Viruses

22 December 2022
Special Issue Mentor Program

We are pleased to announce the launch of a new initiative—the MDPI Special Issue Mentor Program.

This program will enable early career researchers (who must hold a Ph.D. in a related field) to experience editing a Special Issue in MDPI journals, under the mentorship of our experienced Editorial Board Members or other experienced scientists. The mentor program will provide an excellent opportunity for early career scientists to gain editorial experience, and to cultivate their ability to edit scientific research.

The mentee’s responsibilities include:

Proposing a Special Issue title and assisting the mentor in preparing a summary (around 200–400 words) and 3–10 keywords describing the background, importance, and goal of the Issue;
Writing a brief promotion plan for the Special Issue;
Preparing a list of scholars who may be interested in the Issue and personally e-mailing invitations on behalf of Guest Editors;
Writing an editorial for the online Special Issue together with the mentor.

The mentor’s responsibilities include:

Conducting a final check before the Special Issue is published online;
Performing editorial control of the Special Issue and quality control of the publications, both of which must be carried out in a timely manner;
Providing suggestions to younger scholars if they have any doubts or concerns regarding submissions;
Organizing video calls with young scholars and the Editorial Office regularly to discuss problems and improvement suggestions for the Special Issue;
Making and submitting decisions regarding submissions with the assistance of mentees.

Certificates and awards:
After the Special Issue closes, the Editorial Office will provide official certificates for all the mentors and early career researchers.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your Special Issue proposal to the Editorial Office of a journal you choose, and we will discuss the process (i.e., mentor collaboration, Special Issue topic feasibility analysis, etc.) in further detail. The full list of MDPI journals is as follows: https://www.mdpi.com/about/journals.

In addition to the new Special Issue Mentor Program, we will continue to welcome all Special Issue proposals focusing on hot research topics.

14 December 2022
"Thanks a Million!" – One Million Articles Published in MDPI Journals

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.

1 Million Infographic

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!

8 December 2022
MDPI Sustainability Foundation: New Look and Nominations for the 2023 Sustainability Awards Now Open

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.

5 December 2022
Viruses | Seeking Cooperation with Academic Conferences

Viruses (ISSN: 1999-4915) is an open access journal that provides an advanced forum for studies of viruses. It publishes reviews, regular research papers, communications, conference reports, and short notes. Our aim is to publish papers that have a significant impact on the virology community. We encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible.

The full experimental details must be provided so that the results can be reproduced. There is no restriction on the length of the papers. We also encourage the publication of timely reviews and commentaries on topics of interest to the virology community. Papers are either published in the open journal or in Special Issues devoted to specific topics of interest to the field. We accept proposals for review articles that are not part of Special Issues.

In order to support the scientific community and contribute to the faster distribution of important scientific research, Viruses has cooperated with various academic conferences and is now seeking cooperation with additional academic conferences. The journal is open to a diverse range of collaborations, such as media partnerships, awards, exhibitions, and publications.

The scope of Viruses includes, but is not limited to, the following:

Virus, viruses, virion, virology, virological, viral, viral infections, virologist;
Virus classification;
Virus-like agents, viroids, prions;
Bacteriophage;
Vaccines, viral immunology;
Antiviral drugs, antiviral therapy, antiviral drug development;
Origin of viruses, viral evolution;
Virus structures, genomes;
Virus dynamics, mathematical and simulation models of virus infections.

We welcome consultations with any conferences related to Viruses. If you are interested in collaborating with Viruses, please contact us at viruses@mdpi.com.

1 December 2022
Editorial Board Members from Viruses Featured in the 2022 Highly Cited Researchers List Published by Clarivate

Recently, Clarivate^TM revealed its 2022 list of Highly Cited Researchers™—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, 8 members of the Editorial Board of Viruses (ISSN: 1999-4915) 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 Viruses journal office sincerely congratulates all elected Editorial Board Members and hopes that they continue to have an academically productive relationship with the journal.

