Models into Computer Gaming Environment for Better Workflow of Cultural Heritage Conservation”
by Ma, Y.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(5), 2101; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11052101 

12. “Evaluation of the Seismic Capacity of Existing Moment Resisting Frames by a Simplified Approach: Examples and Numerical Application”
by Montuori, R.; Nastri, E.; Piluso, V.; Todisco, P.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(6), 2594; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062594 

13. “Exploring 3D Wave-Induced Scouring Patterns around Subsea Pipelines with Artificial Intelligence Techniques”
by Najafzadeh, M.; Oliveto, G.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 3792; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11093792 

14. “An ANN Model for Predicting the Compressive Strength of Concrete”
by Lin, C.; Wu, N.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 3798; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11093798 

15. “Railway Vehicle Wheel Flat Detection with Multiple Records Using Spectral Kurtosis Analysis”
by Mosleh, A.; Montenegro, P.; Costa, P.; Calçada, R.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 4002; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11094002 

16. “SVM Performance for Predicting the Effect of Horizontal Screen Diameters on the Hydraulic Parameters of a Vertical Drop”
by Daneshfaraz, R.; Aminvash, E.; Ghaderi, A.; Abraham, J.; Bagherzadeh, M.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 4238; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11094238 

17. “Development of Prediction Models for Shear Strength of Rockfill Material Using Machine Learning Techniques”
by Ahmad, M.; Kamiński, P.; Olczak, P.; Alam, M.; Iqbal, M.; Ahmad, F.; Sasui, S.; Khan, B.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(13), 6167; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11136167 

18. “Machine-Learning-Aided Prediction of Flexural Strength and ASR Expansion for Waste Glass Cementitious Composite”
by Sun, J.; Wang, Y.; Yao, X.; Ren, Z.; Zhang, G.; Zhang, C.; Chen, X.; Ma, W.; Wang, X.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(15), 6686; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11156686 

19. “BIM-Based Digital Twin and XR Devices to Improve Maintenance Procedures in Smart Buildings: A Literature Review”
by Coupry, C.; Noblecourt, S.; Richard, P.; Baudry, D.; Bigaud, D.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(15), 6810; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11156810 

20. “Stability Analysis of Roadway Groups under Multi-Mining Disturbances”
by Sun, Y.; Bi, R.; Chang, Q.; Taherdangkoo, R.; Zhang, J.; Sun, J.; Huang, J.; Li, G.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(17), 7953; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11177953

22 June 2022
Meet Us at the 5th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment (COBEE 2022), 25–29 July 2022, Montréal, Canada


Conference: The 5th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment (COBEE 2022)
Date: 25–29 July 2022
Place: Montréal, Canada + Online

Buildings (ISSN: 2075-5309) will be attending the 5th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment as an exhibitor. This meeting will be held in Canada and online from 25 to 29 July 2022.

Concordia University is proud to host the 5th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment (COBEE 2022), providing a platform for discussing building energy and environmental issues in addition to initiating collaboration among researchers, environmental scientists, architects, facility managers, and policymakers. We look forward to welcoming you and having you experience the city’s unique culture and joie de vivre. There is a profusion of sights, sounds, and flavors to enjoy, all within reach of the convention venue. See you in Montréal!

The session topics covered will include the following:

  • COVID-19, Pandemic, and Epidemic;
  • Health and Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation;
  • Thermal Comfort;
  • Occupant-Centric Building Design and Controls;
  • Building Renewables, Solar Buildings and Smart Grid;
  • Urban Energy and Urban Microclimate;
  • Wind Engineering, Aerodynamics and Urban Physics;
  • Building Physics, Building Envelope and Materials;
  • Thermal Storages;
  • Smart Buildings and Smart Cities (Machine Learning, AI, IoT);
  • Resilience and Climate Change;
  • Building Mechanical System and Controls;
  • Advanced Modeling and Building Simulations, CFD;
  • Building Codes and Standards;
  • Urban Green Infrastructure;
  • Low / Zero Carbon Emission Buildings and Communities;
  • Building Fire Safety.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

If you are attending this conference, please feel free to start an online conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have.

For more information about the conference and our booth, please visit the following link: https://www.cobee2022.org/index.html.

16 June 2022
Applied Sciences | Top 20 Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering”

1. “Diarylureas as Antitumor Agents”
by Catalano, A.; Iacopetta, D.; Sinicropi, M.; Franchini, C.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(1), 374; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11010374

2. “Deep Learning-Based Methods for Prostate Segmentation in Magnetic Resonance Imaging”
by Comelli, A.; Dahiya, N.; Stefano, A.; Vernuccio, F.; Portoghese, M.; Cutaia, G.; Bruno, A.; Salvaggio, G.; Yezzi, A.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 782; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020782

3. “Development of Inula graveolens (L.) Plant Extract Electrospun/Polycaprolactone Nanofibers: A Novel Material for Biomedical Application”
by Al-Kaabi, W.; Albukhaty, S.; Al-Fartosy, A.; Al-Karagoly, H.; Al-Musawi, S.; Sulaiman, G.; Dewir, Y.; Alwahibi, M.; Soliman, D.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 828; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020828

4. “Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review of the Application of Machine Learning Classifiers in Biomedical Applications of Infrared Thermography”
by Magalhaes, C.; Mendes, J.; Vardasca, R.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 842; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020842

5. “ABACO: A New Model of Microalgae-Bacteria Consortia for Biological Treatment of Wastewaters”
by Sánchez-Zurano, A.; Rodríguez-Miranda, E.; Guzmán, J.; Acién-Fernández, F.; Fernández-Sevilla, J.; Molina Grima, E.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 998; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11030998

6. “Oil-In-Water Microemulsion Encapsulation of Antagonist Drugs Prevents Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Rats”
by Hasanein, P.; Rahdar, A.; Barani, M.; Baino, F.; Yari, S.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 1264; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11031264

7. “Interactive Effects of Scion and Rootstock Genotypes on the Root Microbiome of Grapevines (Vitis spp. L.)”
by Vink, S.; Dini-Andreote, F.; Höfle, R.; Kicherer, A.; Salles, J.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1615; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041615

8. “Schiff Bases: Interesting Scaffolds with Promising Antitumoral Properties”
by Iacopetta, D.; Ceramella, J.; Catalano, A.; Saturnino, C.; Bonomo, M.; Franchini, C.; Sinicropi, M.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1877; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041877

9. “Data Mining Techniques for Early Diagnosis of Diabetes: A Comparative Study”
by Chaves, L.; Marques, G.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(5), 2218; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11052218

10. “Identification and Application of Bioactive Compounds from Garcinia xanthochymus Hook. for Weed Management”
by Rob, M.; Hossen, K.; Khatun, M.; Iwasaki, K.; Iwasaki, A.; Suenaga, K.; Kato-Noguchi, H.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(5), 2264; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11052264

11. “Recent Progress in Applications of Non-Thermal Plasma for Water Purification, Bio-Sterilization, and Decontamination”
by Barjasteh, A.; Dehghani, Z.; Lamichhane, P.; Kaushik, N.; Choi, E.; Kaushik, N.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(8), 3372; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11083372

12. “Protective Effect of Emblica officinalis in Cyprinus carpio against Hepatotoxicity Induced by Malachite Green: Ultrastructural and Molecular Analysis”
by Sinha, R.; Jindal, R.; Faggio, C.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(8), 3507; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11083507

13. “Photodynamic Therapy—An Up-to-Date Review”
by Niculescu, A.; Grumezescu, A.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(8), 3626; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11083626

14. “Virtual Reality Rehabilitation and Exergames—Physical and Psychological Impact on Fall Prevention among the Elderly—A Literature Review”
by Piech, J.; Czernicki, K.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 4098; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11094098

15. “Decontamination of Food Packages from SARS-CoV-2 RNA with a Cold Plasma-Assisted System”
by Capelli, F.; Tappi, S.; Gritti, T.; de Aguiar Saldanha Pinheiro, A.; Laurita, R.; Tylewicz, U.; Spataro, F.; Braschi, G.; Lanciotti, R.; Gómez Galindo, F.; Siracusa, V.; Romani, S.; Gherardi, M.; Colombo, V.; Sambri, V.; Rocculi, P.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 4177; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11094177

16. “Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Prevention Exercises: Could a Neuromuscular Warm-Up Improve Muscle Pre-Activation before a Soccer Game? A Proof-of-Principle Study on Professional Football Players”
by de Sire, A.; Demeco, A.; Marotta, N.; Moggio, L.; Palumbo, A.; Iona, T.; Ammendolia, A.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(11), 4958; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11114958

17. “Current Challenges and Future Opportunities for XAI in Machine Learning-Based Clinical Decision Support Systems: A Systematic Review”
by Antoniadi, A.; Du, Y.; Guendouz, Y.; Wei, L.; Mazo, C.; Becker, B.; Mooney, C.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(11), 5088; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11115088

18. “Experimental Analysis of Engine Performance and Exhaust Pollutant on a Single-Cylinder Diesel Engine Operated Using Moringa Oleifera Biodiesel”
by Soudagar, M.; Khan, H.; Khan, T.; Razzaq, L.; Asif, T.; Mujtaba, M.; Hussain, A.; Farooq, M.; Ahmed, W.; Shahapurkar, K.; Alwi, A.; Ibrahim, T.; Ishtiaq, U.; Elfasakhany, A.; Ali Baig, M.; Goodarzi, M.; Safaei, M.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(15), 7071; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11157071

19. “Extraction of Antioxidant Compounds and Pigments from Spirulina (Arthrospira platensis) Assisted by Pulsed Electric Fields and the Binary Mixture of Organic Solvents and Water”
by Martí-Quijal, F.; Ramon-Mascarell, F.; Pallarés, N.; Ferrer, E.; Berrada, H.; Phimolsiripol, Y.; Barba, F.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(16), 7629; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11167629

20. “Bioengineered Skin Substitutes: Advances and Future Trends”
by Tavakoli, S.; Klar, A.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1493; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041493

16 June 2022
Applied Sciences | Invitation to Read Selected Papers from “Editor’s Choice Articles”

The goal of the “Editor’s Choice Articles” project is to promote high-quality articles published in Applied Sciences (ISSN: 2076-3417). Please find the list of articles carefully handpicked by the scientific editors of the journal, which we believe will be of interest to you.

“Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning: A Review of Challenges and Applications”
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/11/4948
by Canese, L. et al.

“Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence for Designing Accessible Cultural Heritage”
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/2/870
by Pisoni, G. et al.

“Genetic Algorithm Based Deep Learning Neural Network Structure and Hyperparameter Optimization”
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/2/744
by Lee, S. et al.

“A Survey on Change Detection and Time Series Analysis with Applications”
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/13/6141
by Ghaderpour, E. et al.

“A Survey on Bias in Deep NLP”
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/7/3184
by Garrido-Muñoz, I. et al.

“Detection of Cardiac Structural Abnormalities in Fetal Ultrasound Videos Using Deep Learning”
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/1/371
by Komatsu, M. et al.

“Examining Attention Mechanisms in Deep Learning Models for Sentiment Analysis”
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/9/3883
by Kardakis, S. et al.

“Intelligent Cyber Attack Detection and Classification for Network-Based Intrusion Detection Systems”
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1674
by Oliveira, N. et al.

“Neuroscope: An Explainable AI Toolbox for Semantic Segmentation and Image Classification of Convolutional Neural Nets”
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/5/2199
by Schorr, C. et al.

“Deep and Meaningful E-Learning with Social Virtual Reality Environments in Higher Education: A Systematic Literature Review”
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/5/2412
by Mystakidis, S. et al.

“Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence in Orthopedic Surgery: A Systematic Review”
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/7/3253
by Longo, U.G. et al.

“Attention-Based Transfer Learning for Efficient Pneumonia Detection in Chest X-ray Images”
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/3/1242
by Cha, S.-M. et al.

“Evaluation of the Reaction Time and Accuracy Rate in Normal Subjects, MCI, and Dementia Using Serious Games”
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/2/628
by Chen, Y.-T. et al.

“A Serious Gaming Approach for Crowdsensing in Urban Water Infrastructure with Blockchain Support”
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1449
by Predescu, A. et al.

We would like to thank all the research groups that authored these exceptional papers for their contribution. We sincerely hope you find these articles of Applied Sciences as useful and insightful as we have found them.

15 June 2022
Meet Us at the 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2022), 23–27 October 2022, Kyoto, Japan


Conference
: The 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2022)
Date: 23–27 October 2022
Place: Kyoto, Japan

Machines (ISSN: 2075-1702) will be attending IROS 2022 as an exhibitor. This meeting will take place from 23 to 27 October in Kyoto, Japan.

IROS is one of the largest and most impactful robotics research conferences worldwide. It provides an international forum for the international robotics research community to explore the frontiers of science and technology in intelligent robots and smart machines. The theme of IROS 2022 is “Embodied AI for a Symbiotic Society”. In addition to technical sessions and multimedia presentations, IROS conferences also hold panel discussions, forums, workshops, tutorials, exhibits, and technical tours to encourage fruitful discussions among conference attendees.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

  • Machines;
  • Robotics;
  • Sensors;
  • Computers;
  • Applied Sciences;
  • Systems;
  • Technologies;
  • Inventions;
  • JMMP;
  • Fractal Fract;
  • ASI;
  • Smart Cities;
  • AI;
  • Automation.

If you are planning to attend this conference, please do not hesitate to start an online conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have. For more information about the conference and virtual booth, please visit the following website: https://iros2022.org/.

9 June 2022
2021 CiteScores - Released


The 2021 citation metrics have been officially released in Scopus!

We are pleased to announce that 182 MDPI journals are included, of which:

● 21 journals received their first CiteScore.
● 85% of journals increased their CiteScore from 2020.
● 155 journals (85%) ranked above average, in at least one category.

The following 65 MDPI journals (36%) ranked among the top 25% of journals, in at least one category:

Journal

CiteScore

Quartile

Category

Non-coding RNA

10.1

Q1

Genetics

Journal of Functional Biomaterials

10.0

Q1

Biomedical Engineering

Marine Drugs

8.1

Q1

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous)

Batteries

7.9

Q1

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Nutrients

7.9

Q1

Nutrition and Dietetics

Remote Sensing

7.4

Q1

General Earth and Planetary Sciences

Drones

7.2

Q1

Computer Science Applications

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

6.9

Q1

Inorganic Chemistry

Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks

6.9

Q1

Computer Networks and Communications

Cells

6.7

Q1

General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Nanomaterials

6.6

Q1

General Chemical Engineering

Toxins

6.6

Q1

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Viruses

6.6

Q1

Infectious Diseases

Antioxidants

6.5

Q1

Food Science

Fibers

6.5

Q1

Civil and Structural Engineering

Resources

6.4

Q1

Nature and Landscape Conservation

Sensors

6.4

Q1

Instrumentation

Big Data and Cognitive Computing

6.1

Q1

Management Information Systems

Molecules

5.9

Q1

Chemistry (miscellaneous)

Polymers

5.7

Q1

Polymers and Plastics

Biosensors

5.6

Q1

Engineering (miscellaneous)

Catalysts

5.5

Q1

General Environmental Science

Smart Cities

5.5

Q1

Urban Studies

Future Internet

5.4

Q2

Computer Networks and Communications

Beverages

5.3

Q1

Food Science

Fermentation

5.3

Q1

Plant Science

Environments

5.2

Q1

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Inventions

5.2

Q1

General Engineering

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

5.1

Q1

Development

Colloids and Interfaces

5.0

Q1

Chemistry (miscellaneous)

Energies

5.0

Q1

Control and Optimization

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

5.0

Q1

Geography, Planning and Development

Sustainability

5.0

Q1

Geography, Planning and Development

Fire

4.9

Q1

Forestry

Robotics

4.9

Q1

Control and Optimization

Soil Systems

4.9

Q1

Soil Science

Geosciences

4.8

Q1

General Earth and Planetary Sciences

Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing

4.8

Q1

Mechanical Engineering

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease

4.8

Q1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Water

4.8

Q1

Geography, Planning and Development

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

4.5

Q1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Sports

4.5

Q1

Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation

Entropy

4.4

Q1

Mathematical Physics

Journal of Clinical Medicine

4.4

Q1

General Medicine

Symmetry

4.3

Q1

General Mathematics

Cosmetics

4.2

Q1

Surgery

Foods

4.1

Q1

Health Professions (miscellaneous)

Journal of Fungi

4.1

Q1

Plant Science

ChemEngineering

4.0

Q1

General Engineering

Forests

4.0

Q1

Forestry

Journal of Intelligence

4.0

Q1

Education

Antibiotics

3.9

Q1

General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics

Cryptography

3.9

Q1

Applied Mathematics

Behavioral Sciences

3.8

Q1

Development

Buildings

3.8

Q1

Architecture

Metals

3.8

Q1

Metals and Alloys

Publications

3.5

Q1

Communication

Social Sciences

3.4

Q1

General Social Sciences

Mathematics

2.9

Q1

General Mathematics

Fractal and Fractional

2.8

Q1

Analysis

Animals

2.7

Q1

General Veterinary

Axioms

2.6

Q1

Algebra and Number Theory

Heritage

1.8

Q1

Conservation

Religions

1.0

Q1

Religious Studies

Philosophies

0.9

Q1

Philosophy

Source: 2021 CiteScores™ (Elsevier)

26 May 2022
Meet Us at the 25th International Conference on Digital Audio Effects, 6–10 September 2022, Vienna, Austria


Conference: The 25th International Conference on Digital Audio Effects
Website: https://dafx2020.mdw.ac.at/
Date: 6-10 September 2022
Place: Vienna, Austria

In 2020, we organized the first virtual DAFx: the eDAFx2020. Due to the persisting travel restrictions and uncertainties in the organization of large events, in 2021, we hosted another virtual edition of DAFx: the DAFx20in21.

Although we do not believe that any virtual experience could replace in-person DAFx's, both online editions of DAFx20's Vienna were a great success and reached a broader audience than usual.

A Special Issue to appear on Applied Sciences (ISSN: 2076-3417) is planned for 2023, which will feature extended versions of the best DAFx20in22 papers and beyond.

We thank all our generous sponsors for supporting us, the authors for submitting excellent scientific work, the army of hundreds of reviewers for helping us select and improve the papers, as well as the keynote and tutorial speakers for their patience over the years.

Contributions are invited within the following general areas:

  • capture and analysis;
  • representation, transformation, and modeling;
  • transmission and resynthesis;
  • effects and manipulation;
  • perception, psychoacoustics, and evaluation;
  • spatial sound analysis, coding, and synthesis;
  • source separation;
  • physical modeling, virtual acoustic, and analog models;
  • sound synthesis, composition, and sonification;
  • hardware and software design;
  • music information retrieval and intelligent audio engineering.

Details on the Call for Papers, the review process, and more topics can be found on the DAFx20’s Vienna Website https://dafx2020.mdw.ac.at (Authors Section), with a submission deadline of 1 April 2022.

24 May 2022
Applied Sciences | Special Issue Mentor Program

We are pleased to announce the launch of a new initiative—the Special Issue Mentor Program.

This program intends to provide an opportunity for early career scientists to enhance their editing, networking, and organizational skills and to work closely with our journal to gain more editorial experience. Early career scientists who have novel ideas for new Special Issues of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417) will act as Guest Editors under the mentorship of an experienced scientist; this mentor could be a member of the Applied Sciences Editorial Board or may be from other well-established research institutes or laboratories.

Early career scientist’s responsibilities:

  • Providing a CV that includes a list of publications;
  • Proposing a Special Issue title and preparing a short introduction;
  • Writing a brief promotion plan for the Special Issue;
  • Writing an editorial for the online Special Issue;
  • Reviewing and making decisions for submissions under the mentorship of our Editorial Board Members.

Mentor’s responsibilities:

  • Conducting a final check before the Special Issue is published online;
  • Co-editing Special Issues with younger scholars and performing quality control for the publications in the SI;
  • Providing suggestions to younger scholars if they have doubts or concerns regarding submissions;
  • Organizing video calls with young scholars and the office regularly to discuss problems and improvement suggestions for the Special Issue.

Certificates and awards:

When the Special Issue is closed, the Editorial Office will provide official certificates for all of the mentors. The young scholars involved in the program will be prioritized as future candidates for the Applied Sciences 2022 Early Career Investigator Award (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/awards).

