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7 September 2022
Meet Us at the ASHG Annual Meeting 2022 (ASHG 2022), 25–29 October 2022, Los Angeles, USA

MDPI will be attending ASHG 2022, held in Los Angeles, USA, from 25 to 29 October 2022.
The following MDPI journals will be represented:
- Genes;
- JPM;
- Biomedicines;
- Biomolecules;
- Cardiogenetics;
- Cancers;
- Brain Science;
- Symmetry;
- Diagnostics;
- Metabolites;
- Cells;
- Biology;
- Humans;
- DNA.
If you plan on attending this conference, feel free to stop by our booth: #1844. 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:
28 July 2022
Obituary—Prof. Dr. Chris G. Dealwis
It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Biology Editorial Board Member Prof. Dr. Chris G. Dealwis in July 2022. Prof. Dr. Dealwis was an associate professor at the Department of Pharmacology and a member of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH, USA.
After earning his Ph.D. under Prof. Tom Blundell at Birkbeck College and subsequent training in industry and at Yale University, Prof. Dr. Dealwis started his career in the late 1990s. Over the following two decades, he led a remarkable research career in the fields of protein structure, function, and protein-based drug design. His research findings were used for the development of treatments for diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, and microbial infections.
Over the years, Prof. Dr. Dealwis published more than 50 scientific papers in internationally peer-reviewed journals. He also led a Special Issue during his term serving as an Editorial Board Member in Biology: “Protein Drug Targets and Drug Design”.
His death is a significant loss to the academic community as well as anyone close to him. We offer our deepest condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.
Biology Editorial Office
28 July 2022
Meet Us at EuroBioFilms 2022, 31 August–3 September 2022, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

MDPI will be attending EuroBioFilms 2022 (EBF), hosted by the ESCMID Study Group for Biofilms (ESGB), which will be held from 31 August to 3 September 2022 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. The conference will be held at the Meliá Palma Marina Hotel, Av. de Gabriel Roca, 29, 07014 Palma, Balearic Islands.
The multidisciplinary program will cover many subjects and will be a mix of basic and clinical biofilm-related topics. Leading scientists in the field will be present as keynote speakers and/or chairpersons. Oral presentations will be presented during various parallel sessions. On 31st of August, several educational preconference workshops will be organized.
The following MDPI journals will be represented:
- Antibiotics (leading);
- Pathogens;
- Membranes;
- Biology;
- Journal of Personalized Medicine.
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. For more information about the conference and our booth, please visit the following link: https://eurobiofilms2022.com/, or contact the Antibiotics Editorial Office at antibiotics@mdpi.com.
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)
21 June 2022
Dr. Hang Fai Kwok Appointed Section Editor-in-Chief of the Section “Pharmacology” in Biology
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Hang Fai Kwok, University of Macau, has been appointed the new Section Editor-in-Chief of the Section “Pharmacology” in Biology (ISSN: 2079-7737).
Dr. Kwok’s research mainly focuses on the development of novel monoclonal antibodies and natural biomolecules (including venom-based peptides, plant-derived molecules, etc.) as prototype drugs for anticancer and anti-inflammatory therapies. In addition, his research group’s research efforts and scientific knowledge have also expanded into the areas of existing and novel cancer biomarkers, such as matricellular protein (OPN), metalloproteinase (ADAM17, ADAMTS5 and ADAMTS8), DNA replication licensing factor (MCM) proteins, small GTP-binding protein (RAN and RCC1) and immunotherapy markers (e.g. PD-1/PD-L1), to identify and validate their prognostic and therapeutic values according to their roles as hallmarks of cancer and chronic diseases.
During his past tenure as a member of the Editorial Board, Dr. Kwok was actively involved in all aspects of the journal, including manuscript pre-checks, peer review and decision making, and he has edited several successful Special Issues. We look forward to further successful collaboration with Dr. Kwok in his new editorial role.
The following is a short Q&A with Dr. Hang Fai Kwok, who shared his vision for the journal with us, as well as his views of 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 was so excited about the journal's biological- and pharmaceutical- specific focus on providing a perfect venue for research across the areas, from basic biomedical science and pharmacology research to clinical studies.
