Announcements

On 9 February 2023, Clarivate, a global leader in providing trusted insights and analytics, added the Preprint Citation Index to the Web of Science platform, streamlining the research process by allowing researchers to locate and link to preprints alongside other trusted content in the database.

The Preprint Citation Index will act as a bridge to connect cutting-edge preprints with peer-reviewed journal articles published within the Web of Science Core Collection. Alerts can be easily set to monitor new research across several repositories and authors will also be able to include preprints on their Web of Science Research Profile to more accurately display their various research outputs.

As of its launch, the Preprint Citation Index will provide nearly two million preprints from various repositories, including MDPI’s own Preprints.org.

MDPI's Preprints Platform – Preprints.org

To advance Open Science and the fast dissemination of research, MDPI offers researchers a free multidisciplinary preprint platform. Preprints.org accepts submissions from all research areas and offers authors high visibility, permanent archiving, article-level Metrics and immediately citable content by assigning a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to all preprints.

During submission to any MDPI journal, authors have the option to share their research as a preprint. After an initial screening, the manuscript is available online in 48 hours or less. Once online, preprints can be downloaded, shared, commented on, and cited, providing authors maximum visibility.

We invite you to join the ranks of the over 100k researchers using Preprints.org and share your research.

For more information, please visit Preprints.org.

We are pleased to announce the launch of a new initiative—the MDPI Special Issue Mentor Program.

This program will enable early career researchers (who must hold a Ph.D. in a related field) to experience editing a Special Issue in MDPI journals, under the mentorship of our experienced Editorial Board Members or other experienced scientists. The mentor program will provide an excellent opportunity for early career scientists to gain editorial experience, and to cultivate their ability to edit scientific research.

The mentee’s responsibilities include:

• Proposing a Special Issue title and assisting the mentor in preparing a summary (around 200–400 words) and 3–10 keywords describing the background, importance, and goal of the Issue;
• Writing a brief promotion plan for the Special Issue;
• Preparing a list of scholars who may be interested in the Issue and personally e-mailing invitations on behalf of Guest Editors;
• Writing an editorial for the online Special Issue together with the mentor.

The mentor’s responsibilities include:

• Conducting a final check before the Special Issue is published online;
• Performing editorial control of the Special Issue and quality control of the publications, both of which must be carried out in a timely manner;
• Providing suggestions to younger scholars if they have any doubts or concerns regarding submissions;
• Organizing video calls with young scholars and the Editorial Office regularly to discuss problems and improvement suggestions for the Special Issue;
• Making and submitting decisions regarding submissions with the assistance of mentees.

Certificates and awards:
After the Special Issue closes, the Editorial Office will provide official certificates for all the mentors and early career researchers.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your Special Issue proposal to the Editorial Office of a journal you choose, and we will discuss the process (i.e., mentor collaboration, Special Issue topic feasibility analysis, etc.) in further detail. The full list of MDPI journals is as follows: https://www.mdpi.com/about/journals.

In addition to the new Special Issue Mentor Program, we will continue to welcome all Special Issue proposals focusing on hot research topics.

MDPI has just become the first open access (OA) publisher to reach the milestone of one million articles published. That is one million articles freely available to all, to circulate and build upon! We are proud to share this special moment with the global scientific community.

This landmark has been reached thanks to the immeasurable support of more than 600,000 expert reviewers, 66,000 editorial board members and 6700 hard-working colleagues across MDPI’s global offices.

Within more than 25 years of publishing, our journals received 2.1 million manuscripts and generated 4.6 million peer review reports to get to one million papers published.

Reaching the milestone of one million articles published reinforces our mission to remove any existing barriers and to make scientific research accessible to all. Since its inception, MDPI’s goal has been to create reliable processes to make science open. This is a path towards facilitating the dissemination of novel insights in scientific communities.

Regular feedback from authors and reviewers shows that our service is greatly appreciated and needed. At the same time, the feedback helps us identify areas for further improvement.

As it stands, a significant share of published research findings remain closed access. More than half of the content published with the most well-known legacy publishers stays behind a paywall, and that is not including articles published in hybrid OA journals, or made available months or years after publication.

A new policy announced by the US administration in August 2022 requires that, as of January 2026, all US federally funded research be made freely and immediately available after publication. While the new policy does not mandate articles be published under an open access license, it is aligned with the open access movement in removing all barriers to research. Similarly, some of the most advanced research institutions in the world intend to have all funded research articles published in open access by 2025.

