Announcements

MDPI will attend the 21st National Conference on Catalysis. This event of the Chinese Chemical Society will be held from 21 to 25 July 2023 in Kunming, China, and is hosted by the Catalysis Professional Committee of the Chinese Chemical Society. The event is being jointly organized by Yunnan University, Kunming University of Science and Technology, and Yunnan Precious Metals Laboratory.

This conference is the largest academic conference at the highest level in the field of catalysis in China and is held every two years. The theme of the conference is "Catalytic Science and Technology for Two-Carbon Strategy", and its topics will cover both the development of frontier technology and basic research into catalysis in the fields of chemical industry, energy, environment, materials, biology, pharmaceuticals, analysis, etc.

The conference program will include invited reports, oral reports, poster presentations, forums, creative pop-up sessions, etc. During the conference, the Catalysis Professional Committee will issue the “Ninth China Catalysis Award”. The conference will also organize well-known manufacturers in the field of catalysis to carry out related product exhibitions and technical exchanges and arrange special workshops on their applications.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Catalysts;
• Symmetry;
• Inorganics;
• Crystals;
• Sustainable Chemistry;
• Chemistry;
• Molbank;
• Electrochem.

If you plan on attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth (#C035) and 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, please visit https://21ncc.scimeeting.cn/cn/web/index/16736.

The 2022 citation metrics have been released in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), and we’re pleased to announce the following results for MDPI journals:

We are thrilled to announce that 90% of our ranked MDPI journals, specifically 86 out of 96 (captured in the table below), are performing above average in Q1 or Q2. This year, Clarivate has expanded its Impact Factor (IF) awards to include journals in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), providing greater transparency for the full set of journals indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection. As a result, 111 of MDPI journals have received their first IF in 2023, with 37 journals surpassing an IF of 3.0. In total, 208 MDPI journals have been honored with an IF.

Clarivate explains that by "expanding the coverage but holding to highly selective standards, the [Impact Factor] is now a reliable indicator of trustworthiness, as well as a measure of scholarly impact, at the journal level."

Please visit our blog post where we discuss the release of the latest citation metrics with our Indexing Manager, Dr. Constanze Schelhorn, to find out what's different this time around and how to make use of different metrics available.

Note: The Journal of Personalized Medicine's Impact Factor was omitted in the original release and will be assigned separately. Please find the data on the journal webpage in due course.

Source: 2022 Journal Impact Factors, Journal Citation Reports ^TM (Clarivate, 2023)

We are pleased to inform you that Catalysts (ISSN: 2073-4344) has received an updated CiteScore of 6.3, an increase of 15% compared with the 2021 metric and maintaining growth for five consecutive years!

Catalysts’ CiteScore ranks as follows:

• Q1 (50 out of 227 journals) in the “Environmental Science (General Environmental Science)” category;
• Q2 (49 out of 185 journals) in the “Chemistry (Physical and Theoretical Chemistry)” category;
• Q2 (31 out of 64 journals) in the “Chemical Engineering (Catalysis)” category.

For more journal statistics, please visit https://www.mdpi.com/journal/catalysts/stats.

Excellent performance is inseparable from the support and dedication of all journal editors, reviewers, authors, and readers. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have contributed to the journal.

Catalysts (ISSN: 2073-4344) is a peer-reviewed open access journal of catalysts and catalyzed reactions published monthly online by MDPI. Catalysts publishes reviews, regular research papers (articles), and short communications. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible.

We welcome you to read the top-cited papers published in 2022. As they are open access publications, you have free and unlimited access to the full text of all articles published in our journal.

