Announcements

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

We are pleased to inform you that the impact factor of Processes has increased to 2.847 in the Category “Engineering, Chemical”. For more detailed information, please see:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/processes/stats

Since Processes received its first impact factor in 2018, the impact factor has gradually been increasing year by year. All the achievements thus far have benefited from the strong support of all of the scholars that have been involved with the journal. Therefore, we would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the scholars for their contributions to the development of the journal. Looking forward to our future cooperation.

MDPI will be attending the 2nd International Conference for Global Chinese Academia on Energy and Built Environment (CEBE 2021) in Chengdu, China, on 16–19 July 2021. The conference aims at establishing a worldwide platform for promoting global cooperation and innovative communications for ethnic Chinese around the globe, sharing cutting-edge achievements in the utilization of clean energy, the enhancement of energy efficiency via the built environment, and the improvement in environmental quality.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Energies
• Nanomaterials
• Buildings
• Atmosphere
• Clean Technologies
• Processes
• Materials
• Sustainability

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://www.cebe2021.com.

The 2020 citation metrics have been officially released in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR)!

We are pleased to announce that 85 MDPI journals are included, of which:

• 10 journals received their first impact factor
• 96% of journals increased their impact factor from 2019
• 32 journals (38%) ranked among the top 25% of journals, in at least one category

* Journals given their first Impact Factor in 2021

Source: 2020 Journal Impact Factors, Journal Citation Reports ® (Clarivate, 2021)

We are pleased to inform you that Processes has received an increased CiteScore of 2.4 in the Categories “Chemical Engineering: Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)”, “Chemical Engineering: Process Chemistry and Technology”, and “Chemical Engineering: Bioengineering”. For more detailed information, please see: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/processes/stats.

The development of Processes has been strongly supported by scholars. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all scholars for their support!

To celebrate this great news, we would like to invite you to contact the Processes editorial office (processes@mdpi.com) before 31 August 2021 to apply for a discount if you would like to submit a paper to Processes.

The 12th National Conference on Environmental Catalysis and Eco-Materials, organized by the Catalysis Society of China, will be held in Shanghai from 18 to 20 June 2021. This conference will invite experts and students who are engaged in the study of and research into environmental catalysis and materials to share their latest progress and new achievements. It will focus on the international research frontiers, meeting the demands of countries, and encourage active exploration, in order to break through technical bottlenecks and further promote the development and popularization of science and technology in the field of environmental catalysis and materials in China.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Processes
• Catalysts
• Applied Sciences
• Atmosphere
• Sustainability
• Toxics
• Water

If you are attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth A16. 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.12ncecm.com/.