Announcements

1. “Measuring Heart Rate Variability Using Commercially Available Devices in Healthy Children: A Validity and Reliability Study”
by Kathryn E Speer et al.
EJIHPE, 2020, 10(1), 29 ; https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe10010029
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/10/1/29

2. “The COVID-19 Pandemic, Stress, and Eating Practices in the United States”
by Jagdish Khubchandani et al.
EJIHPE 2020, 10(4), 76; https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe10040067
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/10/4/67

3. “African Americans’ Diminished Returns of Parental Education on Adolescents’ Depression and Suicide in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study”
by Shervin Assari et al.
EJIHPE, 2020, 10(2), 48; https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe10020048
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/10/2/48

4. “Entomophagy: A Narrative Review on Nutritional Value, Safety, Cultural Acceptance and A Focus on the Role of Food Neophobia in Italy”
by Elisabetta Toti et al.
EJIHPE, 2020, 10(2), https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe10020046
Avaialable online: https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/10/2/46

5. “Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS-21): Construct Validity Problem in Hispanics”
by Juan Aníbal González-Rivera et al.
EJIHPE, 2020, 10(1); https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe10010028
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/10/1/28

6. “Witnessing Cyberbullying and Internalizing Symptoms among Middle School Students”
by Diana M. Doumas et al.
EJIHPE, 2020, 10(4), 68; https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe10040068
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/10/4/68

7. “Role of Family Motivation, Workplace Civility and Self-Efficacy in Developing Affective Commitment and Organizational Citizenship Behavior”
by Humaira Erum et al.
EJIHPE, 2020, 10(1), 27; https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe10010027
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/10/1/27

8. “The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Anxiety Disorders. A Systematic Meta-Review”
by Ascensión Fumero et al.
EJIHPE, 2020, 10(3), 52; https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe10030052
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/10/3/52

9. “Comparative Dynamics of Individual Ageing among the Investigative Type of Professionals Living in Russia and Russian Migrants to the EU Countries”
by Tatiana N. Berezina et al.
EJIHPE, 2020, 10(3), 55; https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe10030055
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/10/3/55

10. “Sociodemographic Characteristics and Stress of People from Spain Confined by COVID-19”
by Susana Rodríguez et al.
EJIHPE, 2020, 10(4), 77; https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe10040077
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/10/4/77

1. “Antimicrobial Resistance in the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals: A Brief Review”
by Márió Gajdács et al.
EJIHPE 2021, 11(1), 6; https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe11010006
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/11/1/6

2. “Blockchain System in the Higher Education”
by Ricardo Raimundo et al.
EJIHPE 2021, 11(1), 21; https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe11010021
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/11/1/21

3. “The Profile of Moods States and Athletic Performance: A Meta-Analysis of Published Studies”
by Marc Lochbaum et al.
EJIHPE 2021, 11(1), 5; https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe11010005
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/11/1/5

4. “The Use of Single-Item Ratings Versus Traditional Multiple-Item Questionnaires to Assess Mood and Health”
by Joris C. Verster et al.
EJIHPE 2021, 11(1), 15; https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe11010015
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/11/1/15

5. “Immune Fitness and the Psychosocial and Health Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown in The Netherlands: Methodology and Design of the CLOFIT Study”
by Pantea Kiani et al.
EJIHPE 2021, 11(1), 16; https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe11010016
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/11/1/16

6. “Mental Health of Teachers Who Have Teleworked Due to COVID-19”
by Claudia Palma-Vasquez et al.
EJIHPE 2021, 11(2), 37; https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe11020037
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/11/2/37

7. “Projection of E-Learning in Higher Education: A Study of Its Scientific Production in Web of Science”
by Jesús López-Belmonte et al.
EJIHPE 2021, 11(1), 3; https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe11010003
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/11/1/3

8. “Self-Perceived Instructional Competence, Self-Efficacy and Burnout during the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Study of a Group of Italian School Teachers”
by Monica Pellerone
EJIHPE 2021, 11(2), 35; https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe11020035
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/11/2/35

