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It is our pleasure to invite you to read the selected papers from the “Editor’s Choice Articles” in 2021. The papers from the Section “Multidisciplinary Applications” are listed below:

• “Crowded Trades, Market Clustering, and Price Instability”
  by van Kralingen, M. et al.
  Entropy 2021, 23(3), 336; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23030336
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/3/336

• “High-Entropy Alloys for Advanced Nuclear Applications”
  by Pickering, E.J. et al.
  Entropy 2021, 23(1), 98; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23010098
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/1/98

• “Disentangling the Information in Species Interaction Networks”
  by Stock, M. et al.
  Entropy 2021, 23(6), 703; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23060703
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/6/703

• “The Effect of a Hidden Source on the Estimation of Connectivity Networks from Multivariate Time Series”
  by Koutlis, C. et al.
  Entropy 2021, 23(2), 208; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23020208
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/2/208

• “Intelligent Online Monitoring of Rolling Bearing: Diagnosis and Prognosis”
  by Hotait, H. et al.
  Entropy 2021, 23(7), 791; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23070791
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/7/791

• “A Maximum Entropy Model of Bounded Rational Decision-Making with Prior Beliefs and Market Feedback”
  by Evans, B.P. et al.
  Entropy 2021, 23(6), 669; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23060669
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/6/669

• “The Impact of Linear Filter Preprocessing in the Interpretation of Permutation Entropy”
  by Dávalos, A. et al.
  Entropy 2021, 23(7), 787; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23070787
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/7/787

• “Selection of Embedding Dimension and Delay Time in Phase Space Reconstruction via Symbolic Dynamics”
  by Matilla-García, M. et al.
  Entropy 2021, 23(2), 221; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23020221
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/2/221

• “On-Road Detection of Driver Fatigue and Drowsiness during Medium-Distance Journeys”
  by Salvati, L. et al.
  Entropy 2021, 23(2), 135; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23020135
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/2/135

• “The Role of Entropy in Construct Specification Equations (CSE) to Improve the Validity of Memory Tests”
  by Melin, J. et al.
  Entropy 2021, 23(2), 212; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23020212
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/2/212

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the research groups that submitted these exceptional papers for their contributions to Entropy (ISSN: 1099-4300). We would greatly appreciate it if you could circulate this document among your colleagues or through your network.

If you would like to learn more about the contributions published in the “Editor’s Choice Articles”, please click on the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/entropy/editors_choice.

It is our pleasure to invite you to read the selected papers from the “Editor’s Choice Articles” in 2021. The papers from the Section “Information Theory, Probability and Statistics” are listed below:

• “Computing Accurate Probabilistic Estimates of One-D Entropy from Equiprobable Random Samples”
  by Gupta, H.V. et al.
  Entropy 2021, 23(6), 740; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23060740
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/6/740

• “Information Theory for Agents in Artificial Intelligence, Psychology, and Economics”
  by Harré, M.S.
  Entropy 2021, 23(3), 310; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23030310
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/3/310

• “Accuracy-Risk Trade-Off Due to Social Learning in Crowd-Sourced Financial Predictions”
  by Adjodah, D. et al.
  Entropy 2021, 23(7), 801; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23070801
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/7/801

• “Information and Self-Organization II: Steady State and Phase Transition”
  by Haken, H. et al.
  Entropy 2021, 23(6), 707; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23060707
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/6/707

• “Information Geometric Theory in the Prediction of Abrupt Changes in System Dynamics”
  by Guel-Cortez, A.-J. et al.
  Entropy 2021, 23(6), 694; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23060694
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/6/694

• “Mechanism Integrated Information”
  by Barbosa, L.S. et al.
  Entropy 2021, 23(3), 362; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23030362
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/3/362

• “On Representations of Divergence Measures and Related Quantities in Exponential Families”
  by Bedbur, S. et al.
  Entropy 2021, 23(6), 726; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23060726
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/6/726

• “Ordinal Pattern Dependence in the Context of Long-Range Dependence”
  by Nüßgen, I. et al.
  Entropy 2021, 23(6), 670; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23060670
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/6/670