If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your Special Issue proposal to the Applied Sciences Editorial Office ([email protected]) or complete and submit the form at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journalproposal/sendproposalspecialissue/applsci. We will discuss the process (i.e., mentor collaboration, Special Issue topic feasibility analysis, etc.) in further detail after receiving your application.

In addition to the new Special Issue Mentor Program, Applied Sciences will continue to welcome all Special Issue proposals based on hot research topics as usual.

Applied Sciences Editorial Office

 

13 May 2022
Applied Sciences | Invitation to Read Selected Papers from “Editor’s Choice Articles”

The goal of the “Editor’s Choice Articles” project is to promote high-quality articles published in Applied Sciences (ISSN: 2076-3417). Please find below the list of articles carefully handpicked by the scientific editors of the journal, which we believe will be of interest to you.

Advances in Metal Additive Manufacturing: A Review of Common Processes, Industrial Applications, and Current Challenges

Ana Vafadar et al.

Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, and Hybrid Approach in Healthcare Simulation: A Systematic Review

Rosanna Maria Viglialoro et al.

Human Activity Recognition through Recurrent Neural Networks for Human–Robot Interaction in Agriculture

Athanasios Anagnostis et al.

Recent Advances in Acoustics of Transitional Airfoils with Feedback–Loop Interactions: A Review

Vladimir Golubev et al.

Is Digital Twin Technology Supporting Safety Management? A Bibliometric and Systematic Review

Giulio Paolo Agnusdei et al.

Deep Learning-Based Methods for Prostate Segmentation in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Albert Comelli et al.

Arundo donax L. Biomass Production in a Polluted Area: Effects of Two Harvest Timings on Heavy Metals Uptake

Tommaso Danelli et al.

 “Enhancement of Antimicrobial Activity of Alginate Films with a Low Amount of Carbon Nanofibers (0.1% w/w)

Isaías Sanmartín-Santos et al.

Assessment of Natural Radioactivity and Radiological Risks in River Sediments from Calabria (Southern Italy)

Francesco Caridi et al.

 “A Tool for the Rapid Seismic Assessment of Historic Masonry Structures Based on Limit Analysis Optimisation and Rocking Dynamics

Marco Francesco Funari et al.

Review of Dew Point Evaporative Cooling Technology for Air Conditioning Applications

Anna Pacak et al.

Intrinsically Motivated Open-Ended Multi-Task Learning Using Transfer Learning to Discover Task Hierarchy

Nicolas Duminy et al.

The Effect of Chairside Verbal Instructions Matched with Instagram Social Media on Oral Hygiene of Young Orthodontic Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Andrea Scribante et al.

Novel Derivatives of 4-Methyl-1,2,3-Thiadiazole-5-Carboxylic Acid Hydrazide: Synthesis, Lipophilicity, and In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity Screening

Kinga Paruch et al.

Current Applications of Ultrasound in Fruit and Vegetables Osmotic Dehydration Processes

Małgorzata Nowacka et al.

 

We would like to thank all of the research groups that authored these exceptional papers for their contribution. We sincerely hope you find these articles of Applied Sciences as useful and insightful as we have found them.

 

29 April 2022
Meet Us at the 30th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED 2022), 28 June–1 July 2022, Athens, Greece


Conference
: The 30th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED 2022)

Date: 28 June–1 July 2022

Venue: Divani Apollon Palace & Thalasso, Athens, Greece

Machines (ISSN: 2075-1702) will be attending the 30th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED 2022) as an exhibitor and will be sponsoring a Best Paper Award. This meeting will take place from 28 June to 1 July 2022, at the Divani Apollon Palace & Thalasso seaside resort in Vougliameni, Greece.

MED 2022 is co-sponsored by the IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS), the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS), and the ICUAS Association, Inc.

The theme of MED 2022 centers on control and automation challenges and opportunities in the 21st century and focuses on system design for autonomy and resilience in high-confidence cyber physical systems. The international conference committee is soliciting technical papers as well as inviting sessions, workshops, and tutorial proposals.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

  • Machines;
  • Systems;
  • Robotics;
  • Automation;
  • Smart Cities;
  • Applied sciences;
  • Applied System Innovation (ASI);
  • AI;
  • Standards;
  • Technologies;
  • Big Data and Cognitive Computing (BDCC);
  • Modelling.

If you are planning to attend this conference, please do not hesitate to start an online conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions you may have. For more information about the conference and virtual booth, please visit the following website: https://www.med-control.org/med2022/.

2 April 2022
Applied Sciences 2020 Best Paper Award in Environmental and Sustainable Science and Technology—Winners Announced

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Applied Sciences 2020 Best Paper Awards in Environmental and Sustainable Science and Technology, sponsored by MDPI and Applied Sciences (ISSN: 2076-3417). Each winner (corresponding author) will receive CHF 400 and a certificate.

The awards have been granted to:

One Article:

“Chromium(III) Removal from Wastewater by Chitosan Flakes”
by Loris Pietrelli et al.
Appl. Sci. 2020, 10(6), 1925; doi:10.3390/app10061925

One Review:

“Unravelling the Environmental Application of Biochar as Low-Cost Biosorbent: A Review”
by Antía Fdez-Sanromán et al.
Appl. Sci. 2020, 10(21), 7810; doi:10.3390/app10217810

The selection process was incredibly difficult due to the high number of exceptional candidates. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated research groups of the above exceptional papers for their contributions to Applied Sciences.

For more information about the Applied Sciences awards, please see the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/awards.

14 March 2022
Applied Sciences 2020 Best Paper Award in Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering—Winners Announced


We are pleased to announce the winners of the Applied Sciences 2020 Best Paper Awards in Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering, sponsored by MDPI and Applied Sciences (ISSN: 2076-3417). Each winner (corresponding author) will receive CHF 400 and a certificate.

The awards have been granted to the following papers:

One Article:

“Observation of Potential Contaminants in Processed Biomass Using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
by Jingshun Zhuang et al.
Appl. Sci. 2020, 10(12), 4345; doi:10.3390/app10124345

One Review:

“Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis 2020: Where We Stand”
by Angelo Iacobino et al.
Appl. Sci. 2020, 10(6), 2153; doi:10.3390/app10062153

The selection process was incredibly difficult due to the high number of exceptional candidates. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated research groups of the above exceptional papers for their contributions to Applied Sciences.

For more information about the Applied Sciences awards, please see the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/awards.

19 January 2022
Applied Sciences Collaborative Webinar | Recent Advances in Research on Air Pollution and Health, 28 January 2022


Date: 28 January 2022
Time: 14:00–15:50 (GMT+9)
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XL5vSJg2Qze5yItyZXOsog
Participation fee: None
Language: Japanese

The WHO (World Health Organization) has warned that air pollution causes seven million premature deaths every year. PM2.5, fine inhalable particles measuring 2.5 micrometers and smaller in the atmosphere can contain a variety of toxic chemicals, including carcinogens. In addition, the annual arrival of Yellow Sand has been linked to chronic coughs and congestion, making air pollution a serious public health issue. Three researchers based in Japan who are investigating atmospheric pollution, Yellow Sand, PM2.5, toxic chemicals, and chronic coughs will present their latest work at this webinar and lead discussions that go beyond the scope of conventional academia.

Chairperson:

  • Dr. Kazuichi Hayakawa, Professor Emeritus
    Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University
    Title of lecture: Combustion-Derived Organic Pollutants in the Atmosphere

Guest speakers:

  • Dr. Akinori Takami, Director
    National Institute for Environmental Studies, Regional Environment Conservation Division
    Title of lecture: Long-Term Trends for Trans-boundary Air Pollutions in Western Japan
  • Dr. Hiroyuki Nakamura, Professor
    Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa University
    Title of lecture: The Effects of Atmospheric Chemicals on Chronic Cough

Prof. Dr. Kazuichi Hayakawa and Prof. Dr. Hiroyuki Nakamura are guest-editing the Special Issue "PM2.5 and PM10: Atmospheric Behaviors and Correlation with Health Effects" (deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2022).

For any questions about the webinar, please contact MDPI Japan.

22 November 2021
722 MDPI Editorial Board Members Receiving "2021 Highly Cited Researchers" Distinction

It is our great honor to congratulate the Editorial Board Members and Editors in MDPI's journals who have been distinguished as 2021 Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate, according to Web of Science data. We herewith express our gratitude for the immense impact the named researchers continue to make on scientific progress and on our journals' development.

Clarivate's annual list of Highly Cited ResearchersTM identifies the most highly cited scientists for the past decade. Their impactful papers are among the top 1 per cent in the citation distribution of one or more of 22 fields analyzed in the "Essential Science Indicators", distinguishing them as hugely influential among their peers.

