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Announcements
6 November 2025
MDPI Launches the Michele Parrinello Award for Pioneering Contributions in Computational Physical Science
MDPI is delighted to announce the establishment of the Michele Parrinello Award. Named in honor of Professor Michele Parrinello, the award celebrates his exceptional contributions and his profound impact on the field of computational physical science research.
The award will be presented biennially to distinguished scientists who have made outstanding achievements and contributions in the field of computational physical science—spanning physics, chemistry, and materials science.
About Professor Michele Parrinello
"Do not be afraid of new things. I see it many times when we discuss a new thing that young people are scared to go against the mainstream a little bit, thinking what is going to happen to me and so on. Be confident that what you do is meaningful, and do not be afraid, do not listen too much to what other people have to say.”
——Professor Michele Parrinello
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Born in Messina in 1945, he received his degree from the University of Bologna and is currently affiliated with the Italian Institute of Technology. Professor Parrinello is known for his many technical innovations in the field of atomistic simulations and for a wealth of interdisciplinary applications ranging from materials science to chemistry and biology. Together with Roberto Car, he introduced ab initio molecular dynamics, also known as the Car–Parrinello method, marking the beginning of a new era both in the area of electronic structure calculations and in molecular dynamics simulations. He is also known for the Parrinello–Rahman method, which allows crystalline phase transitions to be studied by molecular dynamics. More recently, he has introduced metadynamics for the study of rare events and the calculation of free energies. |
For his work, he has been awarded many prizes and honorary degrees. He is a member of numerous academies and learned societies, including the German Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, the British Royal Society, and the Italian Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, which is the major academy in his home country of Italy.
Award Committee
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The award committee will be chaired by Professor Xin-Gao Gong, a computational condensed matter physicist, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and professor at the Department of Physics, Fudan University. Professor Xin-Gao Gong will lead a panel of several senior experts in the field to oversee the evaluation and selection process. The Institute for Computational Physical Sciences at Fudan University (Shanghai, China), led by Professor Xin-Gao Gong, will serve as the supporting institute for the award. |
"We hope the Michele Parrinello Award will recognize scientists who have made significant contributions to the field of computational condensed matter physics and at the same time set a benchmark for the younger generation, providing clear direction for their pursuit—this is precisely the original intention behind establishing the award."
——Professor Xin-Gao Gong
The first edition of the award was officially launched on 1 November 2025. Nominations will be accepted before the end of March 2026. For further details, please visit mparrinelloaward.org.
About the MDPI Sustainability Foundation and MDPI Awards 
The Michele Parrinello Award is part of the MDPI Sustainability Foundation, which is dedicated to advancing sustainable development through scientific progress and global collaboration. The foundation also oversees the World Sustainability Award, the Emerging Sustainability Leader Award, and the Tu Youyou Award. The establishment of the Michele Parrinello Award will further enrich the existing award portfolio, providing continued and diversified financial support to outstanding professionals across various fields.
In addition to these foundation-level awards, MDPI journals also recognize outstanding contributions through a range of honors, including Best Paper Awards, Outstanding Reviewer Awards, Young Investigator Awards, Travel Awards, Best PhD Thesis Awards, Editor of Distinction Awards, and others. These initiatives aim to recognize excellence across disciplines and career stages, contributing to the long-term vitality and sustainability of scientific research.
Find more information on awards here.
23 July 2025
Nutrients 2026—Clinical Nutrition: From Research to Practice—Open for Submissions
Conference: Nutrients 2026—Clinical Nutrition: From Research to Practice
Date: 22–24 October 2026, CEST, Barcelona, Spain
Website: https://sciforum.net/event/Nutrients2026
We cordially invite you to attend this event organized by MDPI’s Nutrients (ISSN: 2072-6643, impact factor: 5.0, CiteScore: 9.1). It will take place on 22 to 24 October 2026, CEST, in Barcelona, Spain.
Conference Chairs:
- Prof. Dr. Maria Luz Fernandez, University of Connecticut, USA;
- Prof. Dr. Lluis Serra Majem, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
The Topics of Interest:
S1. Personalized nutrition based on diet–gene interactions;
S2. Innovations in clinical nutrition;
S3. Novel dietary recommendations for specific chronic diseases;
S4. Understanding the role of microbiota in clinical practice;
S5. The potential role of AI in clinical practice;
S6. Lifestyle and prevention of chronic diseases.
Important Dates
Deadline for abstract submissions: 24 June 2026;
Notification of acceptance: 20 July 2026;
Deadline for early bird registration: 24 July 2026;
Deadline for covering author registration: 24 July 2026.
Guide for Authors
To submit your abstract, please click on the following link: https://sciforum.net/user/submission/create/1496.
To register for the event, please click on the following link: https://sciforum.net/event/Nutrients2026?section=#registration.
For details regarding abstract submission, poster and slide submission, and publication opportunities, you may refer to the “Instructions for Authors” section below: https://sciforum.net/event/Nutrients2026?section=#instructions.
For any enquiries regarding the event, please contact nutrients2026@mdpi.com.
We look forward to seeing you at Nutrients 2026.
20 February 2026
MDPI Virtual Academic Publishing Workshop (New Harvest), 25 February 2026
This Academic Publishing Workshop will be led by MDPI Regional Journal Relations Specialist, Dr. Sally Wu, on “Author Training”. Participants will receive practical advice on essential aspects of writing academic articles. Participants will leave with a clearer understanding of the academic publishing landscape and how to successfully contribute to it.
Date: 25 February 2026
Time: 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. EST
Schedule:
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Dr. Sally Wu |
Introduction |
11:30–11:40 a.m. |
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Dr. Sally Wu |
Tips for Writing Great Research Papers
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11:40 a.m.–12:15 p.m. |
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Dr. Sally Wu |
How to Respond to Peer Reviewers
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12:15–12:50 p.m. |
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Dr. Sally Wu |
AI in Publishing: Challenges and Opportunities
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12:50–13:30 p.m. |
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Dr. Sally Wu received a PhD in medical science from the University of Toronto in the fall of 2025. She joined MDPI in February 2025 as an Assistant Editor for Cells. She was recently promoted to Regional Journal Relations Specialist position in August. In this role, she works with many journals, liaising with authors, board members, and EiCs. She has attended several conferences across North America, hosted scholar visits, and taken part in other outreach events. |
18 February 2026
MDPI’s Open Access Program Reaches 1,000 Institutions Worldwide
MDPI has surpassed the milestone of 1,000 partners within the Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP). The agreements span 59 countries, covering North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Oceania.
Last year alone, more than 150 new libraries and academic institutions joined MDPI’s IOAP. With the expansion of an existing consortium deal in Sweden we welcomed a further 75 partners to the program in January 2026, enabling us to surpass the 1,000-partners milestone.
The IOAP supports affiliated researchers by streamlining submission processes, reducing administrative burdens, and offering discounted Article Processing Charges (APCs). Through IOAP membership, more than 61,300 research articles received APC discounts in 2025, driving greater visibility and accessibility for partner institutions and global research communities alike.
"This milestone marks a significant step towards expanding MDPI’s global impact," said Stefan Tochev, MDPI's CEO. "Reaching 1,000 IOAP partnerships is a true testament to the growing trust and collaboration we’ve built with universities, libraries, and research organizations worldwide. We are proud to lead the way in Open Access publishing, ensuring researchers have the support they need to reach global audiences." "The success of our program is reflected in the growing global demand for Open Science and quality publishing services," said Becky Castellon, MDPI institutional partnerships manager. "Equally, institutions are increasingly seeking Open Access publishing options that support funder and national mandates. Joining the IOAP makes compliance simple."
11 February 2026
World Pulses Day—“Pulses of the World: From Modesty to Excellence”, 10 February 2026
World Pulses Day is celebrated on 10 February 2026, marking the 8th annual observance with the theme “Pulses of the World: From Modesty to Excellence”.
This theme elevates pulses from simple staples to celebrated, versatile foods. Pulses, such as beans and lentils, are champions of resilience. They naturally enrich soil by fixing nitrogen, requiring less water and fertilizer than other crops. Nutritionally dense, they provide essential plant-based protein, fiber, and minerals. This day calls for increased awareness and consumption of pulses, encouraging everyone to integrate them into their diet, for a healthier planet and people.
On World Pulses Day, we recommend MDPI’s Biology & Life Sciences journals, which are relevant scientific communication platforms to support the production and consumption of pulses and promote sustainable food system and healthy meals.

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“Escaping Maturation Stress: Late Sowing as a Strategy to Secure High-Vigor Soybean Seeds in Subtropical Low-Altitude Environments”
by Jose Ricardo Bagateli, Ricardo Mari Bagateli, Giovana Carla da Veiga, Ivan Ricardo Carvalho,
Willyan Junior Adorian Bandeira and Geri Eduardo Meneghello
Seeds 2025, 4(4), 64; https://doi.org/10.3390/seeds4040064
“Integration of Genetic and Imaging Data to Detect QTL for Root Traits in Interspecific Soybean Populations”
by Mohammad Shafiqul Islam, Jeong-Dong Lee, Qijian Song, Hyun Jo and Yoonha Kim
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2025, 26(3), 1152; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms26031152
“Carob-Based Functional Beverages: Nutritional Value and Health Properties”
by Carla Buzzanca, Angela D’Amico, Enrica Pistorio, Vita Di Stefano and Maria Grazia Melilli
Beverages 2025, 11(1), 1; https://doi.org/10.3390/beverages11010001
“Harnessing Multi-Omics Strategies and Bioinformatics Innovations for Advancing Soybean Improvement: A Comprehensive Review”
by Siwar Haidar, Julia Hooker, Simon Lackey, Mohamad Elian, Nathalie Puchacz, Krzysztof Szczyglowski, Frédéric Marsolais, Ashkan Golshani, Elroy R. Cober and Bahram Samanfa
Plants 2024, 13(19), 2714; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13192714
“Screening New Mungbean Varieties for Terminal Drought Tolerance”
by Sobia Ikram, Surya Bhattarai and Kerry B. Walsh
Agriculture 2024, 14(8), 1328; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture14081328
“Solid-State Fermentation of Mucuna deeringiana Seed Flour Using Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus”
by Andrés Álvarez, Leidy Y. Rache, Sandra Chaparro, María H. Brijaldo, Luis Miguel Borras and José J. Martínez
Fermentation 2024, 10(8), 396; https://doi.org/10.3390/fermentation10080396
“Genome-Wide Identification and Characterization of CCT Gene Family from Microalgae to Legumes”
by Yi Xu, Huiying Yao, Yanhong Lan, Yu Cao, Qingrui Xu, Hui Xu, Dairong Qiao and Yi Cao
Genes 2024, 15(7), 941; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes15070941
“Genotypic Variability in Response to Heat Stress and Post-Stress Compensatory Growth in Mungbean Plants (Vigna radiata [L.] Wilczek)”
by Vijaya Singh and Marisa Collins
Crops 2024, 4(3), 270-287; https://doi.org/10.3390/crops4030020
“Isolation and Identification of Salinity-Tolerant Rhizobia and Nodulation Phenotype Analysis in Different Soybean Germplasms”
by Tong Yu, Xiaodong Wu, Yunshan Song, Hao Lv, Guoqing Zhang, Weinan Tang, Zefeng Zheng,
Xiaohan Wang, Yumeng Gu, Xin Zhou et al.