Name	Affiliation
Prof. Dr. Ke Lan	Wuhan University, China
Prof. Dr. Mark J. Mulligan	NYU Langone Vaccine Center, USA
Prof. Dr. Nikos Vasilakis	University of Texas Medical Branch, USA
Prof. Dr. Stanley Perlman	University of Iowa, USA
Prof. Dr. Yu Chen	Wuhan University, China
Prof. Dr. Shibo Jiang	Fudan University, China
Prof. Dr. Stefan Pöhlmann	German Primate Center, Germany
Prof. Dr. Guy Smagghe	Ghent University, Belgium

8 November 2022
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8 November 2022
Editorial Board Members from Viruses Featured in Stanford’s List of the World’s Top 2% Scientists

Stanford University has recently published an update of the list of the top 2% most widely cited scientists—the World’s Top 2% Scientists.

The time node of the statistical data of this list is from 1960 to 2022, and it is divided into two lists: "Lifetime Scientific Influence Ranking" and "2022 Annual Scientific Influence Ranking". The "Lifetime Scientific Influence Ranking" counts the comprehensive influence performance of scientists during their careers, and the "2022 Annual Influence Ranking" focuses on highlighting the academic influence of scientists in the previous year. This ranking, considered the most prestigious worldwide, is based on the bibliometric information contained in the Scopus database and includes more than 200,000 researchers from the more than 10 million scientists considered to be active worldwide, with 22 scientific fields and 176 subfields taken into account.

We are pleased to share that 83 Editorial Board Members from MDPI’s journal Viruses (ISSN: 1999-4915) were featured in Stanford University’s list of World’s Top 2% Scientists in 2022.

