Announcements

We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Saulius Juodkazis has been appointed as the Editor-in-Chief of the section “Optics and Lasers” of Applied Sciences. Saulius Juodkazis is Professor of nanophotonics and Director of the nanotechnology facility at Swinburne Centre for Micro-Photonics. His current research is focused on applying principles of light-field enhancement and its spectral control for applications in microoptics, sensing, solid-state lighting, and solar energy conversion.

Professor Juodkazis has contributed to the development of a three-dimensional laser printing with nano-/microscale precision using femtosecond laser for applications in optofluidics, micro-optics, optical memory, and photonic crystals. He has shown, experimentally, the creation of high-pressure density phases of materials using tightly focused ultra-short laser pulses. Currently, his research also includes nanotextured surfaces for sensing, bactericidal, and light-harvesting applications.

Professor Juodkazis received his doctorate in experimental physics and materials science jointly from Vilnius University (Lithuania) and Lyon-I University (France). He has also held previous tenured positions at the Universities of Tokushima and Hokkaido in Japan, and is the author of 320 peer-reviewed journal papers and reviews as well as numerous book chapters. He is Fellow of OSA and SPIE and ChangJiang scholar.

His research area also focuses on nanofabrication, nanophotonics, micro-optics, 3D laser fabrication (additive and subtractive), ablation, light–matter interaction, solar hydrogen, physics, and photonics.

We warmly welcome Prof. Dr. Saulius Juodkazis as the Editor-in-Chief of the section “Optics and Lasers”, and we look forward to achieving many milestones under his leadership. For further information on the journal section, please visit the following link.

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/sections/optics

In 2020, we made interviewers with the journal section EiCs:

	"According to all the indicators, Applied Sciences is behaving well. Its content is increasing quantitatively and qualitatively every year. The remarkable everyday work of the administrative editorial staff is one of the reasons why we can be proud of this rising journal. Happy anniversary and best wishes of continuous success !" Section EiC of “Nanotechnology and Applied Nanosciences” -- Prof. Dr. Philippe Lambin
	"On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Applied Sciences, it is a great honor for me to congratulate all the colleagues of the Editorial Board, the Guest Editors and the Editorial team for their great efforts to upgrade Applied Sciences into a high standards international scientific journal. This fact, which is recognized by both Scimago and Journal Citation Reports, is importantly recognized by the scientific community since the quality of the published papers steadily increases.  Finally, I would like to thank for their continuous work that has been done during these very difficult days of COVID-19 pandemic." Section EiC of “Applied Physics”-- Prof. Dr. Nicholas Vassiliou Sarlis
	'With great pleasure we celebrate this year the 10th anniversary of Applied Science. It has been a long journey up to now with some challenges but also with huge satisfactions. In this special occasion we want to really thank all the authors who make the journal successful submitting their research papers but also the anonymous reviewers that have helped to maintain a high quality during these year. It is also worth of mentioning the strong support by top researchers that have proposed special issues on hot topics maintaining the focus of the journal very updated with respect to new research trends. All together with the same enthusiasm we can continue this successful journey trying to improve every year!' Section EiC of “Mechanical Engineering”-- Prof. Dr. Filippo Berto

The section “Optics and Lasers” includes more than 150 Editorial Board members. In order to further develop this section, we are now recruiting additional Editorial Board members for this leading section.

If you are an active researcher in the field and are passionate about participating in cutting-edge research publications, please do not hesitate to get in touch (applsci@mdpi.com). As an Editorial Board member, you will have the following responsibilities:

• To make decisions on whether a manuscript can be accepted, or not, based on the reports we collect;
• To serve as Editor of a Special Issue on a topic related to your research interests when it is convenient for you;
• To review some manuscripts in your area of interest and when you are available;
• To recommend timely topics or appropriate conferences;
• To promote Applied Sciences and increase its visibility at related academic conferences.

In order to better categorize papers published within the journal, the section "Aerospace Science and Engineering" has been set up recently. We are now recruiting the editorial board members for this new section.

If you are an active researcher in the field and are passionate about participating in cutting-edge research publications, please do not hesitate to get in touch (applsci@mdpi.com). As an Editorial Board member, you will have the following responsibilities:

To make decisions on whether a manuscript can be accepted, or not, based on the reports we collect;

To serve as Editor of a Special Issue on a topic related to your research interests when it is convenient for you;

To review some manuscripts in your area of interest and when you are available;

To recommend timely topics or appropriate conferences;

To promote Applied Sciences and increase its visibility at related academic conferences.

In order to better categorize papers published within the journal, the section “Marine Engineering” has recently been established. We are now recruiting Editorial Board members for this new section.

