Recruiting Editorial Board Members for Batteries

Batteries (ISSN: 2313-0105) is currently recruiting Editorial Board Members for the following five Sections:

• “Battery Materials and Interfaces: Anode, Cathode, Separators and Electrolytes or Others”;
• “Battery Mechanisms and Fundamental Electrochemistry Aspects”;
• “Battery Processing and Manufacturing”;
• “Battery Modelling, Simulation, Management and Application”;
• “Battery Performance, Ageing, Reliability and Safety”.

Our current Board Members can be seen here, and the aim and scope of our journal can be viewed here. If you are interested in applying for this position, or if you could recommend potential candidates, please contact the Batteries Editorial Office (batteries@mdpi.com) for more details.

Batteries is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal of battery technology and materials, published quarterly online by MDPI. In October 2021, Batteries was accepted for coverage in the Science Citation Indexed Expanded (SCIE) in Web of Science as it was identified as a high performer, ranking in Q2. It is also indexed within Scopus, Inspect, and many other databases. The journal is due to receive an Impact Factor upon the June 2022 release of the Journal Citation Reports.

The CiteScore in 2020 Scopus data is as follows: 5.7; ranked Q1 in the categories of "Energy Engineering and Power Technology" and "Electrical and Electronic Engineering". The Batteries website can be accessed here. Alternatively, you may wish to submit your work directly here.

The benefits of being an Editorial Board Member include the following:

• Publishing one paper free of charge per year in Batteries, and potential discounts for additional papers you invite;
• A recognition certificate as an Editorial Board Member of Batteries;
• Batteries will offer additional sponsorships for conferences organized by Editorial Board Members;
• Travel grants of CHF 300–500 per year for conferences that you attend or organize.

Responsibilities of Editorial Board Members include the following:

• Supervising the editorial process, including pre-screening submissions and making final decisions on whether to accept or reject papers;
• Contributing your work and inviting three papers to Batteries (the Editorial Office will prepare the list of potential authors and the invitation template);
• Choosing to edit a Special Issue on a topic related to your research, or recommending potential topics and Guest Editors;
• Promoting Batteries and published papers among your peers or at conferences that you attend or organize (through materials like flyers or business cards, which can be designed and shipped to your office).

If you are interested in becoming an Editorial Board Member of Batteries, please send your application, including a full academic CV, to the Batteries Editorial Office (batteries@mdpi.com). We look forward to working with you in the future.