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Oscar De Lucio |
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Abdessamad Belhaj |
Hany H. Arab |
Otilia Manta |
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Abdolreza Jamilian |
Hao Zang |
Panagiotis D. Michailidis |
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Abiel Aguilar-González |
Henry Alba |
Paola Prete |
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Adina Santana |
Hiroyuki Noda |
Paolo Trucillo |
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Aditya Velidandi |
Hitoshi Tanaka |
Patricia Kara De Maeijer |
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Adrian Stancu |
Horst Lenske |
Patrícia Pires |
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Adriana Borodzhieva |
Hossein Azadi |
Paulo Schwingel |
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Adriana Cristina Urcan |
Houlin Yu |
Pavel Loskot |
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Adriano Bressane |
Huaifu Deng |
Pedro García-Ramírez |
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Agbotiname Imoize |
Huamin Jie |
Pedro Pablo Zamora |
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Agustin L. Herrera-May |
Hugo Lisboa |
Pedro Pereira |
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Ahmed Arafa |
Igor L. Zakharov |
Pei-Hsun Wang |
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Ahmet Cagdas Seckin |
Igor Litvinchev |
Pellegrino La Manna |
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Ailton Cesar Lemes |
Igor Vujović |
Petar Ozretić |
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Akash Kumar |
Ildiko Horvath |
Petko Petkov |
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Akihiko Murayama |
Ilya A. Khodov |
Petr Komínek |
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Alain E. Le Faou |
Ilya Zavidovskiy |
Petras Prakas |
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Alain Massart |
Imran Ali Lakhiar |
Petro Pukach |
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Alejandro Plascencia |
Ines Aguinaga-Ontoso |
Petru Alexandru Vlaicu |
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Aleksandar Ašonja |
Ioan Hutu |
Phil Chilibeck |
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Aleksandra Głowacka |
Ioan Petean |
Pia Lopez-Jornet |
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Aleksandra Nesić |
Irena M. Ilic |
Pietro Geri |
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Alessio Ardizzone |
Isaac Lifshitz |
Pingfan Hu |
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Alessio Faccia |
Ismael Cristofer Baierle |
Piotr Cyklis |
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Alexander E. Berezin |
I-Ta Lee |
Piotr Gauden |
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Alexander Lykov |
Itzhak Aviv |
Piotr Gawda |
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Alexander Robitzsch |
Iustinian Bejan |
Pradeep Kumar Panda |
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Alexandre Landry |
Ivan Matveev |
Pradeep Varadwaj |
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Alexey Chubarov |
Ivan Pavlenko |
Presentación Caballero |
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Alexey Morgounov |
Ivana Mitrović |
Pu Xie |
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Alexis Rodríguez |
Iyyakkannu Sivanesan |
Qingchao Li |
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Alfredo Silveira De Borba |
Jacek Abramczyk |
Qinghua Qiu |
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Ali Hashemizdeh |
Jacques Cabaret |
Qingwei Chen |
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Alison De Oliveira Moraes |
Jaime A. Mella-Raipán |
Radoslaw Jasinski |
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Aliyu Aliyu |
Jaime Taha-Tijerina |
Radu Racovita |
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Alok Dhaundiyal |
James Chun Lam Chow |
Rafael Galvão De Almeida |
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Álvaro Antón-Sancho |
James Chung-Wai Cheung |
Rafael Melo |
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Amit Ranjan |
James O. Finckenauer |
Rafal Kukawka |
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Amritlal Mandal |
Jan Cieśliński |
Rafał Watrowski |
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Ana Isabel Roca-Fernández |
Ján Moravec |
Raffaele Pellegrino |
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Ana Tomić |
Jarbas Miguel |
Rajender Boddula |
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Anas Alsobeh |
Jaroslav Dvorak |
Ralf Hofmann |
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Anastasios Karayiannakis |
Jarosław Przybył |
Ran Wang |
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Andre Luiz Costa |
Jasenka Gajdoš Kljusurić |
Ranko S. Romanić |
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Andrea Bianconi |
Jasmina Lukinac |
Ratna Kishore Velamati |
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Andrea Sonaglioni |
Jawad Tanveer |
Rebecca Creamer |
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Andrea Tomassi |
Jean Carlos Bettoni |
Reggie Surya |
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Andrés Fernando Barajas Solano |
Jennie Golding |
Rehan Siddiqui |
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Andrés Novoa |
Jerzy Chudek |
Renato Maaliw |
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Andreu Comas-Garcia |
Jhih-Rong Liao |
Reuven Yosef |
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Andrew Lane |
Jiachen Li |
Ricardo García-León |
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Andrew Lothian |
Jianzhu Liu |
Richard Murray |
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Andrew Sortwell |
Jiaquan Yu |
Robert Boyd |
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Andrius Katkevičius |
Jibing Chen |
Robert H. Eibl |
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Andromachi Nanou |
Jie Gao |
Robert James Crammond |
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Andrzej Kielian |
Jie Hua |
Robert Oleniacz |
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Andrzej Kozłowski |
Jill Channing |
Roberto Passera |
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Andrzej Zolnowski |
Jinfeng Li |
Rodolpho Fernando Vaz |
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Ángel Josabad Alonso-Castro |
Jinle Xiang |
Rodrigo Galo |
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Ángel Llamas |
Jinliu Chen |
Roger E. Thomas |
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Angelo Ferlazzo |
Jinyao Lin |
Roger W. Bachmann |
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Angelo Marcelo Tusset |
Jinyu Hu |
Rogério Leone Buchaim |
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Anil K. Meher |
Jiří Remr |
Roman Trach |
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Animesh Kumar Basak |
Jiying Liu |
Roman Trochimczuk |
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Anita Silvana Ilak Peršurić |
João Everthon Da Silva Ribeiro |
Romil Parikh |
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Anna Kharkova |
Joao Pessoa |
Romina Fucà |
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Anna Lenart-Boroń |
Joaquim Carreras |
Ronald Nelson |
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Anna Piotrowska |
John Adams Sebastian |
Rosie Yagmur Yegin |
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Anne Anderson |
John Van Boxel |
Roxana Lucaciu |
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Antiopi-Malvina Stamatellou |
Jonathan Puente-Rivera |
Rui Sales Júnior |
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Antonia Kondou |
Jordi-Roger Riba |
Rui Vitorino |
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Antonio Miguel Ruiz Armenteros |
Jorge De Andres-Sanchez |
Ruo Wang |
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Anusorn Cherdthong |
Jorge Guillermo Diaz Rodriguez |
Ryoma Michishita |
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Aram Cornaggia |
Jorge Luis Zambrano-Martinez |
Sabina Necula |
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Ariana Saraiva |
José F. Fontanari |
Sabina Umirzakova |
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Ariel Soares Teles |
José Felipe Orzuna-Orzuna |
Said EL-Ashker |
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Aristeidis Karras |
José Francisco Segura Plaza |
Saïf Ed-Dı̂n Fertahi |
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Arnaud Dragicevic |
José Luis Díaz |
Salvatore Romano |
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Artem Obukhov |
José Luis Rivera-Armenta |
Sándor Beszédes |
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Arvind Kumar Shukla |
Jose M. Miranda |
Santiago Lain |
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Arvind Negi |
Jose M. Mulet |
Sara Black Brown |
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Athanasios A. Panagiotopoulos |
Jose Navarro-Pedreño |
Sarat Chandra Mohapatra |
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Augustine Edegbene |
