Announcements
14 September 2025
Mathematics | Top 10 Highly Viewed Papers in 2023–2024 from the “Applied Mathematics” Section
4 September 2025
Interview with Dr. Christian Budde—Mathematics Exceptional Reviewer
3 September 2025
Join Us at the MDPI at the University of Toronto Career Fair, 23 September 2025, Toronto, ON, Canada
2 September 2025
Mathematics | Top 10 Highly Viewed Papers in 2023–2024 from the “Probability and Statistics” Section
1 September 2025
MDPI INSIGHTS: The CEO’s Letter #26 – CUJS, Head of Ethics, Open Peer Review, AIS 2025, Reviewer Recognition
Welcome to the MDPI Insights: The CEO's Letter.
In these monthly letters, I will showcase two key aspects of our work at MDPI: our commitment to empowering researchers and our determination to facilitating open scientific exchange.
Opening Thoughts
Society of China University Journals (CUJS) visit to MDPI Basel
In August, we had the pleasure of welcoming a delegation from the Society of China University Journals (CUJS) to our Basel headquarters. The visit was part of CUJS’s broader European tour, which included meetings with several major publishing organizations.
Purpose of the visit
The delegation’s stop in Basel involved an introductory meeting and knowledge-sharing with a view to identifying potential collaboration opportunities with MDPI. The CUJS team shared an overview of the Chinese scientific publishing landscape, including recent policy developments, and gave us insights into the journals and services they operate across China’s academic institutions.
MDPI presentations
We used the opportunity to introduce CUJS to MDPI’s mission, structure, and recent achievements. I presented on the latest developments at MDPI and our role in supporting global open access, addressing many follow-up questions from the delegation. Warm thanks are due to the following colleagues for their contributions to the session:
- Liliane Auwerter (Conference Organizer, Scientific Officer and Sustainability Specialist) shared an overview of our editorial process, including the quality indicators we use to track peer-review performance.
- Renato Merki (Publication Ethics Assistant) presented on behalf of our Research Integrity and Ethics team, emphasizing our commitment to responsible publishing.
- Silvano Bonfatti (Product Manager) introduced the JAMS platform, highlighting how it supports efficient journal management for editors and publishers alike.
- Aimar Xiong (Publisher, Section Managing Editor) and Giuliano Braccini (Office Manager) facilitated the meeting, offering clarity in response to specific questions, building the relationship during and beyond the meeting itself.
“Building relationships with organizations such as CUJS allows us to increase our visibility and reputation”
Why is this important?
China is one of the world’s largest producers of scientific research, with its universities and research institutes playing a key role in global scholarly publishing. Building strong relationships with influential organizations such as CUJS allows us to increase our visibility and reputation vis-à-vis the Chinese academic community, share best practices, learn from differing publishing models, and explore collaborations that have the potential to enhance the quality, reach, and diversity of our journals.
Looking ahead
It was a productive and friendly exchange that reflected our shared commitment to advancing scholarly communication and improving journal publishing practices. We value these visits, which allow us to create collaborations with stakeholders in the global academic community.
Our Basel office is a hub for hosting international delegations, partners, and collaborators. We look forward to creating more global connections that support our mission.
Impactful Research
Appointment of Dr. Tim Tait-Jamieson as Head of Publication Ethics
As part of our ongoing commitment to research integrity and publishing excellence, I am delighted to announce that we have appointed Dr. Tim Tait-Jamieson as Head of Publication Ethics.
In this role, Tim will lead the development of our ethics strategy and oversee the continued growth of the Publication Ethics Department, which is based across our offices in Basel, Manchester, Belgrade/Novi Sad, and Cluj. Guided by the principles of effective prevention and efficient resolution, the department plays an essential role in ensuring the highest standards of integrity throughout our editorial processes.
Department focus
Working closely with internal teams and external partners, the Publication Ethics Department focuses on refining our policies, aligning our operations with international best practices, and addressing complex cases with fairness and transparency. This work is critical in supporting our editors, reviewers, and authors, reinforcing MDPI’s contribution to the global dialogue on research integrity.
