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MDPI will be attending the 21st National Electrochemistry Conference, organized by the Chinese Society of Electrochemistry (CSE) and hosted by the Dalian University of Technology, which will be held from 22 to 25 May 2023, in Dalian, China. The conference will focus on the development of electrochemical science and comprehensively present the latest research progress and results achieved in electrochemistry in China in the new era. The aim is to promote the application of electrochemical science and technology in energy, environment, materials and other relevant fields, and to achieve the sustainable development of society.

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MDPI will be attending the 2023 Science and Technology Annual Meeting of Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences, which will be held from 22 to 23 April 2023, in Nanchang, China. The theme of the annual meeting is “Develop green and low-carbon, build a beautiful China”.

The annual meeting has arranged for an opening ceremony and specially invited keynote speeches, subsession seminars, high-end forums, special sessions for young scientists, poster exchanges, environmental protection science and technology achievement exhibitions, special events, etc. A total of 1800 delegates are expected to attend. Four academicians and other well-known experts are expected to deliver keynote speeches on climate change, the prevention and control of atmospheric, water, and soil environmental pollution, and environmental management science as well as technology. The invited keynote speeches touch on fields such as achievements in transformation.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Sustainability;
• Toxics;
• Energies;
• Climate;
• Land;
• Minerals;
• Resources;
• Forests;
• Remote Sensing;
• Earth;
• Clean Technologies.
  

Minerals (ISSN: 2075-163X) has launched the Section “Clays and Engineered Mineral Materials”. This Section covers various aspects of the mineralogy, geochemistry, and genesis of natural clay materials and other associated industrial minerals, with an additional interest in experimental and theoretical research on the structure, properties, and applications of broadly described natural and engineered layered and nanoporous minerals, including clays, layered double hydroxides (LDHs), zeolites, cementitious phases, and other related mineral materials. The Section focuses on linking together their detailed characterization using various diffraction, scattering, and spectroscopic techniques (X-ray, neutron, NMR, IR, Raman, AFM, etc.), computational multiscale modeling of their properties, and their diverse applications in geological and technological settings, such as mineral weathering, geological disposal of chemical and radioactive wastes, geological carbon sequestration, exploration of conventional and unconventional hydrocarbon resources, catalysis, construction, healthcare products, etc.

We are pleased to present the 2022 Editor’s Choice Articles, a carefully curated list of high-quality articles from “Clays and Engineered Mineral Materials”:

“Characterisation of the Hydration Products of a Chemically and Mechanically Activated High Coal Fly Ash Hybrid Cement”
by Grizelda du Toit, Elizabet M. van der Merwe, Richard A. Kruger, James M. McDonald and Elsabé P. Kearsley
Minerals 2022, 12(2), 157; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12020157
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/2/157

“Fabrication of Hydrotalcite-like Copper Hydroxyl Salts as a Photocatalyst and Adsorbent for Hexavalent Chromium Removal”
by Chitiphon Chuaicham, Karthikeyan Sekar, Vellaichamy Balakumar, Li Zhang, Jirawat Trakulmututa, Siwaporn Meejoo Smith and Keiko Sasaki
Minerals 2022, 12(2), 182; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12020182
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/2/182

“Lime and Cement Plasters from 20th Century Buildings: Raw Materials and Relations between Mineralogical–Petrographic Characteristics and Chemical–Physical Compatibility with the Limestone Substrate”
by Stefano Columbu, Marco Usai, Concetta Rispoli and Dario Fancello
Minerals 2022, 12(2), 226; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12020226
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/2/226

“Preparation and Swelling Inhibition of Mixed Metal Hydroxide to Bentonite Clay”
by Bowen Zhang, Qingchen Wang, Yan Wei, Wei Wei, Weichao Du, Jie Zhang, Gang Chen and Michal Slaný
Minerals 2022, 12(4), 459; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12040459
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/4/459

“Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Cryo-Electron Microscopy Investigation of AOT Surfactant Structure at the Hydrated Mica Surface”
by Daniel M. Long, Jeffery A. Greathouse, Guangping Xu and Katherine L. Jungjohann
Minerals 2022, 12(4), 479; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12040479
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/4/479

