Announcements

In June 2019, the Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC) became affiliated to Sustainability. As part of this collaboration, all members of CUTRIC enjoy a discount on the article processing charges (APC) when submitting articles to Sustainability.

The Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC) is an innovation consortium that seeks to make Canada a global leader in low carbon smart mobility technologies across heavy-duty and light-duty platforms, including advanced transit, transportation, and integrated mobility applications. It supports the commercialization of technologies through industry-led collaborative research, development, demonstration/delivery, and integration (RDD&I) projects that bring innovative design to Canada’s low-carbon smart mobility eco-system.

CUTRIC's work generates solutions that decrease fuel consumption, reduce emissions, eliminate redundancies, reduce congestion, improve the quality of life for Canadians, advance the digital integration of low-cost mobility solutions for communities across Canada, increase road safety and reduce road accidents. CUTRIC supports the technologies required for a 21st century low-carbon economy.

CUTRIC is a professional organization whose functions are highly relevant to the scope of Sustainability. We look forward to collaborating with CUTRIC and publishing state-of-the-art research from its members in this field.

The University of Basel and the MDPI Sustainability Foundation are organizing the First Basel Sustainable Publishing Forum on 9th September 2019.

The aim of this event is to provide background and perspectives on Plan S to Learned Societies, which have to make well-informed decisions to transition their journals to Open Access (OA).

The BSPF will bring together several representatives of Learned societies, Plan S architects as well as representatives from various publishers and publishing platforms. After getting the big picture from cOAlition S, panel discussions will allow to better understand the diverse challenges that Learned societies are facing to transition their journals to OA as well as to identify sustainable, implementable and scalable solutions for successful Open Access transition.

For program details and registration, please follow the link below:
https://sciforum.net/conference/SustainableSolutionsToOpenAccess

The European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference series are international, technical and scientific conferences, focused on ocean renewable energy. EWTEC series are widely respected for their commitment to maintaining high standards in the quality of academic and industrial contributions to their proceedings.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering

Sustainability

Water

Energies

Applied Sciences

Electronics

If you are also attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth (Booth #13). 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.ewtec.org/conferences/ewtec-2019/.

World Water Week is the annual focal point for the globe’s water issues. It is organized by SIWI. In 2019, World Water Week will address the theme “Water for society – Including all”.

In the fourth year of implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the 2019 World Water Week addresses the basic objective of this agenda to secure inclusive and sustainable development for all people in all countries. The UN is focusing on “no-one left behind” as the theme for the 2019 World Water Day and World Water Development Report. In Stockholm, we are aligning this 2019 Thematic Scope with that theme, broadened to the wider perspective of inclusiveness. Water security underlies human and environmental security; access to and use of water in adequate quantity and quality are fundamental to survival and prosperity.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Infrastructures
• Resources
• Sustainability
• Toxics
• Water

If you are also attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth (#A10). 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.worldwaterweek.org/.

We are pleased to inform that Sustainability received an updated Journal Impact Factor of 2.592 in the recent release of the Journal Citation Reports®. The journal's 5-Year Impact Factor is 2.801. Sustainability now ranks 105/250 (Q2) in the category 'Environmental Sciences' (SCIE), 20/35 (Q3) in 'Green & Sustainable Science & Technology' (SCIE), 44/116 (Q2) in 'Environmental Studies' (SSCI) and 3/6 (Q2) in 'Green & Sustainable Science & Technology' (SSCI).

Evolution of Impact Factor, Citations and Publications for Sustainability:

Source: data according to Journal Citation Reports®, 2018 release, a Clarivate Analytics product; and Scopus journal metrics.

MDPI will be attending the European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes (EUROMAT 2019) in Stockholm, Sweden on 1–5 September 2019.

EUROMAT is the premier international congress in the field of materials science and technology in Europe. The visions of EUROMAT2019 are to:

• Facilitate a programme where academia, research institutes and industry can meet and exchange ideas and provide information on the latest scientific development in
• Promote involvement of top universities and researchers in materials science including special contribution from large scale facilities like MAXIV in Lund
• Demonstrate efficient knowledge transfer between research and its application through the active involvement of research institutes in Sweden like RISE and Swerea

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

Materials
Metals
Catalysts
Nanomaterials
Processes
Polymers
Molecules
JFB
Sustainability
Coatings
Inorganics

If you are also attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth (#BrB1) in Norra Latin - The Marble Vault. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit: https://euromat2019.fems.eu/.

MDPI will be attending the 17^th International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment (ICCE 2019) in Thessaloniki, Greece on 16–20 June 2019.

ICCE 2019 addresses scientists in the academia, industry and in governmental institutions alike. ICCE 2019 provides a unique information and communication platform for environmental scientists and a forum of professional exchange with collaborators and colleagues from related disciplines.

Participants, from more than 70 countries have submitted their works to be presented at the conference in oral and poster presentations. 5 plenary and 25 keynote lectures as well as 5 satellite events highlighting priority scientific issues within Environmental Chemistry have been planned. A panel discussion among editors from some of the most prestigious environmental science journals has been organized, aiming to give essential information and experience to young but also senior researchers about publishing articles in top rated peer reviewed journals.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Sustainability
• Water

If you are also attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth in venue hall. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit: https://icce2019.org/.

MDPI will be attending the 2019 Society of American Foresters National Convention in Louisville, KY, 30 October – 3 November 2019.

The SAF National Convention is one of the largest conferences related to Forestry in the USA. This is a great opportunity to connect face-to-face with nearly 2000 land management and forestry professionals.

The 2019 SAF Convention will highlight mega trends such as advanced wood materials and new products from cellulose, while acknowledging the legacy of American wood use in music, food, shelter, and culture.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Forests
• Sustainability
• Diversity
• Fire
• Water
• Insects

If you are also attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth (Booth #517). Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit: https://www.eforester.org/Safconvention/Default.aspx.

MDPI's team of editors is going to attend EUBCE 2019 in Lisbon, Portugal, from 27-30 May, 2019.

As the largest gathering of biomass experts, the EUBCE combines one of the largest science and technology conferences with a high industry exhibition, attracting biomass professionals from around the globe. Key topics include biomass resources, biomass conversion technologies for heating, cooling and electricity, biomass conversion technologies for energy carriers, chemicals and materials, biomass sustainability, impacts and policies, and bioenergy integration in energy systems.

MDPI representatives will be exhibiting our open access journals Energies, Sustainability, Catalysts, Resources and Processes.

If you will also be in attendance, please stop by our booth. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have regarding open access publishing or our journals. For more information about this conference, please visit http://www.eubce.com/.

Oceans is an international, peer-reviewed open access journal which is aiming to provide cutting-edge research related to all aspects of oceanography. We are now seeking a founding Editor-in-Chief to develop Oceans into a leading flagship journal in this field.

The main responsibilities of the Editor-in-Chief include the following:

• Setting the scope and direction of the journal
• Advising on the strategic development of the journal
• Ensuring the quality of the published content
• Coordinating the Editorial Board and stimulating their contributions to the journal
• Promoting the journal at scientific conferences and through other venues

A full application for evaluation should include these items:

• An up-to-date CV
• A description of the candidate’s vision for Oceans.

Applications are due by 9th July 2019. Please send your application or any questions to the Oceans Editorial Office (oceans@mdpi.com).