Announcements

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.

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.

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.

This landmark has been reached thanks to the immeasurable support of more than 600,000 expert reviewers, 66,000 editorial board members and 6700 hard-working colleagues across MDPI’s global offices.

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.

Reaching the milestone of one million articles published reinforces our mission to remove any existing barriers and to make scientific research accessible to all. Since its inception, MDPI’s goal has been to create reliable processes to make science open. This is a path towards facilitating the dissemination of novel insights in scientific communities.

Regular feedback from authors and reviewers shows that our service is greatly appreciated and needed. At the same time, the feedback helps us identify areas for further improvement.

As it stands, a significant share of published research findings remain closed access. More than half of the content published with the most well-known legacy publishers stays behind a paywall, and that is not including articles published in hybrid OA journals, or made available months or years after publication.

A new policy announced by the US administration in August 2022 requires that, as of January 2026, all US federally funded research be made freely and immediately available after publication. While the new policy does not mandate articles be published under an open access license, it is aligned with the open access movement in removing all barriers to research. Similarly, some of the most advanced research institutions in the world intend to have all funded research articles published in open access by 2025.

MDPI is proud to be the leading agent of the transition to open access.

"Thanks a Million" to all the contributors!

We are pleased to announce the launch of a new Section “Hilbert’s Sixth Problem” in Axioms (ISSN: 2075-1680). 

The Hilbert’s Sixth Problem, “Mathematical Treatment of the Axioms of Physics”, concerns the axiomatization of those parts of physics which are ready for a rigorous mathematical approach. Our aim is to provide a virtual forum and database for experts, publishing papers on Hilbert’s Sixth Problem that are dedicated to the most up-to-date issues and mainstream topics. Articles are expected to have original content and demonstrate clear scientific novelty. 

This Section covers all areas of Hilbert’s Sixth Problem, including but not limited to the following:

• Axiomatization of Classical Probability and the New (Quantum) Probability: quantum mechanics; quantum theory; axiomatic approach to quantum probability; quantum computing; quantum cryptography; axiomatic treatment of probability with limit theorems for the foundation of statistical physics; the axiomatic foundation of probability; measure theory; algorithmic probability; 
• Physical Axioms: analytic machinery (formalism); physical interpretation; Boltzmann equations; fluid equations; higher equations of hydrodynamics; Hilbert’s sixth problem in statistical mechanics and machine learning; the rigorous theory of limiting processes “which lead from the atomistic view to the laws of motion of continua”; 
• Axiomatic Approach to: mathematical logic; algebra; functional analysis; differential equations; geometry; probability theory and random processes; theory of algorithms and computational complexity; etc. 

For more detailed information, please visit the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/axioms/sections/hilberts_sixth_problem. 

We are currently recruiting Editorial Board Members (EBMs) for this Section. If you are an active researcher in this field and are passionate about publishing cutting-edge research, please contact us by email at axioms@mdpi.com. Alternatively, you may wish to submit your work directly via the following link: https://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload/?journal=axioms. 

Axioms Editorial Office

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