Women’s Special Issue Series: Processes

Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to present this special collection of articles highlighting the achievements of women scientists in process- and system-related research in chemistry, biology, material, energy, environment, food, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, and allied engineering fields from all around the world. This Special Issue is devoted to presenting research performed by female scientists. We encourage articles in which the lead and/or corresponding authors are women. However, we recognize that gender identity is personal and that our understanding of equity and equality is constantly evolving; therefore, we welcome submissions from all authors, irrespective of gender.

We cordially invite you to submit your work performed across all areas of process/system research and present your latest discoveries in classical and advanced processes fields such chemistry, biology, material, energy, environment, food, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, and allied engineering. This Issue aims to spotlight the contributions of female researchers to the development of process- and system-related research. These are only some of the topics of interest, and we welcome additional contributions to help shape a high-impact Special Issue.

Topics include, but are not limited to

• Chemical processes and systems;
• Biological processes and systems;
• Materials processes;
• Catalysis-enhanced processes;
• Environmental and green processes;
• Energy systems;
• Process control and monitoring;
• Automation control systems;
• Food processes;
• Pharmaceutical processes;
• Manufacturing processes and systems;
• Sustainable processes;
• Separation Processes
• Particle Processes
• AI-enabled process engineering.

Communications, original research papers, and review articles are welcome, as well as biographies and articles celebrating outstanding female researchers.

Submissions led or solely authored by women are especially encouraged. We warmly welcome contributions from all researchers, irrespective of gender. We welcome submissions from all authors, irrespective of gender.

Prof. Dr. Alina Pyka-Pająk
Prof. Dr. Wei Sun
Dr. Mónica Elvira Mendoza-Duarte
Dr. Agnieszka Zgoła-Grześkowiak
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Processes is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Women’s Special Issue Series

This Special Issue is part of Processes's Women’s Special Issue Series, hosted by women editors for women researchers. The Series advocates the advancement of women in science. We invite contributions to the Special Issue whose lead authors identify as women. The submission of articles with all-women authorship is especially encouraged. However, we do welcome articles from all authors, irrespective of gender.

• chemical processes and systems
• environmental processes
• process control
• energy systems
• biological processes and systems
• materials processes
• pharmaceutical processes
• food processing