Announcements

With the first issue released in June 2023, five new MDPI journals disseminating multi-disciplinary science are due to launch, which will cover the subjects of medicine & pharmacology, biology and physical sciences.

The newly launched journals will be overseen by professional Editorial Board Members and Editors to ensure an accurate and rapid publication, rigorous peer review and broad visibility.

Please feel free to browse and discover more about the new journals below.

Journal	Founding Editor-in-Chief	Journal topics (selected)
	Prof. Dr. Jun Ma, Peking University, China| Editorial | view inaugural issue	growth and development; diet and nutrients; school health promotion policies and practices; child health and care; adolescent health and wellbeing | view journal scope | submit an article
	Prof. Dr. Bernd Rehm, Griffith University, Australia | Editorial | view inaugural issue	DNA and gene synthesis; synthetic transcription factors; protein engineering; viral engineering; metabolic engineering | view journal scope | submit an article
	Prof. Dr. Varsha Gandhi, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA | Editorial | view inaugural issue	lymphatics; cancers associated with lymphocytes and lymphoblasts; lymphatic tissues; lymphoma; lymphoid leukemia | view journal scope | submit an article
	Dr. Bradley Turner, University of Melbourne, Australia | Editorial | view inaugural issue	multiple sclerosis; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; primary lateral sclerosis; atherosclerosis; systemic sclerosis | view journal scope | submit an article
	Prof. Dr. Clemens Burda, Case Western Reserve University, USA | Editorial | view inaugural issue	Gamma ray, X-ray, and UV–Vis spectroscopies; NIR/mid-infrared/Raman spectroscopy; microwave and THz spectroscopy; high-resolution gas-phase atomic, molecular, and cluster spectroscopy; MS, NMR, and EPR spectroscopy | view journal scope | submit an article

We wish to thank everyone who has supported the development of open access publishing. You are welcome to submit an application to the New Journal Committee (newjournal-committee@mdpi.com) if you would like to create more new journals.

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)

MDPI is attending the 22nd International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers 2023). The event will be held at the Kyoto International Conference Center in Kyoto, Japan, from 25 to 29 June 2023. The conference aims to enhance the collective knowledge of the global transducers technical community by providing an inclusive forum for communication, education, and collaboration.

Representatives of the following MDPI journals will be attending:

• Sensors;
• Electronics;
• Actuators;
• Inventions;
• Biosensors;
• Chemosensors.

If you are also attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth (#B-14). Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit: https://transducers2023.org/.

Prof. Dr. Ling Zang will be the keynote speaker at the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Chemical Sensors and Analytical Chemistry (CSAC 2023) which will be held online from 16 to 30 September 2023.

Prof. Dr. Ling Zang is a USTAR professor at the University of Utah, USA, affiliated with the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Nano Institute of Utah, USA. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and was previously an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, NSF CAREER Award winner, and K. C. Wong Foundation Research Fellow. Prof. Dr. Zang earned his B.S. in physical chemistry from Tsinghua University and a Ph.D. in chemistry from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. His current research focuses on nanoscale imaging and molecular probing, organic semiconductors and nanostructures, porous graphitic carbon materials, and applications in optoelectronic sensors and nanodevices, to solve critical problems in the areas of health, environment, and public safety. Beyond the regular faculty duty on campus, Prof. Dr. Zang also remains active in organizing and chairing the nanotechnology sessions of various national and international conferences and reaching out to K-12 students and the public to educate them on nanotechnology and its impacts on society and industry. Prof. Dr. Zang also strives to foster technology transfer and commercialization. He has co-founded three high-tech companies and currently sits on the Board of Gentex Corporation (Nasdaq: GNTX).

Following is the short interview with Prof. Dr. Ling Zang:

1. Please briefly introduce your current research field.
Our current research focuses on nanoscale imaging and molecular probing, organic semiconductors and nanostructures, porous nanomaterials, and applications in optoelectronic sensors and nanodevices, with the goal to solve the critical problems in the areas of health, environment, and public safety.

2. What do you think of the development status and trends of open access publishing?
It is a great move to maximize the exchange of knowledge among the scientific community, as well as promote public awareness of the impact of emerging new technologies, such as those from the fields of chemosensors.

3. What is your impression of the Chemosensors journal?
It is growing well by publishing an increasing number of high-quality papers, particularly those addressing the big problems or challenges relevant to the environment, health, and safety, among others.