2. What is your vision for the Section?
To provide an excellent platform for biologists, pharmacists and clinicians to present their latest and advanced pharmacology-focused work while expanding the field.
3. What does the future of this field of research look like?
Pharmacology research is incredibly dynamic, from understanding the insight of how prototype drugs act on biological systems to how the body responds to the drug. It encompasses the sources, biological effects, chemical properties, and diagnostic/therapeutic uses of drugs. It is a fascinating time to be involved in this field, and the journal provides a portal of communication for researchers across the world.
4. What do you think of the development of Open Access in the publishing field?
It is an important trend in the field of publication. We can continue working together through the Open Access platform to get our peer-reviewed research to serve the scientific community.
We warmly welcome Dr. Hang Fai Kwok as he starts his new role as Section Editor-in-Chief, and we look forward to him leading Biology to achieve many more milestones.
21 June 2022
Welcoming New Editorial Board Members of Biology
We are pleased to announce that the following Editorial Board Members joined Biology (ISSN 2079-7737) in the second quarter of 2022:
Name: Dr. Arnaud Chatonnet
Affiliation: DMEM, University of Montpellier, INRAE, 34060 Montpellier, France
Interests: biology; animal model; cholinesterase inhibitors; protein interaction and function; neuroscience and behaviour; Alzheimer's Disease
Name: Prof. Dr. Edward Taub
Affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-1170, USA
Interests: behavioural neuroscience; behavioural medicine; neurorehabilitation; neural plasticity
Name: Dr. Fabrice Leclerc
Affiliation: RNA Sequence Structure & Function, Department of Genome Biology, Institute of for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CNRS, CEA, University Paris Saclay, F-91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Interests: computational biology and chemistry approaches; RNA–structure relationships; RNomics; small and non-coding RNAs identification and characterization; RNA 3D modelling; computational enzymology of catalytic RNAs and ribozymes; RNA/protein modelling; fragment-based RNA design
Name: Dr. Guy Warman
Affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, School of Medicine, The University of Auckland, Park Road, Grafton, Auckland 1023, New Zealand
Interests: chronobiology; circadian clocks; circadian biology; animal behaviour and navigation; time-compensated orientation; biological rhythms; honey bees; the effect of general anaesthesia on the circadian clock
Name: Prof. Dr. Hui Chen
Affiliation: Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney,2006 Sydney, Australia
Interests: oxidative stress; inflammation; PM; foetal programming; metabolic disorders
Name: Dr. Jianlong Xu
Affiliation: Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
Interests: QTL mapping; favourable allele mining; designed QTL pyramiding (DQP); molecular rice breeding; disease resistance; salt tolerance; drought tolerance
Name: Prof. Dr. Jingfeng Tang
Affiliation: National "111" Center for Cellular Regulation and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
Interests: cell autophagy; cell signal transduction and signal pathway; cell proliferation and cell cycle; cell metabolism; stress and homeostasis regulation
Name: Dr. Margarida Matos
Affiliation: cE3c—Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Change & CHANGE—Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa , Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: experimental evolution; historical contingencies; predictability of evolution; thermal adaptation; local adaptation; evolving and resequencing
Name: Prof. Dr. Nuria De Pedro
Affiliation: Fish Neuroendocrinology Group, Department of Genetics, Physiology and Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Interests: fish; feeding regulation; food intake; endocrinology; chronobiology; circadian rhythms; stress; welfare
Name: Prof. Dr. Osamu Hisatomi
Affiliation: Department of Earth and Space Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
Interests: photoreceptor proteins; LOV domain; bZIP domain; DNA binding; biophysics
Name: Dr. Ranieri Bizzarri
Affiliation: Department of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pisa, Via Roma 65, 56126 Pisa, Italy
Interests: fluorescence microscopy; super-resolution microscopy; fluorescent proteins; epigenetics; polycomb proteins; nucleocytoplasmic shuttling
Name: Prof. Dr. Robert E. Dempski
Affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609, USA
Interests: ion channels; transporters; optogenetics; molecular neuroscience; transition-metal homeostasis; mixed reality programs
Name: Prof. Dr. Robert T. Gerlai
Affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1L7, Canada
Interests: behaviour genetics; behavioural neuroscience; zebrafish; mouse, animal learning and memory; animal models of alcoholism; animal models of fear and anxiety; social behaviour; behavioural phenotyping
Name: Dr. Scott Horowitz
Affiliation: Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and the Knoebel Institute for Healthy Aging, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80208, USA
Interests: chaperone RNA; RNA–protein interactions; chaperone mechanism; protein folding and aggregation; structural biology methods; biochemistry education
Name: Dr. Tesifón Parrón Carreño
Affiliation: Department of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Medicine, University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, Spain
Interests: microbiology; biophysics and health promotion
Name: Prof. Dr. W. Scott McGraw
Affiliation: Department of Anthropology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Interests: biological anthropology; evolutionary anthropology; primatology; behavioural ecology; functional morphology; social–ecological systems
We wish them every success in developing the journal.