“Research integrity is something to which we all contribute through our daily work at MDPI”
About Tim
Tim joined MDPI in 2021 and has held several roles within the Publication Ethics Department, most recently serving as Research Integrity Lead. Based in our Basel office, he brings a strong academic background, with a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, and a proven track record of leadership in research integrity.
Research integrity is something to which we all contribute through our daily work at MDPI. I look forward to Tim’s leadership as we continue investing in the people, processes, and partnerships that uphold the trust and credibility of scholarly publishing.
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Inside MDPI
How and why MDPI offers Open Peer Review
At MDPI, we are committed to advancing openness and transparency in scholarly publishing. One area where we’ve taken a leadership role is peer review. Since 2014, MDPI has offered authors the option of open peer review, giving them the opportunity to publish reviewer comments alongside their papers. Each year, more authors are choosing this path, helping to build trust in the editorial process and provide valuable context for the research we publish.
Jack McKenna (Senior Content Specialist, MDPI) recently wrote an informative piece looking at the impact and importance of open peer review at MDPI. He highlights how this approach not only benefits readers but also gives well-deserved recognition to our reviewers, who generously dedicate their time and expertise to the academic community.
I encourage you to read this blogpost to see how MDPI is helping set standards for transparency in scholarly publishing.
Coming Together for Science
Recap of MDPI’s AIS 2025 Conference in Kuala Lumpur
Entering the month of August, we held The 2nd International Conference on AI Sensors and Transducers (AIS 2025) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
“AIS is quickly becoming a premier event in the field”
The second edition of AIS brought together 335 attendees from across Asia and beyond, including participants from China, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia. The event, chaired by Prof. Dr. Toshihiro Itoh (University of Tokyo), Prof. Dr. Sang-Woo Kim (Yonsei University), and Prof. Dr. Chengkuo Lee (National University of Singapore), continues to grow in reputation and has become an important platform for researchers and students to present their work, exchange ideas, and build international collaborations.
AIS is quickly becoming a premier event in the field, with participants highlighting its quality of service, its expanding academic network, and the value it delivers in the context of tightening research budgets in the region.
It was also excellent to see our new MDPI journal AI Sensors, which originated from a conference topic, host a successful launch party at the event.
Highlights from participant feedback:
- Southeast University (China) sent a student delegation and considers AIS a regular fixture for Ph.D. students in need of international conference experience.
- CAS Aerospace Information Research Institute sent a 10-member delegation and plans to further promote AIS internally.
- Japanese researchers regard AIS as a must-attend event, placing it on a par with IEEE conferences and citing the benefits of networking and exchange.
- Korean academics praised the organization and noted improved perceptions of MDPI among their institutions, viewing AIS as a strategic opportunity to deepen engagement in the region.
Award winners
We recognized the recipients of the Best Presentation, Best Scientist, Best Poster, and Best Student Paper awards, whose contributions set a standard for academic excellence. The full award announcement is available here.
Looking ahead
The 3rd International Conference on AI Sensors and Transducers will be held from 5 to10 August 2026 in Jeju, Korea. The General Chairs will be Prof. Inkyu Park (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Prof. Zhou Li (Tsinghua University), Prof. Xinge Yu (City University of Hong Kong), and Prof. Chengkuo Lee (National University of Singapore). We look forward to bringing together innovators, researchers and experts who are shaping the future at the intersection of sensors, sensing technology, transducers and artificial intelligence.
Thank you
Our conference team managed this event with great agility and professionalism and are already planning improvements to make the conference even more accessible. Special thanks to the National University of Singapore for their support, and to our entire conference team and collaborators for their dedication.
AIS is gaining momentum, and we look forward to supporting its role as a bridge between MDPI and the global academic community.
“Our conference team managed this event with great agility and professionalism”
Closing Thoughts
Recognizing our outstanding reviewers
As we close this edition of the newsletter, I would like to spotlight MDPI’s 2024 Outstanding Reviewer Awards, which showcase a group of winners whose contributions often go unseen but are essential to the integrity of scholarly publishing: our reviewers.
