Announcements

In March 2018, the Italian Society for Virology (SIV-ISV) chose Viruses as its preferred journal and became an affiliated society member of the journal.

As part of this collaboration, all affiliated Italian Society for Virology members enjoy a discount on the article processing charges (APC) when submitting articles to Viruses. SIV-ISV brings together researchers and experts from the different areas of virology, in order to promote their role and progress in all fields of research and application, involving all areas of virology with equal dignity.

MDPI will be attending ASM Microbe 2018 International Conference during the three day event held from 8–10 June.

ASM Microbe showcases the best microbial sciences in the world and provides a one-of-a-kind forum to explore the complete spectrum of microbiology, from basic science to translation and application. Representatives of the following open access journals will attend:

Toxins
Journal of Clinical Medicine
Viruses
Antibiotics
Diseases
Medicines
Fermentation
Veterinary Sciences
Genes
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH)
Pathogens
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Vaccines
Microorganisms

If you are also attending this conference, please stop by our Booth: #731. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person, to answer any questions you may have regarding open access publication and our journals. For more information about the conference, please visit: https://www.asm.org/index.php/asm-microbe-2018.

Date: 8–10 June 2018
Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 285 Andrew Young International Blvd NW, Atlanta, GA 30313, USA

We are pleased to announce the results of the first MDPI Writing Prize. We received a large number of entries from across the globe on the theme of “The Global Benefits of Open Research”. It was a pleasure to read so many original, well-researched and well-presented ideas, and the final choice was not an easy one. We are pleased to announce that the winners are as follows:

1st prize (500 CHF, Swiss knife and certificate)

Edmond Sanganyado, Shantou University, China

2nd prizes (250 CHF, Swiss knife and certificate)

Kamala T. Rajahgopal, Asia e University, Malaysia
Yin Zhixuan, Qingdao University of Technology, China

3rd prizes (100 CHF, Swiss knife and certificate)

Alexandra Ticea, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania
Ankur Sarker, University of Virginia, USA
Daniel Attoye, United Arab Emirates University, UAE

Congratulations to all of them! The winning entries can be downloaded by clicking on the names above. A compilation of all entries will soon be available as an open access book.

The writing prize is sponsored by the MDPI English editing service.

At MDPI, we always want to keep you up to date. Even for already published articles, some corrections or minor changes may occur. To prevent you from missing any updates, from now on you will be able to access the latest version of any manuscript by clicking on the “check for updates” logo that you can find in the PDF file, even if you have saved the file on your computer.

We are proud to announce that MDPI is now a member of UKSG, the UK´s largest scholarly communications community. Through UKSG, different stakeholders share their knowledge and experience in order to improve the knowledge and information environment for researchers. UKSG´s members include universities, publishers, content providers, intermediaries, and other similar organisations. Members participate in discussions and events on issues around scholarly communications.

The UKSG Annual Conference and Exhibition is a flagship initiative from the UKSG and one of the most stimulating events in the scholarly communications calendar. It is held annually and attracts a large number of delegates. More information is available at https://www.uksg.org/events/annualconference

MDPI is delighted to be a part of this active community and we look forward to making our own contribution. We will continue to support organisations and initiatives that boost collaboration and vision within scholarly communication.

More information about UKSG can be found at https://www.uksg.org/. The full membership list is available at: https://www.uksg.org/members.

The DORA initiative addresses the need for advanced approaches in the evaluation and measurement of the quality of scientific research outputs. It is a worldwide initiative covering all scholarly disciplines. MDPI proudly joins a list of more than 400 organizations around the world which support DORA’s recommendations for improving the way the quality of research results is evaluated.

