Announcements

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.

22 July 2025
Plants | Selected Editor’s Choice Articles in 2024 from the “Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change” Section (Part I)


All of the articles published in our journal are in an open access format, offering our readers free and unlimited access to the full texts. We welcome you to read the Editor’s Choice Articles published in 2024 in the Section “Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change” in Plants (ISSN: 2223-7747), which are listed below:

1. “Transcriptome Profiles Reveals ScDREB10 from Syntrichia caninervis Regulated Phenylpropanoid Biosynthesis and Starch/Sucrose Metabolism to Enhance Plant Stress Tolerance”
by Yuqing Liang, Xiaoshuang Li, Feiya Lei, Ruirui Yang, Wenwan Bai, Qilin Yang and Daoyuan Zhang
Plants 2024, 13(2), 205; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13020205
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/13/2/205

2. “The Influence of Climate Change on the Distribution of Hibiscus mutabilis in China: MaxEnt Model-Based Prediction”
by Lu Zhang, Beibei Jiang, Yu Meng, Yin Jia, Qian Xu and Yuanzhi Pan
Plants 2024, 13(13), 1744; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13131744
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/13/13/1744

3. “Ecophysiology of Antarctic Vascular Plants: An Update on the Extreme Environment Resistance Mechanisms and Their Importance in Facing Climate Change”
by Constanza F. Ramírez, Lohengrin A. Cavieres, Carolina Sanhueza, Valentina Vallejos, Olman Gómez-Espinoza, León A. Bravo and Patricia L. Sáez
Plants 2024, 13(3), 449; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13030449
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/13/3/449

4. “Creating Climate-Resilient Crops by Increasing Drought, Heat, and Salt Tolerance”
by Tharanya Sugumar, Guoxin Shen, Jennifer Smith and Hong Zhang
Plants 2024, 13(9), 1238; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13091238
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/13/9/1238

5. “Crop-Specific Responses to Cold Stress and Priming: Insights from Chlorophyll Fluorescence and Spectral Reflectance Analysis in Maize and Soybean”
by Maja Mazur, Maja Matoša Kočar, Antun Jambrović, Aleksandra Sudarić, Mirna Volenik, Tomislav
Duvnjak and Zvonimir Zdunić
Plants 2024, 13(9), 1204; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13091204
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/13/9/1204

6. “Foliar Application of Amino Acids and Nutrients as a Tool to Mitigate Water Stress and Stabilize Sugarcane Yield and Bioenergy Generation”
by Lucas Moraes Jacomassi, Marcela Pacola, Letusa Momesso, Josiane Viveiros, Osvaldo Araújo Júnior,
Gabriela Ferraz de Siqueira, Murilo de Campos and Carlos Alexandre Costa Crusciol
Plants 2024, 13(3), 461; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13030461
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/13/3/461

7. “Genome-Wide Identification of NAC Family Genes in Oat and Functional Characterization of AsNAC109 in Abiotic Stress Tolerance”
by Yahui Xu, Jialong Cheng, Haibin Hu, Lin Yan, Juqing Jia and Bin Wu
Plants 2024, 13(7), 1017; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13071017
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/13/7/1017

8. “Rising Temperatures, Falling Leaves: Predicting the Fate of Cyprus’s Endemic Oak under Climate and Land Use Change”
by Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Ioannis Constantinou and Maria Panitsa
Plants 2024, 13(8), 1109; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13081109
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/13/8/1109

9. “Phospholipid Signaling in Crop Plants: A Field to Explore”
by Lucas Amokrane, Igor Pokotylo, Sébastien Acket, Amélie Ducloy, Adrian Troncoso-Ponce, Jean-Luc Cacas and Eric Ruelland
Plants 2024, 13(11), 1532; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13111532
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/13/11/1532

10. “Impacts of Drought on Photosynthesis in Major Food Crops and the Related Mechanisms of Plant Responses to Drought”
by Meiyu Qiao, Conghao Hong, Yongjuan Jiao, Sijia Hou and Hongbo Gao
Plants 2024, 13(13), 1808; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13131808
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/13/13/1808

