Announcements

“Analytical Modeling of the Temporal Evolution of Epidemics Outbreaks Accounting for Vaccinations”
by Reinhard Schlickeiser and Martin Kröger
Physics 2021, 3(2), 386-426; https://doi.org/10.3390/physics3020028
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8174/3/2/28

“Scintillation in Low-Temperature Particle Detectors”
by Denys Poda
Physics 2021, 3(3), 473-535; https://doi.org/10.3390/physics3030032
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8174/3/3/32

“Entropy Production Due to Electroweak Phase Transition in the Framework of Two Higgs Doublet Model”
by Arnab Chaudhuri and Maxim Yu. Khlopov
Physics 2021, 3(2), 275-289; https://doi.org/10.3390/physics3020020
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8174/3/2/20

“Thermofractals, Non-Additive Entropy, and q-Calculus”
by Airton Deppman
Physics 2021, 3(2), 290-301; https://doi.org/10.3390/physics3020021
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8174/3/2/21

“Novel Cs₂HfCl₆ Crystal Scintillator: Recent Progress and Perspectives”
by Serge Nagorny
Physics 2021, 3(2), 320-351; https://doi.org/10.3390/physics3020023
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8174/3/2/23

“Effects of Quantum Metric Fluctuations on the Cosmological Evolution in Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker Geometries”
by Zahra Haghani and Tiberiu Harko
Physics 2021, 3(3), 689-714; https://doi.org/10.3390/physics3030042
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8174/3/3/42

“A Novel Feature of Valence Quark Distributions in Hadrons”
by Christopher Leon, Misak M. Sargsian and Frank Vera
Physics 2021, 3(4), 913-923; https://doi.org/10.3390/physics3040057
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8174/3/4/57

“Enhanced Chiral Mie Scattering by a Dielectric Sphere within a Superchiral Light Field”
by Haifeng Hu and Qiwen Zhan
Physics 2021, 3(3), 747-756; https://doi.org/10.3390/physics3030046
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8174/3/3/46

“Recent Progress in Gamow Shell Model Calculations of Drip Line Nuclei”
by Jianguo Li, Yuanzhuo Ma, Nicolas Michel, Baishan Hu, Zhonghao Sun, Wei Zuo and Furong Xu
Physics 2021, 3(4), 977-997; https://doi.org/10.3390/physics3040062
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8174/3/4/62

“Past and Present Trends in the Development of the Pattern-Formation Theory: Domain Walls and Quasicrystals”
by Boris A. Malomed
Physics 2021, 3(4), 1015-1045; https://doi.org/10.3390/physics3040064
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8174/3/4/64

Peer Review Week began 19 September 2022 under the theme of “Research Integrity: Creating and Supporting Trust in Research”. Through various blog articles, podcast, and webinar, we discussed this crucial subject throughout the week, celebrating the essential role peer review plays in maintaining research quality.

To begin, we held a Webinar on the topic. Professor Peter W. Choate and Dr. Emmanuel Obeng-Gyasi joined Dr. Ioana Craciun, one of MDPI’s scientific officers, for an in-depth discussion.

We invite you to view the event recording:

During the week, the MDPI Blog in a series articles highlighted how good Peer Review safeguards research integrity. The following topics were covered:

• Peer Review Week 2022
• Research Integrity
• What We’ve Learned About Peer Review Reports
• 4 Steps to the Perfect Peer Review Report
• How to Write the Perfect Peer Review Report: An Interview
• Inviting Great Peer Reviewers

In a new edition of Insight Faster, an MDPI podcast, we were delighted to talk to the co-chairs of the Peer Review Week committee, Jayashree Rajagopalan (Senior Manager of Global Community Engagement for CACTUS) and Danielle Padula (Head of Marketing and Community Development at Scholastica) to get their take on this year’s event and its related topics.

You can find the Podcast here.

We hope you enjoy the contents!

Thank you for your continued support of the open access journal Physics (ISSN: 2624-8174). We are very pleased to announce that Physics will receive an Impact Factor in June 2023.

We would like to extend our gratitude to the authors, editors, and reviewers whose efforts have helped us to achieve this milestone!

For more journal statistics, please visit the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/physics/stats.