“Effect of Structural Fe Reduction on Water Sorption by Swelling and Non-Swelling Clay Minerals”
by Christos Vasilopanagos, Cédric Carteret, Stephen Hillier, Anke Neumann, Harry J. L. Brooksbank and Hugh Christopher Greenwell
Minerals 2022, 12(4), 453; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12040453
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/4/453

“Adsorption of Cs(I) and Sr(II) on Bentonites with Different Compositions at Different pH”
by Yulia Izosimova, Irina Gurova, Inna Tolpeshta, Michail Karpukhin, Sergey Zakusin, Olga Zakusina, Alexey Samburskiy and Victoria Krupskaya
Minerals 2022, 12(7), 862; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12070862
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/7/862

“Evolution of the Reaction and Alteration of Granite with Ordinary Portland Cement Leachates: Sequential Flow Experiments and Reactive Transport Modelling”
by Keith Bateman, Shota Murayama, Yuji Hanamachi, James Wilson, Takamasa Seta, Yuki Amano, Mitsuru Kubota, Yuji Ohuchi and Yukio Tachi
Minerals 2022, 12(7), 883; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12070883
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/7/883

“Prediction of the Adsorption Behaviors of Radionuclides onto Bentonites Using a Machine Learning Method”
by Do-Hyeon Kim and Jun-Yeop Lee
Minerals 2022, 12(10), 1207; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12101207
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/10/1207

“Structural and Elastic Behaviour of Sodalite Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2 at High-Pressure by First-Principle Simulations”
by Gianfranco Ulian and Giovanni Valdrè
Minerals 2022, 12(10), 1323; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12101323
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/10/1323

“Alkali-Activated Metakaolins: Mineral Chemistry and Quantitative Mineral Composition”
by Marta Valášková, Zdeněk Klika, Jozef Vlček, Lenka Matějová, Michaela Topinková, Helena Pálková and Jana Madejová
Minerals 2022, 12(11), 1342; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12111342
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/11/1342

“Evaluation of Different Dispersants on the Dispersion/Sedimentation Behavior of Halloysite, Kaolinite, and Quartz Suspensions in the Enrichment of Halloysite Ore by Mechanical Dispersion”
by Emrah Durgut, Mustafa Cinar, Mert Terzi, Ilgin Kursun Unver, Yildiz Yildirim and Orhan Ozdemir
Minerals 2022, 12(11), 1426; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12111426
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/11/1426

“Magnetic Nanosorbents Based on Bentonite and CoFe2O4 Spinel”
by Nataliya Khodosova, Lyudmila Novikova, Elena Tomina, Larisa Belchinskaya, Alexander Zhabin, Nikolay Kurkin, Victoria Krupskaya, Olga Zakusina, Tatiana Koroleva, Ekaterina Tyupina et al.
Minerals 2022, 12(11), 1474; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12111474
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/11/1474

“Impacts of Crystalline Host Rock on Repository Barrier Materials at 250 °C: Hydrothermal Co-Alteration of Wyoming Bentonite and Steel in the Presence of Grimsel Granodiorite”
by Amber Zandanelm, Kirsten B. Sauer, Marlena Rock, Florie A. Caporuscio, Katherine Telfeyan and Edward N. Matteo
Minerals 2022, 12(12), 1556; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12121556
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/12/1556

“Advances in Carbon Nanomaterial–Clay Nanocomposites for Diverse Applications”
by Jayanta S. Boruah and Devasish Chowdhury
Minerals 2023, 13(1), 26; https://doi.org/10.3390/min13010026
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/13/1/26

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the research groups that submitted to Minerals. We would appreciate it if you would circulate this document among your colleagues and network. Furthermore, the following opportunities for collaboration may be of interest:

Submitting a manuscript:
This Section is currently open for submissions. Papers may be submitted via the following link: https://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload?journal=minerals.

Launching a Special Issue:
You have the opportunity to propose hot topics and edit a Special Issue together with experts in the field.

Joining the Editorial Board:
If you are an active researcher in the field of clays and engineered mineral materials and are interested in joining the Editorial Board, please do not hesitate to get in touch (minerals@mdpi.com).