17 July 2025
MDPI Scientific Publishing Workshop at Chiang Mai University Held on 9 July 2025

Plants (ISSN: 2223-7747), a leading open access journal in plant sciences, is delighted to collaborate with Chiang Mai University to co-host the Scientific Publishing Workshop on 9 July 2025. This workshop unites researchers, academics, and publishing professionals to explore cutting-edge strategies in academic dissemination within the agricultural sciences. Through sessions on open access publishing models, manuscript refinement, peer review engagement, data-driven visualization, and AI applications in plant research, we aim to equip participants with actionable tools to amplify their research impact. Building on the enduring partnership between MDPI and Chiang Mai University, this event reflects our shared dedication to fostering research excellence, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the democratization of knowledge in plant sciences.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kittisak Jantanasakulwong, Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Agro-Industry at Chiang Mai University, shared his thoughts on the importance of science and the publication process. He expressed his gratitude to MDPI Thailand for organizing the event, which provided detailed information about the publication process and ways to improve it.

In the first presentation, Mr. Pongsakorn Vithayanon, the Editorial Team Leader at MDPI Thailand, shared insights on open access journals and MDPI’s current status as a leading open access academic publisher. He introduced the Plants journal as a valuable option for researchers in the Department of Agri-Industry.

The second session was shared by Dr. Krit Inthajak, MDPI’s regional journal relations specialist in Asia–Pacific, with the topic “How to Write Scientific Papers”. This session comprised how to prepare literature reviews before deciding to write a manuscript and the contents of the front matter, main text, and back matter. During the Q&A, the university professors had questions concerning the overuse of keywords in titles and how to handle copyrighted images. Another concern involved the experience of having their manuscript desk-rejected, for which we provided various ways in which scholars can improve their manuscript for it to be sent for peer review.

The third session, titled “Data Visualization for Scientific Papers”, was presented by Ms. Hathaipat Kittirojana, a Regional Journal Relations Specialist. She initiated the session by pointing out why data are so crucial due to the constantly increasing amounts of data. Data visualization is an approach through which we can maintain our perceptual and cognitive abilities to understand the trends and patterns of data by presenting them graphically in figures, graphs, or tables. She then explained and emphasized MDPI’s figure and table formatting, what authors should pay more attention to, and what authors should avoid.

For the final session, “Artificial Intelligence in the Scientific Publishing Industry”, Ms. Ploy Assavajamroon, Regional Journal Relations Specialist at MDPI’s Bangkok Office, presented on the latest developments in AI globally and its applications in Thailand. She outlined MDPI’s guidelines on the use of AI and AI-assisted tools in manuscript preparation, emphasizing that any such use must be declared in the AI statement within the Acknowledgments Section and in the Materials and Methods Section. The session concluded with a demonstration of AI tools developed by MDPI’s AI team, highlighting their potential to enhance processes and services for both internal and external users.

As we conclude the workshop at Chiang Mai University, we celebrate a day marked by dynamic knowledge exchange and cross-disciplinary synergy. The enthusiastic involvement of researchers, educators, and students from diverse agricultural fields underscored the workshop’s success in empowering attendees with practical skills for high-impact publication, rigorous peer review, and AI-integrated research methodologies. Engaging dialogues on open-access trends, ethical publishing, and global research partnerships highlighted the pivotal role of open science in advancing sustainable agriculture and food security. This collaboration deepens the longstanding relationship between Plants and Chiang Mai University, paving the way for future initiatives.

17 July 2025
Meet Us at the International Congress on Insect Science 2025 (ICIS 2025), 7–11 August 2025, Kaifeng, China


To advance cutting-edge research in entomology and related fields, and to promote academic exchange and collaboration among scientists worldwide, the International Congress on Insect Science in 2025 (ICIS 2025), alongside the 6th International Conference of Insect Genomics and the 9th International Symposium on Insect Physiology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology, will be grandly held in Kaifeng, a historically and culturally significant city in China, from 7 to 11 August 2025. As one of the most influential international academic events in the field of entomology, the conference will be themed “Entomologists Advancing Global Innovation and Sustainability”. The event aims to provide a platform for top global scholars to communicate and exchange ideas, and to promote research innovation and sustainable development in entomology. The conference will include plenary lectures, parallel sessions, poster presentations, and a young scholars' forum. We warmly invite experts in the field of entomology from all over the world to join us in Kaifeng for this exciting event.

