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In order to acknowledge our reviewers, who so generously dedicate their time to reviewing papers and demonstrate diligence, professionalism, and timeliness when reviewing manuscripts, MDPI journals regularly offer outstanding reviewer awards to scholars who participate in the peer-review process.

We are proud to recognize the winners for the year 2021 in the “Engineering” category for their outstanding contributions among extensive competition by presenting them with an Outstanding Reviewer Award.

We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all of the winners on their achievement. MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.

Actuators:

• Ryszard Dindorf, Kielce University of Technology, Poland.

Applied Sciences:

• Khaled Giasin, University of Portsmouth, UK;
• Jakub Krzysztof Grabski, University of Technology, Poland;
• Marcos Tostado-Véliz, University of Jaén, Spain;
• Luigi Pugliese, University of Calabria, Italy;
• Francesco Bennardo, University of Catanzaro, Italy;
• Heriberto Perez-Acebo, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Spain.

Biosensors:

• Amir Hatamie, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Buildings:

• Francesco Fiorito, Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy;
• Paul G. O’Brien, York University, Canada.

Chemosensors:

• Verónica Montes García, University of Strasbourg, France.

Machines:

• Piotr Gierlak, Rzeszow University of Technology, Poland;
• Sebastian A. Nugroho, University of Michigan, USA;
• Viorel Paleu, Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Romania.

Processes:

• Marcin Dębowski, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland;
• Bartłomiej Zieniuk, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland;
• Zbigniew Nadolny, Poznan University of Technology, Poland;
• Attila Egedy, University of Pannonia, Hungary;
• Seok-Ho Rhi, Chungbuk National University, Korea.

Sensors:

• Hojong Choi, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Korea;
• Li Fu, Hangzhou Dianzi University, China;
• Leonardo De Mello Honorio, Federal University of Juiz De Fora Juiz De Fora, Brazil;
• Mario Versaci, Mediterranea University, Italy;
• Robertas Damasevicius, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania.

Date: 14 July 2022
Time: 3:00 p.m. CEST | 9:00 a.m. EDT | 9:00 p.m. CST Asia
Webinar ID: 890 5218 6355
Register for free here: https://electronics-5.sciforum.net/#registration

In this webinar, the focus will be on advanced techniques for the design of effective and reliable low-power and ultra-low-power integrated circuits attributed to our invited speakers. Audience members will have the opportunity to expand their knowledge and engage in a Q&A with the speakers.

Chair:

 

Name: Prof. Dr. Anna Richelli
Affiliation: Editorial Board Member of the Section “Circuit and Signal Processing” in Electronics
Interests: design of ultra-low-voltage analog circuits; electromagnetic interference analysis in integrated circuits; integrated voltage converters; CMOS operational amplifiers

Speakers:

Name: Dr. Pedro Filipe Leite Correia de Toledo
Affiliation: Topical Advisory Panel Member of the Section “Circuit and Signal Processing” in Electronics
Presentation title: “Nanoscale Digital-Based Analog Processing: How to Design Analog Building Blocks Using Only Digital Gates”

Dr. Pedro Filipe Leite Correia de Toledo is an Electronic Engineer with more than ten years of experience developing CMOS RF/Analog Integrated Circuits. Currently, he is a Mixed-Signal IC designer in Synopsys, working in SERDES designs with sub-10nm CMOS technology. He has received a Ph.D. at Polito and UFRGS (Joint-Degree Ph.D.) working with digital-based analog processing for IoT applications. He has finished his M.Sc. degree in microelectronics from UFRGS, working with low thermal sensitivity analog applications based on ZTC and GZTC MOSFET bias point modeling. He has also received a BSEE (2010), and an RF IC Designer Specialization Course (IC-Brazil Program–2011) at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) and the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), respectively. He has also won the award for the best master's thesis in the design, CAD, and IC Test category in 2015 from the Brazilian Society of Microelectronics (SBMICRO). In 2019, he was awarded the Best Student Paper Award of the 2019 IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems (ICECS 2019). He possesses a sound understanding of fundamental principles and trends in electronic engineering. He can work and study at the same time, and is eager to learn and adapt to new environments, products, and projects.