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 |
10.1 |
Q1 |
Genetics |
|
10.0 |
Q1 |
Biomedical Engineering |
|
8.1 |
Q1 |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous) |
|
7.9 |
Q1 |
Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
|
7.9 |
Q1 |
Nutrition and Dietetics |
|
7.4 |
Q1 |
General Earth and Planetary Sciences |
|
7.2 |
Q1 |
Computer Science Applications |
|
6.9 |
Q1 |
Inorganic Chemistry |
|
6.9 |
Q1 |
Computer Networks and Communications |
|
6.7 |
Q1 |
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology |
|
6.6 |
Q1 |
General Chemical Engineering |
|
6.6 |
Q1 |
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis |
|
6.6 |
Q1 |
Infectious Diseases |
|
6.5 |
Q1 |
Food Science |
|
6.5 |
Q1 |
Civil and Structural Engineering |
|
6.4 |
Q1 |
Nature and Landscape Conservation |
|
6.4 |
Q1 |
Instrumentation |
|
6.1 |
Q1 |
Management Information Systems |
|
5.9 |
Q1 |
Chemistry (miscellaneous) |
|
5.7 |
Q1 |
Polymers and Plastics |
|
5.6 |
Q1 |
Engineering (miscellaneous) |
|
5.5 |
Q1 |
General Environmental Science |
|
5.5 |
Q1 |
Urban Studies |
|
5.4 |
Q2 |
Computer Networks and Communications |
|
5.3 |
Q1 |
Food Science |
|
5.3 |
Q1 |
Plant Science |
|
5.2 |
Q1 |
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics |
|
5.2 |
Q1 |
General Engineering |
|
Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity |
5.1 |
Q1 |
Development |
5.0 |
Q1 |
Chemistry (miscellaneous) |
|
5.0 |
Q1 |
Control and Optimization |
|
5.0 |
Q1 |
Geography, Planning and Development |
|
5.0 |
Q1 |
Geography, Planning and Development |
|
4.9 |
Q1 |
Forestry |
|
4.9 |
Q1 |
Control and Optimization |
|
4.9 |
Q1 |
Soil Science |
|
4.8 |
Q1 |
General Earth and Planetary Sciences |
|
4.8 |
Q1 |
Mechanical Engineering |
|
4.8 |
Q1 |
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health |
|
4.8 |
Q1 |
Geography, Planning and Development |
|
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
4.5 |
Q1 |
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health |
4.5 |
Q1 |
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation |
|
4.4 |
Q1 |
Mathematical Physics |
|
4.4 |
Q1 |
General Medicine |
|
4.3 |
Q1 |
General Mathematics |
|
4.2 |
Q1 |
Surgery |
|
4.1 |
Q1 |
Health Professions (miscellaneous) |
|
4.1 |
Q1 |
Plant Science |
|
4.0 |
Q1 |
General Engineering |
|
4.0 |
Q1 |
Forestry |
|
4.0 |
Q1 |
Education |
|
3.9 |
Q1 |
General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics |
|
3.9 |
Q1 |
Applied Mathematics |
|
3.8 |
Q1 |
Development |
|
3.8 |
Q1 |
Architecture |
|
3.8 |
Q1 |
Metals and Alloys |
|
3.5 |
Q1 |
Communication |
|
3.4 |
Q1 |
General Social Sciences |
|
2.9 |
Q1 |
General Mathematics |
|
2.8 |
Q1 |
Analysis |
|
2.7 |
Q1 |
General Veterinary |
|
2.6 |
Q1 |
Algebra and Number Theory |
|
1.8 |
Q1 |
Conservation |
|
1.0 |
Q1 |
Religious Studies |
|
0.9 |
Q1 |
Philosophy |
Source: 2021 CiteScores™ (Elsevier)
7 June 2022
Biology | Special Issue Mentor Program
We are pleased to announce the launch of a new initiative—the Special Issue Mentor Program.