Minerals Editorial Office

Minerals (ISSN: 2075-163X) has launched the “Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry” Section. This Section covers various interactions of minerals with their environments and ecosystems. These include the contact of minerals with the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere in natural and engineered systems, leading to mineral formation, alteration, and solubilization. Examples of relevant application areas are natural processes such as weathering, the biogeochemical cycling of elements and sedimentation, as well as contamination and related risk analysis. Moreover, engineering applications, such as CO₂ sequestration, bioleaching, geoengineering, remediation, and waste management, are also considered.

We are pleased to present the 2022 Editor’s Choice Articles, a carefully curated list of high-quality articles from the “Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry” Section:

“Petrographic Record and Conditions of Expansive Hydration of Anhydrite in the Recent Weathering Zone at the Abandoned Dingwall Gypsum Quarry, Nova Scotia, Canada”
by Adrian Jarzyna, Maciej Bąbel, Damian Ługowski and Firouz Vladi
Minerals 2022, 12(1), 58; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12010058
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/1/58

“Aquatic Ecological Risk of Heavy-Metal Pollution Associated with Degraded Mining Landscapes of the Southern Africa River Basins: A Review”
by Kennedy O. Ouma, Agabu Shane and Stephen Syampungani
Minerals 2022, 12(2), 225; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12020225
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/2/225

“Contrasting Modes of Carbonate Precipitation in a Hypersaline Microbial Mat and Their Influence on Biomarker Preservation (Kiritimati, Central Pacific)”
by Yan Shen, Pablo Suarez-Gonzalez and Joachim Reitner
Minerals 2022, 12(2), 267; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12020267
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/2/267

“Development and Description of a Composite Hydrogeologic Framework for Inclusion in a Geoenvironmental Assessment of Undiscovered Uranium Resources in Pliocene- to Pleistocene-Age Geologic Units of the Texas Coastal Plain”
by Andrew P. Teeple, Kent D. Becher, Katherine Walton-Day, Delbert G. Humberson and Tanya J. Gallegos
Minerals 2022, 12(4), 420; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12040420
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/4/420

“Stratigraphy, Paleogeography and Depositional Setting of the K–Mg Salts in the Zechstein Group of Netherlands—Implications for the Development of Salt Caverns”
by Alexandre Pichat
Minerals 2022, 12(4), 486; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12040486
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/4/486

“Mining and Metallurgical Waste as Potential Secondary Sources of Metals—A Case Study for the West Balkan Region”
by Robert Šajn, Ivica Ristović and Barbara Čeplak
Minerals 2022, 12(5), 547; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12050547
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/5/547

“Restoration Insights Gained from a Field Deployment of Dithionite and Acetate at a Uranium In Situ Recovery Mine”
by Paul Reimus, James Clay and Noah Jemison
Minerals 2022, 12(6), 711; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12060711
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/6/711

“Evolution of Sulfidic Legacy Mine Tailings: A Review of the Wheal Maid Site, UK”
by Verity Fitch, Anita Parbhakar-Fox, Richard Crane and Laura Newsome
Minerals 2022, 12(7), 848; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12070848
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/7/848

“Quaternary Glauconitization on Gulf of Guinea, Glauconite Factory: Overview of and New Data on Tropical Atlantic Continental Shelves and Deep Slopes”
by Pierre Giresse
Minerals 2022, 12(7), 908; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12070908
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/7/908

“Paleoenvironmental Conditions and Factors Controlling Organic Carbon Accumulation during the Jurassic–Early Cretaceous, Egypt: Organic and Inorganic Geochemical Approach”
by Ahmed Mansour, Thomas Gentzis, Ibrahim M. Ied, Mohamed S. Ahmed and Michael Wagreich
Minerals 2022, 12(10), 1213; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12101213
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/10/1213

“Coastal Environment Impact on the Construction Materials of Anfushi’s Necropolis (Pharos’s Island) in Alexandria, Egypt”
by Abdelrhman Fahmy, Thomas Gentzis, Ibrahim M. Ied, Mohamed S. Ahmed and
Michael Wagreich
Minerals 2022, 12(10), 1235; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12101235
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/10/1235

“Microbial Mat Stratification in Travertine Depositions of Greek Hot Springs and Biomineralization Processes”
by Christos Kanellopoulos, Vasiliki Lamprinou, Artemis Politi, Panagiotis Voudouris, Ioannis Iliopoulos, Maria Kokkaliari, Leonidas Moforis and Athena Economou-Amilli
Minerals 2022, 12(11), 1408; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12111408
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/11/1408