Curr. Issues Mol. Biol. 2024, 46(4), 3342-3352; https://doi.org/10.3390/cimb46040209
“Cross-Species Transferability of SSR Markers for Analyzing Genetic Diversity of Different Vicia species Collections”
by María Isabel López-Román, Lucía De la Rosa, Teresa Marcos-Prado and Elena Ramírez-Parra
Agronomy 2024, 14(2), 326; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14020326
“Tailoring the Techno-Functional Properties of Fava Bean Protein Isolates: A Comparative Evaluation of Ultrasonication and Pulsed Electric Field Treatments”
by Saqib Gulzar, Olga Martín-Belloso and Robert Soliva-Fortuny
Foods 2024, 13(3), 376; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods13030376
“Understanding the Molecular Regulatory Networks of Seed Size in Soybean”
by Ye Zhang, Javaid Akhter Bhat, Yaohua Zhang and Suxin Yang
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 25(3), 1441; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25031441

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“Fermented Plant-Based Beverages: Nutritional Composition and Functional Properties” |
“Genetic and Functional Genomics Insights into the Genetic Improvement of Stress Resistance in Economic Crops” |
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“Functional Characterization of Key Agronomic Trait Genes in Soybean” |
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11 February 2026
Acknowledgment to the Reviewers of Plants in 2025
The editorial office of Plants would like to extend its sincere gratitude to all reviewers who contributed to the improvement of the journal quality by providing their expert opinion and evaluation of the submitted research.
We appreciate that thorough peer review demands considerable time and intellectual investment from our reviewers. In 2025, Plants received 20,473 review reports from contributors across 104 countries and territories, demonstrating the breadth of international expertise and scholarly engagement that has strengthened our publication standards.
The reviewers who agreed to have their names published this year are listed below in alphabetical order by first name. The editorial team acknowledges with gratitude all reviewers, named and anonymous alike, for their vital role in maintaining the scholarly standards of Plants.
| A. K. M. Mominul Islam | Hamdi Bendif | Narasimha Swamy Lakka |
| Abdelfattah A. Dababat | Hamza Sohail | Nasim Ahmad Yasin |
| Abdelghafar M. Abu-Elsaoud | Han Xie | Nasratullah Habibi |
| Abdul Waheed | Hanane Boutaj | Natália M. de Oliveira |
| Abdul Wakeel Umar | Haonan Zhang | Natalia N. Rudenko |
| Abdulmannan Rouhani | Haralambos E. Katerinopoulos | Natalya Ivanova |
| Abdulwakeel Ayokun Nun Ajao | Harald Scherm | Nataša Ljubičić |
| Abraham Wall Medrano | Hari Singh | Natoniel Franklin de Melo |
| Adam Klimowicz | Hasim Kelebek | Navid J. Ayon |
| Adam Radkowski | Hassan Rasouli | Navin Kumar |
| Adane Gebeyehu Demissie | Hector Valenzuela | Nawab Ali |
| Adebola Omowumi Mowumi Oyedeji | Hede Gong | Nay Myo Win |
| Adelina Florica Dumitras | Hegedus Attila | Nebojša Nikolić |
| Adina Berbecea | Helaine Carrer | Ned Fetcher |
| Adina Ionuta Gavrila | Helen Kalorizou | Neftalí Ochoa-Alejo |
| Aditi Roy | Helena Kusá | Neha Gupta |
| Adnan Arshad | Henrik Pedersen | Neil Danielson |
| Adnan Aydin | Herman J. Woerdenbag | Nela Nedić Tiban |
| Adolfo Andrade-Cetto | Hermes Pérez-Hérnandez | Nelson Luis Alvarenga |
| Adolfo Rosati | Hidekazu Hiroaki | Nelson Marmiroli |
| Adrian Christopher Brennan | Hideo Yamasaki | Nevenka Ćelepirović |
| Adriana Cristina Urcan | Hiroaki Kodama | Nickolay Tsvetanov |
| Adriana E. Flores | Hirofumi Shimomura | Nicolás Alejandro Pastor |
| Advanio Inácio Siqueira-Silva | Hiroshi Noguchi | Nicoleta-Aurelia Chira |
| Aelton Biasi Giroldo | Holger Zetzsche | Nicoletta Guaragnella |
| Agnieszka Gniazdowska | Hongqing Hu | Niko Radulović |
| Agnieszka Klimkowicz-Pawlas | Hongwei Jing | Nikolaos Remmas |
| Agnieszka Kompała-Bąba | Hongxia Liu | Nikolay Neykov |
| Agnieszka Lejman | Horacio Salomon Ballina-Gomez | Nikoleta Eleftheriadou |
| Agnieszka Mierek-Adamska | Hristina Zlatanova-Tenisheva | Nikoletta Solomakou |
| Agnieszka Pawełek | Hristofor Miho | Nikos Nanos |
| Agnieszka Rutkowska | Hsiao-Hsuan Wang | Nikos Rigopoulos |
| Agnieszka Synowiec | Hualong Hong | Nina Kacjan Maršič |
| Agnieszka Szewczyk | Huawei Tan | Nirit Bernstein |
| Agnieszka Żmieńko | Huawei Xu | Noman Shakoor |
| Agustiyara Agustiyara | Huaye Xiong | Nora E. Anghelescu |
| Ahana Roy Choudhury | Huayu Sun | Nora Hosny |
| Ahmad A. Omar | Humaira Yasmeen | Ntambo Mbuya |
| Ahmet Bayram | Humberto Causin | Nurdan Tuna Gunes |
| Aikaterini Nikolaos Martini | Hung-Chi Cheng | Nuria Acero de Mesa |
| Aiman Hina | Huseyin Cetin | Nuwan Sameera Liyanage |
| Ain Raal | Ibrahim Abu-Reidah | Oana Mărgărita Ghimpeţeanu |
| Aiping Wu | Ibrahim Mssillou | Oana-Irina Patriciu |
| Aixa Ofelia Rivero-Guerra | Ida Bagus Andika | Octavio Martínez |
| Akash Kumar | Ida Katičić Bogdan | Oksana Sherstneva |
| Alan Gay | Ignacio Moreno | Oksana Tkachenko |
| Albert O. Ayeni | Igor Piotr Turkiewicz | Oleh Koshovyi |
| Alberto Gianinetti | Igor V. Deyneko | Olexander Zhukov |
| Alberto Iglesias | Iker Hernandez | Olga A. Oxholm |
| Alberto Minassi | Ikumi Umetani | Olga Aleynova |
| Alberto Sánchez Estrada | Ilaria Borromeo | Olga M. Tsivileva |
| Alberto Tosca | Ildikó Jócsák | Omer Bayazeid |
| Aldo Moreno-Ulloa | Ilkay Erdogan Orhan | Onrizal Onrizal |
| Alejandro Chamizo Ampudia | Illimar Altosaar | Orhan Karakaya |
| Alejandro Peña | Imael Henri Nestor Bassole | Orly Enrique Apolo-Apolo |
| Alejandro Tapia | Iman Mirmazloum | Osama Osman Atallah |
| Aleksandar Ž. Kostić | Imane Nait Irahal | Óscar González-Prieto |
| Aleksandr N. Ignatov | Imran Ali Lakhiar | Oscar Herrera-Calderon |
| Aleksandra Głowacka | Ina Aneva | Oscar Perdomo |
| Aleksandra Kozłowska | Ines Karmous | Oskan Bahidinov Tasinov |
| Aleksandra Nucia | Inês Mansinhos | Osmar Antonio Jaramillo-Morales |
| Aleksandra Owczarek | Inga Matulyte | Osvaldo Failla |
| Aleksey Troitsky | Inga Zinicovscaia | Osvaldo Ferrarese-Filho |
| Alena A. Volgusheva | Ingvar Svanberg | Oswaldo Jadán |
| Alena Firsova | Innokentii Vishnyakov | Otilia Cristina Murariu |
| Aleš Kovařík | Intikhab Alam | Ou Sheng |
| Alessandro Carella | Inzamam Ul Haq | Oxana V. Masyagina |
| Alessia Di Giuseppe | Ioan Puiu | P. Pablo Ferrer Gallego |
| Alessio Cislaghi | Ioana Aurelia Roman | Pablo Eduardo Abbate |
| Alex Lindsey | Ioana Grozea | Pabrício Marcos Oliveira Lopes |
| Alexander A. Baykov | Ioana-Miruna Balmus | Panagiota Tryfon |
| Alexander A. Gusev | Ioannis Bazos | Panagiotis Madesis |
| Alexander Machado Cardoso | Ioannis Roussis | Pankaj Sah |
| Alexander N. Deryabin | Ion Brinza | Panqiao Wang |
| Alexander Nikolaevich Sennikov | Iqbal Hussain | Paola D'antonio |
| Alexander P. Sukhorukov | Iran Alia-Tejacal | Paola Faraoni |
| Alexander Smirnov | Irene Romero | Paolo Biagi |
| Alexander V. Babosha | Irfan Ullah Khan | Parijat Sarkar |
| Alexander Yu. Ryss | Irina K. Kravchenko | Pasquale Termolino |
| Alexander Zhgun | Irina Lyubushkina | Patrizia Vaccino |
| Alexandra Mastroberti | Irina N. Anisimova | Paul M. Severns |
| Alexandra S. Dubrovina | Irina-Claudia Alexa | Paula Stoicea |
| Alexandra Teodora Lukinich-Gruia | Isabel María González Padilla | Paulina Parcheta-Szwindowska |
| Alexey Morgounov | Isabel Marques | Paulina Supel |
| Alexey V. Rakov | Isidora Radulov | Paulo A. V. Borges |
| Alexis Joavany Rodríguez-Solís | Ismail Abdullahi | Paulo Hercilio Viegas Rodrigues |
| Alexis Marchesini | Ismail Koç | Pavel A. Shilyagin |
| Alfredo Jiménez-Pérez | Israel Pérez-Vargas | Pavel Janda |
| Alicia Ayerdi Gotor | István Papp | Pavel Kindlmann |
| Alicia García | Ivan A. Bychkov | Pavel Kostylev |
| Alina Simon | Iván De-la-Cruz-Chacón | Pawan Kumar |