This program aims 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 Biology (ISSN: 2079-7737) 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 Biology, or from other well-established research institutes or laboratories, etc.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your Special Issue proposal to the Biology Editorial Office (biology@mdpi.com), and we will discuss the process (i.e., mentor collaboration, Special Issue topic feasibility analysis, etc.) in further detail.
In addition to the new Special Issue Mentor Program, Biology continues to welcome all Special Issue proposals based on hot research topics as usual.
6 June 2022
Welcoming New Editorial Board Members of Biology
We are pleased to announce that the following Editorial Board Members have joined Biology (ISSN: 2079-7737) in the first quarter of 2022:
Name: Prof. Dr. Anat Barnea
Affiliation: Department of Natural and Life Sciences, The Open University of Israel, Ra'anana 43710, Israel
Interests: artificial light at night; behavioral neurobiology; birds; brain plasticity; ecology; neuroethology; urban ecology
Name: Prof. Dr. Zhifei Zhang
Affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Early Life & Environments, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China
Interests: systematics; phylogenetic analysis; taxonomy; stratigraphy; geology; environment; mapping; ecology and evolution
Name: Dr. Christian Kranjec
Affiliation: Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, The Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 1432 Ås, Norway
Interests: antibiotic resistance; biofilm; bacterial infection; bacteriology; MRSA; cell biology
Name: Dr. Andreas Flouris
Affiliation: Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Thessaly, 42100 Trikala, Greece
Interests: behavioural thermoregulation; heat stress; cold stress; brown adipose tissue; homeostasis; temperature regulation; thermoeffectors; thermoregulatory thresholds
Name: Prof. Dr. Christian Cambillau
Affiliations:
1. Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires, UMR7255, Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, CNRS-Aix-Marseille Université, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, CS 70071, 13402 Marseille CEDEX 09, France
2. School of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork T12, Ireland
Interests: structural biology; bacteriophage–host interactions; bacteriophage structure
Name: Prof. Dr. Cunrui Huang
Affiliation: Vanke School of Public Health, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Interests: climate change; environmental epidemiology; global health
Name: Prof. Dr. Vincent L. Bels
Affiliation: Institute of Systematic Evolution Biodiversity, Sorbonne University, 75006 Paris, France
Interests: evolution; behavior; functional morphology; feeding; locomotion; lizards; turtles
Name: Prof. Dr. Mingxing Chu
Affiliation: Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
Interests: animal genetics; animal molecular genetics; sheep and goat genetics and breeding
Name: Dr. Juan Arroyo
Affiliation: Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of Seville, 41004 Seville, Spain
Interests: plant reproductive ecology; flower polymorphisms; plant evolution and biogeography; plant–animal interactions; pollination
Name: Dr. José Armando L. da Silva
Affiliation: Centro de Química Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais 1, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
Interests: bioinorganic chemistry; prebiotic chemistry
Name: Prof. Dr. Shucun Sun
Affiliation: School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
Interests: biodiversity and ecosystem function; plant–animal relationships; global change biology
Name: Dr. Angelo Fortunato
Affiliation: Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA
Interests: cancer evolution; cancer biology; evolutionary biology; molecular genetics
Name: Prof. Dr. Zhe Zhao
Affiliation: Department of Marine Biology, College of Oceanography, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
Interests: marine microbiology; fish immunology, especially in molecular immunology
Name: Dr. Wei Ma
Affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, SBS-02s-88e, Singapore 637551, Singapore
