Announcements

MDPI has just become the first open access (OA) publisher to reach the milestone of one million articles published. That is one million articles freely available to all, to circulate and build upon! We are proud to share this special moment with the global scientific community.

This landmark has been reached thanks to the immeasurable support of more than 600,000 expert reviewers, 66,000 editorial board members and 6700 hard-working colleagues across MDPI’s global offices.

Within more than 25 years of publishing, our journals received 2.1 million manuscripts and generated 4.6 million peer review reports to get to one million papers published.

Reaching the milestone of one million articles published reinforces our mission to remove any existing barriers and to make scientific research accessible to all. Since its inception, MDPI’s goal has been to create reliable processes to make science open. This is a path towards facilitating the dissemination of novel insights in scientific communities.

Regular feedback from authors and reviewers shows that our service is greatly appreciated and needed. At the same time, the feedback helps us identify areas for further improvement.

As it stands, a significant share of published research findings remain closed access. More than half of the content published with the most well-known legacy publishers stays behind a paywall, and that is not including articles published in hybrid OA journals, or made available months or years after publication.

A new policy announced by the US administration in August 2022 requires that, as of January 2026, all US federally funded research be made freely and immediately available after publication. While the new policy does not mandate articles be published under an open access license, it is aligned with the open access movement in removing all barriers to research. Similarly, some of the most advanced research institutions in the world intend to have all funded research articles published in open access by 2025.

MDPI is proud to be the leading agent of the transition to open access.

"Thanks a Million" to all the contributors!

We are currently recruiting Editorial Board Members (EBMs) for MDPI journals indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) in Web of Science. In particular, we are looking for experts who are interested in aiding in the development of our journals and safeguarding the scientific quality of the published findings.

Journals currently listed in the ESCI will receive an Impact Factor in June 2023, according to the changes announced by Web of Science (Clarivate). Therefore, this is an excellent time to become an Editorial Board Member for one of these fast-developing journals.

If you are interested in sharing your expertise in one of the journals listed below, please send us an application using this link.

The Editorial Office of the journal will contact you once the application has been approved.
Editorial Board Members are responsible for academic decisions on manuscripts in their field of expertise, will edit Special Issues, and may be invited to review manuscripts. The initial term lasts for two years, after which it can be renewed, and entails the following:

• Prescreening and making decisions on new submissions related to your research interests;
• Setting up at least one Special Issue during your term on a topic related to your research interests (or supervising Special Issues related to your research field);
• Providing input or feedback regarding journal policies;
• Helping to promote the journal among your peers or at conferences;
• Attending Board meetings to suggest journal development strategies;
• Reviewing manuscripts.

Editorial Board Members are entitled to a full waiver on one publication per year in the journal that they serve and need to be experts in their fields.

The list of ESCI journals can be found here: https://www.mdpi.com/about/journals/esci.

Please find the list of ESCI journals, categorized by subject, for which we are recruiting Editorial Board Members below.

We are pleased to announce that the website of the MDPI Sustainability Foundation has been revamped! For the past couple of months, our UX UI team and front-end developers have been working hard to launch the website in time for the opening of the Sustainability Awards nominations.

The website is not the only thing that has had a remodeling. Indeed, the format of the Emerging Sustainability Leader Award (ESLA) has been updated. ESLA is now a competition open to individual researchers or start-ups founded by researchers under the age of 35. Nominee applications will go through 2 rounds of selection until the final 3 are decided. The finalists will then be invited to give pitch presentations during the Award Ceremony to win either first place (10,000 USD) or runner-up (2 x 5000 USD).

The World Sustainability Award, on the other hand, remains the same: a total prize money of 100,000 USD is up for grabs by senior individual researchers or groups of researchers from the international research community.

Nominations for both the World Sustainability Award and the Emerging Sustainability Leader award are now open! Check out our new website for more information on how to nominate.

Recently, Clarivate^TM revealed its 2022 list of Highly Cited Researchers^TM—individuals at universities, research institutes and commercial organizations.