If you are an active researcher in the field and are passionate about participating in cutting-edge research publications, please do not hesitate to get in touch (applsci@mdpi.com). As an Editorial Board member, you will have the following responsibilities:

• To make decisions on whether a manuscript can be accepted, or not, based on the reports we collect;
• To serve as Editor of a Special Issue on a topic related to your research interests when it is convenient for you;
• To review some manuscripts in your area of interest and when you are available;
• To recommend timely topics or appropriate conferences;
• To promote Applied Sciences and increase its visibility at related academic conferences.

The year 2020 marks the 10th anniversary of Applied Sciences, a peer-reviewed open access journal providing an advanced forum for all aspects of applied natural sciences. Applied Sciences has published more than 15,000 papers in the form of reviews, research papers, and communications. More than 1000 of these papers have received over 10 citations. To celebrate this 10th anniversary, we are arranging a series of special content and events. We hope you will join us in celebrating this milestone of our journal and enjoy the collections below.

Collections of Excellent Works

Anniversary Special Issues

10th Anniversary of Applied Sciences: Invited Papers in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering Section
edited by Mohamed Benbouzid
submission deadline 31 Oct 2020 | 5 articles

10th Anniversary of Applied Sciences: Invited Papers in "Optics and Lasers" Section
edited by Totaro Imasaka and Takayoshi Kobayashi
submission deadline 31 Oct 2020 | 7 articles

10th Anniversary of Applied Sciences: Invited Papers in Nanotechnology and Applied Nanosciences Section
edited by Philippe Lambin and Raul Arenal
submission deadline 31 Oct 2020

10th Anniversary of Applied Sciences: Invited Papers in Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering Section
edited by Roger Narayan
submission deadline 31 Oct 2020 | 5 articles

10th Anniversary of Applied Sciences: Invited Papers in Energy Section
edited by Frede Blaabjerg, S. M. Muyeen and Tomislav Dragicevic
submission deadline 20 Dec 2020 | 5 articles

10th Anniversary of Applied Sciences: Invited Papers in Materials
edited by Alexander Chroneos
submission deadline 31 Dec 2020 | 1 article

10th Anniversary of Applied Sciences Invited Papers in Applied Dentistry Section
edited by Gianrico Spagnuolo
submission deadline 30 Jan 2021 | 1 article

We are delighted to announce the establishment of our Open Access agreement with Jisc Collections, which will allow UK institutions to benefit from access to article processing charge (APC) discounts and streamlined payment workflows.

All institutions participating in the agreement will also gain access to the MDPI online submission system where they can find full article metadata and pricing information for easy identification and additional transparency.

Eligible authors affiliated with the participating institutions are prompted to choose the corresponding Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP) when they submit an article via our online submission system.

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For any questions about this agreement, please contact the MDPI IOAP team at ioap@mdpi.com.

The updated citation metrics have been released in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), published by Clarivate. The recent release of the JCR includes seventy-one MDPI titles. Out of these, 18 titles are newcomers, receiving a first Journal Impact Factor which is based on citation activity in 2019: Actuators, Agriculture, Biology, Biomedicines, Biosensors, Chemosensors, Children, Healthcare, Journal of Fungi, Journal of Personalized Medicine (JPM), Land, Life, Magnetochemistry, Membranes, Pharmaceuticals, Photonics, Separations and Toxics.

• Out of the previously listed journals, a total of 72 percent boast an increased Impact Factor.
• 25 journals are ranked among the top 25% of journals in at least one of the categories they are ranked for.
• Articles published in 2019 in MDPI journals account for approximately 17 percent of of articles published in gold Open Access journals covered in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI).
  
  

First Impact Factors

Updated Impact Factors

Since 1996, MDPI has been committed to supporting the research community by providing the latest research freely available and making relevant and useful research available as quickly as possible. The world is current experiencing a pandemic of COVID-19, and researchers are working extremely hard to understand it and find a cure.

The values MDPI holds strongly are particularly important at the moment, and we will continue to publish relevant, peer-reviewed research as quickly as possible in open access format. This means that it will immediately be available for researchers, health professionals, and the general public to read, distribute, and reuse. We believe that scientific advancements will be crucial to overcoming this pandemic, and will do everything we can to support researchers working looking for solutions.

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In order to better categorize papers published within the journal, the following four new topical sections have been set up recently:

Membrane Science and Technology 

Robotics and Automation 

Marine Engineering 

Aerospace Science and Engineering 

We are now recruiting the Editorial Board Members (EBMs) for these sections. As an Editorial Board member, you have the following responsibilities:

• Make decisions on whether a manuscript can be accepted or not, based on the reports we collect.
• Serve as Editor of a Special Issue on a topic related to your research interests when it is convenient for you.
• Review manuscripts in your area of interest and when you are available.
• Recommend topics or appropriate conferences.
• Promote Applied Sciences and increase its visibility at related academic conferences.

If you are an active researcher in one of the aforementioned fields and are passionate about participating in the cutting-edge research of the corresponding field, please do not hesitate to get in touch (applsci@mdpi.com).

Applied Sciences Editorial Office