| Alla Perfileva | Ivan Lozada Lawag | Paweł Rudnicki-Velasquez |
| Alma Angélica Del Villar-Martínez | Ivan Semenkov | Pedro Alfonso Sansberro |
| Alma Rosa Netzahuatl-Muñoz | Ivan Tychkov | Pedro Diaz-Vivancos |
| Alpana Joshi | Ivana Mitrović | Pedro Talhinhas |
| Álvaro López Zaplana | Ivana Trbojević | Peili Mao |
| Amalio Santacruz-Varela | Ivica Aviani | Peili Shi |
| Amine Assouguem | Iwona Ledwożyw-Smoleń | Peiling Li |
| Amine Elbouzidi | Iwona Szot | Peng Chen |
| Amit Ghimire | Iyyakkannu Sivanesan | Peng Di |
| Amit Kumar Shakya | Jacek Nycz | Peng Zhang |
| Amjad Hussain | Jacob Toth | Pengbo Xu |
| Amparo Rosero | Jadwiga Śliwka | Pengfei Zhi |
| Amro Amara | Jadwiga Treder | Pengtao Li |
| Ana Angelica Feregrino-Perez | Jae Hwan Lee | Pepy Bareka |
| Ana Coelho Marques | Jae-Hyung Lee | Periyasamy Rathinapriya |
| Ana Dragan Obradović | Jai Rohila | Peter A. Bowler |
| Ana Isabel Oliveira | Jaime Mejias | Peter A. Roussos |
| Ana Juan | Jairo José Zocche | Peter Bulli |
| Ana María Gonzalez | Jakub Dobrzyński | Peter Kusch |
| Ana Maria Martins Alves | Jalal Kassout | Peter Makleit |
| Ana Paula Rodiño | James D. Lewis | Peter Ragalyi |
| Ana Pérez Gimeno | Jan Bocianowski | Peter Searles |
| Ana Pina | Jan Buczek | Peter Sharp |
| Ana Tomić | Jan Kowalczyk | Petr Komínek |
| Anabela Bernardes da Silva | Jan Kučera | Petr Šařec |
| Anabela Romano | Jana Oklestkova | Petra Wester |
| Anastasia Angelaki | Janay Serejo | Petroula Seridou |
| Anastassios N. Troganis | Janos Degi | Petru Alexandru Vlaicu |
| Anca Manole | Jarosław Leon Przybył | Philippe J. Chatelet |
| Anca Toiu | Jasenka Gajdoš Kljusurić | Photini V. Mylona |
| Andrea Balažová | Jasmina Lukinac | Phuong Mai Le |
| Andreas Kalogirou | Jaume Boixadera | Pierre Betu Kasangana |
| Andreea D. Ona | Javier Veloso | Pietro Minissale |
| Andreea Veronica Botezatu | Jayanta Kumar Patra | Ping Li |
| Andrei Cristian Grădinaru | Jean Heinrich Daugrois | Pingfan Hu |
| Andrei I. Kuzin | Jeffrey Duckett | Piotr Iwaniuk |
| Andrei N. Frolov | Jeffrey Ray Schussler | Piotr Juszczyk |
| Andrey A. Sinjushin | Jelena Kukic-Markovic | Piotr Latocha |
| Andrzej Bajguz | Jenifer C. Lopes | Piotr Szymczyk |
| Andrzej Borusiewicz | Jeremy Sweet | Piyada Theerakulpisut |
| Andrzej Cezary Zolnowski | Jermaine D. Perier | Polina Kuryntseva |
| Andrzej Cezary Żołnowski | Jerzy Bełtowski | Poramate Banterng |
| Andrzej Günther | Jerzy Grabiński | Porfirio Gutierrez Martinez |
| Andrzej Salata | Jesús Alfredo Araujo-León | Pornphimon Meesakul |
| Andrzej Stanisław Rybak | Jesus Castillo | Pradeep Kumar Panda |
| Ángel Emilio Martínez de Alba | Jevgenija Ņečajeva | Pragya Tiwari |
| Ángel Enrique Salvo Tierra | Jia Wen | Prakash Babu Adhikari |
| Angel Josabad Alonso-Castro | Jian Liu | Prawej Ansari |
| Angel Llamas | Jian Ren | Primo Proietti |
| Ângela Oliveira | Jian Wang | Priscilla Farina |
| Angela Punzo | Jian Zhong | Pulakesh Das |
| Angélica Lizeth Sánchez López | Jianbo He | Pumo Cai |
| Angelo Cardellicchio | Jianbo Yang | Puwen Tan |
| Anika Kuczynski | Jiangjiang Gu | Pyrzynska Krystyna |
| Anima Ghosal | Jiangqi Wen | Qi Cui |
| Anita G. Tosheva | Jiangyu Zhu | Qiang Li |
| Anita Galir | Jianliang Huang | Qiang Shi |
| Anita Wiśniewska | Jianwei Guo | Qiang Zhang |
| Anna A. Brilkina | Jianwu Li | Qiangqiang Xiong |
| Anna Kiełtyka-Dadasiewicz | Jiao Liu | Qingbo Yu |
| Anna Maria Mannino | Jiaqiang Zheng | Qingming Li |
| Anna Maria Mercuri | Jiawu Zhou | Qingyang Liu |
| Anna Sikorska | Jie He | Rachele Nieri |
| Anna Sobieraj-Betlińska | Jiejie Sun | Radosław Bonikowski |
| Anna Szakiel | Jifu Li | Radosław Porada |
| Anna Vatsanidou | Ji-Hoon Lee | Radu E. Sestras |
| Anna Vittoria Carluccio | Jihwi Jang | Rafael Herrera-Bucio |
| Anna Wallis | Jimena Elizabeth Chaves | Rafael Oliveira Batista |
| Anna Wondołowska-Grabowska | Jin-Gui Chen | Rafał Frański |
| Anna Źróbek | Jing-Wen Yao | Ragaa A. Hamouda |
| Annamaria Pallag | Jinhai Luo | Raghav Kataria |
| Anne Claire Mitaine-Offer | Jinhe Bai | Rahul Mahadev Shelake |
| Annette Madelene Dăncilă | Jinle Xiang | Rahul Mohan Singh |
| Anoop Alex | Jinpeng Gao | Rajendra Rohokale |
| Ansar Javeed | Jinyu Tian | Rajesh Durairaj |
| Anthonymuthu Selvaraj | Jiří Hendrych | Rajiv Kumar Jha |
| Antía González Pereira | Jisheng Liu | Rambod Abiri |
| Antoaneta Ene | Jitendra Pandey | Ramona Stef |
| Anton Zvonarev | Joana Gonçalves | Ranko Gantner |
| Antonella Rosa | Joann Conner | Raquel Rodríguez Vázquez |
| Antonella Vitti | Joanna Kołodziejczyk-Czepas | Raúl Silvio Lavado |
| Antonio Belda | Joanna Marta Skiba | Ravi Kant Chaturvedi |
| Antônio Fernando Morais de Oliveira | Joanna Podlasińska | Ravikumar Sanapala |
| Antonio Gattuso | João Everthon da Silva Ribeiro | Raza Hasan |
| Antônio Gustavo De Luna Souto | João Leonardo Fernandes Pires | Redžo Hasanagić |
| Antonio Henrique Bezerra | João Paulo Saraiva Morais | Reges Heinrichs |
| Antonio J. Castro | João Tavares Calixto Júnior | Regina Karousou |
| Antonio Lidón | Johannes Human Giliomee | Regina Menino |
| Antonio Pica | Johannes Martinus Marie Engels | Remington X. Poulin |
| António Raposo | John B. Pascarella | Renan Falcioni |
| Anuradha Singh | John Carlos Ignacio | Renata Tobiasz-Salach |
| Anwar Eziz | John Carragher | Renato Serena Fontaneli |
| Aqib Hassan Ali Khan | John Diarmuid Hamill | Renzo Torricelli |
| Aránzazu Alonso Sanchis | John Stephen C. Smith | Rex T. Nelson |
| Aras Turkoglu | Jonathan Allen | Rezaul Haque |
| Arifin Sandhi | Jorge Oscar Chiapella | Ricardo Alcántara-de la Cruz |
| Aristeidis Georgakis | Jorge Saenz-Mata | Ricardo Antonio Marenco |
| Aristidis Matsoukis | Jose A. Morales-González | Ricardo Egipto |
| Arjen ten Have | José Agustín Tapia Hernández | Ricardo Loiola Edvan |
| Arnulfo Aldrete | José Ascención Martínez Álvarez | Ricardo Lopes |
| Artem Yu. Manyakhin | José Bruno Malaquias | Ricardo Salomón-Torres |
| Artur Banach | Jose Coelho | Riccardo Aigotti |
| Arturo Sánchez-González | José Delatorre-Herrera | Richard Caners |
| Asfaw Degu | Jose Enrique Gonzalez Zamora | Richard E. Carlson |
| Ashok Babadev Jagtap | Jose Fernando Marín Peira | Richard G. Cresswell |
| Asim Abbasi | Jose Franco da Cunha Leme Filho | Richard H. Zander |
| Assunta Bertaccini | José Galberto Martins Da Costa | Rida Javed |
| Assunta Florenzano | Jose Iannacone | Rita Maggini |
| Atanas Pavlov | Jose Lavres Junior | Rituraj Khound |
| Atanas Zdravkov Atanasov | Jose Luis Cabrera Ponce | Robert J. Walker |
| Atsushi Sakai | Jose Luis Diaz-Hernandez | Robert Larkin |
| Attachai Jintrawet | José Luis Olivares-Romero | Robert Philipp Wagensommer |
| Aunchalee Aussanasuwannakul | José Luis Spinoso-Castillo | Roberto Ambra |
| Avinash Mishra | Jose M. Mulet | Roberto Ruggeri |
| Axel Diederichsen | Jose Manuel Perez-Perez | Rodica Maria Sima |
| Aya Kurosawa | José Martinho Lourenço | Rodolfo Abarca-Vargas |
| Ayako N. Sakamoto | Jose Navarro-Pedreño | Rodolfo Solano |
| Ayoub Kasrati | Jose Ramon Acosta Motos | Rodrigo A. Contreras |
| Azalia Avila-Nava | Josef Gallo | Rodrigo Machado |
| Azamat Avalbaev | Joseph Amoah | Rogerio Margis |
| Azza H. Mohamed | Joseph Edward Govan | Roman A. Sidorov |
| Babar Hussain | Jovana P. Pantović | Roman Paduch |
| Babar Usman | Jovana Rajkovic | Roman Pavela |
| Bala Murali Krishna Vasamsetti | Juan A. Villanueva-Jimenez | Rongjia Wang |
| Balaji Prasath Barathan | Juan Carlos Diaz-Perez | Rongli Shi |
| Banpu Ruan | Juan Carlos Romero-Benavides | Rosa M. Ros |
| Barbara Frąszczak | Juan de Dios Franco-Navarro | Rosa Paola Radice |
| Barbara Łotocka | Juan Huang | Rosa Patricia Penilla-Navarro |
| Barbara Sgorbini | Juan Jose Acevedo Fernandez | Rosana Aparecida Manolio Soares-Freitas |
| Barbara Symanowicz | Juan Manuel Guzman-Flores | Rosendo Balois-Morales |