The scientists who were selected into this year’s list of Highly Cited Researchers have published highly cited papers in the 11-year period from January 2011 to December 2021, with citation frequency in the top 1% of academic subjects and the same year of publication in the Web of Science^TM database. Based on Web of Science Citation data, 6,938 researchers from across the globe who have demonstrated a disproportionate level of significant and broad influence in their chosen field or fields over the last decade have been awarded Highly Cited Researcher 2022 designations. The list is truly global, spanning 69 countries or regions and spread across a diverse range of research sciences and social sciences.

According to statistics, two members of the Editorial Board of Proteomes (ISSN: 2227-7382) have been selected into the list of Highly Cited Researchers of Clarivate in 2022. They are being recognized for their high-quality scientific research achievements and outstanding contributions to professional fields. The Proteomes journal office sincerely congratulates all elected Editorial Board Members and hopes that they continue to have an academically productive relationship with the journal.

We are pleased to share that 9 Editorial Board Members from MDPI’s journal Proteomes (ISSN: 2227-7382) were featured in Stanford’s List of the World's Top 2% Scientists.

Prof. Heng Zhu, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Prof. Dr. Jeroen Krijgsveld, Division of Proteomics of Stem Cells and Cancer, DKFZ Heidelberg
Prof. Dr. Julian Whitelegge, University of California Los Angeles
Prof. Dr. Igor Jurisica, Toronto Western Hospital
Prof. Dr. Loïc Rajjou, Université Paris-Saclay
Prof. Dr. Suresh Mathivanan, La Trobe University
Dr. Andrej Shevchenko, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
Dr. Sunil S. Adav, Nanyang Technological University
Dr. Thomas Kislinger, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre; University of Toronto

The list was created by Prof. John P. A. Ioannidis from Stanford University and his research team. They have created a publicly available database of 100,000 top-cited scientists that provides standardized information on citations, h-index, co-authorship adjusted hm-index, citations to papers in different authorship positions and a composite indicator (c-score). Scientists are classified into 22 scientific fields and 176 sub-fields.

We would like to congratulate our Editorial Board Members on their excellent achievement and thank them for their immense contribution to the scientific progression and development of Proteomes.

Peer Review Week began 19 September 2022 under the theme of “Research Integrity: Creating and Supporting Trust in Research”. Through various blog articles, podcast, and webinar, we discussed this crucial subject throughout the week, celebrating the essential role peer review plays in maintaining research quality.

To begin, we held a Webinar on the topic. Professor Peter W. Choate and Dr. Emmanuel Obeng-Gyasi joined Dr. Ioana Craciun, one of MDPI’s scientific officers, for an in-depth discussion.

We invite you to view the event recording:

During the week, the MDPI Blog in a series articles highlighted how good Peer Review safeguards research integrity. The following topics were covered:

• Peer Review Week 2022
• Research Integrity
• What We’ve Learned About Peer Review Reports
• 4 Steps to the Perfect Peer Review Report
• How to Write the Perfect Peer Review Report: An Interview
• Inviting Great Peer Reviewers

In a new edition of Insight Faster, an MDPI podcast, we were delighted to talk to the co-chairs of the Peer Review Week committee, Jayashree Rajagopalan (Senior Manager of Global Community Engagement for CACTUS) and Danielle Padula (Head of Marketing and Community Development at Scholastica) to get their take on this year’s event and its related topics.

You can find the Podcast here.

We hope you enjoy the contents!

1. “Proteome Discoverer—A Community Enhanced Data Processing Suite for Protein Informatics”
by Benjamin C. Orsburn
Proteomes 2021, 9(1), 15; https://doi.org/10.3390/proteomes9010015
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7382/9/1/15

2. “The Dystrophin Node as Integrator of Cytoskeletal Organization, Lateral Force Transmission, Fiber Stability and Cellular Signaling in Skeletal Muscle”
by Paul Dowling, Stephen Gargan, Sandra Murphy, Margit Zweyer, Hemmen Sabir, Dieter Swandulla and Kay Ohlendieck
Proteomes 2021, 9(1), 9; https://doi.org/10.3390/proteomes9010009
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7382/9/1/9

3. “Proteomes Are of Proteoforms: Embracing the Complexity”
by Katrina Carbonara, Martin Andonovski and Jens R. Coorssen
Proteomes 2021, 9(3), 38; https://doi.org/10.3390/proteomes9030038
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7382/9/3/38

