Announcements

The Editorial Office of Drones (ISSN: 2504-446X) extends an invitation to scholars with expertise in drones to apply for membership to our Topical Advisory Panel.

As a member of the Topical Advisory Panel, you will be entrusted with responsibilities, including the following:

• Providing regular reviews of manuscripts;
• Setting up at least one Special Issue in partnership with a senior researcher within two years of your appointment and proposing a detailed strategy plan for the Special Issue. The topic of the proposal should be within the scope of Drones. The scope of the Special Issue should be broad enough to attract a reasonable number of submissions but narrow enough to provide a cohesive collection of articles. The Special Issue should cover a small part of the scope of Drones;
• Providing support for Special Issues/Topics related to your expertise when their Guest Editors are not available. This includes the promotion of Special Issues via social media and giving advice on some scientific matters;
• Promoting Drones at conferences (adding one–two slides to your presentation, distributing flyers, recommending the journal to your colleagues, etc.), via social media, and on other relevant platforms;
• Working with Editorial Board Members or the Editorial Office to promote high-quality/featured papers (for example, writing summaries or highlights for editor-selected papers).

The benefits of being a Topical Advisory Panel Member are as follows:

• A certificate in recognition of your position;
• Additional sponsorships for conferences organized by the Topical Advisory Panel Members of Drones;
• Travel grants for conferences that you attend or organize.

Applicants for this position must fulfill the following criteria:

• Have expertise and experience in a field related to drones;
• Have published at least six papers in the last 5 years as a first author or a corresponding author;
• Have received a Ph.D. degree;
• Currently hold an independent research position in academia or at a government institute.

Please click on the following link to submit your application: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/drones/topical_advisory_panel_application.

For any further inquiries or clarifications, applicants are encouraged to direct their correspondence to the Drones Editorial Office via [email protected].

Drones Editorial Office