4. What do you think will be the research hotspots in the field of chemical sensors in the next few years, and can you describe them to us?
Regarding the development of sensors, more focus should be allocated to the enabling or enhancement of detection specificity, either by molecular design or an array approach in combination with the most recent advancements in machine learning and other algorithms. Considering the big problems to address, I would pick two major areas or directions: One is the quick, selective detection of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), aka “forever chemicals”, an emerging class of pollutants widely present in surface/ground waters and soils, which cause global concern and crisis to the environment and public health. The other area would be the development of new types of sensors for the early diagnosis of diseases via quick breath analysis, which would help to save a lot of lives and medical costs as many of these diseases, e.g., cancers, become incurable at later stages.

5. Can you give any advice on academic research for young scholars in related fields?
Follow your interests and passions, work on the things that spark your curiosity, and leverage your capability or skills to the maxima.

6. Can you give a brief introduction to the “Chemosensor Array for the Ultimate Level of Detection Specificity” speech you prepared for the e-conference?
Chemosensors face the challenge of interference as they generally respond to the chemical species that are similar to the target analyte, either in terms of structural or chemical property, a common phenomenon called “cross reactivity”. It remains hard for a single sensor element to identify or distinguish an analyte from its analogs. The realistic approach to achieving sufficient detection specificity would be incorporating different chemosensors into an array, with which the “cross reactivity” will enable differential sensing by means of automated machine learning, thus resulting in discrimination between different analytes through a pattern recognition algorithm or other methods. To maximize the discrimination power, the sensor array can be constructed and optimized so that each component in the array responds relatively more effectively to different target analytes. This talk will present some of our recent research progress in chemosensor arrays constructed with organic semiconductor nanofibers as tested for various toxic chemicals, and breath analysis for the quick screening of diseases (e.g., pneumoconiosis), particularly at the early stage.

7. 2023 marks the 10th anniversary of Chemosensors, what is your message to the journal?
Keep up the great work! Publish more high-quality papers in the topic areas that are of the highest interest to the community of analytical chemistry, environmental science, health and medicine, public health, and others. Promote the journal more on social and scientific media.
 

MDPI will be attending the 2020-2023 China Mass Spectrometry Conference, which will be held from 9 to 13 June 2023 in Hangzhou, China. The conference is hosted by the Mass Spectrometry Branch of the Chinese Physical Society, the Mass Spectrometry Professional Committee of the Chinese Chemical Society, and the Analytical Instrument Branch of the Chinese Instrumentation Society, and co-organized by Zhejiang University.

This conference is a grand event in China’s mass spectrometry industry, aiming to promote the unity and progress of the academic community, harmonious development, and a win-win future, to improve the level of academic exchanges, and promote the wide application of mass spectrometry technology in various scientific and technological fields. Famous scholars in the field of mass spectrometry at home and abroad will be invited to attend this conference. The report forms are divided into the conference report, invited report, oral report, and poster presentation.

The conference will fully demonstrate China’s latest research progress and achievements in mass spectrometry and related fields, enhancing exchanges and cooperation among mass spectrometry scientists and mass spectrometry-related practitioners, in order to promote the development of China’s mass spectrometry industry and enhance the academic status and influence of China’s mass spectrometry in the world.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Molecules;
• Nanomaterials;
• Separations;
• BioTech;
• Chemosensors.

If you plan on attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth 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: http://www.cmss.org.cn/index.php?r=site%2Fcae-home&mid=19.

A range of MDPI journals will be attending the 40th Annual Conference of Chinese Society for Imaging Science and Technology (SCIST 2023) as exhibitors. This meeting will be held in Kunming, Yunnan, China, from 13 to 16 May 2023.

The theme of this conference is "Strengthening the Driven by Technological Innovation and Building the Future of Photosensitive Imaging". The conference will invite well-known experts and scholars in the field of photosensitive imaging and related fields to make special reports and keynote reports of the conference. It will also organize academic exchanges in 17 sub-sessions in conjunction with various professional committees. The scale of the meeting is expected to be 1000 people.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Applied Sciences;
• J. Imaging;
• Sensors;
• Chemosensors;
• Photonics.

If you are attending this conference, please feel free to start a conversation with us at our booth #1-12. 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://2021csist.scimeeting.cn/cn/web/index/, or contact the Applied Sciences Editorial Office at applsci@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.

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.