Interests: plant lipid biosynthesis; regulation of gene expression; intrinsically disordered proteins in plants; post-translational modifications; plant signal transduction
Name: Prof. Dr. Lin Wang
Affiliation: College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
Interests: autophagy deficiency; nephrotoxicity; animal poisoning diseases; metabolism diseases
Name: Prof. Dr. Weizhen Zhang
Affiliations:
1. Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, 100191 Beijing, China
2. Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Interests: gut microbiota; gut hormones; obesity; diabetes; NAFLD
Name: Dr. Colin Adrain
Affiliation: Patrick G Johnston Centre for Cancer Research Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, Ireland
Interests: inflammation; metabolism; cell signalling; mouse models; membrane trafficking; endoplasmic reticulum; lipid droplets; ERAD (ER-associated degradation)
Name: Prof. Dr. Janis Eells
Affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA
Interests: retinal degenerative diseases; neurodegenerative diseases; pharmacology; molecular toxicology
Name: Prof. Dr. Eugénia Cunha
Affiliations:
1. National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, 3004-531 Coimbra, Portugal
2. Laboratory of Forensic Anthropology, Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3004-531 Coimbra, Portugal
Interests: forensic anthropology; forensic identification; skeletal biology; human evolution
Name: Prof. Dr. Donatella Paoli
Affiliation: Laboratory of Seminology—Sperm Bank “Loredana Gandini”, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome “Sapienza”, 00161 Rome, Italy
Interests: human reproduction biotechnology; sperm motility evaluation; seminal fluid
Name: Dr. Praveen P. Nekkar Rao
Affiliation: School of Pharmacy, Health Sciences Campus, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
Interests: neurodegenerative diseases; chemical biology; protein misfolding; amyloid aggregation; bioassays; therapeutics
We wish them every success in developing the journal.
2 June 2022
MDPI’s 2021 Outstanding Reviewer Awards in “Biology & Life Sciences”—Winners Announced
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We are proud to recognize winners for the year 2021 in the “Biology & Life Sciences” category for their outstanding contributions among extensive competition by presenting them with an Outstanding Reviewer Award.
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- Enrico Vito Perrino, CIHEAM, Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari, Italy
- Dhirendra Kumar, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, USA
- Carlos A. Viegas, Univesity of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
- Yuri Shavrukov, Flinders University, Australia
- Bipin Gaihre, Mayo Clinic, USA
- Craig D. Workman, University of Iowa, USA
- Vivian Ciaramitaro, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA
- Yang Zhang, University of Minnesota, USA
- Bonam Srinivasa Reddy, Université de Paris, France
- Homma Takujiro, Yamagata University, Japan
- Hwang, In Koo, Seoul National University, South Korea
- Kobeissy Firas, University of Florida, USA
- Rebelo, Sandra, University of Aveiro, Portugal
- Günter Gollmann, University of Vienna, Austria
- Stephan Koblmüller, University of Graz, Austria
- Emiliano Mori, Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri, Italy
- Joshua D. Klein, Agricultural Research Organization—The Volcani Center, Israel
- Ana Cristina S Figueiredo, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
- Carmelo Peter Bonsignore, Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Italy
- Klaus H. Hoffmann, University of Bayreuth, Germany
- Ivan Milosavljević, University of California, USA
- Remigiusz Bachor, University of Wrocław, Poland
- Nguyen Phuoc Long, Inje University College of Medicine, South Korea
- Chi Chen, University of Minnesota, USA
- Jadwiga Hamułka, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland
- Grace Campbell, University of Sydney, Australia
- Nicholas Norwitz, Harvard Medical School, USA
- Stefan Kabisch, Charité University Hospital Berlin, Germany
- Luis Rodrigo, University of Oviedo, Spain
- Carlos Viegas, Univesity of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
- Arvind Sharma, The University of Queensland, Australia