Announcements

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)

2021 was a year of growth for Future Internet (ISSN: 1999-5903). In 2021, we received 797 submissions, published 313 articles from 1134 international authors, and 681 experts were involved in reviewing articles for Future Internet. Moreover, a total of 15 new Editorial Board Members joined us, and the number of Editorial Board Members increased to 134. So far, there are also 61 Topical Advisory Panel Members and 183 Reviewer Board Members. Future Internet’s articles were cited 2188 times in 2021. Thanks to the commitment and dedication of the editorial staff, the median time between submission and publication was around 34 days.

We believe Future Internet will continue to attract more and more authors from all over the world who appreciate its very efficient peer review and publishing processes.

Most Cited Papers

• “IoT for Smart Cities: Machine Learning Approaches in Smart Healthcare—A Review”
  by Taher M. Ghazal et al.

• “Survey of Localization for Internet of Things Nodes: Approaches, Challenges and Open Issues”
  by Sheetal Ghorpade et al.

• “User Acceptance of Smart Watch for Medical Purposes: An Empirical Study”
  by Rana Saeed Al-Maroof et al.

• “Protection from ‘Fake News’: The Need for Descriptive Factual Labeling for Online Content”
  by Matthew Spradling et al.

• “Networked Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Surveillance and Monitoring: A Survey”
  by Xiaohui Li and Andrey V. Savkin

Collections/Special Issues

Future Internet runs Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics. The aim is to build a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors who are experts in the subject and oversee the editorial process for papers. Papers published in a Special Issue will be collected together on a dedicated page of the journal website.

Hot Special Issues

• “Data Science and Knowledge Discovery”;
• “Education 4.0 in the Transformation of Universities: Educational and Research Applications”;
• “Wireless Internet, Multimedia, and Artificial Intelligence: New Applications and Infrastructures”;
• “Digital and Social Media in the Disinformation Age”.

Open Calls

• Topical Collection “Innovative People-Centered Solutions Applied to Industries, Cities and Societies”
  edited by Dino Giuli and Carlos Filipe Da Silva Portela

• Topical Collection “Featured Reviews of Future Internet Research”
  edited by Dino Giuli

• Topical Collection “Machine Learning Approaches for User Identity”
  edited by Kaushik Roy, Mustafa Atay and Ajita Rattani

• Topical Collection “Information Systems Security”
  edited by Luis Javier Garcia Villalba

You can see the full list of call for papers at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/futureinternet/special_issues.

On behalf of the editorial team, we would like to express our gratitude to the Editor-in-Chief of Future Internet, Editorial Board Members, Guest Editors, Topical Advisory Panel Members, and Reviewer Board Members, all of whom have ensured the continued success of the journal through their hard work and diligence.

We believe that Future Internet will continue to contribute to academic exchange and the sharing of knowledge in 2022.

Future Internet (ISSN: 1999-5903) is currently recruiting Editorial Board Members for the following six Sections:

• “Internet of Things”;
• “Big Data and Augmented Intelligence”;
• “Techno-Social Smart Systems”;
• “Smart System Infrastructure and Applications”;
• “Network Virtualization and Edge/Fog Computing”;
• “Cybersecurity”.

A list of current Editorial Board Members can be viewed at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/futureinternet/editors. If you are interested in applying for this position, or would like to recommend potential candidates, please contact the Future Internet Editorial Office (futureinternet@mdpi.com) for further details.

Future Internet is a scholarly, peer-reviewed, open access journal on Internet technologies and information society, which is published monthly online by MDPI. It is indexed within Scopus, ESCI (Web of Science), Ei Compendex, dblp, Inspec, and many other databases.

Future Internet received an increased CiteScore of 4.10 in the released 2020 CiteScore™ values, published by Elsevier in June 2020. As such, Future Internet ranked 104 out of 334 titles (Q2) in “Computer Networks and Communications”.

The benefits of being an Editorial Board Member include the following:

• Publishing one paper free of charge per year in Future Internet, and being granted potential discounts for additional papers you invite;
• A recognition certificate as an Editorial Board Member of Future Internet;
• Future Internet will offer additional sponsorships for conferences organized by Editorial Board Members.

