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16 May 2023
Meet Us at the 19th Annual International Conference of the Metabolomics Society, 18–22 June 2023, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada


Conference: 19th Annual International Conference of the Metabolomics Society

Date: 18–22 June 2023

Place: Niagara Falls Convention Centre, 6815 Stanley Avenue, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada L2G 3Y9

Booth: #T12

MDPI will be attending the 19th Annual International Conference of the Metabolomics Society, which will be held from 18 to 22 June 2023 in downtown Niagara Falls, Canada, at the Niagara Falls Convention Centre.

The conference is the official annual meeting of the Metabolomics Society, and the largest metabolomics meeting worldwide. It will cover the major scientific themes of: technology advances; computational metabolomics, statistics, and bioinformatics; metabolomics in health and disease; and metabolomics of plants, food, environment and microbes. A special theme for this conference will focus on mental health, drug addiction and medicinal cannabis. The scientific program will include plenary and keynote talks, three parallel scientific sessions, interactive poster sessions, sponsor lunches, other networking events and a specially organized parallel session to promote metabolomics research in industry. A strong line-up of both introductory and advanced workshops will take place on Sunday, 18 June, and the morning of Monday, 19 June. To complement the exciting scientific program, the conference will offer a welcome reception, vibrant early career events, a conference dinner and other engaging social activities.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

Please do not hesitate to reach out (metabolites@mdpi.com) if you plan on attending this conference. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you might have.

For more information about the conference, please visit the following website: https://www.metabolomics2023.org/.

15 May 2023
Meet Us at the 10th FEMS Congress of European Microbiologists, 9–13 July 2023, Hamburg, Germany

FEMS was established in 1974 and is now an active and diverse federation of 55 European learned societies that includes around 30,000 professionals who are committed to advancing microbiology for the benefit of society. Located in 38 European countries, around half of these professionals are early career researchers, and the remainder include industry scientists, established academics, educators and campaigners. The 10th FEMS Congress of European Microbiologists will take place in Hamburg, Germany, from 9 to 13 July 2023. This event is dedicated to showcasing the latest developments in microbiology and to connecting microbiologists from all over the world.

Main topics:

  • Environmental Microbiology & Ecology;
  • Biotechnology & Synthetic Microbiology; 
  • Food Microbiology; 
  • Infection Biology & Pathogens; 
  • Infectious Diseases; 
  • Taxonomy & Systematics;
  • Genetics & Genomics;
  • Virology;
  • Microbiology Education & Profession;
  • Molecular Microbiology & Biochemistry.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

If you are attending this conference, please feel free to start an online conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you at booth #B18 in person and answering any questions you may have. For more information about the conference and our virtual booth, please visit the following link: https://www.fems2023.org/.

4 April 2023
Meet Us at the 11th AOHUPO and 7th AOAPO Congress, 8–10 May 2023, Singapore


MDPI will be attending the 11th AOHUPO and 7th AOAPO Congress, hosted by the SSMS and the Malaysian Proteomics Society (MAPS), which will be held from 8 to 10 May 2023, in Singapore. The 3-day face-to-face joint congress will feature distinguished invited speakers in 5 plenary sessions and 27 concurrent sessions, covering broad topics of proteomics and mass spectrometry technologies and applications in health/biomedical research, agriculture/aquaculture, food, and environmental sciences. Congress participants will have the opportunity to submit abstracts for oral and poster presentations. In addition, the organizers have also planned to hold a Young Scientist Forum (YSF) for young scientists as a preconference activity.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

If you plan on attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth (#A15) and start a conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit the following link: https://www.aohupo-aoapo-2023.org/.

31 March 2023
Foods Webinar | Improving Food Quality and Processing Efficiency: Advancements in Non-invasive Inspection Technologies and Modern Physical Processing Methods, 11 April 2023


On Tuesday, 11 April 2023, MDPI and the Journal, Foods, held a webinar on food quality, entitled "Improving Food Quality and Processing Efficiency: Advancements in Non-invasive Inspection Technologies and Modern Physical Processing Methods". The webinar focused on the importance of food and the need for innovative and efficient technologies to improve its quality and safety.

The aim of the webinar was to show some state-of-the-art techniques to improve non-invasive inspection and modern physical processing methods combined with advanced statistical analysis.

Three lecturers jointly presented novel techniques used to obtain valuable bioactive compounds that adhere to high food quality standards.

The ultrasound-assisted adsorption of blueberry anthocyanins was presented by Dr. Tao. The quality of sausages was assessed using hyperspectral imaging coupled with multivariate analysis by our chair, Dr. Feng. At the end, Dr. Barbin presented the work on the development of sensing devices for food and agricultural products inspection.

Please note that this webinar is associated with a Special Issue in Foods, “Innovative Non-invasive Technologies Combined with Chemometrics for Application of Food and Agricultural Products”. The deadline is 31st of October 2023.

Webinar Chairs and Keynote Speaker

  • Dr. Chao-Hui Feng, 1 School of Regional Innovation and Social Design Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kitami Institute of Technology, 165 Koen-cho, Kitami 090-8507, Hokkaido, Japan. 2 RIKEN Centre for Advanced Photonics, RIKEN, 519-1399 Aramaki-Aoba, Aoba-ku 980-0845, Sendai, Japan.
  • Dr. Yang Tao, College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
  • Dr. Douglas Fernandes Barbin, Department of Food Engineering, School of Food Engineering, University of Campinas, SP, Campinas, Brazil.

13 March 2023
MDPI’s Newly Launched Journals in December 2022

As a leading open access publisher, MDPI provides scholars with a high-quality and rich academic exchange platform by continuously expanding into new and exciting research areas.

In December 2022, MDPI launched five new journals, covering multiple subjects such as life sciences, biology, medicine and pharmacology, social sciences and humanities. These new journals are being edited by established scholars across the world.

Journal

Founding Editor-in-Chief

Journal Topics (Selected)

Prof. Dr. Fabio Gresta, University of Messina, Italy| Editorial | view inaugural issue

grass/forage/turf production; grassland management; pasture monitoring; grazing and livestock; grass agro-ecosystems| view journal scope | submit an article

Prof. Dr. Christos G. Athanassiou, University of Thessaly, Greece| Editorial | view inaugural issue

pesticides; fungicides; herbicides; fertilizers; soil conditioners| view journal scope | submit an article

Prof. Dr. Stephen H. Safe, Texas A&M University, USA| Editorial | view inaugural issue

receptor structure; receptor function; receptor signaling; receptor expression and regulation; receptor interactions with drugs| view journal scope | submit an article

Dr. Jean Jacques Vanden Eynde, University of Mons-UMONS, Belgium| Editorial | view inaugural issue

drug discovery; medicinal chemistry; preclinical and clinical research; marketed drugs; intellectual property and regulatory affairs| view journal scope | submit an article

Prof. Dr. Heather Kanuka, University of Alberta, Canada| Editorial | view inaugural issue

higher education; tertiary education; policy and practice in higher education; educational leadership in higher education; educational administration and management in higher education| view journal scope | submit an article

If you are interested in creating more open access journals with us to publish cutting-edge research, please send your journal proposal application to newjournal-committee@mdpi.com.

7 March 2023
Displaying Co-Authors’ Email Addresses on the Webpage of Published Papers

MDPI is pleased to announce that we now display the co-authors’ email addresses in addition to the corresponding author’s email address on the webpage of published papers, protected by Captcha. For more information about this change, please visit the journal’s instructions for authors page. 

We believe this change will facilitate academic discussions and advance our cause of open science and research. The corresponding authors are responsible for communicating with their co-authors and indicating in our system (https://susy.mdpi.com/) if co-authors would prefer for their email addresses not to be displayed.

6 March 2023
Foods | Celebrating International Women's Day 2023

In a fair social community, women should have equal opportunities and be respected and included in diverse choices. With the 113th International Women's Day just around the corner, the star-studded world of science is seeing more female scientists emerge to lead their fellow researchers. We selected some high-quality papers and a relevant Special Issue from Foods (ISSN: 2304-8158) to share with you.

Papers about women:

Papers by female Editorial Board Members:

Special Issue about women:

"Women’s Special Issue Series: Food Science"
Submission Deadline: 16 June 2023
Special Issue information:

Dear Colleagues,

We are very proud to lead this Special Issue that aims to promote and support the contributions of women scientists in all areas related to foods, including the science, technology, engineering, innovation and development of new foods, among others.
Women scientists are leading ground-breaking research across the world and this Special Issue is intended to be a space where this research can be collected, highlighting the involvement of women in the development of our society and as role models for younger generations of women researchers who want to pursue their scientific careers and break the glass ceiling.
Regional, national and international programs are in place which promote gender equality in science, and we hope that this Special Issue series can contribute to achieving this aim.
All types of papers are welcome, including original research papers and review articles.
Although the purpose of this Special Issue is to promote and celebrate the achievements of women in science, no gender-specific restrictions will be imposed, and so we welcome submissions from all authors, irrespective of gender identity.

Special Issue Guest Editors

Prof. Dr. Juana Fernández-López
AgroFood Technology Department, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Orihuela, Miguel Hernández University, Orihuela, Spain
Interests: functional foods; dietary fiber; natural inhibitors; antioxidants; healthier meat products; essential oils; in vitro digestion

Prof. Dr. Susana Casal
REQUIMTE, Laboratory of Bromatology and Hydrology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
Interests: analytical methods; food lipids; food technology; food authenticity; food safety; food waste

Dr. Joana S. Amaral
Department of Chemical and Biological Technology, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, 5300-399 Bragança, Portugal
Interests: food authenticity; bioactive compounds; essential oils; plant extracts; food chemistry

Prof. Dr. Katrina Campbell
Institute for Global Food Security, Queen's University, Belfast, 19 Chlorine Gardens, Belfast BT9 5DL, UK
Interests: food safety; food security and sustainability; aquaculture; feed and food; natural toxins; drug residues; antibiotics; chemical contaminants; climate change; (bio) analytical chemistry; biosensors; diagnostics; immunoassays; mass spectrometry

 

1 March 2023
Foods | Selected Special Issue Reprints Published in 2021–2022 (II)

We are delighted to share with you six reprints of Special Issues published from 2021 to 2022 in Foods (ISSN: 2304-8158). They were selected by the Foods Editorial Office, each with more than 10 articles published. You can access more reprints of Special Issues published by Foods at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/books/search?type=Reprint%20Book&journal_facet=Foods. If you are interested in editing a Special Issue, please apply at https://www.mdpi.com/journalproposal/sendproposalspecialissue/foods.

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“Progress on Nutrient Composition, Meat Standardization and Grading, Processing and Safety in Different Types of Meat Sources”
Edited by Dr. Huerta-Leidenz Nelson
ISBN 978-3-0365-2542-6 (hardback); ISBN 978-3-0365-2543-3 (PDF)
https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-0365-2543-3
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/books/book/4707

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“Functional Cereal Foods for Health Benefits: Genetic and/or Processing Strategies to Enhance the Quali-Quantitative Composition of Bioactive Components”
Edited by Dr. Barbara Laddomada and Prof. Dr. Weiqun Wang
ISBN 978-3-0365-4781-7 (hardback); ISBN 978-3-0365-4782-4 (PDF)
https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-0365-4782-4
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/books/book/5849

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“Advanced Strategies to Preserve Quality and Extend Shelf Life of Foods”
Prof. Dr. Matteo Alessandro Del Nobile and Prof. Dr. Amalia Conte
ISBN 978-3-0365-3913-3 (hardback); ISBN 978-3-0365-3914-0 (PDF)
https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-0365-3914-0
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/books/book/5401

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“New Insights into Food Fermentation”
Edited by Prof. Dr. Valentina Bernini and Prof. Dr. Juliano De Dea Lindner
ISBN 978-3-0365-3920-1 (hardback); ISBN 978-3-0365-3919-5 (PDF)
https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-0365-3919-5
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/books/book/5345

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“Motivations Associated with Food Choices and Eating Practices”
Edited by Prof. Dr. Raquel P. F. Guiné
ISBN 978-3-0365-1414-7 (hardback); ISBN 978-3-0365-1413-0 (PDF)
https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-0365-1413-0
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/books/book/3973

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“By-Products: Characterisation and Use as Food”
Edited by Dr. Simona Grasso, Dr. Konstantinos Papoutsis and Dr. Claudia Ruiz-Capillas and Dr. Ana Herrero Herranz
ISBN 978-3-0365-3705-4 (hardback); ISBN 978-3-0365-3706-1 (PDF)
https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-0365-3706-1
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/books/book/5651

1 March 2023
Foods | Selected Special Issue Reprints Published in 2021–2022 (I)

We are delighted to share with you six reprints of Special Issues published from 2021 to 2022 in Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). They were selected by the Foods Editorial Office, each with more than 10 articles published. You can access more reprints of Special Issues published by Foods at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/books/search?type=Reprint%20Book&journal_facet=Foods. If you are interested in editing a Special Issue, please apply at https://www.mdpi.com/journalproposal/sendproposalspecialissue/foods.

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“Sustainable Functional Food Processing”
Edited by Prof. Dr. Danijela Bursać Kovačević and Prof. Dr. Predrag Putnik
ISBN 978-3-0365-5301-6 (hardback); ISBN 978-3-0365-5302-3 (PDF)
https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-0365-5302-3
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/books/book/6167

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“Challenging the Status Quo to Shape Food Systems Transformation from a Nutritional and Food Security Perspective”
Edited by Dr. António Raposo, Prof. Dr. Renata Puppin Zandonadi and Prof. Dr. Raquel Braz Assunção Botelho
ISBN 978-3-0365-3718-4 (hardback); ISBN 978-3-0365-3717-7 (PDF)
https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-0365-3717-7
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/books/book/5269

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“Valorization of Food Processing By-Products”
Edited by Prof. Dr. Marco Poiana, Prof. Dr. Francesco Caponio and Prof. Dr. Antonio Piga
ISBN 978-3-0365-5949-0 (hardback); ISBN 978-3-0365-5950-6 (PDF)
https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-0365-5950-6
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/books/book/6480

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“Sensory and Consumer Research for a Sustainable Food System”
Edited by Dr. Antti Knaapila
ISBN 978-3-0365-5122-7 (hardback); ISBN 978-3-0365-5121-0 (PDF)
https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-0365-5121-0
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/books/book/6014

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“Physicochemical, Sensory and Nutritional Properties of Foods Affected by Processing and Storage”
Edited by Prof. Dr. Sidonia Martinez and Prof. Dr. Javier Carballo
ISBN 978-3-0365-2732-1 (hardback); ISBN 978-3-0365-2733-8 (PDF)
https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-0365-2733-8
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/books/book/4781

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“Postharvest Management of Fruits and Vegetables”
Edited by Prof. Dr. Eleni Tsantili and Dr. Jinhe Bai
ISBN 978-3-0365-3535-7 (hardback); ISBN 978-3-0365-3536-4 (PDF)
https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-0365-3536-4
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/books/book/5226

16 February 2023
Increasing Visibility for Preprints.org – Clarivate adds the Preprint Citation Index to the Web of Science

On 9 February 2023, Clarivate, a global leader in providing trusted insights and analytics, added the Preprint Citation Index to the Web of Science platform, streamlining the research process by allowing researchers to locate and link to preprints alongside other trusted content in the database.

The Preprint Citation Index will act as a bridge to connect cutting-edge preprints with peer-reviewed journal articles published within the Web of Science Core Collection. Alerts can be easily set to monitor new research across several repositories and authors will also be able to include preprints on their Web of Science Research Profile to more accurately display their various research outputs.

As of its launch, the Preprint Citation Index will provide nearly two million preprints from various repositories, including MDPI’s own Preprints.org.

MDPI's Preprints Platform – Preprints.org

To advance Open Science and the fast dissemination of research, MDPI offers researchers a free multidisciplinary preprint platform. Preprints.org accepts submissions from all research areas and offers authors high visibility, permanent archiving, article-level Metrics and immediately citable content by assigning a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to all preprints.

During submission to any MDPI journal, authors have the option to share their research as a preprint. After an initial screening, the manuscript is available online in 48 hours or less. Once online, preprints can be downloaded, shared, commented on, and cited, providing authors maximum visibility.

We invite you to join the ranks of the over 100k researchers using Preprints.org and share your research.

For more information, please visit Preprints.org.

10 January 2023
Foods | Issue Cover Papers in 2022

1. ”A FT-NIR Process Analytical Technology Approach for Milk Renneting Control”
by Silvia Grassi, Lorenzo Strani, Cristina Alamprese, Nicolò Pricca, Ernestina Casiraghi and Giovanni Cabassi
Foods 2022, 11(1), 33; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11010033
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/1/33

2. ”Exopolysaccharides Produced by Lactic Acid Bacteria: From Biosynthesis to Health-Promoting Properties”
by Dominika Jurášková, Susana C. Ribeiro and Celia C. G. Silva
Foods 2022, 11(2), 156; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11020156
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/2/156

3. ”Development of a 3D Printer for the Manufacture of Functional Food Protein Gels”
by Stéphane Portanguen, Pascal Tournayre, Paul Gibert, Selma Leonardi, Thierry Astruc and Pierre-Sylvain Mirade
Foods 2022, 11(3), 458; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11030458
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/3/458

4. ”Regulation Mechanism of ssDNA Aptamer in Nanozymes and Application of Nanozyme-Based Aptasensors in Food Safety”
by Lijun Wang, Hong Zhou, Haixia Hu, Qin Wang and Xianggui Chen
Foods 2022, 11(4), 544; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11040544
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/4/544

5. ”Nano Filling Effect of Nonmeat Protein Emulsion on the Rheological Property of Myofibrillar Protein Gel”
by Ruying Cai, Zongyun Yang, Zhen Li, Peng Wang, Minyi Han and Xinglian Xu
Foods 2022, 11(5), 629; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11050629
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/5/629

6. ”Metabolomics Combined with Sensory Analysis Reveals the Impact of Different Extraction Methods on Coffee Beverages from Coffea arabica and Coffea canephora var. Robusta”
by Fosca Vezzulli, Gabriele Rocchetti, Milena Lambri and Luigi Lucini
Foods 2022, 11(6), 807; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11060807
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/6/807

7. ”Alternatives to Cow’s Milk-Based Infant Formulas in the Prevention and Management of Cow’s Milk Allergy”
by Natalia Zofia Maryniak, Ana Isabel Sancho, Egon Bech Hansen and Katrine Lindholm Bøgh
Foods 2022, 11(7), 926; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11070926
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/7/926

8. ”The Concept of Postbiotics”
by Gabriel Vinderola, Mary Ellen Sanders and Seppo Salminen
Foods 2022, 11(8), 1077; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11081077
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/8/1077

9. ”Rennet-Induced Casein Micelle Aggregation Models: A Review”
by Daniel Salvador, Yoseli Acosta, Anna Zamora and Manuel Castillo
Foods 2022, 11(9), 1243; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11091243
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/9/1243

10. ”Commercial Baby Foods Aimed at Children up to 36 Months: Are They a Matter of Concern?”
by Mariana Santos, Filipa Matias, Isabel Loureiro, Ana Isabel Rito, Isabel Castanheira, Alexandra Bento and Ricardo Assunção
Foods 2022, 11(10), 1424; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11101424
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/10/1424

11. ”Octacosanol Modifies Obesity, Expression Profile and Inflammation Response of Hepatic Tissues in High-Fat Diet Mice”
by Jie Bai, Tao Yang, Yaping Zhou, Wei Xu, Shuai Han, Tianyi Guo, Lingfeng Zhu, Dandan Qin, Yi Luo, Zuomin Hu et al.
Foods 2022, 11(11), 1606; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11111606
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/11/1606

12. ”Influence of Wine pH and Ethanol Content on the Fining Efficacy of Proteins from Winemaking By-Products”
by Berta Baca-Bocanegra, Sandra Gonçalves, Julio Nogales-Bueno, Inês Mansinhos, Francisco José Heredia, José Miguel Hernández-Hierro and Anabela Romano
Foods 2022, 11(12), 1688; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11121688
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/12/1688

13. ”Impact of Industrial Practices on the Microbial and Quality Attributes of Fresh Vacuum-Packed Lamb Joints”
by María de Alba, Catherine M. Burgess, Katie Pollard, Camila Perussello, Jesús M. Frías-Celayeta, Des Walsh, Joan Carroll, Emily Crofton, Carol Griffin, Cristina Botinestean et al.
Foods 2022, 11(13), 1850; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11131850
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/13/1850

