Women’s Special Issue Series: Coatings

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite contributors to the upcoming volume entitled “Women’s Special Issue Series: Coatings”. This Special Issue aims to highlight the advancement and recognition of contributions made by people who identify as women, STEMinists, and minorities. We invite submissions to the Special Issue from all authors, regardless of gender. Submissions of articles with women as lead authors or with all-female authorship are particularly encouraged.

The goal of this SI is to recognize the work of excellent researchers on the topic of “recent advances in inorganic/organic/coatings and other surface treatments for the protection of various materials”. The Issue editors welcome the submission of original research articles, short communication, review and other types of contributions by all generations of scientists.

We encourage articles in which the lead and/or corresponding authors are women. However, we recognize that gender identity is personal and that our understanding of equity and equality is constantly evolving; therefore, we welcome submissions from all authors, regardless of gender.

We look forward to receiving your contribution. We welcome submissions from all authors, irrespective of gender.

Dr. Patricia Jovičević-Klug
Dr. Véronique Vitry
Dr. Anna Sandak
Dr. Katherine Delgado Vargas
Guest Editors

Charu Negi
Guest Editor Assistant

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Coatings is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Women’s Special Issue Series

This Special Issue is part of Coatings's Women’s Special Issue Series, hosted by women editors for women researchers. The Series advocates the advancement of women in science. We invite contributions to the Special Issue whose lead authors identify as women. The submission of articles with all-women authorship is especially encouraged. However, we do welcome articles from all authors, irrespective of gender.