“Mineralogical and Geochemical Characteristics of the H-Pit of the Chatree Gold Deposit, Central Thailand: A Case Study for Assessment of Acid Rock Drainage and Heavy Metal Sources”
by Sirawit Kaewpaluk, Abhisit Salam, Thitiphan Assawincharoenkij, Takayuki Manaka, Sopit Poompuang and Surachat Munsamai
Minerals 2022, 12(11), 1446; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12111446
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/11/1446

“The Role of Microorganisms in the Nucleation of Carbonates, Environmental Implications and Applications”
by Ana Robles-Fernández, Camila Areias, Daniele Daffonchio, Volker C. Vahrenkamp and Mónica Sánchez-Román
Minerals 2022, 12(12), 1562; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12121562
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/12/1562

“Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Conventional and Dry Stack Tailings Disposal Schemes: A Case Study in Northern China”
by Kun Wang, Zheng Zhang, Liyi Zhu, Xiuzhi Yang, Miao Chen and Chao Yang
Minerals 2022, 12(12), 1603; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12121603
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/12/1603

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the research groups that submitted to Minerals. We would appreciate it if you would circulate this document among your colleagues and network.

Furthermore, the following opportunities for collaboration may be of interest:

Submitting a manuscript:
This Section is currently open for submissions. Papers may be submitted via the following link: https://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload?journal=minerals.

Launching a Special Issue:
You have the opportunity to propose hot topics and edit a Special Issue together with experts in the field: https://www.mdpi.com/journalproposal/sendproposalspecialissue/minerals.

Joining the Editorial Board:
If you are an active researcher in the field of environmental mineralogy and biogeochemistry, and are interested in joining the Editorial Board, please do not hesitate to get in touch (minerals@mdpi.com).

Minerals Editorial Office

Minerals (ISSN: 2075-163X) has launched the Section “Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology“. This Section invites contributions that focus on all areas relating to the investigation of the chemical composition of minerals, radiometric age dating of minerals, and characterization of geologic, environmental, and anthropogenic samples. We seek studies that will provide new insights into the conditions of mineral formation/paragenesis at various temperature and pressure regimes, including interactions of minerals with the geosphere (lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere). Studies may use novel or standard analytical, imaging, diffraction, microscopic, spectroscopic, synchrotron, and computer modeling techniques. Geochronological investigations reporting novel age determinations for various minerals and bulk samples or breakthroughs in analytical methods are welcome; these may employ various analytical methods and instrumentation (HR-ICP−MS, MC-ICP−MS, quadrupole ICP−MS, SIMS, and TIMS). We also encourage the submission of studies reporting multi-laboratory, round robin investigations, and those that propose new standard reference materials that improve the accuracy and precision of trace element data and age determinations.

We are pleased to present the 2022 Editor’s Choice Articles, a carefully curated list of high-quality articles from the Section “Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology”:

“Compositional Closure—Its Origin Lies Not in Mathematics but Rather in Nature Itself”
by Nicholas E. Pingitore, Jr. and Mark A. Engle
Minerals 2022, 12(1), 74; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12010074
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/1/74

“Zircon (U-Th)/He Closure Temperature Lower Than Apatite Thermochronometric Systems: Reconciliation of a Paradox”
by Benjamin Gérard, Xavier Robert, Djordje Grujic, Cécile Gautheron, Laurence Audin, Matthias Bernet and Mélanie Balvay
Minerals 2022, 12(2), 145; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12020145
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/2/145

“Formation of Esseneite and Kushiroite in Tschermakite-Bearing Calc-Silicate Xenoliths Ejected in Alkali Basalt”
by Luca Reato, Monika Huraiová, Patrik Konečný, František Marko and Vratislav Hurai
Minerals 2022, 12(2), 156; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12020156
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/2/156

“Interplay of Multiple Sediment Routing Systems Revealed by Combined Sandstone Petrography and Heavy Mineral Analysis (HMA) in the South Pyrenean Foreland Basin”
by Xavier Coll, Marta Roigé, David Gómez-Gras, Antonio Teixell, Salvador Boya and Narcís Mestres
Minerals 2022, 12(2), 262; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12020262
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/2/262