Name: Dr. Roberto Rubino
Affiliation: Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Turin, Italy
Presentation title: “Relaxation Digital to Analog Converter”

Dr. Roberto Rubino received his B.Sc. degree and his M.Sc. degree in electronic engineering at Politecnico di Torino, Italy. Currently, he is continuing his research as a Ph.D. student in Politecnico di Torino, as part of the research activity on "Ultra-Low Power, Mostly Digital, Integrated Interfaces for the Internet of Things".

Name: Prof. Dr. Inhee Lee
Affiliation: Editorial Board Member of the Section “Circuit and Signal Processing” in Electronics
Presentation title: “Millimeter-Scale Smart Sensing System”

Prof. Dr. Inhee Lee received his B.Sc. and M.Ss. degrees in electrical and electronic engineering from Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, in 2006 and 2008, respectively, and a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, in 2014. From 2015 to 2019, he was with the University of Michigan as an assistant research scientist. In 2019, he joined the University of Pittsburgh as an assistant professor. His research includes adaptive circuit/system design, ultra-low-power power management circuits, and energy-efficient sensor interface circuits. Additionally, he is developing millimeter-scale or even smaller sensing/computing systems for ecological, biomedical, energy exploration, and internet-of-things applications.

For any questions about the webinar, please send an email to electronics.webinar@mdpi.com.

The 2021 citation metrics have been released in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), and we’re pleased to announce the following results for MDPI journals:

For more information on Impact Factors and what it means to index academic journals, please visit our related blog posts.

* Journals given their first Impact Factor in 2022

Source: 2021 Journal Impact Factors, Journal Citation Reports ^TM (Clarivate, 2022)

Dear colleagues,

As the Editor-in-Chief of Electronics (ISSN: 2079-9292), it is my pleasure to announce the winner of the Electronics 2021 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award. This prize was aimed at awarding a Ph.D. student who has produced a highly anticipated academic potential thesis.

The award has been granted to:

• “Low Dose Analytical Electron Microscopy of Hybrid Perovskite Photovoltaic Devices”
  by Felix Utama Kosasih, University of Cambridge, UK

The winner will receive CHF 800, a certificate, and an offer to publish a featured paper in Electronics with the article processing charge (APC) waived before the end of 2022.

On behalf of the evaluation committee, Prof. Dr.  Leonardo Pantoli, Prof. Dr. Olivier Sename and Prof. Dr. Rashid Mehmood, I would like to congratulate the winner on his accomplishment. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated research groups of the above exceptional thesis for their contributions to Electronics and thank the award committee for voting and helping with this award.

Prof. Dr. Flavio Canavero
Editor-in-Chief, Electronics

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)

Dear colleagues,

As the Editor-in-Chief of Electronics (ISSN: 2079-9292), I am pleased to announce the winners of the “Electronics 2021 Best Paper Award for Anniversary Special Issues”.

The awards have been granted to the authors of the following two research articles:

“Towards Human Stress and Activity Recognition: A Review and a First Approach Based on Low-Cost Wearables”
by Juan Antonio Castro-García, Alberto Jesús Molina-Cantero, Isabel María Gómez-González, Sergio Lafuente-Arroyo and Manuel Merino-Monge
Electronics 2022, 11(1), 155; doi:10.3390/electronics11010155
This article was featured in the Special Issue “10th Anniversary of Electronics: Recent Advances in Computer Science & Engineering”.

“Semi-Automatic Guidance vs. Manual Guidance in Agriculture: A Comparison of Work Performance in Wheat Sowing”
by Antonio Scarfone, Rodolfo Picchio, Angelo del Giudice, Francesco Latterini, Paolo Mattei, Enrico Santangelo and Alberto Assirelli
Electronics 2021, 10(7), 825; doi:10.3390/electronics10070825
This article was featured in the Special Issue “10th Anniversary of Electronics: New Advances in Systems and Control Engineering”.

Each winner will receive CHF 500, a certificate, and the opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in Electronics in 2022 after undergoing the normal peer-review procedure.