Conference: International Congress on Insect Science 2025 (ICIS 2025)
Date: 7–11 August 2025
Location: Kaifeng, China

The following MDPI journals will be represented at ICIS 2025:

If you are planning to attend the above conference, please feel free to stop by our booth. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have.

For more information about the conference, please visit the following website: https://icis2025.scievent.com/.

9 July 2025
Meet Us at the 10th European Botanic Gardens Congress, 22–26 September 2025, Rome, Italy


Conference: 10th European Botanic Gardens Congress
Organization: Italian Botanic Society
Date: 22–26 September 2025
Place: Rome, Italy

MDPI journals will be attending the 10th European Botanic Gardens Congress (Eurogard10) as exhibitors. This event will be held at the Botanic Garden of Rome, Italy, from 22 to 26 September 2025.

The central theme of Eurogard10 is the ecological restoration of degraded ecosystems, moving beyond the traditional roles of botanic gardens, such as plant collection and biodiversity conservation, taxonomy and plant classification, botanical research, horticulture, garden management, public engagement, and scientific dissemination. By integrating restoration efforts into these activities, botanic gardens can actively contribute to a sustainable and thriving future, fostering collaborations and partnerships to address today’s pressing environmental challenges.

The following MDPI journals will be represented at this event:

If you are attending this conference, please feel free to visit our booth. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have.

4 July 2025
MDPI’s Newly Launched Journals in June 2025

Six new journals covering a range of subjects launched their inaugural issues in June 2025. We are excited to be able to share with you the newest research rooted in the value of open access. We are pleased to present the latest research and to make it accessible to all.

We extend our sincere thanks to all the Editorial Board Members for their commitment and expertise. Each journal is dedicated to upholding strong editorial standards through a thorough peer review process, ensuring impactful open access scholarship.

Please feel free to browse and discover more about the new journals below.

Journal Founding Editor-in-Chief Journal Topics (Selected)
Prof. Dr. Chang-Pu Sun,
China Academy of Engineering Physics, Beijing, China; Computational Science Research Center, China
Editorial | View inaugural issue
quantum information and phenomena; condensed matter physics and statistical physics; atomic, molecular, and optical physics; computational physics and mathematical methods
View journal scope | Submit an article
Prof. Dr. Hualiang Lin,
Sun Yat-sen University, China;
Prof. Dr. Jose L. Domingo,
Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
Editorial | View inaugural issue
green and organic food; green infrastructures; green exercise; environmental impact of the healthcare sector; effects of climate change on human health |
View journal scope | Submit an article
Prof. Dr. Francesco Veglio,
University of L’Aquila, Italy
Editorial | View inaugural issue
ultra-pure substances; water purification; air purification; gas purification; inorganic chemical purification; purification technologies
View journal scope | Submit an article
Prof. Dr. Junxing Zheng,
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Editorial | View inaugural issue
computer-aided design and engineering; artificial intelligence and machine learning; building information modeling (BIM) and digital twins; robotics and automation in construction; smart sensors and Internet of Things (IoT); intelligent control systems and facilities management
View journal scope | Submit an article
Prof. Dr. Assunta Di Vaio, University of Naples Parthenope, Italy
Editorial | View inaugural issue
sustainability, managerial, and biodiversity accounting; carbon management accounting; corporate social responsibility; artificial intelligence and disclosure
View journal scope | Submit an article
Prof. Dr. Changjun Liu,
Sichuan University, China
Editorial | View inaugural issue
bioeffects of electromagnetic waves; electromagnetic science and engineering; microwave, millimeter-wave, and terahertz technologies; metamaterials and metasurfaces; communication, sensing, and networks; energy, power, and sustainable applications; quantum and emerging technologies; artificial intelligence and advanced fabrication
View journal scope | Submit an article
We wish to thank everyone who has supported the development of open access publishing. If you are interested in launching a new open access journal with us, you are welcome to send an application here.

