Announcements

The 11th WACBE World Congress on Bioengineering will be held from 4 to 7 August 2024, in Hong Kong, China. The conference is organized by the World Association for Chinese Biomedical Engineers (WACBE) and hosted by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Topics include the following:

• AI and data sciences in biomedical engineering;
• biomaterials, tissues engineering and regenerative medicine;
• biomedical imaging, signal processing, and health informatics;
• biomechanics, sports science, and rehabilitation;
• biosensors, bionanotechnology and medical devices;
• cellular, genomic and biomolecular engineering;
• innovation, translation and entrepreneurship.

The following MDPI journals will be represented in the conference:

• Bioengineering;
• BioChem;
• BioMed;
• Biomimetics;
• Life.

If you are attending this conference, please feel free to start a conversation with us by contacting us online. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person at a booth and answering any questions that you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit the following link: https://www.wacbe2024.org/.

We are pleased to share that Life (ISSN: 2075-1729) was awarded an Impact Factor of 3.2 in the 2023 Journal Citation Reports™ released by Clarivate in June 2024. Life ranks Q1 (26 among 109 titles) in the “Biology” category.

For further statistics, please visit https://www.mdpi.com/journal/life/stats. For more information about MDPI flagship journals' citation metrics, please see here.

At MDPI, our mission is simple yet powerful: we strive every day to make scientific research freely accessible to everyone, everywhere. With over 3.5 million authors choosing MDPI, we have established ourselves as a key player driving the open access initiative.

Our journals have received over 15,665 citations in the Web of Science, making us the most cited open access publisher. With over 800 institutional partners, MDPI continues to demonstrate its dedication to providing reliable and collaborative publishing services.

Life Editorial Office

MDPI will attend the ASHG Annual Meeting 2024, held in Denver, Colorado, USA, from 5 to 9 November 2024.

The ASHG Annual Meeting is the largest human genetics and genomics meeting and exposition in the world. Held in the fall, it provides a forum for the presentation and discussion of cutting-edge science in all areas of human genetics. Highlights include invited symposia; abstract-driven plenary, platform, and poster sessions; education/trainee workshops; and career opportunities and networking events.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Genes;
• IJMS;
• Biomedicines;
• Diagnostics;
• Cancers;
• Biomolecules;
• Humans;
• Applied Biosciences;
• DNA;
• Cardiogenetics;
• Vaccines;
• Life;
• Epigenomes;
• Biology;
• CIMB;
• JCDD;
• ncRNA;
• Diseases;
• BioMed;
• Biomedinformatics.

If you plan on attending this conference, please stop by our booth #1058 and speak with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have.

For more information about the conference, please visit the following link: https://www.ashg.org/meetings/2024meeting/.

Conference: the CRS 2024 Annual Meeting and Expo (CRS 2024)
Date: 8–12 July 2024
Location: Bologna, Italy

This conference will be the 51st annual conference of the Controlled Release Society. The annual CRS conference is the most important one in the pharmaceutics field. The main topics of the conference include Nanomedicine and Nanoscale Delivery, Immuno Delivery, Oral Delivery, Skin and Mucosal Delivery, Ocular Delivery, Bioengineering, Gene Delivery and Gene Editing, Alternative Methods to Animal Testing, Long-Acting Drug Delivery Formulations, Delivery to the Nervous System, Artificial Intelligence, and Predictive Models in Pharmaceutical Technologies.

MDPI will be attending the CRS 2024 Annual Meeting and Expo (CRS 2024). We welcome researchers from different backgrounds to visit and share their latest ideas with us.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Pharmaceutics;
• Molecules;
• Pharmaceuticals;
• Future Pharmacology;
• Applied Biosciences;
• IJMS;
• Gels;
• BioMedInformatics;
• CIMB;
• JNT;
• Life;
• Biomolecules.

If you plan to attend this conference, please contact us online. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person at booth #29 and answering any questions you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit the following website:  https://2024crsannualmeeting.eventscribe.net/.

MDPI is pleased to announce the inclusion of 237 journals in the 2024 release of the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) and share the key results (see above).

This year, journals covered in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) received category ranks together with journals in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI). Overall, 139 MDPI journals indexed in ESCI are included in the new unified rankings for the first time.

Enhanced Comparability of Data

According to Clarivate, "the creation of unified category rankings [provides] a simpler and more complete category view for the evaluation of journal performance. [...] The category-first approach simplifies journal performance assessment with a holistic view of all journals in each subject category."

We are thrilled to announce that 72% of our ranked MDPI journals (171 of 237) are above average, in Q1 or Q2. Twenty-nine of our journals received their first Impact Factor this year, accounting for more than 5% of the journals accepted into the Web of Science last year.

MDPI Journals Ranked in JCR

The following data includes all MDPI journals indexed in SCIE, SSCI, ESCI and AHCI.

Source: 2023 Journal Impact Factors, Journal Citation Reports ^TM (Clarivate, 2024)

About MDPI

A pioneer in scholarly, open access publishing, MDPI has supported academic communities since 1996. MDPI is leading the transition to open science by making more research free and accessible to everyone. Over 3.5 million researchers have entrusted MDPI with publishing their scientific discoveries. MDPI’s editorial process is bolstered by a network of dedicated reviewers, a team of 6000 professional, well-trained staff members, and an in-house article submission platform that was designed to ensure efficient processes within its 440 fully open access titles.

Conference: XX International Botanical Congress—IBC 2024
Organization: International Association for Botanical and Mycological Societies (IABMS)
Date: 21–27 July 2024
Place: FEMA Madrid, Avda del Partenón, 5. 28042 Madrid, Spain

MDPI journals will be attending IBC 2024 as exhibitors. This meeting will be held in Madrid, Spain, from 21 to 27 July 2024.