José Pedro Cerdeira |
Sarunas Grigaliunas |
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Aunchalee Aussanasuwannakul |
Jouni Räisänen |
Saša Milojević |
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Aurel Maxim |
Jui-Yang Lai |
Sawsan A. Zaitone |
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Barbara Symanowicz |
Juliana Fernandes |
Scott E. Hendrix |
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Bartosz Płachno |
Julio Plaza Díaz |
Seong-Gon Kim |
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Bela Kocsis |
Juliusz Huber |
Sergii Babichev |
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Benedetto Schiavo |
Jun Liu |
Sergio Da Silva |
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Bernhard Koelmel |
Junyu Chen |
Sérgio Felipe |
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Bhupendra Prajapati |
Karan Nayak |
Sergio Guzmán-Pino |
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Bierng-Chearl Ahn |
Karel Allegaert |
Seyed Kourosh Mahjour |
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Bo Zhou |
Katarina Aškerc Zadravec |
Seyed Masoud Parsa |
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Bohong Zhang |
Katarzyna Kubiak-Wójcicka |
Shedrach Benjamin Pewan |
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Bonface Ombasa Manono |
Katarzyna Peta |
Shehwaz Anwar |
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Bozhidar Stefanov |
Katarzyna Tandecka |
Shengwen Tang |
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Brach Poston |
Katherine Bussey |
Shih-Lin Lin |
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Byeong Yong Kong |
Katsuya Ichinose |
Shilong Li |
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Caio Sampaio |
Kazuharu Bamba |
Shing-Hwa Liu |
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Caius Panoiu |
Kazuhiko Kotani |
Shu Yuan |
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Caiyun Wang |
Kazuhiko Nakadate |
Shuohong Wang |
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Calin Mircea Gherman |
Keigi Fujiwara |
Shuolin Xiao |
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Camelia Delcea |
Keith Rochfort |
Shuping Wu |
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Cardellicchio Angelo |
Kenneth Waters |
Sihui Dong |
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Carlos Alberto Ligarda Samanez |
Keren Dopelt |
Sławomir Rabczak |
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Carlos Almeida |
Kira E. Vostrikova |
Sojung Kim |
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Carlos Balsas |
Kit Leong Cheong |
Songli Zhu |
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Carlos López-de-Celis |
Konstantinos Vergos |
Soonhee Hwang |
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Carlos Marcuello |
Koyeli Girigoswami |
Soo-Whang Baek |
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Carlos Pascual-Morena |
Krzysztof R. Karsznia |
Soufiane Haddout |
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Carlos Torres-Torres |
Krzysztof Szwajka |
Sousana Papadopoulou |
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Casey Watters |
Krzysztof Wołk |
Spiros Paramithiotis |
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Castillo Castillo |
Kumar Ganesan |
Spyridon Kaltsas |
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Changmin Shi |
Lan Lin |
Srecko Stopic |
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Chao Chen |
László Radócz |
Srinivasan Sathiyaraj |
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Chao Gu |
Laurent Donzé |
Stefano Mancin |
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Chao Zhang (China) |
Lei He |
Subhadeep Das |
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Chao Zhang (Singapore) |
Lei Huang |
Sumedha Nitin Prabhu |
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Chellapandian Maheswaran |
Leonard-Ionut Atanase |
Sushant K. Rawal |
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Cheonshik Kim |
Leonardo Henrique Dalcheco Messias |
Svetoslav Todorov |
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Chia Hung Kao |
Leonie Brummer |
Szymon Janczar |
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Chiachung Chen |
Levon Gevorkov |
Tadeusz Kowalski |
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Chiara Cinquini |
Li Fu |
Tadeusz Sierotowicz |
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Chieh-Chih Tsai |
Lidija Hauptman |
Taha Koray Sahin |
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Christian Rojas |
Lin-Fu Liang |
Tahir Cetin Akinci |
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Chu Zhang |
Ling Yang |
Takuo Sakon |
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Chuanyu Sun |
Lingli Deng |
Tamara Lazarević-Pašti |
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Chun-Wei Yang |
Ljubica Kazi |
Tao Zhang |
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Claudia Bita-Nicolae |
Lotfi Boudjema |
Taras P. Pasternak |
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Constant Mews |
Louis Moustakas |
Tarek Eldomiaty |
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Cristian Vacacela Gomez |
Luca Ulrich |
Taro Urase |
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Cristiano Matos |
Luis Adrian De Jesús-González |
Tenzer Robert |
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Cristian-Valeriu Stanciu |
Luis Alfonso Díaz-Secades |
Thawatchai Phaechamud |
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Cristóbal Macías Villalobos |
Luis Filipe Almeida Bernardo |
Thomas Michael |
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Dalia Calneryte |
Luis Nestor Apaza Ticona |
Tiberiu Harko |
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Daniel Hernandez-Patlan |
Luis Puente-Díaz |
Timea Claudia Ghitea |
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Daniele Ritelli |
Luiz Antonio Alcântara Pereira |
Timothy John Mahony |
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Daniel-Ioan Curiac |
Łukasz Rakoczy |
Timothy Omara |
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Daniil Olennikov |
Łukasz Szeleszczuk |
Tomasz Hikawczuk |
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Daodao Hu |
Maciej Kruszyna |
Tomasz M. Karpiński |
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Daqin Guan |
Magdalena Jaciow |
Tomasz Trzepiecinski |
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Daria Chudakova |
Maha Nasr |
Triantafyllos Didangelos |
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Daria Mottareale-Calvanese |
Maharshi Bhaswant |
Tsvetelin Zaevski |
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Dariusz Dziki |
Maksim Zavalishin |
Ulrich J. Pont |
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Dariusz Gozdowski |
Małgorzata Jeleń |
Vadim Kramar |
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David Kieda |
Man Fai Leung |
Vagner Lunge |
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David Luviano-Cruz |
Manickam Minakshi |
Valério Monteiro-Neto |
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Da-Zhi Sun |
Marcel Sari |
Van Giap Do |
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Debra Wetcher-Hendricks |
Marcello Iasiello |
Van-An Duong |
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Demin Cai |
Marco Limongiello |
Vanni Nicoletti |
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Dennis Dieks |
Marco Zucca |
Vasilios Liordos |
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Deokho Lee |
Marconi Batista Teixeira |
Vedran Mrzljak |
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Deyu Li |
Marcos Vinícius Da Silva |
Vicente Romo Pérez |
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Diego Romano Perinelli |
Marek Cała |
Victor-Alexandru Briciu |
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Dimitris Tatsis |
Maria G. Ioannides |
Viktor V. Brygadyrenko |
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Dirceu Ramos |
Maria João Lima |
Vinícius Silva Belo |
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Dmitrii Pankin |
Maria Kantzanou |
Violeta Popovici |
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Dmitriy Yambulatov |
Maria Leonor Abrantes Pires |
Viorel Dragos Radu |
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Dmitry Kultin |
Mariana Buranelo Egea |
Viswas Raja Solomon |
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Dongwei Di |
Mariana Magalhães |
Viviani Oliveira |
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Dorota Formanowicz |
Marija Strojnik |
Vlad Rotaru |
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Dragan Marinkovic |
Marijn Speeckaert |
Vladica Stojanović |
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Drazenko Glavic |
Marina G. Holyavka |
Volodymyr Hrytsyk |
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Duguleana Mihai |
Marina Gravit |
Volodymyr Ponomaryov |
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Dušan S. Dimić |
Mario Cerezo Pizarro |
Waldemar Studziński |