3 July 2025
Plants Best Paper Award—Winners Announced


Plants (ISSN: 2223-7747) is pleased to announce the winners of the Plants 2023 Best Paper Award, selecting 3 research articles and 1 review among 4091 peer-reviewed papers published in Volume 12 of the journal. The decision was made by the committee based on an evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers and their number of citations and downloads.

We would like to congratulate the following winners:

Environmental Factors Regulate Plant Secondary Metabolites
by Mirwais M. Qaderi, Ashley B. Martel and Courtney A. Strugnell
Plants 2023, 12(3), 447; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12030447

Multiplex CRISPR-Cas9 Gene-Editing Can Deliver Potato Cultivars with Reduced Browning and Acrylamide
by Diem Nguyen Phuoc Ly, Sadia Iqbal,John Fosu-Nyarko, Stephen Milroy and Michael G. K. Jones
Plants 2023, 12(2), 379; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12020379

Melatonin-Mediated Enhancement of Photosynthetic Capacity and Photoprotection Improves Salt Tolerance in Wheat
by Di Yan, Jiajie Wang, Zhenzong Lu, Rui Liu, Yue Hong, Baocai Su, Ye Wang, Zhen Peng, Chunxin Yu, Yuerong Gao, Ziyan Liu, Zhaoshi Xu, Liusheng Duan and Runzhi Li
Plants 2023, 12(23), 3984; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12233984

Impacts of Radio-Frequency Electromagnetic Field (RF-EMF) on Lettuce (Lactuca sativa)—Evidence for RF-EMF Interference with Plant Stress Responses
by Nam Trung Tran, Luca Jokic, Julian Keller, Jens Uwe Geier and Ralf Kaldenhoff
Plants 2023, 12(5), 1082; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12051082

The announcement of the winners can be found on the following website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/plants/awards/2889.

2 July 2025
MDPI INSIGHTS: The CEO's Letter #24 - 2024 Impact Factor & CiteScore, MDPI Summits France & USA, Tu Youyou Award

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’s 2024 Impact Factor Highlights

For those of our readers who are new to academic publishing, you may have heard some news in June around the Impact Factor release. Every year, typically in June, Clarivate releases its annual Journal Citation Reports (JCR), which include Journal Impact Factors (JIF). This metric is widely used in academic publishing to reflect the average number of citations received by recent articles in each journal.

While Impact Factor is just one of many indicators of journal influence, it remains a major milestone for authors, editors, and publishers. It’s used to assess journal visibility, researcher recognition, and scholarly reach. Throughout our international meetings and events, it’s clear that the Impact Factor is something many of our authors and editorial board members care about, as it can influence where they choose to submit an article and the funding they receive for their research.

“These results reflect the trust that the scholarly community places in MDPI”

MDPI’s 2024 Impact Factor Highlights

  • 298 MDPI journals received a Journal Impact Factor.
  • 60 journals earned their first-ever Impact Factor
    • To put this in perspective: MDPI’s 60 new journal acceptances into the Web of Science was the second highest number of any publisher in 2024, behind Elsevier and ahead of Springer Nature. Our 87% acceptance rate for journals submitted to Web of Science shows the strength of our editorial process and our proven ability to develop journals aligned with Clarivate’s 24 evaluation criteria.
    • Notably, Textiles, Mathematics, International Journal of Neonatal Screening, Smart Cities, Systems, and Pharmaceutics ranked in the top 10% in their respective categories, highlighting their growing influence and prestige within their academic fields. This shows that high-quality indexing goes beyond visibility; it upholds credibility and trust.
  • 193 MDPI journals are now ranked in the top 50% (Q1/Q2) of their subject categories.
    • What does this mean, and why is it important? Journals are ranked by quartiles within their field, based on their Impact Factor. Q1 represents the top 25% of journals in their category, Q2 the next 25%, and so on. Being in Q1 or Q2 shows that a journal is performing well relative to other journals in its category. Authors and institutions often look at quartile rankings when choosing where to publish – it’s an important indicator of visibility and recognition, within its respective category.
  • 116 of our previously ranked journals increased their Impact Factor.
  • 14 MDPI journals achieved an Impact Factor of 5.0 or higher, suggesting a high degree of influence and visibility.