9. “Impact of Different Types of Physical Activity in Green Urban Space on Adult Health and Behaviors: A Systematic Review”
by Alessia Grigoletto et al.
EJIHPE 2021, 11(1), 20; https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe11010020
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/11/1/20

10. “Academic Resilience and Engagement in High School Students: The Mediating Role of Perceived Teacher Emotional Support”
by Luciano Romano et al.
EJIHPE 2021, 11(2), 25; https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe11020025
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/11/2/25

1. “Perceived Safety of Learning Environment and Associated Anxiety Factors during COVID-19 in Ghana: Evidence from Physical Education Practical-Oriented Program”
by Frank Quansah et al.
EJIHPE 2022, 12(1), 3; https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe12010003
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/12/1/3

2. “Self-Declared Physical Activity Levels and Self-Reported Physical Fitness in a Sample of Italian Adolescents during the COVID-19 Pandemic”
by Alessandro Gatti et al.
EJIHPE 2022, 12(6), 49; https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe12060049
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/12/6/49

3. “Benefits of Pilates in the Elderly Population: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”
by Mário José Pereira et al.
EJIHPE 2022, 12(3), 18; https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe12030018
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/12/3/18

4. “The Barriers and Facilitators to the Use of Lifestyle Apps: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies”
by Habiba Shabir et al.
EJIHPE 2022, 12(2), 12; https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe12020012
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/12/2/12

5. “Mindfulness and Balanced Time Perspective: Predictive Model of Psychological Well-Being and Gender Differences in College Students”
by Andrea Fuentes et al.
EJIHPE 2022, 12(3), 22; https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe12030022
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/12/3/22

6. “Exploring the Multiverse of Analytical Decisions in Scaling Educational Large-Scale Assessment Data: A Specification Curve Analysis for PISA 2018 Mathematics Data”
by Alexander Robitzsch
EJIHPE 2022, 12(7), 54; https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe12070054
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/12/7/54

7. “Association between Suicide Rate and Human Development Index, Income, and the Political System in 46 Muslim-Majority Countries: An Ecological Study”
by S.M. Yasir Arafat et al.
EJIHPE 2022, 12(7), 55; https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe12070055
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/12/7/55

8. “Exploring Factors Affecting Graduate Students’ Satisfaction toward E-Learning in the Era of the COVID-19 Crisis”
by Lubna Ali Mohammed et al.
EJIHPE 2022, 12(8), 79; https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe12080079
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/12/8/79

9. “Accuracy of Body Mass Index and Obesity Status in Police Trainees”
by Milos Stojkovic et al.
EJIHPE 2022, 12(1), 4; https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe12010004
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/12/1/4

10. “Psychometric Properties of the Emotional Exhaustion Scale (ECE) in Chilean Higher Education Students”
by Jonathan Martínez-Líbano et al.
EJIHPE 2022, 12(1), 5; https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe12010005
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/12/1/5

Peer Review Week began 19 September 2022 under the theme of “Research Integrity: Creating and Supporting Trust in Research”. Through various blog articles, podcast, and webinar, we discussed this crucial subject throughout the week, celebrating the essential role peer review plays in maintaining research quality.

To begin, we held a Webinar on the topic. Professor Peter W. Choate and Dr. Emmanuel Obeng-Gyasi joined Dr. Ioana Craciun, one of MDPI’s scientific officers, for an in-depth discussion.

We invite you to view the event recording:

During the week, the MDPI Blog in a series articles highlighted how good Peer Review safeguards research integrity. The following topics were covered:

• Peer Review Week 2022
• Research Integrity
• What We’ve Learned About Peer Review Reports
• 4 Steps to the Perfect Peer Review Report
• How to Write the Perfect Peer Review Report: An Interview
• Inviting Great Peer Reviewers

In a new edition of Insight Faster, an MDPI podcast, we were delighted to talk to the co-chairs of the Peer Review Week committee, Jayashree Rajagopalan (Senior Manager of Global Community Engagement for CACTUS) and Danielle Padula (Head of Marketing and Community Development at Scholastica) to get their take on this year’s event and its related topics.