Abate, Antonio
Abatzoglou, John T.
Abbaszadeh, Mostafa
Acharya, U. Rajendra
Acharya, Viral V.
Agarwal, Ravi P.
Ahn, Myung-Ju
Airoldi, Laura
Ali, Imran
Allakhverdiev, Suleyman I.
Aluko, Rotimi E.
Anasori, Babak
Andersson, Dan I.
Andes, David
Anker, Stefan D.
Apergis, Nicholas
Ariga, Katsuhiko
Arqub, Omar Abu
Aschner, Michael
Assaraf, Yehuda G.
Astruc, Didier
Atala, Anthony
Atanasov, Atanas G.
Atangana, Abdon
Bahram, Mohammad
Bakris, George L.
Balandin, Alexander A.
Baleanu, Dumitru
Balsamo, Gianpaolo
Bando, Yoshio
Banks, William A.
Bansal-Travers, Maansi
Barba, Francisco J.
Barros, Lillian
Basit, Abdul W.
Baskonus, Haci Mehmet
Bassetti, Matteo
Battino, Maurizio
Bell, Jordana T.
Bellomo, Nicola
Benediktsson, Jon Atli
Benelli, Giovanni
Benjakul, Soottawat
Bhatnagar, Amit
Biddle, Stuart J. H.
Biondi, Antonio
Biondi-Zoccai, Giuseppe
Bjarnsholt, Thomas
Blaabjerg, Frede
Blaschke, Thomas
Blay, Jean-Yves
Blumwald, Eduardo
Blunt, John W.
Boffetta, Paolo
Bogers, Marcel
Bonomo, Robert A.
Bowman, David M.J.S.
Boyer, Cyrille
Brestic, Marian
Brevik, Eric C.
Buhalis, Dimitrios
Burdick, Jason A.
Byrd, John C.
Cabeza, Luisa F.
Cai, Xingjuan
Cai, Jianchao
Calhoun, Vince D.
Calin, George
Cao, Jinde
Cao, Guozhong
Carvalho, Andre F.
Castellanos-Gomez, Andres
Cerqueira, Miguel Ângelo Parente Ribeiro
Chang, Jo-Shu
Chang, Chih-Hao
Chastin, Sebastien
Chau, Kwok-wing
Chemat, Farid
Chen, Xiaobo
Chen, YangQuan
Chen, Jianmin
Chen, Chaoji
Chen, Min
Chen, Qi
Chen, Jun
Chen, Xi
Chen, Peng
Chen, Yulin
Chen, Bo
Chen, Chen
Chen, Zhi-Gang
Chen, Wei-Hsin
Chen, Gang
Chen, Yongsheng
Chen, Xiang
Chen, Yimin
Chen, Runsheng
Chen, Lidong
Chen, Shaowei
Chen, Qian
Chen, Yu
Chen, Shuangming
Chiclana, Francisco
Cho, Sun Young
Choi, Wonyong
Chowdhary, Anuradha
Choyke, Peter L.
Cichocki, Andrzej
Corella, Dolores
Corma, Avelino
Cortes, Javier
Cortes, Jorge
Costanza, Robert
Crommie, Michael F.
Cui, Yi
Cui, Haiying
Cui, Qinghua
Cummings, Kenneth Michael
Dai, Shifeng
Dai, Sheng
Daiber, Andreas
Davis, Steven J.
Dawson, Ted M.
de la Fuente-Nunez, Cesar
Decker, Eric Andrew
Dekel, Avishai
Demaria, Marco
Deng, Yong
Deng, Xiangzheng
DePinho, Ronald A.
Desneux, Nicolas
Dimopoulos, Meletios-Athanasios
Ding, Aijun
Dionysiou, Dionysios D.
Dokmeci, Mehmet Remzi
Dolgui, Alexandre
Dong, Fan
Dou, Shi Xue
Dou, Letian
Du, Qian
Du, Bo
Dube, Shanta Rishi
Dufresne, Alain
Dummer, Reinhard
Dupont, Didier
Edwards, David
Elaissari, Abdelhamid
Elhoseny, Mohamed
Ellahi, Rahmat
Ellis, Erle C.
ElMasry, Gamal
Esteller, Manel
Estévez, Mario
Fabbro, Doriano
Facchetti, Antonio
Fan, Zhanxi
Fang, Chuanglin
Fasano, Alessio
Fečkan, Michal
Felser, Claudia
Feng, Liangzhu
Fensholt, Rasmus
Ferdinandy, Péter
Fernandez-Lafuente, Roberto
Ferreira, Isabel C. F. R.
Filippi, Massimo
Fisher, Helen
Fortino, Giancarlo
Fosso Wamba, Samuel
Franceschi, Claudio
Fujita, Hamido
Fujita, Masayuki
Gai, Francesco
Gaisford, Simon
Galanakis, Charis M.
Galluzzi, Lorenzo
Galvano, Fabio
Gan, Ren-You
Gan, Lihua
Gandomi, Amir H.
Gao, Bin
Gao, Feng
Gao, Minrui
Gao, Huijun
Gao, Wei
Gao, Huile
Garbe, Claus
Garcia, Hermenegildo
Gasbarrini, Antonio
Gasco, Laura
Gautret, Philippe
Geng, Yong
Gerdts, Gunnar
Geschwind, Daniel H.
Ghadimi, Noradin
Ghaffari, Roozbeh
Ghamisi, Pedram
Giampieri, Francesca
Glick, Bernard R.
Gnant, Michael
Goel, Ajay
Gogotsi, Yury
Goldewijk, Kees Klein
Gong, Jinlong
Gong, Yongji
Govindan, Kannan
Granato, Daniel
Grancini, Giulia
Green, Douglas R.
Grosso, Giuseppe
Gu, Ke
Guan, Cao
Guastella, Adam J.
Guerrero, Josep M.
Gui, Guan
Guizani, Mohsen
Guo, Zaiping
Gupta, Rangan
Gutzmer, Ralf
Haase, Dagmar
Habibi-Yangjeh, Aziz
Hagemann, Stefan
Hagger, Martin
Hamblin, Michael R.
Hammoudeh, Shawkat
Han, Heesup
Hanes, Justin
Harrison, Roy M.
Hartung, Hans-Peter
Hasanuzzaman, Mirza
He, Jr-Hau
He, Hongwen
He, Jiaqing
He, Debiao
Henseler, Jörg
Herrera, Francisco
Herrera-Viedma, Enrique
Hetz, Claudio
Ho Kim, Jung
Holmes, Elaine
Hossain, Ekram
Hsueh, Po-Ren
Hu, Xiaosong
Hu, Wenbin
Huang, Jianping
Huang, Hongwei
Huang, Yu
Huang, Jianying
Huang, Peng
Huang, Baibiao
Huang, Shaoming
Hubacek, Klaus

Iqbal, Hafiz M. N.
Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi
Izzo, Angelo A.
Jacobson, Kenneth A.
Jain, Atul
Jankovic, Joseph
Jelezko, Fedor
Ji, Xiaobo
Ji, Guangbin
Jiang, Hai-Long
Jiang, Lei
Jiang, Junjun
Jiang, Qing
Jiang, Shibo
Jin, Shi
Jones, Peter A.
Kalantar-zadeh, Kourosh
Kaner, Richard B.
Kannan, Kurunthachalam
Kappos, Ludwig
Karagiannidis, George K.
Karimi, Hamid Reza
Karimi-Maleh, Hassan
Karp, Peter D.
Kataoka, Kazunori
Katritch, Vsevolod
Kawi, Sibudjing
Keesstra, Saskia
Kepp, Oliver
Keyzers, Robert A.
Khademhosseini, Ali
Khan, Nafees A.
Kiessling, Fabian
Kim, Ki-Hyun
Kim, Haegyeom
Kim, Jeonghun
Kim, Jong Seung
Kirkwood, John M.
Kisi, Ozgur
Kivshar, Yuri
Klenk, Hans-Peter
Ko, Wen-Chien
Konopleva, Marina Y.
Kontoyiannis, Dimitrios P.
Koonin, Eugene V.
Kou, Gang
Krausmann, Fridolin
Krebs, Frederik C.
Kroemer, Guido
Kuca, Kamil
Kudo, Masatoshi
Kuhn, Jens H.
Kumar, Devendra
Kumar, Alan Prem
Kumar, Sudhir
Kumar Sangaiah, Arun
Kurths, Juergen
Kuznetsov, Nikolay V.
Kuzyakov, Yakov
Kwan, Mei-Po
Kyrpides, Nikos C.
La Vecchia, Carlo
Lai, Yuekun
Lam, James
Lammers, Twan
Lamuela-Raventos, Rosa M.
Lancellotti, Patrizio
Landi, Francesco
Laurent, Sophie
Lavie, Carl J.
Laxminarayan, Ramanan
Lee, Sang Soo
Lee, Jin-Wook
Lee, Pooi See
Lehmann, Johannes
Lei, Yaguo
Lei, Ting
Leng, Lijian
Leung, Dennis Y. C.
Leung, Victor C. M.
Levine, Ross
Li, Wei
Li, Jie
Li, Jinghong
Li, Jun
Li, Heng
Li, Gang
Li, Yat
Li, Peng
Li, Hailong
Li, Changpin
Li, Yan
Li, Yurui
Li, Xiaodi
Li, Hong
Li, Shutao
Li, Hongyi
Li, Zhijun
Li, Peiyue
Lin, Yuehe
Lin, Hongjun
Lin, Lin
Lip, Gregory Y. H.
Liu, Jian
Liu, Meng
Liu, Hong
Liu, Tao
Liu, Lei
Liu, Jianxing
Liu, Wei
Liu, Gang
Liu, Yang
Liu, Peide
Lockhart, Shawn R.
Long, Hualou
Löscher, Wolfgang
Lu, Jun
Lu, Jianquan
Lu, Nanshu
Lucey, Brian
Lund, Henrik
Luo, Jun
Luo, Yi
Luo, Jingshan
Luo, Yangchao
Lupton, Deborah
Luque, Rafael
Lv, Wei
Lvov, Yuri M.
Lyons, Timothy W.
Ma, Tianyi
Ma, Jun
Ma, Jiayi
Ma, Wen-Xiu
Ma, Yanming
Maggioni, Aldo Pietro
Mahmood, Nasir
Mahmoudi, Morteza
Mai, Liqiang
Mallavarapu, Megharaj
Mandala, Mario
Mardani, Abbas
Marengo, Jose
Maria Rossolini, Gian
Martinoia, Enrico
Mathiesen, Brian Vad
Mathivanan, Suresh
Mattick, John S.
Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof
McCabe, Matthew E.
McCauley, Darren
McClements, David Julian
Melcher, Karsten
Melenhorst, Jan Joseph
Melero, Ignacio
Mezzetti, Bruno
Mirjalili, Seyedali
Mishchenko, Artem
Mittler, Ron
Moreau, Philippe
Motohashi, Hozumi
Mousavi Khaneghah, Amin
Mu, Shichun
Mueller, Lukas A.
Mueller-Roeber, Bernd
Muenzel, Thomas
Muhammad, Khan
Munger, J. William
Nauen, Ralf
Naushad, Mu.
Negri, Eva
Nemeroff, Charles B.
Newman, David J.
Niaura, Raymond S.
Nie, Feiping
Nieto, Juan J.
Novara, Agata
Nunkoo, Robin
Ogino, Shuji
Olabi, Abdul-Ghani
Ong, Hwai Chyuan
O'Regan, Donal
Orsini, Nicola
Ouyang, Minggao
Ozcan, Aydogan
Pacher, Pal
Pan, Xiaoqing
Pan, Likun
Pan, Quan-Ke
Pang, Huan
Pavela, Roman
Pedrycz, Witold
Pei, Yanzhong
Peng, Shushi
Peng, Qing
Peng, Mugen
Perc, Matjaz
Perez-Alvarez, Jose Angel
Perlin, David S.
Piquero, Alex R.
Polasky, Stephen
Pommier, Yves
Poor, H. Vincent
Postolache, Mihai
Potenza, Marc N.
Poulter, Benjamin
Preat, Veronique
Prinsep, Michele R.
Pu, Hong-Bin
Putnik, Predrag
Qiu, Jieshan
Qu, Xiaogang
Quiles, José L.
Rabczuk, Timon
Ramakrishna, Seeram
Ramkissoon, Haywantee
Ran, Jingrun
Recio, Isidra
Reiter, Russel J.
Remuzzi, Giuseppe
Ren, Jinsong
Ren, Jun
Riahi, Keywan
Richardson, Paul G.
Rignot, Eric
Rimm, David
Rinn, John L.
Robert, Caroline
Rodriguez, Rosa M.
Rojo, Teofilo
Ros, Emilio
Rosen, Marc A.
Roubaud, David
Russo, Alessandro
Russo, Gian Luigi