| Barbara Waldon-Rudzionek | Juan Ramos-Garza | Rosilda Mara Mussury |
| Barbara Wiewióra | Juhie Joshi-Paneri | Rostislav Zemek |
| Bartholomew Saanu Adeleke | Julián Cuevas | Roxana Elena Călugăr |
| Bartosz Jan Płachno | Julian Rodriguez Talou | Roxana Liana Lucaciu |
| Bartosz Kruszewski | Julian Wiethold | Rubab Sarfraz |
| Bartosz Piechowicz | Juliane Barreto Oliveira | Ruben Ruiz-Gonzalez |
| Bashir Bolaji Tiamiyu | Juliane Maciel Henschel | Rubim M. Almeida |
| Beata Gabrys | Jun Liu | Rui Sales Júnior |
| Behailu Mulugeta | Jun Sian Lee | Rui Shi |
| Belen Guijarro | Junhao Chen | Rui-Feng Wang |
| Bello Hassan Jakada | Jun-Ho Song | Ruslan Kalendar |
| Bert Ely | Junming Sun | Ruth R. Finkelstein |
| Bertrand Hirel | Jüri Liiv | S. V. G. Nirosha Priyadarshani |
| Bin Li | Justyna Belcar | Saban Kordali |
| Biruta Bankina | Juvenil Enrique Cares | Sabri Kanzari |
| Bo Cui | K. J. Senthil Kumar | Sabrina Palanti |
| Bo Li | Kadir Sabanci | Safiullah Habibi |
| Bofang Yan | Kai Hou | Saham Mirzaei |
| Bojin Bojinov | Kai Song | Said Ezrari |
| Bonface Ombasa Manono | Kaibing Zhou | Said Moukrim |
| Bonifacio Mostacedo | Kaifeng Huang | Saikat Kumar Basu |
| Boris Boincean | Kalina Bermúdez Torres | Sajad Hussain |
| Boris Mahltig | Kamalrul Azlan Azizan | Salima Akter |
| Borislav Banjac | Kamil Szymczak | Salvatore Falanga Bolognesi |
| Bozena Denisow | Kamil Wierzchowski | Sami Abou Fayssal |
| Bożena Szewczyk-Taranek | Kamila Lewicka-Brzoza | Samira Islas-Valdez |
| Božidar Benko | Kamran Shah | Samuel K. Mutiga |
| Branislav Šiler | Kangyu Wang | Sandeep Biswas |
| Branka Uzelac | Karel Matějka | Sandro Strumia |
| Brenda Anabel Lopez Ruiz | Karel Petrzik | Sang Yong Nam |
| Brigitta Tóth | Karen Esquivel | Sanja Fabek Uher |
| Bruno Catarino | Karina Batista | Sanjib Sapkota |
| Bruno Di Giusto | Karnelia Paul | Santa Olga Cacciola |
| Bualuang Faiyue | Karolina A. Wojtunik-Kulesza | Santiago Linorio Ferreyra Ramos |
| Bulan Wu | Kashif Akhtar | Santiago Maiale |
| Bulat R. Kuluev | Kashif Hayat | Saoussan Annemer |
| Burhan Ozturk | Kashif Shamim | Sara Beltrami |
| Byoungkoo Choi | Kasireddy Sudarshan | Sara Diogo Gonçalves |
| Byrappa Ammagarahalli | Katarina Ćuković | Sara Sousa |
| Cailin Wang | Katarzyna Kagan | Saraj Bahadur |
| Carlos Alberto Silva | Katarzyna Kozak | Šarlota Kaňuková |
| Carlos Alberto Vieira de Azevedo | Katarzyna Nuc | Saša Kostić |
| Carlos Gamarra-Luques | Katarzyna Panasiewicz | Satoko Kanematsu |
| Carlos Lara | Katarzyna Pużyńska | Satyanarayana Tatineni |
| Carlos Lopez Ortiz | Katarzyna Rubinowska | Saumik Panja |
| Carmelina Spanò | Katarzyna Sala | Savitha Dhandapani |
| Carmine Marcone | Katarzyna Wojciechowska | Sayed Mohammad Mohsin |
| Caterina Morcia | Kateryna Lystvan | Saygin Abdikan |
| Catherine Cook | Katia Comte | Sebastian Gomez Talquenca |
| César Iván Romo Sáenz | Katya Georgieva | Sebastian John Adams |
| Cesar Sotelo-Leyva | Katya Vasileva | Seisuke Kimura |
| Chabaco Armijos | Kayode Komolafe | Sen Cao |
| Chan Saem Gil | Kazi Kamrul Islam | Senouwa Segla Koffi Dossou |
| Chandran Somasundram | Kazuhiro Kobayasi | Seong Heo |
| Chang Liu | Kélin Schwarz | Sergei N. Lysenkov |
| Changxia Li | Kelly Cristina Tonello | Sergey Bruskin |
| Changxiang Zhu | Keyvan Maleki | Sergey E. Sedykh |
| Chaohe Huangfu | Keyvan Soltani | Sergi Garcia-Barreda |
| Chao-Min Wang | Khalid Hameed | Sergio Ayvar-Serna |
| Charalabos Kanakis | Khalid Mahmood Khavar | Sergio Ruffo Roberto |
| Charles Nathan Hancock | Khursheda Parvin | Serkan Selli |
| Chen Ling | Kimberly Suazo Ponce | Seung Youn Lee |
| Cheng Li | Kinga Kimic | Sevgi Marakli |
| Cheng Zhang | Kiril Hristov Stoyanov | Seweryn Lipiński |
| Chengqi Li | Kirill Aleksandrovich Zhichkin | Shagufta Perveen |
| Chen-Kang Huang | Kirill Petrikov | Shahina A. Ghazanfar |
| Chenxi Wang | Kirill S. Mironov | Shajahan Anver |
| Chen-Yi Sun | Kirley Marques Canuto | Shakeel Ahmad |
| Cheryl Adeva | Kit-Leong Cheong | Shakir Ullah |
| Chinmay Saha | Klara Petković | Shan-Li Wang |
| Chong Liu | Klaus H. Hoffmann | Shaoyong Ke |
| Chorng-Horng Lin | Klaus Peter Latté | Shariq Mahmood Alam |
| Chris Gehring | Konstantinos Bertsouklis | Shekhar Suman Borah |
| Christian Bailly | Krishan K. Verma | Sheng Xu |
| Christian Tellgren-Roth | Kristina Kuprina | Shengqiang Wang |
| Christoper Caesar Yudho Sutopo | Kristina Laužikė | Shengyin Zhang |
| Christopher Freelance | Kristina Lekavičienė | Shicai Shen |
| Chuanqing Zhang | Kristina Ložienė | Shifa Shaffique |
| Chuanzhi Kang | Krystyna Oracz | Shigeto Morita |
| Chunce Guo | Krzysztof Gondek | Shijie Shi |
| Chunhua Zhou | Kun Ning | Shikhadri Mahanta |
| Chunqing Zhao | Kusuma Kumari Panda | Shilpa Singh |
| Çiğdem Inan Aci | Kyung Mok Park | Shin-Ichi Ito |
| Cigdem Ulubas-Serce | Lachezar Hristov Filchev | Shitou Xia |
| Cindy Dias | Lage Cerenius | Shiva Om Makaju |
| Ciprian Stroia | Laila Mandi | Shohei Hayashi |
| Clara Helena Gonzalez-Correa | Laith Khalil Tawfeeq Al-Ani | Shu Yuan |
| Claudia Bita-Nicolae | Lalit Dev Tiwari | Shubham Rana |
| Claudia Díaz-Camino | Lana Zoric | Shubo Wang |
| Claudia Genovese | Langlang Ma | Shuijin Hua |
| Claudia Uhde-Stone | Larissa G. Popova | Shunli Yu |
| Claudia Vanina Arias | Lassaad Belbahri | Shuoshuo Wang |
| Claudio Ferrante | Lasse Lindahl | Shutaro Shiraki |
| Claudio Rios Velasco | Laszlo Balazs | Shuyao Kong |
| Conchi Sanchez | Laszlo Fodorpataki | Siarhei Dabravolski |
| Conrado Dueñas, Jr. | Laszlo Kocsis | Side Hu |
| Constantinos Ipsilandis | Laura Bardi | Sikandar Amanullah |
| Corneliu Tanase | Laura Grațiela Vicaș | Silvia Graciele Hulse de Souza |
| Cristal Zuniga | Lawrence B. Smart | Silvia Maribel Contreras-Ramos |
| Cristina Nuzzi | Lawrence Tanner | Silvia Radice |
| Cristina Valeriano | Laxman Subedi | Silvica Padureanu |
| Csaba Bojtor | Lei Yu | Simona Lupsor |
| Csilla Enikő Czégéni | Lelde Grantina-Ievina | Simone Bergonzoli |
| Da He | Lenard Farczadi | Simonetta Cristina Di Simone |
| Dafeng Hui | Lenka Kubicova | Sinian Char |
| Dagmar Voigt | León Aloys Bravo | Sinisa Ozimec |
| Dahai Liu | Leon George Higley | Siniša Škondrić |
| Daisuke Seo | Leon Muntean | Sirlene Lopes de Oliveira |
| Dajun He | Leonard Ionut Atanase | Skaidrė Supronienė |
| Dalong Ma | Leonardo Ornella | Slađana S. Popović |
| Damaris Godinez-Vidal | Leonardo Osvaldo Alvarado-Cárdenas | Sladjana Jevremovic |
| Dâmaris Silveira | Leônidas Canuto dos Santos | Slaveya Petrova |
| Damir Iveković | Leopoldo Cruz | Sławomir Józef Krzebietke |
| Dan Levanon | Li Luo | Sławomir Orzechowski |
| Danail Pavlov | Liang Xiao | Snježana Kereša |
| Dandan Li | Liangjie Ba | Sofia D. Koulocheri |
| Dangquan Zhang | Liangliang Sun | Sofía Solórzano |
| Daniel G. Bucur | Libei Li | Sojung Kim |
| Daniel K. Gladish | Lidia Ashrafovna Baltina | Soledad García-Morales |
| Daniel Nicodemo | Ligia Maria Marino Valente | Song-Qing Wu |
| Daniel Puppe | Lihang Xie | Sonia Marlen Escandon Rivera |
| Daniela Goretti | Lih-Geeng Chen | Soufiane Haddout |
| Daniela Ivanova | Li-Jun Huang | Sowmya Poosapati |
| Daniela Marchini | Lili Zhang | Spiro Mihaylov Konstantinov |
| Daniele Schiavi | Lili Zhao | Spyridon A Petropoulos |
| Danielle Elis Garcia Furuya | Lin Guo | Spyros Tsiftsis |
| Daniil Olennikov | Lin Li | Srayan Ghosh |
| Danijela Ristić | Lin-Fu Liang | Stefan Fischer |
| Daofeng Liu | Lingaiah Maram | Stefania Pollastro |
| Daojun Guo | Linjun Yao | Stefano Bacci |
| Daowan Lai | Liubov Zelena | Stefano Fais |
| Daria Shumilina | Liudmyla Kozeko | Stefano Martellos |
| Darinka Gjorgieva Ackova | Liv Soares Severino | Stella Marys Bogino |
| Dariusz Jedrejek | Lixiang Miao | Stephen Novak |
| Darko Jevremovic | Lluvia de Abril Alexandra Soriano-Melgar | Steve Kwatcho Kengdo |
| Darshana Athukorala | Lorena del Rosario Cappellari | Stoyanka Atanasova Nikolova |
