Announcements

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.

Stanford University has recently published an update to the list of the top 2% most widely cited 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 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 56 Editorial Board Members from MDPI’s journal Axioms (ISSN: 2075-1680) were featured in Stanford University’s list of World’s Top 2% Scientists in 2022.

The latest Stanford rankings reflect the significant influence and research excellence of the scientists, who are committed to furthering their knowledge for the benefit of the world.

We would like to congratulate our Editorial Board Members on their excellent achievement and thank them for their immense contribution to the scientific progression and development of Axioms.

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 Axioms Special Issues will act as Guest Editors under the mentorship of an experienced scientist; this mentor could be a member of the Editorial Board of Axioms (ISSN: 2075-4442) or could be from other well-established research institutes or laboratories, etc.

The mentee’s responsibilities include the following:

• Providing a CV, including a list of publications;
• Proposing a Special Issue title and a short introduction;
• Writing a brief promotion plan for the Special Issue;
• Reviewing and making decisions for submissions under the mentorship of our Editorial Board Members. 

The mentor’s responsibilities include the following:

• Conducting a final check before the Special Issue is published online;
• Co-editing the Special Issue with the mentee and performing quality control of the publications in the Special Issue;
• Providing suggestions to the mentee if they have doubts or concerns regarding submissions.

Certificates and awards:

When a Special Issue is closed, the Axioms Editorial Office will provide official certificates for all the mentors and mentees involved. The mentees will be prioritized as candidates for Axioms Young Investigator Awards in future editions.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your Special Issue proposal to the Axioms Editorial Office (axioms@mdpi.com), and we will discuss the process (mentor collaboration, Special Issue topic feasibility analysis, etc.) in further detail.

In addition to the new Special Issue Mentor Program, Axioms continues to welcome all Special Issue proposals based on hot research topics, as usual.

Axioms Editorial Office

We are currently recruiting Topical Advisory Panel Members for the journal Axioms (ISSN: 2075-1680). Your responsibility would be to regularly provide support to Guest Editors and Editorial Board Members. More information regarding this is available at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/editors#Supporting_Editor_Responsibilities. The aims and scope of the journal can be found on the following website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/axioms/about.

The benefits of becoming a Topical Advisory Panel Member include the following:

• The opportunity to publish one paper in Axioms per year at a discount, as well as potential discounts for additional papers you invite;
• A certificate of recognition of your position;
• Additional sponsorships for conferences organized by Topical Advisory Panel Members of Axioms;
• Travel grants for conferences that you attend or organize.

The main responsibilities of new members of the Topical Advisory Panel are as follows:

• 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, with the topic of the proposal being within the scope of Axioms;
• Providing a strategy plan for the SI, including assisting in preparing the Special Issue’s/topic’s title, aim and scope, summary, and keywords as well as soliciting papers for and promoting the SI;
• Promoting our journal at conferences, social media, and other relevant platforms.

To qualify as a Topical Advisory Panel Member, applicants must fit the following criteria:

• Have expertise and experience in a field related to the journal;
• Have published at least six papers in the last five years as a first author or a corresponding author;
• Currently hold an independent research position in academia or a government institute. 

Each year, members’ performances are evaluated, and outstanding members are promoted to the Editorial Board by the Editor-in-Chief. Please contact the Editorial Office (axioms@mdpi.com) or click on the following link to submit your application: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/axioms/topical_advisory_panel.

Axioms Editorial Office

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:

• Peer Review Week 2022
• Research Integrity
• What We’ve Learned About Peer Review Reports
• 4 Steps to the Perfect Peer Review Report
• How to Write the Perfect Peer Review Report: An Interview
• Inviting Great Peer Reviewers

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!

To develop different research areas and continue to attract high-quality papers, Axioms (ISSN 2075-1680) is recruiting Section Editors-in-Chief (more details can be found at https://www.mdpi.com/journal/axioms/sections).

At present, the following Sections have not yet found suitable scholars to lead them:

• “Algebra and Number Theory”;
• “Geometry and Topology”;
• “Logic”.

We are now recruiting Section Editors-in-Chief (SEiCs) 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 contact us at axioms@mdpi.com. You can find more information on our homepage: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/axioms.

The Section Editor-in-Chief has the following responsibilities:

• Making decisions on whether a manuscript can be accepted based on the reports that we collect;
• Reviewing a small number of papers per year and managing the Section together with other journal editors;
• Promoting Axioms and increasing its visibility at related academic conferences.

