Announcements

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 “Social Sciences & Humanities” category for their outstanding contributions among the 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 achievements. MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.

Administrative Sciences:

• Joana Costa, University of Aveiro, Portugal.

Behavioral Sciences:

• María Napal, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain.

Education Sciences:

• James Russo, Monash University, Australia;
• Luis Manuel Sánchez Ruiz, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain;
• Lasse Christiansen, University College Northern Denmark, Denmark.

Humanities:

• Brad Prager, University of Missouri, USA.

Journal of Intelligence:

• André Kretzschmar, University of Zurich, Switzerland.

Journal of Risk and Financial Management:

• Paulo Ferreira, Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, Portugal;
• Sorin Anton, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania;
• Peter Moffatt, University of East Anglia, UK;
• Francisco Guijarro Martínez, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain;
• João Leitão, University of Beira Interior, Portugal;
• Mirela Panait, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania;
• Błażej Prusak, Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland;
• Jakub Horák, The Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice, Czech Republic;
• Magdalena Ziolo, University of Szczecin, Poland;
• Tobias Basse, NORD/LB and Touro College Berlon, Germany;
• Ching Torng Lin, Da-Yeh University, Taiwan;
• Dean Fantazzini, Moscow State University, Russia;
• Doojin Ryu, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea;
• Douglas J. Lamdin, University of Maryland, USA;
• Maria Luisa Esteban Salvador, University of Zaragoza, Spain;
• Masao Nakamura, University of British Columbia, Canada;
• Michael A. Talias, Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus;
• Sotiris Kotsiantis, University of Patras, Greece;
• Ryo Okui, Department of Economics, Seoul National University, South Korea;
• Grzegorz Mentel, Rzeszow University of Technology, Poland.

Religions:

• Daniel Boscaljon, Independent Scholar and Life Coach, USA;
• Dan Bradley, Gonzaga University, USA;
• Silvio Ferrari, University of Milan, Italy;
• Yu Tao, U4niversity of Western Australia, Australia;
• Aldona Piwko, Vistula University, Poland.

Social Sciences:

• Márcio Oliveira, School of Education and Social Sciences of Leiria, Portugal.

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 “Social Sciences & Humanities” 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.

Journal of Intelligence:

• Okan Bulut, University of Alberta, Canada.

Religions:

• Kathryn Johnson, Arizona State University, USA.

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 the scientific merit, overall impact, and the quality of presentation of the papers published in the journal last year.

We are honored to present the winners in the “Social Sciences & Humanities” category, who were selected amongst the extensive competition, and congratulate the authors for their outstanding scientific publications.

MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.

Administrative Sciences:

• “Entrepreneurship Education in a Multidisciplinary Environment: Evidence from an Entrepreneurship Programme Held in Turin”
  by Eleonora Fiore, Giuliano Sansone and Emilio Paolucci
  Adm. Sci. 2019, 9(1), 28; doi 10.3390/admsci9010028
• “A Systematic Mapping Study on Customer Loyalty and Brand Management”
  by Andrea Moretta Tartaglione, Ylenia Cavacece, Giuseppe Russo and Giuseppe Granata
  Adm. Sci. 2019, 9(1), 8; doi 10.3390/admsci9010008

Journal of Risk and Financial Management:

• “Refined Measures of Dynamic Connectedness based on Time-Varying Parameter Vector Autoregressions”
  by Nikolaos Antonakakis, Ioannis Chatziantoniou and David Gabauer
  J. Risk Financial Manag. 2020, 13(4), 84; doi 10.3390/jrfm13040084
• “Digitalization of the EU Economies and People at Risk of Poverty or Social Exclusion”
  by Aleksy Kwilinski, Oleksandr Vyshnevskyi and Henryk Dzwigol
  J. Risk Financial Manag. 2020, 13(7), 142; doi 10.3390/jrfm13070142
• “Assessment of Bankruptcy Risk of Large Companies: European Countries Evolution Analysis”
  by Nicoleta Bărbuță-Mișu and Mara Madaleno
  J. Risk Financial Manag. 2020, 13(3), 58; doi 10.3390/jrfm13030058

Risks:

• “Nagging Predictors”
  by Ronald Richman and Mario V. Wüthrich
  Risks 2020, 8(3), 83; doi 10.3390/risks8030083
• “A Longitudinal Analysis of the Impact of Distance Driven on the Probability of Car Accidents”
  by Jean-Philippe Boucher and Roxane Turcotte
  Risks 2020, 8(3), 91; doi 10.3390/risks8030091
• “Financial Bubbles: A Study of Co-Explosivity in the Cryptocurrency Market”
  by Arianna Agosto and Alessia Cafferata
  Risks 2020, 8(2), 34; doi 10.3390/risks8020034
• “A Generative Adversarial Network Approach to Calibration of Local Stochastic Volatility Models”
  by Christa Cuchiero, Wahid Khosrawi and Josef Teichmann
  Risks 2020, 8(4), 101; doi 10.3390/risks8040101
• “Machine Learning in Least-Squares Monte Carlo Proxy Modeling of Life Insurance Companies”
  by Anne-Sophie Krah, Zoran Nikolić and Ralf Korn
  Risks 2020, 8(1), 21; doi 10.3390/risks8010021

We are delighted to welcome the following recognized researchers, who recently joined the Editorial Board of Behavioral Sciences (ISSN: 2076-328X):

We wish them every success in developing the journal.

Further details concerning the Editorial Board can be found at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/behavsci/editors.