MDPI is proud to be the leading agent of the transition to open access.

"Thanks a Million" to all the contributors!

We are currently recruiting Editorial Board Members (EBMs) for MDPI journals indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) in Web of Science. In particular, we are looking for experts who are interested in aiding in the development of our journals and safeguarding the scientific quality of the published findings.

Journals currently listed in the ESCI will receive an Impact Factor in June 2023, according to the changes announced by Web of Science (Clarivate). Therefore, this is an excellent time to become an Editorial Board Member for one of these fast-developing journals.

If you are interested in sharing your expertise in one of the journals listed below, please send us an application using this link.

The Editorial Office of the journal will contact you once the application has been approved.
Editorial Board Members are responsible for academic decisions on manuscripts in their field of expertise, will edit Special Issues, and may be invited to review manuscripts. The initial term lasts for two years, after which it can be renewed, and entails the following:

• Prescreening and making decisions on new submissions related to your research interests;
• Setting up at least one Special Issue during your term on a topic related to your research interests (or supervising Special Issues related to your research field);
• Providing input or feedback regarding journal policies;
• Helping to promote the journal among your peers or at conferences;
• Attending Board meetings to suggest journal development strategies;
• Reviewing manuscripts.

Editorial Board Members are entitled to a full waiver on one publication per year in the journal that they serve and need to be experts in their fields.

The list of ESCI journals can be found here: https://www.mdpi.com/about/journals/esci.

Please find the list of ESCI journals, categorized by subject, for which we are recruiting Editorial Board Members below.

We are pleased to announce that the website of the MDPI Sustainability Foundation has been revamped! For the past couple of months, our UX UI team and front-end developers have been working hard to launch the website in time for the opening of the Sustainability Awards nominations.

The website is not the only thing that has had a remodeling. Indeed, the format of the Emerging Sustainability Leader Award (ESLA) has been updated. ESLA is now a competition open to individual researchers or start-ups founded by researchers under the age of 35. Nominee applications will go through 2 rounds of selection until the final 3 are decided. The finalists will then be invited to give pitch presentations during the Award Ceremony to win either first place (10,000 USD) or runner-up (2 x 5000 USD).

The World Sustainability Award, on the other hand, remains the same: a total prize money of 100,000 USD is up for grabs by senior individual researchers or groups of researchers from the international research community.

Nominations for both the World Sustainability Award and the Emerging Sustainability Leader award are now open! Check out our new website for more information on how to nominate.

Hydrology (ISSN: 2306-5338) is pleased to present the Editor’s Choice Articles in 2021. Editor’s Choice Articles are based on the recommendations of the Hydrology editorial team from around the world. Editors select a small number of articles published in Hydrology that they believe will be particularly interesting to readers or otherwise important in the respective research area. The aim in highlighting and promoting this research is to provide a snapshot of some of the most exciting work published in the various topical areas of hydrology.

1. “Flood Mitigation Measure and Water Storage in East Africa: An Analysis for the Rio Muaguide, Mozambique”
by Sara Rrokaj, Benedetta Corti, Anna Giovannini, Giorgio Cancelliere, Davide Biotto and Alessio Radice
Hydrology 2021, 8(2), 92; https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology8020092
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5338/8/2/92

2. “Surface and Groundwater Interactions: A Review of Coupling Strategies in Detailed Domain Models”
by Arefin Haque, Amgad Salama, Kei Lo and Peng Wu
Hydrology 2021, 8(1), 35; https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology8010035
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5338/8/1/35

3. “Development of a Decision Support System for Sustainable Environmental Management and Stakeholder Engagement”
by Angelos Alamanos, Alec Rolston and George Papaioannou
Hydrology 2021, 8(1), 40; https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology8010040
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5338/8/1/40

4. “Non-Structural Flood Management in European Rural Mountain Areas—Are Scientists Supporting Implementation?”
by Felix Conitz, Aude Zingraff-Hamed, Gerd Lupp and Stephan Pauleit
Hydrology 2021, 8(4), 167; https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology8040167
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5338/8/4/167