These results reflect our staff's hard work: from our editorial and production teams to our indexing, communications, and data teams, and beyond. This also reflects the trust that the scholarly community places in MDPI, reinforcing the message that when researchers publish with MDPI, they publish with impact.

Open Access with Impact

As the leading fully open access publisher, our journals have received a total of 18.4 million citations in the Web of Science by the end of 2024, reflecting the growing reach and engagement of research published with MDPI. We are committed to making scientific research freely accessible to everyone, everywhere. With the support of more than 4.2 million contributing authors, we’re proud to support the global shift toward open access.

Further Reading

If you’d like to better understand how journals get indexed and why Impact Factors matter, please read this recent interview with Dr. Constanze Schelhorn (Head of Indexing). It gives you a behind-the-scenes look at the role our indexing team plays in supporting journal indexing and visibility.

You can also read our official news announcement shared last week: MDPI Journals in the 2024 Journal Citation Reports.

Thank you to everyone, from our authors and reviewers to our editors and internal teams, who contributed to the progress of our journal indexing in 2024. We’re continuing to build journals that are recognized and trusted across disciplines.

Impactful Research

MDPI Journals See Continued Growth in 2024 CiteScore Results

Continuing our indexing updates, I’m pleased to share that MDPI has achieved strong results in the latest CiteScore metrics, released on 5 June by Scopus. These results reflect the collective efforts of our editors, reviewers, authors, and internal teams, with their dedication to quality and visibility in scientific publishing. You can read the full announcement here.

2024 Highlights:

  • 322 MDPI journals received a CiteScore (up from 274 last year).
  • 283 journals (88%) are ranked in Q1 or Q2 of their subject categories.
  • 237 journals (85%) saw an increase in their CiteScore compared to last year.
  • 48 journals received a CiteScore for the first time.
  • 39 journals are now placed in the top 10% of their subject areas.

“This growth highlights our commitment to supporting open, trusted science”

What is CiteScore and how is it measured?

CiteScore metrics are developed by Elsevier as an alternative to the Impact Factor. They measure the citation impact of journals and can be accessed freely on Scopus. The metric represents the yearly average number of citations to recent articles published in a journal. If you’re interested in learning more about citation metrics and how we use them, check out this blog post.

Why is this important?

These results show the growing recognition for, and impact of, MDPI journals across disciplines. CiteScore rankings help researchers, institutions, and funders assess where high-quality work is being published. This growth improves our journals’ positioning in the publishing landscape and highlights our commitment to supporting open, trusted science.

Inside MDPI

Highlights from the MDPI USA Summit in Boston (5–6 June)

With several Summits already behind us, I think this is a good time to reflect on the purpose of these Summits.

Why do we organize MDPI Summits?

These one-and-a-half-day, invite-only gatherings are designed to improve our relationships with Chief Editors who lead our journals and are respected voices in their fields. The Summits aim to:

  1. Share MDPI’s values, achievements, editorial practices, and local market collaborations.
  2. Collect feedback on MDPI operations and journal practices.
  3. Empower Chief Editors to confidently represent MDPI beyond the Summit.

While Chief Editors know their journals well, these events help them better understand MDPI. We want them to be ambassadors for our brand. The aim is for them to walk away informed, engaged, and equipped to share positively about MDPI.

About the Boston Summit

Held on 5–6 June, our first USA Summit gathered over 25 Chief Editors to learn more about MDPI’s activities and collaborations in the USA. The program included presentations, Q&A, and a panel discussion.

Agenda Highlights:

Moderated by Summer Huggard (Operations Manager [Toronto], MDPI), the program featured:

  • MDPI Overview and USA Collaboration – Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI)
  • AI in Publishing and MDPI's Actions – Feichi Lu (Junior Data Scientist, MDPI)
  • MDPI Editorial Process and Research Integrity – Dr. Giulia Stefenelli (Scientific Communications Lead, MDPI)
  • Panel Discussion – Stefan, Feichi, Giulia, Claudia
  • Society Partnerships – Dr. Clàudia Aunós (Society Partnerships Senior Manager, MDPI)
  • Voice of the Customer and Closing Remarks – Stefan Tochev (CEO, MDPI)

