Announcements

We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Kai Cheng has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the Section “Advanced Manufacturing” in Machines (ISSN 2218-273X). 

Prof. Dr. Kai Cheng holds the chair professorship in Manufacturing Systems at Brunel University London. His current research interests focus on ultraprecision and micro-manufacturing, design of high-precision machines, smart tooling, diamond tools, and sustainable manufacturing systems. Prof. Dr. Cheng has published over 200 papers in learned international journals and referred conferences, authored/edited 6 books, and contributed 6 book chapters.

Prof. Dr. Cheng is a fellow of the IET and IMechE. He is the Theme Leader of the Micro/Nano Manufacturing Theme at Brunel University London, which consists of 15 academics and over 50 Ph.D. students and research assistants/fellows. Prof. Dr. Cheng and his team are currently working on a number of research projects funded by the EPSRC, EU Programs, Innovate UK, KTP Programs and the industry. Prof. Dr. Cheng is the European editor of the International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology.

The following is a short Q&A with Prof. Dr. Kai Cheng, who shared his vision for the journal with us, as well as his views on the research area and open access publishing:

1. What appealed to you about the journal that made you want to take on the role of Editor-in-Chief?

The journal is very dynamic and quite unique in the field of machines, which is increasingly important and iconic for advanced manufacturing. I am also keen to serve this field community better by taking this role.

2. What is your vision for the journal? What perspective do you think the Section “Advanced Manufacturing” will bring to the related fields?

My vision is that it should become a top leading international journal in precision machines and advanced manufacturing as well. The Section “Advanced Manufacturing” should play a key part in the journal, particularly related to machines applications, and provide continuous new drives for the R&D of next-generation machines.

3. As a researcher in advanced manufacturing, what valuable suggestions would you like to share with young scholars in terms of research topic selection?

The research topics and selection likely include high-precision machines, hybrid process machines, micro/nano application machines, robotic machines, smart machines, virtual machines, and digital twins.

4. What do you think of the development of Open Access in the publishing field?

I am very supportive of the development of Open Access in the publishing field, which is timely and in a fast-moving publishing area. It also reflects the publishing operations in a new business model and likely generates new opportunities as well.

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Best Student Paper Awards, sponsored by Machines (ISSN: 2075-1702, Impact Factor: 2.428 (2020)), for the International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE), that was held online, from 1 to 5 November, 2021.

“Development of a Robust and Real-Time Thermal Deformation Prediction System for Machine Tool by Multi-Point Temperature”
by Shun Tanaka, Yuya Marukawa, Toru Kizaki, Kenichi Tomita, Shinji Tsujimura, Daisuke Noda, Hisashi Kobayashi and Naohiko Sugita.

The first-place awards are USD 500 and a 100% article processing charge (APC) waiver.

Second Place: USD 300 and a voucher for CHF 800

Third Place: USD 200 and a voucher for CHF 800

We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Jose A Antonino-Daviu has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the newly established Section “Electrical Machines and Drives” in Machines  (ISSN: 2075-1702).

Name: Prof. Dr. Jose A Antonino-Daviu
Affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Email: joanda@die.upv.es
Website: https://www.upv.es/pls/oalu/sic_person.Info?p_alias=JOANDA&P_IDIOMA=i
Interests: electric motors; fault diagnosis; transient analysis; signal processing; wavelet analysis; infrared thermography; time–frequency transforms

Prof. Dr. Jose A Antonino-Daviu holds M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering, both received from the Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain, in 2000 and 2006, respectively. He has worked for IBM, where he was involved in several international projects. He is currently a Full Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de València. He was an Invited Professor at Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, in 2005 and 2007, Michigan State University, USA, in 2010, Korea University, South Korea, in 2014, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France, and Coventry University, U.K., in 2016. He is a co-author of more than 200 papers published in technical journals and conference proceedings. He is also the co-author of one international patent.

Dr. Antonino-Daviu is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Journals Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Industrial Electronics Magazine and Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics. He was granted the IEEE Second Prize Paper Award by the Electric Machines Committee of the IEEE Industry Applications Society (2013). He also received the Best Paper Award in the conferences IEEE ICEM 2012, IEEE SDEMPED 2011 and IEEE SDEMPED 2019, and the “Highly Commended Recognition” at the IET Innovation Awards in 2014 and in 2016. He was the General Co-Chair of SDEMPED 2013, and is a member of the Steering Committee of IEEE SDEMPED. He is also General Co-Chair of ICEM’2022 and a member of the ICEM Administrative Committee. In 2016, he received the Medal of the Spanish Royal Academy of Engineering (Madrid, Spain) for his contributions towards new techniques for predictive maintenance of electric motors. In 2018, he was awarded the prestigious “Nagamori Award” from the Nagamori Foundation (Kyoto, Japan). In 2019, he received the SDEMPED Diagnostic Achievement Award (Toulouse, France), for his contributions to the advanced diagnosis of electric motors.