1. “A Review on Green Synthesis of Nanoparticles and Their Diverse Biomedical and Environmental Applications”
by Melvin S. Samuel, Madhumita Ravikumar, Ashwini John J., Ethiraj Selvarajan, Himanshu Patel, P. Sharath Chander, J. Soundarya, Srikanth Vuppala, Ramachandran Balaji and Narendhar Chandrasekar
Catalysts 2022, 12(5), 459; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12050459
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/12/5/459

2. “A Review on Biological Synthesis of the Biodegradable Polymers Polyhydroxyalkanoates and the Development of Multiple Applications”
by Bryan Dalton, Purabi Bhagabati, Jessica De Micco, Ramesh Babu Padamati and Kevin O’Connor
Catalysts 2022, 12(3), 319; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12030319
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/12/3/319

3. “Nano-Biochar as a Sustainable Catalyst for Anaerobic Digestion: A Synergetic Closed-Loop Approach”
by Lalit Goswami, Lalit Goswami, Anamika Kushwaha, Anju Singh, Pathikrit Saha, Yoseok Choi, Mrutyunjay Maharana, Satish V. Patil and Beom Soo Kim
Catalysts 2022, 12(2), 186; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12020186
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/12/2/186

4. “Metal Sulfide Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Generation: A Review of Recent Advances”
by Zamin Mamiyev and Narmina O. Balayeva
Catalysts 2022, 12(11), 1316; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12111316
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/12/11/1316

5. “Catalytic Hydrogenation of CO₂ to Methanol: A Review”
by Menghao Ren, Yanmin Zhang, Xuan Wang and Hengshan Qiu
Catalysts 2022, 12(4), 403; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12040403
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/12/4/403

6. “Nanomaterials for Photocatalytic Degradations of Analgesic, Mucolytic, and Anti-Biotic/Viral/Inflammatory Drugs Widely Used in Controlling SARS-CoV-2”
by Mahsa Ebrahimi and Omid Akhavan
Catalysts 2022, 12(6), 667; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12060667
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/12/6/667

7. “Aspergillus flavus-Mediated Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles and Evaluation of Their Antibacterial, Anti-Candida, Acaricides, and Photocatalytic Activities”
by Amr Fouda, Mohamed A. Awad, Zarraq E. AL-Faifi, Mohammed E. Gad, Areej A. Al-Khalaf, Reham Yahya and Mohammed F. Hamza
Catalysts 2022, 12(5), 462; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12050462
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/12/5/462

8. “Bismuth Sillenite Crystals as Recent Photocatalysts for Water Treatment and Energy Generation: A Critical Review”
by Oussama Baaloudj, Hamza Kenfoud, Ahmad K. Badawi, Achraf Amir Assadi, Atef El Jery, Aymen Amine Assadi and Abdeltif Amrane
Catalysts 2022, 12(5), 500; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12050500
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/12/5/500

9. “High Selectivity Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction and Anti-Chlorine Corrosion Strategies in Seawater Splitting”
by Shanshan Jiang, Yang Liu, Hao Qiu, Chao Su and Zongping Shao
Catalysts 2022, 12(3), 261; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12030261
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/12/3/261

10. “Agro-Industrial Food Waste as a Low-Cost Substrate for Sustainable Production of Industrial Enzymes: A Critical Review”
by Vishal Sharma, Mei-Ling Tsai, Parushi Nargotra, Chiu-Wen Chen, Chia-Hung Kuo, Pei-Pei Sun and Cheng-Di Dong
Catalysts 2022, 12(11), 1373; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12111373
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/12/11/1373

If you are an active researcher in the field and are passionate about participating in cutting-edge research publications, please do not hesitate to contact the Section Managing Editor, Ms. Snowy Bian (snowy.bian@mdpi.com).

MDPI will be attending the 21st National Electrochemistry Conference, organized by the Chinese Society of Electrochemistry (CSE) and hosted by the Dalian University of Technology, which will be held from 22 to 25 May 2023, in Dalian, China. The conference will focus on the development of electrochemical science and comprehensively present the latest research progress and results achieved in electrochemistry in China in the new era. The aim is to promote the application of electrochemical science and technology in energy, environment, materials and other relevant fields, and to achieve the sustainable development of society.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Energies;
• Molecules;
• Coatings;
• IJMS;
• Batteries;
• Symmetry;
• Processes;
• Catalysts;
• Crystals;
• Minerals;
• Technologies;
• Electrochem;
• ChemEngineering;
• Analytica;
• Chemosensors.