Name	Affiliation
Dr. Akira Ono	University of Michigan, USA
Prof. Dr. Alexander Bukreyev	University of Texas Medical Branch, USA
Prof. Dr. Andrew Pekosz	Johns Hopkins University, USA
Prof. Dr. Alexander Ploss	Princeton University, USA
Prof. Dr. Artur Summerfield	Institute of Virology and Immunology (IVI), Switzerland
Prof. Dr. Ayato Takada	Hokkaido University, Japan
Prof. Dr. Barbara Baker	University of California, USA
Dr. Birke Bartosch	Centre de recherche en cancérologie de Lyon, France
Dr. Krisztián Bányai	Veterinary Medical Research Institute, Hungary
Dr. Covadonga Alonso	Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Spain
Prof. Dr. Charles Grose	University of Iowa, USA
Prof. Dr. Hualan Chen	Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Prof. Dr. Yu Chen	Wuhan University, China
Prof. Dr. Christopher S. Sullivan	The University of Texas at Austin, USA
Prof. Dr. Clinton Jones	Oklahoma State University, USA
Prof. Dr. Craig Meyers	Pennsylvania State College of Medicine, USA
Prof. Dr. Craig E. Cameron	The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Dr. Craig McCormick	Dalhousie University, Canada
Prof. Dr. Henryk H. Czosnek	The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Dr. Blossom Damania	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Dr. Daniel DiMaio	Yale University, USA
Dr. Daniel L. Rock	the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Prof. Dr. Terje Dokland	University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Dr. Eric O. Freed	National Cancer Institute, USA
Dr. Eugene V. Ryabov	Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, USDA, USA
Prof. Dr. Giorgio Palù	University of Padova, Italy
Prof. Dr. Guangxiang Luo	University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, USA
Prof. Dr. Graciela Andrei	Rega Institute for Medical Research, Belgium
Prof. Dr. Haitao Guo	University of Pittsburgh, USA
Prof. Dr. Guy Smagghe	Ghent University, Belgium
Dr. Helle Bielefeldt-Ohmann	The University of Queensland, Australia
Dr. Hernan Garcia-Ruiz	University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, USA
Dr. Jason Kindrachuk	University of Manitoba, Canada
Prof. Dr. Jianming Hu	Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, USA
Prof. Dr. K. Andrew White	York University, Canada
Prof. Dr. Ke Lan	Wuhan University, China
Dr. Koichi Watashi	National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
Prof. Dr. Lennart Svensson	Linköping University, Sweden
Prof. Dr. Shuwen Liu	Southern Medical University, China
Dr. Luis Martinez-Sobrido	Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, USA
Dr. Luis Menéndez-Arias	Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Dr. Kenneth Lundstrom	PanTherapeutics, Switzerland
Prof. Dr. Michael J. Buchmeier	University of California, USA
Prof. Dr. Marc Kvansakul	La Trobe University, Australia
Prof. Dr. Louis M. Mansky	University of Minnesota, USA
Prof. Dr. Mark J. Mulligan	NYU Grossman School of Medicine, USA
Dr. Markus Thali	University of Vermont, USA
Prof. Dr. Matthias J. Schnell	Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, USA
Dr. Maurizia Rossana Brunetto	University Hospital of Pisa, Italy
Prof. Dr. Mikael Skurnik	Medicum, University of Helsinki, Finland
Prof. Dr. Manuel Ramos-Casals	Department of Autoimmune Diseases, ICMID, Hospital Clinic, Spain
Prof. Dr. Niklas Arnberg	Umeå University, Sweden
Prof. Dr. Nikos Vasilakis	University of Texas Medical Branch, USA
Prof. Dr. Norbert Nowotny	University of Veterinary Medicine, Austria
Prof. Dr. Nancy Raab-Traub	University of North Carolina, USA
Prof. Dr. Nobuhiro Suzuki	Okayama University, Japan
Prof. Dr. Oliver T. Fackler	University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany
Prof. Dr. Peng Zhou	Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Prof. Dr. Polly Roy	London School of Hygiene, UK
Dr. Rollie J. Clem	Kansas State University, USA
Prof. Dr. Regina Hofmann-Lehmann	University of Zurich, Switzerland
Prof. Dr. Rob Lavigne	KU Leuven, Belgium
Prof. Dr. Robert Thimme	University Hospital Freiburg, Germany
Dr. Romain Paillot	Writtle University College, UK
Prof. Dr. Satya Parida	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Italy
Prof. Dr. Shibo Jiang	Fudan University, China
Prof. Dr. Shinji Makino	The University of Texas Medical Branch, USA
Prof. Dr. Shannon C. Kenney	University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Prof. Dr. Mark K. Slifka	Oregon Health & Science University, USA
Prof. Dr. Stefan Pöhlmann	Infection Biology Unit, German Primate Center, Germany
Prof. Dr. Stanley Perlman	University of Iowa, USA
Prof. Dr. Akinori Takaoka	Hokkaido University, Japan
Prof. Dr. Hengli Tang	Florida State University, USA
Prof. Dr. Thomas Hohn	University of Basel, Switzerland
Prof. Dr. Tina Dalianis	Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Prof. Dr. Toshiki Watanabe	St. Marianna University Graduate School, Japan
Prof. Dr. Enzo Tramontano	University of Cagliari, Italy
Prof. Dr. Bin He	University of Illinois, USA
Dr. Ulrich Desselberger	University of Cambridge, UK
Dr. Volker Nickeleit	The University of North Carolina School of Medicine, USA
Prof. Dr. Volker Lohmann	University of Heidelberg, Germany
Dr. Weiyong Liu	Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Dr. Zongdi Feng	The Ohio State University College of Medicine, USA

The latest Stanford rankings reflect the significant influence and research excellence of the scientists, who are committed to furthering their knowledge for the benefit of the world.

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 Viruses.

1 November 2022
Viruses | Editor’s Choice Articles in 2020–2021

We are pleased to invite you to read the Editor’s Choice Articles of Viruses (ISSN: 1999-4915). A list of the high-quality and interesting papers that were specifically recommended by our Editorial Board Members can be found at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/viruses/editors_choice.