You can find the Podcast here.

We hope you enjoy the contents!

We are pleased to announce that the European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education (EJIHPE, ISSN 2254-9625) has received its first CiteScore of 2.0 in the latest released 2021 CiteScore™ values, published by Elsevier in June 2022. According to the latest statistics of Scimago Journal & Country Rank, the average number of weighted citations of EJIHPE is 0.337, and the journal ranks 146/292 (Q2) among all titles in the “Clinical Psychology” category. More details can be found at the following links:

• https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21101042487;
• https://www.scimagojr.com/journalrank.php?category=3203&area=3200&page=4&total_size=302.

We would like to extend our sincerest gratitude to all the authors, editors, and reviewers for their contributions. We are grateful for their excellent work that has helped us to achieve this milestone.

EJIHPE Editorial Office

The 2021 citation metrics have been officially released in Scopus!

We are pleased to announce that 182 MDPI journals are included, of which:

● 21 journals received their first CiteScore.
● 85% of journals increased their CiteScore from 2020.
● 155 journals (85%) ranked above average, in at least one category.

The following 65 MDPI journals (36%) ranked among the top 25% of journals, in at least one category:

Source: 2021 CiteScores™ (Elsevier)

It is our great honor to congratulate the Editorial Board Members and Editors in MDPI's journals who have been distinguished as 2021 Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate, according to Web of Science data. We herewith express our gratitude for the immense impact the named researchers continue to make on scientific progress and on our journals' development.

Clarivate's annual list of Highly Cited Researchers^TM identifies the most highly cited scientists for the past decade. Their impactful papers are among the top 1 per cent in the citation distribution of one or more of 22 fields analyzed in the "Essential Science Indicators", distinguishing them as hugely influential among their peers.

The full list of 2021 Highly Cited Researchers  can be accessed at the following webpage in the Web of Science^TM https://recognition.webofscience.com/awards/highly-cited/2021/.

--- Highly Cited Researchers (HCR) is a Clarivate product.

Academic editors play a crucial role in leading our journals and ensuring that each article undergoes a robust and timely peer-review. With the launch of Topics this year and addition of Topic Editors to our family of academic editors, we decided it would be a good time to restructure our academic boards, thus providing more clarity and support for each role. MDPI is pleased to announce the launch of a new position—Topical Advisory Panel Member, that will replace the previous position of Topics Board Member. The Topical Advisory Panel will be comprised of early career researchers eager to gain experience in editorial work.

The main responsibility of the new members of the Topical Advisory Panel is to regularly provide support to Guest Editors, Topic Editors, and Section Board Members. The responsibilities of the Topical Advisory Panel are available here: https://www.mdpi.com/editors.

Each year, the members’ performances are evaluated, and outstanding members are promoted to the Editorial Board by the Editor-in-Chief.

To qualify as a Topical Advisory Panel Member, applicants must:

• Have expertise and experience in the field related to the journal;
• Have received a Ph.D. in the last 10 years, approximately;
• Have at least 6-8 published papers in the last 5 years as first author or corresponding author;
• Currently hold an independent research position in academia or a government institute.

If you are interested in this role, please contact the editorial office by email.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Founded in 1996, MDPI was one of the first fully Open Access publisher. Over 25 years MDPI has grown to become the largest Open Access publisher globally, publishing over 160,000 articles across more than 350 journals in 2020. At the core, MDPI was founded in response to a pressing need of fast publication and inclusion. The scholar was set at the centre of the publication process for the first time. Acting as a service provider, rather than a product provider, MDPI exists to help scientists achive their objective to disseminate research results. At MDPI, we believe scientists deserve a better service from the publishing world.

