Announcements

With the first issue released in June 2023, five new MDPI journals disseminating multi-disciplinary science are due to launch, which will cover the subjects of medicine & pharmacology, biology and physical sciences.

The newly launched journals will be overseen by professional Editorial Board Members and Editors to ensure an accurate and rapid publication, rigorous peer review and broad visibility.

Please feel free to browse and discover more about the new journals below.

Journal	Founding Editor-in-Chief	Journal topics (selected)
	Prof. Dr. Jun Ma, Peking University, China| Editorial | view inaugural issue	growth and development; diet and nutrients; school health promotion policies and practices; child health and care; adolescent health and wellbeing | view journal scope | submit an article
	Prof. Dr. Bernd Rehm, Griffith University, Australia | Editorial | view inaugural issue	DNA and gene synthesis; synthetic transcription factors; protein engineering; viral engineering; metabolic engineering | view journal scope | submit an article
	Prof. Dr. Varsha Gandhi, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA | Editorial | view inaugural issue	lymphatics; cancers associated with lymphocytes and lymphoblasts; lymphatic tissues; lymphoma; lymphoid leukemia | view journal scope | submit an article
	Dr. Bradley Turner, University of Melbourne, Australia | Editorial | view inaugural issue	multiple sclerosis; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; primary lateral sclerosis; atherosclerosis; systemic sclerosis | view journal scope | submit an article
	Prof. Dr. Clemens Burda, Case Western Reserve University, USA | Editorial | view inaugural issue	Gamma ray, X-ray, and UV–Vis spectroscopies; NIR/mid-infrared/Raman spectroscopy; microwave and THz spectroscopy; high-resolution gas-phase atomic, molecular, and cluster spectroscopy; MS, NMR, and EPR spectroscopy | view journal scope | submit an article

We wish to thank everyone who has supported the development of open access publishing. You are welcome to submit an application to the New Journal Committee (newjournal-committee@mdpi.com) if you would like to create more new journals.

We are pleased to announce that Machines (ISSN: 2075-1702) is now inviting applications for the Machines 2023 Intelligent Manufacturing Award. This prize will be given to one applicant who has made a unique and outstanding academic or societal contribution to intelligent manufacturing. All applications will be assessed by an Award Evaluation Committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Antonio J. Marques Cardoso.

The prize:

• CHF 1000;
• Option to publish one paper free of charge in Machines after peer review before the end of 2024;
• An electronic certificate.

Eligibility and requirements:

• Must have received their Ph.D. no more than 10 years prior to 31 December 2023;
• Have made a unique and outstanding academic or societal contribution to intelligent manufacturing.

List of documents for application:

• The self-recommendation summary and contact details (including title, name, institutional affiliation, and email address);
• Scanned copy of doctorate certificate;
• The related work summary:
  • A detailed description of the applicant’s work (max. 3000 words), highlighting the contributions to intelligent manufacturing;
  • Applicant’s detailed CV;
  • Applicant’s intelligent manufacturing-related publications or social work;
  • Applicant’s list of funded projects (if available);
  • A recommendation letter from a senior scientist;
  • Other relevant information (supplementary materials).

Schedule:

Application deadline: 31 December 2023
Winner announcement: 31 March 2024

How to submit applications?

Send application materials to machines@mdpi.com with the subject “Machines 2023 Intelligent Manufacturing Award—Applicant’s Name”.

Machines Editorial Office

The 2022 citation metrics have been released in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), and we’re pleased to announce the following results for MDPI journals:

We are thrilled to announce that 90% of our ranked MDPI journals, specifically 86 out of 96 (captured in the table below), are performing above average in Q1 or Q2. This year, Clarivate has expanded its Impact Factor (IF) awards to include journals in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), providing greater transparency for the full set of journals indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection. As a result, 111 of MDPI journals have received their first IF in 2023, with 37 journals surpassing an IF of 3.0. In total, 208 MDPI journals have been honored with an IF.