“Automated Quantitative Characterization REE Ore Mineralogy from the Giant Bayan Obo Deposit, Inner Mongolia, China”
by Taotao Liu, Wenlei Song, Jindrich Kynicky, Jinkun Yang, Qian Chen and Haiyan Tang
Minerals 2022, 12(4), 426; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12040426
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/4/426

“Assessment of the Effect of Organic Matter on Rare Earth Elements and Yttrium Using the Zhijin Early Cambrian Phosphorite as an Example”
by Shengwei Wu, Haiying Yang, Haifeng Fan, Yong Xia, Qingtian Meng, Shan He and Xingxiang Gong
Minerals 2022, 12(7), 876; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12070876
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/7/876

“Application of Raman Spectroscopy for Studying Shocked Zircon from Terrestrial and Lunar Impactites: A Systematic Review”
by Dmitry A. Zamyatin
Minerals 2022, 12(8), 969; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12080969
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/8/969

“Origin of Historical Ba-Rich Slags Related to Pb-Ag Production from Jihlava Ore District (Czech Republic)”
by Jaroslav Kapusta, Zdeněk Dolníček, Ondra Sracek and Karel Malý
Minerals 2022, 12(8), 985; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12080985
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/8/985

“Data Quality in Geochemical Elemental and Isotopic Analysis”
by V. Balaram and M. Satyanarayanan
Minerals 2022, 12(8), 999; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12080999
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/8/999

“Geochemical Indication of Functional Zones at the Archaeological Sites of Eastern Europe”
by Marianna Kulkova
Minerals 2022, 12(9), 1075; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12091075
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/9/1075

“Geochemical and Sr-Isotopic Study of Clinopyroxenes from Somma-Vesuvius Lavas: Inferences for Magmatic Processes and Eruptive Behavior”
by Valeria Di Renzo, Carlo Pelullo, Ilenia Arienzo, Lucia Civetta, Paola Petrosino and Massimo D’Antonio
Minerals 2022, 12(9), 1114; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12091114
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/9/1114

“The Earliest Generation of Diamond: The First Find of a Diamond Inclusion in Kimberlitic Olivine”
by Lyudmila Pokhilenko, Nikolay Pokhilenko, Vladimir Malkovets and Taisia Alifirova
Minerals 2023, 13(1), 36; https://doi.org/10.3390/min13010036
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/13/1/36

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the research groups that submitted to Minerals. We would appreciate it if you would circulate this document among your colleagues and network. Furthermore, the following opportunities for collaboration may be of interest:

Submitting a manuscript:
This Section is currently open for submissions. Papers may be submitted via the following link: https://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload?journal=minerals.

Launching a Special Issue:
You have the opportunity to propose hot topics and edit a Special Issue together with experts in the field: https://www.mdpi.com/journalproposal/sendproposalspecialissue/minerals.

Joining the Editorial Board:
If you are an active researcher in the field of clays and engineered mineral materials and are interested in joining the Editorial Board, please do not hesitate to get in touch (minerals@mdpi.com).

Minerals Editorial Office

Conference: Joint Conference on Environmental Chemicals Japan 2023
Date: 30 May–2 June 2023
Location: Tokushima, Japan

MDPI will be attending the Joint Conference on Environmental Chemicals Japan 2023 as an exhibitor; we welcome researchers from different backgrounds to visit and share their latest ideas with us.

This conference is organized by the Japan Society of Endocrine Disruptors Research, the Japanese Society of Environmental Toxicology, and the Japan Society of Environmental Chemistry. The theme of the conference is “Beyond Disciplines to Solve Environmental Chemical Problems: Developing New Research from Diverse Perspectives”. At the conference, specialists will share and discuss the latest research on and applications of environmental and chemical substances to society.

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• Sustainability;
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• Minerals;
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• Environments;
• JoX.

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After the Special Issue closes, the Editorial Office will provide official certificates for all the mentors and early career researchers.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your Special Issue proposal to the Editorial Office of a journal you choose, and we will discuss the process (i.e., mentor collaboration, Special Issue topic feasibility analysis, etc.) in further detail. The full list of MDPI journals is as follows: https://www.mdpi.com/about/journals.

In addition to the new Special Issue Mentor Program, we will continue to welcome all Special Issue proposals focusing on hot research topics.