“Fifty Years of the Dynamical Casimir Effect”
by Viktor Dodonov
Physics 2020, 2(1), 67-104; https://doi.org/10.3390/physics2010007
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8174/2/1/7

“Covid-19 Predictions Using a Gauss Model, Based on Data from April 2”
by Janik Schüttler et al.
Physics 2020, 2(2), 197-212; https://doi.org/10.3390/physics2020013
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8174/2/2/13

“The Effect of Anti-COVID-19 Policies on the Evolution of the Disease: A Complex Network Analysis of the Successful Case of Greece”
by Dimitrios Tsiotas et al.
Physics 2020, 2(2), 325-339; https://doi.org/10.3390/physics2020017
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8174/2/2/17

“Saga of Superfluid Solids”
by Vyacheslav I. Yukalov
Physics 2020, 2(1), 49-66; https://doi.org/10.3390/physics2010006
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8174/2/1/6

“A Gaussian Model for the Time Development of the Sars-Cov-2 Corona Pandemic Disease. Predictions for Germany Made on 30 March 2020”
by Reinhard Schlickeiser et al.
Physics 2020, 2(2), 164-170; https://doi.org/10.3390/physics2020010
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8174/2/2/10

“Tsallis Statistics in High Energy Physics: Chemical and Thermal Freeze-Outs”
by Jean Cleymans et al.
Physics 2020, 2(4), 654-664; https://doi.org/10.3390/physics2040038
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8174/2/4/38

“Fractal Structures of Yang–Mills Fields and Non-Extensive Statistics: Applications to High Energy Physics”
by Airton Deppman et al.
Physics 2020, 2(3), 455-480; https://doi.org/10.3390/physics2030026
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8174/2/3/26

“The Dynamical Casimir Effect in a Dissipative Optomechanical Cavity Interacting with Photonic Crystal”
by Satoshi Tanaka et al.
Physics 2020, 2(1), 34-48; https://doi.org/10.3390/physics2010005
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8174/2/1/5

“Basis and Prospects of Combining Electroadsorption Modeling Approaches for Capacitive Deionization”
by Johan Nordstrand et al.
Physics 2020, 2(2), 309-324; https://doi.org/10.3390/physics2020016
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8174/2/2/16

“The Higgs Field and Early Universe Cosmology: A (Brief) Review”
by Bart Horn
Physics 2020, 2(3), 503-520; https://doi.org/10.3390/physics2030028
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8174/2/3/28

In order to acknowledge our reviewers, who so generously dedicate their time to reviewing papers and demonstrate diligence, professionalism, and timeliness when reviewing manuscripts, MDPI journals regularly offer outstanding reviewer awards to scholars who participate in the peer-review process.

We are proud to recognize this year’s winners in the “Physical Sciences” category for their outstanding contributions among extensive competition by presenting them with an Outstanding Reviewer Award.

We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all of the winners on their achievement. MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.

Entropy:

• Jim W. Kay, University of Glasgow, UK;
• Christophe Chesneau, University of Caen, France;
• Esteban Tlelo-Cuautle, Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica (INAOE), Mexico;
• Dennis Dieks, Utrecht University, The Netherlands;
• Claudio Cremaschini, Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic.

Photonics:

• Carlos A. F. Marques, University of Aveiro, Portugal;
• Tatiana Latychevskaia, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland.

Universe:

• Amit Kashi, Ariel University, Israel;
• Dominik Elsaesser, Technical University of Dortmund, Germany;
• Isaac Tutusaus, Instituto de Ciencias del Espacio, Spain;
• Jose A.R. Cembranos, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain;
• Kazuharu Bamba, Fukushima University, Japan;
• Przemyslaw Malkiewicz, National Centre for Nuclear Research, Poland;
• Szymon Piotr Harabasz, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany;
• Theocharis Kosmas, University of Ioannina, Greece;
• Viktor Toth, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Canada;
• Vitor De Souza, Universidade de São Paulodisabled, Brazil.

We are proud to recognize the winners of MDPI’s 2021 Travel Awards in the “Physical Sciences” category for their outstanding presentations and to present them with the prize.

MDPI journals regularly offer travel awards to encourage talented junior scientists to present their latest research at academic conferences in specific fields, which helps to increase their influence.

The winners mentioned below were carefully selected by the journal editors based on an outline of their research and the work to be presented at an academic conference.

We would like to warmly congratulate the winners of this year’s Travel Awards and wish them the greatest success with their future research endeavors. MDPI will continue to enhance communication among scientists.

Galaxies:

• Mahdis Ghodrati, Yangzhou University, China;
• Sandra Etoka, University of Manchester, UK.

Instruments:

• Adriana Dias, University of London, UK.

Photonics:

• Aleksandrs Leitis, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland;
• Elena Losero, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland;
• Zhifeng Zhang, University of Pennsylvania, USA.

The purpose of our Best Paper Awards is to promote and recognize the most impactful contributions published within MDPI journals.