Saad, Fred
Saad, Walid
Sadorsky, Perry
Sander, Chris
Santamouris, Mattheos
Santoro, Gabriele
Saraiva, Jorge A.
Sarchiapone, Marco
Scalbert, Augustin
Schloter, Michael
Schneider, Gisbert
Schubert, Ulrich S.
Schulz, Rainer
Schwab, Matthias
Schweizer, Frank
Scolyer, Richard A.
Scorrano, Luca
Scott, David
Scott, Stuart A.
Scott, Daniel
Serra-Majem, Lluis
Sethi, Gautam
Shabala, Sergey
Shaheen, Sabry M.
Shao, Zongping
Sharma, Gaurav
Shen, Guozhen
Shen, Hao
Sheremet, Mikhail A.
Shi, Peng
Shi, Yumeng
Shoenfeld, Yehuda
Siano, Pierluigi
Sillanpaa, Mika
Simões, Manuel
Simpson, Richard J.
Singh, Bhupinder Pal
Singh, Vijay P.
Smagghe, Guy
Song, Yu
Song, Houbing
Sood, Anil K.
Srivastava, Hari M.
Stadler, Marc
Stadler, Peter F.
Stanley, H. Eugene
Stoumpos, Constantinos C.
Strano, Michael S.
Stunnenberg, Hendrik G.
Su, [email protected]
Su, Chun-Yi
Subramanian, S. V.
Sun, Zhipei
Sun, Fengchun
Sun, Hongqi
Sunderland, Elsie M.
Suzuki, Nobuhiro
Svenning, Jens-Christian
Szabo, Csaba
Szallasi, Arpad
Szolnoki, Attila
Tacke, Frank
Tan, Weihong
Tan, Chaoliang
Tang, Hua
Tang, Chuyang
Tang, Chuan-He
Tanzi, Rudolph E.
Teichmann, Sarah
Telenti, Amalio
Thakur, Vijay Kumar
Thiele, Holger
Tian, Jie
Tohge, Takayuki
Tran, Lam-Son Phan
Truhlar, Donald G.
Tsao, Rong
Tsuda, Kenichi
Tukker, Arnold
Tung, Chen-Ho
Turskis, Zenonas
Urquhart, Andrew
Valko, Marian
Van Breusegem, Frank
Van de Wiele, Tom
van der Werf, Guido
van Wesemael, Bas
Vangronsveld, Jaco
Varma, Rajender S.
Varsani, Arvind
Varshney, Rajeev K.
Vasilakis, Nikos
Vasilakos, Athanasios V.
Vasquez, Juan C.
Vatanen, Tommi
Ventura, Marco
Vermote, Eric
Veronese, Nicola
Verpoorte, Robert
Vethaak, A. Dick
Vieta, Eduard
Vincent, Jean-Louis
Wagner, Wolfgang
Walton, Vaughn M.
Wan, Jiafu
Wan, Shaohua
Wang, Qi
Wang, Joseph
Wang, Meng
Wang, Tao
Wang, Yuan
Wang, Xin
Wang, Chao
Wang, Yong
Wang, Jun
Wang, Erkang
Wang, Sibo
Wang, Jian
Wang, Ning
Wang, John
Wang, Qin
Wang, Shaojian
Wang, Guoxiu
Wang, Huanting
Wang, Chunsheng
Wang, Gongming
Wang, Zhong Lin
Wang, Lianzhou
Wang, Shaobin
Wang, Yang
Wang, Zifa
Wei, Zhixiang
Wei, Leyi
Weissleder, Ralph
Wen, Guanghui
Wiens, John J.
Wigneron, Jean-Pierre
Willerslev, Eske
Wishart, David S.
Witlox, Frank
Wu, Jun
Wu, Tom
Wu, Hao Bin
Wu, Hui
Wu, Haijun
Wu, Zhongbiao
Wu, Zhong-Shuai
Wu, Zheng-Guang
Xia, Meimei
Xia, Xinhui
Xiang, Quanjun
Xiao, Jianbo
Xiao, Jie
Xie, Jian-Hua
Xin, Sen
Xing, Baoshan
Xiong, Rui
Xu, Bin
Xu, Li Da
Xu, Yi-Jun
Xu, Hui
Xu, Zeshui
Yamauchi, Yusuke
Yan, Huaicheng
Yan, Kai
Yang, Chenguang
Yang, Xiao-Jun
Yang, Bing
Yang, Yun-Gui
Yang, Jie
Yang, Jian
Yang, Xinsong
Yang, Shihe
Yang, Yi
Yang, Yang
Yao, Jen-Chih
Yao, Yonggang
Yazyev, Oleg
Yin, Yulong
Yin, Zongyou
Yin, Shen
Yin, Ya-xia
Yin, Shou-Wei
Ying, Guang-Guo
Young, Allan H.
Yu, Shu-Hong
Yu, Jun
Yu, Guihua
Yu, Wenwu
Yu, Guocan
Yu, Minghao
Zarco-Tejada, Pablo J.
Zavadskas, Edmundas Kazimieras
Zeadally, Sherali
Zhai, Tianyou
Zhang, Wei
Zhang, Binlin
Zhang, Shujun
Zhang, Guoping
Zhang, Zengqiang
Zhang, Yu Shrike
Zhang, Qichun
Zhang, Xian-Ming
Zhang, Guowen
Zhang, Min
Zhang, Yue-Jun
Zhang, Shaoqing
Zhang, Fan
Zhang, Weili
Zhang, Xiaodong
Zhang, Zhien
Zhang, Tierui
Zhang, Hongjie
Zhang, Dengsong
Zhang, Liangpei
Zhang, Dan
Zhang, Yu-Dong
Zhang, Fusuo
Zhao, Yi
Zhao, Guochun
Zhao, Li-Dong
Zheng, Hao
Zheng, Gengfeng
Zhong, Cheng
Zhou, Weiqi
Zhou, Qi
Zhou, Jizhong
Zhu, Hongwei
Zhu, Chengzhou
Zhu, Junfa
Zhu, Zhe
Zhu, Quanxin
Zhuang, Xiaodong
Zhuang, Xiaoying
Zou, Quan

The full list of 2021 Highly Cited Researchers  can be accessed at the following webpage in the Web of ScienceTM https://recognition.webofscience.com/awards/highly-cited/2021/.

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16 November 2021
Topical Advisory Panel Established to Support Editorial Board

Academic editors play a crucial role in leading our journals and ensuring that each article undergoes a robust and timely peer-review. With the launch of Topics this year and addition of Topic Editors to our family of academic editors, we decided it would be a good time to restructure our academic boards, thus providing more clarity and support for each role. MDPI is pleased to announce the launch of a new position—Topical Advisory Panel Member, that will replace the previous position of Topics Board Member. The Topical Advisory Panel will be comprised of early career researchers eager to gain experience in editorial work.

The main responsibility of the new members of the Topical Advisory Panel is to regularly provide support to Guest Editors, Topic Editors, and Section Board Members. The responsibilities of the Topical Advisory Panel are available here: https://www.mdpi.com/editors.

Each year, the members’ performances are evaluated, and outstanding members are promoted to the Editorial Board by the Editor-in-Chief.

To qualify as a Topical Advisory Panel Member, applicants must:

  • Have expertise and experience in the field related to the journal;
  • Have received a Ph.D. in the last 10 years, approximately;
  • Have at least 6-8 published papers in the last 5 years as first author or corresponding author;
  • Currently hold an independent research position in academia or a government institute.

If you are interested in this role, please contact the editorial office by email.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

25 October 2021
Open Access Week 2021 | It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity, 25–31 October

Founded in 1996, MDPI was one of the first fully Open Access publisher. Over 25 years MDPI has grown to become the largest Open Access publisher globally, publishing over 160,000 articles across more than 350 journals in 2020. At the core, MDPI was founded in response to a pressing need of fast publication and inclusion. The scholar was set at the centre of the publication process for the first time. Acting as a service provider, rather than a product provider, MDPI exists to help scientists achive their objective to disseminate research results. At MDPI, we believe scientists deserve a better service from the publishing world.

The International Open Access Week (Open Access Week), founded by the SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) Alliance and student partners in 2008, has been successfully running for 13 years. As an advocate and pioneer of open access publishing, MDPI actively responds to the call of International Open Access Week. This year’s theme of “It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity” highlights the Recommendation’s call for equitable participation from all authors and readers.

For the last 25 years, MDPI has been committed to disseminating open research. Here is a video showing MDPI’s Commitment to Equity, Inclusion and Diversity for More than 25 Years.

International Open Access Week is an important opportunity to catalyze new conversations, create connections across and between communities that can facilitate this co-design, and advance progress in the building of more equitable foundations for opening knowledge—discussions and actions that need to be continued, year in and year out. MDPI has always aimed to provide professional and efficient publishing services to scholars around the world.

Our mission is to make scientific research accessible to everyone; this year, we interview and hold discussions with open science ambassadors on how to build an equal and inclusive environment for open science. Academic editors help us collaborate with more institutions to advocate for open access ideas.

Read our anniversary blog post: "Sharing 'Collective Human Knowledge': The Benefits of Open Access Publication"

Besides this, our scientific community is a key driver of our success and MDPI’s remarkable growth. Despite the pandemic, we have prepared online conferences and workshops to gather scholars from different communities.