| David Chavez-Flores | Lorenzo Ferroni | Subramanyam Reddy Chinreddy |
| David Dewez | Lorenzo Peruzzi | Sudarat Thanonkeo |
| David Headrick | Lorenzo Zanella | Suong Ha |
| David Higgs | Loreta Freitas | Suresh K. Nagumalli |
| David Midmore | Louis Shing Him Lee | Surjeet Kumar Arya |
| David Pires | Louise Ferguson | Susana Carolina Nuñez Montoya |
| David R. Green | Lowell Howard Suring | Su-Ying Yeh |
| David W. Inouye | Luboš Staněk | Suzana Pavlović |
| Davide Ciceri | Lucía De la Rosa | Suzanne Koptur |
| Davut Karayel | Lucia Ottaiano | Svetla Gateva |
| Dawei Sun | Lucian Georgescu | Svetlana A. Khmeleva |
| Dayong Zhang | Luciana Alves Rodrigues Dos Santos Lima | Svetlana Momchilova |
| Debora Fontanini | Luciana Machado Rangel | Svetlana Polevova |
| Débora Tomazi Pereira | Luigi De Bellis | Swati T. Gurme |
| Dejan Ćirin | Luigi De Masi | Syed Haris Omar |
| Deke Xing | Luis Alfonso Rodriguez-Paez | Syed Imran Hassan |
| Denis Baranenko | Luis Angel Medina-Juárez | Sylvia Plaschil |
| Der Jiun Ooi | Luis Apaza Ticona | Sylwester Borowski |
| Dereje Haile Buko | Luis G. Sequeda-Castañeda | Szilárd Szentes |
| Devaraj Bharathi | Luis Puente-Diaz | Szilvia Kisvarga |
| Dexter Achu Mosoh | Luis Ricardo Hernández | Szymon Bijak |
| Deyong Zhao | Luis Sánchez Rodríguez | Tadeu Augusto van Tol de Castro |
| Deyvid Novaes Marques | Luisa Andronie | Tadeusz Malewski |
| Di Feng | Luísa Coelho | Tai-Sheng Cheng |
| Diana Vasile | Lujun Yu | Takashi Akihiro |
| Didzis Elferts | Lukas Petrulaitis | Takuji Ohyama |
| Diego Martins Magalhae | Lyanne Rodríguez Rodríguez Perez | Takumi Ogawa |
| Dilara Maslennikova | Lyudmila Simova | Takuo Nagaike |
| Dilfuza Jabborova | Ma. del Carmen Angeles González Chávez | Tamás Ábri |
| Dimitrios G. Georgakopoulos | Maarten Lieven De Mol | Tanweer Kumar |
| Dimitrios Panagiotidis | Maddalena del Gallo | Tao Tang |
| Dimitris Kourkouridis | Madhu Sudhana Saddala | Tapan Kumar Mohanta |
| Dimitris Skuras | Magdalena A. Karaś | Tarik Ainane |
| Dina G. Nevidomskaya | Magdalena Jastrzębska | Tarik Chileh Chelh |
| Dipali Srivastava | Magdalena Paczkowska-Walendowska | Taskin Kavzoglu |
| Dipendra Shahi | Magdalena Szeliga | Tatiana Minnikova |
| Dmitry Arkadievich Afonnikov | Magdalena Wróbel-Kwiatkowska | Tatjana G. Shibaeva |
| Dmitry Budnikov | Mahmoud W. Yaish | Tatyana Savchenko |
| Dmitry D. Zhdanov | Mahmut Camlica | Teerawong Laosuwan |
| Dmitry Kosyakov | Maira Huerta-Reyes | Teodor Rusu |
| Dmitry Ruban | Maja Boczkowska | Teresa Thiel |
| Donatella Degl'Innocenti | Maki Katuhara | Thamali Kariyawasam |
| Donato Gerin | Malcolm Barnard | Thanh Sang Vo |
| Donato Loddo | Małgorzata Hawrot-Paw | Theodoros Gkrimpizis |
| Dongbei Xu | Malgorzata Kucharska | Thiago Bernardi Vieira |
| Dongwei Di | Malinee Sriariyanun | Thiago Corrêa de Souza |
| Dorin Ioan Sumedrea | Manabu Tobisa | Thiago Henrique Napoleão |
| Dorota Porowska | Manal Alhusban | Thomas Koutsos |
| Douglas Jardim-Messeder | Manasés Gonzalez-Cortazar | Thomas Miedaner |
| Dragana Bozic | Manfred Sager | Thomas Orton |
| Dragana Filipović | Manish Kumar | Thomas Weihe |
| Duangjai Tungmunnithum | Manoj K. Sekhwal | Tianhong Li |
| Dubravka Čerba | Manuel A. Minteguiaga | Tianya Wang |
| Dulce Flores-Rentería | Manuel João Alto Teles De Oliveira | Tianyun Shao |
| Dursun Zafer Seker | Manuel Martínez-Estévez | Tijana Ilić |
| Dušan Gömöry | Manuel Melendo Luque | Tim L. Sit |
| Dusanka Kitic | Manuel Reynaldo Cruz Valenzuela | Tim Vleugels |
| Ebubekir Yüksel | Maomao Hou | Timothy Grey |
| Edgar Navarrete Pastene | Mara Novero | Timothy S. Artlip |
| Edgar Omar Rueda-Puente | Marc F. Fuchs | Tirayut Vilaivan |
| Edina Türkösi | Marcela Pagano | Tiziana Amoriello |
| Edit Farkas | Marcelina Krupa-Małkiewicz | Tiziana Maria Sirangelo |
| Eduardo José Azevedo Corrêa | Marcelo Andrés Umsza-Guez | Tofazzal Islam |
| Eduardo Osiris Madrigal-Santillán | Marcelo Francisco Pompelli | Tomás Rivas-García |
| Eduardo Valencia-Cantero | Marcelo José Dias Silva | Tomasz Ryszard Wójcik |
| Edward Espinoza | Marcelo Werneck Barbosa | Tomislav Tosti |
| Edward Muntean | Marcin Roman Kozak | Tomyslav Sledevic |
| Edward S. Gasanoff | Marco A. Ramírez-Mosqueda | Toshihiko Yamada |
| Edwin Villagran | Marco Biagi | Toyoki Kozai |
| Edyta Kucharska | Marco Nuti | Troy Dale Wood |
| Effie Hanlidou | Marconi Batista Teixeira | Tsanko Gechev |
| Efstratios Guillaume Xyrafis | Marcos Edel Martinez-Montero | Tudor Borza |
| Egizia Falistocco | Marcos Rafael Nanni | Tuo Zeng |
| Egor Dyukarev | Marcus Alberto Nadruz Coelho | Ulyana S. Zubairova |
| Eiji Nishihara | Marek Chyc | Uma Maheswari Rajagopalan |
| Ekachai Chukeatirote | Marek Wesolowski | Ümüt Halik |
| Ekaphan Kraichak | María Ayelén Pagani | Uroš Buzurović |
| Ekateina Kozuharova | María Belén Hapon | Uroš Čakar |
| Ekaterina N. Baranova | Maria Belen Perez | Urvashi |
| Ekaterina S. Kladchenko | Maria Concetta Strano | Uthaiwan Suttisansanee |
| Ekaterina Sergeevna Zolotova | Maria Cristina Morais | Uwe Strotmann |
| Ekaterina Sheshukova | Maria Cristina Romero-Rodríguez | Vadim Bakalin |
| Ekaterina Sukhova | Maria de las Malvinas Whitton | Vadim Volkov |
| Ekaterina Vladimirovna Zakharova | Maria Concetta Di Bella | Vahid Mohammadi |
| Ekrem Ozlu | María Esther Sánchez-Coronado | Valdivino Alexandre De Santiago Júnior |
| Elaine Yeung | María Fernanda Fernández-León | Valentina Ancuța Stoian |
| Eldrin Arguelles | María Francisca Perera | Valentina Mittova |
| Eleftherios Karapatzak | Maria Helena S. Goldman | Valentina Sallustio |
| Elena A. Domblides | Maria Iorizzi | Valeria Cafaro |
| Elena Andreeva | Maria Isabella Sifola | Valesca Pandolfi |
| Elena Apostolova | Maria João Ferreira | Valya Vassileva |
| Elena Erika Fedorova | María Jose Zaro | Van Giap Do |
| Elena Falqué | Maria Kushunina | Vander Rocha Lacerda |
| Elena Gagnarli | Maria Manuela Lageiro | Vanderlei da Silva Santos |
| Elena González-Burgos | María Pérez-Fernández | Vanesa Sánchez-Martín |
| Elena Petrović | María Pilar González-Hernández | Vanja Daničić |
| Elena Rukavtsova | Maria S. Muntyan | Vanja Vuksanovic |
| Elena V. Antonova | Maria S. Lavlinskaya | Vasil Georgiev |
| Elena Victorovna Deineko | Maria Terentevna Khandy | Vasile David |
| Elena Vidyagina | Maria Teresa Parra-Santos | Vasile Lavric |
| Eleni Kakouri | María Victoria Castelli | Vasile Razvan Filimon |
| Eleonora Nistor | Maria Wanic | Vasile Vintu |
| Elias Afif Khouri | Maria Zunzunegui | Vasilia Fasoula |
| Elisa Fasani | Maria-Alexandra Pricop | Vasilica Barbu |
| Eliseu Binneck | Mariam Gaid | Vasiliki Boti |
| Elnaz Amirahmadi | Mariana Parreira | Vasiliy V. Pavlichenko |
| Elroy Cober | Marieta Nesheva | Vasily Vitalievich Ptushenko |
| Elsa Borges da Silva | Marija Markovic | Vasudeva Reddy Netala |
| Elsie I. Parés-Matos | Marija Milić | Vedran Šegota |
| Elvia Becerra-Martínez | Marija Polić Pasković | Verónica Mayela Rivas Galindo |
| Elżbieta Rolka | Marijana Popović | Vesna Tomaš |
| Emanuela Barletta | Marina Alexeevna Nadporozhskaya | Vesselin Baev |
| Emanuela Talarico | Marina Alfosea Simón | Vicente Bayarri |
| Emanuele Scacchi | Marina Koether | Vicente Rozas |
| Emilio Attinà | Marina V. Efimova | Victor Aguilar-Hernández |
| Emilio Cervantes | Marina V. Protopopova | Víctor Manuel Zúñiga-Mayo |
| Emilio Laguna | Marines Marli Gniech Karasawa | Victor Rosas-Guerrero |
| Emmanuel A. Tzortzakakis | Mario Alberto Ruiz López | Vignesh Muthusamy |
| Emmanuel M. Papamichael | Mario Baldini | Vijay Yadav Tokala |
| Emmanuel Purlis | Mario Riolo | Vikramjit Bajwa |
| Emoke Dalma Kovacs | Mario Valerio Velasco-García | Vikranth Kumar Chandrasekaran |
| Emre Babur | Mariola Kozłowska | Viktor V. Brygadyrenko |
| Ena Cegledi | Mariola Staniak | Vilma Kemešytė |
| Encai Bao | Marios C. Christodoulou | Vilmantas Pupkis |
| Enéas Ricardo Konzen | Marius Petrila | Vilnis Šķipars |
