Nanomaterials | Summary of the 2026 Editorial Board Meeting of the “Biology and Medicines” Section

The journal Nanomaterials (ISSN: 2079-4991) recently held an online Editorial Board meeting for the Section “Biology and Medicines”. The meeting was hosted by the Section Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Eleonore Fröhlich. Thirteen Editorial Board Members were in attendance. We sincerely thank everyone for joining and providing thoughtful comments, and we look forward to welcoming more members to future meetings.

We reviewed and discussed the following topics with the attendees:

• The journal’s primary objectives for the year, which focus on attracting high-quality submissions to enhance the journal's academic reputation and global impact;
• Ongoing efforts to improve the peer review process for both authors and reviewers;
• Plans to increase social media engagement throughout the year.

The following information was covered in the Members’ discussion:

• Strategies to maintain a wide reviewer database while identifying and prioritizing experts who consistently provide high-quality reports;
• The impact of AI on reviewing; members emphasized the need for clear communication of AI policies to reviewers to maintain manuscript confidentiality and ensure that reports critically assess data rather than just sentence structure;
• Suggestions to publicly highlight the journal's rigorous standards to demonstrate a clear prioritization of high-quality manuscripts;
• Exploring opportunities for future collaborations, including organizing relevant scientific events with affiliated institutions to further the journal's academic reach and objectives;
• Fostering the active participation of Early Career Editorial Board Members as a positive indicator of the Section's future direction and an ongoing commitment to supporting emerging scholars.

Attendee list (ordered by role):

• Prof. Dr. Eleonore Fröhlich, Section Editor-in-Chief;
• Prof. Dr. Dennis Ng, Associate Editor;
• Dr. Damjana Drobne, Editorial Board Member;
• Prof. Dr. Krasimir Vasilev, Editorial Board Member;
• Dr. Marco Monopoli, Editorial Board Member;
• Prof. Dr. Ovidio Bussolatti, Editorial Board Member;
• Prof. Dr. Thierry Rabilloud, Editorial Board Member;
• Prof. Dr. Wanliang Lu, Editorial Board Member;
• Prof. Dr. Witold Łojkowski, Editorial Board Member;
• Dr. Ying Liu, Editorial Board Member;
• Prof. Dr. Zhiyong Zhang, Editorial Board Member;
• Dr. Beata Lesiak-Orlowska, Early Career Editorial Board Member;
• Dr. Lorenzo Vannozzi, Early Career Editorial Board Member.

To access more information about the Section “Biology and Medicines”, please visit the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/nanomaterials/sections/biology_medicines.