Announcements

Magnetochemistry is recruiting Editorial Board Members for the following sections:

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/magnetochemistry/sections

The main responsibilities of Editorial Board Members are as follows:

1) Making decisions on whether a manuscript can be accepted based on the reports we collect;

2) Reviewing a small number of papers each year;

3) Acting as or recommending a Guest Editor for a Special Issue on a topic related to your research interests;

4) Promoting Magnetochemistry and increasing its visibility at related academic conferences.

Magnetochemistry (ISSN 2312-7481; CODEN: MAGNCZ) is an international, scientific, peer-reviewed, open access journal on all areas of magnetism and magnetic materials published online by MDPI. Magnetochemistry received its first Impact Factor of 1.947 with a JCR category ranking of 22/45 (Q2) in ‘CHEMISTRY, INORGANIC & NUCLEAR’. The website of Magnetochemistry can be accessed here.

To apply for this position (in one of our Sections), recommend potential candidates, or request further information, please contact the Magnetochemistry Editorial Office (Magnetochemistry@mdpi.com).

It is our pleasure to welcome the following recognized researchers, who recently joined the Editorial Board and Topics Board of Magnetochemistry:

Prof. Dr. Hamid Kachkachi, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, France

Prof. Dr. Kazuyoshi Yoshimura, Kyoto University, Japan

Prof. Dr. Andrea Cornia, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

Prof. Dr. Albert Escuer, University of Barcelona, Spain

Prof. Dr. Huaili Zheng, Chongqing University, China

Prof. Dr. Alexander Vasiliev, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

Prof. Dr. Sanjit Konar, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, India

Prof. Dr. Joan-Josep Suñol, University of Girona, Spain

Prof. Dr. Paolo Santini, University of Parma, Italy

Dr. Tatiana Guidi, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK

Prof. Dr. Hui-Zhong Kou, Tsinghua University, China

Prof. Dr. Miguel Julve, University of Valencia, Spain

Prof. Dr. Ming-Liang Tong, Sun Yat-Sen University, China

Dr. Samik DuttaGupta, Tohoku University, Japan

Dr. Helena Reichlova, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

Dr. Machteld E. Kamminga, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Dr. Tesi Lorenzo, Universität Stuttgart, Germanys

Dr. Alexey A. Kaverzin, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Dr. Andrzej Janutka, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland

Dr. Mourad Smari, University of Aveiro (UA), Portugal

We look forward to their contributions to the journal.

MDPI is proud to adopt the principles of the Coalition for Diversity & Inclusion in Scholarly Communications (C4DISC) to support building equity, inclusion, diversity, and accessibility in scholarly communications.

The C4DISC represents organizations and individuals working in scholarly communications and is focused on addressing issues of diversity and inclusion within the publishing industry.

MDPI’s Managing Editors encourage the Editors-in-Chief and Associate Editors to appoint diverse expert Editorial Boards. This is also reflective in our multi-national and inclusive workplace. We are proud to create equal opportunities without regard to gender, ethnicity, geographic location, sexual orientation, age, disability, political beliefs, religion, or socio-economic status. There is no place for discrimination in our workplace and editors of MDPI journals are to uphold these principles in high regard.

Representatives from C4DISC meet monthly, and have started to implement initiatives to shed light and improve on the lack of diversity in scholarly communications. Some of the initiatives include developing a joint statement of principles; conducting market research; providing training resources, best practices, toolkits, and documentation for our collective memberships; and establishing outreach programs, curricula, events, and publications.

The Coalition is committed to:

• eliminating barriers to participation, extending equitable opportunities across all stakeholders, and ensuring that our practices and policies promote equitable treatment and do not allow, condone, or result in discrimination;
• creating and maintaining an environment that respects diverse traditions, heritages, and experiences;
• promoting diversity in all staff, volunteers, and audiences, including full participation in programs, policy formulation, and decision-making;
• raising awareness about career opportunities in our industries to groups who are currently underrepresented in the workforce;
• supporting our members in achieving diversity and inclusion within their organizations.

At MDPI we have slightly revised the layout for articles to be published in the 2021 Volume, starting at the end of December 2020. As of today, the article templates available for download on ‘Instructions for Authors’ pages have been updated.

The most noticeable change can be found on the first page of the article, where a left-hand column has been created to include the following front matter elements: (i) the recommended citation style for the article, (ii) the publishing history, (iii) as well as the Creative Commons Attribution license used (iv) a standard note regarding affiliations. At the same time, the extra spacing on the left means the authors’ affiliations are now more clearly set apart than before. Other front matter key elements such as journal logo, article type, article title, authors, abstract and keywords remain unchanged.