14. “Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction of High-Value Fractions from Fruit Industrial Processing Waste”
by Rebeca Esteban-Lustres, Vanesa Sanz, Herminia Domínguez and María Dolores Torres
Foods 2022, 11(14), 2089; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11142089
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/14/2089

15. ”The Enhancement of the Perception of Saltiness by Odorants Selected from Chinese Douchi in Salt Solution”
by Ya Gao, Wenqian Wang, Huiying Zhang, Haitao Chen, Shuqi Wang and Baoguo Sun
Foods 2022, 11(15), 2260; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11152260
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/15/2260

16. “Inhibitory Effect of Guava Leaf Polyphenols on Advanced Glycation End Products of Frozen Chicken Meatballs (−18 °C) and Its Mechanism Analysis”
by Mengna Zhao, Ying Li, Xue Bai, Jia Feng, Xiufang Xia and Fangfei Li
Foods 2022, 11(16), 2509; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11162509
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/16/2509

17. ”The Use of Durum Wheat Oil in the Preparation of Focaccia: Effects on the Oxidative Stability and Physical and Sensorial Properties”
by Francesca Vurro, Carmine Summo, Giacomo Squeo, Francesco Caponio and Antonella Pasqualone
Foods 2022, 11(17), 2679; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11172679
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/17/2679

18. “Characterization of the Key Aroma Volatile Compounds in Nine Different Grape Varieties Wine by Headspace Gas Chromatography–Ion Mobility Spectrometry (HS-GC-IMS), Odor Activity Values (OAV) and Sensory Analysis”
by Weiyu Cao, Nan Shu, Jinli Wen, Yiming Yang, Yuning Jin and Wenpeng Lu
Foods 2022, 11(18), 2767; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11182767
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/18/2767

19. ”Influence of the Washing Process and the Time of Fruit Harvesting throughout the Day on Quality and Chemosensory Profile of Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oils”
by M. Pilar Segura-Borrego, Rocío Ríos-Reina, Antonio J. Puentes-Campos, Brígida Jiménez-Herrera and Raquel M. Callejón
Foods 2022, 11(19), 3004; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11193004
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/19/3004

20. “The “Crosstalk” between Microbiota and Metabolomic Profile of Kefalograviera Cheese after the Innovative Feeding Strategy of Dairy Sheep by Omega-3 Fatty Acids”
by Athina Tzora, Aikaterini Nelli, Anastasia S. Kritikou, Danai Katsarou, Ilias Giannenas, Ilias Lagkouvardos, Nikolaos S. Thomaidis and Ioannis Skoufos
Foods 2022, 11(20), 3164; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11203164
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/20/3164

21. “Authenticity and Typicity of Traditional Cheeses: A Review on Geographical Origin Authentication Methods”
by Marco Cardin, Barbara Cardazzo, Jérôme Mounier, Enrico Novelli, Monika Coton and Emmanuel Coton
Foods 2022, 11(21), 3379; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11213379
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/21/3379

22. “The Role of Alternative Crops in an Upcoming Global Food Crisis: A Concise Review”
by Antonios Mavroeidis, Ioannis Roussis and Ioanna Kakabouki
Foods 2022, 11(22), 3584; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11223584
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/22/3584

23. “Artificial Neural Networks to Optimize Oil-in-Water Emulsion Stability with Orange By-Products”
by Mónica Umaña, Laura Llull, José Bon, Valeria Soledad Eim and Susana Simal
Foods 2022, 11(23), 3750; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11233750
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/23/3750

24. “Molecular, Chemical, and Sensory Attributes Fingerprinting of Self-Induced Anaerobic Fermented Coffees from Different Altitudes and Processing Methods”
by Silvia Juliana Martinez, Nádia Nara Batista, Ana Paula Pereira Bressani, Disney Ribeiro Dias and Rosane Freitas Schwan
Foods 2022, 11(24), 3945; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11243945
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/24/3945

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.

21 December 2022
Foods | Top 10 Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Food Analytical Methods”


1. “Advances in Troubleshooting Fish and Seafood Authentication by Inorganic Elemental Composition”
by Maria Olga Varrà, Sergio Ghidini , Lenka Husáková, Adriana Ianieri and Emanuela Zanardi
Foods 2021, 10(2), 270; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10020270
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/2/270

2. “Optical Screening Methods for Pesticide Residue Detection in Food Matrices: Advances and Emerging Analytical Trends”
by Aristeidis S. Tsagkaris, Jana Pulkrabova and Jana Hajslova
Foods 2021, 10(1), 88; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10010088
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/1/88

3. “Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy as a Valuable Tool to Tackle Food Analysis: A Literature Review on Coffee, Dairies, Honey, Olive Oil and Wine”
by Eduarda Mendes and Noélia Duarte
Foods 2021, 10(2), 477; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10020477
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/2/477

4. “Molecular Approaches to Agri-Food Traceability and Authentication: An Updated Review”
by Valentina Fanelli, Isabella Mascio, Monica Marilena Miazzi, Michele Antonio Savoia, Claudio De Giovanni and Cinzia Montemurro
Foods 2021, 10(7), 1644; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10071644
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/7/1644

5. “Recent Advances in Portable and Handheld NIR Spectrometers and Applications in Milk, Cheese and Dairy Powders”
by Yuanyuan Pu, Dolores Pérez-Marín, Norah O’Shea and Ana Garrido-Varo
Foods 2021, 10(10), 2377; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10102377
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/10/2377

6. “Effects of Phlorotannins on Organisms: Focus on the Safety, Toxicity, and Availability of Phlorotannins”
by Bertoka Fajar Surya Perwira Negara, Jae Hak Sohn, Jin-Soo Kim and Jae-Suk Choi
Foods 2021, 10(2), 452; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10020452
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/2/452

7. “Phytochemical Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Portulaca oleracea: Influence of the Steaming Cooking Process”
by María del Pilar Fernández-Poyatos, Eulogio J. Llorent-Martínez and Antonio Ruiz-Medina
Foods 2021, 10(1), 94; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10010094
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/1/94

8. “NIR Analysis of Intact Grape Berries: Chemical and Physical Properties Prediction Using Multivariate Analysis”
by Teodora Basile, Antonio Domenico Marsico and Rocco Perniola
Foods 2021, 10(1), 113; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10010113
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/1/113

9. “Simultaneous Determination of Furanic Compounds and Acrylamide in Insect-Based Foods by HPLC-QqQ-MS/MS Employing a Functionalized Mesostructured Silica as Sorbent in Solid-Phase Extraction”
by Lorena González-Gómez, Sonia Morante-Zarcero, Damián Pérez-Quintanilla and Isabel Sierra
Foods 2021, 10(7), 1557; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10071557
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/7/1557

10. “Detection of Meat Adulteration Using Spectroscopy-Based Sensors”
by Lemonia-Christina Fengou, Alexandra Lianou, Panagiοtis Tsakanikas, Fady Mohareb and George-John E. Nychas
Foods 2021, 10(4), 861; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10040861
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/4/861

21 December 2022
Foods | Top 10 Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Dairy”


1. “Plant-Based Alternatives to Yogurt: State-of-the-Art and Perspectives of New Biotechnological Challenges”
by Marco Montemurro, Erica Pontonio, Rossana Coda and Carlo Giuseppe Rizzello
Foods 2021, 10(2), 316; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10020316
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/2/316

2. “Dairy By-Products: A Review on the Valorization of Whey and Second Cheese Whey”
by Arona Figueroa Pires, Natalí Garcia Marnotes, Olga Díaz Rubio, Angel Cobos Garcia and Carlos Dias Pereira
Foods 2021, 10(5), 1067; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10051067
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/5/1067

3. “Current Trends of Enterococci in Dairy Products: A Comprehensive Review of Their Multiple Roles”
by Maria de Lurdes Enes Dapkevicius, Bruna Sgardioli, Sandra P. A. Câmara, Patrícia Poeta and Francisco Xavier Malcata
Foods 2021, 10(4), 821; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10040821
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/4/821

4. “Microbial Interactions within the Cheese Ecosystem and Their Application to Improve Quality and Safety”
by Baltasar Mayo, Javier Rodríguez, Lucía Vázquez and Ana Belén Flórez
Foods 2021, 10(3), 602; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10030602
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/3/602

5. “A Combined Metabolomic and Metagenomic Approach to Discriminate Raw Milk for the Production of Hard Cheese”
by Paolo Bellassi, Gabriele Rocchetti, Marco Nocetti, Luigi Lucini, Francesco Masoero and Lorenzo Morelli
Foods 2021, 10(1), 109; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10010109
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/1/109

6. “Angiotensin-I Converting Enzyme Inhibition and Antioxidant Activity of Papain-Hydrolyzed Camel Whey Protein and Its Hepato-Renal Protective Effects in Thioacetamide-Induced Toxicity”
by Ali Osman, Abdalla El-Hadary, Aida A. Korish, Haifa M. AlNafea, Manan A. Alhakbany, Awad A. Awad and Mahmoud Abdel-Hamid
Foods 2021, 10(2), 468; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10020468
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/2/468

7. “Extensive Countrywide Field Investigation of Somatic Cell Counts and Total Bacterial Counts in Bulk-Tank Raw Milk in Sheep Flocks in Greece”
by Daphne T. Lianou, Charalambia K. Michael, Natalia G. C. Vasileiou, Efthymia Petinaki, Peter J. Cripps, Katerina Tsilipounidaki, Angeliki I. Katsafadou, Antonis P. Politis, Nikos G. Kordalis and Katerina S. Ioannidi et al.
Foods 2021, 10(2), 268; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10020268
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/2/268

8. “Effect of Protein Genotypes on Physicochemical Properties and Protein Functionality of Bovine Milk: A Review”
by Nan Gai, Therese Uniacke-Lowe, Jonathan O’Regan, Hope Faulkner and Alan L. Kelly
Foods 2021, 10(10), 2409; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10102409
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/10/2409

9. “Current Perspective of Sialylated Milk Oligosaccharides in Mammalian Milk: Implications for Brain and Gut Health of Newborns”
by Madalyn Hobbs, Marefa Jahan, Seyed A. Ghorashi and Bing Wang
Foods 2021, 10(2), 473; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10020473
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/2/473

10. “Physicochemical Composition, Antioxidant Status, Fatty Acid Profile, and Volatile Compounds of Milk and Fresh and Ripened Ewes’ Cheese from a Sustainable Part-Time Grazing System”
by Rosario Gutiérrez-Peña, Carmen Avilés, Hortensia Galán-Soldevilla, Oliva Polvillo, Pilar Ruiz Pérez-Cacho, José Luis Guzmán, Alberto Horcada and Manuel Delgado-Pertíñez
Foods 2021, 10(1), 80; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10010080
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/1/80

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!

12 December 2022
Foods | Top 10 Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Food Engineering and Technology”


1. “Functionality of Food Components and Emerging Technologies”
by Charis M. Galanakis
Foods 2021, 10(1), 128; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10010128
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/1/128

2. “Functionality of Ingredients and Additives in Plant-Based Meat Analogues”
by Konstantina Kyriakopoulou, Julia K. Keppler and Atze Jan van der Goot
Foods 2021, 10(3), 600; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10030600
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/3/600

3. “Edible Films and Coatings as Food-Quality Preservers: An Overview”
by Elsa Díaz-Montes and Roberto Castro-Muñoz
Foods 2021, 10(2), 249; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10020249
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/2/249

4. “Innovative Technologies for Extraction and Microencapsulation of Bioactives from Plant-Based Food Waste and Their Applications in Functional Food Development”
by Monalisha Pattnaik, Pooja Pandey, Gregory J. O. Martin, Hari Niwas Mishra and Muthupandian Ashokkumar
Foods 2021, 10(2), 279; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10020279
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/2/279

5. “Food Texture Design by 3D Printing: A Review”
by Tatiana Pereira , Sónia Barroso and Maria M. Gil
Foods 2021, 10(2), 320; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10020320
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/2/320

6. “Bioactive (Poly)phenols, Volatile Compounds from Vegetables, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants”
by Teresa Pinto, Alfredo Aires, Fernanda Cosme, Eunice Bacelar, Maria Cristina Morais, Ivo Oliveira, Jorge Ferreira-Cardoso, Rosário Anjos , Alice Vilela and Berta Gonçalves
Foods 2021, 10(1), 106; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10010106
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/1/106

7. “Chinese Consumers’ Attitudes and Potential Acceptance toward Artificial Meat”
by Jingjing Liu, Élise Hocquette, Marie-Pierre Ellies-Oury, Sghaier Chriki and Jean-François Hocquette
Foods 2021, 10(2), 353; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10020353
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/2/353

8. “Effects of CaCl2 Treatment Alleviates Chilling Injury of Loquat Fruit (Eribotrya japonica) by Modulating ROS Homeostasis”
by Yuanyuan Hou, Ziying Li, Yonghua Zheng and Peng Jin
Foods 2021, 10(7), 1662; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10071662
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/7/1662

9. “High Moisture Extrusion of Soy Protein: Investigations on the Formation of Anisotropic Product Structure”
by Patrick Wittek, Nicole Zeiler, Heike P. Karbstein and M. Azad Emin
Foods 2021, 10(1), 102; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10010102
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/1/102

10. “Methods for Testing the Quality Attributes of Plant-Based Foods: Meat- and Processed-Meat Analogs”
by David Julian McClements, Jochen Weiss, Amanda J. Kinchla, Alissa A. Nolden and Lutz Grossmann
Foods 2021, 10(2), 260; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10020260
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/2/260

9 December 2022
Foods | Top 10 Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Food Microbiology”


1. “Kefir and Its Biological Activities”
by Nor Farahin Azizi, Muganti Rajah Kumar, Swee Keong Yeap, Janna Ong Abdullah, Melati Khalid, Abdul Rahman Omar, Mohd. Azuraidi Osman, Sharifah Alawieyah Syed Mortadza and Noorjahan Banu Alitheen
Foods 2021, 10(6), 1210; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10061210
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/6/1210

2. “Mycotoxins Affecting Animals, Foods, Humans, and Plants: Types, Occurrence, Toxicities, Action Mechanisms, Prevention, and Detoxification Strategies—A Revisit”
by Chinaza Godswill Awuchi, Erick Nyakundi Ondari, Chukwuka U. Ogbonna, Anjani K. Upadhyay, Katarzyna Baran, Charles Odilichukwu R. Okpala, Małgorzata Korzeniowska and Raquel P. F. Guiné
Foods 2021, 10(6), 1279; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10061279
Full text available online:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/6/1279

3. “Bacterial Biofilms and Their Implications in Pathogenesis and Food Safety”
by Xingjian Bai, Cindy H. Nakatsu and Arun K. Bhunia
Foods 2021, 10(9), 2117; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10092117
Full text available online:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/9/2117

4. “Microbiological and Chemical Properties of Chokeberry Juice Fermented by Novel Lactic Acid Bacteria with Potential Probiotic Properties during Fermentation at 4 °C for 4 Weeks”
by Christos Bontsidis, Athanasios Mallouchos, Antonia Terpou, Anastasios Nikolaou, Georgia Batra, Ioanna Mantzourani, Athanasios Alexopoulos and Stavros Plessas
Foods 2021, 10(4), 768; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10040768
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/4/768

5. “Nutritional and Functional Advantages of the Use of Fermented Black Chickpea Flour for Semolina-Pasta Fortification”
by Ilaria De Pasquale, Michela Verni, Vito Verardo, Ana María Gómez-Caravaca and Carlo Giuseppe Rizzello
Foods 2021, 10(1), 182; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10010182
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/1/182

6. “From Cheese-Making to Consumption: Exploring the Microbial Safety of Cheeses through Predictive Microbiology Models”
by Arícia Possas, Olga María Bonilla-Luque and Antonio Valero
Foods 2021, 10(2), 355; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10020355
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/2/355

7. “Lactic Acid Bacteria Exopolysaccharides Producers: A Sustainable Tool for Functional Foods”
by Roberta Prete, Mohammad Khairul Alam, Giorgia Perpetuini, Carlo Perla, Paola Pittia and Aldo Corsetti
Foods 2021, 10(7), 1653; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10071653
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/7/1653

8. “Lactic Acid Bacteria as Antimicrobial Agents: Food Safety and Microbial Food Spoilage Prevention”
by Salam A. Ibrahim, Raphael D. Ayivi, Tahl Zimmerman, Shahida Anusha Siddiqui, Ammar B. Altemimi, Hafize Fidan, Tuba Esatbeyoglu and Reza Vaseghi Bakhshayesh
Foods 2021, 10(12), 3131; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10123131
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/12/3131

9. “A Systematic Review of Listeria Species and Listeria monocytogenes Prevalence, Persistence, and Diversity throughout the Fresh Produce Supply Chain”
by Anna Townsend, Laura K. Strawn, Benjamin J. Chapman and Laurel L. Dunn
Foods 2021, 10(6), 1427; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10061427
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/6/1427

10. “Role of Postbiotics in Diabetes Mellitus: Current Knowledge and Future Perspectives”
by Miriam Cabello-Olmo, Miriam Araña, Raquel Urtasun, Ignacio J. Encio and Miguel Barajas
Foods 2021, 10(7), 1590; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10071590
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/7/1590

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.

8 December 2022
Foods | Special Issue Mentor Program

We are pleased to announce the launch of a new initiative—The Foods 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 emailing the 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;
  • Overseeing editorial control of the Special issue and quality control of the publications 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 for the 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 mentees.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your Special Issue proposal to the Foods Editorial Office (foods@mdpi.com), and we will discuss the process (i.e., mentor collaboration, Special Issue topic feasibility analysis, etc.) in further detail.

In addition to the new Special Issue Mentor Program, Foods (ISSN: 2304-8158) continues to welcome all Special Issue proposals focusing on hot research topics.

7 December 2022
Meet Us at the 88th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Mycotoxicology, 6 January 2023, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan


Conference: The 88th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Mycotoxicology
Date: 6 January 2023
Venue: Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

MDPI will be attending the 88th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Mycotoxicology as the exhibitor. This meeting will take place on 6 January 2023 in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.

The 88th annual meeting is organized by the Japanese Society of Mycotoxicology (http://www.jsmyco.org). In addition to general lectures and poster presentations, there will be special lectures, symposiums, and luncheon seminars.

Special lecture: “Use of useful brewing bacteria such as aspergillus”
Symposium: “Challenge the elucidation of biological interactions”

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

If you are planning to attend this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions you may have. For more information about the conference and booth, please visit the following website: https://www.jsmyco.org/conference/top.html.