The Responsibilities of Editorial Board Members include the following:

• Supervising the editorial process, including prescreening submissions and making final decisions on whether to accept or reject papers;
• Contributing your own work and inviting three papers to Future Internet (the Editorial Office will prepare a list of potential authors and the invitation template);
• Editing a Special Issue on a topic related to your research or recommending potential topics and Guest Editors.

If you are interested in becoming an Editorial Board Member of Future Internet, please send your application, including a full academic CV, to the Future Internet Editorial Office (futureinternet@mdpi.com). We look forward to working with you in the future.

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Fabrizio Marozzo has joined Future Internet (ISSN: 1999-5903) as a new Topical Advisory Panel Member.

Dr. Fabrizio Marozzo has worked as an Assistant Professor in Computer Engineering at the DIMES Department, University of Calabria, Italy, since 2019. He also co-founded DtoK Lab S.r.l., an academic spin-off of University of Calabria, in 2014.

His current research focuses on big data analysis, social media analysis, parallel and distributed computing, cloud computing, intelligent systems and programming models.

He has served as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Access journal and the International Journal of Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications (IJISTA) and as an Editor of Big Data and Cognitive Computing (MDPI), Algorithms (MDPI), Frontiers in Big Data, Heliyon (Elsevier) and the International Journal of Big Data Intelligence (IJBDI). He has published many scientific papers, including the book Data Analysis in the Cloud.

In July 2018, he obtained the Italian National Academic Qualification (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale) as Associate Professor (Professore Associato) in the field of Information Processing Systems (Sistemi di Elaborazione delle Informazioni – SC 09/H1 – SSD ING-INF/05) and Computer Technology (Informatica – SC 01/B1 – SSD INF/01).

We wish him every success both in his research and in developing the journal.

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Carlos Filipe Da Silva Portela and Prof. Dr. Vijayakumar Varadarajan have joined Future Internet (ISSN: 1999-5903) as Editorial Board Members.

Dr. Carlos Filipe Da Silva Portela was born in Trofa, Portugal, and went to the University of Minho in Guimarães, where he studied information systems and obtained degrees in 2007 (Lic.), 2009 (M.Sc.), and 2013 (Ph.D.). He obtained his Ph.D. in information systems and technologies in 2013. He belongs to the research center ALGORITMI, where he developed his post-doctoral research work on the topic "Pervasive Intelligent Decision Support Systems". His research was started in the INTCare R&D project (Intensive Medicine area), being then extended to education and public administration areas. He already has relevant indexed publications in the following research topics: intelligent decision support systems, intelligent systems, pervasive data, business intelligence, data mining, and knowledge discovery. He has also been co-organizer of several workshops and a reviewer of many indexed journals and conferences on these topics. Currently, he is also an Invited Assistant Professor of the Information Systems Department, School of Engineering, University of Minho, Portugal, where he has been supervising several master students in the abovementioned areas. Dr. Portela founded IOTech—Innovation on Technology, in 2018. Through IOTech, he is transferring and applying scientific knowledge to benefit citizens.

Since becoming a researcher in 2008, he has worked in the medicine field and, more recently, in public administration and higher education. Several relevant results were achieved with his research and participation in projects, the following being the most relevant:

• ioCOVID19—Intelligent decision support platform;
• TechTeach—An innovative method to increase students’ engagement in classrooms;
• ioScience—An offline data science method;
• INTCare—A pervasive intelligent decision support system for intensive care;
• DEM—Deus ex machina.

He also participated in several conferences as a presenter and session chair. Simultaneously, he is a member of scientific and program committees (conferences, books, and journals).