| Enilson de Barros Silva | Mark E. Samuels | Vincent Anthony Bielinski |
| Enrico Doria | Mark T. Quinn | Vincent Ninkuu |
| Enrique Jacobo Díaz-Montaña | Mark Widrlechner | Violeta Popovici |
| Enrique Rico-García | Marko S. Sabovljevic | Violetta Katarzyna Macioszek |
| Enrique Torres | Maroua Grira | Virginia Pinillos |
| Enwei Tian | Marta Joanna Monder | Viroon Kamchoom |
| Ericsson Coy-Barrera | Martha Rocio Moreno Jimenez | Viviana Roman |
| Erik A. van Os | Martha-Estrella García-Pérez | Viviane Bezerra da Silva |
| Ertan Yildirim | Martin A. Masuelli | Vladan Ondřej |
| Esperanza Duarte-Escalante | Martin Gierus | Vladimir A. Korshun |
| Essaid Ait Barka | Martin Johannes Potgieter | Vladimir Aleksandrov |
| Estefania Elorriaga | Martín Martínez-Salvador | Vladimir Chobot |
| Esther Trigueros | Martín Mata-Rosas | Vladimir Danilovich Kreslavski |
| Eszter Virág | Martin Spanoghe | Vladimir K. Chebotar |
| Eugene A. Rogozhin | Martina Ghidoli | Vyacheslav Dushenkov |
| Eugene V. Ryabov | Martin-Ernesto Tiznado-Hernandez | Vyacheslav Sergeevich Anisimov |
| Eugenio Vocaturo | Marwa Moumni | Wacław Jarecki |
| Eustaquio Gil-Pelegrín | Marzena Gibczyńska | Wahyu Widowati |
| Evangelia V. Avramidou | Marzena Mazurek | Walid Zorrig |
| Evangelos Kokkinomagoulos | Marzena Sujkowska-Rybkowska | Walter D’Alessandro |
| Evdoxia Tsakiri | Marzia Vergine | Walter Esfrain Pereira |
| Everaldo Antonio Lopes | Masaaki Kurasaki | Wanda Mączka |
| Everton Geraldo de Morais | Masoud Nobahar | Wanda Wadas |
| Evgeny V. Mavrodiev | Massimo Brambilla | Wander Luis Barbosa Borges |
| Ewa Filip | Massimo Gardiman | Wang Peng |
| Ewa Joanna Hanus-Fajerska | Matej Lexa | Wanlai Zhou |
| Fabio A. Labra | Mateusz Kutyła | Waqar Khan |
| Fabio Maggio | Matthew J. Bertin | Wassim Nasri Shebaby |
| Fabio Sciubba | Matthias Pretzler | Wei Gu |
| Fabrizio Barozzi | Mauro Lombardo | Wei Hu |
| Fahad Khan | May Sann Aung | Wei Liu |
| Faisal Koua | Mayker Lazaro Dantas Miranda | Wei Wei |
| Fajun Chen | Md. Kamrul Hasan | Weihua Liu |
| Fakhrul Islam Monshi | Md. Parvez Anwar | Wenliang Ju |
| Fan Lin | Mehmet Özcan | Wenliang Wei |
| Fan Zhang | Mekhala Dinushi Kananke Vithana | Wenlong Yang |
| Farhan Nabi | Melinda Haydee Kovacs | Werner Nader |
| Fasih Ullah Haider | Melissa Vogt | Weverton Rodrigues |
| Fatih Hanci | Melita Mihaljević | Williamson Gustave |
| Fatih Seyis | Mengen Kang | Wissem Mnif |
| Fatih Tornuk | Menglei Xu | Witold Grzebisz |
| Fatiha Brahmi | Mércia Patrícia Pereira Silva | Witold Stachowiak |
| Fatjon Cela | Mian Abdur Rehman Arif | Won Kyong Cho |
| Federica Vaccaro | Michael Derevyanchuk | Xi Yao |
| Fedor Alexseevich Tatarinov | Michael Vrahnakis | Xia Mao |
| Felicia Chetan | Michaela Kropik | Xiangjia Min |
| Felipe Moura Araújo da Silva | Michał Ludynia | Xianping Guan |
| Feng Kong | Michał Stępień | Xianqiang Wang |
| Feng Xu | Michał Tomczyk | Xiaohe Jin |
| Fenghua Yu | Michalis Stefanakis | Xiaohou Shao |
| Fernando Carlos Gómez-Merino | Michel Labrecque | Xiaolong Yang |
| Fernando Ferrari Putti | Michela Palumbo | Xiaolu Chen |
| Fernando Martínez-Moreno | Michelle M. Barthet | Xiaonan Zhang |
| Fernando Mata | Miguel Angel Alcalde | Xiaoxiao Shi |
| Fernando Rivas | Miguel Angel Villalobos-López | Xiaoyong Chen |
| Fevzi S.-U. Dzhalilov | Miguel Ferro | Xiaoyong Zhang |
| Filip Graczyk | Miguel Guzmán | Xiaoyu Yang |
| Fiorella Barraza | Mihaela Carmen Eremia | Ximing Li |
| Firzan Nainu | Mihaela Răcuciu | Xin Guo |
| Flavia Zacconi | Mihaela-Ancuța Nechita | Xin Zhang |
| Flavio Augusto Vicente Seixas | Mi-Jeong Yoo | Xing Huang |
| Florin Muselin | Mikhail Proskurnin | Xing Liu |
| Franca Finocchiaro | Milan Chňapek | Xingfeng Huang |
| Francesca Gallo | Milan Milivojević | Xingxu Zhang |
| Francesco Faggioli | Milan Pernek | Xinye Chen |
| Francine Perrine-Walker | Milana Trifunović-Momčilov | Xiule Yue |
| Francisca Peña | Milena Đorđević | Xiumin Fu |
| Francisco Cruz-Sosa | Milena Georgieva | Xudong Zhu |
| Francisco Guadalupe Echavarria-Chairez | Milica Aćimović | Xuemei Zhang |
| Francisco Javier Romera | Milica Fotiric Aksic | Ya Li |
| Francisco José Tôrres de Aquino | Milica Lučić | Yahia Rharrabti |
| Francisco Rubén Badenes-Pérez | Milica Lukic | Yan Bai |
| Franco Nigro | Miłosz Tkaczyk | Yang Gao |
| Frank Guzman | Min Zeng | Yang Hu |
| Frank M. Thomas | Minghua Jiang | Yang Yi |
| Frank Müller | Mingming Wang | Yang Zhou |
| Fuat Kaya | Mingsong Shi | Yannick Useni Sikuzani |
| Fulgencio Alatorre-Cobos | Mir Md Abdus Salam | Yanpeng Zhao |
| Gabriel Franco dos Santos | Mir Muhammad Nizamani | Yanping Jing |
| Gabriel Henrique Horta De Oliveira | Miriam Kizeková | Yashar Aryanfar |
| Gabriel Maltais-Landry | Mirjana Cvetković | Yawen Zeng |
| Gabriela Esparza-Diaz | Mirjana Ljubojević | Yazen Al-Salman |
| Gabriela Mühlbachová | Miroslava Rakocevic | Yeison Alberto Garcés-Gómez |
| Gabriele Niccolini | Mirwais Qaderi | Yi He |
| Gaëtan Guignard | Mirza Hasanuzzaman | Yi Yang |
| Gal Sapir | Misbah Naz | Yifeng Wang |
| Gana Gecheva | Misganaw Wassie | Yihua Zhan |
| Gaofeng Cui | Mizanur Rahman | Yim Tong Szeto |
| Gayane G. Panova | Moges Retta | Ying Gao |
| Genaína Aparecida de Souza | Mohamed Addi | Yiquan Ye |
| Genaro Martín Soto-Zarazúa | Mohamed Farag Taha | Yiwei Zhou |
| Gennady L. Burygin | Mohamed Ghobara | Ylenia Spissu |
| Geonwoo Kim | Mohamed Hefny Salim | Yoichi Shiraishi |
| George David Buntin | Mohamed Hussein Hamdy Roby | Yokhesh Krishnasamy Tamilselvam |
| Georgia Pacheco | Mohammad Akhlasur Rahman | Yong Chen |
| Georgios Liakopoulos | Mohammad Anwar Hossain | Yong Zhou |
| Gergana Mihailova | Mohammad Saidur Rhaman | Yongge Yuan |
| Gerhard Fischer | Mohammad Shafiqul Islam | Yongjun Shu |
| Gerit Bethke | Mohammed M. Danouche | Yongqiang Zhang |
| Germán Ávila-Sákar | Mohd. Kamran Khan | Youssef Chebli |
| Ghulam Hasnain | Mohsen Niazian | Yu Gao |
| Giancarlo Angeles Flores | Mohunnad Massimi | Yu-Chung Chiang |
| Giancarlo Fascella | Mojtaba Mohammadi | Yue Wang |
| Gianniantonio Domina | Monali Nandymazumdar | Yufan Fu |
| Gilberto Manzo Sánchez | Monica Angela Neblea | Yufeng He |
| Gilberto Sachetto-Martins | Monica Harta | Yujing Liu |
| Giovanna Frugis | Monika Agacka-Mołdoch | Yukun Wang |
| Giovanni Larama | Monika Janczarek | Yunpeng Gai |
| Giovanni Luigi Bruno | Monika Tuleja | Yuqing He |
| Gitea Daniela | Moses Akintayo Aborisade | Yurii Syromiatnykov |
| Giuseppe Antonio Malfa | Mostafa Gouda | Yuru Chang |
| Giuseppe Tagarelli | Mounir Tilaoui | Yury Shkryl |
| Gleb Zaitsev | Muhammad Abrar | Yuting Li |
| Gokhan Hacisalihoglu | Muhammad Afzal | Yuxi Guo |
| Gokhan Zengin | Muhammad Ahsan Asghar | Zanmin Hu |
| Gonzalo Tortella | Muhammad Ajmal Bashir | Zareen Sarfraz |
| Goran Kiš | Muhammad Ali | Zeinab Ezzeddine |
| Gordon Fitch | Muhammad Amjad Ali | Zeng-Hui Diao |
| Graciano Calva-Calva | Muhammad Anwar | Zhan-Bin Sun |
| Graeme Bradley | Muhammad Azhar Nadeem | Zhanjiang Han |
| Grażyna Barbara Dąbrowska | Muhammad Faheem Adil | Zhanming Tan |
| Grażyna Szymańska | Muhammad Fraz Ali | Zhansheng Li |
| Grecebio Jonathan Duran Alejandro | Muhammad Fuad Anshori | Zhao-Jun Bu |
| Gregorio Cadenas-Pliego | Muhammad Junaid Rao | Zheng Li |
| Gregory A. Pozhvanov | Muhammad Khashi u Rahman | Zheng Wang |
| Guanglong Zhu | Muhammad Mahroz Hussain | Zhenggang Xu |
| Guglielmina Froldi | Muhammad Moaaz Ali | Zheng-Kun Zhang |
| Guichun Wu | Muhammad Mudassir Nazir | Zhenming Yu |
| Guillermo Angeles | Muhammad Siddique Afridi | Zhenyu Liu |
| Guillermo Antonio Silva-Martínez | Muhammad Umair Hassan | Zhibin Liu |
| Guillermo Berumen-Varela | Muhammad Umair Yasin | Zhihang Song |
| Guillermo Raúl Pratta | Muhammad Waseem | Zhihua Liu |
| Guitong Li | Muhammad Zahid Mumtaz | Zhihui Wang |
| Gülsüm Yaldiz | Muhammad Zeeshan | Zhiwei Chen |