MDPI & the USA: Facts and Figures

  • With over 216,000 publications, the USA is MDPI’s second-largest contributor after China.
  • In 2024, the USA ranked 2nd in total submissions and 2nd in total MDPI publications, with more than 28,200 publications.
  • As of 2020, the cumulative number of authors from the USA until April 2025 was 352,099.
  • As at April 2025, there are more than 12,035 active Editorial Board Members (EBMs) from the USA, with 55% having an H-index over 26.
  • Among them, 96 serve as Editors-in-Chief (EiC) and 218 as section-Editors-in-Chief (SEiC)
  • MDPI has more than 920 Institutional Open Access Program agreements worldwide, with over 130 from the USA.

A special thanks to our Toronto team, and everyone who worked behind the scenes to make this event run smoothly.

Coming Together for Science

Highlights from the MDPI France Summit in Paris (12–13 June)

We completed our first MDPI France Summit in Paris last week, and it was a special event. Attendees were engaged from beginning to end, remaining after hours to network and collaborate.

Why a France Summit?

We chose to host a France Summit in view of the recent challenges MDPI has faced with the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). What we took away from the event is that our authors and editors very much appreciate and enjoy working with us, but we need to address the concerns raised by CNRS, around Article Processing Charges (APCs) and the funding of gold open access publications.

“Our authors and editors very much enjoy working with us”

Some of the claims made in the June 2023 interview with Alain Schuhl, the Deputy CEO for Science at the CNRS, are simply not factual. For example, they state that MDPI’s “average APC charges per article are now around the same as Springer Nature’s.” Here is the relevant passage, reproduced verbatim:

This is not accurate.

A recent preprint analysing APC data from Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley, PLOS, MDPI, and Frontiers (2019–2023) shows that MDPI’s average APCs remain significantly lower than those of Springer Nature and several other major publishers.

The MDPI Summits are part of our outreach and communication efforts to address misconceptions and clarify MDPI’s position as one of the most accessible and affordable major gold open access publishers in the world.

Summit Overview

Held on 12–13 June, the France Summit gathered over 20 Chief Editors to learn more about MDPI’s activities and collaborations in France. Many of these editors are influential in their institutions and professional societies. Several also have connections to CNRS, which makes this an important opportunity to clarify how we operate and build trust through open and transparent communication and hopefully turn our editors into informed advocates of MDPI.

Summit Feedback

The feedback has been very positive, with most attendees completing the post-event survey and all rating the experience as Excellent or Good. A few highlights:

  • “The whole thing was highly professional and, above all, provided quantified details that will allow us to better answer questions surrounding MDPI.”
  • “The summit was an opportunity to meet personally various people directly engaged in the organization and policies of MDPI, which made it possible to clarify some important points concerning publishing with MDPI.”
  • “Very well organized! A great opportunity to see all French MDPI partners and editors.”

Program Highlights:

Moderated by Miruna Adelina Nicolcioiu (Senior Conference Producer), the program featured:

  • MDPI Overview and France Collaboration – Stefan Tochev (CEO)
  • MDPI Editorial Process and Peer-Review Quality – Dr. Marta Colomer (Public Affairs Specialist)
  • Institutional Partnerships and Open Access Funding Models – Becky Castellon (Institutional Partnerships Manager)
  • AI in Publishing and MDPI's Actions – Daniele Raimondi (Data Scientist)
  • Publication Ethics: Global Trends – Diana Cristina Apodaritei (Research Integrity Specialist)
  • Closing Remarks – Stefan Tochev
  • Panel Discussion – Diana, Becky, Prof. Dr. Patrick Da Cost, and Stefan

MDPI & France: Facts and Figures

  • With over 51,000 publications, France is MDPI's tenth-largest contributor, and fifth largest among EU countries after Italy, Spain, Germany, and Poland.
  • As of 2020, the cumulative number of authors from France until April 2025 was 87,592.
  • As at April 2025, there are more than 2,800 active Editorial Board Members (EBMs) from France, with 59% having an H-index over 26.
  • Among them, 22 serve as Editors-in-Chief (EiC) and 61 as section-Editors-in-Chief (SEiC)
  • In 2024, IJMS, JCM, and Molecules were the top three MDPI journals in terms of submissions from French-affiliated authors.