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E Terasa Chen |
Mario Ganau |
Wanming Lin |
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Edoardo Bucchignani |
Mariusz Ptak |
Waseem Jerjes |
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Eduard Zadobrischi |
Marlen Vitales-Noyola |
Wei-Chieh Lee |
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Edwin Villagran |
Marta Forte |
Weiming Fang |
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Eitan Simon |
Martha Rocío Moreno-Jimenez |
Weiren Luo |
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Elena Chitoran |
Marwan El Ghoch |
Weiwei Jiang |
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Elena Marrocchino |
Marzena Włodarczyk-Stasiak |
Wenan Yuan |
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Elisabeta Negrău |
Massimiliano Schiavo |
Wenguang Yang |
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Elisavet Bouloumpasi |
Massoomeh Hedayati Marzbali |
Wenluan Zhang |
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Elochukwu Ukwandu |
Mateusz Rozmiarek |
Wiesław Przygoda |
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Emil Smyk |
Matt Smith |
Wilian Paul Arévalo Cordero |
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Emilio Bucio |
Matteo Riccò |
Wilian Pech-Rodríguez |
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Emmanouil Karampinis |
Matthias Müller |
Wislei R. Osório |
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Md. Ataur Rahman |
Wojciech Sałabun |
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Ewa Chomać-Pierzecka |
Md. Biddut Hossain |
Wojciech Zabierowski |
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Ewa Tomaszewska |
Meisam Abdollahi |
Xiaofei Du |
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Xiaolong Ji |
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Fabio Corti |
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Xiaomin Xu |
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Fahmi Zairi |
Meysam Keshavarz |
Xiaoshuang Ma |
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Fanzhi Kong |
Michael Eisenhut |
Xiaoying Liu |
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Fasih Ullah Haider |
Michael Gerlich |
Xiao-Yong Wang |
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Fayez Tarsha-Kurdi |
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Xinming Zhang |
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Fekete Mónika |
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Xinqiao Liu |
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Felipe Jiménez |
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Feng Wen |
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Xuechen Zheng |
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Xuguang Cai |
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Yair Wiseman |
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Yang Xu |
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Yangwon Lee |
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Flor H. Pujol |
Min Xia |
Yanhong Peng |
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Florin Dumitru Bora |
Mina Tadros |
Yao Ni |
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Yaoxiang Li |
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Yih Jeng |
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21 October 2025
Molecules | Selected Papers on Rare Earth Element
1. “Rare Earths—The Answer to Everything”
by Thomas Behrsing, Victoria L. Blair, Florian Jaroschik, Glen B. Deacon and Peter C. Junk
Molecules 2024, 29(3), 688; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29030688
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/29/3/688
2. “Catalytic Activity of Rare Earth Elements (REEs) in Advanced Oxidation Processes of Wastewater Pollutants: A Review”
by Lorenzo Saviano, Antonios Apostolos Brouziotis, Edith Guadalupe Padilla Suarez, Antonietta Siciliano, Marisa Spampinato, Marco Guida, Marco Trifuoggi, Donatella Del Bianco, Maurizio Carotenuto, Vincenzo Romano Spica et al.
Molecules 2023, 28(17), 6185; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28176185
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/28/17/6185
3. “Green Extractants in Assisting Recovery of REEs: A Case Study”
by Dorota Kołodyńska, Katarzyna Burdzy, Steffi Hunger, Andreas Aurich and Yongming Ju
Molecules 2023, 28(3), 965; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28030965
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/28/3/965
4. “Innovative Integrated Model of Industrial Wastewater Treatment with the Circular Use of Cerium Compounds as Multifunctional Coagulants: Comprehensive Assessment of the Process and Environmental and Economic Aspects”
by Paweł Lejwoda, Barbara Białecka, Anna Śliwińska, Piotr Krawczyk and Maciej Thomas
Molecules 2025, 30(16), 3428; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30163428
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/30/16/3428
5. “Neurotoxicity of Lanthanum Salts: A Narrative Review of Mechanistic Insights from Cellular and Animal Models”
by Tudor Mihai Magdas, Constantin Bodolea, Claudia Gherman, Ariana Raluca Hategan, Dana Alina Magdas, Maria David, Roxana Denisa Capras and Gabriela Adriana Filip
Molecules 2025, 30(18), 3748; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30183748
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/30/18/3748
6. “Voltammetry in Determination of Trace Amounts of Lanthanides—A Review”
by Malgorzata Grabarczyk, Marzena Fialek and Edyta Wlazlowska
Molecules 2023, 28(23), 7755; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28237755
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/28/23/7755
7. “Exploring Optimization of Zeolites as Adsorbents for Rare Earth Elements in Continuous Flow by Machine Learning Techniques”
by Óscar Barros, Pier Parpot, Isabel C. Neves and Teresa Tavares
Molecules 2023, 28(24), 7964; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28247964
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/28/24/7964
8. “Utilizing Deep Eutectic Solvents in the Recycle, Recovery, Purification and Miscellaneous Uses of Rare Earth Elements”
by Francisco Jose Alguacil
Molecules 2024, 29(6), 1356; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29061356
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/29/6/1356
9. “Enhanced Tribodegradation of a Tetracycline Antibiotic by Rare-Earth-Modified Zinc Oxide”
by Dobrina Ivanova, Hristo Kolev, Bozhidar I. Stefanov and Nina Kaneva
Molecules 2024, 29(16), 3913; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29163913
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/29/16/3913
10. “Synthesis and Characterisation of Phosphino-Aryloxide Rare Earth Complexes”
by Elias Alexopoulos, Yu Liu, Alex W. J. Bowles, Benjamin L. L. Réant and Fabrizio Ortu
Molecules 2024, 29(23), 5757; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29235757
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/29/23/5757
11. “Recovery of Nd3+ and Dy3+ from E-Waste Using Adsorbents from Spent Tyre Rubbers: Batch and Column Dynamic Assays”
by Miguel Nogueira, Inês Matos, Maria Bernardo, Filomena Pinto, Isabel Fonseca and Nuno Lapa
Molecules 2025, 30(1), 92; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30010092
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/30/1/92
12. “Porous Single-Crystalline Rare Earth Phosphates Monolith to Enhance Catalytic Activity and Durability”
by Wenting Li, Lingting Ye, Chaoyang Tu and Kui Xie
Molecules 2025, 30(2), 331; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30020331
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/30/2/331
13. “Magnetically Diluted Dy3+ and Yb3+ Squarates Showing Relaxation Tuning and Matrix Dependence”
by Rina Takano and Takayuki Ishida
Molecules 2025, 30(2), 356; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30020356
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/30/2/356
14. “A Photocontrolled Molecular Rotor Based on Azobenzene-Strapped Mixed (Phthalocyaninato)(Porphyrinato) Rare Earth Triple-Decker”
by Wenxin Lu, Tiantian Mu, Yuehong Zhang, Bo Chen, Huantao Guo, Luyang Zhao, Peng Wang and Yongzhong Bian
Molecules 2025, 30(2), 326; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30020326
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/30/2/326
15. “Synthesis and Photoluminescent Properties of Dy3+-Doped and Dy3+/Eu3+ Co-Doped 50ZnO:40B2O3:5WO3:Nb2O5 Glass”
by Margarita Milanova, Aneliya Yordanova, Lyubomir Aleksandrov, Reni Iordanova and Petia Petrova
Molecules 2025, 30(10), 2229; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30102229
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/30/10/2229
20 October 2025
Molecules | Media Cooperation with Seasonal Workshops Series—“Autumn Workshop” 3rd Edition Advanced & Intelligent Polymers, 4 December 2025, Benguerir, Morocco
MDPI’s Molecules (ISSN: 1420-3049) is proud to establish a media partnership cooperation with the Autumn Workshop 3rd Edition “The Ambiance Workshop”!

