Announcements

It is our great pleasure to announce the launch of the Section “Catalysis Enhanced Processes”, which will provide a specific venue for this field of research in Processes (ISSN: 2227-9717).

We are now recruiting Editorial Board Members (EBMs) and Guest Editors (GEs) for this Section (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/processes/sections/catalysis_enhanced_processes). If you are an active researcher in the field and passionate about publishing cutting-edge research, please do not hesitate to contact us (processes@mdpi.com).

Responsibilities of Processes EBMs include the following:

• Making decisions on whether a manuscript can be accepted or not based on the reports we collect;
• Suggesting special topics or editing a Special Issue on a topic related to your research;
• Promoting the journal and increasing its visibility at related academic conferences;
• Advising on the journal development.

Benefits for Processes EBMs include the following:

• Discounts on the papers you publish;
• A certificate in recognition of your role as an EBM of Processes;
• Additional sponsorships are offered by Processes for conferences that you organize.

Responsibilities of Processes GEs include the following:

• Defining the aims and scope of the Special Issue;
• Carrying out pre-checks and making final decisions as to whether a paper is acceptable (according to the review reports);
• Providing a potential author list and inviting some high-quality contributions.

Benefits for Processes GEs include the following:

• A discount for publication in your Special Issue;
• A certificate in recognition of your role as a GE of Processes;
• A book which could be published if more than five papers are published in the Special Issue;
• Consideration as a Processes Editorial Board Member candidate if the Special Issue is successful.

Rigorous peer-review is the cornerstone of high-quality academic publishing. Over 369,916 scholars served as reviewers for MDPI journals in 2020. We are extremely appreciative of all those who made a contribution to the editorial process in this capacity. At the beginning of every year, journal editorial offices publish a list of all reviewers’ names to express our gratitude. In addition, this year, the MDPI Top Reviewer Award was announced, to recognize the very best reviewers for their expertise and dedication, and their high-quality, and timely review reports. We are pleased to announce the following winners of the 2020 MDPI Top Reviewer Award:

• Adriana Burlea-Schiopoiu;
• Alban Kuriqi;
• Álvaro González-Vila;
• Alessandro Alaimo;
• Alexey Beskopylny;
• Alexander Yu Churyumov;
• Alberto Fernández-Isabel;
• Andrea Mastinu;
• Antonios N. Papadopoulos;
• Anton Rassõlkin;
• Antonio Humberto Hamad Minervino;
• Arkadiusz Matwijczuk;
• Artur Słomka;
• Baojie He;
• Bartłomiej Potaniec;
• Bojan Đurin;
• Camilo Arturo Rodriguez Diaz;
• Carmelo Maria Musarella;
• Chiachung Chen;
• Chiman Kwan;
• Cristian Busu;
• Danil Pimenov;
• Dan-Cristian Dabija;
• Delfín Ortega-Sánchez;
• Demetrio Antonio Zema;
• Denis Butusov;
• Elena Lucchi;
• Gaurab Dutta;
• Livia Anastasiu;
• M. R. Safaei.

For more information about how to become a reviewer of MDPI journals, please see: www.mdpi.com/reviewers.

We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Orazio Nicolotti has been appointed Associate Editor-in-Chief of the Section "Pharmaceutical Processes" in the journal Processes (2227-9717).

Prof. Dr. Orazio Nicolotti is a Full Professor of medicinal chemistry at the Dipartimento di Farmacia-Scienze del Farmaco of Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro”. His fields of research expertise are drug discovery; QSAR; predictive toxicology; combinatorial library design; evolutionary algorithms and artificial intelligence; and docking and molecular dynamics. He has published over 100 significant scientific papers, with more than 3000 citations (h-index 33).

We are confident that the strong academic background and connections of the new Associate Section Editor-in-Chief will continue to improve the reputation and quality of Processes.

We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Hoon Kim has been appointed Associate Editor-in-Chief of the Section "Pharmaceutical Processes" in the journal Processes (ISSN: 2227-9717).

Prof. Dr. Hoon Kim is a Professor at the College of Pharmacy, Sunchon National University. Since 1988, Hoon Kim has published over 100 significant scientific papers, with more than 1800 citations (h-index 26). His fields of research expertise are monoamine oxidase inhibitors; acetylcholinesterase inhibitors; β-secretase inhibitors; pharmaceutical biochemistry; cell wall lytic enzymes (cellulases, xylanases, β-glucosidases, esterases, protease, and chitinases); microbial metagenomes; and antibiotics.

We are confident that the strong academic background and connections of the new section Editor-in-Chief will continue to improve the reputation and quality of Processes.

UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. In 2020 the SDG Publishers Compact was launched, aimed to inspire publishers and accelerate progress to achieve the 17 goals by 2030. Members of the programme are committed to support the publication of materials that will promote and inspire actions towards SDGs.

MDPI is an eager advocate of SDGs and has already been supporting the programme by creating Special Issues and publishing a series of books on SDGs prior to joining the Compact in 2021. MDPI's Sustainability Foundation initiated the World Sustainability Awards in 2016. We fully support UN's goals to promote sustainable actions that make the world a better place for all and, as part of its commitment, we will focus our actions on SDG10: Reduced Inequalities whilst promoting all 17 SDGs. For more details, please visit the programme’s website: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sdg-publishers-compact/.

