Announcements

The Section “Flavours and Fragrances” of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049, IF 4.411) (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/molecules) is recruiting Editorial Board Members.

Serving as a Section Editorial Board Member, you will have the opportunity to publish one paper free of charge in Molecules per year if the editorial workloads are carried out in full, and you will receive special discounts to publish additional papers.

Briefly, responsibilities include the following:

1. Advising on the strategic development of the journal;
2. Leading at least one Special Issue related to your research field every two years;
3. Soliciting at least five high-quality submissions and promoting the journal among the related community;
4. Pre-screening and making decisions on manuscripts;
5. Promoting the journal at scientific conferences or through other venues.

Molecules is a leading international, peer-reviewed, open access journal of chemistry sciences published semimonthly online by MDPI. For more information about this Section, please see: (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/molecules/sections/flavours_and_fragrances).

This position is open to experts in various aspects of flavour and fragrance compounds. To apply for this position, recommend potential candidates, or request further information, please contact Jim Zhu (jim.zhu@mdpi.com) from the Molecules Editorial Office.

The Section “Applied Chemistry” of Molecules is recruiting Editorial Board Members. You can check the existing Editorial Board Members by visiting the following link:

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/molecules/sectioneditors/applied-chemistry.

Benefits of Molecules Editorial Board membership:

1. Increase your visibility and also increase your knowledge of the field;
2. Full waiver of the article processing charge (APC, CHF 2000) for one paper published in Molecules per year and special discounts (10% off) for any additional papers, providing that terms 1 or 2 in the responsibilities are addressed during the editorship;
3. Molecules offers sponsorships for conferences organized by Editorial Board Members and helps with promotion.

The main responsibilities of the Section Editorial Board Members are as follows:

1. Providing scientific supervision for the Section;
2. Inviting distinguished scientists to join the Editorial Board;
3. Suggesting hot topics for Special Issues;
4. Making decisions about the suitability of a paper to enter the peer-review process and about its acceptance at the end of the process;
5. Promoting this Section, recommending international conference cooperation, and assisting this Section in holding physical/electronic conferences;
6. Providing feedback and suggesting improvements for the journal.

This Section of Molecules covers the application of the principles and theories of chemistry to answer a specific question or solve a real-world problem, as opposed to pure chemistry, which is aimed at enhancing knowledge within the field. For more information about this Section and publishing in Molecules, please see the Section’s webpage: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/molecules/sections/applied-chemistry.

To apply for this position, recommend potential candidates, or request further information, please contact Ms. Kylie Xiao (kylie.xiao@mdpi.com) from the Molecules Editorial Office.

The Section “Food Chemistry” of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049, IF 4.411) (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/molecules) is recruiting Editorial Board Members.

Serving as a Section Editorial Board Member, you will have the opportunity to publish one paper free of charge in Molecules per year if the editorial workloads are carried out in full, and you will receive special discounts to publish additional papers.

Briefly, responsibilities include the following:

1. Advising on the strategic development of the journal;
2. Leading at least one Special Issue related to your research field every two years;
3. Soliciting at least five high-quality submissions and promoting the journal among the related community;
4. Pre-screening and making decisions on manuscripts;
5. Promoting the journal at scientific conferences or through other venues.

Molecules is a leading international, peer-reviewed, open access journal of chemistry sciences published semimonthly online by MDPI. For more information about this Section, please see: (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/molecules/sections/food_chemistry).

This position is open to experts in all aspects of food chemistry. To apply for this position, recommend potential candidates, or request further information, please contact Meta Miao (meta.miao@mdpi.com) from the Molecules Editorial Office.

The Section “Molecular Structure” of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049) is recruiting Editorial Board Members. Molecules is published semimonthly online by MDPI with 2020 IF of 4.411. This is a leading international, peer-reviewed, open access journal of chemistry.