• “Robust Universal Inference”
  by Painsky, A. et al.
  Entropy 2021, 23(6), 773; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23060773
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/6/773

• “Information Structures for Causally Explainable Decisions”
  by Cox, L.A., Jr. et al.
  Entropy 2021, 23(5), 601; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23050601
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/5/601

• “Data-Driven Analysis of Nonlinear Heterogeneous Reactions through Sparse Modeling and Bayesian Statistical Approaches”
  by Ito, M. et al.
  Entropy 2021, 23(7), 824; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23070824
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/7/824

• “Distance-Based Estimation Methods for Models for Discrete and Mixed-Scale Data”
  by Sofikitou, E.M. et al.
  Entropy 2021, 23(1), 107; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23010107
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/1/107

• “Trade-offs between Error Exponents and Excess-Rate Exponents of Typical Slepian–Wolf Codes”
  by Tamir, R. et al.
  Entropy 2021, 23(3), 265; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23030265
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/3/265

• “On a Variational Definition for the Jensen–Shannon Symmetrization of Distances Based on the Information Radius”
  by Nielsen, F.
  Entropy 2021, 23(4), 464; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23040464
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/4/464

• “Signal Fluctuations and the Information Transmission Rates in Binary Communication Channels”
  by Pregowska, A.
  Entropy 2021, 23(1), 92; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23010092
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/1/92

• “Error Exponents and α-Mutual Information”
  by Verdú, S.
  Entropy 2021, 23(2), 199; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23020199
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/2/199

• “Unifying Large- and Small-Scale Theories of Coordination”
  by Kelso, J.A.S.
  Entropy 2021, 23(5), 537; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23050537
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/5/537  

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the research groups that submitted these exceptional papers for their contributions to Entropy (ISSN: 1099-4300). We would greatly appreciate it if you could circulate this document among your colleagues or through your network.

It is our pleasure to invite you to read the selected papers from the “Editor’s Choice Articles” in 2021. The paper from the Section “Entropy Reviews” is as follows:

• “The Entropy Universe”
  by Ribeiro, M. et al.
  Entropy 2021, 23(2), 222; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23020222
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/2/222  

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the research groups that submitted exceptional papers for their contributions to Entropy (ISSN: 1099-4300). We would greatly appreciate it if you could circulate this document among your colleagues or through your network.

If you would like to learn more about the contributions published in the “Editor’s Choice Articles”, please click on the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/entropy/editors_choice.

It is our pleasure to invite you to read the selected papers from the “Editor’s Choice Articles” in 2021. The papers from the Section “Entropy and Biology” are listed below:

• “Critical Comparison of MaxCal and Other Stochastic Modeling Approaches in Analysis of Gene Networks”
  by Firman, T. et al.
  Entropy 2021, 23(3), 357; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23030357
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/3/357

• “Psychomotor Predictive Processing”
  by Fox, S.
  Entropy 2021, 23(7), 806; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23070806
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/7/806  

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the research groups that submitted these exceptional papers for their contributions to Entropy (ISSN: 1099-4300). We would greatly appreciate it if you could circulate this document among your colleagues or through your network.

It is our pleasure to invite you to read the selected papers from the “Editor’s Choice Articles” in 2021. The papers outside the Sections are listed below:

• “Shall I Work with Them? A Knowledge Graph-Based Approach for Predicting Future Research Collaborations”
  by Kanakaris, N. et al.
  Entropy 2021, 23(6), 664; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23060664
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/6/664

• “α-Geodesical Skew Divergence”
  by Kimura, M. et al.
  Entropy 2021, 23(5), 528; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23050528
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/5/528

• “Spectral Ranking of Causal Influence in Complex Systems”
  by Zalmijn, E. et al.
  Entropy 2021, 23(3), 369; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23030369
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/3/369

• “Interpretable Multi-Head Self-Attention Architecture for Sarcasm Detection in Social Media”
  by Akula, R. et al.
  Entropy 2021, 23(4), 394; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23040394
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/4/394

• “A Geometric Perspective on Information Plane Analysis”
  by Basirat, M. et al.
  Entropy 2021, 23(6), 711; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23060711
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/6/711

• “On Using the BMCSL Equation of State to Renormalize the Onsager Theory Approach to Modeling Hard Prolate Spheroidal Liquid Crystal Mixtures”
  by Ohadi, D. et al.
  Entropy 2021, 23(7), 846; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23070846
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/7/846

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the research groups that submitted these exceptional papers for their contributions to Entropy (ISSN: 1099-4300). We would greatly appreciate it if you could circulate this document among your colleagues or through your network.