Axioms is an international, peer-reviewed, and open access journal of mathematics, mathematical logic, and mathematical physics, published monthly online by MDPI. The European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology (EUSFLAT), the International Fuzzy Systems Association (IFSA), and the Union of Slovak Mathematicians and Physicists (JSMF) are affiliated with Axioms, and their members receive discounts on the article processing charge.

We believe that by combining our rigorous editorial policies with your expertise, we can build a high-quality journal. We thank you in advance for your interest and look forward to collaborating with you in the future.

Axioms Editorial Office

1. “Periodic Property and Instability of a Rotating Pendulum System”
by Ji-Huan He, Tarek S. Amer, Shimaa Elnaggar and Abdallah A. Galal
Axioms 2021; 10(3):191. https://doi.org/10.3390/axioms10030191
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1680/10/3/191

2. “Modeling Multi-Dimensional Public Opinion Process Based on Complex Network Dynamics Model in the Context of Derived Topics”
by Tinggui Chen, Xiaohua Yin, Jianjun Yang, Guodong Cong and Guoping Li
Axioms 2021; 10(4):270. https://doi.org/10.3390/axioms10040270
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1680/10/4/270

3. “Monitoring and Recognizing Enterprise Public Opinion from High-Risk Users Based on User Portrait and Random Forest Algorithm”
by Tinggui Chen, Xiaohua Yin, Lijuan Peng, Jingtao Rong, Jianjun Yang and Guodong Cong
Axioms 2021; 10(2):106. https://doi.org/10.3390/axioms10020106
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1680/10/2/106

4. “Some New Fractional Estimates of Inequalities for LR-p-Convex Interval-Valued Functions by Means of Pseudo Order Relation”
by Muhammad Bilal Khan, Pshtiwan Othman Mohammed, Muhammad Aslam Noor, Dumitru Baleanu and Juan Luis García Guirao
Axioms 2021; 10(3):175. https://doi.org/10.3390/axioms10030175
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1680/10/3/175

5. “Strong Interacting Internal Waves in Rotating Ocean: Novel Fractional Approach”
by Pundikala Veeresha, Haci Mehmet Baskonus and Wei Gao
Axioms 2021; 10(2):123. https://doi.org/10.3390/axioms10020123
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1680/10/2/123

6. “Modeling and Forecasting of COVID-19 Spreading by Delayed Stochastic Differential Equations”
by Marouane Mahrouf, Adnane Boukhouima, Houssine Zine, El Mehdi Lotfi, Delfim F. M. Torres and Noura Yousfi
Axioms 2021; 10(1):18. https://doi.org/10.3390/axioms10010018
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1680/10/1/18

7. “A New Inverted Topp-Leone Distribution: Applications to the COVID-19 Mortality Rate in Two Different Countries”
by Ehab M. Almetwally, Randa Alharbi, Dalia Alnagar and Eslam Hossam Hafez
Axioms 2021; 10(1):25. https://doi.org/10.3390/axioms10010025
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1680/10/1/25

8. “Outsourcing Reverse Logistics for E-Commerce Retailers: A Two-Stage Fuzzy Optimization Approach”
by Chia-Nan Wang, Thanh-Tuan Dang and Ngoc-Ai-Thy Nguyen
Axioms 2021; 10(1):34. https://doi.org/10.3390/axioms10010034
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1680/10/1/34

9. “A Simple Frequency Formulation for the Tangent Oscillator”
by Ji-Huan He, Qian Yang, Chun-Hui He and Yasir Khan
Axioms 2021; 10(4):320. https://doi.org/10.3390/axioms10040320
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1680/10/4/320

10. “Applying Transformer Insulation Using Weibull Extended Distribution Based on Progressive Censoring Scheme”
by Hisham M. Almongy, Fatma Y. Alshenawy, Ehab M. Almetwally and Doaa A. Abdo
Axioms 2021; 10(2):100. https://doi.org/10.3390/axioms10020100
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1680/10/2/100

1. “Comparison of the Sub-Tour Elimination Methods for the Asymmetric Traveling Salesman Problem Applying the SECA Method”
by Ramin Bazrafshan, Sarfaraz Hashemkhani Zolfani and S. Mohammad J. Mirzapour Al-e-hashem
Axioms 2021, 10(1), 19; https://doi.org/10.3390/axioms10010019
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1680/10/1/19

