Announcements
12 July 2016
MDPI Moving to New Office Location in Basel (Switzerland) in August 2016
As of 20 August 2016, MDPI's new address in Basel will be:
MDPI AG
St. Alban-Anlage 66
CH-4052 Basel
Switzerland
Telephone and fax numbers remain unchanged.
St. Alban-Anlage 66 was built from 1947 to 1948 and initially the home of the "Bühler AG", a book printing business.
For more information about this building, see: https://www.mdpi.com/about/headquarters
21 June 2016
"Behind the Scenes of Academic Publishing—A Publisher's Perspective" - MDPI's Lecture at the University of Basel
From the 15-16 September, 2016, MDPI will run a course on Academic Publishing at the University of Basel.
In this two day workshop, MDPI will look in detail at the role performed by academic journal publishers and how they interact with academics. Ethical dimensions, what happens when problems occur and how the publisher coordinates all aspects of the submission process will also be covered.
For more detailed information about the program, trainers and registration please visit the course webpage.
14 June 2016
2015 Impact Factors Released
14 June 2016
2015 Impact Factor Released for Entropy – 1.743
We are pleased to inform you that the new Impact Factor of Entropy has been released. According to the Journal Citation Reports®, published by Thomson Reuters in June 2016, the new Impact Factor of Entropy is 1.743, and the 5-Year Impact Factor is 1.780. Compared to last year, the Impact Factor has increased by 16 percent (see figures below).
Entropy now ranks 25/79 (Q2) in the category ‘Physics, Multidisciplinary’ and thus remains one of the highest ranking Open Access journals in physics.
Evolution of Impact Factor, Citations and Publications for Entropy:
26 May 2016
Institutional Membership established with University of Bremen, Germany, Koç University, Turkey, IIASA, Austria and Jilin University and Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, China
We are pleased to announce that the following institutions have joined MDPI's institutional membership program in May 2016:
- Unversity of Bremen, Germany
- Koç University, Turkey
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria
- Jilin University, China
- Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Authors affiliated with these institutions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
23 May 2016
Institutional Membership Established with the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden and the South China University of Technology, Beijing University of Technology and Southern Medical University, China
We are pleased to announce that the following institutions have joined MDPI's institutional membership program in April and May 2016:
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
- South China University of Technology, China
- Beijing University of Technology, China
- Southern Medical University, China
Authors affiliated with these institutions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
26 April 2016
New Section on www.mdpi.com - Latest Books
You may have noticed a new section that is now visible on our home page. This section is called "Latest Books" and showcases recent publications from MDPI Books, our book publishing service.
By clicking on the hyperlink "More Books" you will be taken to the MDPI Books Home Page. There you will find more information about the service, as well as the "Recent Publications" list.
Clicking on any of the book images in this list will take you to detailed information about that book (shown below). Here you can also download a PDF version of the book, or order a hardcover printed copy.
For further information about the MDPI Books service, please visit the webpage or contact books@mdpi.com.
31 March 2016
Axioms, Behavioral Sciences, Photonics, Separations and Toxics added to the Emerging Sources Citation Index in Web of Science
We are pleased to announce that the journals Axioms, Behavioral Sciences, Photonics, Separations and Toxics were recently accepted for inclusion in the newly launched Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) in Web of Science.
ESCI serves to highlight promising journals which are still under consideration for the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) or the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI).
The Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index
(SSCI), and Web of Science™ (WoS) are Thomson Reuters products.
30 March 2016
Institutional Membership established with the University of Winchester, UK, Silesian University of Technology, Poland and Beijing Jiaotong University and Zhejiang University, China
We are pleased to announce that the University of Winchester, UK, the Silesian University of Technology, Poland and Beijing Jiaotong University and Zhejiang University, China, have joined our Institutional Membership program. Primary authors from these universities will benefit from a 10% discount on article processing charges.
Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.
24 March 2016
New Editorial Office in Barcelona, Spain
We are excited to announce the opening of our new editorial office in Barcelona, Spain. The launch team is led by a Senior Editor and comprises further staff holding doctoral degrees with several years of research experience. The new editorial team will help us to get closer to European research communities and progress Sciforum, the platform to support the scientific community via conference hosting and other functions. They will also help spread the word about Open Access and meet academics at scientific events.
We are in the process of hiring more doctoral and masters graduates to join the editorial team and welcome applications via jobs@mdpi.com. For contact details about the office, see our contact page.