Building on the success of the previous two editions, the Sustainable Materials Research Center (SusMat-RC) is pleased to announce that the Autumn Workshop “The Ambiance Workshop” will once again take place on 4 December 2025, at the University Mohammed VI Polytechnic, Benguerir, Morocco. Under the theme of Advanced & Intelligent Polymers, this workshop will cover thermosets, self-healing polymers, vitrimers, and intelligent polymers, exploring the latest advances in these innovative materials. Special emphasis will be placed on their potential for sustainable applications and their role in achieving enhanced performance across diverse fields.
The Ambiance Workshop will provide engaging presentations and networking opportunities that are open to Ph.D. students, postdoctoral fellows, scientists, researchers, and professionals in the fields of Chemistry, Materials Science, and Engineering, and will be set on a hybrid format (remote and in-person).
For more information, please visit the following link: https://susmat.um6p.ma/autumn-workshop-2025-26/.
17 October 2025
MDPI Webinar | Quantum Mechanics and Open Access 2025, 27 October 2025
Welcome to our webinar series themed “Quantum Mechanics and Open Access”, organized in recognition of the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ 2025).
This year marks a historic milestone—the centenary of the birth of quantum mechanics, a field that has transformed our understanding of the universe and continues to drive innovation across physics, chemistry, computing, and beyond. It is both a moment of reflection on a century of extraordinary breakthroughs and an opportunity to envision the next hundred years of discovery.
Our theme highlights not only the profound scientific achievements of the past but also the vital role that open knowledge plays in shaping the future of research. Open access ensures that discoveries are shared, collaborations are strengthened, and progress in quantum science remains a truly global endeavor.
We are delighted to bring together a distinguished group of speakers, researchers, and practitioners who will share their insights on how open access is transforming the way we communicate, collaborate, and innovate in quantum science.
Thank you for joining us on this exciting journey of science, openness, and collaboration. We look forward to engaging in discussions and to collectively imagining the quantum future together.
Date: 27 October at 12:00 p.m. CET | 7:00 p.m. CST Asia
Webinar ID: 868 2457 9603
Register now for free.
Program:
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Presentation Title |
Time in CET |
Time in CST (Asia) |
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MDPI Introduction |
12:00–12:10 p.m. |
7:00–7:10 p.m. |
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Dr. Filipe Menezes |
“Understanding Protein Language: Developing an AI Model to Understand the Chemistry of Non-bonded Interactions” |
12:10–12:30 p.m. |
7:10–7:30 p.m. |
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Dr. Olalla Castro-Alvaredo |
“Entanglement Measures in Many-Body Quantum Systems” |
12:30–12:50 p.m. |
7:30–7:50 p.m. |
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Prof. Andreas Fring |
“Ghost Free Higher Time-Derivative Theories” |
12:50–1:10 p.m. |
7:50–8:10 p.m. |
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Prof. Dr. Steve Scheiner |
“Advances in Understanding Noncovalent Interactions through Quantum Chemistry” |
1:10–1:30 p.m. |
8:10–8:30 p.m. |
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Q&A Session |
1:30–1:45 p.m. |
8:30–8:45 p.m. |
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Closing of Webinar |
1:45–2:00 p.m. |
8:45–9:00 p.m. |
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information on how to join the webinar. Registrations with academic and institutional email addresses will be prioritized.
Unable to attend? Register anyway, and we will let you know when the recording is available to watch.
Webinar Chair and Keynote Speakers:
- Dr. Filipe Menezes, Institute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz Munich, Oberschleißheim, Germany;
- Dr. Olalla Castro-Alvaredo, Department of Mathematics, City St George's, University of London, London, England;
- Professor Andreas Fring, Department of Mathematics, City St George's, University of London, Northampton Square, London, UK;
- Prof. Dr. Steve Scheiner, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA.
15 October 2025
MDPI’s Newly Launched Journals in September 2025
Nine new journals covering a range of subjects launched their inaugural issues in September 2025. We are excited to be able to share with you the newest research rooted in the value of open access.
We extend our sincere thanks to all Editorial Board Members for their commitment and expertise. Each journal is dedicated to upholding strong editorial standards through a thorough peer review process, ensuring impactful open access scholarship.
Please feel free to browse and discover more about the new journals below.
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Journal |
Founding Editor-in-Chief |
Journal Topics (Selected) |
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Prof. Dr. Joseph G. Grzywacz, San José State University, USA |
family formation and dynamics; family relationships; family diversity and structure; family processes; family challenges; global perspectives of family | |
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Prof. Dr. Chengkuo Lee, National University of Singapore, Singapore |
AIoT sensing technologies; distributed AI and federated learning; AI-enhanced edge analytics; sensor fusion in edge computing; low-power AI sensing; security and privacy in edge-AI systems; AI-driven optimization of IoT networks | |
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Prof. Dr. Steven Paul Nistico, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy |
aesthetics; reconstructive surgery and plastic surgery; dermatology; oral and maxillofacial surgery; surgical procedures; non-surgical procedures | |
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Prof. Dr. Mauro Tonelli, University of Pisa, Italy |
plasma physics and technology; atomic and molecular physics; nuclear physics; quantum physics and technology; dielectrics, ferroelectrics, and multiferroics; semiconductor physics and devices; engineering physics; material physics; biophysics| |
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Prof. Dr. Sergej M. Ostojic, University of Agder, Norway; |
biochemical research methods; biochemistry and molecular biology; cell biology; clinical and medicinal chemistry; clinical neurology; endocrinology and metabolism; medicine, general and internal; nutrition and dietetics; toxicology | |
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Prof. Dr. Michele Nappi, University of Salerno, Italy |
foundations and advancements in multimedia technologies; computational social media analytics; human–AI interaction in social contexts; multimedia understanding and generation for social insight; ethics, fairness, and privacy in multimedia systems | |
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Prof. Dr. Philippe Gorce, Toulon University, France |
ergonomic design and evaluation of workspaces, tools, and equipment; biomechanical analysis and ergonomic interventions for musculoskeletal health; cognitive workload assessment and management; human-computer interaction (HCI) and user experience (UX) research; ergonomic wearables; AI-driven ergonomic assessment tools; neuroergonomics | |
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Prof. Dr. Ronald Charles Sims, Utah State University, USA |
bioresources; bioproducts; bioenergy and biofuels; environmental protection; public health protection; biological waste treatment; biomass transformation; circular bioeconomy; bio-based materials and chemicals; bioresidues | |
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Prof. Dr. M. Jamal Deen, McMaster University, Canada |
device design and engineering; circuit design and system integration; applications and emerging technologies; materials and fabrication innovations; testing, reliability, and standards | |
We would like to thank everyone who has supported the development of open access publishing. If you would like to create more new journals, you are welcome to send an application here, or contact the New Journal Committee (newjournal-committee@mdpi.com).