This Section publishes original research articles, reviews, short communications, and invited perspective articles on all aspects of molecular structure, which is broadly defined as the study of condensed and gaseous states of matter in the form of molecules (as opposed to atoms, plasmas, or subatomic particles). We welcome manuscripts on fundamental and applied aspects of experimental, theoretical, or computational studies of molecular structure, including but not limited to the topics of chemical bonding, DFT, docking, spectroscopy, diffraction, molecular dynamics simulations, protein structure prediction, quantum chemistry, X-ray crystallography, and microscopy.

For more information about this Section, please see the Section’s webpage: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/molecules/sections/molecular_structure.

The main responsibilities of the Section Editorial Board Members are as follows:

• Promoting this new Section on your social media or among your acquaintances;
• Supervising the quality of the papers in this Section (when we have new submissions to the Section);
• Acting as/recommending a Guest Editor for a Special Issue on a topic related to your research interests.

To apply for this position, recommend potential candidates, or request further information, please contact Ms. Connie Yuan (connie.yuan@mdpi.com), the Section Managing Editor.

This serves to announce to our valued authors based in Japan that value-added tax, or consumption tax will now be imposed on article processing fees and other service fees for all papers submitted, or resubmitted (assigned new paper IDs), effective from 15 August 2021. The change is in accordance with the Japanese "Act for Partial Revision of the Income Tax Act and Other Acts" (Act No. 9 of 2015), which includes a revision of consumption taxation on cross-border supplies of services such as digital content distribution.

For additional information from the National Tax Agency please see here ("Cross-border supplies of electronic services").

Contact: Setsuko Nishihara, MDPI Tokyo

Molecules is recruiting Editorial Board Members for the following three new Sections:

- Electrochemistry;

- Chemical Biology;

- Nanochemistry.

The main responsibilities of the Section Editorial Board Members are as follows:

1) Promoting this new Section on your social media or among your acquaintances;

2) Supervising the quality of the papers in this Section (when we have new submissions to the Section);

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

4) Providing conference/society cooperation recommendations.

Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049) is the leading international, peer-reviewed, open access journal of chemistry science. Molecules is published semimonthly online by MDPI. 2020 IF for Molecules was 4.411.

To apply for this position, please send your full academic CV and a short cover letter that details your interest and enthusiasm for the position to molecules@mdpi.com.

The 2020 citation metrics have been officially released in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR)!

We are pleased to announce that 85 MDPI journals are included, of which:

• 10 journals received their first impact factor
• 96% of journals increased their impact factor from 2019
• 32 journals (38%) ranked among the top 25% of journals, in at least one category

* Journals given their first Impact Factor in 2021

Source: 2020 Journal Impact Factors, Journal Citation Reports ® (Clarivate, 2021)

Tu Youyou Award

Established in honor of Professor Tu Youyou, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for her key contributions to the discovery of Artemisinin, which is used as an antimalarial agent, the Tu Youyou Award is presented bienially to a researcher of any age who has made significant, high-impact contributions to natural product or medicinal chemistry research. Prof. Tu tested the toxicity of her new drug by taking it herself; she put herself in harm’s way in order to produce a compound that would go on to save the lives of millions. Molecules established the Tu Youyou Award in order to highlight and celebrate researchers who, like Tu Youyou, dedicate their lives in various ways to research that improves the lives of others. The Award is given for the originality of the nominee's research, the importance of the work, and the quality of publications. The winner receives 3000 CHF and an engraved plaque.

About 2020 winner

The winner of the Molecules 2020 Tu Youyou Award is

Prof. Mauro Maccarrone.

Mauro Maccarrone is a Professor and Chair of Biochemistry at the University of L'Aquila. He is also the Director of the Lipid Neurochemistry Laboratory at the European Centre for Brain Research (Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome). His group is comprised of four units, and they are highly integrated and have collaborated for more than 15 years (they are located at Tor Vergata University of Rome, University of Teramo, Santa Lucia Foundation, and Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome). Prof. Maccarrone’s research focuses on a novel class of lipid signalling molecules: the endocannabinoids, and resulted in numerous articles published in prestigious journals which have been cited many times. Most importantly, his work has great translational potential and has opened new avenues for the treatment of a number of diseases that altered endocannabinoid functions in a pathogenic capacity. This is an outstanding achievement in a scientific environment that is only becoming more competitive. Please join us in congratulating Prof. Mauro Maccarrone for his commitment and wish him the best in future endeavours. Let’s learn some more interesting facts while listening to the interview!