The papers list is as follows:

“The Anticoagulant Nafamostat Potently Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 S Protein-Mediated Fusion in a Cell Fusion Assay System and Viral Infection In Vitro in a Cell-Type-Dependent Manner” by Mizuki Y., Maki K. et al. Viruses 2020, 12(6), 629; https://doi.org/10.3390/v12060629 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/6/629	“Semipersistently Transmitted, Phloem Limited Plant Viruses Are Inoculated during the First Subphase of Intracellular Stylet Penetrations in Phloem Cells” by Jaime J., Aránzazu M. and Alberto F. Viruses 2021, 13(1), 137; https://doi.org/10.3390/v13010137 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/1/137
“Global Metabolic Profiling of Baculovirus Infection in Silkworm Hemolymph Shows the Importance of Amino-Acid Metabolism” by Min F., Shigang F., Junming X., Mengmeng Z., Hongyun W., Luc S. and Jingchen S. Viruses 2021, 13(5), 841; https://doi.org/10.3390/v13050841 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/5/841	“Microglial HIV-1 Expression: Role in HIV-1 Associated Neurocognitive Disorders” by Hailong L., Kristen A. M., Jessica M. I., Charles F. M. and Rosemarie M. B. Viruses 2021, 13(5), 924; https://doi.org/10.3390/v13050924 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/5/924
“Tracking HIV-1-Infected Cell Clones Using Integration Site-Specific qPCR” by Leah D. B., Shuang G. et al. Viruses 2021, 13(7), 1235; https://doi.org/10.3390/v13071235 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/7/1235	“Modular Evolution of Coronavirus Genomes” by Yulia V., Andrei D., Jan F. D. and Alexander L. Viruses 2021, 13(7), 1270; https://doi.org/10.3390/v13071270 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/7/1270
“A New Master Donor Virus for the Development of Live-Attenuated Influenza B Virus Vaccines” by Chantelle L. W., Kevin C., Daniel R. P., Jefferson S., Stivalis C. G., Aitor N. and Luis M. S. Viruses 2021, 13(7), 1278; https://doi.org/10.3390/v13071278 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/7/1278	“Molecular Evolution and Epidemiological Characteristics of SARS COV-2 in (Northwestern) Poland” by Karol S., Andrzej O. et al. Viruses 2021, 13(7), 1295; https://doi.org/10.3390/v13071295 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/7/1295
“Effects of Basic Amino Acids and Their Derivatives on SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza-A Virus Infection” by Ivonne M., Li-Lan K., Yan-Chung L., Po-Wei S., Ni T. and Wen-Chi S. Viruses 2021, 13(7), 1301; https://doi.org/10.3390/v13071301 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/7/1301	“A Diverse Viral Community from Predatory Wasps in Their Native and Invaded Range, with a New Virus Infectious to Honey Bees“ by Emily J. R., James W. B., Mariana B., Jana D., Oliver Q., Monica A. M. G. and Philip J. L. Viruses 2021, 13(8), 1431; https://doi.org/10.3390/v13081431 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/8/1431
*“Characterization of the Roles of SGT1/RAR1, EDS1/NDR1, NPR1, and NRC/ADR1/NRG1 in Sw-5b-Mediated Resistance to Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus”* by Zhengqiang C., Qian W., Cong T., Hongyu C., Dan M., Xin Q., Xiaohui Z., Lei J. and Xiaorong T. Viruses 2021, 13(8), 1447; https://doi.org/10.3390/v13081447 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/8/1447	“Understanding the Genetic Diversity of Picobirnavirus: A Classification Update Based on Phylogenetic and Pairwise Sequence Comparison Approaches” by Lester J. P., Gavin A. C. and Michael G. B. Viruses 2021, 13(8), 1476; https://doi.org/10.3390/v13081476 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/8/1476
“An Absolutely Conserved Tryptophan in the Stem of the Envelope Protein E of Flaviviruses Is Essential for the Formation of Stable Particles” by Iris M., Franz X. H. and Karin S. Viruses 2021, 13(9), 1727; https://doi.org/10.3390/v13091727 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/9/1727	“Examining the Effects of an Anti-Salmonella Bacteriophage Preparation, BAFASAL®, on Ex-Vivo Human Gut Microbiome Composition and Function Using a Multi-Omics Approach” by Janice M., Xu Z., James B., Krystal W., Zhibin N., Ewelina W., Jarosław D., Alain S. and Daniel F. Viruses 2021, 13(9), 1734; https://doi.org/10.3390/v13091734 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/9/1734