5. “Integrating Drone Technology into an Innovative Agrometeorological Methodology for the Precise and Real-Time Estimation of Crop Water Requirements”
by Stavros Alexandris, Emmanouil Psomiadis, Nikolaos Proutsos, Panos Philippopoulos, Ioannis Charalampopoulos, George Kakaletris, Eleni-Magda Papoutsi, Stylianos Vassilakis and Antoniοs Paraskevopoulos
Hydrology 2021, 8(3), 131; https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology8030131
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5338/8/3/131

6. “How Perceptions of Trust, Risk, Tap Water Quality, and Salience Characterize Drinking Water Choices”
by Madeline A. Grupper, Madeline E. Schreiber and Michael G. Sorice
Hydrology 2021, 8(1), 49; https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology8010049
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5338/8/1/49

7. “Reinvestigating the Parabolic-Shaped Eddy Viscosity Profile for Free Surface Flows”
by Rafik Absi
Hydrology 2021, 8(3), 126; https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology8030126
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5338/8/3/126

8. “Evapotranspiration Trends and Interactions in Light of the Anthropogenic Footprint and the Climate Crisis: A Review”
by Stavroula Dimitriadou and Konstantinos G. Nikolakopoulos
Hydrology 2021, 8(4), 163; https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology8040163
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5338/8/4/163

9. “Seasonal and Ephemeral Snowpacks of the Conterminous United States”
by Benjamin J. Hatchett
Hydrology 2021, 8(1), 32; https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology8010032
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5338/8/1/32

10. “Linking DPSIR Model and Water Quality Indices to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals in Groundwater Resources”
by Dimitrios E. Alexakis
Hydrology 2021, 8(2), 90; https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology8020090
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5338/8/2/90

Please check more Editor’s Choice Articles at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/hydrology/editors_choice.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the research groups that submitted to Hydrology. We would appreciate it if you could circulate this document among your colleagues and network. Furthermore, the following opportunities for collaboration may be of interest:

Submitting a manuscript:
Papers may be submitted via the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload/?journal=hydrology.

Launching a Special Issue:
You have the opportunity to propose hot topics and edit a Special Issue together with experts in the field: https://www.mdpi.com/journalproposal/sendproposalspecialissue/hydrology.

Joining the Editorial Board:
If you are an active and experienced researcher in the field of hydrology and are interested in joining the Editorial Board, please do not hesitate to contact the Hydrology Editorial Office (hydrology@mdpi.com) with the following two files attached:

• A full academic CV;
• A short cover letter that details your interest and enthusiasm for the position.

Hydrology Editorial Office

Hydrology (ISSN: 2306-5338) is pleased to present the Editor’s Choice Articles in 2020. Editor’s Choice Articles are based on the recommendations of the Hydrology editorial team from around the world. Editors select a small number of articles published in Hydrology that they believe will be particularly interesting to readers or otherwise important in the respective research area. The aim in highlighting and promoting this research is to provide a snapshot of some of the most exciting work published in the various topical areas of hydrology.

“Dimensionless Stage-Discharge Relationship for a Non-Linear Water Reservoir: Theory and Experiments”
by Giorgio Baiamonte
Hydrology 2020, 7(2), 23; https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology7020023
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5338/7/2/23

“Long-Term Groundwater Level Prediction Model Based on Hybrid KNN-RF Technique”
by Omar Haji Kombo, Santhi Kumaran, Yahya H. Sheikh, Alastair Bovim and Kayalvizhi Jayavel
Hydrology 2020, 7(3), 59; https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology7030059.
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5338/7/3/59

“Development and Evaluation of a Water Quality Index for the Iraqi Rivers”
by Salam Hussein Ewaid, Salwan Ali Abed, Nadhir Al-Ansari and Riyadh M. Salih
Hydrology 2020, 7(3), 67; https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology7030067
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5338/7/3/67

“A New Physically-Based Spatially-Distributed Groundwater Flow Module for SWAT+”
by Ryan T. Bailey, Katrin Bieger, Jeffrey G. Arnold and David D. Bosch
Hydrology 2020, 7(4), 75; https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology7040075
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5338/7/4/75

“Significance and Causality in Continuous Wavelet and Wavelet Coherence Spectra Applied to Hydrological Time Series”
by Juan Carlos Rodríguez-Murillo and Montserrat Filella
Hydrology 2020, 7(4), 82; https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology7040082
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5338/7/4/82

“Resolution-Dependent Perspectives on Caribbean Hydro-Climate Change”
by Mark R. Jury
Hydrology 2020, 7(4), 93; https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology7040093
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5338/7/4/93

Please check more Editor’s Choice Articles at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/hydrology/editors_choice.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the research groups that submitted to Hydrology. We would appreciate it if you could circulate this document among your colleagues and network. Furthermore, the following opportunities for collaboration may be of interest:

Submitting a manuscript:
Papers may be submitted via the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload/?journal=hydrology.