On behalf of the Assessment Committee members Prof. Lei Zhang, Prof. Mohamed Benbouzid, and Prof. José L. Abellán, I congratulate the winners on their accomplishments. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated research groups for their contributions to Electronics and the Award Committee for their efforts in the evaluation process.

Prof. Dr. Flavio Canavero
Editor-in-Chief of Electronics

The journal Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292) is recruiting for a newly created position—Topical Advisory Panel Member. The main responsibility of the new members of the Topical Advisory Panel is to provide support to Guest Editors and Section Board Members regularly. For more details, please visit the following website: https://www.mdpi.com/editors.

Electronics is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal on the science of electronics and its applications and is published semimonthly online by MDPI. The Polish Society of Applied Electromagnetics (PTZE) is affiliated with Electronics. The aims and scope of the journal can be found at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/electronics/about.

Each year, the members’ performance is 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 a field related to the journal;
• Be within approximately 10 years of receiving a Ph.D.;
• Have at least 6 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 position, please apply here, or send an email to electronics@mdpi.com with your academic CV.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Electronics Editorial Office

1. “A Novel PCA-Firefly-Based XGBoost Classification Model for Intrusion Detection in Networks Using GPU”
Sweta Bhattacharya et al.
Electronics 2020, 9(2), 219; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics9020219
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/9/2/219

2. “Early Detection of Diabetic Retinopathy Using PCA-Firefly-Based Deep Learning Model”
Thippa Reddy Gadekallu et al.
Electronics 2020, 9(2), 274; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics9020274
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/9/2/274

3. “A Blockchain-Based Smart Contract System for Healthcare Management”
Asma Khatoon
Electronics 2020, 9(1), 94; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics9010094
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/9/1/94

4. “Past, Present, and Future of Face Recognition: A Review”
Insaf Adjabi et al.
Electronics 2020, 9(8), 1188; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics9081188
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/9/8/1188

5. “Sentiment Analysis Based on Deep Learning: A Comparative Study”
Nhan Cach Dang et al.
Electronics 2020, 9(3), 483; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics9030483
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/9/3/483

6. “4-Port MIMO Antenna with Defected Ground Structure for 5G Millimeter Wave Applications”
Mahnoor Khalid et al.
Electronics 2020, 9(1), 71; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics9010071
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/9/1/71

7. “Challenges and Applications of Emerging Nonvolatile Memory Devices”
Writam Banerjee
Electronics 2020, 9(6), 1029; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics9061029
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/9/6/1029

8. “Role of IoT Technology in Agriculture: A Systematic Literature Review”
Muhammad Shoaib Farooq et al.
Electronics 2020, 9(2), 319; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics9020319
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/9/2/319

9. “CNN-Based Network Intrusion Detection against Denial-of-Service Attacks”
Jiyeon Kim et al.
Electronics 2020, 9(6), 916; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics9060916
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/9/6/916

10. “Open Innovation Engineering—Preliminary Study on the New Entrance of Technology to the Market”
JinHyo Joseph Yun et al.
Electronics 2020, 9(5), 791; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics9050791
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/9/5/791

11. “Blockchain-Based Smart Contracts for Internet of Medical Things in e-Healthcare”
Ashutosh Sharma et al.
Electronics 2020, 9(10), 1609; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics9101609
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/9/10/1609

12. “Object Detection Algorithm Based on Improved YOLOv3”
Liquan Zhao and Shuaiyang Li
Electronics 2020, 9(3), 537; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics9030537
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/9/3/537

13. “A Comprehensive Review of Li-Ion Battery Materials and Their Recycling Techniques”
Hee-Je Kim et al.
Electronics 2020, 9(7), 1161; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics9071161
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/9/7/1161

14. “A Novel High Gain Wideband MIMO Antenna for 5G Millimeter Wave Applications”
Daniyal Ali Sehrai et al.
Electronics 2020, 9(6), 1031; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics9061031
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/9/6/1031

