Announcements

We are pleased to announce the winner of the Best Presentation Award that Entropy (ISSN: 1099-4300) sponsored at the 8th Workshop on Economic and Financial Networks, held on 10 July 2023, in Vienna, Austria. Congratulations to Zsófi Zádor!

“The Effect of Value Chain Importance on Regional Economic Recovery” by Zsófi Zádor
This talk investigated the link between value chain importance and economic growth for the EU24 regions between 2008 and 2018. It found that relying more on GVCs worsened regional growth during the financial crisis but led to higher growth in the long run. The results contribute to the literature on regional resilience and the public debate on the impact of shocks and the desirability of GVCs. Furthermore, by separately analysing the importance of global and regional value chains, it contributes to the discussion on the effect of regionalisation and provides insights into how the re-configuring of value chains may affect regional growth.

With the first issue released in June 2023, five new MDPI journals disseminating multi-disciplinary science are due to launch, which will cover the subjects of medicine & pharmacology, biology and physical sciences.

The newly launched journals will be overseen by professional Editorial Board Members and Editors to ensure an accurate and rapid publication, rigorous peer review and broad visibility.

Please feel free to browse and discover more about the new journals below.

Journal	Founding Editor-in-Chief	Journal topics (selected)
	Prof. Dr. Jun Ma, Peking University, China| Editorial | view inaugural issue	growth and development; diet and nutrients; school health promotion policies and practices; child health and care; adolescent health and wellbeing | view journal scope | submit an article
	Prof. Dr. Bernd Rehm, Griffith University, Australia | Editorial | view inaugural issue	DNA and gene synthesis; synthetic transcription factors; protein engineering; viral engineering; metabolic engineering | view journal scope | submit an article
	Prof. Dr. Varsha Gandhi, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA | Editorial | view inaugural issue	lymphatics; cancers associated with lymphocytes and lymphoblasts; lymphatic tissues; lymphoma; lymphoid leukemia | view journal scope | submit an article
	Dr. Bradley Turner, University of Melbourne, Australia | Editorial | view inaugural issue	multiple sclerosis; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; primary lateral sclerosis; atherosclerosis; systemic sclerosis | view journal scope | submit an article
	Prof. Dr. Clemens Burda, Case Western Reserve University, USA | Editorial | view inaugural issue	Gamma ray, X-ray, and UV–Vis spectroscopies; NIR/mid-infrared/Raman spectroscopy; microwave and THz spectroscopy; high-resolution gas-phase atomic, molecular, and cluster spectroscopy; MS, NMR, and EPR spectroscopy | view journal scope | submit an article

We wish to thank everyone who has supported the development of open access publishing. You are welcome to submit an application to the New Journal Committee (newjournal-committee@mdpi.com) if you would like to create more new journals.

We are pleased to announce the winner of the Best Poster Award, sponsored by Entropy (ISSN: 1099-4300) for the XXVII Sitges Conference on Statistical Mechanics, held from 29 May to 2 June 2023.

“Anomalous relaxation phenomena in trapped colloids: Heating is faster than cooling”
by Miguel Ibáñez, Cai Dieball, Antonio Lasanta, Aljaž Godec and Raúl A. Rica

We have demonstrated, both theoretically and experimentally, that heating a mesoscopic system (consisting of a single colloidal particle trapped in a harmonic potential) is generally faster than cooling it. In our experimental study, we trapped a colloidal particle in an optical potential and investigated instantaneous thermalization processes. The theoretical aspect involved the development of a novel framework, primarily employing techniques from information geometry, enabling us to gain a deeper understanding of the behavior of these mesoscopic systems during heating and cooling. To achieve this, we analyzed the trajectory traced in the space of probability distributions, along with familiar measures such as velocity and length along the curve. This asymmetry becomes particularly pronounced when the system deviates significantly from equilibrium, where intuition seems to break down.

MDPI journals will be attending the Chinese Physical Society Fall Meeting 2023 as exhibitors. This meeting will be held in Yinchuan, China, from 17 to 20 August 2023.

The conference will offer 20 sub-topics, namely: 1. particle physics, field theory and cosmology; 2. nuclear physics and accelerator physics; 3. atomic and molecular physics; 4. light physics; 5. plasma physics; 6. nano and mesoscopic physics; 7. surface and low-dimensional physics; 8. semiconductor physics; 9. strong correlation and superconductivity physics; 10. magnetism; 11. soft condensed matter physics and biophysics; 12. quantum information; 13. computational physics; 14. statistical physics and complex systems; 15. dielectric physics; 16. liquid crystal; 17. ultrafast physics; 18. high energy density physics; 19 topological materials, physics and devices; 20. physics education.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Symmetry;
• Entropy;
• Physics;
• Dynamics;
• Particles;
• Photonics;
• Mathematics;
• Plasma;
• QuBS;
• Galaxies;
• Atoms;
• Optics.