15 October 2025
Meet Us at the 4th International Electronic Conference on Catalysis Sciences (ECCS 2026), 22–24 September 2026
We are excited to announce the 4th International Electronic Conference on Catalysis Sciences (ECCS 2026) organized by MDPI’s Catalysts (ISSN: 2073-4344, Impact Factor: 4.0, Citescore: 7.6), which will be held from 22 to 24 September 2026, CEST.
ECCS 2026 has been designed to closely align with the innovative new section structure of the journal. We sincerely invite the participation of all interested researchers and academics in exchanging ideas, engaging in fruitful collaboration, and making the new edition of this conference a success.
Conference Chairs:
- Prof. Dr. Vincenzo Baglio, National Research Council, Messina, Italy;
- Prof. Dr. Raffaella Mancuso, University of Calabria, Cosenza, Italy;
- Prof. Dr. Maria A. Goula, University of Western Macedonia, Western Macedonia, Greece;
- Prof. Dr. Gonzalo de Gonzalo, University of Seville, Seville, Spain.
Topics of Interest:
S1. Catalytic Materials;
S2. Environmental Catalysis;
S3. Photocatalysis and Electrocatalysis;
S4. Biocatalysis;
S5. Biomass Catalysis;
S6. Industrial Catalysis;
S7. Catalysis in Organic and Polymer Chemistry;
S8. Catalysts Synthesis and Characterization.
Important dates:
Deadline for abstract submission: 22 May 2026;
Notification of acceptance: 22 June 2026;
Deadline for registration: 16 September 2026.
Guide for Authors:
Please submit your abstract at the following link by 22 May 2026: https://sciforum.net/user/submission/create/1549.
Please use the following link to register for the event for FREE by 16 September 2026: https://sciforum.net/event/ECCS2026?section=#registration.
For details regarding Abstract Submissions and Poster and Slide Submissions you may refer to the “Instructions for Authors” section of the following website: https://sciforum.net/event/ECCS2026?section=#instructions.
Best Oral Presentation Award and Best Poster Award:
- Each winner will receive a certificate and a prize of CHF 200;
- Number of winners: 5.
For any inquiries regarding the event, please contact eccs2026@mdpi.com.
We look forward to seeing you at ECCS 2026!
14 October 2025
Molecules | Selected Papers on Metal–Organic Frameworks
We are delighted to celebrate the announcement of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, awarded to Prof. Omar M. Yaghi, Prof. Susumu Kitagawa and Prof. Richard Robson.
We are honored to share that Prof. Omar M. Yaghi previously published a perspective article in Molecules (ISSN: 1420-3049) titled “Covalent Organic Frameworks—Organic Chemistry Beyond the Molecule”. This publication has earned widespread praise and positive feedback from our readers.
To celebrate this milestone, we have selected some of our top papers on metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) for you to read:
1. “Synthesis and Characterisation of Multivariate Metal–Organic Frameworks for Controlled Doxorubicin Absorption and Release”
by Ahmed Ahmed, Andrey Bezrukov, Debobroto Sensharma, Ciaran O’Malley, Michael J. Zaworotko, Davide Tiana and Constantina Papatriantafyllopoulou
Molecules 2025, 30(9), 1968; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30091968
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/30/9/1968
2. “Mechanochemical Synthesis of MOF-303 and Its CO2 Adsorption at Ambient Conditions”
by Sylwia Głowniak, Barbara Szczęśniak, Jerzy Choma and Mietek Jaroniec
Molecules 2024, 29(11), 2698; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29112698
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/29/11/2698
3. “Co-Immobilization of Laccase and Mediator into Fe-Doped ZIF-8 Significantly Enhances the Degradation of Organic Pollutants”
by Zixuan Li, Qinghong Shi, Xiaoyan Dong and Yan Sun
Molecules 2024, 29(2), 307; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29020307
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/29/2/307
4. “Fabrication Methods of Continuous Pure Metal–Organic Framework Membranes and Films: A Review”
by Qinglei Xing, Xiangyou Xu, Haoqian Li, Zheng Cui, Binrui Chu, Nihao Xie, Ziying Wang, Peng Bai, Xianghai Guo and Jiafei Lyu
Molecules 2024, 29(16), 3885; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29163885
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/29/16/3885
5. “Investigation of the Sensing Properties of Lanthanoid Metal–Organic Frameworks (Ln-MOFs) with Terephthalic Acid”
by Denitsa Elenkova, Yana Dimitrova, Martin Tsvetkov, Bernd Morgenstern, Maria Milanova, Dimitar Todorovsky and Joana Zaharieva
Molecules 2024, 29(15), 3713; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29153713
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/29/15/3713
6. “Host–Guest Metal–Organic Frameworks-Based Long-Afterglow Luminescence Materials”
by Zhi-Chen Zhang, Zhi-Gang Gu and Jian Zhang
Molecules 2024, 29(13), 2989; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29132989
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/29/13/2989
7. “[BMIM][X] Ionic Liquids Supported on a Pillared-Layered Metal–Organic Framework: Synthesis, Characterization, and Adsorption Properties”
by Yaiza Martín-García, Jesús Tapiador, Gisela Orcajo, Juan Ayala and Ana B. Lago
Molecules 2024, 29(15), 3644; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29153644
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/29/15/3644
8. “Transition Metal Chelation Effect in MOF-253 Materials: Guest Molecule Adsorption Dynamics and Proposed Formic Acid Synthesis Investigated by Atomistic Simulations”
by Meng-Chi Hsieh, Wei-Lun Liang, Chun-Chih Chang and Ming-Kang Tsai
Molecules 2024, 29(13), 3211; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29133211
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/29/13/3211
9. “Encapsulation of Gemcitabine on Porphyrin Aluminum Metal-Organic Framework by Mechano-Chemistry, Delayed Drug Release and Cytotoxicity to Pancreatic Cancer PANC-1 Cells”
by Sheriff Umar and Alexander Samokhvalov
Molecules 2024, 29(13), 3189; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29133189
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/29/13/3189
10. “Understanding Intrinsic Electrochemical Properties of NiCo–Metal–Organic Framework-Derived NiCo2O4 as a Li-Ion Battery Anode”
by Byoungnam Park and Soomin Kim
Molecules 2025, 30(3), 616; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30030616
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/30/3/616
11. “Modifications and Applications of Metal-Organic-Framework-Based Materials for Photocatalysis”
by Weimin Ma, Liang Yu, Pei Kang, Zhiyun Chu and Yingxuan Li
Molecules 2024, 29(24), 5834; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29245834
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/29/24/5834
12. “Organic and Metal–Organic Polymer-Based Catalysts—Enfant Terrible Companions or Good Assistants?”