15. “Hybrid Intrusion Detection System Based on the Stacking Ensemble of C5 Decision Tree Classifier and One Class Support Vector Machine”
Ansam Khraisat et al.
Electronics 2020, 9(1), 173; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics9010173
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/9/1/173

16. “Deep Learning Models for Classification of Red Blood Cells in Microscopy Images to Aid in Sickle Cell Anemia Diagnosis”
Laith Alzubaidi et al.
Electronics 2020, 9(3), 427; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics9030427
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/9/3/427

17. “The k-means Algorithm: A Comprehensive Survey and Performance Evaluation”
Mohiuddin Ahmed et al.
Electronics 2020, 9(8), 1295; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics9081295
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/9/8/1295

18. “SMO-DNN: Spider Monkey Optimization and Deep Neural Network Hybrid Classifier Model for Intrusion Detection”
Neelu Khare et al.
Electronics 2020, 9(4), 692; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics9040692
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/9/4/692

19. “Deep Learning-Based Stacked Denoising and Autoencoder for ECG Heartbeat Classification”
Siti Nurmaini et al.
Electronics 2020, 9(1), 135; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics9010135
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/9/1/135

20. “Power Quality Assessment of Grid-Connected PV System in Compliance with the Recent Integration Requirements”
Ali Q. Al-Shetwi et al.
Electronics 2020, 9(2), 366; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics9020366
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/9/2/366

“A Comparative Analysis of Object Detection Metrics with a Companion Open-Source Toolkit”
Rafael Padilla et al.
Electronics 2021, 10(3), 279; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10030279
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/3/279

“Biometric User Identification Based on Human Activity Recognition Using Wearable Sensors: An Experiment Using Deep Learning Models”
Sakorn Mekruksavanich and Anuchit Jitpattanakul
Electronics 2021, 10(3), 308; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10030308
https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/3/308

“Identification of Plant-Leaf Diseases Using CNN and Transfer-Learning Approach”
Sk Mahmudul Hassan et al.
Electronics 2021, 10(12), 1388; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10121388
https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/12/1388

“A Review of Data-Driven Decision-Making Methods for Industry 4.0 Maintenance Applications”
Alexandros Bousdekis et al.
Electronics 2021, 10(7), 828; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10070828
https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/7/828

“Novel Control Strategy for Enhancing Microgrid Operation Connected to Photovoltaic Generation and Energy Storage Systems”
Dina Emara et al.
Electronics 2021, 10(11), 1261; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10111261
https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/11/1261

“Infinity Shell Shaped MIMO Antenna Array for mm-Wave 5G Applications”
Mian Muhammad Kamal et al.
Electronics 2021, 10(2), 165; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10020165
https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/2/165

“Evaluating the Quality of Machine Learning Explanations: A Survey on Methods and Metrics”
Jianlong Zhou et al.
Electronics 2021, 10(5), 593; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10050593
https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/5/593

“A New RBF Neural Network-Based Fault-Tolerant Active Control for Fractional Time-Delayed Systems”
Bo Wang et al.
Electronics 2021, 10(12), 1501; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10121501
https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/12/1501

“Advances in Meta-Heuristic Optimization Algorithms in Big Data Text Clustering”
Laith Abualigah et al.
Electronics 2021, 10(2), 101; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10020101
https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/2/101

“Drone Deep Reinforcement Learning: A Review”
Ahmad Taher Azar et al.
Electronics 2021, 10(9), 999; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10090999
https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/9/999

“An Advanced CNN-LSTM Model for Cryptocurrency Forecasting”
Ioannis E. Livieris et al.
Electronics 2021, 10(3), 287; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10030287
https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/3/287

“A Quad-Port Dual-Band MIMO Antenna Array for 5G Smartphone Applications”
Jianlin Huang et al.
Electronics 2021, 10(5), 542; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10050542
https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/5/542

“Dynamic Route Discovery Using Modified Grasshopper Optimization Algorithm in Wireless Ad-Hoc Visible Light Communication Network”
Sharmila Vadivel et al.
Electronics 2021, 10(10), 1176; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10101176
https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/10/1176