“Structure-Guided Creation of an Anti-HA Stalk Antibody F11 Derivative That Neutralizes Both F11-Sensitive and -Resistant Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 Viruses“ by Osamu K., Yasushi S. et al. Viruses 2021, 13(9), 1733; https://doi.org/10.3390/v13091733 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/9/1733	“Report of One-Year Prospective Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Dogs and Cats in France with Various Exposure Risks: Confirmation of a Low Prevalence of Shedding, Detection and Complete Sequencing of an Alpha Variant in a Cat” by Emilie K., Solène D. et al. Viruses 2021, 13(9), 1759; https://doi.org/10.3390/v13091759 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/9/1759
“Histotype-Dependent Oligodendroglial PrP Pathology in Sporadic CJD: A Frequent Feature of the M2C “Strain” by Ellen G., Sigrid K., Nuria V. R., Gerda R., Günther R., Thomas S., Ognian K., Marlene L., Herbert B. and Gabor G. K. Viruses 2021, 13(9), 1796; https://doi.org/10.3390/v13091796 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/9/1796	“The Isolated in Utero Environment Is Conducive to the Emergence of RNA and DNA Virus Variants” by Daniel U., Ivan T., Henry M., Nathalie B. and Uladzimir K. Viruses 2021, 13(9), 1827; https://doi.org/10.3390/v13091827 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/9/1827
“Phylogenomic Characterization of Lopma Virus and Praja Virus, Two Novel Rodent-Borne Arteriviruses” by Bert V., Zafeiro Z., Sophie G., Joëlle G. B., Bram V., Philippe L., Piet M. and Magda B. Viruses 2021, 13(9), 1842; https://doi.org/10.3390/v13091842 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/9/1842	“The Pathobiology of H7N3 Low and High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza Viruses from the United States Outbreak in 2020 Differs between Turkeys and Chickens” by Miriã F. C., Christina M. L. et al. Viruses 2021, 13(9), 1851; https://doi.org/10.3390/v13091851 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/9/1851
“VP8, the Major Tegument Protein of Bovine Herpesvirus-1, Is Partially Packaged during Early Tegument Formation in a VP22-Dependent Manner” by Soumya S., Kuan Z. and Sylvia D. L. H. Viruses 2021, 13(9), 1854; https://doi.org/10.3390/v13091854 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/9/1854	*“Reduced Infection Efficiency of Phage NCTC 12673 on Non-Motile Campylobacter jejuni* Strains Is Related to Oxidative Stress”** by Jessica C. S., Muhammad A. J., Clay S. C., James B., Annika F., Alain S. and Christine M. S. Viruses 2021, 13(10), 1955; https://doi.org/10.3390/v13101955 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/10/1955
“Phage Therapy Related Microbial Succession Associated with Successful Clinical Outcome for a Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection” by Austen T., Justin C., Maile K., Haroldo H. S., Sabrina G., Saima A. and Anthony M. Viruses 2021, 13(10), 2049; https://doi.org/10.3390/v13102049 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/10/2049	“Spillover of West Caucasian Bat Lyssavirus (WCBV) in a Domestic Cat and Westward Expansion in the Palearctic Region” by Stefania L., Ettore B. et al. Viruses 2021, 13(10), 2064; https://doi.org/10.3390/v13102064 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/10/2064
“Herpes Simplex Virus 1 and 2 Infections during Differentiation of Human Cortical Neurons” by Petra B., Edward T. et al. Viruses 2021, 13(10), 2072; https://doi.org/10.3390/v13102072 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/10/2072	“Comparison of the Proteomes of Porcine Macrophages and a Stable Porcine Cell Line after Infection with African Swine Fever Virus” by Elisabeth W., Walter F., Luise H., Ulrike B., Sandra B., Thomas C. M. and Axel K. Viruses 2021, 13(11), 2198; https://doi.org/10.3390/v13112198 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/11/2198
“SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein S1-Mediated Endothelial Injury and Pro-Inflammatory State Is Amplified by Dihydrotestosterone and Prevented by Mineralocorticoid Antagonism” by Nitin K., Yu Z., Srilakshmi Y., Kristina L. H., Jason S. K., Yogendra K., Andrea T. O. and Santhi K. G. Viruses 2021, 13(11), 2209; https://doi.org/10.3390/v13112209 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/11/2209	“Downregulation of Cell Surface Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Expression Is Mediated by the Left-End Transcription Unit of Fowl Adenovirus 9” by Bryan D. G., Juan C. C., Yanlong P. and Éva N. Viruses 2021, 13(11), 2211; https://doi.org/10.3390/v13112211 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/11/2211
*“Impact of Phage CDHS-1 on the Transcription, Physiology and Pathogenicity of a Clostridioides difficile* Ribotype 027 Strain, R20291”** by Janet Y. N., Thekra S. A-T., Shaun H. and Martha R. J. C. Viruses 2021, 13(11), 2262; https://doi.org/10.3390/v13112262 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/11/2262	*“Analyses of Leishmania-LRV Co-Phylogenetic Patterns and Evolutionary Variability of Viral Proteins”* by Alexei Y. K., Danyil G., Yulia K., Daniil S. C., Alexander N. L., Evgeny S. G. and Vyacheslav Y. Viruses 2021, 13(11), 2305; https://doi.org/10.3390/v13112305 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/11/2305
“Heterogeneity of Early Host Response to Infection with Four Low-Pathogenic H7 Viruses with a Different Evolutionary History in the Field” by Gianpiero Z., Alice B. et al. Viruses 2021, 13(11), 2323; https://doi.org/10.3390/v13112323 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/11/2323	“Plasma Proteome Fingerprints Reveal Distinctiveness and Clinical Outcome of SARS-CoV-2 Infection” by Wolfgang B., Marcus W. et al. Viruses 2021, 13(12), 2456; https://doi.org/10.3390/v13122456 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/12/2456
*“Characterization and Tissue Tropism of Newly Identified Iflavirus and Negeviruses in Glossina morsitans morsitans* Tsetse Flies”** by Irene K. M., Hannah-Isadora H. et al. Viruses 2021, 13(12), 2472; https://doi.org/10.3390/v13122472 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/12/2472

13 October 2022
Viruses 2022 Early Career Investigator Award—Open for Nominations

We are pleased to announce that Viruses (ISSN: 1999-4915) is now welcoming nominations for the Viruses 2022 Early Career Investigator Award. This prize will be awarded to two early career investigators demonstrating excellence in virology. The nominations will be assessed by an Evaluation Committee chaired by the journal’s Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Eric O. Freed.

Prizes:

Prize of CHF 1000;
Invitation to publish one paper free of charge in the journal in 2023, following peer review;
An invitation to speak at the Viruses international virology conference in 2024, and an engraved plaque.

Award Terms and Conditions:

Nominees should be early career researchers with untenured positions who are within 10 years of having completed their most recent degree (Ph.D., M.D., or equivalent);
Nominees must have produced ground-breaking research and made a significant contribution to the field of virology.

List of Documents for Nomination:

A detailed curriculum vitae, including an updated publication list;
Signed nomination letters and letters of recommendation from two established senior scientists.

Find more information about the award and how to nominate here.

To request further information, please contact the Viruses Editorial Office (viruses@mdpi.com).

28 September 2022
Peer Review Week 2022 – Research Integrity: Creating and Supporting Trust in Research

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:

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.

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