The blank column on the left runs through all pages in an article; as a result, the main text is slightly more condensed, which improve reader friendliness for smaller screens. Small figures/tables are aligned on the left with standard indenture, while large figures/tables are centered and covering the full width of the page. The revised layout was applied in the article pictured below, to serve as an example:

1) Information is displayed in the left information bar.

2) In the main text, there is a blank column on the left.

3) Small tables/figures are aligned on the left, large tables/figures are centered.

We are pleased to acknowledge that many academic editors who have made an impact on MDPI journals as editorial board members, editors-in-chief, or section editors, are recognized as 2020 Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate.

Highly Cited Researchers highlights the top 1% of researchers, by citations, in one or more of the 22 fields used in Clarivate Analytics Essential Science Indicators. We offer our congratulations to 279 academic editors of MDPI journals who were recognized as the most influential scholars in their fields in 2020.

The full list of 2020 Highly Cited Researchers  can be accessed on https://recognition.webofsciencegroup.com/awards/highly-cited/2020/

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

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Teresa Lehmann has been appointed as the Editor-in-Chief of the new section ”Magnetic Resonances” in Magnetochemistry.

Teresa Lehmann is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, WY. Her research focuses on the understanding of the structure–function relationship for biologically relevant biopolymers. These biopolymers include anti-plasmodial peptides, metal complexes of antitumor antibiotics, and diabetes- and obesity-related natural products. Primary research techniques include nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and molecular modeling for the study of structure and dynamics. Prof. Lehmann also uses magnetic resonance imagin (MRI) to study the behaviour of fluids in porous media.

We warmly welcome Dr. Teresa Lehmann as the Editor-in-Chief of the section " Magnetic Resonances ", and we look forward to Magnetochemistry achieving many milestones under her leadership. For further information on the journal section, please click

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/magnetochemistry/sections/magnetic_resonances

We are delighted to announce the establishment of our Open Access agreement with Jisc Collections, which will allow UK institutions to benefit from access to article processing charge (APC) discounts and streamlined payment workflows.

All institutions participating in the agreement will also gain access to the MDPI online submission system where they can find full article metadata and pricing information for easy identification and additional transparency.

Eligible authors affiliated with the participating institutions are prompted to choose the corresponding Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP) when they submit an article via our online submission system.

About Jisc

Jisc's vision is for the UK to be the most digitally advanced education and research nation in the world. At its heart is the super-fast national research and education network, Janet, with built-in cyber security protection.  Jisc also provides technology solutions for its members (colleges, universities and research centres) and customers (public sector bodies), helps members save time and money by negotiating sector-wide deals and provides advice and practical assistance on digital technology. Jisc is funded by the UK higher and further education and research funding bodies and member institutions.

For more information, contact helen.dobson@jisc.ac.uk.

About MDPI

MDPI is a publisher of fully peer-reviewed, Open Access journals with a focus on thorough and rapid editorial processing. Its aim is to ensure that high-quality research is verified and made available to the research community as quickly as possible. MDPI stands at the forefront of the Open Access movement, having launched its first online journal Molecules in 1996. Today, MDPI is a leader in Open Access publishing with over 250 journals across all research disciplines, and all content published under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY).

For any questions about this agreement, please contact the MDPI IOAP team at ioap@mdpi.com.

The updated citation metrics have been released in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), published by Clarivate. The recent release of the JCR includes seventy-one MDPI titles. Out of these, 18 titles are newcomers, receiving a first Journal Impact Factor which is based on citation activity in 2019: Actuators, Agriculture, Biology, Biomedicines, Biosensors, Chemosensors, Children, Healthcare, Journal of Fungi, Journal of Personalized Medicine (JPM), Land, Life, Magnetochemistry, Membranes, Pharmaceuticals, Photonics, Separations and Toxics.

• Out of the previously listed journals, a total of 72 percent boast an increased Impact Factor.
• 25 journals are ranked among the top 25% of journals in at least one of the categories they are ranked for.
• Articles published in 2019 in MDPI journals account for approximately 17 percent of of articles published in gold Open Access journals covered in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI).
  
  

First Impact Factors

Updated Impact Factors

The editors are pleased to inform that Magnetochemistry has received a first Impact Factor of 1.947, as published in the 2019 Edition of the Journal Citation Reports® (Clarivate), released just now. Magnetochemistry ranks 22nd out of 45 (Q2) titles in the 'Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear', as well as 109th out of 159 (Q3) titles in 'Chemistry, Physical' and 201st out of 314 (Q3) titles in the 'Materials Science, Multidisciplinary' category.

Thank you to the authors, editorial board members and reviewers for their contribution in achieving this milestone for Magnetochemistry.