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:

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)

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:

Source: 2021 CiteScores™ (Elsevier)

Behavioral Sciences (ISSN 2076-328X) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal on psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science, behavioral biology, and behavioral genetics that is published monthly online by MDPI. It has been indexed within Scopus, ESCI (Web of Science), PubMed, PMC, and many other databases. Its 2020 Cite Score was 3.4. The aims and scope of the journal can be found at https://www.mdpi.com/journal/behavsci/about.

The Behavioral Sciences editorial team is pleased to announce this open call for Special Issue proposals, which offers a group of authors the opportunity to work on an interconnected set of papers on an innovative topic. We are soliciting 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 being produced in a particular research area (either an established area or an important emerging area), in which future investigations may be inspired by the publication of a set of novel research papers. Hence, having an international group of Guest Editors and a few high-quality planned papers is always encouraged when it comes to proposals.

Proposals for Special Issues should be sent to the Editorial Office (behavsci@mdpi.com) or submitted via the website: https://www.mdpi.com/journalproposal/sendproposalspecialissue/behavsci.

Information to be provided in a proposal:

• A 200–400-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 6–10 keywords on the topic;
• Brief resumes 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 papers from your peers to be published in this Special Issue and taking advantage of the high publicity of the open access, rapid, 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 the peer-review outcomes.

As a Guest Editor, you would have the following privileges:

• A recognition certificate as a Guest Editor of Behavioral Sciences;
• Publishing one paper free of charge in your Special Issue;
• Inviting high-quality papers to be published in your Special Issue free of charge or with certain discounts;
• If the Special Issue is successful, with at least 8 manuscripts accepted after full peer review, we can make it into a printed book.

Editorial Office’s role:

The Editorial Office will set up the Special Issue website, arrange promotional material, assist with invitations to contribute papers, 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 (behavsci@mdpi.com) if you are interested and would like further details or clarification.

We look forward to receiving your proposals.

Behavioral Sciences Editorial Office

Applications for editor positions are now open for Behavioral Sciences (ISSN: 2076-328X). The positions and their responsibilities are as follows:

Editorial Board Member

• Providing occasional feedback on the journal scope and performance;
• Making decisions or giving advice on regular submissions in your field;
• Editing a Special Issue on a topic related to your research and making final decisions for submitted papers;
• Publishing one paper per year, free of charge, in the journal.

Guest Editor

• Shaping the topic and composing a short introduction (rationale) to the Special Issue for website announcements;
• Soliciting contributions or suggesting potential contributors;
• Pre-checking new submissions to ascertain their suitability for the issue;
• Making decisions regarding whether to accept or reject a paper after peer review and author revisions.

Topic Editor

• Setting up at least one Special Issue (SI) over two years of working for the journal and proposing a detailed strategy plan for the SI (including soliciting papers, promoting the SI, etc.);
• Promoting the journal during conferences (adding 1–2 slides into your presentations, distributing flyers, recommending the journal to your colleagues, etc.);
• Providing support for Special Issues on topics related to your expertise or when the Guest Editor(s) is (are) not available, including SI promotion via social media, pre-checking new submissions, making decisions, and providing advice on some scientific matters.

Reviewer Board Member

• We will announce your name on the homepage of this journal as a member of the reviewer board;
• Providing your opinion for papers within your area of expertise;
• If you provide comprehensive comments, MDPI will offer you vouchers (of up to CHF 100 for each paper) which can be used for publications in this journal;
• The Behavioral Sciences Editorial Board will acknowledge your work in an editorial paper for all the reviewers;
• Reviewer Board Members may have the opportunity to join the Editorial Board of the journal (subject to the approval of the Editor-in-Chief);
• Partial waivers on the publishing fees will be granted for your first submission in this journal in 2022;
• For more reviewer instructions, please see: https://www.mdpi.com/reviewers.

Behavioral Sciences (ISSN 2076-328X) is an international, scientific, open access journal on psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science, behavioral biology, and behavioral genetics that is published monthly online by MDPI. Because it is an open access journal, the papers published receive high levels of publicity. Behavioral Sciences is indexed by SSCI, Scopus (CiteScore 3.4), and PubMed. The Behavioral Sciences website can be accessed at https://www.mdpi.com/journal/behavsci.

We think that your expertise, together with our rigorous editorial policies, can help to build a high-quality journal specifically dedicated to behavioral science research. If you are interested in these editor positions, please send your full academic CV and a short cover letter that details your interest in and enthusiasm for the position to debbie.li@mdpi.com. With your support, Behavioral Sciences will continue to succeed in the coming years. We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Please join us in welcoming the following renowned researchers, who have recently joined the Editorial Board of Behavioral Sciences (ISSN: 2076-328X):

Name: Prof. Dr. Gert G. Wagner Affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Human Development, 14195 Berlin, Germany Interests: determinants of risk attitude in the course of life; development of life satisfaction; ways of knowledge transfer
Name: Prof. Dr. Henry A. Nasrallah Affiliation: College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA Interests: psychiatry; bipolar disorder; mood disorders; major depressive disorder; psychotic disorders; schizophrenia
Name: Dr. André Schmidt Affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Basel, 4002 Basel, Switzerland Interests: neuroscience; neurobiology; neuroimaging; neurophysiology; cognitive neuroscience; cognitive neuropsychology; memory; learning and memory; psychopathology; behavioral neuroscience

We look forward to the progress and future accomplishments of the journal under their guidance.

For more information about our Editorial Board and its members, please visit: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/behavsci/editors.

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 Researchers^TM 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.

The full list of 2021 Highly Cited Researchers  can be accessed at the following webpage in the Web of Science^TM https://recognition.webofscience.com/awards/highly-cited/2021/.

--- Highly Cited Researchers (HCR) is a Clarivate product.