6 December 2022
Foods | Top 10 Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Food Nutrition”


1. “Foods for Plant-Based Diets: Challenges and Innovations”
by Alexandra Alcorta, Adrià Porta, Amparo Tárrega, María Dolores Alvarez and M. Pilar Vaquero
Foods 2021, 10(2), 293; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10020293
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/2/293

2. “Potential Health Benefits of Plant Food-Derived Bioactive Components: An Overview”
by Mrinal Samtiya, Rotimi E. Aluko, Tejpal Dhewa and José Manuel Moreno-Rojas
Foods 2021, 10(4), 839; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10040839
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/4/839

3. “Guava (Psidium guajava L.) Leaves: Nutritional Composition, Phytochemical Profile, and Health-Promoting Bioactivities”
by Manoj Kumar, Maharishi Tomar, Ryszard Amarowicz, Vivek Saurabh, M. Sneha Nair, Chirag Maheshwari, Minnu Sasi, Uma Prajapati, Muzaffar Hasan, Surinder Singh, Sushil Changan, Rakesh Kumar Prajapat, Mukesh K. Berwal and Varsha Satankar
Foods 2021, 10(4), 752; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10040752
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/4/752

4. “Plant Proteins for Future Foods: A Roadmap”
by Shaun Yong Jie Sim, Akila SRV, Jie Hong Chiang and Christiani Jeyakumar Henry
Foods 2021, 10(8), 1967; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10081967
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/8/1967

5. “Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and the Intestinal Epithelium—A Review”
by Luke A. Durkin, Caroline E. Childs and Philip C. Calder
Foods 2021, 10(1), 199; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10010199
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/1/199

6. “Encapsulation and Protection of Omega-3-Rich Fish Oils Using Food-Grade Delivery Systems”
by Vishnu Kalladathvalappil Venugopalan, Lekshmi Ramadevi Gopakumar, Ajeeshkumar Kizhakkeppurath Kumaran, Niladri Sekhar Chatterjee, Vishnuja Soman, Shaheer Peeralil, Suseela Mathew, David Julian McClements and Ravishankar Chandragiri Nagarajarao
Foods 2021, 10(7), 1566; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10071566
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/7/1566

7. “Genotype and Successive Harvests Interaction Affects Phenolic Acids and Aroma Profile of Genovese Basil for Pesto Sauce Production”
by Michele Ciriello, Luigi Formisano, Christophe El-Nakhel, Marios C. Kyriacou, Georgios A. Soteriou, Fabiana Pizzolongo, Raffaele Romano, Stefania De Pascale and Youssef Rouphael
Foods 2021, 10(2), 278; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10020278
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/2/278

8. “Revalorization of Coffee Husk: Modeling and Optimizing the Green Sustainable Extraction of Phenolic Compounds”
by Miguel Rebollo-Hernanz, Silvia Cañas, Diego Taladrid, Vanesa Benítez, Begoña Bartolomé, Yolanda Aguilera and María A. Martín-Cabrejas
Foods 2021, 10(3), 653; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10030653
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/3/653

9. “Autoclaved and Extruded Legumes as a Source of Bioactive Phytochemicals: A Review”
by Mercedes M. Pedrosa, Eva Guillamón and Claudia Arribas
Foods 2021, 10(2), 379; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10020379
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/2/379

10. “The Effect of Steaming and Fermentation on Nutritive Values, Antioxidant Activities, and Inhibitory Properties of Tea Leaves”
by Chaowanee Chupeerach, Amornrat Aursalung, Thareerat Watcharachaisoponsiri, Kanyawee Whanmek, Parunya Thiyajai, Kachakot Yosphan, Varittha Sritalahareuthai, Yuraporn Sahasakul, Chalat Santivarangkna and Uthaiwan Suttisansanee
Foods 2021, 10(1), 117; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10010117
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/1/117

6 December 2022
Foods | Top 10 Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Food Packaging and Preservation”


1. “Migration of Various Nanoparticles into Food Samples: A Review”
by Saeed Paidari, Reza Tahergorabi, Ensieh Sadat Anari, Abdorezza Moahammdi Nafchi, Nafiseh Zamindar and Mohammad Goli
Foods 2021, 10(9), 2114; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10092114
Full text available online:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/9/2114

2. “Functionality and Applicability of Starch-Based Films: An Eco-Friendly Approach”
by Sneh Punia Bangar, Sukhvinder Singh Purewal, Monica Trif, Sajid Maqsood, Manoj Kumar, Vishal Manjunatha and Alexandru Vasile Rusu
Foods 2021, 10(9), 2181; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10092181
Full text available online:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/9/2181

3. “Fresh Fish Degradation and Advances in Preservation Using Physical Emerging Technologies”
by Jéssica Tavares, Ana Martins, Liliana G. Fidalgo, Vasco Lima, Renata A. Amaral, Carlos A. Pinto, Ana M. Silva and Jorge A. Saraiva
Foods 2021, 10(4), 780; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10040780
Full text available online:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/4/780

4. “Development of Multifunctional Pullulan/Chitosan-Based Composite Films Reinforced with ZnO Nanoparticles and Propolis for Meat Packaging Applications”
by Swarup Roy, Ruchir Priyadarshi and Jong-Whan Rhim
Foods 2021, 10(11), 2789; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10112789
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/11/2789

5. “Chitosan Films Functionalized with Different Hydroxycinnamic Acids: Preparation, Characterization and Application for Pork Preservation”
by Huimin Yong, Yunpeng Liu, Dawei Yun, Shuai Zong, Changhai Jin and Jun Liu
Foods 2021, 10(3), 536; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10030536
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/3/536

6. “Characterization and Cell Viability of Probiotic/Prebiotics Film Based on Duck Feet Gelatin: A Novel Poultry Gelatin as a Suitable Matrix for Probiotics”
by Ahmadreza Abedinia, Faezeh Alimohammadi, Farangis Teymori, Najibeh Razgardani, Mohammad Reza Saeidi Asl, Fazilah Ariffin, Abdorreza Mohammadi Nafchi, Nurul Huda and Jumardi Roslan
Foods 2021, 10(8), 1761; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10081761
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/8/1761

7. “Recent Developments in Seafood Packaging Technologies”
by Michael G. Kontominas, Anastasia V. Badeka, Ioanna S. Kosma and Cosmas I. Nathanailides
Foods 2021, 10(5), 940; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10050940
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/5/940

8. “Development and Characterization of Fenugreek Protein-Based Edible Film”
by Neha Kumari, Sneh Punia Bangar, Michal Petrů, R. A. Ilyas, Ajay Singh and Pradyuman Kum
Foods 2021, 10(9), 1976; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10091976
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/9/1976

9. “Characterization of Anthocyanin Associated Purple Sweet Potato Starch and Peel-Based pH Indicator Films”
by Mouluda Sohany, Intan Syafinaz Mohamed Amin Tawakkal, Siti Hajar Ariffin, Nor Nadiah Abdul Karim Shah and Yus Aniza Yusof
Foods 2021, 10(9), 2005; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10092005
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/9/2005

10. “Starch Edible Films/Coatings Added with Carvacrol and Thymol: In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation against Colletotrichum gloeosporioides”
by Carlos Enrique Ochoa-Velasco, Julio César Pérez-Pérez, José Mauricio Varillas-Torres, Addí Rhode Navarro-Cruz, Paola Hernández-Carranza, Ricardo Munguía-Pérez, Teresa Soledad Cid-Pérez and Raúl Avila-Sosa
Foods 2021, 10(1), 175; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10010175
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/1/175

1 December 2022
Foods | Top 10 Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Food Quality and Safety”


1. “Salmonella, Food Safety and Food Handling Practices”
by Olugbenga Ehuwa, Amit K. Jaiswal, and Swarna Jaiswal
Foods 2021, 10(5), 907; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10050907
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/5/907 

2. “Basil Essential Oil: Composition, Antimicrobial Properties, and Microencapsulation to Produce Active Chitosan Films for Food Packaging”
by Ghita Amor, Mohammed Sabbah, Lucia Caputo, Mohamed Idbella, Vincenzo De Feo, Raffaele Porta, Taoufiq Fechtali and Gianluigi Mauriello
Foods 2021, 10(1), 121; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10010121
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/1/121

3. “Antiviral, Antibacterial, Antifungal, and Antiparasitic Properties of Propolis: A Review”
by Felix Zulhendri, Kavita Chandrasekaran, Magdalena Kowacz, Munir Ravalia, Krishna Kripal, James Fearnley and Conrad O. Perera
Foods 2021, 10(6), 1360; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10061360
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/6/1360 

4. “Vitamin C from Seaweed: A Review Assessing Seaweed as Contributor to Daily Intake”
by Cecilie Wirenfeldt Nielsen, Turid Rustad and Susan Løvstad Holdt
Foods 2021, 10(1), 198; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10010198
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/1/198 

5. “Application of Processing and Packaging Hurdles for Fresh-Cut Fruits and Vegetables Preservation”
by Maria C. Giannakourou and Theofania N. Tsironi
Foods 2021, 10(4), 830; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10040830
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/4/830 

6. “Extending the Shelf-Life of Fresh-Cut Green Bean Pods by Ethanol, Ascorbic Acid, and Essential Oils”
by Asmaa H. R. Awad, Aditya Parmar, Marwa R. Ali, Mohamed M. El-Mogy and Karima F. Abdelgawad
Foods 2021, 10(5), 1103; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10051103
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/5/1103 

7. “A Review into the Effectiveness of Ozone Technology for Improving the Safety and Preserving the Quality of Fresh-Cut Fruits and Vegetables”
by Rinaldo Botondi, Marco Barone and Claudia Grasso
Foods 2021, 10(4), 748; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10040748
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/4/748 

8. “A Preliminary Study of Chemical Profiles of Honey, Cerumen, and Propolis of the African Stingless Bee Meliponula ferruginea”
by Milena Popova, Dessislava Gerginova, Boryana Trusheva, Svetlana Simova, Alfred Ngenge Tamfu, Ozgur Ceylan, Kerry Clark and Vassya Bankova
Foods 2021, 10(5), 997; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10050997
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/5/997 

9. “Safety and Transfer Study: Transfer of Bromoform Present in Asparagopsis taxiformis to Milk and Urine of Lactating Dairy Cows”
by Wouter Muizelaar, Maria Groot, Gert van Duinkerken, Ruud Peters and Jan Dijkstra
Foods 2021, 10(3), 584; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10030584
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/3/584 

10. “Possibilities of the Development of Edible Insect-Based Foods in Europe”
by Magdalena Skotnicka, Kaja Karwowska, Filip Kłobukowski, Aleksandra Borkowska and Magdalena Pieszko
Foods 2021, 10(4), 766; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10040766
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/4/766

1 December 2022
Foods | Top 10 Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Food Physics and (Bio)Chemistry”


1. “Application of Advanced Emulsion Technology in the Food Industry: A Review and Critical Evaluation”
by Chen Tan and David Julian McClements
Foods 2021, 10(4), 812; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10040812
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/4/812

2. “By-Products of Agri-Food Industry as Tannin-Rich Sources: A Review of Tannins’ Biological Activities and Their Potential for Valorization”
by María Fraga-Corral, Paz Otero, Javier Echave, Paula Garcia-Oliveira, Maria Carpena, Amira Jarboui, Bernabé Nuñez-Estevez, Jesus Simal-Gandara and Miguel A. Prieto
Foods 2021, 10(1), 137; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10010137
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/1/137

3. “Green Extraction Techniques for Obtaining Bioactive Compounds from Mandarin Peel (Citrus unshiu var. Kuno): Phytochemical Analysis and Process Optimization”
by Silvija Šafranko, Ina Ćorković, Igor Jerković, Martina Jakovljević, Krunoslav Aladić, Drago Šubarić and Stela Jokić
Foods 2021, 10(5), 1043; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10051043
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/5/1043

4. “Comprehensive Review of Polysaccharide-Based Materials in Edible Packaging: A Sustainable Approach”
by Yuan Zhao, Bo Li, Cuicui Li, Yangfan Xu, Yi Luo, Dongwu Liang and Chongxing Huang
Foods 2021, 10(8), 1845; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10081845
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/8/1845

5. “Food Ingredients and Nutraceuticals from Microalgae: Main Product Classes and Biotechnological Production”
by Regina Kratzer and Michael Murkovic
Foods 2021, 10(7), 1626; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10071626
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/7/1626

6. “A Literature Review on Maillard Reaction Based on Milk Proteins and Carbohydrates in Food and Pharmaceutical Products: Advantages, Disadvantages, and Avoidance Strategies”
by Jia Xiang, Fenglin Liu, Bo Wang, Lin Chen, Wenjie Liu and Songwen Tan
Foods 2021, 10(9), 1998; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10091998
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/9/1998

7. “Headspace/GC–MS Analysis and Investigation of Antibacterial, Antioxidant and Cytotoxic Activity of Essential Oils and Hydrolates from Rosmarinus officinalis L. and Lavandula angustifolia Miller”
by Stefania Garzoli, Valentina Laghezza Masci, Sara Franceschi, Antonio Tiezzi, Pierluigi Giacomello and Elisa Ovidi
Foods 2021, 10(8), 1768; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10081768
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/8/1768

8. “Olive Pomace-Derived Biomasses Fractionation through a Two-Step Extraction Based on the Use of Ultrasounds: Chemical Characteristics”
by María del Mar Contreras, Irene Gómez-Cruz, Inmaculada Romero and Eulogio Castro
Foods 2021, 10(1), 111; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10010111
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/1/111

9.Perilla frutescens Leaf Extract and Fractions: Polyphenol Composition, Antioxidant, Enzymes (α-Glucosidase, Acetylcholinesterase, and Tyrosinase) Inhibitory, Anticancer, and Antidiabetic Activities”
by Zhenxing Wang, Zongcai Tu, Xing Xie, Hao Cui, Kin Weng Kong and Lu Zhang
Foods 2021, 10(2), 315; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10020315
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/2/315

10. “Brown Algae Phlorotannins: A Marine Alternative to Break the Oxidative Stress, Inflammation and Cancer Network”
by Marcelo D. Catarino, Sónia J. Amarante, Nuno Mateus, Artur M. S. Silva and Susana M. Cardoso
Foods 2021, 10(7), 1478; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10071478
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/7/1478

1 December 2022
Editorial Board Members from Foods Featured among the World’s Top 2% Scientists in 2022


We are pleased to share that 247 Editorial Board Members and Guest Editors from MDPI’s journal Foods (ISSN: 2304-8158) were featured in the list of the World’s Top 2% Scientists in 2022.

Prof. Dr. Benu P. Adhikari

Dr. Jayani Chandrapala

Dr. Zhongxiang Fang

Dr. Asgar Farahnaky

Prof. Dr. Robert G. Gilbert

Dr. Tom Ross

Prof. Dr. Yasmina Sultanbawa

Prof. Dr. Giorgia Purcaro

Dr. Evandro Leite de Souza

Prof. Dr. Adriana Farah

Dr. Amin Mousavi Khaneghah

Dr. Cleiton Antonio Nunes

Prof. Dr. Susana Marta Isay Saad

Prof. Dr. Rotimi Aluko

Prof. Dr. Laurent Bazinet

Prof. Dr. Monique Lacroix

Dr. Massimo Marcone

Dr. Alex Martynenko

Dr. Michael Ngadi

Prof. Dr. Michael Nickerson

Prof. Dr. Denis Roy

Dr. Takuji Tanaka

Dr. Ting Zhou

Prof. Dr. Jinxuan Cao

Prof. Dr. Hong Chen

Prof. Dr. Yi Chen

Prof. Dr. Haiying Cui

Prof. Dr. Yun Deng

Prof. Dr. Ren-You Gan

Prof. Dr. Zhong Han

Prof. Dr. Zhiyong He

Prof. Dr. Zhengqiang Jiang

Prof. Dr. Peng Jin

Prof. Dr. Zhengyu Jin

Prof. Dr. Baohua Kong

Prof. Dr. Weihua Lai

Prof. Dr. Jianrong Li

Prof. Dr. Yan Li

Prof. Dr. Zhaofeng Li

Prof. Dr. Songyi Lin

Prof. Dr. Chengmei Liu

Dr. Huilin Liu

Prof. Dr. Xiaohu Luo

Prof. Dr. Xuegang Luo

Prof. Dr. Zisheng Luo

Prof. Dr. Haile Ma

Dr. Like Mao

Prof. Dr. Xiangzhao Mao

Prof. Dr. Shiyi Ou

Prof. Dr. Jinyong Peng

Prof. Dr. Guixing Ren

Prof. Dr. Baoguo Sun

Dr. Cuixia Sun

Prof. Dr. Weizheng Sun

Dr. Mingqian Tan

Prof. Dr. Jianlong Wang

Prof. Dr. Li Wang

Prof. Dr. Peng Wang

Prof. Dr. Qiang Wang

Prof. Dr. Shaojin Wang

Prof. Dr. Shuo Wang

Dr. Yanbo Wang

Prof. Dr. Yong Wang

Prof. Dr. Yun Wang

Prof. Dr. Yunpu Wang

Prof. Dr. Dingtao Wu

Prof. Dr. Hong Wu

Prof. Dr. Jihong Wu

Dr. Tao Wu

Prof. Dr. Xiufang Xia

Prof. Dr. Jianhua Xie

Prof. Dr. Liguang Xu

Prof. Dr. Zhenjiang Zech Xu

Prof. Dr. Long Yu

Prof. Dr. Maomao Zeng

Prof. Dr. Xiaoxiong Zeng

Prof. Dr. Dequan Zhang

Prof. Dr. Guowen Zhang

Prof. Dr. Prof. Dr. Hui Zhang

Min Zhang

Prof. Dr. Guanghua Zhao

Prof. Dr. Mouming Zhao

Dr. Wenxin Zhu

Prof. Dr. Danijela Bursać Kovačević

Prof. Dr. Lotte Bach Larsen

Prof. Dr. Hanne Christine Bertram

Dr. Mario M. Martinez

Prof. Dr. Johanna Björkroth

Prof. Dr. Baoru Yang

Prof. Dr. Frédéric Debeaufort

Prof. Dr. Djamel Drider

Dr. Didier Dupont

Dr. Mohamed Koubaa

Prof. Dr. Alain Le-Bail

Prof. Dr. Philippe Michaud

Dr. Pascal Schlich

Prof. Dr. Frédéric Tessier

Prof. Dr. Ioan Cristian Trelea

Prof. Dr. Gilles Trystram

Prof. Dr. Lothar W. Kroh

Dr. Dirk Lachenmeier

Dr. Bertrand Matthäus

Prof. Dr. Harshadrai M. Rawel

Prof. Dr. Harald Rohm

Prof. Dr. Markus Schmid

Dr. Charis M. Galanakis

Dr. Ioannis Giavasis

Prof. Dr. Theodoros Varzakas

Dr. Zuhaib Bhat

Dr. Adil Gani

Dr. Navin Kumar Rastogi

Dr. Mehran Moradi

Dr. Declan J. Bolton

Prof. Dr. Paula Bourke

Dr. Mohammed Gagaoua

Dr. Ruth Hamill

Dr. Maria Hayes

Prof. Dr. Song Miao

Prof. Dr. Colm O'Donnell

Dr. Emanuele Zannini

Dr. Uri Lesmes

Prof. Dr. Zeev Wiesman

Dr. Alessandra Bendini

Prof. Dr. Emma Chiavaro

Prof. Dr. Maurizio Ciani

Prof. Dr. Angela Conte

Prof. Dr. Maria Rosaria Corbo

Prof. Dr. Francesca Cuomo

Dr. Ivano De Noni

Prof. Dr. Raffaella Di Cagno

Prof. Dr. Francesco Donsì

Prof. Dr. Francesca De Filippis

Prof. Dr. Marcello Iriti

Prof. Dr. Vera Lavelli

Dr. Alessandra Marti

Dr. Filomena Nazzaro

Prof. Dr. Antonella Pasqualone

Dr. Gianpiero Pataro

Prof. Dr. Antonio Piga

Prof. Dr. Carlo Giuseppe Rizzello

Prof. Dr. Patrizia Romano

Prof. Dr. Antonello Santini

Prof. Dr. Gian Tenore

Prof. Dr. Francesco Visioli

Dr. Yimin Cai

Prof. Dr. Kazuo Miyashita

Prof. Dr. Che Ok Jeon

Prof. Dr. Cheorun Jo

Prof. Dr. Sea C. Min

Dr. Jayanta Kumar Patra

Prof. Dr. Hyun-Gyun Yuk

Dr. Lee Suan Chua

Prof. Dr. Chin Ping Tan

Prof. Dr. Cristóbal Noé Aguilar González

Prof. Dr. Elhadi M. Yahia

Dr. Alaa El-Din A. Bekhit

Prof. Dr. Charles Brennan

Dr. Sara R. Jaeger

Dr. Lovedeep Kaur

Prof. Dr. Conrad O. Perera

Dr. Geoffrey Savage

Prof. Dr. Harjinder Singh

Prof. Dr. Achim Kohler

Prof. Dr. Paweł Kafarski

Prof. Dr. Susana Casal

Prof. Dr. José A. Lopes da Silva

Prof. Dr. Isabel Ferreira

Prof. Dr. Ana Gomes

Prof. Dr. Nuno Mateus

Dr. Paula Teixeira

Prof. Dr. Dejian Huang

Dr. Hongshun Yang

Dr. Guodong Zhang

Prof. Dr. Weibiao Zhou

Prof. Dr. Natalia Arroyo-Manzanares

Prof. Dr. Francisco Artés-Hernández

Dr. Cristina Delgado-Andrade

Dr. Joaquín Gómez Estaca

Prof. Dr. Juana Fernández-López

Dr. Mónica Flores Llovera

Dr. Daniel Franco Ruiz

Prof.Vicente M. Gómez-López

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Dr. Beatriz Gullon

Dr. Tomás Herraiz

Prof. Dr. Antonio Melendez-Martinez

Dr. Leticia Mora

Dr. Francisco J. Morales

Dr. Francisco Javier Moreno

Prof. Dr. Oscar Núñez

Prof. Dr. Jose Angel Perez-Alvarez

Prof. Dr. Javier Raso

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Prof. Dr. Roberto Romero-González

Prof. Dr. Claudia Ruiz-Capillas

Dr. Esther Sendra

Dr. Laura Salvia Trujillo

Dr. Anna Vallverdú-Queralt

Prof. Dr. Maria Vargas

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Prof. Dr. Jianbo Xiao

Prof. Dr. Lars Nilsson

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Prof. Dr. Sakamon Devahastin

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Dr. Betina Piqueras-Fiszman

Prof. Dr. Saskia Van Ruth

Prof. Dr. Souhail Besbes

Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Bozkurt

Prof. Dr. Osman Erkmen

Prof. Dr. Filiz Içier

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Prof. Dr. Fatih Oz

Prof. Dr. Barbaros Özer

Prof. Dr. Yesim Özogul

Prof. Dr. Osman Sagdic

Prof. Dr. Kazim Sahin

Prof. Dr. Mustafa Tahsin Yılmaz

Prof. Dr. Grant Campbell

Dr. Gordon McDougall

Prof. Dr. Barry Parsons

Dr. Vassilios Raikos

Dr. Jan Mei Soon

Prof.Shahab A. Shamsi

Dr. Jinhe Bai

Prof. Dr. Arun K. Bhunia

Dr. Debabrata Biswas

Dr. Paul B. Brown

Prof. Dr. Robert L. Buchanan

Prof. Dr. Edgar Chambers IV

Prof. Dr. Eric Decker

Prof. Dr. Hao Feng

Prof. Dr. Jean-Xavier Guinard

Dr. Lili He

Prof. Dr. Fanbin Kong

Prof. Dr. Witoon Prinyawiwatkul

Dr. Phoebe X. Qi

Prof. Dr. Syed Rizvi

Prof. Dr. Moshe Rosenberg

Prof. Dr. Şenay Şimşek

Dr. Michael Tunick

Prof. Dr. Joe Vinson

Dr. Qin Wang

Prof. Dr. Weiqun Wang

Prof. Dr. Youling Xiong

The list was created by Prof. John P. A. Ioannidis from Stanford University and his research team. They have created a publicly available database of 100,000 top-cited scientists that provides standardized information on citations, h-index, co-authorship adjusted hm-index, citations to papers in different authorship positions and a composite indicator (c-score). The latest rankings reflect the significant influence and research excellence of the scientists, who are committed to furthering their knowledge for the benefit of the world.