Clarivate explains that by "expanding the coverage but holding to highly selective standards, the [Impact Factor] is now a reliable indicator of trustworthiness, as well as a measure of scholarly impact, at the journal level."

Please visit our blog post where we discuss the release of the latest citation metrics with our Indexing Manager, Dr. Constanze Schelhorn, to find out what's different this time around and how to make use of different metrics available.

Note: The Journal of Personalized Medicine's Impact Factor was omitted in the original release and will be assigned separately. Please find the data on the journal webpage in due course.

Source: 2022 Journal Impact Factors, Journal Citation Reports ^TM (Clarivate, 2023)

The International Conference on Processing & Manufacturing of Advanced Materials: Processing, Fabrication, Properties, Applications (THERMEC’2023) is the twelfth international conference on the advanced materials series built upon the proven concept and continues the tradition of its eleven predecessors: Japan (1988), Australia (1997), USA (2000), Spain (2003), Vancouver, Canada (2006), Berlin, Germany (2009), Quebec City, Canada (2011), Las Vegas, USA (2013), Graz, Austria (2016), Paris, France (2018) and Virtual Conference in June 2021.

MDPI will be attending the event as an exhibitor, and we welcome researchers from different backgrounds to visit and share their latest ideas with us.

We are looking forward to meeting you at our booth #35, where you can find more information about the MDPI journals attending the conference:

• Metals;
• Materials;
• Coatings;
• Nanomaterials;
• Energies;
• Micromachines.

Our representatives Igor Matic and Teodora Stepanov are eager to answer your questions and address any inquiries you may have.

International Women in Engineering Day is an international awareness campaign to raise the profile of women in engineering and focus attention on the amazing career opportunities available to girls and women in this exciting industry. The theme for this year is #makesafetyseen, and we would like to highlight the outstanding achievements of female engineers and celebrate this campaign with the brightest and bravest women in engineering.

• Retention over Attraction: A Review of Women’s Experiences in the Australian Construction Industry; Challenges and Solutions
  by Amir Naser Ghanbaripour, Roksana Jahan Tumpa, Riza Yosia Sunindijo, Weiwei Zhang, Parinaz Yousefian, Ranka Novak Camozzi, Carol Hon, Nima Talebian, Tingting Liu and Mina Hemmati
  Buildings 2023, 13(2), 490; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13020490

• Colorimetric Paper Sensor for Food Spoilage Based on Biogenic Amine Monitoring
  by Maria Maddalena Calabretta, Denise Gregucci, Riccardo Desiderio and Elisa Michelini
  Biosensors 2023, 13(1), 126; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios13010126

• Dynamic Control of a Novel Planar Cable-Driven Parallel Robot with a Large Wrench Feasible Workspace
  by Sergio Juárez-Pérez, Andrea Martín-Parra, Andrea Arena, Erika Ottaviano, Vincenzo Gattulli and Fernando J. Castillo-García
  Actuators 2022, 11(12), 367; https://doi.org/10.3390/act11120367

• Review—Recent Progress in Graphene Based Modified Electrodes for Electrochemical Detection of Dopamine
  by Zouhour Hsine, Rym Mlika, Nicole Jaffrezic-Renault and Hafsa Korri-Youssoufi
  Chemosensors 2022, 10(7), 249; https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors10070249

• Controlling Aircraft Inter-Arrival Time to Reduce Arrival Traffic Delay via a Queue-Based Integer Programming Approach
  by Koki Higasa and Eri Itoh
  Aerospace 2022, 9(11), 663; https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace9110663

• Spectral Methods for Response Enhancement of Microwave Resonant Sensors in Continuous Non-Invasive Blood Glucose Monitoring
  by Giovanni Buonanno, Adriana Brancaccio, Sandra Costanzo and Raffaele Solimene
  Bioengineering 2022, 9(4), 156; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering9040156

• IBM Quantum Platforms: A Quantum Battery Perspective
  by Giulia Gemme, Michele Grossi, Dario Ferraro, Sofia Vallecorsa and Maura Sassetti
  Batteries 2022, 8(5), 43; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries8050043