| Guohua Lv | Muhammad Zubair Akram | Zhixiang Wu |
| Guohui Li | Mukhtar Iderawumi Abdulraheem | Zhixiong Liu |
| Guoming Wang | Munoo Prasad | Zhouli Liu |
| Gustavo Alberto Fermin | Murat Koklu | Zhujun Zhu |
| Gustavo Maia Souza | Mustafa Kenan Gecer | Žiga Laznik |
| Güzin Kaban | Muthaiah Shellaiah | Zigmantas Gudžinskas |
| Gyanendra Dhakal | Muthusamy Ramakrishnan | Zishan Ahmad |
| Gyula Vida | Mutue Toyota Fujii | Zoe Hilioti |
| Hafiz Muhammad Usman Aslam | Myoung Ryoul Park | Zoia Arshad Awan |
| Haihua Wang | Myung-Hyun Kim | Zonghao Yue |
| Haijun Liu | Nabaz R. Khwarahm | Zongshen Zhang |
| Haiming Yan | Nada Nhhala | Zoran Dinić |
| Haipeng Zhang | Nadezhda Golubkina | Zoran Pržić |
| Haitham Kalil | Nadezhda Konstantinova | Zsolt Szekely-Varga |
| Hajer Ben Ammar | Naeem Ahmad | Zulfiqar Ali Sahito |
| Halina Ślesak | Nail Beisekenov | Zvjezdana Stančić |
| Halit Yetişir | Nannan Zhang |
6 February 2026
Plants Travel Award—Winners Announced
We are delighted to announce the three winners of the Plants 2026 Travel Award. This award supports early career researchers by facilitating their participation in key international conferences in the field of plant sciences in 2026, enabling them to present their outstanding work and engage with the global scientific community.
Please join us in congratulating the following winners:
- Dr. Ke Liu from the University of Tasmania, Australia
- Conference: 3rd International Crop Modelling Symposium.
- Presentation title: “Global sensitivity analysis and parameter optimisation of APSIM Next Generation”
- Dr. Yuri Lee from the National Research Council (CNR), Institute of Agricultural Biology and Biotechnology (IBBA), Italy
- Conference: 8th International Conference on Duckweed Research and Applications.
- Presentation title: “Newly unveiled meiosis elucidates the ratio of unreduced gamete formation and its impact on the evolution of the Lemna minor species complex (Lemnaceae)”
- Dr. Antonella Di Francesco from the University of Catania, Italy
- Conference: XV Annual Congress of the European Proteomics Association.
- Presentation title: “Characterization of the seed molecular composition of autochthonous Sicilian genotypes of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum)”
We extend our warmest congratulations to the winners. Plants (ISSN: 2223-7747) is proud to support their research dissemination and looks forward to the impact of their presented work. We also thank all applicants for their high-quality submissions.
2 February 2026
MDPI INSIGHTS: The CEO's Letter #31 - MDPI 30 Years, 500 Journals, UK Summit, Z-Forum Conference, APE
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 30: Three Decades of Open Science, Built Together
As we begin 2026, we approach a meaningful milestone in MDPI’s history: 30 years of advancing Open Science.
What began in 1996 as a small, researcher-driven initiative has grown into a global open-access publisher, supporting hundreds of journals, millions of researchers, and a shared belief that scientific knowledge should be openly available to all. Over these three decades, Open Access has moved from the margins to the mainstream, and MDPI has been proud to help shape that transformation.
To mark this anniversary year, we are pleased to share our MDPI 30th Anniversary logo.
The Anniversary logo is intentionally simple, confident, and enduring, designed to work across cultures, disciplines, and digital environments. It reflects both continuity and progress, honouring MDPI’s established identity while representing the company we are today. The green accent symbolizes our connection to the research communities we serve and the collaborative nature of Open Science itself.
Alongside the visual identity, we are also introducing our 30th Anniversary tagline:
30 Years of Open Science, Built Together.

This phrase captures what has always defined MDPI. Open Science is not the work of a single organization: it is a collective effort shaped by researchers, editors, reviewers, institutions, and the many teams who support the publishing process every day. MDPI’s role has been to provide the infrastructure and commitment that allow this collaboration to thrive.
Throughout 2026, we will mark this anniversary through regional events, global conversations, and editorial initiatives that reflect on MDPI’s evolution, its impact across disciplines, and the communities that make this work possible.
“Open Science is a collective effort”
Whether you have been part of MDPI’s journey for decades or are engaging with us for the first time this year, this milestone belongs to all of us. The past 30 years have shown what is possible when openness, trust, and collaboration are placed at the centre of scholarly communication.
As we look ahead, our focus remains clear: continuing to strengthen quality, integrity, and partnership – so that Open Science can keep moving forward, together.
Impactful Research

A Shared Milestone: MDPI’s Journal Portfolio Reaches 500 Titles
MDPI has reached an important milestone: our journal portfolio grew to more than 500 academic journals last year, spanning the fields of chemistry, engineering, biology, medicine, environmental sciences, the social sciences, and beyond.
The number itself is significant, but what matters more is what supports it: hundreds of scholarly communities that have chosen to collaborate, grow, and publish with MDPI.
From our beginnings nearly 30 years ago with a single Open Access journal (Molecules), MDPI has been guided by a simple aim: advancing Open Science. Reaching 500 journals is not an endpoint. It reflects the diversity of disciplines, ideas, and research cultures that now form part of our shared ecosystem.
Growth with Purpose
Every journal exists because a specific community believes there is a need for focus, visibility, and dialogue in a particular field. As our portfolio has expanded, so has our responsibility to ensure that scale is matched with strong editorial standards, robust research integrity practices, and meaningful academic leadership.
This milestone comes as we enter MDPI’s 30th anniversary year, a fitting moment to reflect on what scale in scholarly publishing truly requires: not only reach, but also dedicated long-term stewardship.
New Journals, New Communities
In December 2025 alone, MDPI welcomed eight newly launched journals and three journal transfers (details below), all of which published their inaugural issues by year-end.

Each of these journals is shaped by its Editors-in-Chief, Associate Editors, and Editorial Board Members, who define its scope, standards, and direction. We are grateful for the time, expertise, and commitment they bring to building these new communities.
Welcoming Transferred and Acquired Journals
We were pleased to publish the first MDPI issues of three recently transferred or acquired journals:
- Cardiovascular Medicine – advancing research on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular disease
- Germs – addressing infectious diseases through clinical, public health, and translational perspectives
- Romanian Journal of Preventive Medicine (RJPM) – supporting population health, early detection, and preventive care in collaboration with the Romanian Society of Preventive Medicine
Each of these journals brings an established identity and legacy. Our role is to support their continued development with the same editorial rigor, transparency, and Open Access principles that guide our broader portfolio.
A Collective Achievement
Reaching more than 500 journals is not the achievement of any single team or individual. It is the result of collaboration across the entire scholarly ecosystem. As such, I would like to thank our authors, reviewers, academic editors, and Editorial Board Members, as well as our colleagues across MDPI, who support these communities every day.