The IBC takes place every six years under the supervision of the International Association for Botanical and Mycological Societies (IABMS). Rooted in the tradition of systematic botany, the IBCs have enlarged their scope over more than a century to become an integrated forum for knowledge on the plant and mycological worlds. The topics include the following: systematics; phylogenetics; biogeography and evolution; ecology, environmental, and global change, including invasive species and plant-animal interactions; biodiversity and conservation; structure, physiology, and development, including evo-devo genetics, genomics, and bioinformatics; and plants and society.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Plants;
• International Journal of Plant Biology (IJPB);
• Biology;
• Taxonomy;
• Agronomy;
• Diversity;
• Forests;
• Life;
• Ecologies;
• Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens (JZBG);
• Journal of Fungi (JoF);
• Conservation.

If you will be 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 that you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit the following website: https://ibcmadrid2024.com/.

We are pleased to inform you that Life (ISSN: 2075-1729) has received an increased CiteScore of 4.3, which is an increase of 59.3% compared with the 2022 metric. The 2023 CiteScore was recently released, and it assesses the scientific influence of journals in the 2020 to 2023 period. Life’s CiteScore ranks Q1 in the “Paleontology” category and Q2 in the “Biology” category.

To learn more about journal statistics, please visit https://www.mdpi.com/journal/life/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.

Life Editorial Office

MDPI will be attending the 28th International ICFMH Conference, which will be held from 8 to 11 July 2024, in BURGOS, Spain.

This conference will focus on the latest advances in new technologies in food production and microbiological analysis. It is an opportunity to delve into cutting-edge research and technological breakthroughs, exploring the ways in which innovation is driving improvements in food safety and quality.

The conference covers a range of topics, including new trends in food processing, innovative approaches to food safety and quality, and novel methods for microbial analysis. In addition, some emerging field topics are discussed for the first time, such as microplastics and microbiome interactions.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Foods;
• Microorganisms;
• Pathogens;
• Obesities;
• Applied Microbiology;
• Dietetics;
• Applied Biosciences;
• Dairy;
• Nutrients;
• Life;
• Fermentation;
• Antibiotics.

On UNESCO’s 2024 Oceans Day, MDPI encourages the scientific community to increase the accessibility of ocean research to accelerate ocean conservation.

Basel, Switzerland, June 7, 2024: MDPI, a leading open access (OA) publisher, is proud to announce its active support for World Oceans Day 2024, celebrated under UNESCO’s Ocean Decade framework. MDPI’s CEO, Stefan Tochev hopes that “the latest ocean research can be made freely accessible to help empower scientists and communities at large to save our oceans,” under UNESCO’s Ocean Decade until 2030.

Open Access: A Catalyst for Ocean Action

MDPI’s presence at the UNESCO Ocean Decade Conference 2024 highlights our unwavering commitment to using OA to advance ocean science, support research communities, and promote sustainable ocean management.

"Our involvement in the UNESCO Ocean Decade Conference underscores MDPI's commitment to the underfunded Ocean SDG. By promoting OA to scientific articles and books on SDGs, we aim to inspire critical actions," said Tochev. "Our initiatives, like the World Sustainability Award and Emerging Sustainability Award, further demonstrate our dedication to advancing sustainability.”

Showcasing MDPI’s Contributions to Ocean Research

Over the past three years, MDPI has published 30,000 papers focused on ocean research and related topics. Key MDPI journals contributing to this body of work include:

• Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (4.9k papers)
• Remote Sensing (2.6k papers)
• Sustainability (2k papers)
• International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS) (1.7k papers)
• Marine Drugs (1.5k papers)
• Water (1.5k papers)

These publications highlight MDPI’s contributions to ocean science, reinforcing our role in the broader sustainability agenda by promoting blue innovation and economy.

Additionally, MDPI has launched Oceans, an international, peer-reviewed forum specifically aimed at publishing studies related to all branches of oceanography with an emphasis on the functioning of the ocean and the sustainable use of its resources and ecosystem services.

Affirming MDPI’s Commitment to Ocean Science

MDPI’s commitment to OA is pivotal in addressing critical global challenges, from climate change to ocean sustainability. Our efforts resonate with Outcome 4 of the UNESCO Ocean Decade action roadmap: an accessible ocean with open and equitable access to data, information, technology, and innovation. By aligning with UNESCO’s goals, MDPI continues to contribute to shaping a sustainable future for our oceans, reinforcing our position as a forward-thinking publisher dedicated to environmental stewardship and scientific excellence.

For more information, contact Rui Duarte at rui.duarte@mdpi.com or +41764313242.

About MDPI

The International Mycological Congress (IMC12) represents a unique opportunity for mycologists from around the world to get together and engage in excellent discussions on their fields of expertise and science at large in one of Europe’s most impressive cities.

This four-day meeting will include keynote lectures by scientific leaders, bridging sessions and workshops focused on six themes:

• Cell biology, biochemistry and physiology;
• The environment, ecology and interactions;
• Evolution, biodiversity and systematics;
• Fungal pathogenesis and disease control;
• Genomics, genetics and molecular biology;
• Applied mycology and nomenclature.
  

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Journal of Fungi;
• Pathogens;
• Microorganisms;
• Microbiology Research;
• Diversity;
• Life.

If you are participating in this conference, please feel free to engage with us online prior to attendance. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person at booth #08 and answering any questions you may have. For more information regarding the conference, please visit the following link: https://imc12.org/.