The editors of each journal carefully selected reviews and research papers through a rigorous judging process based on criteria such as the scientific merit, overall impact, and the quality of presentation of the papers published in the journal last year.

We are honored to present the winners in the “Physical Sciences” category, who were selected amongst extensive competition, and congratulate the authors for their outstanding scientific publications.

MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.

Entropy:

• “Classical (Local and Contextual) Probability Model for Bohm–Bell Type Experiments: No-Signaling as Independence of Random Variables”
  By Andrei Khrennikov and Alexander Alodjants
  Entropy 2019, 21(2), 157; doi 10.3390/e21020157
• “Nonlinear Information Bottleneck”
  By Artemy Kolchinsky, Brendan D. Tracey and David H. Wolpert
  Entropy 2019, 21(12), 1181; doi 10.3390/e21121181
• “Dynamic Maximum Entropy Reduction”
  By Václav Klika, Michal Pavelka, Petr Vágner and Miroslav Grmela
  Entropy 2019, 21(7), 715; doi 10.3390/e21070715
• “Topological Information Data Analysis”
  By Pierre Baudot, Monica Tapia, Daniel Bennequin and Jean-Marc Goaillard
  Entropy 2019, 21(9), 869; doi 10.3390/e21090869

Universe:

• “Nonsingular Black Holes in ƒ (R) Theories”
  By Gonzalo J. Olmo and Diego Rubiera-Garcia
  Universe 2015, 1(2), 173-185; doi 10.3390/universe1020173
• “Is It No Longer Necessary to Test Cosmologies with Type Ia Supernovae?”
  By Ram Gopal Vishwakarma and Jayant V. Narlikar
  Universe 2018, 4(6), 73; doi 10.3390/universe4060073
• “A Universe that Does Not Know the Time”
  By João Magueijo and Lee Smolin
  Universe 2019, 5(3), 84 ; doi 10.3390/universe5030084
• “Seeing Black Holes: From the Computer to the Telescope”
  By Jean-Pierre Luminet
  Universe 2018, 4(8), 86; doi 10.3390/universe4080086

Universe (ISSN: 2218-1997) will be attending the 23rd International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation (GR23) and the 2022 Annual Meeting of Division of Gravitation and Relativistic Astrophysics, Chinese Physical Society as an exhibitor. This meeting will be held from 3 to 8 July 2022.

GR23 will be hosted by the Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. This conference series constitutes the principal international meetings for scientists working in all areas of relativity and gravitation.

Below are Parallel Sessions being held during the conference:

A1: Classical GR: Theoretical developments;
A2: Classical GR: Mathematical developments;
A3: Alternative and modified theories of gravity.

B1: Relativistic astrophysics;
B2: Numerical relativity;
B3: Approximations, perturbation theory, and their applications;
B4: Cosmology: Theory and observations.

C1: Pulsar Timing Arrays;
C2: Gravitational wave astronomy: searches, data analysis, parameter estimation;
C3: Astrophysics and multi-messenger astronomy with gravitational waves;
C4: Gravitational waves: Present and future of ground-based and space-based detectors;
C5: Experimental gravitation.

D1: Loop quantum gravity and spin foams;
D2: Gravitational aspects of string theory;
D3: Causal sets, causal dynamical triangulations, non-commutative geometry, asymptotic safety, and other approaches to quantum gravity;
D4: Quantum fields in curved space-time, semiclassical gravity, quantum gravity phenomenology, and analog models.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Universe;
• Symmetry;
• Astronomy;
• Galaxies;
• Physics;
• Particles.

If you are attending this conference, please feel free to start an on-site conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have.

The 2021 citation metrics have been officially released in Scopus!

We are pleased to announce that 182 MDPI journals are included, of which:

● 21 journals received their first CiteScore.
● 85% of journals increased their CiteScore from 2020.
● 155 journals (85%) ranked above average, in at least one category.

The following 65 MDPI journals (36%) ranked among the top 25% of journals, in at least one category:

Source: 2021 CiteScores™ (Elsevier)

We are pleased to inform you that the open access journal Physics (ISSN 2624-8174) was accepted for coverage by Scopus in February 2022. We would like to extend our sincerest gratitude to all the authors, reviewers, and editors who have contributed to this journal and made this achievement possible.

Physics (ISSN 2624-8174) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal which presents the latest research on all aspects of physics ranging from fundamental studies to emerging technologies. Manuscripts are peer-reviewed, and a first decision is provided to authors approximately 28.1 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 12.8 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the second half of 2021).

To make the most of this opportunity, we would like to invite you to make a submission to Physics. If you have a paper on any topic within the scope of the journal, please feel free to submit it here.

Physics Editorial Office