1 December 2022
Foods | Top 10 Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Food Security and Sustainability”


1. “Transformation of the Food Sector: Security and Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic”
by Cennet Pelin Boyacι-Gündüz, Salam A. Ibrahim, Ooi Chien Wei and Charis M. Galanakis
Foods 2021, 10(3), 497; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10030497
Full text available online:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/3/497

2. “Chemical Composition, Nutrient Quality and Acceptability of Edible Insects Are Affected by Species, Developmental Stage, Gender, Diet, and Processing Method”
by Victor Benno Meyer-Rochow , Ruparao T. Gahukar, Sampat Ghosh and Chuleui Jung
Foods 2021, 10(5), 1036; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10051036
Full text available online:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/5/1036

3. “Blockchain-Based Traceability System That Ensures Food Safety Measures to Protect Consumer Safety and COVID-19 Free Supply Chains”
by Adnan Iftekhar and Xiaohui Cui
Foods 2021, 10(6), 1289; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10061289
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/6/1289

4. “Evaluation of the Bioactive Compounds Found in Tomato Seed Oil and Tomato Peels Influenced by Industrial Heat Treatments”
by Katalin Szabo, Francisc Vasile Dulf, Bernadette-Emőke Teleky, Panagiota Eleni, Christos Boukouvalas, Magdalini Krokida, Nikolas Kapsalis, Alexandru Vasile Rusu, Claudia Terezia Socol and Dan Cristian Vodnar
Foods 2021, 10(1), 110; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10010110
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/1/110

5. “Changes in the Food-Related Behaviour of Italian Consumers during the COVID-19 Pandemic”
by Rosa Maria Fanelli
Foods 2021, 10(1), 169; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10010169
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/1/169

6. “A Comprehensive Review on Valorization of Agro-Food Industrial Residues by Solid-State Fermentation”
by Gordana Šelo, Mirela Planinić, Marina Tišma, Srećko Tomas, Daliborka Koceva Komlenić and Ana Bucić-Kojić
Foods 2021, 10(5), 927; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10050927
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/5/927

7. “Recovery of Bioactive Compounds from Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) Peel Using Pressurized Liquid Extraction”
by Paula García, Carolina Fredes, Inés Cea, Jesús Lozano-Sánchez, Francisco Javier Leyva-Jiménez, Paz Robert, Cristina Vergara and Paula Jimenez
Foods 2021, 10(2), 203; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10020203
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/2/203

8. “Bioactive Compounds from Vine Shoots, Grape Stalks, and Wine Lees: Their Potential Use in Agro-Food Chains”
by Marica Troilo, Graziana Difonzo, Vito M. Paradiso, Carmine Summo and Francesco Caponio
Foods 2021, 10(2), 342; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10020342
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/2/342

9. “Safety of Alternative Proteins: Technological, Environmental and Regulatory Aspects of Cultured Meat, Plant-Based Meat, Insect Protein and Single-Cell Protein”
by Joshua Hadi and Gale Brightwell
Foods 2021, 10(6), 1226; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10061226
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/6/1226

10. “Presence of Parabens and Bisphenols in Food Commonly Consumed in Spain”
by Yolanda Gálvez-Ontiveros, Inmaculada Moscoso-Ruiz, Lourdes Rodrigo, Margarita Aguilera, Ana Rivas and Alberto Zafra-Gómez
Foods 2021, 10(1), 92; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10010092
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/1/92

1 December 2022
Foods | Top 10 Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Grain”


1. "Wheat Bread Fortification by Grape Pomace Powder: Nutritional, Technological, Antioxidant, and Sensory Properties"
by Roberta Tolve, Barbara Simonato, Giada Rainero, Federico Bianchi, Corrado Rizzi, Mariasole Cervini and Gianluca Giuberti
Foods 2021, 10(1), 75; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10010075
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/1/75

2. "Fermented Soy Products: Beneficial Potential in Neurodegenerative Diseases"
by Chan Ho Jang, Jisun Oh, Ji Sun Lim, Hyo Jung Kim and Jong-Sang Kim
Foods 2021, 10(3), 636; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10030636
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/3/636

3. "Wheat/Gluten-Related Disorders and Gluten-Free Diet Misconceptions: A Review"
by Carolina Sabença, Miguel Ribeiro, Telma de Sousa, Patrícia Poeta, Ana Sofia Bagulho and Gilberto Igrejas
Foods 2021, 10(8), 1765; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10081765
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/8/1765

4. "γ-PGA-Rich Chungkookjang, Short-Term Fermented Soybeans: Prevents Memory Impairment by Modulating Brain Insulin Sensitivity, Neuro-Inflammation, and the Gut–Microbiome–Brain Axis"
by Do-Youn Jeong, Myeong Seon Ryu, Hee-Jong Yang and Sunmin Park
Foods 2021, 10(2), 221; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10020221
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/2/221

5. "Increases of Lipophilic Antioxidants and Anticancer Activity of Coix Seed Fermented by Monascus purpureus"
by Haiying Zeng, Likang Qin, Xiaoyan Liu and Song Miao
Foods 2021, 10(3), 566; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10030566
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/3/566

6. "High Protein Substitutes for Gluten in Gluten-Free Bread"
by Adriana Skendi, Maria Papageorgiou and Theodoros Varzakas
Foods 2021, 10(9), 1997; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10091997
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/9/1997

7. "Influence of Flour and Fat Type on Dough Rheology and Technological Characteristics of 3D-Printed Cookies"
by Tomislava Vukušić Pavičić, Tomislava Grgić, Mia Ivanov, Dubravka Novotni and Zoran Herceg
Foods 2021, 10(1), 193; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10010193
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/1/193

8. "Functional Components and Anti-Nutritional Factors in Gluten-Free Grains: A Focus on Quinoa Seeds"
by Valentina Melini and Francesca Melini
Foods 2021, 10(2), 351; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10020351
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/2/351

9. "Wheat and Oat Brans as Sources of Polyphenol Compounds for Development of Antioxidant Nutraceutical Ingredients"
by Ana Belén Martín-Diana, María Jesús García-Casas, Cristina Martínez-Villaluenga, Juana Frías, Elena Peñas and Daniel Rico
Foods 2021, 10(1), 115; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10010115
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/1/115

10. "Highly-Efficient Release of Ferulic Acid from Agro-Industrial By-Products via Enzymatic Hydrolysis with Cellulose-Degrading Enzymes: Part I–The Superiority of Hydrolytic Enzymes Versus Conventional Hydrolysis"
by Karina Juhnevica-Radenkova, Jorens Kviesis, Diego A. Moreno, Dalija Seglina, Fernando Vallejo, Anda Valdovska and Vitalijs Radenkovs
Foods 2021, 10(4), 782; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10040782
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/4/782

24 November 2022
Foods | Top 10 Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Meat”


1. “A Novel Approach for Tuning the Physicochemical, Textural, and Sensory Characteristics of Plant-Based Meat Analogs with Different Levels of Methylcellulose Concentration”
by Allah Bakhsh, Se-Jin Lee, Eun-Yeong Lee, Nahar Sabikun, Young-Hwa Hwang and Seon-Tea Joo
Foods 2021, 10(3), 560; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10030560
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/3/560

2. “Heterocyclic Aromatic Amines in Meat: Formation, Isolation, Risk Assessment, and Inhibitory Effect of Plant Extracts”
by Hafiz Rehan Nadeem, Saeed Akhtar, Tariq Ismail, Piero Sestili, Jose Manuel Lorenzo, Muhammad Modassar Ali Nawaz Ranjha, Leonie Jooste, Christophe Hano and Rana Muhammad Aadil
Foods 2021, 10(7), 1466; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10071466
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/7/1466

3. “Understanding the Determination of Meat Quality Using Biochemical Characteristics of the Muscle: Stress at Slaughter and Other Missing Keys”
by E. M. Claudia Terlouw, Brigitte Picard, Véronique Deiss, Cécile Berri, Jean-François Hocquette, Bénédicte Lebret, Florence Lefèvre, Ruth Hamill and Mohammed Gagaoua
Foods 2021, 10(1), 84; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10010084
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/1/84

4. “Clean Label Alternatives in Meat Products”
by Gonzalo Delgado-Pando, Sotirios I. Ekonomou, Alexandros C. Stratakos and Tatiana Pintado
Foods 2021, 10(7), 1615; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10071615
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/7/1615

5. “Meat and Human Health—Current Knowledge and Research Gaps”
by Nina Rica Wium Geiker, Hanne Christine Bertram, Heddie Mejborn, Lars O. Dragsted, Lars Kristensen, Jorge R. Carrascal, Susanne Bügel and Arne Astrup
Foods 2021, 10(7), 1556; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10071556
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/7/1556

6. “Effect of Seasoning Addition on Volatile Composition and Sensory Properties of Stewed Pork”
by Dong Han, Chun-Hui Zhang and Marie-Laure Fauconn
Foods 2021, 10(1), 83; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10010083
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/1/83

7. “Volatile Compounds, Odour and Flavour Attributes of Lamb Meat from the Navarra Breed as Affected by Ageing”
by Kizkitza Insausti, María T. Murillo-Arbizu, Olaia Urrutia, José A. Mendizabal, María J. Beriain, Michael J. Colle, Phillip D. Bass and Ana Arana
Foods 2021, 10(3), 493; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10030493
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/3/493

8. “The Sources, Synthesis and Biological Actions of Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fatty Acids in Red Meat: An Overview”
by Eric N. Ponnampalam, Andrew J. Sinclair and Benjamin W. B. Holman
Foods 2021, 10(6), 1358; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10061358
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/6/1358

9. “Application of Natural Preservatives for Meat and Meat Products against Food-Borne Pathogens and Spoilage Bacteria: A Review”
by Hwan Hee Yu, Young-Wook Chin and Hyun-Dong Paik
Foods 2021, 10(10), 2418; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10102418
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/10/2418

10. “Technological Quality, Amino Acid and Fatty Acid Profile of Broiler Meat Enhanced by Dietary Inclusion of Black Soldier Fly Larvae”
by Jessica de Souza Vilela, Tharcilla I. R. C. Alvarenga, Nigel R. Andrew, Malcolm McPhee, Manisha Kolakshyapati, David L. Hopkins and Isabelle Ruhnke
Foods 2021, 10(2), 297; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10020297
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/2/297

24 November 2022
Foods | Top 10 Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods”


1. “Mineral Biofortification of Vegetables as a Tool to Improve Human Diet”
by Camila Vanessa Buturi, Rosario Paolo Mauro, Vincenzo Fogliano, Cherubino Leonardi and Francesco Giuffrida
Foods 2021, 10(2), 223; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10020223
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/2/223

2. “Dietary Curcumin Alleviated Acute Ileum Damage of Ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) Induced by AFB1 through Regulating Nrf2-ARE and NF-κB Signaling Pathways”
by Sanjun Jin, Hao Yang, Yihan Jiao, Qian Pang, Yingjie Wang, Min Wang, Anshan Shan and Xingjun Feng
Foods 2021, 10(6), 1370; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10061370
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/6/1370

3. “In Vitro Bile Salt Hydrolase (BSH) Activity Screening of Different Probiotic Microorganisms”
by Jimmy G. Hernández-Gómez, Argelia López-Bonilla, Gabriela Trejo-Tapia, Sandra V. Ávila-Reyes, Antonio R. Jiménez-Aparicio and Humberto Hernández-Sánchez
Foods 2021, 10(3), 674; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10030674
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/3/674

4. “Bioactive Ingredients and Medicinal Values of Grifola frondosa (Maitake)”
by Jian-Yong Wu, Ka-Chai Siu and Ping Geng
Foods 2021, 10(1), 95; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10010095
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/1/95

5.Morus alba L. Plant: Bioactive Compounds and Potential as a Functional Food Ingredient”
by Centhyea Chen, Umi Hartina Mohamad Razali, Fiffy Hanisdah Saikim, Azniza Mahyudin and Nor Qhairul Izzreen Mohd Noor
Foods 2021, 10(3), 689; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10030689
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/3/689

6. “Anti-Viral and Immunomodulatory Properties of Propolis: Chemical Diversity, Pharmacological Properties, Preclinical and Clinical Applications, and In Silico Potential against SARS-CoV-2”
by Nermeen Yosri, Aida A. Abd El-Wahed, Reem Ghonaim, Omar M. Khattab, Aya Sabry, Mahmoud A. A. Ibrahim, Mahmoud F. Moustafa, Zhiming Guo, Xiaobo Zou and Ahmed F. M. Algethami et al.
Foods 2021, 10(8), 1776; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10081776
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/8/1776

7. “Risk of Bacillus cereus in Relation to Rice and Derivatives”
by Dolores Rodrigo, Cristina M. Rosell and Antonio Martinez
Foods 2021, 10(2), 302; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10020302
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/2/302

8. “Bioactive Compounds in Wild Nettle (Urtica dioica L.) Leaves and Stalks: Polyphenols and Pigments upon Seasonal and Habitat Variations”
by Maja Repajić, Ena Cegledi, Zoran Zorić, Sandra Pedisić, Ivona Elez Garofulić, Sanja Radman, Igor Palčić and Verica Dragović-Uzelac
Foods 2021, 10(1), 190; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10010190
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/1/190

9. “Probiotic Effects against Virus Infections: New Weapons for an Old War”
by Aroa Lopez-Santamarina, Alexandre Lamas, Alicia del Carmen Mondragón, Alejandra Cardelle-Cobas, Patricia Regal, José Antonio Rodriguez-Avila, José Manuel Miranda, Carlos Manuel Franco and Alberto Cepeda
Foods 2021, 10(1), 130; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10010130
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/1/130

10. “Food and Beverages Containing Algae and Derived Ingredients Launched in the Market from 2015 to 2019: A Front-of-Pack Labeling Perspective with a Special Focus on Spain”
by Fatma Boukid and Massimo Castellari
Foods 2021, 10(1), 173; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10010173
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/1/173

21 November 2022
Foods | Top 10 Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Plant Foods”


1. “Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Zingiber officinale roscoe and Allium subhirsutum: In Silico, Biochemical and Histological Study”

by Nourhene Zammel, Mohd Saeed, Nouha Bouali, Salem Elkahoui, Jahoor M. Alam, Tarek Rebai, Mohd A. Kausar, Mohd Adnan, Arif J. Siddiqui and Riadh Badraoui
Foods 2021, 10(6), 1383; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10061383
Full text available online:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/6/1383

2. “Impact of Plant-Based Meat Alternatives on the Gut Microbiota of Consumers: A Real-World Study”
by Miguel A. Toribio-Mateas, Adri Bester and Natalia Klimenko
Foods 2021, 10(9), 2040; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10092040
Full text available online:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/9/2040

3. “Recent Advances in Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer as a Herb for Anti-Fatigue: An Effects and Mechanisms Review”
by Guanyu Lu, Zhuoting Liu, Xu Wang and Chunling Wang
Foods 2021, 10(5), 1030; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10051030
Full text available online:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/5/1030

4. “Meat Analogues in the Perspective of Recent Scientific Research: A Review”
by Klaudia Kołodziejczak, Anna Onopiuk, Arkadiusz Szpicer and Andrzej Poltorak
Foods 2022, 11(1), 105; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11010105
Full text available online:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/1/105

5. “The Chemical, Structural, and Biological Properties of Crude Polysaccharides from Sweet Tea (Lithocarpus litseifolius (Hance) Chun) Based on Different Extraction Technologies”
by Huan Guo, Meng-Xi Fu, Yun-Xuan Zhao, Hang Li, Hua-Bin Li, Ding-Tao Wu and Ren-You Gan
Foods 2021, 10(8), 1779; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10081779
Full text available online:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/8/1779

6. “Rosemary Essential Oils as a Promising Source of Bioactive Compounds: Chemical Composition, Thermal Properties, Biological Activity, and Gastronomical Perspectives”
by Darko Micić, Saša Đurović, Pavel Riabov, Ana Tomić, Olja Šovljanski, Snežana Filip, Tomislav Tosti, Biljana Dojčinović, Rade Božović, Dušan Jovanović and Stevan Blagojević
Foods 2021, 10(11), 2734; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10112734
Full text available online:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/11/2734

7. “4-Hydroxyderricin Promotes Apoptosis and Cell Cycle Arrest through Regulating PI3K/AKT/mTOR Pathway in Hepatocellular Cells”
by Xiang Gao, Yuhuan Jiang, Qi Xu, Feng Liu, Xuening Pang, Mingji Wang, Qun Li and Zichao Li
Foods 2021, 10(9), 2036; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10092036
Full text available online:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/9/2036

8. “Mechanistic Insights into Biological Activities of Polyphenolic Compounds from Rosemary Obtained by Inverse Molecular Docking”
by Samo Lešnik and Urban Bren
Foods 2022, 11(1), 67; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11010067
Full text available online:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/1/67

9. “Phenolic Compounds and Triterpenes in Different Olive Tissues and Olive Oil By-Products, and Cytotoxicity on Human Colorectal Cancer Cells: The Case of Frantoio, Moraiolo and Leccino Cultivars (Olea europaea L.)”
by Pujun Xie, Lorenzo Cecchi, Maria Bellumori, Diletta Balli, Lisa Giovannelli, Lixin Huang and Nadia Mulinacci
Foods 2021, 10(11), 2823; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10112823
Full text available online:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/11/2823

10. “Bitter Gourd Honey Ameliorates Hepatic and Renal Diabetic Complications on Type 2 Diabetes Rat Models by Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory, and Anti-Apoptotic Mechanisms”
by Chandra Sekhar Arigela, Giribabu Nelli, Siew Hua Gan, Kuttulebbai Nainamohamed Salam Sirajudeen, Kumarathevan Krishnan, Nurhanan Abdul Rahman and Visweswara Rao Pasupuleti
Foods 2021, 10(11), 2872; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10112872
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/11/2872