The following is a short Q&A with Prof. Dr. Jose A Antonino-Daviu, who shared his vision for the Section with us, as well as his views of the research area:

1. What attracted you to join the academic editorial team of Machines?

Machines is a journal that has gained an important relevance over recent years. One of the things that attracted me the most was the reputed researchers that act both as Editors-in-Chief and Associate Editors. Their excellent profile and serious work guarantee the quality of accepted papers. Moreover, the topics covered by the journal are certainly attractive, including a diversity of emerging areas that are drawing an increasing attention and that could be of special interest for young researchers.

2. What is your vision for the Section?

The Section is aiming to attract recent research on electrical machines and drives, focusing on methods that have a direct applicability in practice but not excluding other works with a more theoretical content that may have a practical application in the medium term. Most importantly, the crucial factor is to publish works with a high quality that bring novel contributions to the area and may be useful for other researchers in the field.

3. As an expert on electric machines, what valuable suggestions would you like to share with young scholars in terms of research topic selection?

There is not always the possibility of selecting the research topic but, if this is possible, I would suggest selecting areas in which researchers are able to develop solutions to real-world problems of today’s societies. Today, there is a need to give reliable responses to the necessities of different sectors of society. In my case, we have oriented our research to provide solutions to real problems in the industrial area, more specifically, those focused on reliable techniques and methods to determine electric motor and generator health.

We warmly welcome Prof. Dr. Jose A Antonino-Daviu to his new role as Section Editor-in-Chief, and we look forward to him leading Machines to many more milestones.

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.

Machines (ISSN 2075-1702) is recruiting volunteer reviewers. The main responsibility of the reviewers is to regularly provide timely, high-quality reports on the submitted manuscripts. The responsibilities of the reviewers are available at https://www.mdpi.com/reviewers.

Peer review is an essential part in the publication process, ensuring that Machines maintains high quality standards for its published papers. We are striving to recognize the efforts of reviewers.

When reviewing for Machines you will:

• Receive a discount voucher code entitling you to a reduction in the article processing charge (APC) of a future submission to any MDPI journal. Vouchers are linked to your email address and can be applied online at submission or any time before acceptance. Note that vouchers cannot be used after an invoice has been issued. If your article is rejected, the voucher can be reused for your next submission;
• Receive a personalized reviewer certificate;
• Be included in the journal’s annual acknowledgment of reviewers;
• Be considered for the journal’s outstanding reviewer award;
• Build your profile on Publons and have your reviewing activity automatically added for participating journals. Publons profiles can also be integrated with ORCID.

Founded in 1996, MDPI was one of the first fully Open Access publisher. Over 25 years MDPI has grown to become the largest Open Access publisher globally, publishing over 160,000 articles across more than 350 journals in 2020. At the core, MDPI was founded in response to a pressing need of fast publication and inclusion. The scholar was set at the centre of the publication process for the first time. Acting as a service provider, rather than a product provider, MDPI exists to help scientists achive their objective to disseminate research results. At MDPI, we believe scientists deserve a better service from the publishing world.

The International Open Access Week (Open Access Week), founded by the SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) Alliance and student partners in 2008, has been successfully running for 13 years. As an advocate and pioneer of open access publishing, MDPI actively responds to the call of International Open Access Week. This year’s theme of “It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity” highlights the Recommendation’s call for equitable participation from all authors and readers.

For the last 25 years, MDPI has been committed to disseminating open research. Here is a video showing MDPI’s Commitment to Equity, Inclusion and Diversity for More than 25 Years.

International Open Access Week is an important opportunity to catalyze new conversations, create connections across and between communities that can facilitate this co-design, and advance progress in the building of more equitable foundations for opening knowledge—discussions and actions that need to be continued, year in and year out. MDPI has always aimed to provide professional and efficient publishing services to scholars around the world.

Our mission is to make scientific research accessible to everyone; this year, we interview and hold discussions with open science ambassadors on how to build an equal and inclusive environment for open science. Academic editors help us collaborate with more institutions to advocate for open access ideas.

Read our anniversary blog post: "Sharing 'Collective Human Knowledge': The Benefits of Open Access Publication"

Besides this, our scientific community is a key driver of our success and MDPI’s remarkable growth. Despite the pandemic, we have prepared online conferences and workshops to gather scholars from different communities.

The Basel Sustainable Publishing online forum provides an equal opportunity for stakeholders and researchers from multi-cultural environments to exchange ideas and eliminate barriers to participation.