• Water-Based Lubricants: Development, Properties, and Performances
  by Md Hafizur Rahman, Haley Warneke, Haley Webbert, Joaquin Rodriguez, Ethan Austin, Keli Tokunaga, Dipen Kumar Rajak and Pradeep L. Menezes
  Lubricants 2021, 9(8), 73; https://doi.org/10.3390/lubricants9080073

• Motion Planning and Control of Redundant Manipulators for Dynamical Obstacle Avoidance
  by Giacomo Palmieri and Cecilia Scoccia
  Machines 2021, 9(6), 121; https://doi.org/10.3390/machines9060121

• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Wildland Fires: Sensing, Perception, Cooperation and Assistance
  by Moulay A. Akhloufi, Andy Couturier and Nicolás A. Castro
  Drones 2021, 5(1), 15; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones5010015

Special Issue: “Advancing towards 6G Networks” Editors: Dr. Ayman Radwan, Dr. Maria de Fátima Domingues and Dr. Abd-Elhamid Taha	Special Issue: “Sensors for Artificial Movement Control” Editors: Dr. Christine Azevedo Coste and Dr. Lucas Oliveira da Fonseca
Special Issue: “Enhancing Workplace Safety Management in the Construction Industry” Editors: Dr. Christine Azevedo Coste and Dr. Lucas Oliveira da Fonseca	Special Issue: “Sustainable Civil Supersonic and Hypersonic Aircraft: Main Challenges and Latest Developments” Editor: Dr. Roberta Fusaro

MDPI will be attending the 6th International Conference on Nanoenergy and Nanosystems (NENS 2023), held in Beijing, China, from 17 to 19 June 2023. Starting in 2014, NENS has been organized once every two years by the Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences (BINN, CAS). The conference has attracted high-profile scholars from around the world to deliver plenary and invited talks. This conference will provide a platform for scientists to exchange scientific information, build relationships, and possibly establish collaborations. During this conference, MDPI will welcome researchers from different backgrounds to visit and share their latest views as well as research with us.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Energies;
• Applied Sciences;
• Nanoenergy Advances;
• Machines;
• ChemEngineering;
• Electronics;
• Technologies;
• Nanomaterials;
• Batteries.

If you are attending this conference, please stop by our booth. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions that you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit the following link: http://www.nens.cn/.

Welcome message by Dr. Dimitris Mourtzis, the webinar chair:

We welcome you to our webinar Smart Manufacturing and Industry 5.0. We will explore how the integration of advanced technologies is reshaping the manufacturing sector. Industry 5.0 represents a paradigm shift, where humans and intelligent machines collaborate in a seamless ecosystem. Our expert speakers will discuss the principles, trends, and transformative potential of smart manufacturing. We will delve into automation, AI, big data, and IoT, optimizing production and enabling real-time decision making. We will also highlight the importance of human workers in Industry 5.0, where collaborative robots, augmented reality, and cognitive computing unlock new possibilities. Therefore, we invite you to join us on this interesting webinar to uncover the potential of smart manufacturing and Industry 5.0, gain valuable insights, participate in stimulating discussions, and envision the future of manufacturing.

Date: 15 June 2023 at 9:00 a.m. CEST | 15:00 p.m. CST Asia

Register now for free!

Program:

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information on how to join the webinar. Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized.

Unable to attend? Register anyway and we’ll let you know when the recording is available to watch.

Webinar Chair and Keynote Speakers:

• Dimitris Mourtzis, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, University of Patras, Patras, Greece;
• Pai Zheng, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China;
• Ang Liu, The University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia.

Relevant Topic:

“Smart Manufacturing and Industry 5.0”

Abstract submission deadline: 30 September 2023

Manuscript submission deadline: 30 November 2023

On 24 May 2023, MDPI and the journal Machines (ISSN: 1996-1944) organized the webinar Applications of Piezoelectric Devices and Materials. The webinar focused on collecting novel applications of piezoelectric materials in mechatronic systems and robotics with an emphasis on practical aspects of modeling, fabrication, integration, driving, associated signal processing, and control methods for performance improvement.