The Basel Sustainable Publishing online forum provides an equal opportunity for stakeholders and researchers from multi-cultural environments to exchange ideas and eliminate barriers to participation.

Conference date: 25 October 2021, online
Conference website: https://bspf2021.sciforum.net/
Main topics: MDPI discusses the current dilemma of open access science from various perspectives such as governments, libraries, and publishers, and related measures on how to change the status quo of discrimination from a global perspective.

We aim to support equality, inclusion, diversity, and accessibility in scholarly communications. We collaborate with universities and key laboratories and have scholarly communications with researchers, teachers, and students on open access workshops.

  • 25 October 2021
    Energies journal and Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • 28 October 2021
    Machines journal and State Key Laboratory of Traction Power, Southwest Jiaotong University
  • 29 October 2021
    Processes journal and Beijing Institute of Technology
  • 29 October 2021
    Coatings journal and Wuhan University of Technology

MDPI is committed to providing open access and high-quality publishing services for scholars and promoting rapid dissemination of academic achievements. We hope to promote the practices and policies of open access publishing and diversify the dissemination of academic achievements.

28 September 2021
Meet Us at the Advanced Membrane Technology Summit for Water Treatment 2021, Shanghai, China, 15–17 October 2021


MDPI will be attending the Advanced Membrane Technology Summit for Water Treatment 2021, jointly hosted by the International Water Association (IWA), China Regional Office and Tongji University, which will be held from 15 to 17 October 2021, in Shanghai, China.

Famous domestic and foreign experts will give keynote speeches during the conference, in addition to poster exhibitions, postgraduate seminars and other academic activities. This summit is focused on the theme of "Sustainable Development of Membrane Water Treatment Technology under the Background of Carbon Peak and Carbon Neutrality". Topics covered by the summit include, but are not limited to, membrane water and wastewater treatment, new theories of membrane processes, advanced membranes and membrane modules, advanced membrane processes and combined processes, sustainable membrane water treatment technologies, and the industrial application of membrane technology.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

If you are also attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit:

https://amts2021.scimeeting.cn/cn/web/index/12145.

26 September 2021
Meet Us at the 11th International Conference on Quality, Reliability, Risk, Maintenance, and Safety Engineering & the 4th International Conference on Reliability Systems Engineering (QR2MSE2021 & ICRSE2021), Chengdu, China, 27–30 October 2021


QR2MSE2021 & ICRSE2021 is an international forum for the exchange of innovative ideas, cutting-edge research results, and applications of asset management, reliability and quality tools in design, manufacturing, and operation and maintenance of engineering systems. Papers dealing with case studies, reliability data generation, experimental results, best design practice, and effective asset management solutions are of particular interest. All papers accepted will be included in the conference proceedings and submitted to the IEEE digital library and referred in EI Compendex.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

If you are also attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit: http://www.qr2mse.org/.

24 September 2021
Applied Sciences | Call for Special Issue Proposal

Applied Sciences (ISSN: 2076-3417, IF 2.679) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal on all aspects of applied natural sciences published semimonthly online by MDPI. The journal covers all aspects of applied physics, applied chemistry, engineering, environmental and earth sciences, and applied biology. The journal is indexed within Scopus, SCIE (Web of Science), Inspec, CAPlus/SciFinder, and many other databases.

The Applied Sciences editorial team is pleased to announce an open call for Special Issue proposals. This Special Issue will offer a group of authors the opportunity to work on an interconnected set of papers on an innovative topic. We welcome high-quality proposals that will be evaluated in a continuous selection process throughout the year.

Proposals for a Special Issue should have a well-articulated, unifying topic and reflect, on an international level, the best work available in a particular research area (either an established or an important emerging area), in which future investigations may be encouraged by the publication of a set of novel research papers. Hence, the creation of an international group of Guest Editors with some high-quality planned papers is always important when it comes to proposals.

Proposals for Special Issues should be sent to the Editorial Office ([email protected]) or submitted via the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journalproposal/sendproposalspecialissue/applsci.

The following information should be provided in a proposal:

  • A 150–200-word summary that clearly states the significance, novelty, technical advancement, and adherence to the scope of the journal of the proposed topic;
  • A list of 5–10 keywords relating to the topic;
  • A brief resume of the proposed Guest Editors, together with their information (title, name, email, affiliation, personal website, keywords of interests);
  • A proposed submission deadline (a Special Issue will usually be open for submissions for 6–8 months);
  • A list of at least 20 potential contributors, or a list of 8 planned papers.

As a Guest Editor, you would be responsible for:

  • Inviting your peers to submit papers to be published in your Special Issue. These papers will be able to take advantage of the high publicity offered by our open access publishing, our rapid and high-quality peer-review process, and immediate publication after acceptance;
  • Checking the suitability of abstracts/manuscripts submitted to the Special Issue;
  • Making pre-check decisions regarding whether to send a new submission to peer review;
  • Making final decisions regarding whether to accept or reject a paper based on peer-review outcomes.

As a Guest Editor, you would have the following privileges:

  • A certificate of recognition as a Guest Editor of Applied Sciences;
  • Publishing one paper free of charge in your Special Issue;
  • Inviting authors to submit high-quality papers to be published in your Special Issue free of charge or with certain discounts;
  • If the Special Issue is successful and features at least 10 manuscripts accepted after full peer review, we can organize it into a printed book and send you a free one as a gift.

Editorial Office’s role:

The Editorial Office will set up the Special Issue website, arrange the promotional material, assist with invitations for paper contributions, and take care of the administrative tasks associated with peer review, including inviting reviewers, collating reports, contacting authors, and arranging professional production before publication.

Please do not hesitate to contact the Editorial Office ([email protected]) if you are interested and would like further details or clarification.

We look forward to receiving your proposals.

23 September 2021
2020 MDPI Top Reviewer Award—Winners Announced


Rigorous peer-review is the cornerstone of high-quality academic publishing. Over 369,916 scholars served as reviewers for MDPI journals in 2020. We are extremely appreciative of all those who made a contribution to the editorial process in this capacity. At the beginning of every year, journal editorial offices publish a list of all reviewers’ names to express our gratitude. In addition, this year, the MDPI Top Reviewer Award was announced, to recognize the very best reviewers for their expertise and dedication, and their high-quality, and timely review reports. We are pleased to announce the following winners of the 2020 MDPI Top Reviewer Award:

  • Adriana Burlea-Schiopoiu;
  • Alban Kuriqi;
  • Álvaro González-Vila;
  • Alessandro Alaimo;
  • Alexey Beskopylny;
  • Alexander Yu Churyumov;
  • Alberto Fernández-Isabel;
  • Andrea Mastinu;
  • Antonios N. Papadopoulos;
  • Anton Rassõlkin;
  • Antonio Humberto Hamad Minervino;
  • Arkadiusz Matwijczuk;
  • Artur Słomka;
  • Baojie He;
  • Bartłomiej Potaniec;
  • Bojan Đurin;
  • Camilo Arturo Rodriguez Diaz;
  • Carmelo Maria Musarella;
  • Chiachung Chen;
  • Chiman Kwan;
  • Cristian Busu;
  • Danil Pimenov;
  • Dan-Cristian Dabija;
  • Delfín Ortega-Sánchez;
  • Demetrio Antonio Zema;
  • Denis Butusov;
  • Elena Lucchi;
  • Gaurab Dutta;
  • Livia Anastasiu;
  • M. R. Safaei.

For more information about how to become a reviewer of MDPI journals, please see: www.mdpi.com/reviewers.

23 September 2021
Meet Us at the 2023 Annual Conference for Society of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Biomanufacturing Division and the International Symposium on Bio-Manufacturing (ACBD-ISBM2023), 17–19 March, in Beijing, China

The Annual Conference for the Society of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Biomanufacturing Division and the International Symposium on Bio-Manufacturing (ACBD-ISBM2023) will be held from 17 to 19 March 2023, in Beijing, China. The conference is organized by the Society of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Biomanufacturing Division, Beihang University, and co-organized by Tsinghua University, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, and Southeast University.

Symposia

  • Biomanufacturing and Regenerative Medicine;
  • Bio-Bionic Manufacturing and Planting/Interventional Devices;
  • Biosensor and Flexible Electronics Manufacturing;
  • Multi-Scale Biomimetic Manufacturing;
  • Micromanipulation and Minimally Invasive Instruments.
  • Biological Modeling and Bio-3D Printing;
  • Tissue and Organ Chip;
  • Innovative Medical Devices and Biomaterials.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

  • Bioengineering;
  • Life
  • Actuators;
  • Applied Sciences;
  • Biomimetics;
  • Inventions;
  • ASI;
  • Machines.
If you are attending this conference, please feel free to start an online conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions you may have. For more information about the conference and our virtual booth, please visit the following link: http://www.acbd-isbm.com/.

22 September 2021
MDPI Joins SDG Publishers Compact

UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. In 2020 the SDG Publishers Compact was launched, aimed to inspire publishers and accelerate progress to achieve the 17 goals by 2030. Members of the programme are committed to support the publication of materials that will promote and inspire actions towards SDGs.

MDPI is an eager advocate of SDGs and has already been supporting the programme by creating Special Issues and publishing a series of books on SDGs prior to joining the Compact in 2021. MDPI's Sustainability Foundation initiated the World Sustainability Awards in 2016. We fully support UN's goals to promote sustainable actions that make the world a better place for all and, as part of its commitment, we will focus our actions on SDG10: Reduced Inequalities whilst promoting all 17 SDGs. For more details, please visit the programme’s website: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sdg-publishers-compact/.

Joining this initiative was a unanimous decision. MDPI has in its core values the dissemination of science for all, breaking the wall between research access and under-represented members of the scientific community and the general population. To support this initiative further and continue to support under-represented scientists, MDPI will take a series of actions that will be announced once ready.

The first action MDPI takes is to nominate Dr. Liliane Auwerter as the coordinator of the programme. Dr. Auwerter studied Environmental Process Technology (UTFPR, Brazil), obtained her MSc degree in Water and Environmental Engineering (University of Surrey, UK) and in 2020 completed her PhD in self-healing low-friction materials for water transport (Imperial College London, UK), always focusing on diverse scientific projects that would potentially bring sustainability to industrial processes. As a student in Brazil, she engaged in volunteering activities focused on environmental education and took part in the Millennial Development Goals meetings held at the university.