“A Recommendation Engine for Predicting Movie Ratings Using a Big Data Approach”
Mazhar Javed Awan et al.
Electronics 2021, 10(10), 1215; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10101215
https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/10/1215

“Deep Convolutional Neural Network with RNNs for Complex Activity Recognition Using Wrist-Worn Wearable Sensor Data”
Sakorn Mekruksavanich and Anuchit Jitpattanakul
Electronics 2021, 10(14), 1685; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10141685
https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/14/1685

“An Effective Method for Parameter Estimation of a Solar Cell”
Abhishek Sharma et al.
Electronics 2021, 10(3), 312; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10030312
https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/3/312

“Multi-Objective Energy Management of a Micro-Grid Considering Stochastic Nature of Load and Renewable Energy Resources”
Deyaa Ahmed et al.
Electronics 2021, 10(4), 403; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10040403
https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/4/403

“Smart Home Battery for the Multi-Objective Power Scheduling Problem in a Smart Home Using Grey Wolf Optimizer”
Sharif Naser Makhadmeh et al.
Electronics 2021, 10(4), 447; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10040447
https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/4/447

“A Fuzzy Logic Model for Hourly Electrical Power Demand Modeling”
Marco Antonio Islas et al.
Electronics 2021, 10(4), 448; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10040448
https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/4/448

“Botnet Attack Detection Using Local Global Best Bat Algorithm for Industrial Internet of Things”
Abdullah Alharbi et al.
Electronics 2021, 10(11), 1341; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10111341
https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/11/1341

We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Ray-Hua Horng has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the "Semiconductor Devices" Section in Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292).

Prof. Dr. Ray-Hua Horng is a full professor at the Institute of Electronics at the National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. She received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, in 1987, and a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, in 1993. She is an active scientist in the field of green photonics devices. She has introduced outstanding innovations to the process of fabrication of high-performance LEDs and solar cells based on III–V quaternary semiconductors materials, III–V nitrides, and wide-bandgap oxide materials covering all aspects of development, from material growth and characterization and device design and fabrication to the stage of patent coverage and technology transfer.

She has a very strong relationship with the industry and extensive experience in technology transfer. She has a remarkable record of publications: over 500 articles in SCI journals and 500 papers in conference proceedings, with an H-index of 47, a total of 7910 citations of her published articles, and a rich portfolio of over 150 patents.

Her research activities have focused on material growth of III–V quaternary semiconductors via MOCVD, III–V nitride compounds, wide-bandgap oxide materials, and device fabrication of LEDs and semiconductor devices (containing HEMTs, deep-UV photodiodes, deep-UV phototransistor, and gas sensors), and nanotechnology fabrication processes for LEDs and high-efficiency solar cells.

The following is a short Q&A with Prof. Dr. Ray-Hua Horng, who shared her vision for the journal with us as well as her views of the research area and open access publishing:

1. What appealed to you about the journal that made you interested in the role of Section Editor-in-Chief?

Nowadays, electronics play a very important role in developing science and technology. This subject covers advanced materials, devices, processing, systems, etc. Because it is so comprehensive, the "Semiconductor Devices" Section in Electronics offers a platform for authors to share new research results. Because semiconductor devices are currently a trending subject, I am very glad to take the role of Section Editor-in-Chief of this Section.

2. What is your vision for the journal?

Advanced semiconductor devices lead to breakthroughs in science and technology. Therefore, I hope the "Semiconductor Devices" Section can become an important platform for publishing papers about advancing semiconductor material, device, and circuit design and processing.

3. What does the future of this field of research look like?

The future of semiconductor devices could be developed to further reduce the size of semiconductor devices to overcome Moor’s law for Si-based devices using a 3D package, new 2D material and related devices, wide-bandgap material for power devices, and 5G applications and quantum devices.

4. What do you think of the development of open access in the publishing field?

Open access means that researchers can easily access new research. This leads to new technology being announced more quickly, which contributes to improving the abovementioned Section.

We warmly welcome Prof. Dr. Ray-Hua Horng in her new role as Section Editor-in-Chief, and we look forward to her guidance in helping the “Semiconductor Devices” Section of Electronics reach many more milestones.