4. “Exosome-Derived Mediators as Potential Biomarkers for Cardiovascular Diseases: A Network Approach”
by Liliana Moreira-Costa, António S. Barros, André P. Lourenço, Adelino F. Leite-Moreira, Rita Nogueira-Ferreira, Visith Thongboonkerd and Rui Vitorino
Proteomes 2021, 9(1), 8; https://doi.org/10.3390/proteomes9010008
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7382/9/1/8

5. “Regenerative Potential of Enamel Matrix Protein Derivative and Acellular Dermal Matrix for Gingival Recession: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”
by Muhammad Saad Shaikh, Mohid Abrar Lone, Hesham Matabdin, Muneeb Ahmed Lone, Azeem Hussain Soomro and Muhammad Sohail Zafar
Proteomes 2021, 9(1), 11; https://doi.org/10.3390/proteomes9010011
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7382/9/1/11

6. “Targeted Quantification of the Lysosomal Proteome in Complex Samples”
by Peter Mosen, Anne Sanner, Jasjot Singh and Dominic Winter
Proteomes 2021, 9(1), 4; https://doi.org/10.3390/proteomes9010004
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7382/9/1/4

7. “In-Depth Analysis of the Plasma Proteome in ME/CFS Exposes Disrupted Ephrin-Eph and Immune System Signaling”
by Arnaud Germain, Susan M. Levine and Maureen R. Hanson
Proteomes 2021, 9(1), 6; https://doi.org/10.3390/proteomes9010006
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7382/9/1/6

8. “Applied Proteomics in ‘One Health’”
by Eleni I. Katsarou, Charalambos Billinis, Dimitrios Galamatis, George C. Fthenakis, George Th. Tsangaris and Angeliki I. Katsafadou
Proteomes 2021, 9(3), 31; https://doi.org/10.3390/proteomes9030031
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7382/9/3/31

9. “Secretome Analysis of Clavibacter nebraskensis Strains Treated with Natural Xylem Sap In Vitro Predicts Involvement of Glycosyl Hydrolases and Proteases in Bacterial Aggressiveness”
by Atta Soliman, Christof Rampitsch, James T. Tambong and Fouad Daayf
Proteomes 2021, 9(1), 1; https://doi.org/10.3390/proteomes9010001
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7382/9/1/1

10. “Proteomics Landscape of Alzheimer’s Disease”
by Ankit P. Jain and Gajanan Sathe
Proteomes 2021, 9(1), 13; https://doi.org/10.3390/proteomes9010013
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7382/9/2/22

11. “Comparison of Sample Preparation Methods for Shotgun Proteomic Studies in Aquaculture Species”
by Mário Jorge Araújo, Maria Lígia Sousa, Aldo Barreiro Felpeto, Maria V. Turkina, Elza Fonseca, José Carlos Martins, Vítor Vasconcelos and Alexandre Campos
Proteomes 2021, 9(4), 46; https://doi.org/10.3390/proteomes9040046
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7382/9/4/46

12. “Insights into Mycobacterium leprae Proteomics and Biomarkers—An Overview”
by Sakshi Gautam, Devesh Sharma, Anjana Goel, Shripad A. Patil and Deepa Bisht
Proteomes 2021, 9(1), 7; https://doi.org/10.3390/proteomes9010007
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7382/9/1/7

13. “Exoproteome Perspective on the Bile Stress Response of Lactobacillus johnsonii”
by Bernadette B. Bagon, Valerie Diane V. Valeriano, Ju Kyoung Oh, Edward Alain B. Pajarillo, Ji Yoon Lee and Dae-Kyung Kang
Proteomes 2021, 9(1), 10; https://doi.org/10.3390/proteomes9010010
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7382/9/1/10

14. “Misincorporation Proteomics Technologies: A Review”
by Joel R. Steele, Carly J. Italiano, Connor R. Phillips, Jake P. Violi, Lisa Pu, Kenneth J. Rodgers and Matthew P. Padula
Proteomes 2021, 9(1), 2; https://doi.org/10.3390/proteomes9010002
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7382/9/1/2

15. “Evaluation of the Sensitivity of Proteomics Methods Using the Absolute Copy Number of Proteins in a Single Cell as a Metric”
by Benjamin C. Orsburn
Proteomes 2021, 9(3), 34; https://doi.org/10.3390/proteomes9030034
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7382/9/3/34

