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Founded in 1996, MDPI was one of the first fully Open Access publisher. Over 25 years MDPI has grown to become the largest Open Access publisher globally, publishing over 160,000 articles across more than 350 journals in 2020. At the core, MDPI was founded in response to a pressing need of fast publication and inclusion. The scholar was set at the centre of the publication process for the first time. Acting as a service provider, rather than a product provider, MDPI exists to help scientists achive their objective to disseminate research results. At MDPI, we believe scientists deserve a better service from the publishing world.

The International Open Access Week (Open Access Week), founded by the SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) Alliance and student partners in 2008, has been successfully running for 13 years. As an advocate and pioneer of open access publishing, MDPI actively responds to the call of International Open Access Week. This year’s theme of “It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity” highlights the Recommendation’s call for equitable participation from all authors and readers.

For the last 25 years, MDPI has been committed to disseminating open research. Here is a video showing MDPI’s Commitment to Equity, Inclusion and Diversity for More than 25 Years.

International Open Access Week is an important opportunity to catalyze new conversations, create connections across and between communities that can facilitate this co-design, and advance progress in the building of more equitable foundations for opening knowledge—discussions and actions that need to be continued, year in and year out. MDPI has always aimed to provide professional and efficient publishing services to scholars around the world.

Our mission is to make scientific research accessible to everyone; this year, we interview and hold discussions with open science ambassadors on how to build an equal and inclusive environment for open science. Academic editors help us collaborate with more institutions to advocate for open access ideas.

Read our anniversary blog post: "Sharing 'Collective Human Knowledge': The Benefits of Open Access Publication"

Besides this, our scientific community is a key driver of our success and MDPI’s remarkable growth. Despite the pandemic, we have prepared online conferences and workshops to gather scholars from different communities.

The Basel Sustainable Publishing online forum provides an equal opportunity for stakeholders and researchers from multi-cultural environments to exchange ideas and eliminate barriers to participation.

Conference date: 25 October 2021, online
Conference website: https://bspf2021.sciforum.net/
Main topics: MDPI discusses the current dilemma of open access science from various perspectives such as governments, libraries, and publishers, and related measures on how to change the status quo of discrimination from a global perspective.

We aim to support equality, inclusion, diversity, and accessibility in scholarly communications. We collaborate with universities and key laboratories and have scholarly communications with researchers, teachers, and students on open access workshops.

• 25 October 2021
  Energies journal and Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

• 28 October 2021
  Machines journal and State Key Laboratory of Traction Power, Southwest Jiaotong University

• 29 October 2021
  Processes journal and Beijing Institute of Technology

• 29 October 2021
  Coatings journal and Wuhan University of Technology

MDPI is committed to providing open access and high-quality publishing services for scholars and promoting rapid dissemination of academic achievements. We hope to promote the practices and policies of open access publishing and diversify the dissemination of academic achievements.

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.

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

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 report that the CiteScore of Safety has increased to 2.2 (from 1.4). For full details of the current CiteScore release, please refer to the journal’s source profile (https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21100923470).

We would like to extend our sincerest gratitude to the authors, editors, and reviewers for their contributions. We are grateful for the excellent work that has helped us to achieve this milestone for Safety!

Read more and submit: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/safety.

Safety Editorial Office

Safety (ISSN 2313-576X) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal of industrial and human health safety published quarterly online by MDPI. Safety has been indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI—Web of Science), from Vol. 3, as well as in SafetyLit., and it is covered in Scopus (The CiteScore in 2019 Scopus data is: 1.4; ranked Q2 in the category of "Safety Research"). The website of Safety can be accessed here.

Safety is recruiting Reviewer Board Members (RBMs) with research interest in the following areas:

• Advanced science and technology to improve public and industrial safety and human health (including plant/machine/product design, human–machine interaction, human factors, product processing and manufacturing, packaging, storage and transportation, etc.);
• Risk assessment (including hazard prevention, control and management);
• Occupational health and safety;
• Environmental health and safety;
• Safe mobility of air, sea and land vehicles (including crashworthiness, biomechanics, human factors, crash prevention, and intelligent transport systems);
• Security, violence and emergency response;
• Evidence based policy making and safety philosophy.