Two presentations were delivered—“3D camera prototype based on LASER direct Time of Flight and MEMS mirrors: from simulation to real testing” by Dr. Daniele Caltabiano, and “Hybrid 3D-printed and MEMS devices based on piezoelectric resonators” by Dr. Víctor Ruiz Díez. The topics covered by the presentations represent state-of-the-art research activities in the field of piezoelectric materials and stimulated extreme interest for an intriguing and vibrant discussion among the participants in the webinar.

Please note that this webinar is associated with a Special Issue in Machines “Applications of Piezoelectric Devices and Materials”, for which the deadline is 15 August 2023.

You can watch the recorded webinar here:

Webinar Chairs and Keynote Speakers:

• Dr. Fangzhou Xia, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA;
• Dr. Stefano Mariani, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy;
• Dr. Daniele Caltabiano, STMicroelectronics, Italy;
• Dr. Víctor Ruiz Díez, Microsystems, Actuators, and Sensors Group, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Hui Ma has been appointed Section Editor-in-Chief of the “Machines Testing and Maintenance” Section in Machines (ISSN: 2075-1702).

Name: Prof. Dr. Hui Ma

Email: huima@mail.neu.edu.cn

Affiliation: School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China

Interests: rotating machinery dynamics; fault diagnosis; dynamic design of mechanical systems

Homepage: http://faculty.neu.edu.cn/mahui/en/more/138064/jsjjgd/index.htm

Prof. Dr. Hui Ma focuses on mechanical system dynamic modeling such as pipeline systems, gear transmission systems, rotor dynamics in compressor or aero engines, fault diagnosis in rotor systems such as rotor-stator rubbing faults, gear damage faults, blade cracks, etc. His main contributions are summarized as follows:

• The accurate description method of time-varying meshing stiffness of healthy and faulty gear pairs was developed, a dynamics model of the gear-rotor system was established, the relationship between typical gear faults and vibration characteristics of the system was revealed, and typical fault features were extracted;
• A new rigid-flexible coupling dynamic modeling method for a blisk combined rotor system was proposed based on the beam and plate shell theory. Based on the contact dynamics theory and analytical method, new rubbing models of the rotor-seal and blade-flexible casing were derived. The nonlinear vibration mechanism of the rotor blade and casing induced by rubbing was revealed and some typical fault features were extracted;
• Considering the effects of the fluid–structure coupling and structural coupling of parallel liquid-filled piping, an improved transfer matrix method for the dynamic modeling of complex series-parallel piping systems was proposed. Considering the influence of multi-source excitation such as fluid excitation and foundation excitation, a new method for predicting the vibration transmission characteristics of the parallel filling pipeline was proposed.

Prof. Dr. Ma has published 122 SCI-index journal papers and his works mainly appear in Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing (21), Engineering Failure Analysis (16), Journal of Sound and Vibration (9), Mechanism and Machine Theory (9), International Journal of Mechanical Sciences (8), and they have been cited over 3000 times.

With these achievements, we are confident that the “Machines Testing and Maintenance” Section of Machines will thrive under Prof. Dr. Hui Ma’s leadership.

The following is a short Q&A with Prof. Dr. Hui Ma, who shared his vision for the journal with us, as well as his views of the research area and Open Access publishing:

1. What appealed to you about the journal that made you want to take the role as its Section Editor-in-Chief?

It has a professional team and rapid publication so more readers can quickly understand the developments of this field and share the relevant scientific research results.

2. What is your vision for the journal?

I hope the journal can publish more excellent papers and provide a platform for the academic community to share knowledge.

3. What does the future of this field of research look like?

More interdisciplinary, with more emphasis on the development of artificial intelligence and digital twin technology.

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

Open Access can better promote the sharing of academic knowledge, and the acceptance rate is relatively high. Therefore, attention should be paid to improving the quality of papers.

We warmly welcome Prof. Dr. Hui Ma as our Section Editor-in-Chief.