Contact: 
Dr. Agnieszka Witkowska
Scientific Officer—Chemistry
agnieszka.witkowska@mdpi.com

We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Axel Klein has been appointed Section Editor-in-Chief of the “Inorganic Chemistry” Section of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049).

Name: Axel Klein
Email: aklein2@uni-koeln.de
Affiliation: Universität zu Köln, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Department für Chemie, Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Greinstraße 6, 50939 Köln, Germany
Homepage: https://klein.uni-koeln.de/
Research Keywords: transition metal complexes (including organometallic); platinum, palladium, nickel; copper; synthesis; electrochemistry; photophysics; spectroscopy; modelling of catalytic processes; precursors for CVD; ligand design; cytotoxic complexes; organic–inorganic perovskites; functionalisation of nanomaterials; electrochemistry

Prof. Dr. Axel Klein received his PhD in 1994 in Inorganic Chemistry and, since then, has worked in academic research focused on coordination chemistry. Today, his work spreads over various fields ranging from photochemistry and photophysics of complexes, organometallic catalysis, bioinorganic chemistry, and cytotoxic platinum complexes to organic–inorganic hybrid perovskites and the modification of nanomaterials, maintaining collaborations on all continents. Axel Klein holds a full professorship at the University of Cologne, Germany, and is the (co)author of more than 220 research papers, reviews, book chapters, and books. He is associate editor of numerous chemical journals, has provided over 500 reviews for journals, and is an active reviewer for several funding agencies (Humboldt, DFG, DAAD, NSF).

We warmly welcome Prof. Dr. Axel Klein in his role as Section Editor-in-Chief, and we look forward to his leading Molecules to achieving more milestones.

MDPI Books recently released Book Builder, a new online tool to conveniently arrange, design and produce an eBook from any content published in MDPI journals. Book Builder offers two functions: on the one hand (1) Selections, available to every registered user of MDPI; on the other hand (2) Special Issue Reprints, which can be used exclusively by Guest Editors of Special Issues.

Selections

In just a matter of a few clicks, all users are now able to assemble books from MDPI articles and receive instantaneous feedback in the form of a fully produced and compiled book (PDF), which can be downloaded or ordered as print copy. Selections can include any paper published with MDPI, picking and combining content from different journals and special issues.

This way, the user may for example choose to compile an ebook focusing around a particular topic, or assemble articles from a group of others.

We invite you to make yourself familiar with the new tool! The Book Builder can be found here: https://www.mdpi.com/books/book_builder.

Special Issue Reprints

The Book Builder allows Guest Editors of MDPI journals to create a reprint from a successfully completed Special Issue or Topical Collection in book format. If you are a Guest Editor for an MDPI journal, you can use the new tool  to create an PDF document which includes all articles published in the Special Issue as well as a book cover and table of contents.

For Special Issues containing a minimum of 5 articles, the Guest Editor can request its publication on the MDPI Book platform. Published reprints are assigned an ISBN and DOI.

In addition to the PDF copy of the Reprint Book, as a token of our gratitude, MDPI offers every Guest Editor one (1) complimentary print copy (via print-on-demand). All contributors benefit from a discount on orders of any additional print copies, to share with colleagues or libraries or others.

Why choose MDPI Books?

In line with our organization's values, MDPI Books publishes all content in open access, promoting the exchange of ideas and knowledge in a globalized world. MDPI Books encompasses all the benefits of open access—high availability and visibility, as well as wide and rapid dissemination. MDPI Books are distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License, meaning as an author you retain the copyright for your work. In addition, with MDPI Books you can complement the digital version of your work with a high-quality printed counterpart.

If you are interested in editing a book volume or series, or have a monograph manuscript to be considered for publication, please submit your proposal online and look at our Information for Authors.

Contact: Laura Wagner, MDPI Books Manager (email)