2. “Outsourcing Reverse Logistics for E-Commerce Retailers: A Two-Stage Fuzzy Optimization Approach”
by Chia-Nan Wang, Thanh-Tuan Dang and Ngoc-Ai-Thy Nguyen
Axioms 2021, 10(1), 34; https://doi.org/10.3390/axioms10010034
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1680/10/1/34

3. “Modeling and Forecasting of COVID-19 Spreading by Delayed Stochastic Differential Equations”
by Marouane Mahrouf, Adnane Boukhouima, Houssine Zine, El Mehdi Lotfi, Delfim F. M. Torres and Noura Yousfi
Axioms 2021, 10(1), 18; https://doi.org/10.3390/axioms10010018
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1680/10/1/18

4. “Optimization of Convolutional Neural Networks Architectures Using PSO for Sign Language Recognition”
by Jonathan Fregoso, Claudia I. Gonzalez and Gabriela E. Martinez
Axioms 2021, 10(3), 139; https://doi.org/10.3390/axioms10030139
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1680/10/3/139

5. “Spatial Statistical Models: An Overview under the Bayesian Approach”
by Francisco Louzada, Diego Carvalho do Nascimento and Osafu Augustine Egbon
Axioms 2021, 10(4), 307; https://doi.org/10.3390/axioms10040307
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1680/10/4/307

6. “A Note on the Computation of the Modular Inverse for Cryptography”
by Michele Bufalo, Daniele Bufalo and Giuseppe Orlando
Axioms 2021, 10(2), 116; https://doi.org/10.3390/axioms10020116
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1680/10/2/116

7. “Some Fixed Point Results in b-Metric Spaces and b-Metric-Like Spaces with New Contractive Mappings”
by Kapil Jain and Jatinderdeep Kaur
Axioms 2021, 10(2), 55; https://doi.org/10.3390/axioms10020055
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1680/10/2/55

8. “Identification of the Critical Factors for Global Supply Chain Management under the COVID-19 Outbreak via a Fusion Intelligent Decision Support System”
by Kuang-Hua Hu, Fu-Hsiang Chen, Ming-Fu Hsu, Shuyi Yao and Ming-Chin Hung
Axioms 2021, 10(2), 61; https://doi.org/10.3390/axioms10020061
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1680/10/2/61

9. “The Axioms in My Understanding from Many Years of Experience”
by Boyan Dimitrov
Axioms 2021, 10(3), 176; https://doi.org/10.3390/axioms10030176
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1680/10/3/176

10. “A Spherical Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (SF-AHP) and Combined Compromise Solution (CoCoSo) Algorithm in Distribution Center Location Selection: A Case Study in Agricultural Supply Chain”
by Phan Thuy Kieu, Van Thanh Nguyen, Viet Tinh Nguyen and Thanh Phong Ho
Axioms 2021, 10(2), 53; https://doi.org/10.3390/axioms10020053
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1680/10/2/53

MDPI will be attending the 5th China Intelligent Optimization and Scheduling Conference from 12 to 14 August 2022, in Taiyuan, China.

Themed “Intelligent Optimisation for Scheduling”, the conference will focus on big data, artificial intelligence, simulation optimization, intelligent optimization, scheduling optimization, and other directions through conference presentations, group presentations, wall presentations, enterprise application demonstrations, etc., to carry out cutting-edge theories, methods, technologies, and applications, and will invite famous publishers at home and abroad to introduce journal submissions. The conference will select outstanding academic papers, young scientists, outstanding Ph.D. theses, outstanding M.Sc. theses, innovative application practice projects, etc.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Sensors;
• Systems;
• Mathematics;
• Axioms;
• Smart Cities;
• Future Internet;
• Data;
• Algorithms;
• Automation;
• Signals.

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 that you may have.

We are proud to recognize the winners of MDPI’s 2021 Travel Awards in the subject area of “Computer Science & Mathematics” 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 Travel Awards for the year 2021 and wish them the greatest success with their future research endeavors.

MDPI will continue to enhance communication among scientists.

Computers:

• Umberto Michieli, University of Padova, Italy

Journal of Imaging:

• Cameron Kaye, University of Manitoba, Canada
• Alexandra Trujillo, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina

Symmetry:

• José María, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
• Naser Ojaroudi Parchin, University of Bradford, UK