If you are attending this conference, please feel free to start a conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions you may have. For more information about the conference and our booth, please visit the following link: http://meeting.cps-net.org.cn/nxu2023.

The 2022 citation metrics have been released in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), and we’re pleased to announce the following results for MDPI journals:

We are thrilled to announce that 90% of our ranked MDPI journals, specifically 86 out of 96 (captured in the table below), are performing above average in Q1 or Q2. This year, Clarivate has expanded its Impact Factor (IF) awards to include journals in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), providing greater transparency for the full set of journals indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection. As a result, 111 of MDPI journals have received their first IF in 2023, with 37 journals surpassing an IF of 3.0. In total, 208 MDPI journals have been honored with an IF.

Clarivate explains that by "expanding the coverage but holding to highly selective standards, the [Impact Factor] is now a reliable indicator of trustworthiness, as well as a measure of scholarly impact, at the journal level."

Please visit our blog post where we discuss the release of the latest citation metrics with our Indexing Manager, Dr. Constanze Schelhorn, to find out what's different this time around and how to make use of different metrics available.

Note: The Journal of Personalized Medicine's Impact Factor was omitted in the original release and will be assigned separately. Please find the data on the journal webpage in due course.

Source: 2022 Journal Impact Factors, Journal Citation Reports ^TM (Clarivate, 2023)

We are pleased to inform you that Entropy (ISSN: 1099-4300) has received an updated CiteScore of 4.7 according to the 2022 CiteScores™ (Elsevier) that was released recently, making an assessment of the scientific influence of journals in the 2019 to 2022 period.

Entropy’s CiteScore ranks as follows:

• Q1 (9 out of 81 journals) in the "Mathematical Physics" category;
• Q1 (16 out of 67 journals) in the "Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)" category;
• Q2 (76 out of 240 journals) in the "General Physics and Astronomy" category;
• Q2 (248 out of 738 journals) in the "Electrical and Electronic Engineering" category;
• Q2 (133 out of 379 journals) in the "Information Systems" category.

For more journal statistics, please visit https://www.mdpi.com/journal/entropy/stats.

Excellent performance is inseparable from the support and dedication of all journal editors, reviewers, authors, and readers. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have contributed to the journal.

MDPI will be attending the 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT 2023) in Taipei, Taiwan, which will take place from 25 to 30 June 2023.

ISIT is the premier international conference series dedicated to the advancement of information theory and related areas. It brings together an international community of researchers and practitioners each year to present and discuss new research results and perspectives on future developments relevant to all areas of information theory, including big data analytics, source and channel coding, communication theory and systems, cryptography and security, detection and estimation, emerging applications, networks, network coding, signal processing, and statistical/machine learning.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Entropy;
• Mathematics;
• Information;
• Axioms;
• Algorithms;
• Symmetry;
• Data;
• JCP;
• Cryptography.

If you are attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit the following link: https://isit2023.org/.

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Entropy 2022 Outstanding Reviewer Award. The Entropy Editorial Board and editorial team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by reviewers in checking the manuscripts submitted to Entropy (ISSN: 1099-4300). It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround are maintained.

Name: Prof. Dr. Alexander Zlotnik
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Higher School of Economics University, Moscow, Russia
Research interests: numerical methods for PDEs; mathematical gas
dynamics and hydrodynamics

Name: Dr. Jim W. Kay
Affiliation: School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
Research interests: probability; mathematical statistics; statistical inference and modeling; computational statistical inference; Bayesian modeling; discrete information theory; partial information decomposition; machine learning

Name: Dr. Irina Basieva
Affiliation: International Center for Mathematical Modeling in Physics and Cognitive Science, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden
Research interests: quantum mechanics; probability; laser physics; telecommunications; artificial intelligence; cognitive psychology; decision making; rationality

Name: Dr. Sergio Luiz E. F. da Silva
Affiliations: 1. DISAT, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy
2. GISIS, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brazil
Research interests: geophysics; statistical physics; image processing; inverse problems; data analysis

Name: Prof. Dr. Michael Evans
Affiliation: Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Research Interests: foundations of statistical inference; measuring statistical evidence; eliciting and checking priors; measuring and controlling bias

The prize for each winner:

• CHF 500;
• A 50% discount on the APC for one paper to be published in Entropy in 2023;
• A certificate.

Entropy Editorial Office

As a leading open access publisher, MDPI provides scholars with a high-quality and rich academic exchange platform by continuously expanding into new and exciting research areas.

In December 2022, MDPI launched five new journals, covering multiple subjects such as life sciences, biology, medicine and pharmacology, social sciences and humanities. These new journals are being edited by established scholars across the world.

If you are interested in creating more open access journals with us to publish cutting-edge research, please send your journal proposal application to newjournal-committee@mdpi.com.