21 November 2022
Foods | Top 10 Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Sensory and Consumer Sciences”


1. “COVID-19 Lockdown and Self-Perceived Changes of Food Choice, Waste, Impulse Buying and Their Determinants in Italy: QuarantEat, a Cross-Sectional Study”
by Alessandro Scacchi, Dario Catozzi, Edoardo Boietti, Fabrizio Bert and Roberta Siliquini
Foods 2021, 10(2), 306; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10020306
Full text available online:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/2/306

2. “Food Choice Determinants and Perceptions of a Healthy Diet among Italian Consumers”
by Rungsaran Wongprawmas, Cristina Mora, Nicoletta Pellegrini, Raquel P. F. Guiné, Eleonora Carini, Giovanni Sogari and Elena Vittadini
Foods 2021, 10(2), 318; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10020318
Full text available online:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/2/318

3. “Explaining Chinese Consumers’ Green Food Purchase Intentions during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Extended Theory of Planned Behaviour”
by Xin Qi and Angelika Ploeger
Foods 2021, 10(6), 1200; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10061200
Full text available online:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/6/1200

4. “Consumer Perception of Food Quality and Safety in Western Balkan Countries: Evidence from Albania and Kosovo”
by Rainer Haas, Drini Imami, Iliriana Miftari, Prespa Ymeri, Klaus Grunert and Oliver Meixner
Foods 2021, 10(1), 160; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10010160
Full text available online:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/1/160

5. “Plant-Based Cheeses: A Systematic Review of Sensory Evaluation Studies and Strategies to Increase Consumer Acceptance”
by Erin C. Short, Amanda J. Kinchla and Alissa A. Nolden
Foods 2021, 10(4), 725; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10040725
Full text available online:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/4/725

6. “Sensory Analysis and Consumer Research in New Meat Products Development”
by Claudia Ruiz-Capillas, Ana M. Herrero, Tatiana Pintado and Gonzalo Delgado-Pando
Foods 2021, 10(2), 429; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10020429
Full text available online:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/2/429

7. “Trends in Coffee and Tea Consumption during the COVID-19 Pandemic”
by Fabio Castellana, Sara De Nucci, Giovanni De Pergola, Martina Di Chito, Giuseppe Lisco, Vincenzo Triggiani, Rodolfo Sardone and Roberta Zupo
Foods 2021, 10(10), 2458; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10102458
Full text available online:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/10/2458

8. “Self-Reported Emotions and Facial Expressions on Consumer Acceptability: A Study Using Energy Drinks”
by Annu Mehta, Chetan Sharma, Madhuri Kanala, Mishika Thakur, Roland Harrison and Damir Dennis Torrico
Foods 2021, 10(2), 330; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10020330
Full text available online:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/2/330

9. “Trends in Food Preferences and Sustainable Behavior during the COVID-19 Lockdown: Evidence from Spanish Consumers”
by Shanshan Li, Zein Kallas, Djamel Rahmani and José Maria Gil
Foods 2021, 10(8), 1898; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10081898
Full text available online:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/8/1898

10. “Possibilities for Maintaining Appetite in Recovering COVID-19 Patients”
by Alexander Teymour Zadeh Baboli Høier, Nora Chaaban and Barbara Vad Andersen
Foods 2021, 10(2), 464; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10020464
Full text available online:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/2/464

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.

We hope you enjoy the contents!

27 September 2022
Recruiting Editorial Board Members for Foods

Foods (ISSN: 2304-8158; IF: 5.561), an international, scientific, peer-reviewed, open access journal of food science, is now recruiting Editorial Board Members (EBMs).

The responsibilities of Editorial Board Members are as follows:

  • Pre-screening and making decisions on new submissions related to your research interests;
  • Setting up at least one Special Issue during your term on a topic related to your research interests (or supervising Special Issues related to your research field);
  • Providing input or feedback regarding journal policies;
  • Helping to promote the journal among your peers or at conferences;
  • Attending board meetings to suggest journal development strategies;
  • Reviewing manuscripts.

For the full list of  Editorial Board Members, please see the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/foods/editors.

If you are interested in becoming an Editorial Board Member of Foods, please send us your full academic CV and a short cover letter detailing your interest and suitability for the position. If you would like to recommend potential candidates or request further information, please contact the Foods Editorial Office at foods@mdpi.com. We look forward to working with you in the future.

26 July 2022
Meet Us at the China Functional Foods Conference 2022, 1–3 August 2022, Nanjing, China


Conference:
China Functional Foods Conference 2022
Date
: 1–3 August 2022
Place:
Nanjing, China
Booth Number:
#A19
Theme: Functional Foods and Human Health

Nutrients (ISSN: 2072-6643) will be attending the China Functional Foods Conference 2022 as exhibitors from 1 to 3 August in Nanjing, China.

Conference program:

(I) Invited reports: 

  1. Development status and trending of global nutritional functional foods;
  2. Nutrition, healthcare for special food regulations and standards;
  3. Current situation and development of a special food industry;
  4. Future trends of personalized precision nutrition.

(II) Thematic forums: 

  1. Technological innovation and industrial development of special medical use formula food;
  2. Technological innovation and industrial development of probiotics;
  3. Technological innovation and industrial development of bioactive peptides;
  4. Development and application of functional food raw materials/ingredients;
  5. Food nutrition and human health;
  6. Functional food development and industrial development of marine resources;
  7. Homology of medicine and food and development and industrial development of natural products;
  8. Functional polysaccharide nutrition and development and application;
  9. Cereal food nutrition and intensive processing.

Booth information:

Booth information

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

Please do not hesitate to reach out if you plan on attending this conference. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you might have.

For more information about the conference, please visit the following website: http://guohsushipn.mikecrm.com/0EYH8vK.

20 July 2022
Meet Us at the 15th China Nutrition Science Congress, 29–31 July 2022, Wuhan, China


Conference
: 15th China Nutrition Science Congress
Date: 29–31 July 2022
Place: Wuhan, China
Booth: #3

Nutrients (ISSN: 2072-6643) will be attending the 15th China Nutrition Science Congress 2022 as an exhibitor from 29 to 31 July in Wuhan, China.

The 15th China Nutrition Science Congress is a key academic activity of The Chinese Nutrition Society, which is a scientific grand meeting in the nutrition field, and an important platform to display the latest research results on nutrition in China, sharing the latest research progress in the field of nutrition.

The theme of the conference is “Food Nutrition and Health”. The conference will host many well-known experts and outstanding scholars in the field of nutrition and health to discuss basic theoretical research and the application of food nutrition and health, the latest breakthroughs in the field of nutrition, exchange new academic ideas and new methods, and forecast the future development trends of nutrition.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

  • Nutrients;
  • Children;
  • CIMB;
  • Fermentation;
  • Foods;
  • Healthcare;
  • Nutraceuticals;
  • Obesities;
  • Women.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you plan on attending this conference. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you might have.

For more information about the conference, please visit the following link: https://cnsc2021.sciconf.cn/cn/web/index/11176.

28 June 2022
2021 Impact Factors - Released

The 2021 citation metrics have been released in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), and we’re pleased to announce the following results for MDPI journals:

Journal Impact Factor Rank Category
Antioxidants 7.675 Q1 Food Science & Technology
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Chemistry, Medicinal
Cells 7.666 Q2 Cell Biology
Nutrients 6.706 Q1 Nutrition & Dietetics
Cancers 6.575 Q1 Oncology
Pharmaceutics 6.525 Q1 Pharmacology & Pharmacy
International Journal of Molecular Sciences 6.208 Q1 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Q2 Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Marine Drugs 6.085 Q1 Chemistry, Medicinal
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Biomolecules 6.064 Q2 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Batteries * 5.938 Q2 Electrochemistry
Energy & Fuels
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Viruses 5.818 Q2 Virology
Biosensors 5.743 Q1 Chemistry, Analytical
Instruments & Instrumentation
Q2 Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Journal of Fungi 5.724 Q1 Mycology
Q2 Microbiology
Nanomaterials 5.719 Q1 Physics, Applied
Q2 Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Metabolites 5.581 Q2 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Foods 5.561 Q1 Food Science & Technology
Drones * 5.532 Q2 Remote Sensing
Remote Sensing 5.349 Q1 Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Imaging Science & Photographic Technology
Q2 Remote Sensing
Environmental Sciences
Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research 5.318 Q2 Business
Antibiotics 5.222 Q1 Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Q2 Infectious Diseases
Pharmaceuticals 5.215 Q1 Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Q2 Chemistry, Medicinal
Biology 5.168 Q1 Biology
Fermentation 5.123 Q2 Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Toxins 5.075 Q1 Toxicology
Q2 Food Science & Technology
Bioengineering * 5.046 Q2 Engineering, Biomedical
Polymers 4.967 Q1 Polymer Science
Journal of Clinical Medicine 4.964 Q2 Medicine, General & Internal
Vaccines 4.961 Q2 Immunology
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Molecules 4.927 Q2 Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Microorganisms 4.926 Q2 Microbiology
Journal of Functional Biomaterials * 4.901 Q2 Engineering, Biomedical
Materials Science, Biomaterials
Biomedicines 4.757 Q2 Medicine, Research & Experimental
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Plants 4.658 Q1 Plant Sciences
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 4.614 Q1 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health (SSCI)
Q2 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health (SCIE)
Environmental Sciences (SCIE)
Membranes 4.562 Q1 Polymer Science
Q2 Engineering, Chemical
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Chemistry, Physical
Pathogens 4.531 Q2 Microbiology
Catalysts 4.501 Q2 Chemistry, Physical
Toxics 4.472 Q2 Toxicology
Environmental Sciences
Gels 4.432 Q1 Polymer Science
Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease 4.415 Q2 Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Chemosensors 4.229 Q1 Instruments & Instrumentation
Q2 Chemistry, Analytical
Q3 Electrochemistry
Genes 4.141 Q2 Genetics & Heredity
Diagnostics 3.992 Q2 Medicine, General & Internal
Agronomy 3.949 Q1 Agronomy
Plant Sciences
Land 3.905 Q2 Environmental Studies
Sustainability 3.889 Q2 Environmental Sciences (SCIE)
Environmental Studies (SSCI)
Q3 Green & Sustainable Science & Technology (SCIE)
Q4 Green & Sustainable Science & Technology (SSCI)
Sensors 3.847 Q2 Instruments & Instrumentation
Chemistry, Analytical
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Materials 3.748 Q1 Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering
Q2 Physics, Applied
Physics, Condensed Matter
Q3 Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Chemistry, Physical
Biomimetics * 3.743 Q2 Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Q3 Materials Science, Biomaterials
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease * 3.711 Q1 Tropical Medicine
Q2 Parasitology
Q3 Infectious Diseases
Lubricants * 3.584 Q2 Engineering, Mechanical
Fractal and Fractional 3.577 Q1 Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications
Water 3.530 Q2 Water Resources
Q3 Environmental Sciences
Micromachines 3.523 Q2 Instruments & Instrumentation
Physics, Applied
Chemistry, Analytical
Q3 Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Journal of Personalized Medicine 3.508 Q2 Medicine, General & Internal
Health Care Sciences & Services
Agriculture 3.408 Q1 Agronomy
Processes 3.352 Q2 Engineering, Chemical
Separations 3.344 Q2 Chemistry, Analytical
Magnetochemistry 3.336 Q2 Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Q3 Chemistry, Physical
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Brain Sciences 3.333 Q3 Neurosciences
Buildings 3.324 Q2 Construction & Building Technology
Engineering, Civil
Forests 3.282 Q1 Forestry
Energies 3.252 Q3 Energy & Fuels
Life 3.251 Q2 Biology
Coatings 3.236 Q2 Materials Science, Coatings & Films
Physics, Applied
Q3 Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Animals 3.231 Q1 Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Veterinary Sciences
Journal of Intelligence * 3.176 Q2 Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Fishes 3.170 Q1 Marine & Freshwater Biology
Q2 Fisheries
Healthcare 3.160 Q2 Health Policy & Services (SSCI)
Health Care Sciences & Services (SCIE)
Inorganics * 3.149 Q2 Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Insects 3.139 Q1 Entomology
Atmosphere 3.110 Q3 Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Environmental Sciences
Current Oncology 3.109 Q3 Oncology
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 3.099 Q2 Geography, Physical
Q3 Computer Science, Information Systems
Remote Sensing
Diversity 3.029 Q2 Biodiversity Conservation
Ecology
Tomography 3.000 Q3 Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Current Issues in Molecular Biology 2.976 Q3 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Medicina 2.948 Q3 Medicine, General & Internal
Symmetry 2.940 Q2 Multidisciplinary Sciences
Horticulturae 2.923 Q1 Horticulture
Machines 2.899 Q2 Engineering, Mechanical
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Systems * 2.895 Q2 Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Applied Sciences 2.838 Q2 Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Physics, Applied
Q3 Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Children 2.835 Q2 Pediatrics
Minerals 2.818 Q2 Mining & Mineral Processing
Mineralogy
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Universe 2.813 Q2 Astronomy & Astrophysics
Q3 Physics, Particles & Fields
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 2.744 Q1 Engineering, Marine
Q2 Oceanography
Engineering, Ocean
Entropy 2.738 Q2 Physics, Multidisciplinary
Fire * 2.726 Q2 Forestry
Q3 Ecology
Metals 2.695 Q2 Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering
Q3 Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Electronics 2.690 Q3 Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Computer Science, Information Systems
Physics, Applied
Crystals 2.670 Q2 Crystallography
Q3 Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Aerospace 2.660 Q1 Engineering, Aerospace
Mathematics 2.592 Q1 Mathematics
Photonics 2.536 Q3 Optics
Actuators 2.523 Q2 Instruments & Instrumentation
Q3 Engineering, Mechanical
Veterinary Sciences 2.518 Q2 Veterinary Sciences
Behavioral Sciences * 2.286 Q3 Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Axioms * 1.824 Q2 Mathematics, Applied

For more information on Impact Factors and what it means to index academic journals, please visit our related blog posts.

 

* Journals given their first Impact Factor in 2022

Source: 2021 Journal Impact Factors, Journal Citation Reports TM (Clarivate, 2022)

 

9 June 2022
2021 CiteScores - Released


The 2021 citation metrics have been officially released in Scopus!

We are pleased to announce that 182 MDPI journals are included, of which:

● 21 journals received their first CiteScore.
● 85% of journals increased their CiteScore from 2020.
● 155 journals (85%) ranked above average, in at least one category.

The following 65 MDPI journals (36%) ranked among the top 25% of journals, in at least one category:

Journal

CiteScore

Quartile

Category

Non-coding RNA

10.1

Q1

Genetics

Journal of Functional Biomaterials

10.0

Q1

Biomedical Engineering

Marine Drugs

8.1

Q1

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous)

Batteries

7.9

Q1

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Nutrients

7.9

Q1

Nutrition and Dietetics

Remote Sensing

7.4

Q1

General Earth and Planetary Sciences

Drones

7.2

Q1

Computer Science Applications

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

6.9

Q1

Inorganic Chemistry

Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks

6.9

Q1

Computer Networks and Communications

Cells

6.7

Q1

General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Nanomaterials

6.6

Q1

General Chemical Engineering

Toxins

6.6

Q1

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Viruses

6.6

Q1

Infectious Diseases

Antioxidants

6.5

Q1

Food Science

Fibers

6.5

Q1

Civil and Structural Engineering

Resources

6.4

Q1

Nature and Landscape Conservation

Sensors

6.4

Q1

Instrumentation

Big Data and Cognitive Computing

6.1

Q1

Management Information Systems

Molecules

5.9

Q1

Chemistry (miscellaneous)

Polymers

5.7

Q1

Polymers and Plastics

Biosensors

5.6

Q1

Engineering (miscellaneous)

Catalysts

5.5

Q1

General Environmental Science

Smart Cities

5.5

Q1

Urban Studies

Future Internet

5.4

Q2

Computer Networks and Communications

Beverages

5.3

Q1

Food Science

Fermentation

5.3

Q1

Plant Science

Environments

5.2

Q1

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Inventions

5.2

Q1

General Engineering

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

5.1

Q1

Development

Colloids and Interfaces

5.0

Q1

Chemistry (miscellaneous)

Energies

5.0

Q1

Control and Optimization

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

5.0

Q1

Geography, Planning and Development

Sustainability

5.0

Q1

Geography, Planning and Development

Fire

4.9

Q1

Forestry

Robotics

4.9

Q1

Control and Optimization

Soil Systems

4.9

Q1

Soil Science

Geosciences

4.8

Q1

General Earth and Planetary Sciences

Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing

4.8

Q1

Mechanical Engineering

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease

4.8

Q1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Water

4.8

Q1

Geography, Planning and Development

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

4.5

Q1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Sports

4.5

Q1

Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation

Entropy

4.4

Q1

Mathematical Physics

Journal of Clinical Medicine

4.4

Q1

General Medicine

Symmetry

4.3

Q1

General Mathematics

Cosmetics

4.2

Q1

Surgery

Foods

4.1

Q1

Health Professions (miscellaneous)

Journal of Fungi

4.1

Q1

Plant Science

ChemEngineering

4.0

Q1

General Engineering

Forests

4.0

Q1

Forestry

Journal of Intelligence

4.0

Q1

Education

Antibiotics

3.9

Q1

General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics

Cryptography

3.9

Q1

Applied Mathematics

Behavioral Sciences

3.8

Q1

Development

Buildings

3.8

Q1

Architecture

Metals

3.8

Q1

Metals and Alloys

Publications

3.5

Q1

Communication

Social Sciences

3.4

Q1

General Social Sciences

Mathematics

2.9

Q1

General Mathematics

Fractal and Fractional

2.8

Q1

Analysis

Animals

2.7

Q1

General Veterinary

Axioms

2.6

Q1

Algebra and Number Theory

Heritage

1.8

Q1

Conservation

Religions

1.0

Q1

Religious Studies

Philosophies

0.9

Q1

Philosophy

Source: 2021 CiteScores™ (Elsevier)

2 June 2022
MDPI’s 2021 Outstanding Reviewer Awards in “Biology & Life Sciences”—Winners Announced

In order to acknowledge our reviewers, who so generously dedicate their time to reviewing papers and demonstrate diligence, professionalism, and timeliness when reviewing manuscripts, MDPI journals regularly offer outstanding reviewer awards to scholars who participate in the peer-review process.

We are proud to recognize winners for the year 2021 in the “Biology & Life Sciences” category for their outstanding contributions among extensive competition by presenting them with an Outstanding Reviewer Award.

We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all the winners on their achievement.

MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.

Biology:

  • Enrico Vito Perrino, CIHEAM, Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari, Italy
  • Dhirendra Kumar, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, USA
  • Carlos A. Viegas, Univesity of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
  • Yuri Shavrukov, Flinders University, Australia
  • Bipin Gaihre, Mayo Clinic, USA

Brain Sciences:

  • Craig D. Workman, University of Iowa, USA
  • Vivian Ciaramitaro, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA
  • Yang Zhang, University of Minnesota, USA

Cells:

  • Bonam Srinivasa Reddy, Université de Paris, France
  • Homma Takujiro, Yamagata University, Japan
  • Hwang, In Koo, Seoul National University, South Korea
  • Kobeissy Firas, University of Florida, USA
  • Rebelo, Sandra, University of Aveiro, Portugal

Diversity:

  • Günter Gollmann, University of Vienna, Austria
  • Stephan Koblmüller, University of Graz, Austria
  • Emiliano Mori, Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri, Italy

Horticulturae:

  • Joshua D. Klein, Agricultural Research Organization—The Volcani Center, Israel
  • Ana Cristina S Figueiredo, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Insects:

  • Carmelo Peter Bonsignore, Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Italy
  • Klaus H. Hoffmann, University of Bayreuth, Germany
  • Ivan Milosavljević, University of California, USA

Metabolites:

  • Remigiusz Bachor, University of Wrocław, Poland
  • Nguyen Phuoc Long, Inje University College of Medicine, South Korea
  • Chi Chen, University of Minnesota, USA

Nutrients:

  • Jadwiga Hamułka, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland
  • Grace Campbell, University of Sydney, Australia
  • Nicholas Norwitz, Harvard Medical School, USA
  • Stefan Kabisch, Charité University Hospital Berlin, Germany
  • Luis Rodrigo, University of Oviedo, Spain

Veterinary Sciences:

  • Carlos Viegas, Univesity of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
  • Arvind Sharma, The University of Queensland, Australia

2 June 2022
MDPI’s 2021 Young Investigator Awards in “Biology & Life Sciences”—Winners Announced

MDPI’s Young Investigator Awards recognize promising junior researchers, acknowledge their contributions, and enhance communication among scientists. We are proud to present the 2021 winners in the “Biology & Life Sciences” category. The winners were selected by the journals’ editors.