Joining this initiative was a unanimous decision. MDPI has in its core values the dissemination of science for all, breaking the wall between research access and under-represented members of the scientific community and the general population. To support this initiative further and continue to support under-represented scientists, MDPI will take a series of actions that will be announced once ready.

The first action MDPI takes is to nominate Dr. Liliane Auwerter as the coordinator of the programme. Dr. Auwerter studied Environmental Process Technology (UTFPR, Brazil), obtained her MSc degree in Water and Environmental Engineering (University of Surrey, UK) and in 2020 completed her PhD in self-healing low-friction materials for water transport (Imperial College London, UK), always focusing on diverse scientific projects that would potentially bring sustainability to industrial processes. As a student in Brazil, she engaged in volunteering activities focused on environmental education and took part in the Millennial Development Goals meetings held at the university.

For more information, please contact:
Dr. Liliane Auwerter
Scientific Officer
liliane.auwerter@mdpi.com

MDPI will be attending the 20th National Catalysis Conference in Wuhan, China, which will take place from 15 to 20 October 2021. The theme of the conference is “Catalytic Science and Technology for Green, Low-Carbon, High-Quality Economic Development”. The topics include the science and technology of catalytic materials and catalyst preparation, catalytic materials and catalytic reaction characterization technology and theory, green catalysis, environmental catalysis, energy catalysis, and science and technology in the catalysis process of petroleum and chemical industry.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Catalysts;
• Nanomaterials;
• Coatings;
• Inorganics;
• Applied Sciences;
• Sustainable Chemistry;
• Chemistry;
• Processes;
• Reactions;
• Toxics.

If you are attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth. 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: http://20ncc.mzpco.com/.

The 2021 Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China (CIESC) Annual Meeting will be held in Shenyang from 24 to 26 September 2021. It is an international, multi-disciplinary and trans-regional academic event and plays an important role in promoting the academic prosperity and technological innovation in the field of chemical engineering. This conference will invite experts and students who are engaged in the study of and research into chemical engineering to share their latest progress and new achievements.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Processes
• Applied Sciences
• Energies
• Molecules
• Separations
• Catalysts
• ChemEngineering
• Sci
• Sustainability
• Safety

If you are also attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth #A63. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have.

For more information about the conference, please visit: http://www.ciesc.cn/meeting/2021CIESC/.

It is our great pleasure to announce the launch of the Section “Sustainable Processes”, which will provide a specific venue for this field of research in Processes.

We are now recruiting Editorial Board Members (EBMs) and Guest Editors (GEs) for this Section (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/processes/sections/sustainable_processes). If you are an active researcher in the field and passionate about publishing cutting-edge research, please do not hesitate to contact us (processes@mdpi.com).

Responsibilities of Processes EBMs include the following:

• Making decisions on whether a manuscript can be accepted or not based on the reports we collect;
• Suggesting special topics or editing a Special Issue on a topic related to your research;
• Promoting the journal and increasing its visibility at related academic conferences;
• Advising on the journal development.

Benefits for Processes EBMs include the following:

• Discounts for the papers you publish;
• A certificate in recognition of your role as an EBM of Processes;
• Additional sponsorships are offered by Processes for conferences that you organize.

Responsibilities of Processes GEs include the following:

• Defining the aims and scope of the Special Issue;
• Carrying out pre-checks and making final decisions as to whether a paper is acceptable (according to the review reports);
• Providing a potential author list and inviting some high-quality contributions.

Benefits for Processes GEs include the following:

• A discount for publication in your Special Issue;
• A certificate in recognition of your role as a GE of Processes;
• A book which could be published if more than five papers are published in the Special Issue;
• Consideration as a Processes Editorial Board Member candidate if the Special Issue is successful.

It is our great pleasure to announce the launch of the Section “Pharmaceutical Processes”, which will provide a specific venue for this field of research in Processes.

We are now recruiting Editorial Board Members (EBMs) and Guest Editors (GEs) for this Section (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/processes/sections/Pharmaceutical_Processes). If you are an active researcher in the field and passionate about publishing cutting-edge research, please do not hesitate to contact us (processes@mdpi.com).

Responsibilities of Processes EBMs include the following:

• Making decisions on whether a manuscript can be accepted or not based on the reports we collect;
• Suggesting special topics or editing a Special Issue on a topic related to your research;
• Promoting the journal and increasing its visibility at related academic conferences;
• Advising on the journal development.

Benefits for Processes EBMs include the following:

• Discounts for the papers you publish;
• A certificate in recognition of your role as an EBM of Processes;
• Additional sponsorships are offered by Processes for conferences that you organize.

Responsibilities of Processes GEs include the following:

• Defining the aims and scope of the Special Issue;
• Carrying out pre-checks and making final decisions as to whether a paper is acceptable (according to the review reports);
• Providing a potential author list and inviting some high-quality contributions.

Benefits for Processes GEs include the following:

• A discount for publication in your Special Issue;
• A certificate in recognition of your role as a GE of Processes;
• A book which could be published if more than five papers are published in the Special Issue;
• Consideration as a Processes Editorial Board Member candidate if the Special Issue is successful.

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

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

Contact: Setsuko Nishihara, MDPI Tokyo