Prof. Dr. Vijayakumar Varadarajan is currently an Adjunct Professor in School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He is also a Data Science Advisor for Brite Yellow Pvt Ltd United Kingdom and President and Founder of Global Students Nest. He was a Professor and Associate Dean for the School of Computing Science and Engineering at VIT University, Chennai, India. He has more than 18 years of experience, industrial and institutional. He also served as a Team Leader in industries such as Satyam, Mahindra Satyam, and Tech Mahindra for several years. He has completed a diploma with first class honors. He completed his BE CSE and MBA HRD with first class. He also completed his ME CSE with first rank award. He obtained a Ph.D. from Anna University in 2012. He has published many articles in national and international level journals/conferences/books. He is a reviewer in IEEE Transactions, Inderscience and Springer journals. He has initiated a number of international research collaborations with universities in Europe, Australia, Africa, Malaysia, Singapore, and North and South America. He also initiated joint research collaborations between VIT University and various industries. He is also the Leading Guest Editor for a few journals in Inderscience, Springer, Elsevier, IOS, UM, and IGI Global. He has also organized several international conferences and special sessions in USA, Vietnam, Africa, Malaysia, and India including ARCI, IEEE, ACSAT, ISRC, ISBCC, ICBCC, etc. His research interests include computational areas covering grid computing, cloud computing, computer networks, cyber security, and big data. He received his university-level Best Faculty Award for 2015–2016. He is also a member of several national and international professional bodies including IFSA, EAI, BIS, ISTE, IAENG, CSTA, IEA, etc.

We wish them every success in their new position, and we look forward to their contributions to the journal.

It is our pleasure to announce that Dr. Jun Luo, Dr. Enrique Herrera-Viedma, Dr. Sherali Zeadally, Dr. Guan Gui, and Dr. Houbing Song, who are the Editorial Board Members of Future Internet (ISSN: 1999-5903) have been listed for the 2021 Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate.

Dr. Jun Luo currently works at the School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, where he is an Assistant Professor. He is a member of ACM and IEEE. Dr. Jun Luo researches mobile and distributed computing, deep learning and computer vision, and applied operations research. His current focuses lie in 1) contact-free sensing driven by deep learning, 2) visible light communication and sensing, 3) indoor and outdoor localization and tracking, and 4) application of machine learning to mobile computing and networking.

Dr. Enrique Herrera-Viedma is the Vice President for publications in the Systems, Man, and Cybernetic Society and an Associate Editor of several journals, such as IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transport System, Information Sciences, Applied Soft Computing, Soft Computing, Fuzzy Optimization and Decision Making, and Knowledge-Based Systems. His h-index is 81 on the Web of Science, with more than 23 000 citations received, and 97 on Google Scholar, with more than 37 000 citations received. He has been identified as one of the world’s most influential researchers by the Shanghai Center and Thomson Reuters/Clarivate Analytics in both computer science and engineering for the years 2014–2020.

Dr. Sherali Zeadally is an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (2018–2020), as well as an ACM Distinguished Speaker (2017–2020). He has co-authored or authored more than 350 peer-reviewed publications, and over 235 of these publications have appeared in peer-reviewed, high-impact international journals/magazines. Furthermore, he has edited or co-authored 7 books, which have been published by well-known publishers (Springer, CRC press, and IET). Dr. Zeadally is the Editor-in-Chief of a peer-reviewed international journal, and has acted as an Editorial Board Member or Associate Editor for over 30 peer-reviewed international journals. At the College of Communication and Information at the University of Kentucky, he has been recognized as one of the most highly cited researchers in the world.

Dr. Guan Gui was recognized as one of the 2020 Highly Cited Chinese Researchers in wireless communications. He has served on the editorial boards of several journals, including IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEICE Transactions on Communications, Physical Communication, Wireless Networks, IEEE Access, Journal of Circuits, Systems, and Computers, Security and Communication Networks, IEICE Communications Express, KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, and Journal of Communications.

Dr. Houbing Song is a senior member of ACM, an ACM Distinguished Speaker, the faculty advisor of ERAU chapter of ACM’s Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE), and a senior member of IEEE. Dr. Song was a recipient of the Best Paper Award from the 12th IEEE International Conference on Cyber, Physical, and Social Computing (CPSCom-2019), the Best Paper Award from the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Industrial Internet (ICII 2019), the Best Paper Award from the 19th IEEE/AIAA Integrated Communication, Navigation, and Surveillance technologies (ICNS 2019) Conference, the Best Paper Award from the 6th IEEE International Conference on Cloud and Big Data Computing (CBDCom 2020), and the Best Paper Award from the 15th International Conference on Wireless Algorithms, Systems, and Applications (WASA 2020).