In 2024, more than 215,000 reviewers dedicated their time and expertise to MDPI journals. From this community, we are proud to recognize 356 recipients of the Outstanding Reviewer Awards, who went above and beyond by providing timely, thorough and constructive feedback.
These awards are not only a token of our appreciation but also a reflection of the values we stand for: rigor, fairness and collaboration in advancing science.
To explore the full list of awardees across disciplines, from life sciences to the humanities, please visit the following pages:
- Biology and Life Sciences
- Business and Economics
- Chemistry and Materials Science
- Computer Science and Mathematics
- Engineering
- Environmental and Earth Sciences
- Medicine and Pharmacology
- Physical Sciences
- Public Health and Healthcare
- Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities
About MDPI Awards
To recognize the academic community, MDPI journals regularly offer various awards to researchers in specific fields. Serving as a source of recognition and inspiration, these awards help increase the influence of scholars who have been credited with outstanding achievements and are making a significant contribution to the advancement of their respective fields.
To explore more opening Outstanding Reviewer Awards, please click here.
To all our reviewers: thank you for being the foundation of trust that makes open access publishing possible!
Chief Executive Officer
MDPI AG
28 August 2025
Mathematics | Top 10 Highly Viewed Papers Published in 2023–2024 in the “Difference and Differential Equations” Section
22 August 2025
Mathematics | Top 10 Highly Viewed Papers in 2023–2024 in the “Dynamical Systems” Section
13 August 2025
Mathematics | Academic Editor Meeting at EUSFLAT 2025 Held on 24 July 2025
On 24 July 2025 Mathematics (ISSN: 2227-7390) hosted its academic editor meeting at EUSFLAT 2025, held from 21 to 25 July 2025 in Riga, Latvia.
The hybrid meeting brought together 16 academic editors, combining in-person and virtual participation to discuss the journal’s strategic development. The Editorial Office expresses its deepest gratitude to all attending editors for their dedicated support and valuable contributions. The face-to-face interactions proved particularly fruitful in fostering collaborative discussions, and we look forward to welcoming even more Editors at future gatherings in different regions.
The meeting began with a light icebreaker, where participants introduced themselves and shared their academic backgrounds and experience with Mathematics (ISSN: 2227-7390) and MDPI. This was followed by a brief overview of Mathematics, performance statistics, and outreach activities.
The following topics were discussed:
- How to handle manuscripts with authors with multiple/changing affiliations or extensive international co-authorships and how to detect potential paper mill submissions;
- Additional strategies to strengthen our position in the WoS and Scopus databases;
- Strategies to boost journal visibility;
- Experience working with Mathematics—ideas and suggestions.
Attendee List (in no particular order):
Offline:
- Prof. Dr. Bernard De Baets, KERMIT, Department of Data Analysis and Mathematical Modeling, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Gent, Belgium;
- Prof. Dr. Przemysław Grzegorzewski, 1 Faculty of Mathematics and Information Science, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland; 2 Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Newelska 6, 01-447 Warsaw, Poland;
- Prof. Dr. Jesús Medina, Department of Mathematics, University of Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain;
- Dr. Juan José Miñana, Departamento de Matemática Aplicada, Universitat Politècnica de València, C/Paranimf, Grao de Gandia, 46730 Valencia, Spain;
- Prof. Dr. Javier Montero, Faculty of Mathematics, Complutense University, 2840 Madrid, Spain;
- Prof. Dr. Vilém Novák, Institute for Research and Applications of Fuzzy Modeling, University of Ostrava, 30. dubna 22, 702 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic;
- Prof. Dr. Manuel Ojeda-Aciego, Department Matemática Aplicada, Universidad de Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain;
- Prof. Dr. Irina Perfilieva, Institute for Research and Applications of Fuzzy Modeling, University of Ostrava, 701 03 Ostrava, Czech Republic;
- Dr. Martin Štěpnička, 1 Institute for Research and Applications of Fuzzy Modeling, University of Ostrava, 701 03 Ostrava, Czech Republic; 2 IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center, Technical University of Ostrava, 708 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic;
- Ljiljana Spasojevic, Journal Relations Specialist.