If you would like to learn more about the contributions published in the “Editor’s Choice Articles”, please click on the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/entropy/editors_choice.

It is our pleasure to invite you to read the selected papers from the “Editor’s Choice Articles” in 2021. The papers from the Section “Complexity” are listed below:

• “EEG Fractal Analysis Reflects Brain Impairment after Stroke”
  by Rubega, M. et al.
  Entropy 2021, 23(5), 592; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23050592
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/5/592

• “Applications of Distributed-Order Fractional Operators: A Review”
  by Ding, W. et al.
  Entropy 2021, 23(1), 110; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23010110
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/1/110

• “Socio-Economic Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic in the U.S.”
  by Barlow, J. et al.
  Entropy 2021, 23(6), 673; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23060673
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/6/673

• “Why Do Big Data and Machine Learning Entail the Fractional Dynamics?”
  by Niu, H. et al.
  Entropy 2021, 23(3), 297; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23030297
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/3/297

• “Global Sensitivity Analysis Based on Entropy: From Differential Entropy to Alternative Measures”
  by Kala, Z.
  Entropy 2021, 23(6), 778; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23060778
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/6/778

• “Menzerath’s Law in the Syntax of Languages Compared with Random Sentences”
  by Tanaka-Ishii, K.
  Entropy 2021, 23(6), 661; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23060661
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/6/661

• “Low-Frequency Seismic Noise Properties in the Japanese Islands”
  by Lyubushin, A.
  Entropy 2021, 23(4), 474; https://doi.org/10.3390/e23040474
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/4/474 

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the research groups that submitted these exceptional papers for their contributions to Entropy (ISSN: 1099-4300). We would greatly appreciate it if you could circulate this document among your colleagues or through your network.

If you would like to learn more about the contributions published in the “Editor’s Choice Articles”, please click on the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/entropy/editors_choice.

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)

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)

We are pleased to announce that Entropy (ISSN: 1099-4300) has received an increased CiteScore of 4.4 in the latest released 2021 CiteScore™ values, published by Elsevier in June 2022. Entropy now ranks 10/77 (Q1) in “Mathematical Physics”, 17/63 (Q2) in “Physics and Astronomy”, 235/708 (Q2) in “Electrical and Electronic Engineering”, and 117/353 (Q2) in “Information Systems”. For full details of the current CiteScore release, please see the journal's Source profile: https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/13715.

We would like to extend our sincerest gratitude to all the authors, reviewers, and editors who have contributed to the journal and enabled this next big step.

We are pleased to announce that Entropy (ISSN: 1099-4300) is now inviting nominations for the Entropy 2022 Young Investigator Award. This prize will be given to one young investigator in recognition of their excellence in the field of entropy and information theory. All nominations will be assessed by an Award Evaluation Committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Kevin H. Knuth.

The prize:

• CHF 2000;
• Option to publish one paper free of charge in Entropy after peer review before the end of December 2023;
• A certificate.

Eligibility and requirements:

• Must have a PhD degree;
• Must be below 40 years of age by 31 December 2022;
• Must have produced ground-breaking research and made a significant contribution to the advancement of entropy and information theory;
• Must be nominated by senior scientists.

List of documents for nomination:

• Detailed curriculum vitae, including an updated publication list and a list of the researcher’s own research grants;
• Birth certificate or other proof of age;
• Scanned copy of doctorate certificate;
• Signed nomination letters from two established senior scientists.

Schedule:
Nomination deadline: 28 September 2022
Winner announcement: 23 November 2022

How to submit nominations?
The nominations must be submitted online
(https://www.mdpi.com/journal/entropy/awards/submit/1703).

Entropy Editorial Office