Future Internet (ISSN: 1999-5903) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles and critical reviews on Internet technologies and related smart systems for “Net-Living” development.

The Future Internet editorial team is pleased to announce this open call for Special Issue proposals, which gives a group of authors the opportunity to work on an interconnected set of papers on an innovative topic. We would like to solicit high-quality proposals that will be evaluated in a competitive procedure on a rolling basis throughout the year.

Proposals within the scope of the journal are welcome. For more details, please see: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/futureinternet/about.

If you would like to propose a Special Issue topic for this journal, please click the following link, and complete and submit the form: https://www.mdpi.com/journalproposal/sendproposalspecialissue/futureinternet. Our editors will get back to you shortly.

The duties and benefits of acting as a Guest Editor are as follows:

• Publishing both a review paper and a research paper free of charge in the Special Issue and potential discount for additional papers you invite;
• Redefining the title and scope of the Special Issue;
• Circulating the call for papers for the Special Issue and inviting submissions;
• Making decisions on whether a manuscript can be accepted or not based on the reports we collect;
• Promoting the Special Issue and increasing its visibility at related academic conferences;
• If five or more papers are published in this Special Issue, we can make a Special Issue book and send a hard copy to each guest editor.

The Editorial Office will take care of setting up the Special Issue website; arrange the promotional materials; assist with invitations to contribute papers; and take care of the rest of the administrative tasks associated with peer review, including inviting reviewers, collating reports, contacting authors, and professional production before publication.

Please do not hesitate to contact the Editorial Office (futureinternet@mdpi.com) for further details and clarifications.

We look forward to receiving your proposals.

Future Internet Editorial Office

It is our great honor to congratulate the Editorial Board Members and Editors in MDPI's journals who have been distinguished as 2021 Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate, according to Web of Science data. We herewith express our gratitude for the immense impact the named researchers continue to make on scientific progress and on our journals' development.

Clarivate's annual list of Highly Cited Researchers^TM identifies the most highly cited scientists for the past decade. Their impactful papers are among the top 1 per cent in the citation distribution of one or more of 22 fields analyzed in the "Essential Science Indicators", distinguishing them as hugely influential among their peers.

The full list of 2021 Highly Cited Researchers  can be accessed at the following webpage in the Web of Science^TM https://recognition.webofscience.com/awards/highly-cited/2021/.

--- Highly Cited Researchers (HCR) is a Clarivate product.

Academic editors play a crucial role in leading our journals and ensuring that each article undergoes a robust and timely peer-review. With the launch of Topics this year and addition of Topic Editors to our family of academic editors, we decided it would be a good time to restructure our academic boards, thus providing more clarity and support for each role. MDPI is pleased to announce the launch of a new position—Topical Advisory Panel Member, that will replace the previous position of Topics Board Member. The Topical Advisory Panel will be comprised of early career researchers eager to gain experience in editorial work.

The main responsibility of the new members of the Topical Advisory Panel is to regularly provide support to Guest Editors, Topic Editors, and Section Board Members. The responsibilities of the Topical Advisory Panel are available here: https://www.mdpi.com/editors.

Each year, the members’ performances are 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 the field related to the journal;
• Have received a Ph.D. in the last 10 years, approximately;
• Have at least 6-8 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 role, please contact the editorial office by email.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

MDPI will be attending the 2021 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) from 7 to 11 December 2021, in Madrid, Spain.

With the theme “Connecting Cultures around the Globe”, this flagship conference of the IEEE Communications Society will feature a comprehensive, high-quality technical program, including 12 symposia, selected areas in communications tracking, and a variety of tutorials and workshops. IEEE GLOBECOM 2021 will also introduce an attractive industry program aimed at practitioners, with keynotes and panels from prominent research, industry and government leaders, business and industry panels, and vendor exhibits.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Sensors;
• Future Internet;
• Technologies;
• Drones;
• ASI.

If you are attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth, B5. Our delegate looks forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit the following website: https://globecom2021.ieee-globecom.org/.