Online:
- Dr. Mariana I. Durcheva, 1 Department of Mathematics, Sami Shamoon College of Engineering, Ashdod 77245, Israel; 2 Department of Informatics, Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Informatics, Technical University of Sofia, 1797 Sofia, Bulgaria;
- Prof. Dr. Vassilis C. Gerogiannis, Department of Digital Systems, Faculty of Technology, University of Thessaly, Geopolis Campus, GR 41500 Larissa, Greece;
- Dr. Gabriel Marín Díaz, Departamento de Sistemas Informáticos y Computación, Facultad de Estudios Estadísticos, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain;
- Dr. Valério Salomon, School of Engineering and Sciences, Universidade Estadual Paulista, São Paul 01049-010, Brazil;
- Dr. Stoyan Tranev, Faculty of Natural Sciences, “Prof. Asen Zlatarov” University, Burgas 8000, Bulgaria;
- Prof. Dr. Junzo Watada, Graduate School of Information, Production and Systems, Waseda University, Kitakyushu 808-0135, Japan.
We ended the meeting with an open sharing session, where editors reflected on their experiences working with Mathematics and offered thoughtful suggestions for improvement. We are truly grateful to all attendees for their time, ideas, and commitment. Collaborating with such passionate scholars is an honor, and we look forward to working closely together in the future!
13 August 2025
Meet Us at the 23rd Annual Conference of China Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 23–26 October 2025, Changsha, China
31 July 2025
Mathematics | Top 10 Highly Viewed Papers in 2023–2024 in the “Geometry and Topology” Section
We would like to invite you to explore the top 10 highly viewed papers in 2023 and 2024 in the Section “Geometry and Topology” in Mathematics (ISSN: 2227-7390). These papers have been carefully selected for their exceptional quality and relevance and represent cutting-edge research in geometry and topology.
1. “The Problems of Dimension Four, and Some Ramifications”
by Valentin Poénaru
Mathematics 2023, 11(18), 3826; https://doi.org/10.3390/math11183826
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/11/18/3826
2. “Recent Developments on the First Chen Inequality in Differential Geometry”
by Bang-Yen Chen and Gabriel-Eduard Vîlcu
Mathematics 2023, 11(19), 4186; https://doi.org/10.3390/math11194186
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/11/19/4186
3. “Locally Balanced G-Designs”
by Paola Bonacini, Mario Gionfriddo and Lucia Marino
Mathematics 2023, 11(2), 408; https://doi.org/10.3390/math11020408
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/11/2/408
4. “On Some Weingarten Surfaces in the Special Linear Group SL(2,ℝ)”
by Marian Ioan Munteanu
Mathematics 2023, 11(22), 4636; https://doi.org/10.3390/math11224636
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/11/22/4636
5. “Geodesics and Translation Curves in 
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by Zlatko Erjavec
Mathematics 2023, 11(6), 1533; https://doi.org/10.3390/math11061533
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/11/6/1533
6. “A Differential Relation of Metric Properties for Orientable Smooth Surfaces in ℝ3”
by Sungmin Ryu
Mathematics 2023, 11(10), 2337; https://doi.org/10.3390/math11102337
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/11/10/2337
7. “Pairs of Associated Yamabe Almost Solitons with Vertical Potential on Almost Contact Complex Riemannian Manifolds”
by Mancho Manev
Mathematics 2023, 11(13), 2870; https://doi.org/10.3390/math11132870
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/11/13/2870
8. “Quasi-Statistical Schouten–van Kampen Connections on the Tangent Bundle”
by Simona-Luiza Druta-Romaniuc
Mathematics 2023, 11(22), 4614; https://doi.org/10.3390/math11224614
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/11/22/4614
9. “Explicit Parameterizations of Ortho-Symplectic Matrices in ℝ4”
by Clementina D. Mladenova and Ivaïlo M. Mladenov
Mathematics 2024, 12(16), 2439; https://doi.org/10.3390/math12162439
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/12/16/2439
10. “Dupin Cyclides Passing through a Fixed Circle”
by Jean Michel Menjanahary and Raimundas Vidunas
Mathematics 2024, 12(10), 1505; https://doi.org/10.3390/math12101505
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/12/10/1505