For more information, please contact:
Dr. Liliane Auwerter
Scientific Officer
[email protected]

15 September 2021
Meet Us at the 20th National Catalysis Conference, Wuhan, China, 15–20 October 2021


MDPI will be attending the 20th National Catalysis Conference in Wuhan, China, which will take place from 15 to 20 October 2021. The theme of the conference is “Catalytic Science and Technology for Green, Low-Carbon, High-Quality Economic Development”. The topics include the science and technology of catalytic materials and catalyst preparation, catalytic materials and catalytic reaction characterization technology and theory, green catalysis, environmental catalysis, energy catalysis, and science and technology in the catalysis process of petroleum and chemical industry.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

If you are attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth. 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: http://20ncc.mzpco.com/.

11 August 2021
Applied Sciences | New Section Established

In order to specifically develop different research areas and attract more high-quality papers, we are pleased to announce the addition of the following Section in Applied Sciences to cover all the disciplines of natural and applied science:

  • “Green Sustainable Science and Technology”

We are now recruiting Editorial Board Members (EBMs) for this Section. If you are an active researcher in one of the aforementioned fields and are passionate about publishing cutting-edge research, please do not hesitate to get in touch ([email protected]). Alternatively, you may wish to submit your work directly via the following link: https://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload/?journal=applsci.

Applied Sciences is an international, peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary, and open access journal published quarterly online by MDPI. The journal covers all aspects of applied physics, applied chemistry, engineering, environmental and earth sciences, and applied biology.

3 August 2021
Announcement on Japanese Consumption Tax (JCT)

This serves to announce to our valued authors based in Japan that value-added tax, or consumption tax will now be imposed on article processing fees and other service fees for all papers submitted, or resubmitted (assigned new paper IDs), effective from 15 August 2021. The change is in accordance with the Japanese "Act for Partial Revision of the Income Tax Act and Other Acts" (Act No. 9 of 2015), which includes a revision of consumption taxation on cross-border supplies of services such as digital content distribution.

For additional information from the National Tax Agency please see here ("Cross-border supplies of electronic services").

Contact: Setsuko Nishihara, MDPI Tokyo

9 July 2021
Meet Us at the 12th International Conference on Information Optics and Photonics (CIOP 2021), Xi’an, China, 23–26 July 2021


MDPI will be attending the 12th International Conference on Information Optics and Photonics (CIOP 2021), Xi’an, China, 23–26 July 2021.

CIOP, an annual conference with comprehensive topics on optics and photonics, was initiated in 2007 by Chinese Laser Press, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The 12th International Conference on Information Optics and Photonics (CIOP2021) will be held on 23–26 July 2021 in Xi'an, China.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

If you are also attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit: https://www.researching.cn/EN/EventMain/CIOP2021.

9 July 2021
Meet Us at the IEEE-2021 International Conference of Optical Imaging and Measurement (ICOIM 2021), Xi’an, China, 27–29 August 2021


MDPI will be attending the IEEE-2021 International Conference of Optical Imaging and Measurement (ICOIM 2021), which is going to be held in Xi’an, China, from the 27th to the 29th of August 2021.

Optical imaging and measurement are closely related and have a wide range of applications such as microscopes, telescopes, sensors, etc. Usually, imaging is the basis of measurement, and measurement is a rigorous consideration of imaging results in a quantitative way. This conference covers the broad field of advanced optical imaging and precision measurement technologies, ranging from micro to macro, from static to dynamic, from single physical quantity to multiple. Optical methods continuously have a profound impact on new developments in the field of science and technology, such as milestone breakthroughs, STED optical nanoscope (Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014), and LIGO’s interferometer (Nobel Prize in Physics 2017). This conference is looking forward to opening a discussion between optical scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

If you are also attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit: http://www.icoim.org/.

7 July 2021
Meet Us Online at the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Applied Sciences (ASEC 2021), 15-31 October 2021


Conference website: https://asec2021.sciforum.net/

We would like to invite you to join the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Applied Sciences (ASEC 2021) that will be hosted online from 15–31 October 2021. ASEC 2021 will be free of charge for presenters and visitors. There will be an opportunity to publish papers peer-reviewed and accepted for a Special Issue of Applied Sciences (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/special_issues/2nd_IECAS). MDPI offers a 10% discount on the fees for publication in this Special Issue.

ASEC 2021 aims to promote and advance the exciting and rapidly changing fields representing all aspects of applied sciences. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

  • Optics and Lasers (Session A)
  • Chemistry (Session B)
  • Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering (Session C)
  • Environmental and Sustainable Science and Technology (Session D)
  • Applied Physics (Session E)
  • Computing and Artificial Intelligence (Session F)
  • Applied Dentistry (Session G)
  • Foods Science and Technology (Session H)
  • Mechanical Engineering (Session I)

We hope that you share our enthusiasm for this project and will join us in ensuring this conference is a success.

2 July 2021
Applied Sciences Has Received Updated Impact Factor of 2.679

We are pleased to report that the 2020 Impact Factor of Applied Sciences has increased to 2.679 from 2.474 in the recent release of Journal Citation Reports®. The journal’s 5-Year Impact Factor is 2.736. Applied Sciences now ranks 101/179 (Q3) in the category “Chemistry, Multidisciplinary”, 38/91 (Q2) in “Engineering, Multidisciplinary”, 201/335 (Q3) in “Materials Sciences, Multidisciplinary” and 73/160 (Q2) in “Physics, Applied”.

Evolution of Impact Factor, Citations and Publications for Applied Sciences:

Source: data according to Journal Citation Reports®, 2020 release, a Clarivate Analytics product.

30 June 2021
2020 Impact Factors - Released

The 2020 citation metrics have been officially released in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR)!

We are pleased to announce that 85 MDPI journals are included, of which:

  • 10 journals received their first impact factor
  • 96% of journals increased their impact factor from 2019
  • 32 journals (38%) ranked among the top 25% of journals, in at least one category
Journal Impact Factor Rank Category
Cancers 6.639 Q1 • Oncology
Cells 6.600 Q2 • Cell Biology
Pharmaceutics 6.321 Q1 • Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Antioxidants 6.313 Q1 • Food Science & Technology 
• Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
• Chemistry, Medicinal
Biomedicines 6.081 Q1 • Medicine, Research & Experimental
• Pharmacology & Pharmacy 
• Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
International Journal of Molecular Sciences 5.924 Q1 • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Q2 • Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Pharmaceuticals 5.863 Q1 • Pharmacology & Pharmacy
• Chemistry, Medicinal
Journal of Fungi 5.816 Q1 • Mycology
• Microbiology
Nutrients 5.719 Q1 • Nutrition & Dietetics
Biosensors 5.519 Q1 • Chemistry, Analytical
• Instruments & Instrumentation
Q2 • Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Marine Drugs 5.118 Q1 • Chemistry, Medicinal
• Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Biology 5.079 Q1 • Biology
Nanomaterials 5.076 Q1 • Physics, Applied
Q2 • Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
• Materials Science, Multidisciplinary 
• Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Viruses 5.048 Q2 • Virology
Journal of Personalized Medicine 4.945 Q1 • Medicine, General & Internal
• Health Care Sciences & Services
Metabolites 4.932 Q2 • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Biomolecules 4.879 Q2 • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Remote Sensing 4.848 Q1 • Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Q2 • Remote Sensing
• Imaging Science & Photographic Technology 
• Environmental Sciences
Gels * 4.702 Q1 • Polymer Science
Antibiotics 4.639 Q2 • Infectious Diseases
• Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Toxins 4.546 Q1 • Toxicology
• Food Science & Technology
Vaccines 4.422 Q2 • Immunology
• Medicine, Research & Experimental
Molecules 4.412 Q2 • Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
• Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Foods 4.350 Q2 • Food Science & Technology
Polymers 4.329 Q1 • Polymer Science
Journal of Clinical Medicine 4.242 Q1 • Medicine, General & Internal
Toxics 4.146 Q2 • Toxicology
• Environmental Sciences
Catalysts 4.146 Q2 • Chemistry, Physical
Microorganisms 4.128 Q2 • Microbiology
Membranes 4.106 Q1 • Polymer Science
Q2 • Engineering, Chemical
• Materials Science, Multidisciplinary 
• Chemistry, Physical
Genes 4.096 Q2 • Genetics & Heredity
Fermentation * 3.975 Q2 • Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease * 3.948 Q2 • Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Plants 3.935 Q1 • Plant Sciences
Life 3.817 Q2 • Biology
Diagnostics 3.706 Q2 • Medicine, General & Internal
Current Oncology 3.677 Q3 • Oncology
Materials 3.623 Q1 • Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering
Q2 • Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
• Chemistry, Physical 
• Physics, Applied 
• Physics, Condensed Matter
Sensors 3.576 Q1 • Instruments & Instrumentation
Q2 • Chemistry, Analytical
• Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Pathogens 3.492 Q2 • Microbiology
Agronomy 3.417 Q1 • Agronomy
• Plant Sciences
Chemosensors 3.398 Q2 • Instruments & Instrumentation
• Chemistry, Analytical
Q3 • Electrochemistry
Land 3.398 Q2 • Environmental Studies
Brain Sciences 3.394 Q3 • Neurosciences
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 3.390 Q1 • Public, Environmental & Occupational Health (SSCI)
Q2 • Public, Environmental & Occupational Health (SCIE)
• Environmental Sciences (SCIE)
Tomography 3.358 Q2 • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Fractal and Fractional * 3.313 Q1 • Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications
Sustainability 3.251 Q2 • Environmental Sciences (SCIE)
• Environmental Studies (SSCI)
Q3 • Green & Sustainable Science & Technology (SCIE)
• Green & Sustainable Science & Technology (SSCI)
Water 3.103 Q2 • Water Resources
• Environmental Sciences
Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research 3.049 Q3 • Business
Energies 3.004 Q3 • Energy & Fuels
Agriculture 2.925 Q1 • Agronomy
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 2.899 Q2 • Geography, Physical
• Computer Science, Information Systems
Q3 • Remote Sensing
Micromachines 2.891 Q2 • Instruments & Instrumentation
• Physics, Applied
Q3 • Chemistry, Analytical
• Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Coatings 2.881 Q2 • Materials Science, Coatings & Films
• Physics, Applied
Q3 • Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Children 2.863 Q2 • Pediatrics
Processes 2.847 Q3 • Engineering, Chemical
Separations 2.777 Q3 • Chemistry, Analytical
Insects 2.769 Q1 • Entomology
Animals 2.752 Q1 • Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
• Veterinary Sciences
Symmetry 2.713 Q2 • Multidisciplinary Sciences
Atmosphere 2.686 Q3 • Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
• Environmental Sciences
Applied Sciences 2.679 Q2 • Engineering, Multidisciplinary
• Physics, Applied
Q3 • Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
• Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Photonics 2.676 Q2 • Optics
Buildings * 2.648 Q2 • Construction & Building Technology
• Engineering, Civil
Healthcare 2.645 Q2 • Health Policy & Services (SSCI)
Q3 • Health Care Sciences & Services (SCIE)
Minerals 2.644 Q2 • Mining & Mineral Processing
• Mineralogy
• Geochemistry & Geophysics
Forests 2.634 Q1 • Forestry
Crystals 2.589 Q2 • Crystallography
Q3 • Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Entropy 2.524 Q2 • Physics, Multidisciplinary
Diversity 2.465 Q2 • Biodiversity Conservation
Q3 • Ecology
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 2.458 Q2 • Oceanography
• Engineering, Marine 
• Engineering, Ocean
Medicina 2.430 Q2 • Medicine, General & Internal
Machines * 2.428 Q2 • Engineering, Mechanical
Q3 • Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Electronics 2.397 Q3 • Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
• Computer Science, Information Systems 
• Physics, Applied
Fishes * 2.385 Q2 • Fisheries
• Marine & Freshwater Biology
Metals 2.351 Q2 • Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering
Q3 • Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Horticulturae * 2.331 Q1 • Horticulture
Veterinary Sciences * 2.304 Q1 • Veterinary Sciences
Universe 2.278 Q3 • Physics, Particles & Fields
• Astronomy & Astrophysics
Mathematics 2.258 Q1 • Mathematics
Magnetochemistry 2.193 Q3 • Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
• Chemistry, Physical 
• Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Current Issues in Molecular Biology 2.081 Q4 • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Actuators 1.994 Q3 • Instruments & Instrumentation
• Engineering, Mechanical
Aerospace * 1.659 Q2 • Engineering, Aerospace