We warmly congratulate the awarded young investigators for their outstanding contributions.

MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.

Agriculture:

  • Carlos Guzmán, University of Cordoba, Spain

Animals:

  • Katharina Hohlbaum, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Cells:

  • Uri Ben-David, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Diversity:

  • Enrico Lunghi, Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China

Foods:

  • Guodong Zhang, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA

Horticulturae:

  • Luke Bell, Temperate Horticulture, University of Reading, UK

International Journal of Molecular Sciences:

  • Alessandro D’Urso, University of Catania, Italy.
  • Apostolos Zaravinos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
  • Cesar de la Fuente-Nunez, University of Pennsylvania, USA
  • Maria Teresa Caccamo, Messina University, Italy
  • Tiziana Bonifacino, University of Genoa, Italy

Journal of Fungi:

  • Federico Baltar, University of Vienna, Austria
  • Rebecca Drummond, University of Birmingham, UK
  • Miriam Oses-Ruiz, Public University of Navarre, Spain

Life:

  • João Pedro da Silva Machado Lobo, University of Porto, Portugal
  • Vincenzo Russo, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy

Metabolites:

  • Gabriele Rocchetti, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Italy

Nutrients:

  • Fiona Lavelle, Queen's University Belfast, UK
  • Matthew Snelson, Monash University, Australia

Pathogens:

  • Si Ming Man, Australian National University, Australia
  • Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan, University of Hong Kong, China

Plants:

  • Stefania Sut, University of Padova, Italy
  • Mohamed Ahmed El-Esawi, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt

Vaccines:

  • Nicholas M. Provine, University of Oxford, UK

Viruses:

  • Nicholas S. Heaton, Duke University, USA

2 June 2022
MDPI’s 2021 Travel Awards in “Biology & Life Sciences”—Winners Announced

We are proud to recognize the winners of MDPI’s 2021 Travel Awards in the “Biology & Life Sciences” category for their outstanding presentations and to present them with the prize.

MDPI journals regularly offer travel awards to encourage talented junior scientists to present their latest research at academic conferences in specific fields, which helps to increase their influence.

The winners mentioned below were carefully selected by the journal editors based on an outline of their research and the work to be presented at an academic conference.

We would like to warmly congratulate the winners of 2021 Travel Awards and wish them the greatest success with their future research endeavors. MDPI will continue to enhance communication among scientists.

Agriculture:

  • Zahra Bitarafan, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Norway
  • Nikolaos Tsoulias, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB), Germany

Fermentation:

  • Michela Verni, University of Bari, Italy
  • Philipp Demling, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Horticulturae:

  • Jagveer Singh, Punjab Agricultural University, India
  • Ibrar Hussain, State University of Londrina, Brazil

Microorganisms:

  • Francis Muchaamba, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Methods and Protocols:

  • Tanja Eisemann, SBP Medical Discovery Institute, USA

Nutrients:

  • Mrinalini Dey, National Institute for Health Research, UK
  • Ben Kirk, University of Melbourne, Australia
  • Kirrilly Pursey, University of Newcastle, Australia
  • Dieuwertje Kok, Wageningen University, the Netherlands
  • Hanna Huber, University of Bonn, Germany
  • Marlene Lages, University of Porto, Portugal
  • Zohra S. Lassi, University of Adelaide, Australia
  • Rik Olde Engberink, Amsterdam University Medicial Center, the Netherlands
  • Sarah Warkentin, University of Porto (ISPUP), Portugal
  • Álvaro Hernáez, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway
  • Leila Abdelhamid, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, USA
  • Maria Michela Cesare, University of Siena, Italy
  • Kaisa Hiippala, University of Helsinki, Finland

Pathogens:

  • Vanessa Silva, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal
  • Hejun Liu, Scripps Research Institute, USA
  • Tomokazu Tamura, Princeton University, USA

Toxins:

  • Cecilie Knudsen, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
  • Laura Biessy, Cawthron Institute, New Zealand
  • Marcelo Mendes Rabelo, University of Florida, USA

Vaccines:

  • Hee Chun Chung, Seoul National University, South Korea
  • Alejandro Marin Lopez, Yale University, USA

2 June 2022
MDPI’s 2021 Best Paper Awards in “Biology & Life Sciences”—Winners Announced

The purpose of our Best Paper Awards is to promote and recognize the most impactful contributions published within MDPI journals.

The editors of each journal carefully selected reviews and research papers through a rigorous judging process based on criteria such as the scientific merit, overall impact, and the quality of presentation of the papers published in the journal last year.

We are honored to present the winners in the subject areas of “Biology & Life Sciences”, who were selected amongst extensive competition, and congratulate the authors for their outstanding scientific publications.

MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.

Animals:

by Wenchao Liu, Yilin Yuan, Chenyu Sun, Balamuralikrishnan Balasubramanian, Zhihui Zhao and Lilong An

Animals 2019, 9(8), 506, doi 10.3390/ani9080506

by Peter Coals, Dawn Burnham, Andrew Loveridge, David W. Macdonald, Michael ’t Sas-Rolfes, Vivienne L. Williams and John A. Vucetich

Animals 2019, 9(2), 52; doi 10.3390/ani9020052

by Giovanni Sogari, Mario Amato, Ilaria Biasato, Silvana Chiesa and Laura Gasco

Animals 2019, 9(4), 119; doi 10.3390/ani9040119

Antibodies:

by Mark L. Chiu; Dennis R. Goulet; Alexey Teplyakov and Gary L. Gilliland

Antibodies 2019, 8(4), 55; doi 10.3390/antib8040055

Antioxidants:

by Luca Frattaruolo, Gabriele Carullo, Matteo Brindisi, Sarah Mazzotta, Luca Bellissimo, Vittoria Rago, Rosita Curcio, Vincenza Dolce, Francesca Aiello and Anna Rita Cappello

Antioxidants 2019, 8(6), 186; doi 10.3390/antiox8060186

by Chunhe Gu, Kate Howell, Frank R. Dunshea and Hafiz A. R. Suleria

Antioxidants 2019, 8(9), 405; doi 10.3390/antiox8090405

by Spyridon A. Petropoulos, Ângela Fernandes, Maria Inês Dias, Ioannis B. Vasilakoglou, Konstantinos Petrotos, Lillian Barros and Isabel C. F. R. Ferreira

Antioxidants 2019, 8(8), 293; doi 10.3390/antiox8080293

by Rubén Domínguez, Mirian Pateiro, Mohammed Gagaoua, Francisco J. Barba, Wangang Zhang and José M. Lorenzo

Antioxidants 2019, 8(10), 429; doi 10.3390/antiox8100429

Biology:

by Michael H. Hastings, Elizabeth S. Maywood and Marco Brancaccio

Biology 2019, 8(1), 13; doi 10.3390/biology8010013

by Gail D. Schwieterman, Daniel P. Crear, Brooke N. Anderson, Danielle R. Lavoie, James A. Sulikowski, Peter G. Bushnell and Richard W. Brill

Biology 2019, 8(3), 56; doi 10.3390/biology8030056

Biomolecules:

by Shuichi Nakamura and Tohru Minamino

Biomolecules 2019, 9(7), 279; doi 10.3390/biom9070279

by Dmitrii Usoltsev, Vera Sitnikovaandrey Kajava and Mayya Uspenskaya

Biomolecules 2019, 9(8), 359; doi 10.3390/biom9080359

by Gerhard Liebisch, Josef Ecker, Sebastian Roth, Sabine Schweizer, Veronika Öttl, Hans-Frieder Schött, Hongsup Yoon, Dirk Haller, Ernst Holler, Ralph Burkhardt and Silke Matysik

Biomolecules 2019, 9(4), 121; doi 10.3390/biom9040121

by Anna Janaszewska, Joanna Lazniewska, Przemysław Trzepiński, Monika Marcinkowska and Barbara Klajnert-Maculewicz

Biomolecules 2019, 9(8), 330; doi 10.3390/biom9080330

Cells:

by Heng Sheng Sow, Jiang Ren, Marcel Camps, Ferry Ossendorp and Peter ten Dijke

Cells 2019, 8(4), 320; doi 10.3390/cells8040320

by Dinender K. Singla, Taylor A. Johnson and Zahra Tavakoli Dargani

Cells 2019, 8(10), 1224; doi 10.3390/cells8101224

by Laura M. Doyle and Michael Zhuo Wang

Cells 2019, 8(7), 727; doi 10.3390/cells8070727

by Yu Han, Xuezhou Li, Yanbo Zhang, Yuping Han, Fei Chang and Jianxun Ding

Cells 2019, 8(8), 886; doi 10.3390/cells8080886

Genes:

by Sarah B. Kingan, Haynes Heaton, Juliana Cudini, Christine C. Lambert, Primo Baybayan, Brendan D. Galvin, Richard Durbin, Jonas Korlach and Mara K. N. Lawniczak

Genes 2019, 10(1), 62; doi 10.3390/genes10010062

by Katherine E Bohnsack, Claudia Höbartner and Markus T Bohnsack

Genes 2019, 10(2), 102; doi 10.3390/genes10020102

by Laura M. Boykin, Peter Sseruwagi, Titus Alicai, Elijah Ateka, Ibrahim Umar Mohammed, Jo-Ann L. Stanton, Charles Kayuki, Deogratius Mark, Tarcisius Fute, Joel Erasto, Hilda Bachwenkizi, Brenda Muga, Naomi Mumo, Jenniffer Mwangi, Phillip Abidrabo, Geoffrey Okao-Okuja, Geresemu Omuut, Jacinta Akol, Hellen B. Apio, Francis Osingada, Monica A. Kehoe, David Eccles, Anders Savill, Stephen Lamb, Tonny Kinene, Christopher B. Rawle, Abishek Muralidhar, Kirsty Mayall, Fred Tairo and Joseph Ndunguru

Genes 2019, 10(9), 632; doi 10.3390/genes10090632

by Elamin Hafiz Baillo, Roy Njoroge Kimotho, Zhengbin Zhang and Ping Xu

Genes 2019, 10(10), 771; doi 10.3390/genes10100771

Horticulturae:

by Lida Fuentes, Carlos R. Figueroa and Monika Valdenegro

Horticulturae 2019, 5(2), 45; doi 10.3390/horticulturae5020045

by Marta Guarise, Gigliola Borgonovo, Angela Bassoli and Antonio Ferrante

Horticulturae 2019, 5(1), 13; doi 10.3390/horticulturae5010013

Insects:

by Rik Clymans, Vincent Van Kerckvoorde, Eva Bangels, Wannes Akkermans, Ammar Alhmedi, Patrick De Clercq, Tim Beliën and Dany bylemans

Insects 2019, 10(7), 200; doi 10.3390/insects10070200

by Marc Kenis, Hannalene du Plessis, Johnnie Van den Berg, Malick Niango Ba, Georg Goergen, Koffi Eric Kwadjo, Ibrahim Baoua, Tadele Tefera, Alan Buddie, Giovanni Cafà, Lisa Offord, Ivan Rwomushana and Andrew Polaszek

Insects 2019, 10(4), 92; doi 10.3390/insects10040092

by Rafael R. da Costa, Haofu Hu, Hongjie Li and Michael Poulsen

Insects 2019, 10(4), 87; doi 10.3390/insects10040087

International Journal of Molecular Sciences:

by Rüdiger Hardeland

Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2019, 20(5), 1223; doi 10.3390/ijms20051223

by Elise Lévy, Nadine El Banna, Dorothée Baïlle, Amélie Heneman-Masurel, Sandrine Truchet, Human Rezaei, Meng-Er Huang, Vincent Béringue, Davy Martin and Laurence Vernis

Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2019, 20(16), 3896; doi 10.3390/ijms20163896

by Beatriz Herrero-Fernandez, Raquel Gomez-Bris, Beatriz Somovilla-Crespo and Jose Maria Gonzalez-Granado

Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2019, 20(21), 5293; doi 10.3390/ijms20215293

by Claudia Beaurivage, Elena Naumovska, Yee Xiang Chang, Edo D. Elstak, Arnaud Nicolas, Heidi Wouters, Guido van Moolenbroek, Henriëtte L. Lanz, Sebastiaan J. Trietsch, Jos Joore, Paul Vulto, Richard A.J. Janssen, Kai S. Erdmann, Jan Stallen and Dorota Kurek

Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2019, 20(22), 5661; doi 10.3390/ijms20225661

by Maiko Okano, Masanori Oshi, Ali Linsk Butash, Eriko Katsuta, Kazunoshin Tachibana, Katsuharu Saito, Hirokazu Okayama, Xuan Peng, Li Yan, Koji Kono, Toru Ohtake and Kazuaki Takabe

Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2019, 20(17), 4197; doi 10.3390/ijms20174197

by Shaista Afroz, Rieko Arakaki, Takuma Iwasa, Masamitsu Oshima, Maki Hosoki, Miho Inoue, Otto Baba, Yoshihiro Okayama and Yoshizo Matsuka

Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2019, 20(3), 711; doi 10.3390/ijms20030711

Life:

by Márió Gajdács, Zoltán Bátori, Marianna Ábrók, Andrea Lázár and Katalin Burián

Life 2020, 10(2), 16; doi 10.3390/life10020016

by Carla Ferreira, Catarina Almeida, Sandra Tenreiro and Alexandre Quintas

Life 2020, 10(6), 86; doi 10.3390/life10060086

Nutrients:

by Ronald D. Hills, Benjamin A. Pontefract, Hillary R. Mishcon, Cody A. Black, Steven C. Sutton and Cory R. Theberge

Nutrients 2019, 11(7), 1613; doi 10.3390/nu11071613

by Harri Hemilä and Elizabeth Chalker

Nutrients 2019, 11(4), 708; doi 10.3390/nu11040708

by Humaira Jamshed, Robbie A. Beyl, Deborah L. Della Manna, Eddy S. Yang, Eric Ravussin and Courtney M. Peterson

Nutrients 2019, 11(6), 1234; doi 10.3390/nu11061234

Pathogens:

by Israr Kha, Naeem Ullah, Lajia Zha, Yanrui Bai, Ashiq Khan, Tang Zhao, Tuanjie Che and Chunjiang Zhang

Pathogens 2019, 8(3), 126; doi 10.3390/pathogens8030126

by Spyridoula-Angeliki Nikou,Nessim Kichik, Rhys Brown, Nicole O. Ponde, Jemima Ho, Julian R. Naglik and Jonathan P. Richardson

Pathogens 2019, 8(2), 53; doi 10.3390/pathogens8020053

by Steven Batinovic, Flavia Wassef, Sarah A. Knowler, Daniel T.F. Rice, Cassandra R. Stanton, Jayson Rose, Joseph Tucci, Tadashi Nittami, Antony Vinh, Grant R. Drummond, Christopher G. Sobey, Hiu Tat Chan, Robert J. Seviour, Steve Petrovski and Ashley E. Franks

Pathogens 2019, 8(3), 100; doi 10.3390/pathogens8030100

Plants:

by Muhammad Hammad Saleem, Johan Potgieter and Khalid Mahmood Arif 

Plants 20198(11), 468; doi 10.3390/plants8110468

by Ida Linić, Dunja Šamec, Jiří Grúz, Valerija Vujčić Bok, Miroslav Strnad and Branka Salopek-Sondi

Plants 20198(6), 155; doi 10.3390/plants8060155

by Marie Agatha Mohn, Besarta Thaqi and Katrin Fischer-Schrader

Plants 20198(3), 67; doi 10.3390/plants8030067

by Chiara Biselliandrea Volante, Francesca Desiderio, Alessandro Tondelli, Alberto Gianinetti, Franca Finocchiaro, Federica Taddei, Laura Gazza, Daniela Sgrulletta, Luigi Cattivelli and Giampiero Valè

Plants 20198(8), 292; doi 10.3390/plants8080292

18 March 2022
Prof. Dr. Michelle Colgrave Appointed Section Editor-in-Chief of Section “Foodomics” in Foods

Name: Prof. Dr. Michelle Colgrave
Email: michelle.colgrave@csiro.au
Affiliation: CSIRO Agriculture and Food, 306 Carmody Road, St Lucia, QLD 4053, Australia
Interests: proteomics; peptides; proteins; agriculture; food science; allergens; bioactives
Homepage: https://people.csiro.au/c/m/michelle-colgrave; https://www.ecu.edu.au/schools/science/staff/profiles/professors/professor-michelle-colgrave
Personal profile:

Professor Michelle Colgrave is the Future Protein Mission Leader at CSIRO Agriculture and Food, based in Brisbane, Australia. Prof. Dr. Michelle Colgrave uses mass spectrometry (MS) and proteomics to help identify key proteins that will benefit Australia's livestock and plant industries which will improve human health. Proteomics is the study of proteins using mass spectrometry. Prof. Dr. Colgrave is working to identify novel proteins and to characterize their function and post-translational modifications. Prof. Dr. Colgrave is a Chief Investigator for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein Science.

Prior to joining CSIRO, Prof. Dr. Michelle Colgrave built a strong, international reputation for her studies on the structure and function of bioactive peptides, namely cyclotides. Her research, which often applies innovative approaches, has been widely published in high-impact journals, and her findings have extended beyond reporting molecular structures and have uncovered the evolution and development of these peptides.

Prof. Dr. Colgrave has applied MS techniques for the quantification of gluten (hordeins in barley; gliadins and glutenins in wheat). The success of this research has been recognized through the receipt of the ICM Agrifood Award (Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) Innovation and Excellence Awards, 2020), CSIRO Chairman’s Medal (2016), Plant Industry Research Achievement Award (2014), the Payne-Scott Award (2014), and the John Philip Award for Promotion of Excellence in Young Scientists (2012). In 2021, Prof. Dr. Colgrave received the Excellence in Research Award from the Edith Cowan University and the Bowie Medal from the Australian and New Zealand Society for Mass Spectrometry.

The following is a short Q&A with Prof. Dr. Michelle Colgrave, who shared her vision for the journal with us, as well as her view of the research area and open access publishing:

1. What appealed to you about the journal that made you want to take on the role of Section Editor-in-Chief?

As a proteomics scientist who is focused on agrifood application, foodomics sits at the intersection of my science and passion. Comprehensive, high-throughput approaches applied to food science offer the potential to enhance human nutrition. Food is medicine first and foremost, and nature offers an abundance of peptides, proteins, and metabolites that can be used for human benefit.

2. What is your vision for the journal?

With over two billion extra mouths to feed by 2050, we need to transform our food systems. Foodomics is a platform to enhance our food systems, and only through the communication and dissemination of novel technology, innovations, and cutting-edge science can we address these global challenges of nutrition and food security under the present climate uncertainty. In my role as Section Editor-in-Chief, I seek to boost the scientific quality of the “Foodomics” Section and accelerate the growth and development of Foods.

3. What does the future of this field of research look like?

There is no more important time in history to focus our efforts on transforming our food systems. With global population growth, changing climatic conditions, supply chain uncertainty, pandemics, conflict and more, we need to deliver translational food science and innovation.

4. What do you think of the development of Open Access in the publishing field?

Open Access is a critical step in research dissemination, catalyzing innovation, and enhancing research outcome adoption, and will thus have an enormous impact on society.

We wish Prof. Dr. Michelle Colgrave every success in her research and in the development of the journal.

Foods Editorial Office

17 March 2022
Topical Collections in Foods—Call for Papers

The following four Topical Collections, published in Foods (ISSN: 2304-8158), are calling for papers.

For more detail, and to submit manuscripts, please click on the titles below:

17 March 2022
Recruiting Volunteer Reviewers for Foods

We would like to invite you to join the Foods (ISSN: 2304-8158) Reviewer Board (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/foods).

If you are interested in applying for this role, please click on the following link:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/foods/submission_reviewers.