by Milan Králik, Peter Koóš, Martin Markovič and Pavol Lopatka
Molecules 2024, 29(19), 4623; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29194623
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/29/19/4623
13. “Slowing Down the “Magic Bullet”: Encapsulation of Imatinib in Fe-MOF for Cardiotoxicity Reduction and Improvement in Anticancer Activity”
by Weronika Strzempek, Elżbieta Menaszek, Monika Papież and Barbara Gil
Molecules 2024, 29(16), 3818; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29163818
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/29/16/3818
14. “Comparison of In Situ and Postsynthetic Formation of MOF-Carbon Composites as Electrocatalysts for the Alkaline Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER)”
by Linda Sondermann, Laura Maria Voggenauer, Annette Vollrath, Till Strothmann and Christoph Janiak
Molecules 2025, 30(2), 208; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30020208
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/30/2/208
15. “Zeolitic-Imidazole Framework (ZIF)-Derived ZnO Doped with Ag for Improved Ethanol Sensing Applications”
by Claudio Clemente, Valentina Gargiulo, Luciana Cimino, Giovanni Piero Pepe, Giovanni Ausanio, Ettore Massera and Michela Alfe
Molecules 2025, 30(12), 2611; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30122611
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/30/12/2611
16. “One-Component Catalytic Electrodes from Metal-Organic Frameworks Covalently Linked to an Anion Exchange Ionomer”
by Riccardo Narducci, Emanuela Sgreccia, Alessio Vincenzo Montella, Gianfranco Ercolani, Saulius Kaciulis, Suanto Syahputra, Emily Bloch, Luca Pasquini, Philippe Knauth and Maria Luisa Di Vona
Molecules 2025, 30(6), 1230; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30061230
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/30/6/1230
17. “Porphyrin-Based Metal-Organic Framework Materials: Design, Construction, and Application in the Field of Photocatalysis”
by Chuanyin Tang, Xiaoyu Li, Yingxu Hu, Xin Du, Shuo Wang, Bo Chen and Shengjie Wang
Molecules 2024, 29(2), 467; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29020467
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/29/2/467
18. “Advancements of MOFs in the Field of Propane Oxidative Dehydrogenation for Propylene Production”
by Shu-Ting Li, Ming Ke, Jie Zhang, Yun-Lei Peng and Guangjin Chen
Molecules 2024, 29(6), 1212; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29061212
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/29/6/1212
19. “Synthesis of α,ω-bis-Mercaptoacyl Poly(alkyl oxide)s and Development of Thioether Cross-Linked Liposome Scaffolds for Sustained Release of Drugs”
by Spyridon Mourtas, Georgios Kourmoulakis, Stavros Kremezis, Pavlos Klepetsanis and Sophia G. Antimisiaris
Molecules 2024, 29(6), 1312; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29061312
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/29/6/1312
20. “Effect of Functional Group-Modified UiO-66 on the Dehydrogenation of Ammonia Borane”
by Senliang Xi, Dawei Xu, Renzeng Chen, Wenhao Yao, Wenying Wu, Teng Zhang and Liang Yu
Molecules 2025, 30(7), 1487; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30071487
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/30/7/1487
21. “Modern Catalytic Materials for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction”
by Michał Trębala and Agata Łamacz
Molecules 2025, 30(8), 1656; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30081656
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/30/8/1656
22. “Efficient Hydrogen Production from Ammonia Using Ru Nanoparticles on Ce-Based Metal–Organic Framework (MOF)-Derived CeO2 with Oxygen Vacancies”
by Wenying Wu, Wenhao Yao, Yitong Liu, Senliang Xi and Teng Zhang
Molecules 2025, 30(11), 2301; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30112301
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/30/11/2301
by Claudia Maria Simonescu, Daniela C. Culita, Gabriela Marinescu, Irina Atkinson, Virgil Marinescu, Ovidiu Oprea and Nicolae Stanica
Molecules 2025, 30(13), 2879; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30132879
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/30/13/2879
13 October 2025
Molecules Webinar | Recent Advances in Food Chemistry, 24 October 2025
On behalf of the organizing team, I am pleased to welcome you to the upcoming Molecules (ISSN: 1420-3049) webinar entitled “Recent Advances in Food Chemistry”, to be held on 24 October 2025. This online event will bring together leading researchers in the field to present and discuss recent findings related to food chemistry, including topics such as food analysis, bioactive compounds, functional ingredients, and sustainable food systems. As food science continues to play a crucial role in addressing global health and environmental challenges, this webinar aims to highlight innovative research and foster scientific exchange. We are delighted to feature two distinguished speakers: Dr. José Pinela, who is an expert in food quality, safety, and the valorization of agri-food by-products; and Dr. Ana Novo Barros, whose research focuses on phytochemicals and the circular use of high-value natural compounds in the agri-food sector. We look forward to your participation in what will be an insightful and dynamic exchange on the future of food chemistry. The IMFTF hopes to stimulate discussion and make an impact on the future directions of important scientific areas. The IMFTF welcomes discussion and research on the current problems in the field and aims to expand the boundaries of essential knowledge to solve challenging problems.
Date: 24 October 2025 at 2:00 p.m. CEST | 8:00 a.m. EDT | 8:00 p.m. CST Asia
Webinar ID: 854 4014 3519
Website: https://sciforum.net/event/Molecules-36
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Speaker/Presentation |
Time in CEST |
Time in EDT |
Time in CST Asia |
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Prof. Dr. Tristan Richard |
2:00–2:10 p.m. |
8:00–8:10 a.m. |
8:00–8:10 p.m. |
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Dr. José Pinela |
2:10–2:30 p.m. |
8:10–8:30 a.m. |
8:10–8:30 p.m. |
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Dr. Ana Novo Barros |
2:30–2:50 p.m. |
8:30–8:50 a.m. |
8:30–8:50 p.m. |
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Q&A Session |
2:50–3:00 p.m. |
8:50–9:00 a.m. |
8:50–9:00 p.m. |
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Prof. Dr. Tristan Richard |
3:00 p.m. |
9:00 a.m. |
9:00 p.m. |
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email outlining how to join this webinar. Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized.
Unable to attend? Register anyway, and we will let you know when the recording is available to watch.
Webinar Chairs and Keynote Speakers:
- Prof. Dr. Tristan Richard, Bordeaux INP, INRAE, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, University of Bordeaux, France;
- Dr. José Pinela, National Institute for Agricultural and Veterinary Research (INIAV, I.P.), Vairão Innovation Hub, Portugal, CIMO, La SusTEC, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Portugal;
- Dr. Ana Novo Barros, Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences (CITAB), Institute for Innovation, Capacity Building and Sustainability of Agri-Food Production (Inov4Agro), Portugal.
Relevant Special Issue:
“30th Anniversary of Molecules—Recent Advances in Food Chemistry”
Guest Editors: Dr. Ana Novo Barros and Dr. Marta Coelho
Deadline for submission: 31 December 2025
2 October 2025
Meet Us at the 2025 International Conference on Photochemistry and Industry, 10–13 October 2025, Wuhan, China
Conference: 2025 International Conference on Photochemistry and Industry
Date: 10–13 October 2025
Place: Wuhan, China
To further advance “usage-oriented” fundamental and cutting-edge research in photochemistry, tackle the technological challenges of key and common issue, transform demonstrate applications of photochemical engineering and scientific achievements into technology, the 2025 International Conference on Photochemistry and Industry is planned to be jointly hosted at the East Lake International Conference Center in Wuhan from 10 to 13 October 2025. The conference aims to harness cutting-edge and innovative technological achievements of photochemistry and green manufacturing globally, establish a domestic innovation highland for photochemical technology and a platform for technology transfer and transformation, and activate innovation resources including talent, technology, finance, industry, and market elements in domestic and foreign photochemistry field. This initiative seeks to construct a supply-demand matching mechanism, propel the transformation and upgrading of chemical and related sectors through high-tech empowerment, accelerate the cultivation of new productive forces in Wuhan, and empower the high-quality development of green industries.