The benefits of joining our Reviewer Board are as follows:

• We will announce your entry information on journal's reviewer board;
• For each review, we will offer you a discount code if a comprehensive and timely report is provided. The vouchers can be used for your future publications in all MDPI journals;
• You may publish one paper per year with a 20% discount after standard peer-review in Safety;
• You will receive a personalized reviewer certificate;
• You will have the ability to adjust your review frequency based on your schedule in our system;
• You can verify and showcase your peer review and editorial contributions for our journal.

If you are interested in becoming an Reviewer Board Member (RBMs) of Safety, please send your application, including a full academic CV, to the Safety Editorial Office (safety@mdpi.com).

We look forward to hearing from you.

Safety Editorial Office

Safety (ISSN 2313-576X) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal of industrial and human health safety published quarterly online by MDPI. Safety has been indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI—Web of Science), from Vol. 3, as well as in SafetyLit., and it is covered in Scopus (The CiteScore in 2019 Scopus data is: 1.4; ranked Q2 in the category of "Safety Research"). The website of Safety can be accessed here.

Safety is recruiting Editorial Board Members (EBMs) with research interests in the following areas

• Advanced science and technology to improve public and industrial safety and human health (including plant/machine/product design, human–machine interaction, human factors, product processing and manufacturing, packaging, storage and transportation, etc.);
• Risk assessment (including hazard prevention, control and management);
• Occupational health and safety;
• Environmental health and safety;
• Safe mobility of air, sea and land vehicles (including crashworthiness, biomechanics, human factors, crash prevention, and intelligent transport systems);
• Security, violence and emergency response;
• Evidence based policy making and safety philosophy.

The main responsibilities of the Editorial Board Members (EBMs) are as follows:

• Pre-screening submissions and making decisions on whether a manuscript should be accepted or rejected for processing, as well as suggesting additional reviewers (if necessary);
• Acting as Guest Editor of a Special Issue in your particular field of expertise, or recommending potential topics and Guest Editors;
• Promoting Safety and increasing its visibility at related academic conferences;
• Advising on the journal’s development.

To see the current Editorial Board of Safety, please visit the journal website at https://www.mdpi.com/journal/safety/editors.

If you are interested in becoming an Editorial Board Member of Safety, please send your application, including a full academic CV, to the Safety Editorial Office (safety@mdpi.com).

We look forward to hearing from you.

Safety Editorial Office

Safety (ISSN 2313-576X) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal of industrial and human health safety published quarterly online by MDPI. Safety has been indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI—Web of Science), from Vol. 3, as well as in SafetyLit., and it is covered in Scopus (The CiteScore in 2019 Scopus data is: 1.4; ranked Q2 in the category of "Safety Research"). The website of Safety can be accessed here.

Safety is recruiting Topic Editor (TE) with research interest in the following areas:

• Advanced science and technology to improve public and industrial safety and human health (including plant/machine/product design, human–machine interaction, human factors, product processing and manufacturing, packaging, storage and transportation, etc.);
• Risk assessment (including hazard prevention, control and management);
• Occupational health and safety;
• Environmental health and safety;
• Safe mobility of air, sea and land vehicles (including crashworthiness, biomechanics, human factors, crash prevention, and intelligent transport systems);
• Security, violence and emergency response;
• Evidence based policy making and safety philosophy.

The main responsibilities of the Topic Editor (TE) are as follows:

• Promoting Safety and published papers among your peers via social media or other venues periodically;
• Suggesting current topics within your research field;
• Promoting Safety and published papers at conferences that you attend or organize (through materials like flyers or business cards, which can be designed and shipped to your office);
• Acting as Guest Editor of a Special Issue in your particular field of expertise, or recommending potential topics and Guest Editors.

If you are interested in becoming an Topic Editor of Safety, please send your application, including a full academic CV, to the Safety Editorial Office (safety@mdpi.com).

We look forward to hearing from you.

Safety Editorial Office

Safety (ISSN 2313-576X) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal of industrial and human health and safety published quarterly online by MDPI. Safety has been indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI—Web of Science), from Vol. 3, as well as in SafetyLit., and it is covered in Scopus (the CiteScore in 2019 Scopus data is: 1.4; it is ranked Q2 in the category of "Safety Research"). The website of Safety can be accessed here.

The Safety Editorial Team is pleased to announce this call for Special Issue proposals, which gives authors and readers the opportunity to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. We would like to solicit high-quality proposals that will be evaluated in a competitive procedure on a rolling basis throughout the year. 

