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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.

About Jisc

Jisc's vision is for the UK to be the most digitally advanced education and research nation in the world. At its heart is the super-fast national research and education network, Janet, with built-in cyber security protection.  Jisc also provides technology solutions for its members (colleges, universities and research centres) and customers (public sector bodies), helps members save time and money by negotiating sector-wide deals and provides advice and practical assistance on digital technology. Jisc is funded by the UK higher and further education and research funding bodies and member institutions.

For more information, contact helen.dobson@jisc.ac.uk.

About MDPI

MDPI is a publisher of fully peer-reviewed, Open Access journals with a focus on thorough and rapid editorial processing. Its aim is to ensure that high-quality research is verified and made available to the research community as quickly as possible. MDPI stands at the forefront of the Open Access movement, having launched its first online journal Molecules in 1996. Today, MDPI is a leader in Open Access publishing with over 250 journals across all research disciplines, and all content published under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY).

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

The editors are pleased to inform that Biosensors has received a first Impact Factor of 3.240, as published in the 2019 Edition of the Journal Citation Reports® (Clarivate), released just now. Biosensors ranks 24th out of 86 (Q2) titles in the 'Chemistry, Analytical' category.

Thank you to the authors, editorial board members and reviewers for their contribution in achieving this milestone for Biosensors.

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.

COVID-19 Academic Resources Center contains a variety of information related to COVID-19 available from MDPI, including journal articles, special issues, and preprints, among others.

For more information, please visit: https://www.mdpi.com/covid-19

As a leading Open Access publisher, MDPI is committed to fostering open scientific exchange in all forms across all disciplines. Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, many researchers have to stay at home and many academic conferences have been cancelled or postponed. In light of these changes, MDPI has adopted numerous initiatives that may help accelerate scientific exchange and provide support to the academics during this period.

Scholarly Community—Encyclopedia

Encyclopedia is an online reference created and curated by active scholars. It aims to highlight the latest research results as well as providing benchmark information for researchers and the general public interested in accurate and advanced knowledge on specific topics.

Comprehensive and Free Literature Database—Scilit

Scilit is a comprehensive, free database for scientists that uses a new method to collate data and index scientific material. Our crawlers extract the latest data from CrossRef and PubMed on a daily basis. This means that newly published articles are immediately added to Scilit.

Display Academic Achievements—SciProfiles

SciProfiles is an innovative social network for researchers and scholars that is developed by MDPI. In line with our broad mission, the purpose of SciProfiles is to accelerate discovery and innovation by facilitating immediate access to research results and providing opportunities for academic networking.

Organize and Participate in Conferences Online—Sciforum

Sciforum is an event planning platform that supports open science by offering the opportunity to host and participate in academic conferences. It provides an environment for scholarly exchange, discussion of topics of current interest, building of networks, and establishing collaborations.

Post Early Versions of Research Outputs—Preprints

Preprints is a platform dedicated to making early versions of research outputs permanently available and citable. We post original research articles and comprehensive reviews, and papers can be updated by authors at any time. Content on Preprints is not peer-reviewed, and feedback can be received from readers.

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MDPI remains committed to open science and open data and has signed a statement, along with more than thirty scholarly publishers, showing our intention to facilitate sharing of new research findings as early on as possible. The initiative sees publishers collectively removing barriers to new research, in the face of a global healthcare crisis.

Biosensors is recruiting Editorial Board members for our new section:

Nano- and Micro-Technologies in Biosensors

Biosensors is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal on the technology and science of biosensors, published monthly online by MDPI. The journal has been covered by the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE-Web of Science), Inspec (IET), as well as Scopus. First Impact Factor expected in June 2020 (JCR—Clarivate Analytics). The website of Biosensors can be accessed here.

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 (biosensors@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;
• Supervise at least one Special Issue related to your research field (you can publish an extra paper for free) within every two years;
• Provide suggestions in specific cases (e.g., comment on submissions with two or more different review opinions; respond to requests or questions from the external experts);
• Promote Biosensors and increase its visibility at related academic conferences.

To apply or request further information, please contact the Biosensors Editorial Office (biosensors@mdpi.com). We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Biosensors is recruiting Editorial Board members for our new section:

Intelligent Biosensors and Bio-Signal Processing

Biosensors is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal on the technology and science of biosensors, published monthly online by MDPI. The journal has been covered by the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE-Web of Science), Inspec (IET), as well as Scopus. First Impact Factor expected in June 2020 (JCR—Clarivate Analytics). The website of Biosensors can be accessed here.

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 (biosensors@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;
• Supervise at least one Special Issue related to your research field (you can publish an extra paper for free) within every two years;
• Provide suggestions in specific cases (e.g., comment on submissions with two or more different review opinions; respond to requests or questions from the external experts);
• Promote Biosensors and increase its visibility at related academic conferences.

To apply or request further information, please contact the Biosensors Editorial Office (biosensors@mdpi.com). We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Biosensors is recruiting Editorial Board members for our new section:

Biosensors and Healthcare

Biosensors is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal on the technology and science of biosensors, published monthly online by MDPI. The journal has been covered by the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE-Web of Science), Inspec (IET), as well as Scopus. First Impact Factor expected in June 2020 (JCR—Clarivate Analytics). The website of Biosensors can be accessed here.

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 (biosensors@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;
• Supervise at least one Special Issue related to your research field (you can publish an extra paper for free) within every two years;
• Provide suggestions in specific cases (e.g., comment on submissions with two or more different review opinions; respond to requests or questions from the external experts);
• Promote Biosensors and increase its visibility at related academic conferences.

To apply or request further information, please contact the Biosensors Editorial Office (biosensors@mdpi.com). We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Biosensors is recruiting Editorial Board members for our new section:

Biosensor Materials

Biosensors is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal on the technology and science of biosensors, published monthly online by MDPI. The journal has been covered by the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE-Web of Science), Inspec (IET), as well as Scopus. First Impact Factor expected in June 2020 (JCR—Clarivate Analytics). The website of Biosensors can be accessed here.

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 (biosensors@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;
• Supervise at least one Special Issue related to your research field (you can publish an extra paper for free) within every two years;
• Provide suggestions in specific cases (e.g., comment on submissions with two or more different review opinions; respond to requests or questions from the external experts);
• Promote Biosensors and increase its visibility at related academic conferences.

To apply or request further information, please contact the Biosensors Editorial Office (biosensors@mdpi.com). We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Biosensors is recruiting Editorial Board members for our new section:

Biosensor and Bioelectronic Devices

Biosensors is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal on the technology and science of biosensors, published monthly online by MDPI. The journal has been covered by the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE-Web of Science), Inspec (IET), as well as Scopus. First Impact Factor expected in June 2020 (JCR—Clarivate Analytics). The website of Biosensors can be accessed here.

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 (biosensors@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;
• Supervise at least one Special Issue related to your research field (you can publish an extra paper for free) within every two years;
• Provide suggestions in specific cases (e.g., comment on submissions with two or more different review opinions; respond to requests or questions from the external experts);
• Promote Biosensors and increase its visibility at related academic conferences.

To apply or request further information, please contact the Biosensors Editorial Office (biosensors@mdpi.com). We look forward to hearing from you soon.