The International Open Access Week (Open Access Week), founded by the SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) Alliance and student partners in 2008, has been successfully running for 13 years. As an advocate and pioneer of open access publishing, MDPI actively responds to the call of International Open Access Week. This year’s theme of “It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity” highlights the Recommendation’s call for equitable participation from all authors and readers.

For the last 25 years, MDPI has been committed to disseminating open research. Here is a video showing MDPI’s Commitment to Equity, Inclusion and Diversity for More than 25 Years.

International Open Access Week is an important opportunity to catalyze new conversations, create connections across and between communities that can facilitate this co-design, and advance progress in the building of more equitable foundations for opening knowledge—discussions and actions that need to be continued, year in and year out. MDPI has always aimed to provide professional and efficient publishing services to scholars around the world.

Our mission is to make scientific research accessible to everyone; this year, we interview and hold discussions with open science ambassadors on how to build an equal and inclusive environment for open science. Academic editors help us collaborate with more institutions to advocate for open access ideas.

Read our anniversary blog post: "Sharing 'Collective Human Knowledge': The Benefits of Open Access Publication"

Besides this, our scientific community is a key driver of our success and MDPI’s remarkable growth. Despite the pandemic, we have prepared online conferences and workshops to gather scholars from different communities.

The Basel Sustainable Publishing online forum provides an equal opportunity for stakeholders and researchers from multi-cultural environments to exchange ideas and eliminate barriers to participation.

Conference date: 25 October 2021, online
Conference website: https://bspf2021.sciforum.net/
Main topics: MDPI discusses the current dilemma of open access science from various perspectives such as governments, libraries, and publishers, and related measures on how to change the status quo of discrimination from a global perspective.

We aim to support equality, inclusion, diversity, and accessibility in scholarly communications. We collaborate with universities and key laboratories and have scholarly communications with researchers, teachers, and students on open access workshops.

• 25 October 2021
  Energies journal and Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

• 28 October 2021
  Machines journal and State Key Laboratory of Traction Power, Southwest Jiaotong University

• 29 October 2021
  Processes journal and Beijing Institute of Technology

• 29 October 2021
  Coatings journal and Wuhan University of Technology

MDPI is committed to providing open access and high-quality publishing services for scholars and promoting rapid dissemination of academic achievements. We hope to promote the practices and policies of open access publishing and diversify the dissemination of academic achievements.

Rigorous peer-review is the cornerstone of high-quality academic publishing. Over 369,916 scholars served as reviewers for MDPI journals in 2020. We are extremely appreciative of all those who made a contribution to the editorial process in this capacity. At the beginning of every year, journal editorial offices publish a list of all reviewers’ names to express our gratitude. In addition, this year, the MDPI Top Reviewer Award was announced, to recognize the very best reviewers for their expertise and dedication, and their high-quality, and timely review reports. We are pleased to announce the following winners of the 2020 MDPI Top Reviewer Award:

• Adriana Burlea-Schiopoiu;
• Alban Kuriqi;
• Álvaro González-Vila;
• Alessandro Alaimo;
• Alexey Beskopylny;
• Alexander Yu Churyumov;
• Alberto Fernández-Isabel;
• Andrea Mastinu;
• Antonios N. Papadopoulos;
• Anton Rassõlkin;
• Antonio Humberto Hamad Minervino;
• Arkadiusz Matwijczuk;
• Artur Słomka;
• Baojie He;
• Bartłomiej Potaniec;
• Bojan Đurin;
• Camilo Arturo Rodriguez Diaz;
• Carmelo Maria Musarella;
• Chiachung Chen;
• Chiman Kwan;
• Cristian Busu;
• Danil Pimenov;
• Dan-Cristian Dabija;
• Delfín Ortega-Sánchez;
• Demetrio Antonio Zema;
• Denis Butusov;
• Elena Lucchi;
• Gaurab Dutta;
• Livia Anastasiu;
• M. R. Safaei.

For more information about how to become a reviewer of MDPI journals, please see: www.mdpi.com/reviewers.