Proposals for a Special Issue should have a well-articulated unifying topic and reflect, at an international level, the best work in a particular research area, either a mature area or an important emerging one, in which future investigations may be boosted by the publication of a set of excellent papers. Hence, an international group of Guest Editors and a few high-quality planned papers are always encouraged in the proposals.

Please feel free to contact the Safety Editorial Office if you are interested in this proposal. We will send further details for your reference.

Please prepare your proposal as follows:

• A 200-word summary to rationally explain the significance, novelty, technical advancement, and adherence to the scope of the journal of the proposed topic;
• A few keywords on the topic;
• A plan to solicit quality papers;
• A list of planned papers or authors in the field;
• A brief resume of the Guest Editor.

Guest Editor’s Role:

• Circulate the Call for Papers for the Special Issue and solicit quality papers;
• Check the suitability of abstracts/manuscripts submitted to the Special Issue and recommend suitable reviewers as appropriate;
• Make the final decision regarding whether to accept or reject a paper;
• Regarding the editorial process, please visit: https://www.mdpi.com/editorial_process.

Guest Editor’s Benefits:

• If ten or more papers are published in this Special Issue, we can make a Special Issue book and send a hard copy to each Guest Editor.

Editorial Office’s Role:

• The Editorial Office will take care of setting up the Special Issue website, arranging promotional material, assisting with invitations to contribute papers, and taking care of administrative tasks associated with peer review, including inviting reviewers, collating reports, contacting authors, and professional production before publication. 

We look forward to receiving your creative proposals here (https://www.mdpi.com/journalproposal/sendproposalspecialissue/safety).

Safety Editorial Office

Safety (ISSN 2313-576X) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal of industrial and human health safety published quarterly online by MDPI. Safety has been indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI—Web of Science), from Vol. 3, as well as in SafetyLit., and it is covered in Scopus (The CiteScore in 2019 Scopus data is: 1.4; ranked Q2 in the category of "Safety Research"). The website of Safety can be accessed here.

Safety is recruiting Topic Editor (TE), Reviewer Board Members (RBMs) and Editorial Board Members (EBMs) with research interest in the following areas:

• Advanced science and technology to improve public and industrial safety and human health (including plant/machine/product design, human–machine interaction, human factors, product processing and manufacturing, packaging, storage and transportation, etc.);
• Risk assessment (including hazard prevention, control and management);
• Occupational health and safety;
• Environmental health and safety;
• Safe mobility of air, sea and land vehicles (including crashworthiness, biomechanics, human factors, crash prevention, and intelligent transport systems);
• Security, violence and emergency response;
• Evidence based policy making and safety philosophy.

The main responsibilities of the Topic Editor (TE) are as follows:

• Promoting Safety and published papers among your peers via social media or other venues periodically;
• Suggesting current topics within your research field;
• Promoting Safety and published papers at conferences that you attend or organize (through materials like flyers or business cards, which can be designed and shipped to your office);
• Acting as Guest Editor of a Special Issue in your particular field of expertise, or recommending potential topics and Guest Editors.

The benefits of joining our Reviewer Board are as follows:

• We will announce your entry information on journal's reviewer board;
• For each review, we will offer you a discount code if a comprehensive and timely report is provided. The vouchers can be used for your future publications in all MDPI journals;
• You may publish one paper per year with a 20% discount after standard peer-review in /Safety/.
• You will receive a personalized reviewer certificate.
• You will have the ability to adjust your review frequency based on your schedule in our system.
• You can verify and showcase your peer review and editorial contributions for our journal.

The main responsibilities of the Editorial Board Members (EBMs) are as follows:

• Pre-screening submissions and making decisions on whether a manuscript should be accepted or rejected for processing, as well as suggesting additional reviewers (if necessary);
• Acting as Guest Editor of a Special Issue in your particular field of expertise, or recommending potential topics and Guest Editors;
• Promoting Safety and increasing its visibility at related academic conferences;
• Advising on the journal’s development.

To see the current Editorial Board of Safety, please visit the journal website at https://www.mdpi.com/journal/safety/editors.

If you are interested in becoming an Editorial Board Member, Topic Editor or Reviewer Board Member of Safety, please send your application, including a full academic CV, to the Safety Editorial Office (safety@mdpi.com).

We look forward to hearing from you.

Safety Editorial Office