Launching a Special Issue:
You have the opportunity to propose hot topics and edit a Special Issue together with experts in the field: https://www.mdpi.com/journalproposal/sendproposalspecialissue/hydrology.

Joining the Editorial Board:
If you are an active and experienced researcher in the field of hydrology and are interested in joining the Editorial Board, please do not hesitate to contact the Hydrology Editorial Office (hydrology@mdpi.com) with the following two files attached:

• A full academic CV;
• A short cover letter that details your interest and enthusiasm for the position.

Hydrology Editorial Office

Peer Review Week began 19 September 2022 under the theme of “Research Integrity: Creating and Supporting Trust in Research”. Through various blog articles, podcast, and webinar, we discussed this crucial subject throughout the week, celebrating the essential role peer review plays in maintaining research quality.

To begin, we held a Webinar on the topic. Professor Peter W. Choate and Dr. Emmanuel Obeng-Gyasi joined Dr. Ioana Craciun, one of MDPI’s scientific officers, for an in-depth discussion.

We invite you to view the event recording:

During the week, the MDPI Blog in a series articles highlighted how good Peer Review safeguards research integrity. The following topics were covered:

• Peer Review Week 2022
• Research Integrity
• What We’ve Learned About Peer Review Reports
• 4 Steps to the Perfect Peer Review Report
• How to Write the Perfect Peer Review Report: An Interview
• Inviting Great Peer Reviewers

In a new edition of Insight Faster, an MDPI podcast, we were delighted to talk to the co-chairs of the Peer Review Week committee, Jayashree Rajagopalan (Senior Manager of Global Community Engagement for CACTUS) and Danielle Padula (Head of Marketing and Community Development at Scholastica) to get their take on this year’s event and its related topics.

You can find the Podcast here.

We hope you enjoy the contents!

MDPI will be attending the AGU Fall Meeting 2022 (AGU22), held in Chicago and online, from 12 to 16 December 2022. The AGU Fall Meeting is the most influential event in the world dedicated to the advancement of Earth and space sciences. The conference unites the Earth and space science community to share findings, connect like-minded scientists from around the world, and advance our profession and shared passion for the impact of science. Researchers, scientists, educators, students, policymakers, enthusiasts, journalists, and communicators attend the AGU Fall Meeting to better understand our planet and environment, and our role in preserving its future.

During this conference, MDPI (at booth #1452) will welcome researchers from different backgrounds to visit and share their latest views and research with us.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Water (leading journal);
• Remote Sensing (leading journal);
• Geosciences;
• Climate;
• Hydrology;
• Land;
• Drones;
• Environments;
• Sustainability;
• IJERPH;
• Earth;
• Fire;
• GeoHazards;
• Oceans;
• World.

If you plan on attending this conference, feel free to stop by our booth at #1452. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have.

For more information about the conference, please see the following link: https://igs.org/event/agu22/.

MDPI will be attending the IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition 2022, held in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 11 to 15 September 2022. This is the third edition of IWA, with the topic of “Water for Smart Liveable Cities”, which will engage stakeholders and key contacts within the conventional water sector and beyond. It will bring together core water sector groups, such as those focused on urban water and urban water services, as well as participants from industry and agriculture, architects and urban planners, soil and groundwater experts and hydrologists, social scientists, the ICT sector, the financial sector, and others.

During this conference, MDPI (at booth #C2-383) will welcome researchers from different backgrounds to visit and share their latest inspirations with us.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Water (leading journal);
• Hydrology;
• Sustainability;
• Energies;
• Geosciences;
• Infrastructures;
• Membranes;
• Toxics;
• Resources.

If you plan on attending this conference, feel free to stop by our booth at #C2-383. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have.

For more information about the conference, please see the following link: https://worldwatercongress.org.