Aims & Scope

Aims

Encyclopedia (ISSN 2673-8392) is a peer-reviewed open access journal that publishes high-quality entries, field guides, reviews, systematic reviews, research articles and editorials in all scientific areas. Our aim is to form a comprehensive record of scientific development and provide reference information not only for researchers, but for the general public interested in accurate and advanced knowledge on specific topics.

• Entries should be reliable, objective, and based on established knowledge rather than original research work or unproven hypotheses. Qualified entries from the Encyclopedia platform (encyclopedia.pub) can be recorded in our journal the after peer-review.
• Field guides contain images/illustrations that help readers identify plants, fungi, animals, minerals, fossils, rocks, etc. Field guides usually focus on a specific area or region (e.g., a national park, an island, city park, or country). They usually contain images (photos and/or illustrations) that cover the diversity of the organisms/objects and clearly present characteristic features needed for the visual identification.
• Reviews should be critical and constructive and provide recommendations for future research.
• Research articles should fit in with the scope of the section "Encyclopedia Studies" (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/encyclopedia/sections/encyclopedia_studies). For example, studies on encyclopedia books, encyclopedia platforms or encyclopedia knowledge, etc., are encouraged.

Scope

This journal covers all disciplines of sciences. Research fields of interest include but are not limited to:

• Biology and Life Sciences
• Earth Sciences
• Physical Sciences
• Materials Science
• Chemistry
• Medicine and Pharmacology
• Engineering
• Mathematics and Computer Science
• Social Sciences
• Behavioral Sciences
• Arts and Humanities
• Encyclopedia Studies

MDPI Publication Ethics Statement

MDPI is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). MDPI takes the responsibility to enforce a rigorous peer-review together with strict ethical policies and standards to ensure to add high quality scientific works to the field of scholarly publication. Unfortunately, cases of plagiarism, data falsification, inappropriate authorship credit, and the like, do arise. MDPI takes such publishing ethics issues very seriously and our editors are trained to proceed in such cases with a zero tolerance policy. To verify the originality of content submitted to our journals, we use iThenticate to check submissions against previous publications.

Book Reviews

Authors and publishers are encouraged to send review copies of their recent related books to the following address. Received books will be listed as Books Received within the journal's News & Announcements section.

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Copyright / Open Access

Articles published in Encyclopedia will be Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The copyright is retained by the author(s). MDPI will insert the following note at the end of the published text:

Reprints

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