The following open access journal will represent MDPI at this conference:
- Molecules.
2 October 2025
MDPI INSIGHTS: The CEO's Letter #27 - OASPA 2025, COUNTER 5.1, UK Summit in London, MDPI at the Italian Senate
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


MDPI at OASPA 2025: Embracing the Complexity of Open Access
From 22 to 24 September, I joined the OASPA 2025 Annual Conference in Leuven, Belgium, where the theme, “Embracing the Complexity – How do we get to 100% Open Access?” tackled the hard questions about the future of scholarly communication.
With MDPI a longstanding member of the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA) and Platinum sponsor of the conference, I was invited to present and participate in important discussions on how we can continue to move the needle in Open Access (OA) publishing.
From 50% to 100% Open Access
Last year’s OASPA conference celebrated a major milestone – reaching 50% of global research outputs published as OA. But, as noted during the conference, this was the “easy” part. The challenge ahead is much tougher: how do we take OA from 50% to 100%? For many academics and institutions, OA is still relatively new, and thus it is essential for us to continue educating people as to what OA is, how it works, and why it matters.

Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI) presenting at OASPA’s 2025 Annual Conference in Leuven, Belgium.
MDPI’s perspective
At MDPI, we are fully committed to this. As a 100% OA publisher, our growth is inseparable from the success of OA itself. In many ways, MDPI is a byproduct of the global adoption of OA, and we play an important role in helping to advance it further.
I had the opportunity to share MDPI’s perspective in the panel discussion entitled: "Hello from the other side: views from fully Open Access journals using APCs," alongside industry colleagues from PLOS, eLife, AOSIS, and Frontiers.
Instead of giving a standard presentation, I highlighted aspects of MDPI that the audience might not be aware of. I also presented on the opportunities and challenges facing publishers that are already fully OA, the importance of diverse models in achieving 100% OA, and why OA is the baseline while Open Science is the future.
Recognizing Gold OA
As part of the panel, I had undertaken to make some bold and provocative statements. I therefore emphasized a point that is sometimes overlooked: we didn’t reach 50% OA without Gold OA – it accounts for more than half of all OA publications today. And we certainly won’t reach 100% OA without it.
“By educating the community and working together, we can continue to take Open Science to the next level”

“When people speak about Gold OA and MDPI, they should ‘put some respek on our name.”
MDPI is a leader in Gold OA and has been a driver of this progress at scale.
While Gold OA and MDPI are sometimes slighted, both deserve recognition for their contributions to advancing Open Science globally.
I closed my presentation with a reminder that the good we do is sometimes overlooked, and that when people speak about Gold OA and MDPI, they should "put some respek on our name."
I’m pleased to have seen attendees sharing positive experiences with MDPI, reminding us that we bring real value to the OA movement and deserve a stronger reputation. We also engaged in constructive conversations about various topics, including cost transparency.
A few themes that I took away from the conference:
- Quality and integrity matter as much as access. OA publishers must not lose sight of research integrity, inclusivity, and sustainability while pursuing 100% OA.
- Global collaboration is essential. Policies, funding models, and infrastructure differ around the world, and we will need cross-border collaboration to make OA a truly global reality.
- Open Science is the bigger story. OA is just the first step – the future lies in open data, open peer review, research reproducibility, etc.
“MDPI’s scale allows us to better support authors, reinvest in communities, and push Open Science forward”
How we communicate MDPI’s role
For us at MDPI, this is also a reminder of how we communicate externally. When we tell our story, we shouldn’t forget to start with the bigger picture – Open Science and Open Access. Then we connect it to MDPI, our journals, services, and initiatives, exemplifying the fact that we are part of a mission larger than ourselves.

MDPI colleagues Clàudia Aunós (Society Partnerships), Marta Colomer (External Affairs), Stefan Tochev (CEO), and Nikola Paunovic (Scilit), at OASPA’s 2025 Annual Conference in Leuven, Belgium.
The journey to 100% OA will not be simple. But by educating the community and working together, we can continue to take Open Science to the next level.
Impactful Research

MDPI becomes COUNTER 5.1 compliant across 480+ Journals
I’m pleased to share that MDPI has officially become COUNTER 5.1 compliant and has joined the COUNTER Registry.
For those who might not be familiar with it, COUNTER provides international standards for tracking and reporting how research is being used. By becoming COUNTER 5.1 compliant, MDPI can now deliver credible, comparable, and transparent usage reports across our entire journal portfolio.
“MDPI is showing that they want to be measured against the same yardstick as other publishers”
Why is this important?
Because usage statistics aren’t just numbers: they’re powerful tools that help our authors, institutions, and consortia understand the real impact of their research. With COUNTER compliant reports, our institutional partners can now make more informed decisions about publishing agreements, funding allocations, and the long-term value of Open Access.
In practical terms, MDPI will now provide Platform, Title, and Item Reports, with standardized usage views available at the institute and consortium level. These reports cover usage from January 2024 onwards and will be updated monthly. Institutions will be able to access them via SuSy, or automatically through the COUNTER API.

I’d like to highlight and thank Becky Castellon, our Institutional Partnerships Manager, who has played a key role in driving this project forward. Becky captured it perfectly when she said: "Through these usage reports, our global research community can access trustworthy data about how their work is being used and accessed
This information is often vital for reviewing publishing partnership agreements and for making informed decisions about future funding allocations."
We also received encouraging feedback from Tasha Mellins-Cohen, Executive Director at COUNTER Metrics:
"We’re delighted to see born-OA publishers engaging with COUNTER. Our normalised usage metrics are relied on as the basis for credible return-on-investment calculations by libraries worldwide. By adopting the COUNTER standard, MDPI is showing that they want to be measured against the same yardstick as other publishers."
For MDPI, this milestone is another step in our commitment to transparency, trust, and impact. By adopting COUNTER’s standards, we’re not just aligning with best practice; we’re ensuring that Open Access publishing is measured on the same terms as traditional publishing, proving its value in concrete and globally recognized ways.
This is an important milestone for MDPI, but more importantly for the researchers, librarians, and institutions we serve. Transparency builds trust, and COUNTER compliance helps us show the global reach and influence of Open Access publishing in the clearest way possible.
Inside Research

Lin Li (Publisher, MDPI), Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI, Prof. Chengkuo Lee (Editor-in-Chief, AI Sensors), and Constanze Schelhorn (Head of Indexing) at restaurant in Basel, Switzerland.
Welcoming Prof. Lee (EiC of AI Sensors) to Basel
On 11 September, we welcomed Prof. Dr. Chengkuo Lee, Editor-in-Chief of our new journal AI Sensors, to our Basel office. Prof. Lee is a high profiled researcher (h-index 104, 37,000+ citations), a longtime collaborator with MDPI (25 published articles), and has already chaired several AI Sensors (AIS)-related conferences with us, including the recent event in Kuala Lumpur, where AI Sensors held its first editorial board meeting.

Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI) showing Special Issue reprint books as part of a tour of MDPI’s Basel office.
Every journal has a story
During his visit, we exchanged ideas on how to build the journal’s identity and impact. A key takeaway that I shared was that every journal has a story: its vision, its purpose, and the community it brings together.
That story is what connects with readers and authors, beyond metrics alone.
I encouraged everyone working on journals to reflect: What is the story of your journal? And how can you bring that story to the forefront in how you communicate about it?
How MDPI supports new journals

Constanze Schelhorn (Head of Indexing, MDPI) presenting on the MDPI indexing process at the company’s headquarters in Basel.
We also shared with Prof. Lee how MDPI supports journals through our Institutional Open Access Program, indexing expertise, and the work of our Journal Relationship Specialists.
Launching a new journal is ambitious, but with our strong track record (93% Scopus and 87% Web of Science acceptance rates in 2024), Prof. Lee felt confident that AI Sensors will find its place in the scholarly landscape.
Having spent some hours together, it’s clear that Prof. Lee is not only an Editor-in-Chief but also an ambassador for MDPI. His leadership and collaboration reflect the mission MDPI by which MDPI lives: accelerating Open Access and advancing Open Science.
Special thanks to Constanze Schelhorn (Head of Indexing), Ting Leng (JRS, Managing Editor, AI Sensors), Lin Li (Publisher, AI Sensors), Aimar Xiong (Publisher), and Christian Eberhard (Office Administrator, Basel), for organizing and hosting the meeting.
Coming Together for Science

Highlights from the MDPI UK Summit in London
I was pleased to be back in the UK in September, supporting our Manchester team in hosting their first MDPI Summit in London. This day-and-a-half private event brought together 25 Chief Editors and Associate Editors to exchange knowledge, learn about latest developments at MDPI, and engage in discussions on advancing Open Science. The program included MDPI and guest presentations, and Q&A sessions.
Why these summits matter
Our Summits provide a platform to:
- Share updates on the latest developments at MDPI, our editorial processes, research integrity practices, and indexing.
- Highlight collaborations with institutions and societies in the region.
- Offer external perspectives from guest speakers.
- Create space for Chief Editors to share their insights, ask questions, network, and help shape MDPI’s path forward.
These gatherings are more than updates: they improve our relationships with Chief Editors, who serve not only as leaders of their journals but also as ambassadors for MDPI within the research community. We often hear that this type of event is unique, something many other publishers do not provide. It shows that we care and are willing to go the extra mile to recognize and engage our key collaborators.
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MDPI and the UK: Key facts
- With over 80,000 publications, the UK is MDPI’s eighth-largest contributor.
- MDPI is the fourth-largest publisher in the UK, accounting for 11% of the country’s 89,526 Open Access publications in 2024.
- We collaborate with more than 4,000 active UK Editorial Board Members, 48% of whom have an H-index above 26. This includes 49 Editors-in-Chief and 74 Section Editors-in-Chief.
- MDPI maintains over 1,000 IOAP agreements worldwide, with 63 from the UK.
“We are willing to go the extra mile to recognize and engage our key collaborators”
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Agenda highlights:
- MDPI Overview, Open Access, and UK Collaboration – Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI)
- MDPI Editorial Process – Dr. Michael O’Sullivan (Scientific Quality Advisor Lead, MDPI)
- Research Integrity and Publication Ethics – Daisy Fenton (Research Integrity Specialist, MDPI)
- Institutional Partnerships – Becky Castellon (Institutional Partnerships Manager, MDPI)
- Promoting and Developing Your Journal – Prof. Fabio Tosti (Editor-in-Chief of NDT)
- Indexing to Impact – Dr. Michael O’Sullivan (Scientific Quality Advisor Lead, MDPI)
- Engaging our Academic Community – Jaime Anderson Anderson (UK Operations Manager, MDPI)
- Closing Remarks – Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI)

MDPI colleagues Stefan Tochev (CEO), Jaime Anderson Anderson (UK Operations Manager), Dr. Michael O’Sullivan (Scientific Quality Advisor Lead), Becky Castellon (Institutional Partnerships Manager), Daisy Fenton (Research Integrity Specialist) at the MDPI UK 2025 Summit in London.
Thank you!
A special thank-you to the Manchester team and all colleagues behind the scenes who made this Summit a success. Your efforts are greatly appreciated. We look forward to building on this momentum with future Summits in Europe and beyond.
Closing Thoughts

Dr. Giulia Stefenelli (Scientific Communications Lead, MDPI) and Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI) participating in a press conference at the Italiane Senate in Rome to promote the 2nd International Conference on Environmental Medicine (ICEM)
MDPI at the Italian Senate: Promoting Environmental Medicine and Open Science
On 16 September, Dr. Giulia Stefenelli (Scientific Communications Lead) and I had the honour of participating in a press conference at the Italian Senate in Rome, organized by the Italian Society of Environmental Medicine (SIMA) to promote the upcoming 2nd International Conference on Environmental Medicine (ICEM) (20–21 November 2025).
This is an important event for MDPI, as we are the exclusive publishing partner for ICEM and have recently launched a new journal with SIMA, further building our presence both in Italy and within this important field of research.
Why this matters
- The promotion of ICEM has received extensive national media coverage (more than 15 mentions in major Italian outlets; see links below).
- The press conference brought together leading policymakers, academics, and Nobel Laureates to emphasize the impact of environmental exposures and epigenetics on human health.
- We were introduced to government ministries, university rectors, and influential stakeholders, which helps us bolster MDPI’s visibility and reputation in Italy.
Highlights
Nobel Laureate Sir Richard Roberts joined the discussion, underlining the importance of environmental medicine in shaping future health outcomes. Nobel Laureate Prof. Dr. Tong Zhu (Peking University) will also speak at the November conference.
Institutional representatives included the Italian Minister of the Environment and Energy Security, the Italian Undersecretary for Health, and senior officials from the World Health Organization.
In my closing remarks, I highlighted that:
“Over the past five years, about 65% of research published in Italy has been Open Access, compared to an average of 55% worldwide.”
Italian research ranked seventh among the top 20 countries in average citations during this period, reflecting its strong international influence. Not only is Italy producing a high volume of research; it is also producing research of outstanding quality.
MDPI’s role
This event was not only about promoting ICEM but also about showcasing MDPI’s commitment to Open Access and our ability to connect scientific publishing with leading academic, medical, and policy institutions.
As Giulia Stefenelli noted:
“This event was highly relevant for MDPI, as it not only showcased our strong commitment to OA but also emphasized our role in advancing important fields such as Environmental Medicine.”
Learn more
- Watch the full press conference (Radio Radicale)
- Giulia’s speech: 33:20 (in Italian)
- Stefan’s speech: 57:50 (in English)
- ICEM 2025 Conference Program
- Selected media coverage:
This moment at the Italian Senate shows how MDPI can connect publishing with science, policy, and society to help advance both Open Science and environmental health research on a global stage.
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In Rome with Sir Richard Roberts (photo left) and Prof. Giuseppe Novelli (EiC of MDPI journal COVID).
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