As we look ahead, we will continue to expand the breadth and depth of our publishing activities while remaining attentive to the evolving expectations of Open Science, research integrity, and responsible growth.
This milestone is a reminder that Open Access publishing is not only about making research available. It is about building platforms where knowledge can be shared, challenged, improved, and trusted, at scale, and with care.
Inside Research

MDPI UK Summit 2026 in Manchester (21–22 January)
On 21–22 January, we had the pleasure of hosting the MDPI UK Summit 2026 in Manchester. Over two days, we welcomed more than 20 Editors-in-Chief (EiC), Section Editors-in-Chief (SEiC), and Associate Editors for an open, in-depth conversations about how MDPI supports Open Science, editorial independence, and research standards across our journals.
What stood out most was not just the quality of the discussions, but the openness, curiosity, and mutual respect that shaped every session.
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What We Covered
The programme was designed to give insight into how MDPI works behind the scenes and how different teams collaborate to support our journals and editors. Topics included:
- MDPI overview and the evolving Open Access market
- MDPI–UK collaboration and local engagement
- Editorial and peer-review processes
- Research integrity and publication ethics
- Institutional partnerships
- Indexing, journal development, and academic community engagement
Sessions were led by MDPI colleagues across editorial, research integrity, indexing, partnerships, and UK operations, showing how cross-functional our work truly is.
What We Heard
The feedback from editors was both encouraging and grounding:
- 92% rated the Summit Excellent (8% Good)
- 100% said their understanding of MDPI’s values, editorial processes, and local collaborations had significantly improved
- 69% attended primarily to stay informed about academic publishing and research integrity
- 85% felt fully heard and engaged
A few comments that stayed with me:
- “Today’s event truly gave me the opportunity to see the heart of MDPI UK.”
- “The summit was very informative – I really enjoyed seeing the behind-the-scenes operations.”
- “Keep being open to discussions and making editors feel part of the MDPI family.”
These reflections remind us that transparency, listening, and dialogue are not nice-to-haves: they are foundational to trust.
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Looking Ahead
The UK Summit is one of more than 10 MDPI Summits we are organizing this year across North America, Europe, and APAC. Each one is an investment in relationships, shared understanding, and improvement.
Thank you to the MDPI UK team and supporting colleagues across departments who made this event possible. This was a positive step in strengthening our editorial engagement and kicking off a year of MDPI Summits.
Coming Together for Science

Recapping the Z-Forum 2026 Conference on Sustainability and Innovation (15–16 January 2026)
In January, MDPI supported and participated in the Z-Forum on Sustainability and Innovation, held across Zurich (ETH Zurich) and the city of Baden. With 96 participants and more than 30 speakers and panellists, the forum brought together leaders from government, academia, industry, and innovation ecosystems to explore how sustainability, Open Science, and innovation intersect in practice.
Why this mattered for MDPI
As a Swiss-based publisher with global reach, our investment in Z-Forum reflects a strategic intent: to anchor MDPI more deeply within Swiss research networks while contributing to national and international conversations on sustainability and innovation.
This was not only about visibility; it was also about relationship-building and long-term engagement with institutions shaping research policy and practice in Switzerland.
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High-level participation and credibility
The forum was supported and sponsored by several key Swiss institutions, including:
- The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) – Switzerland’s central research funding body
- ETH Zurich
- The University of Zurich
- The University of Basel
- Swiss Innovation Park Central
The sponsorship of SNSF lent the forum strong institutional credibility and signalled the relevance of the themes discussed, especially around sustainability, innovation frameworks, and responsible research practices.
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Beyond the Room: Extending the Conversation
While attendance was intentionally focused to encourage dialogue, the forum’s reach extended well beyond the venue. Multiple LinkedIn posts before and during the event (e.g., Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, and more) built on the discussions and helped position MDPI as an active and credible contributor within Switzerland’s research and innovation landscape.
A Broader Strategic Signal
Z-Forum is part of a wider effort to:
- Build on MDPI’s Swiss institutional relationships
- Reinforce our leadership in Open Science and sustainability
- Engage proactively with funders, universities, and innovation bodies
- Ensure MDPI remains a visible and constructive partner in the ecosystems where research policy and practice are shaped
Thank you to our Conference team and everyone involved in supporting this event, both behind the scenes and on the ground. These moments of engagement may be small in scale, but they are foundational in impact.

Closing Thoughts

Reflections from the Academic Publishing in Europe Conference
During 13-14 January, I attended the Academic Publishing in Europe (APE) Conference in Berlin, a long-standing forum for discussing scholarly publishing and the deeper principles that support it.

MDPI was proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the 20th Anniversary of the APE conference, reflecting our continued commitment to supporting the scholarly community to engage in critical industry discussions.
This year’s program covered a range of topics, from AI and research integrity to policy, infrastructure, and trust, but one theme stood out clearly for me: academic freedom, and what it means to protect the conditions under which knowledge can be produced, evaluated, and shared responsibly.
Before turning to that, I would like to highlight the opening keynote by Carolin Sutton (CEO, STM), which helped set the tone for the conference.
An Independent Publishing Industry: The Case for Checks and Balances
In her opening remarks, Carolin focused on the importance of continually evolving systems of checks and balances, both operationally and at the marketplace level, to prevent any single actor from dominating knowledge production. Her framing emphasized shared responsibility across publishers, institutions, and research communities, rather than placing the burden on any one group.
As part of this, she revisited the work of sociologist Robert K. Merton, and his CUDOS norms of scientific ethos, first articulated in his 1942 work, The Normative Structure of Science.

Merton outlined four ideals that support healthy scientific systems:
- Communalism – knowledge as a public good
- Universalism – evaluation based on merit, not status or identity
- Disinterestedness – orientation toward truth over personal or financial gain
- Organized Skepticism – systematic, critical scrutiny of claims
While these are ideals, and not guarantees that are perfectly lived up to, they remain powerful reference points today for research systems and organizations as they aim to grow and scale.
It was interesting to see how closely these norms align with foundational principles of Open Access. For example, making research openly available supports communalism. Transparent peer review and editorial processes reinforce universalism and organized skepticism. Strong ethics frameworks and governance help counter conflicts of interest and support disinterestedness.
“Merton’s ideals remain powerful reference points today”
Safeguarding Research: Academic Freedom
Several of the conference sessions touched on the pressures faced by researchers, editors, and institutions: geopolitical tensions, online harassment, misinformation, reputational risk, shrinking resources, and politicized narratives around science.

“Integrity is not static. It must be actively maintained as systems grow.”
A particularly timely presentation came from Ilyas Saliba, who talked about academic freedom. His remarks resonated strongly and underlined the fact that safety in academia is not only physical or digital, but also intellectual.
Academic freedom means safeguarding the ability to ask difficult questions, challenge consensus, publish negative or unexpected results, and participate in scholarly debate without fear of undue personal, political, or commercial consequences. These discussions were a reminder that publishers play an important role in supporting the integrity, accessibility, and credibility of scholarly knowledge, particularly as researchers and institutions face mounting external pressures.
Looking Ahead
The discussions at APE reminded me that integrity is not static. It must be actively maintained as systems grow, expectations evolve, and pressures increase. This applies equally to research integrity, academic freedom, and the broader trust placed in scholarly communication.
I left APE encouraged by the openness of the dialogue and the willingness across publishers, institutions, and communities to engage with difficult questions rather than avoid them. Forums like this play a pivotal role in helping our industry pause, reflect, and recalibrate.
As MDPI continues to grow and as we enter our 30th anniversary, these conversations remind me of the core purpose of science: advancing knowledge for the benefit of society.
Chief Executive Officer
MDPI AG
28 January 2026
Plants | Editor’s Choice Articles in 2025 (I)
We are pleased to announce that the Editor's Choice Articles (Part I) for publications in 2025 are now available. Editor’s Choice Articles are based on recommendations by the scientific editors of MDPI journals from around the world. The aim is to provide a snapshot of some of the most exciting work published in the various research areas of the journal. You are welcome to read the articles at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/plants/editors_choice.
26 January 2026
Welcoming New Early Career Editorial Board Members of Plants
Plants (ISSN: 2223-7747) is pleased to announce that the following 52 researchers have been added to our group of 2025–2026 Early Career Editorial Board Members (ECEBMs). Applications for the Early Career Editorial Board are now closed. Please join us in congratulating them on joining the Plants community!
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Name: Dr. Anning Zhang |
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Name: Dr. Baohua Feng |
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Name: Dr. Barlin Orlando Olivares Campos |
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Name: Dr. Byung-Chun In |
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Name: Dr. Chao Shen |
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Name: Dr. Chao Wang |
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Name: Dr. Chuanying Fang |
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Name: Dr. Cheng Li |
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Name: Dr. Claudia Genovese |
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Name: Dr. Deyong Zeng |
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Name: Dr. Dong Luo |
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Name: Dr. Gerardo Alejo Jacuinde |
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Name: Dr. Gianmarco Tavilla |
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Name: Dr. Hasbagan Ganjurjav |
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Name: Dr. J. C. Luis Jorge |
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Name: Dr. Jasmina Lukinac |
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Name: Dr. Jiabao Ye |
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Name: Dr. Jingli Yang |
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Name: Dr. Jingshan Lu |
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Name: Dr. João Everthon da Silva Ribeiro |
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Name: Dr. José Ramón Acosta Motos |
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Name: Dr. Julio Nogales-Bueno |
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Name: Dr. Katarzyna Pobiega |
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Name: Dr. Liang Le |
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Name: Dr. Long Li |
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Name: Dr. Luigi Gennaro Izzo |
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Name: Dr. Maria João Rodrigues |
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Name: Dr. Mather A Khan |
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Name: Dr. Mingjia Chen |
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Name: Dr. Natale Badalamenti |
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Name: Dr. Nikola Major |
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Name: Dr. Qiangqiang Xiong |
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Name: Dr. Renwu Wu |
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Name: Dr. Tian Pan |
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Name: Dr. Wenxing Pang |
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Name: Dr. Xiande Zhao |
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Name: Dr. Xiaojun Jin |
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Name: Dr. Xu Shutu |
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Name: Dr. Yan Yan |
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Name: Dr. Yifeng Wang |
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Name: Dr. Yiwei Zhou |
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Name: Dr. Yongjian Xie |
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Name: Dr. Yu Han |
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Name: Dr. Yuge Guan |
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Name: Dr. Jifang Zhang |
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Name: Dr. Zhen Zhang |
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Name: Dr. Zhibo Cheng |
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Name: Dr. Zhiyong Li |
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