* Journals given their first Impact Factor in 2021

Source: 2020 Journal Impact Factors, Journal Citation Reports ® (Clarivate, 2021)

23 June 2021
Applied Sciences | Special Issues for 2021 Women Engineering Day

Special Issue "Women in Smart Industrial System"

Prof. Dr. Antonella Petrillo

Editorial Board Member of Applied Sciences

 

 

Department of Engineering, University of Naples “Parthenope”, Italy

Editorial Board Member of Applied Sciences

Guest Editor of the Special Issue " Women in Smart Industrial System"

Introduction: Antonella Petrillo received her PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cassino. Her research interests include multi-criteria decision analysis, sustainability, digitalization, smart manufacturing and supply chain management.

Contribution: Prof. Petrillo has published more than 176 peer-reviewed journal/conference papers within the above-mentioned topics, and several books as an editor and/or co-editor. She also serves as an international reviewer for over 50 international journals and she is a member of scientific committees for PhD programs, international conferences and proposal evaluations.

Do you want to say something to celebrate 23rd June—International Women in Engineering Day?

We are living in an epochal historical period, imaginable (perhaps), predictable (perhaps), but that we never imagined could really happen. This period will be remembered as the time of a world pandemic in a globalized world, the likes of which have never been seen before. A Black Swan. We have no idea what work will look like in 2050. However, we are certain that we are experiencing an epochal period that will change our ways of working as well as our ways of living. We do know that we are living in a period in which revolutions in biotechnology and information technology are putting humanity in the face of difficult trials, perhaps the most difficult trails that it has ever encountered. We are witnessing an epochal paradigm shift in the interaction between “man” and “machine”. The pandemic is proving to be a catalyst for digitization processes. If talent used to be everywhere but opportunities were concentrated in a few places in the world, now talents themselves can create opportunities everywhere. In a future of work where the physical-biological and digital levels will be in symbiosis, the problem will not be a gender issue. Only cooperation and collaboration between motivated minds with a clear goal will be able to overcome the global challenges of the near future. Women, like men, must have this awareness by promoting the empowerment of mankind. We are first women, first men, and then engineers. Science has no gender.

Special Issue "Women in Building Materials"

1. Prof. Dr. Carmen Martínez-García

 

 

Department of Chemical, Environmental and Material Engineering, High Polytechnic School of Linares, University of Jaen, Jaén, Spain

Guest Editor of the Special Issue " Women in Building Materials"

 

Introduction: Since 2015, Prof. Dr. Carmen Martínez-García  has been the Managing Director of the Academic Organization of the University of Jaén. She was previously the Subdirector of Quality and Attention to Disability of the Superior Polytechnic School of Linares of the University of Jaén (2012-2015). Since 2004, Prof. Dr. Carmen Martínez-García  has belonged to the Materials Engineering and Mining Research Group. The lines of research that Prof. Dr. Carmen Martínez-García has worked on are: Materials Engineering, Advanced Materials, Construction Materials and Waste Recovery. Prof. Dr. Carmen Martínez-García’s research work is mainly focused on the line of waste recovery in clay products and the circular economy.

Contribution: Prof. Dr. Carmen Martínez-García has more than 80 contributions to national and international congresses in the area of materials and environment, and 31 articles in international journals indexed in JCR.

2. Prof. Dr. María Teresa Cotes-Palomino

 

 

Department of Chemical, Environmental and Material Engineering, High Polytechnic School of Linares, University of Jaen, Jaén, Spain

Guest Editor of the Special Issue " Women in Building Materials"

 

Introduction: Since 2009, Prof. Dr. María Teresa Cotes-Palomino has been a part of the Materials Engineering and Mining Research Group. The lines of research that Prof. Dr. María Teresa Cotes-Palomino has worked on are: Materials Engineering, Advanced Materials, Construction Materials and Waste Recovery.

Contribution: Prof. Dr. María Teresa Cotes-Palomino has made 54 contributions to national and international congresses in the area of materials and environment, and 10 articles in international journals indexed in JCR.

Do you want to say something to celebrate 23rd June—International Women in Engineering Day?

It is a very important day to raise awareness and highlight the role of women in a sector traditionally dominated by men. It is essential to make the sector and society aware of the value of women's work and research in engineering and, at the same time, to encourage vocations among young female students, so that they see engineering as their future professional career.

8 June 2021
Applied Sciences Receives Updated CiteScore of 3.0


We are pleased to report that the CiteScore of Applied Sciences has increased to 3.0 (from 2.4). For full details of the current CiteScore release, please refer to the journal’s Source profile (https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21100829268).

28 April 2021
Book BuilderCompile a Customized E-Book from Your Favorite MDPI Open Access Content

MDPI Books recently released Book Builder, a new online tool to conveniently arrange, design and produce an eBook from any content published in MDPI journals. Book Builder offers two functions: on the one hand (1) Selections, available to every registered user of MDPI; on the other hand (2) Special Issue Reprints, which can be used exclusively by Guest Editors of Special Issues.

Selections

In just a matter of a few clicks, all users are now able to assemble books from MDPI articles and receive instantaneous feedback in the form of a fully produced and compiled book (PDF), which can be downloaded or ordered as print copy. Selections can include any paper published with MDPI, picking and combining content from different journals and special issues.

This way, the user may for example choose to compile an ebook focusing around a particular topic, or assemble articles from a group of others.

 

We invite you to make yourself familiar with the new tool! The Book Builder can be found here: https://www.mdpi.com/books/book_builder.

Special Issue Reprints

The Book Builder allows Guest Editors of MDPI journals to create a reprint from a successfully completed Special Issue or Topical Collection in book format. If you are a Guest Editor for an MDPI journal, you can use the new tool  to create an PDF document which includes all articles published in the Special Issue as well as a book cover and table of contents.

For Special Issues containing a minimum of 5 articles, the Guest Editor can request its publication on the MDPI Book platform. Published reprints are assigned an ISBN and DOI.

In addition to the PDF copy of the Reprint Book, as a token of our gratitude, MDPI offers every Guest Editor one (1) complimentary print copy (via print-on-demand). All contributors benefit from a discount on orders of any additional print copies, to share with colleagues or libraries or others.

 



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20 April 2021
Applied Sciences | Four New Sections Established

In order to specifically develop different research areas and attract more high-quality papers, we are pleased to announce the addition of the following four new Sections in Applied Sciences to cover all the disciplines of natural and applied science:

We are now recruiting Editorial Board Members (EBMs) for these Sections. If you are an active researcher in one of the aforementioned fields and are passionate about publishing cutting-edge research, please do not hesitate to get in touch ([email protected]). Alternatively, you may wish to submit your work directly via the following link: https://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload/?journal=applsci.

Applied Sciences is an international, peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary, and open access journal published quarterly online by MDPI. The journal covers all aspects of applied physics, applied chemistry, engineering, environmental and earth sciences, and applied biology.

15 April 2021
MDPI Celebrates Company Milestone With 25th Anniversary Page
"We exist to help scientists achieve their own objectives"


In June of this year, MDPI will celebrate the 25th anniversary of its foundation. To mark this significant milestone, we have created a 25th Anniversary page on our website that evokes the development of our company over the past quarter-century.

MDPI has been a pioneer of Open Access publishing ever since the concept was first created.

In a wide-ranging interview, our CEO Delia Mihaila reflects on the company’s 25th anniversary and its contribution to the world of scientific publishing.

Delia considers how MDPI has evolved since starting life in 1996 as a visionary ‘project’ run out of an apartment in Basel, Switzerland, by Dr. Shu-Kun Lin. A chemist who was passionate about the long-term preservation of rare chemical sample, Dr. Lin was determined to help scholars publish their findings as quickly as possible and make their research results available to as wide a readership as possible worldwide. That determination remains unchanged 25 years later.

Today, MDPI is an international organization with over 4,000 employees based on three continents and in ten countries, and ranks among the world's top four academic publishers.