7 January 2022
Meet Us Virtually at the Topic Workshop | Scientific Advances in STEM, 12 January 2022


MDPI would like to invite all recognized experts in their field to attend our Topic Workshop | Scientific Advances in STEM. The aim of this workshop is to provide a platform for scholars in disciplines related to science and engineering to discuss and contribute to the advancement of these fields.

Webinar: Topic Workshop | Scientific Advances in STEM
Date: 12/1/2022
Time: 9:30 a.m. (CET)
Register in advance for this webinar here.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information on how to join the workshop. The number of participants in the live session is limited, but the recording will be made available shortly afterwards. Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized.

Workshop Chairperson:

  • Ana María Beltrán Custodio, University of Seville (US)

Dr. Ana M. Beltrán has a Ph.D. in material science and is currently an Associate Professor of Material Science at the University of Seville (Spain). Her scientific interests include the characterization of different materials, both at a macroscale (concerning the mechanical properties of biomaterials) and at a nanoscale, through transmission electron microscopy (structural and compositional analysis of bio-nanostructures, semiconductor, and catalysts) to understand their behavior. She has been the Guest Editor of Special Issues for the journal Metals, and she also contributed to MDPI’s first multidisciplinary topic involving the journals Metals, Polymers, Foods, Sustainability, and Sensors, from which a book was published. She is currently involved in the running of a second multidisciplinary topic entitled “Scientific Advances in STEM: Synergies to Achieve Success”.

Workshop Speakers:

  • Frank Jörg Clemens, Empa Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology Überlandstrasse

Dr. Frank Clemens is a Group Leader (Smart Ceramic Processing) at the Laboratory for High Performance Ceramics at Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Science and Technology, Switzerland. His scientific and applied research belongs to the thermoplastic processing of powder-based sensors, actuators, and structural materials. His group focuses on national and international projects in this field, and he works with physicists, chemists, material scientists, and engineers to investigate activation energies on different processing steps. In addition, he has also developed new strategies for the processing of functional ceramics and soft sensor materials and structures. Since 2003, he has been a lecturer at ETH Zurich (Switzerland), and between 2010 and 2021, he was a lecturer at ZHAW (Switzerland). He has more than 150 peer-reviewed articles and patents.

  • Dr. Carlos Bengoechea, Chemical Engineering Department, University of Sevilla, Seville, Spain

Prof. Dr. Carlos Bengoechea is an Associate Professor at the University of Seville, Spain, where he teaches different courses, such as Chemical Engineering or Polymeric Materials. He has wide experience in the development of applications (e.g., plastics, emulsions) that add value to by-products of the industry (e.g., soy protein, porcine plasma). Currently, he is supervising an R&D project on green superabsorbent materials for personal care applications using different by-products.

We are pleased to provide this excellent opportunity to all the brilliant researchers to propose and develop new approaches, exchange perspectives, and encourage new lines of research.

To find out more about the speakers and the program, please visit https://sciforum.net/event/SASTEM. We hope you can join us for this event.

Shun Li
MDPI Guest Editor Club
Conference Secretariat

17 December 2021
Foods | Call for Special Issue Proposals

If you would like to set up your own Special Issue in Foods, please click here to apply. You are especially welcome to contribute to the following four Sections: “Food Security and Sustainability”, “Food Quality and Safety”, “Food Physics and (Bio)Chemistry”, and “Sensory and Consumer Sciences”.

We look forward to receiving your proposals.

1 December 2021
20 Foods Editorial Board Members Receive "2021 Highly Cited Researchers" Distinction

According to data from Web of Science, we are very proud to congratulate the following 20 Editorial Board Members of Foods (ISSN: 2304-8158 ) for being selected as “2021 Highly Cited Researchers” by Clarivate. We congratulate the following authors for receiving this award and we expect them to lead Foods to more achievements in the future.

1. Name: Dr. Francisco J. Barba
Category: Agricultural Sciences
Email: Francisco.Barba@uv.es
Affiliation: Nutrition and Food Science Area, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Food Science, Toxicology and Forensic Medicine Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitat de València, Avda. Vicent Andrés Estellés, s/n, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
Interests: nutrients; bioactive compounds; food preservation; thermal treatment; innovative processing; high-pressure processing; compressed fluids; pulsed electric fields; ultrasound; microwaves; phytochemical purification; phytochemical analysis; compound isolation; bioaccessibility; bioavailability
Homepage: https://sciprofiles.com/profile/FranciscoJBarba;
https://www.uv.es/uvweb/universidad/es/ficha-persona-1285950309813.html?p2=barfran&idA=true

2. Name: Dr. Predrag Putnik
Category: Agricultural Sciences
Email: pputnik@alumni.uconn.edu
Affiliation: Department of Food Technology, University North, Zagreb, Croatia
Interests: general statistics; research methodology; experimental design; mathematical modeling; multivariate analysis; novel food processing and extraction technologies
Homepage: https://sciprofiles.com/profile/237870

3. Name: Prof. Dr. Soottawat Benjakul
Category: Agricultural Sciences
Email: soottawat.b@psu.ac.th
Affiliation: International Center of Excellence in Seafood Science and Innovation (ICE-SSI), Faculty of Agro-Industry, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla 90110, Thailand
Interests: food proteins; protein hydrolysate; food lipids; functional properties (gelation, film formation, emulsification); seafood quality; seafood enzymes; non-thermal process; plant polyphenols; surimi; shelf-life extension; utilization of fish processing byproducts; functional ingredients; active packaging
Homepage: https://agro.psu.ac.th/agro5/en/faculty-staff/57-department-of-food-technology/107-soottawat-benjakul.html;
https://sciprofiles.com/profile/1412196

4. Name: Dr. Didier Dupont
Category: Agricultural Sciences
Email: didier.dupont@inrae.fr
Affiliation: INRAE, L'Institut Agro, UMR Science and Technology of Milk and Eggs, 65 rue de Saint-Brieuc, 35000 Rennes, France
Interests: food digestion; in vitro and in vivo models; bioactive peptides; nutrient bioavailability; food structure; milk and dairy products
Homepage: https://sciprofiles.com/profile/1231958

5. Name: Dr. Mario Estévez
Category: Agricultural Sciences
Email: mariovet@unex.es
Affiliation: IPROCAR Research Institute, University of Extremadura, Avda Universidad s/n 10003, Caceres, Spain
Interests: protein oxidation; lipid oxidation; Maillard reaction; muscle foods; phytochemicals; natural antioxidants; food biochemistry; nutrition
Homepage: https://sciprofiles.com/profile/794191

6. Name: Prof. Dr. Daniel Granato
Category: Agricultural Sciences
Email: daniel.granato@ul.ie
Affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
Interests: reactive oxygen species; inflammation; antioxidants; multivariate data analysis; phenolic compounds; statistical optimization; food chemistry; analytical methods; phenolic compounds; food fraud
Homepage: https://sciprofiles.com/profile/851666

7. Name: Dr. Charis M. Galanakis
Category: Agricultural Sciences
Email: cgalanakis@chemlab.gr
Affiliation: Department of Research & Innovation, Galanakis Laboratories, Skalidi 34, GR-73131, Chania, Greece
Interests: food recovery; food waste; natural products; phytochemical analysis; polyphenols; membrane technologies
Homepage: https://sciprofiles.com/profile/80695

8. Name: Prof. Dr. Jose Angel Perez-Alvarez
Category: Agricultural Sciences
Email: ja.perez@umh.es
Affiliation: IPOA Research group. AgroFood Technology Department, Orihuela Polytechnical High School. Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche, Orihuela, Spain
Interests: functional and healthy foods; dietary fibers; healthy meat products; animal-based foods; plant protein analogues
Homepage: https://sciprofiles.com/profile/1004990

9. Name: Dr. Isidra Recio
Category: Agricultural Sciences
Email: i.recio@csic.es
Affiliation: Institute of Food Science Research, CIAL (CSIC-UAM), Nicolás Cabrera 9, 28049 Madrid, Spain
Interests: protein gastrointestinal digestion; food proteins and peptides; biological activity of food proteins and peptides; satiating effect of proteins; protein nutritional quality; proteomics and peptidomics
Homepage: https://www.cial.uam-csic.es/pagperso/biopep/index_eng.html

10. Name: Dr. Qin Wang
Category: Agricultural Sciences
Email: wangqin@umd.edu
Affiliation: Nutrition and Food Science Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
Interests: biopolymer biophysics; food nanotechnology; micro- and nano-encapsulation for controlled release; functional foods; nutrient delivery; biodegradable packaging materials; microgreen; antimicrobial agents and antioxidants; biosensor; biopolymer coatings
Homepage: https://agnr.umd.edu/about/directory/qin-wang;
https://sciprofiles.com/profile/1900

11. Name: Prof. Dr. Guowen Zhang
Category: Agricultural Sciences
Email: gwzhang@ncu.edu.cn
Affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
Interests: food chemistry; food analysis; interaction; mechanism of action of small compounds and biomolecules; inhibitory effect of enzymatic activity; food contaminants; bioactive compounds
Homepage: https://sciprofiles.com/profile/1698750

12. Name: Prof. Dr. Min Zhang
Category: Agricultural Sciences
Email: min@jiangnan.edu.cn
Affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
Interests: food drying; food 3D printing; food preservation; food freezing
Homepage: http://foodsci.jiangnan.edu.cn/szdw/js/Z/zm.htm

13. Name: Prof. Dr. Haiying Cui
Category: Cross-Field
Email: cuihaiying@ujs.edu.cn
Affiliation: School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
Interests: foodborne pathogen; food safety; biofilm; food packaging; essential oil
Homepage: https://spswxy.ujs.edu.cn/info/1009/5120.htm

14. Name: Prof. Dr. Eric A. Decker
Category: Agricultural Sciences
Email: edeckerma@gmail.com
Affiliation: Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, Chenoweth Laboratory, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Interests: functional and nutritional aspects of lipids; lipid oxidation; antioxidants and chelators
Homepage: https://www.foodsci.umass.edu/faculty/eric-decker

15. Name: Prof. Dr. Rotimi Aluko
Category: Agricultural Sciences
Email: rotimi.aluko@umanitoba.ca
Affiliation: Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
Interests: food proteins; functional properties; bioactive peptides; spontaneously hypertensive rats; circular dichroism; protein hydrolysates; enzyme inhibition kinetics; angiotensin converting enzyme; renin; QSAR; antioxidants; antihypertensive
Homepage: https://umanitoba.ca/agricultural-food-sciences/rotimi-aluko;
https://sciprofiles.com/profile/84838

16. Name: Dr. Hongbin Pu
Category: Agricultural Sciences
Email: fehbpu@scut.edu.cn
Affiliation: School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China
Interests: food safety; food detection; nanoparticles
Homepage: https://www2.scut.edu.cn/food_en/2017/0224/c6187a158406/page.htm

17. Name: Prof. Dr. Jorge Manuel Alexandre Saraiva
Category: Agricultural Sciences
Email: jorgesaraiva@ua.pt
Affiliation: Associate Laboratory LAQV-REQUIMTE, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Interests: high-pressure food applications; food properties improvement; foods production
Homepage: https://laqv.requimte.pt/people/1725-jorge_manuel_alexandre_saraiva

18. Name: Prof. Dr. Jianhua Xie
Category: Agricultural Sciences
Email: jhxie@ncu.edu.cn
Affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
Interests: polysaccharide; functional foods; microbiome; hydrocolloids; biopolymers
Homepage: https://sciprofiles.com/profile/330767

19. Name: Prof. Dr. Danijela Bursać Kovačević
Category: Agricultural Sciences
Email: dbursac@pbf.hr
Affiliation: Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Interests: functional food; thermal and non-thermal food processing; bioactive compounds; food chemistry; sustainability; 3D printing
Homepage: https://sciprofiles.com/profile/390659

20. Name: Dr. Amin Mousavi Khaneghah
Category: Cross-Field
Email:
Affiliation: Department of Food Science, Faculty of Food Engineering, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
Interests: mycotoxins; food contamination; potentially toxic elements (PTEs); pesticide; food safety; food process engineering
Homepage: https://sciprofiles.com/profile/824291

The full list of 2021 Highly Cited Researchers can be accessed at the following webpage in the Web of Science: https://recognition.webofscience.com/awards/highly-cited/2021/.

23 November 2021
Foods | New Section “Foodomics” Established

We would like to invite you to contribute to the new Section of Foods (ISSN: 2304-8158): “Foodomics”.

More information can be found at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/foods/sections/foodomics.

You are also welcome to apply to join the Editorial Board of this Section, or set up a Special Issue within your research scope. If you are interested, please email zane.zhang@mdpi.com or foods@mdpi.com.

22 November 2021
722 MDPI Editorial Board Members Receiving "2021 Highly Cited Researchers" Distinction

It is our great honor to congratulate the Editorial Board Members and Editors in MDPI's journals who have been distinguished as 2021 Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate, according to Web of Science data. We herewith express our gratitude for the immense impact the named researchers continue to make on scientific progress and on our journals' development.

Clarivate's annual list of Highly Cited ResearchersTM identifies the most highly cited scientists for the past decade. Their impactful papers are among the top 1 per cent in the citation distribution of one or more of 22 fields analyzed in the "Essential Science Indicators", distinguishing them as hugely influential among their peers.

Abate, Antonio
Abatzoglou, John T.
Abbaszadeh, Mostafa
Acharya, U. Rajendra
Acharya, Viral V.
Agarwal, Ravi P.
Ahn, Myung-Ju
Airoldi, Laura
Ali, Imran
Allakhverdiev, Suleyman I.
Aluko, Rotimi E.
Anasori, Babak
Andersson, Dan I.
Andes, David
Anker, Stefan D.
Apergis, Nicholas
Ariga, Katsuhiko
Arqub, Omar Abu
Aschner, Michael
Assaraf, Yehuda G.
Astruc, Didier
Atala, Anthony
Atanasov, Atanas G.
Atangana, Abdon
Bahram, Mohammad
Bakris, George L.
Balandin, Alexander A.
Baleanu, Dumitru
Balsamo, Gianpaolo
Bando, Yoshio
Banks, William A.
Bansal-Travers, Maansi
Barba, Francisco J.
Barros, Lillian
Basit, Abdul W.
Baskonus, Haci Mehmet
Bassetti, Matteo
Battino, Maurizio
Bell, Jordana T.
Bellomo, Nicola
Benediktsson, Jon Atli
Benelli, Giovanni
Benjakul, Soottawat
Bhatnagar, Amit
Biddle, Stuart J. H.
Biondi, Antonio
Biondi-Zoccai, Giuseppe
Bjarnsholt, Thomas
Blaabjerg, Frede
Blaschke, Thomas
Blay, Jean-Yves
Blumwald, Eduardo
Blunt, John W.
Boffetta, Paolo
Bogers, Marcel
Bonomo, Robert A.
Bowman, David M.J.S.
Boyer, Cyrille
Brestic, Marian
Brevik, Eric C.
Buhalis, Dimitrios
Burdick, Jason A.
Byrd, John C.
Cabeza, Luisa F.
Cai, Xingjuan
Cai, Jianchao
Calhoun, Vince D.
Calin, George
Cao, Jinde
Cao, Guozhong
Carvalho, Andre F.
Castellanos-Gomez, Andres
Cerqueira, Miguel Ângelo Parente Ribeiro
Chang, Jo-Shu
Chang, Chih-Hao
Chastin, Sebastien
Chau, Kwok-wing
Chemat, Farid
Chen, Xiaobo
Chen, YangQuan
Chen, Jianmin
Chen, Chaoji
Chen, Min
Chen, Qi
Chen, Jun
Chen, Xi
Chen, Peng
Chen, Yulin
Chen, Bo
Chen, Chen
Chen, Zhi-Gang
Chen, Wei-Hsin
Chen, Gang
Chen, Yongsheng
Chen, Xiang
Chen, Yimin
Chen, Runsheng
Chen, Lidong
Chen, Shaowei
Chen, Qian
Chen, Yu
Chen, Shuangming
Chiclana, Francisco
Cho, Sun Young
Choi, Wonyong
Chowdhary, Anuradha
Choyke, Peter L.
Cichocki, Andrzej
Corella, Dolores
Corma, Avelino
Cortes, Javier
Cortes, Jorge
Costanza, Robert
Crommie, Michael F.
Cui, Yi
Cui, Haiying
Cui, Qinghua
Cummings, Kenneth Michael
Dai, Shifeng
Dai, Sheng
Daiber, Andreas
Davis, Steven J.
Dawson, Ted M.
de la Fuente-Nunez, Cesar
Decker, Eric Andrew
Dekel, Avishai
Demaria, Marco
Deng, Yong
Deng, Xiangzheng
DePinho, Ronald A.
Desneux, Nicolas
Dimopoulos, Meletios-Athanasios
Ding, Aijun
Dionysiou, Dionysios D.
Dokmeci, Mehmet Remzi
Dolgui, Alexandre
Dong, Fan
Dou, Shi Xue
Dou, Letian
Du, Qian
Du, Bo
Dube, Shanta Rishi
Dufresne, Alain
Dummer, Reinhard
Dupont, Didier
Edwards, David
Elaissari, Abdelhamid
Elhoseny, Mohamed
Ellahi, Rahmat
Ellis, Erle C.
ElMasry, Gamal
Esteller, Manel
Estévez, Mario
Fabbro, Doriano
Facchetti, Antonio
Fan, Zhanxi
Fang, Chuanglin
Fasano, Alessio
Fečkan, Michal
Felser, Claudia
Feng, Liangzhu
Fensholt, Rasmus
Ferdinandy, Péter
Fernandez-Lafuente, Roberto
Ferreira, Isabel C. F. R.
Filippi, Massimo
Fisher, Helen
Fortino, Giancarlo
Fosso Wamba, Samuel
Franceschi, Claudio
Fujita, Hamido
Fujita, Masayuki
Gai, Francesco
Gaisford, Simon
Galanakis, Charis M.
Galluzzi, Lorenzo
Galvano, Fabio
Gan, Ren-You
Gan, Lihua
Gandomi, Amir H.
Gao, Bin
Gao, Feng
Gao, Minrui
Gao, Huijun
Gao, Wei
Gao, Huile
Garbe, Claus
Garcia, Hermenegildo
Gasbarrini, Antonio
Gasco, Laura
Gautret, Philippe
Geng, Yong
Gerdts, Gunnar
Geschwind, Daniel H.
Ghadimi, Noradin
Ghaffari, Roozbeh
Ghamisi, Pedram
Giampieri, Francesca
Glick, Bernard R.
Gnant, Michael
Goel, Ajay
Gogotsi, Yury
Goldewijk, Kees Klein
Gong, Jinlong
Gong, Yongji
Govindan, Kannan
Granato, Daniel
Grancini, Giulia
Green, Douglas R.
Grosso, Giuseppe
Gu, Ke
Guan, Cao
Guastella, Adam J.
Guerrero, Josep M.
Gui, Guan
Guizani, Mohsen
Guo, Zaiping
Gupta, Rangan
Gutzmer, Ralf
Haase, Dagmar
Habibi-Yangjeh, Aziz
Hagemann, Stefan
Hagger, Martin
Hamblin, Michael R.
Hammoudeh, Shawkat
Han, Heesup
Hanes, Justin
Harrison, Roy M.
Hartung, Hans-Peter
Hasanuzzaman, Mirza
He, Jr-Hau
He, Hongwen
He, Jiaqing
He, Debiao
Henseler, Jörg
Herrera, Francisco
Herrera-Viedma, Enrique
Hetz, Claudio
Ho Kim, Jung
Holmes, Elaine
Hossain, Ekram
Hsueh, Po-Ren
Hu, Xiaosong
Hu, Wenbin
Huang, Jianping
Huang, Hongwei
Huang, Yu
Huang, Jianying
Huang, Peng
Huang, Baibiao
Huang, Shaoming
Hubacek, Klaus