More info can be found at http://www.ascb.org/dora/

MDPI will be attending the Experimental Biology 2018 annual meeting in San Diego, CA, USA from 21 to 25 April 2018, representing the following open access journals:

Antibiotics
Antioxidants
Behavioral Sciences
Bioengineering
Biology
Biomedicines
Brain Sciences
Cancers
Cells
Dentistry Journal
Diagnostics
Diseases
Epigenomes
Fermentation
Genes
High-Throughput
International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS)
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH)
Journal of Clinical Medicine (JCM)
Journal of Developmental Biology (JDB)
Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology (JFMK)
Metabolites
Methods and Protocols
Microorganisms
Non-Coding RNA
Nutrients
Pharmaceuticals
Pharmaceutics
Proteomes
Sports
Veterinary Sciences
Viruses

Experimental Biology is the annual meeting of five societies comprised of more than 14,000 scientists and 25 guest societies.

The areas of primary focus include anatomy; biochemistry and molecular biology; investigative pathology; nutrition; pharmacology; physiology. Attendees represent scientists from academic institutions, government agencies, non-profit organizations and industry.

Conference details:
San Diego Convention Center
San Diego CA
USA
21­–25 April 2018

Do you want to learn more about MDPI open access journals? Don’t miss this opportunity to discuss them with our editors and MDPI delegates. If you are at Experimental Biology 2018, just come visit our booth for a moment to have a chat. We have some gifts for you to take home and will answer any questions that you have about the open access journal (booth # 1034).

For more information, please visit:
http://experimentalbiology.org/2018/Home.aspx

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Viruses, I am pleased to announce the winners of the Viruses Travel Awards for 2018:

Travel Awards were granted to Dr. Gabrielle Vieyres, post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Experimental Virology, TWINCORE- Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research GmbH, Hannover, Germany (laboratory of Dr. Thomas Pietschmann), and to Nandan Gokhale, PhD student at the Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC USA (laboratory of Dr. Stacy Horner). Dr Vieyres’s research focuses on the interplay between HCV replication and the host lipid metabolism. Mr Gokhale’s research deals with how the RNA modification N6-methyladenosine (m⁶A) regulates RNA virus infection, both at the viral and host level.

Each travel award provides 800 Swiss Francs to attend any virology conference in 2018.

Congratulations to the winners of this very competitive travel award.

Dr. Eric O. Freed
Editor-in-Chief of Viruses
Director, HIV Dynamics and Replication Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, USA

Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915) Impact Factor 3.465 (2016 Journal Citation Reports®),
www.mdpi.com/journal/viruses. The competition for 2019 Viruses Young Investigator Prize and the Travel Awards will be opened in early June. Please check www.mdpi.com/journal/viruses for more information as this date approaches.

Please join the Viruses 2018 - Breakthroughs in Viral Replication conference, Barcelona, Spain, 7–9 February 2018.

The competition is still open until end of March! Please check out the banner for more details: https://mdpi-res.com/data/english-prize.pdf

We are delighted to announce that UCL Press has adopted MDPI's Journal Article & Management System, JAMS, including production services. JAMS is a modular, integrated editorial platform for academic publishers. It offers flexibility, ease-of-use, and is a fully integrated solution for the end-to-end management of scholarly journals. JAMS is based on the software used to publish MDPI’s portfolio of journals. 

Ian Caswell, UCL Press Journals Manager, says he is "excited to see UCL Press and MDPI partner together to implement the JAMS submission system for all UCL Press journals. The system offered a flexible, efficient and straightforward solution for our processes from author submission to ready for publication. I am grateful for the valuable experience and support MDPI have offered and look forward to developing our programme with an effective submission system in place.” Dr Martyn Rittman, MDPI’s Publishing Services Manager, adds, “We are proud to support one of the UK’s premier university presses in their publishing operation. This is an excellent way for us at MDPI to share our experience and knowledge, and benefit the research community beyond our own journals.”

JAMS combines services that are kept separate for many publishers. The entire editorial process, production and invoicing (e.g. for open access article processing charges) are fully integrated into a single platform. This allows for efficient, fast manuscript processing. For further information about JAMS, see https://www.mdpi.com/publishing_services.