Special thanks to our colleagues from Romanian offices for organizing this successful event.

Closing Thoughts

Richard DiMarchi and Rolf Müller Share the 2024 Tu Youyou Award

As we wrap up this month’s newsletter, I’d like to take a moment to recognize the winners of the 2024 Tu Youyou Award, presented by our journal Molecules. I am pleased to share that the 2024 Tu Youyou Award has been conferred upon Richard DiMarchi and Rolf Müller, in recognition of their significant contributions to natural products chemistry and medicinal chemistry.

I invite you to read the editorial co-authored by the Tu Youyou Award Committee, which highlights the significance of the award and the remarkable impact of the recipients’ research.

A sincere thank-you to the 2024 Award Committee for their dedication and selection process, and congratulations once again to this year’s honourees. Your work exemplifies the kind of research MDPI is proud to support and amplify.

About the Tu Youyou Award
The 2024 Tu Youyou Award includes a total monetary prize of 100,000 Swiss Francs and a medal for each recipient. Established in 2016 to honour the pioneering spirit of Nobel laureate Tu Youyou, the Tu Youyou Award is an international award recognizing exceptional scholars dedicated to the fields of natural products chemistry and medicinal chemistry.

For further information about the award and the winners, please visit the Tu Youyou Award website.

Stefan Tochev
Chief Executive Officer
MDPI AG

1 July 2025
Meet Us at the SEB Annual Conference Antwerp 2025, 8–11 July 2025, Antwerp, Belgium


Conference:
SEB Annual Conference Antwerp 2025
Organization: The Society for Experimental Biology (SEB)
Date: 8–11 July 2025
Place: Antwerp, Belgium

SEB’s Annual Conference is celebrated for creating the perfect composition of research, new discoveries, and collaborative connections. Be creative and innovative by exchanging ideas and knowledge with masters of biology from all over the world. This conference has 6 sessions including Plant, Animal, Cell, Science Across Boundaries, Workshops, Outreach, Education and Diversity. It is expected that more than 1,000 people will attend the conference.

The following open access journals from MDPI will be represented at the event:

If you plan on attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth #13. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have!

For more information about the conference, please visit the following link: https://www.sebiology.org/events/seb-annual-conference-antwerp-2025.html.

27 June 2025
Meet Us Virtually at the 3rd International Online Conference on Agriculture (IOCAG 2025), 22–24 October 2025


We would like to invite you to attend the 3rd International Online Conference on Agriculture (IOCAG 2025), organized by MDPI’s journal Agriculture (ISSN: 2077-0472, Impact Factor: 3.6, CiteScore: 6.3), which will take place from 22 to 24 October 2025.

Conference Chair: Prof. Dr. Bin Gao, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA.

The topics of interest:

S1. Climate-Smart Agriculture: Practices, Determinants, Productivity, and Efficiency;

S2. Ecosystem, Environment, and Climate Change in Agriculture;

S3. Agricultural Systems and Management;

S4. Zero-Pollution Solutions in Crop Protection;

S5. Agricultural Water Management;

S6. Smart Farming: From Sensor to Artificial Intelligence;

S7. Agricultural Soil;

S8. Crop Production;

S9. Farm Animal Production;

S10. From Field to Consumers: Challenges and Approaches to High-Quality Agricultural Products;

S11. Crop Genetics, Genomics, and Breeding.

Important Dates:

Deadline for abstract submission: 18 July 2025;

Notification of acceptance: 18 August 2025;

Registration deadline: 15 October 2025.

Guide for Authors

To submit your abstract, please click on the following link: https://sciforum.net/user/submission/create/1230.

To register for this event, please click on the following link: https://sciforum.net/event/IOCAG2025?section=#registration.

For details regarding abstract submission, poster and slide submission, and publication opportunities, please refer to the “Instructions for Authors” section via the following link: https://sciforum.net/event/IOCAG2025?section=#instructions.

For any enquiries regarding the event, please contact iocag2025@mdpi.com.

We look forward to seeing you at IOCAG 2025.

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