Conference date: 25 October 2021, online
Conference website: https://bspf2021.sciforum.net/
Main topics: MDPI discusses the current dilemma of open access science from various perspectives such as governments, libraries, and publishers, and related measures on how to change the status quo of discrimination from a global perspective.

We aim to support equality, inclusion, diversity, and accessibility in scholarly communications. We collaborate with universities and key laboratories and have scholarly communications with researchers, teachers, and students on open access workshops.

• 25 October 2021
  Energies journal and Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

• 28 October 2021
  Machines journal and State Key Laboratory of Traction Power, Southwest Jiaotong University

• 29 October 2021
  Processes journal and Beijing Institute of Technology

• 29 October 2021
  Coatings journal and Wuhan University of Technology

MDPI is committed to providing open access and high-quality publishing services for scholars and promoting rapid dissemination of academic achievements. We hope to promote the practices and policies of open access publishing and diversify the dissemination of academic achievements.

Machines (ISSN 2075-1702) will support and be attending the IMECE 2021 as a bronze sponsor. The conference will be held in virtual form and will take place from 1 to 5 November, 2021.

Meanwhile, Machines will be awarding three Best Student Paper Awards for the contributions on advanced manufacturing (submitted under topics 2-(1-17), 3-3, 4-16, 13-10 and 17-2) in ASME IMECE 2021. The top three winners will receive the following prizes:

• First Place: USD 500 and a 100% Article Processing Charge (APC) waiver;
• Second Place: USD 300 and a voucher for CHF 800;
• Third Place: USD 200 and a voucher for CHF 800.

All winners will receive an acknowledgment certificate and their achievements will be announced at IMECE (the time is to be confirmed in the final program). In addition, a voucher for CHF 300 will be granted for selected excellent papers. Please note that all the vouchers are only valid for the winner’s next submission in Machines. Detailed information can be found at https://event.asme.org/IMECE/Student-Programs/Best-Student-Paper-Competitions.

The International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE) is ASME's largest research and development conference. It is focused primarily on mechanical engineering, but encompasses perspectives from many engineering disciplines.

If you are attending this conference, please feel free to start an online conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions you may have. For more information, please visit: https://event.asme.org/IMECE/Sponsor-Exhibit/Bronze-Sponsors/MDPI.

Rigorous peer-review is the cornerstone of high-quality academic publishing. Over 369,916 scholars served as reviewers for MDPI journals in 2020. We are extremely appreciative of all those who made a contribution to the editorial process in this capacity. At the beginning of every year, journal editorial offices publish a list of all reviewers’ names to express our gratitude. In addition, this year, the MDPI Top Reviewer Award was announced, to recognize the very best reviewers for their expertise and dedication, and their high-quality, and timely review reports. We are pleased to announce the following winners of the 2020 MDPI Top Reviewer Award:

• Adriana Burlea-Schiopoiu;
• Alban Kuriqi;
• Álvaro González-Vila;
• Alessandro Alaimo;
• Alexey Beskopylny;
• Alexander Yu Churyumov;
• Alberto Fernández-Isabel;
• Andrea Mastinu;
• Antonios N. Papadopoulos;
• Anton Rassõlkin;
• Antonio Humberto Hamad Minervino;
• Arkadiusz Matwijczuk;
• Artur Słomka;
• Baojie He;
• Bartłomiej Potaniec;
• Bojan Đurin;
• Camilo Arturo Rodriguez Diaz;
• Carmelo Maria Musarella;
• Chiachung Chen;
• Chiman Kwan;
• Cristian Busu;
• Danil Pimenov;
• Dan-Cristian Dabija;
• Delfín Ortega-Sánchez;
• Demetrio Antonio Zema;
• Denis Butusov;
• Elena Lucchi;
• Gaurab Dutta;
• Livia Anastasiu;
• M. R. Safaei.

For more information about how to become a reviewer of MDPI journals, please see: www.mdpi.com/reviewers.

The Annual Conference for the Society of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Biomanufacturing Division and the International Symposium on Bio-Manufacturing (ACBD-ISBM2023) will be held from 17 to 19 March 2023, in Beijing, China. The conference is organized by the Society of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Biomanufacturing Division, Beihang University, and co-organized by Tsinghua University, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, and Southeast University.

Symposia：

• Biomanufacturing and Regenerative Medicine;
• Bio-Bionic Manufacturing and Planting/Interventional Devices;
• Biosensor and Flexible Electronics Manufacturing;
• Multi-Scale Biomimetic Manufacturing;
• Micromanipulation and Minimally Invasive Instruments.
• Biological Modeling and Bio-3D Printing;
• Tissue and Organ Chip;
• Innovative Medical Devices and Biomaterials.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Bioengineering;
• Life
• Actuators;
• Applied Sciences;
• Biomimetics;
• Inventions;
• ASI;
• Machines.