16. “A Novel Urinary Proteomics Classifier for Non-Invasive Evaluation of Interstitial Fibrosis and Tubular Atrophy in Chronic Kidney Disease”
by Lorenzo Catanese, Justyna Siwy, Emmanouil Mavrogeorgis, Kerstin Amann, Harald Mischak, Joachim Beige and Harald Rupprecht
Proteomes 2021, 9(3), 32; https://doi.org/10.3390/proteomes9030032
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7382/9/3/32

17. “Downregulation of Salivary Proteins, Protective against Dental Caries, in Type 1 Diabetes”
by Eftychia Pappa, Konstantinos Vougas, Jerome Zoidakis, William Papaioannou, Christos Rahiotis and Heleni Vastardis
Proteomes 2021, 9(3), 33; https://doi.org/10.3390/proteomes9030033
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7382/9/3/33

18. “Current State of SLC and ABC Transporters in the Skin and Their Relation to Sweat Metabolites and Skin Diseases”
by Marcus M. K. Nielsen, Eva Aryal, Elnaz Safari, Biljana Mojsoska, Håvard Jenssen and Bala Krishna Prabhala
Proteomes 2021, 9(2), 23; https://doi.org/10.3390/proteomes9020023
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7382/9/2/23

19. “The Protein Interactome of Glycolysis in Escherichia coli”
by Shomeek Chowdhury, Stephen Hepper, Mudassir K. Lodi, Milton H. Saier, Jr. and Peter Uetz
Proteomes 2021, 9(2), 16; https://doi.org/10.3390/proteomes9020016
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7382/9/2/16

20. “Advanced Fiber Type-Specific Protein Profiles Derived from Adult Murine Skeletal Muscle”
by Britta Eggers, Karin Schork, Michael Turewicz, Katalin Barkovits, Martin Eisenacher, Rolf Schröder, Christoph S. Clemen and Katrin Marcus
Proteomes 2021, 9(2), 28; https://doi.org/10.3390/proteomes9020028
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7382/9/2/28

MDPI will be attending SEBBM 2022, held in Malaga, Spain, from 6 to 9 September 2022.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Genes (leading journal);
• Biomolecules (co-leading);
• Cells (co-leading);
• Marine Drugs;
• JFB;
• Biochem;
• CIMB;
• Metabolites;
• Proteomes;
• IJMS.

If you plan on attending this conference, feel free to stop by our booth #25. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have.

Proteomes (ISSN 2227-7382) is recruiting Section Editors-in-Chief for the following three new Sections:

• “Microbial Proteomics”;

• “Plant Proteomics”;

• “Animal Proteomics”.

Proteomes is an open access, peer reviewed journal focused on all aspects of proteome analysis with a special focus on the quantification and characterization of the proteome at the level of proteoforms and the functional biological units of canonical amino acid sequences. It is indexed by the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), PubMed, Scopus, and other databases. The CiteScore for Proteomes in 2021 was 5.9. For more information about Proteomes, please see the journal webpage: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/proteomes.

The responsibilities of the Section Editor-in-Chief include:

• Defining the aims and scope of the Section;
• Advising on the strategic development of the Section;
• Providing support and guidance to Editorial Board Members and editorial staff where required;
• Maintaining oversight of the editorial process to ensure the quality of the published content and discuss possible improvements;
• Suggesting themes/subjects for Special Issues and assisting in inviting Guest Editors to lead them;
• Inviting distinguished scientists to join the Editorial Board;
• Performing pre-checks of new manuscripts, final decisions after peer review and revisions when requested;
• Acting as an ambassador for the journal, MDPI, and Open Access publishing.

To apply for this position, recommend potential candidates, or request further information, please contact the Proteomes Editorial Office (proteomes@mdpi.com) or Penny Gu (penny.gu@mdpi.com).

The 2021 citation metrics have been officially released in Scopus!

We are pleased to announce that 182 MDPI journals are included, of which:

● 21 journals received their first CiteScore.
● 85% of journals increased their CiteScore from 2020.
● 155 journals (85%) ranked above average, in at least one category.

The following 65 MDPI journals (36%) ranked among the top 25% of journals, in at least one category:

Source: 2021 CiteScores™ (Elsevier)