If you plan on attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth (#55) and 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, please visit the following link: http://www.sciencemate.com/meeting/electrochem.

Conference: The 7^th Conference on New Energy and New Chemical Materials Cum National Symposium on Energy Conversion and Storage Materials
Date: 7–9 April 2023
Place: Wuhan, China

Materials (ISSN: 1996-1944) will be attending the 7^th Conference on New Energy and New Chemical Materials Cum National Symposium on Energy Conversion and Storage Materials as an exhibitor from 7 to 9 April 2023, in Wuhan, China.

The 7^th Conference on New Energy and New Chemical Materials Cum National Symposium on Energy Conversion and Storage Materials is an important academic conference in the field of new energy materials and devices research in China. It has been successfully held six times in Xiamen, Suzhou, Dalian, Zhengzhou, and twice in Xi'an. The conference will focus on academic exchanges and discussions on secondary batteries, supercapacitors, fuel cells and electrocatalysis, advanced energy storage materials and technologies, anode and cathode materials, and other energy storage technologies from the academic and application fields. The conference will bring together famous domestic experts, scholars, and enterprise technicians to discuss the future development prospects and directions of new energy materials and devices research.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Materials;
• Metals;
• Catalysts;
• Nanomaterials;
• Batteries;
• Electrochem;
• Electronic Materials;
• Crystals.

Please do not hesitate to reach out if you plan on attending this conference. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions you might have.

For more information about the conference, please visit the following website: http://www.zgclzk.org.cn/col.jsp?id=141.

As a leading open access publisher, MDPI provides scholars with a high-quality and rich academic exchange platform by continuously expanding into new and exciting research areas.

In December 2022, MDPI launched five new journals, covering multiple subjects such as life sciences, biology, medicine and pharmacology, social sciences and humanities. These new journals are being edited by established scholars across the world.

If you are interested in creating more open access journals with us to publish cutting-edge research, please send your journal proposal application to newjournal-committee@mdpi.com.

MDPI is pleased to announce that we now display the co-authors’ email addresses in addition to the corresponding author’s email address on the webpage of published papers, protected by Captcha. For more information about this change, please visit the journal’s instructions for authors page. 

We believe this change will facilitate academic discussions and advance our cause of open science and research. The corresponding authors are responsible for communicating with their co-authors and indicating in our system (https://susy.mdpi.com/) if co-authors would prefer for their email addresses not to be displayed.

MDPI will be attending the 19th National Youth Conference on Catalysis (19NYCC), hosted by the Catalysis Committee of the Chinese Chemical Society and Nanjing University, which will be held from 9 to 13 April 2023 in Nanjing, China. The conference will be held at the Nanjing International Youth Conference Hotel, 8 Yecheng Road, Jianye District, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. More than 100 outstanding young scholars in catalysis science and technology and related fields are invited to make conference reports, keynote reports, and invitation reports. A total of 1200 delegates are expected to attend.

The theme of this conference is “Youth Catalysis in the Two-Carbon Era - From Science to Application”. The conference establishes a platform for young catalysis workers in China (under the age of 45) to learn and communicate. It aims to show the latest progress and achievements of young Chinese catalysis workers in basic and applied research in the field of catalysis science as well as technology and discuss the opportunities, challenges, and future development directions faced by the catalysis field. It also aims to further promote the development of catalytic science and technology in China.

The main topics of the conference include the following: catalytic mechanism and theoretical calculation; new catalytic materials; catalytic advanced characterization; heterogeneous catalytic reactions; photo/electrocatalysis; small-molecule catalytic conversion; green catalysis; environmental catalysis; and industrial catalysis.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Catalysts;
• Molecules;
• Symmetry;
• Environments;
• Sustainable Chemistry;
• Chemistry.

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 https://www.chemsoc.org.cn/meeting/19NYCCC/.

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.