Iqbal, Hafiz M. N.
Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi
Izzo, Angelo A.
Jacobson, Kenneth A.
Jain, Atul
Jankovic, Joseph
Jelezko, Fedor
Ji, Xiaobo
Ji, Guangbin
Jiang, Hai-Long
Jiang, Lei
Jiang, Junjun
Jiang, Qing
Jiang, Shibo
Jin, Shi
Jones, Peter A.
Kalantar-zadeh, Kourosh
Kaner, Richard B.
Kannan, Kurunthachalam
Kappos, Ludwig
Karagiannidis, George K.
Karimi, Hamid Reza
Karimi-Maleh, Hassan
Karp, Peter D.
Kataoka, Kazunori
Katritch, Vsevolod
Kawi, Sibudjing
Keesstra, Saskia
Kepp, Oliver
Keyzers, Robert A.
Khademhosseini, Ali
Khan, Nafees A.
Kiessling, Fabian
Kim, Ki-Hyun
Kim, Haegyeom
Kim, Jeonghun
Kim, Jong Seung
Kirkwood, John M.
Kisi, Ozgur
Kivshar, Yuri
Klenk, Hans-Peter
Ko, Wen-Chien
Konopleva, Marina Y.
Kontoyiannis, Dimitrios P.
Koonin, Eugene V.
Kou, Gang
Krausmann, Fridolin
Krebs, Frederik C.
Kroemer, Guido
Kuca, Kamil
Kudo, Masatoshi
Kuhn, Jens H.
Kumar, Devendra
Kumar, Alan Prem
Kumar, Sudhir
Kumar Sangaiah, Arun
Kurths, Juergen
Kuznetsov, Nikolay V.
Kuzyakov, Yakov
Kwan, Mei-Po
Kyrpides, Nikos C.
La Vecchia, Carlo
Lai, Yuekun
Lam, James
Lammers, Twan
Lamuela-Raventos, Rosa M.
Lancellotti, Patrizio
Landi, Francesco
Laurent, Sophie
Lavie, Carl J.
Laxminarayan, Ramanan
Lee, Sang Soo
Lee, Jin-Wook
Lee, Pooi See
Lehmann, Johannes
Lei, Yaguo
Lei, Ting
Leng, Lijian
Leung, Dennis Y. C.
Leung, Victor C. M.
Levine, Ross
Li, Wei
Li, Jie
Li, Jinghong
Li, Jun
Li, Heng
Li, Gang
Li, Yat
Li, Peng
Li, Hailong
Li, Changpin
Li, Yan
Li, Yurui
Li, Xiaodi
Li, Hong
Li, Shutao
Li, Hongyi
Li, Zhijun
Li, Peiyue
Lin, Yuehe
Lin, Hongjun
Lin, Lin
Lip, Gregory Y. H.
Liu, Jian
Liu, Meng
Liu, Hong
Liu, Tao
Liu, Lei
Liu, Jianxing
Liu, Wei
Liu, Gang
Liu, Yang
Liu, Peide
Lockhart, Shawn R.
Long, Hualou
Löscher, Wolfgang
Lu, Jun
Lu, Jianquan
Lu, Nanshu
Lucey, Brian
Lund, Henrik
Luo, Jun
Luo, Yi
Luo, Jingshan
Luo, Yangchao
Lupton, Deborah
Luque, Rafael
Lv, Wei
Lvov, Yuri M.
Lyons, Timothy W.
Ma, Tianyi
Ma, Jun
Ma, Jiayi
Ma, Wen-Xiu
Ma, Yanming
Maggioni, Aldo Pietro
Mahmood, Nasir
Mahmoudi, Morteza
Mai, Liqiang
Mallavarapu, Megharaj
Mandala, Mario
Mardani, Abbas
Marengo, Jose
Maria Rossolini, Gian
Martinoia, Enrico
Mathiesen, Brian Vad
Mathivanan, Suresh
Mattick, John S.
Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof
McCabe, Matthew E.
McCauley, Darren
McClements, David Julian
Melcher, Karsten
Melenhorst, Jan Joseph
Melero, Ignacio
Mezzetti, Bruno
Mirjalili, Seyedali
Mishchenko, Artem
Mittler, Ron
Moreau, Philippe
Motohashi, Hozumi
Mousavi Khaneghah, Amin
Mu, Shichun
Mueller, Lukas A.
Mueller-Roeber, Bernd
Muenzel, Thomas
Muhammad, Khan
Munger, J. William
Nauen, Ralf
Naushad, Mu.
Negri, Eva
Nemeroff, Charles B.
Newman, David J.
Niaura, Raymond S.
Nie, Feiping
Nieto, Juan J.
Novara, Agata
Nunkoo, Robin
Ogino, Shuji
Olabi, Abdul-Ghani
Ong, Hwai Chyuan
O'Regan, Donal
Orsini, Nicola
Ouyang, Minggao
Ozcan, Aydogan
Pacher, Pal
Pan, Xiaoqing
Pan, Likun
Pan, Quan-Ke
Pang, Huan
Pavela, Roman
Pedrycz, Witold
Pei, Yanzhong
Peng, Shushi
Peng, Qing
Peng, Mugen
Perc, Matjaz
Perez-Alvarez, Jose Angel
Perlin, David S.
Piquero, Alex R.
Polasky, Stephen
Pommier, Yves
Poor, H. Vincent
Postolache, Mihai
Potenza, Marc N.
Poulter, Benjamin
Preat, Veronique
Prinsep, Michele R.
Pu, Hong-Bin
Putnik, Predrag
Qiu, Jieshan
Qu, Xiaogang
Quiles, José L.
Rabczuk, Timon
Ramakrishna, Seeram
Ramkissoon, Haywantee
Ran, Jingrun
Recio, Isidra
Reiter, Russel J.
Remuzzi, Giuseppe
Ren, Jinsong
Ren, Jun
Riahi, Keywan
Richardson, Paul G.
Rignot, Eric
Rimm, David
Rinn, John L.
Robert, Caroline
Rodriguez, Rosa M.
Rojo, Teofilo
Ros, Emilio
Rosen, Marc A.
Roubaud, David
Russo, Alessandro
Russo, Gian Luigi

Saad, Fred
Saad, Walid
Sadorsky, Perry
Sander, Chris
Santamouris, Mattheos
Santoro, Gabriele
Saraiva, Jorge A.
Sarchiapone, Marco
Scalbert, Augustin
Schloter, Michael
Schneider, Gisbert
Schubert, Ulrich S.
Schulz, Rainer
Schwab, Matthias
Schweizer, Frank
Scolyer, Richard A.
Scorrano, Luca
Scott, David
Scott, Stuart A.
Scott, Daniel
Serra-Majem, Lluis
Sethi, Gautam
Shabala, Sergey
Shaheen, Sabry M.
Shao, Zongping
Sharma, Gaurav
Shen, Guozhen
Shen, Hao
Sheremet, Mikhail A.
Shi, Peng
Shi, Yumeng
Shoenfeld, Yehuda
Siano, Pierluigi
Sillanpaa, Mika
Simões, Manuel
Simpson, Richard J.
Singh, Bhupinder Pal
Singh, Vijay P.
Smagghe, Guy
Song, Yu
Song, Houbing
Sood, Anil K.
Srivastava, Hari M.
Stadler, Marc
Stadler, Peter F.
Stanley, H. Eugene
Stoumpos, Constantinos C.
Strano, Michael S.
Stunnenberg, Hendrik G.
Su, shiliangsu@whu.edu.cn
Su, Chun-Yi
Subramanian, S. V.
Sun, Zhipei
Sun, Fengchun
Sun, Hongqi
Sunderland, Elsie M.
Suzuki, Nobuhiro
Svenning, Jens-Christian
Szabo, Csaba
Szallasi, Arpad
Szolnoki, Attila
Tacke, Frank
Tan, Weihong
Tan, Chaoliang
Tang, Hua
Tang, Chuyang
Tang, Chuan-He
Tanzi, Rudolph E.
Teichmann, Sarah
Telenti, Amalio
Thakur, Vijay Kumar
Thiele, Holger
Tian, Jie
Tohge, Takayuki
Tran, Lam-Son Phan
Truhlar, Donald G.
Tsao, Rong
Tsuda, Kenichi
Tukker, Arnold
Tung, Chen-Ho
Turskis, Zenonas
Urquhart, Andrew
Valko, Marian
Van Breusegem, Frank
Van de Wiele, Tom
van der Werf, Guido
van Wesemael, Bas
Vangronsveld, Jaco
Varma, Rajender S.
Varsani, Arvind
Varshney, Rajeev K.
Vasilakis, Nikos
Vasilakos, Athanasios V.
Vasquez, Juan C.
Vatanen, Tommi
Ventura, Marco
Vermote, Eric
Veronese, Nicola
Verpoorte, Robert
Vethaak, A. Dick
Vieta, Eduard
Vincent, Jean-Louis
Wagner, Wolfgang
Walton, Vaughn M.
Wan, Jiafu
Wan, Shaohua
Wang, Qi
Wang, Joseph
Wang, Meng
Wang, Tao
Wang, Yuan
Wang, Xin
Wang, Chao
Wang, Yong
Wang, Jun
Wang, Erkang
Wang, Sibo
Wang, Jian
Wang, Ning
Wang, John
Wang, Qin
Wang, Shaojian
Wang, Guoxiu
Wang, Huanting
Wang, Chunsheng
Wang, Gongming
Wang, Zhong Lin
Wang, Lianzhou
Wang, Shaobin
Wang, Yang
Wang, Zifa
Wei, Zhixiang
Wei, Leyi
Weissleder, Ralph
Wen, Guanghui
Wiens, John J.
Wigneron, Jean-Pierre
Willerslev, Eske
Wishart, David S.
Witlox, Frank
Wu, Jun
Wu, Tom
Wu, Hao Bin
Wu, Hui
Wu, Haijun
Wu, Zhongbiao
Wu, Zhong-Shuai
Wu, Zheng-Guang
Xia, Meimei
Xia, Xinhui
Xiang, Quanjun
Xiao, Jianbo
Xiao, Jie
Xie, Jian-Hua
Xin, Sen
Xing, Baoshan
Xiong, Rui
Xu, Bin
Xu, Li Da
Xu, Yi-Jun
Xu, Hui
Xu, Zeshui
Yamauchi, Yusuke
Yan, Huaicheng
Yan, Kai
Yang, Chenguang
Yang, Xiao-Jun
Yang, Bing
Yang, Yun-Gui
Yang, Jie
Yang, Jian
Yang, Xinsong
Yang, Shihe
Yang, Yi
Yang, Yang
Yao, Jen-Chih
Yao, Yonggang
Yazyev, Oleg
Yin, Yulong
Yin, Zongyou
Yin, Shen
Yin, Ya-xia
Yin, Shou-Wei
Ying, Guang-Guo
Young, Allan H.
Yu, Shu-Hong
Yu, Jun
Yu, Guihua
Yu, Wenwu
Yu, Guocan
Yu, Minghao
Zarco-Tejada, Pablo J.
Zavadskas, Edmundas Kazimieras
Zeadally, Sherali
Zhai, Tianyou
Zhang, Wei
Zhang, Binlin
Zhang, Shujun
Zhang, Guoping
Zhang, Zengqiang
Zhang, Yu Shrike
Zhang, Qichun
Zhang, Xian-Ming
Zhang, Guowen
Zhang, Min
Zhang, Yue-Jun
Zhang, Shaoqing
Zhang, Fan
Zhang, Weili
Zhang, Xiaodong
Zhang, Zhien
Zhang, Tierui
Zhang, Hongjie
Zhang, Dengsong
Zhang, Liangpei
Zhang, Dan
Zhang, Yu-Dong
Zhang, Fusuo
Zhao, Yi
Zhao, Guochun
Zhao, Li-Dong
Zheng, Hao
Zheng, Gengfeng
Zhong, Cheng
Zhou, Weiqi
Zhou, Qi
Zhou, Jizhong
Zhu, Hongwei
Zhu, Chengzhou
Zhu, Junfa
Zhu, Zhe
Zhu, Quanxin
Zhuang, Xiaodong
Zhuang, Xiaoying
Zou, Quan

The full list of 2021 Highly Cited Researchers  can be accessed at the following webpage in the Web of ScienceTM https://recognition.webofscience.com/awards/highly-cited/2021/.

--- Highly Cited Researchers (HCR) is a Clarivate product.

16 November 2021
Topical Advisory Panel Established to Support Editorial Board

Academic editors play a crucial role in leading our journals and ensuring that each article undergoes a robust and timely peer-review. With the launch of Topics this year and addition of Topic Editors to our family of academic editors, we decided it would be a good time to restructure our academic boards, thus providing more clarity and support for each role. MDPI is pleased to announce the launch of a new position—Topical Advisory Panel Member, that will replace the previous position of Topics Board Member. The Topical Advisory Panel will be comprised of early career researchers eager to gain experience in editorial work.

The main responsibility of the new members of the Topical Advisory Panel is to regularly provide support to Guest Editors, Topic Editors, and Section Board Members. The responsibilities of the Topical Advisory Panel are available here: https://www.mdpi.com/editors.

Each year, the members’ performances are evaluated, and outstanding members are promoted to the Editorial Board by the Editor-in-Chief.

To qualify as a Topical Advisory Panel Member, applicants must:

  • Have expertise and experience in the field related to the journal;
  • Have received a Ph.D. in the last 10 years, approximately;
  • Have at least 6-8 published papers in the last 5 years as first author or corresponding author;
  • Currently hold an independent research position in academia or a government institute.

If you are interested in this role, please contact the editorial office by email.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

25 October 2021
Open Access Week 2021 | It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity, 25–31 October

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.

23 September 2021
2020 MDPI Top Reviewer Award—Winners Announced


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.

22 September 2021
Prof. Dr. Arun K. Bhunia Appointed Editor-in-Chief of Foods

We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Arun K. Bhunia has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158).

Name: Prof. Dr. Arun K. Bhunia
Email: bhunia@purdue.edu
Affiliation: Department of Food Science, Department of Comparative Pathobiology (Courtesy), Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Interests: microbiology, pathogenesis, host–pathogen interaction, nanobiotechnology, food safety
Homepage: https://ag.purdue.edu/foodsci/Pages/Profile.aspx?strAlias=bhunia&intDirDeptID=14; https://sciprofiles.com/profile/92909.

Prof. Dr. Arun K. Bhunia received his Bachelor of Veterinary Science (B.V.Sc.) degree in India; his Ph.D. from the University of Wyoming, USA; and his postdoctoral training from the University of Arkansas, USA. He is a Professor of Food Microbiology at the Department of Food Science and is affiliated with the Department of Comparative Pathobiology at the Purdue Institute of Inflammation, Immunology, and Infectious Disease (PI4D), and the Purdue University Life Science program (PULSe). He is Chair of the Interdepartmental Food Science Graduate Program. His expertise covers microbial pathogenesis (host–pathogen interaction), probiotic bioengineering, and foodborne pathogen detection. To date, he has co-authored more than 190 peer-reviewed research publications, two textbooks (Fundamental Food Microbiology and Foodborne Microbial Pathogens—Mechanisms and Pathogenesis), he has edited four books, and delivered over 148 lectures. He teaches graduate-level courses on foodborne pathogens and the mechanisms of pathogenesis, microbial foodborne pathogen detection techniques, and intestinal microbiology and immunology. He served on the USDA National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF; 2013–2017) and has received the Purdue Agriculture Research Award (2003), Purdue Faculty Scholar (2005), Purdue Team Award (2006), IFT R&D Award (2009), Outstanding Graduate Educator Award at Purdue (2013), High-End Foreign Experts Recruitment Program (China) fellowship (2014–2016), Fulbright Specialist (2016–2021), and Maurice Weber Laboratorian Award from IAFP (2017).

With these achievements, we are confident that Foods will thrive under Prof. Dr. Bhunia’s leadership. We warmly welcome him as our new Editor-in-Chief.

The following is a short Q&A with Prof. Dr. Arun K. Bhunia:

  1. What appealed to you about the journal that made you want to take the role as its Editor-in-Chief?

The journal Foods has gained significant recognition as a platform for open access publication among food scientists since its inception in 2012. Serving as a Section Editor-in-Chief for “Food Microbiology” and as Guest Editor for several special topics for the past several years, I witnessed its enormous growth and the quality of articles it was able to attract in all areas of food science. The opportunity to serve as an Editor-in-Chief is a great honor and together with our outstanding editorial board members, I am looking forward to shaping the future of this journal to cater effectively and efficiently to our science community.

  1. What is your vision for the journal?

To make Foods a leading open-access journal platform for publication of high quality and high-impact research articles from all areas of food science.

  1. What does the future of this field of research look like?

The field of food science is highly interdisciplinary. Besides embracing fundamental and molecular research to study the science of food, researchers are at the forefront of addressing sustainability, food security, alternative proteins, food quality, and food safety issues. Big data, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and the internet of things (IoT) will be the leading powerful tools to reshape the field of food science in coming years.

  1. What do you think of the development of Open Access in the publishing field?

Open Access has opened up the door for scientists from all across the globe to share their research data free of charge, leveling the playing field to benefit all.

22 September 2021
MDPI Joins SDG Publishers Compact

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

26 August 2021
Meet Us at the 11th International Conference on Food Science, Nanjing, China, 20–21 November 2021


MDPI will be attending the 11th International Conference on Food Science, which will take place in Nanjing, China, from 20th to 21st November 2021. For more information about the conference, please visit: http://www.spkx.net.cn/CN/news/news45.shtml.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

If you are also attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have.

23 August 2021
Recruiting Volunteer Reviewers for Foods

We would like to invite you to join the Reviewer Board (RB) of Foods (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/foods).

Reviewer Board Members of Foods will experience the following benefits:

  1. The Foods Editorial Board will acknowledge all Reviewer Board Members in its annual reviewer list, which is published in the “Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Foods” editorial and announced on the journal website;
  2. Reviewers who provide timely, thorough, and rigorous peer review reports will receive a voucher that can be applied toward their next publication in any MDPI journal;
  3. The Foods Editorial Board will present special recognition certificates to “Exceptional Reviewer Board Members” to thank them for their outstanding reviewing work;
  4. Reviewer Board Members may be presented with the possibility to join the Editorial Board of the journal (subject to the approval of the Editor-in-Chief).

If you are interested in joining, please click on the link below to apply:
https://susy.mdpi.com/volunteer_reviewer_info/update.

If you have any other questions, please contact the Foods Editorial Office (foods@mdpi.com). We look forward to hearing from you.

6 August 2021
Prof. Dr. Katrina Campbell Appointed Section Editor-in-Chief of “Food Systems” in Foods

We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Katrina Campbell has been appointed Section Editor-in-Chief of the “Food Systems” Section in Foods (ISSN 2304-8158).

Prof. Dr. Katrina Campbell is a Professor of Food Security and Diagnostics within the Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences at Queen’s University Belfast. Her research focuses on the examination of food systems for the identification and recognition of known and emerging threats within the food supply chain from “environment to farm to fork to waste” and determining any consequential effects on plants, animals, and human health. A key element of this research is the development of (bio)analytical approaches that can be used for the rapid detection of natural toxins, chemical contaminants, and harmful organisms, as tools to enhance food safety and sustainability. These state-of-the-art scientific techniques and next generation biosensor tools as multiplex detection systems may create a new facet in rapid food safety monitoring and traceability for the benefit of plants, animals, and human health with an outlook on increasing food security.

We warmly welcome Prof. Dr. Katrina Campbell in taking up her role as Section Editor-in-Chief and look forward to her leading Foods to achieve many more milestones.

Name: Prof. Dr. Katrina Campbell
Email: katrina.campbell@qub.ac.uk
Affiliation: Institute for Global Food Security, Queen's University, Belfast, 19 Chlorine Gardens, Belfast BT9 5DL, UK
Interests: food safety; food security and sustainability; aquaculture; feed and food; natural toxins; drug residues; antibiotics; chemical contaminants; climate change; (bio)analytical chemistry; biosensors; diagnostics; immunoassays; mass spectrometry
Homepage: https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/katrina-campbell

 

3 August 2021
Announcement on Japanese Consumption Tax (JCT)

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

30 June 2021
2020 Impact Factors - Released

The 2020 citation metrics have been officially released in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR)!

We are pleased to announce that 85 MDPI journals are included, of which:

  • 10 journals received their first impact factor
  • 96% of journals increased their impact factor from 2019
  • 32 journals (38%) ranked among the top 25% of journals, in at least one category
Journal Impact Factor Rank Category
Cancers 6.639 Q1 • Oncology
Cells 6.600 Q2 • Cell Biology
Pharmaceutics 6.321 Q1 • Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Antioxidants 6.313 Q1 • Food Science & Technology 
• Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
• Chemistry, Medicinal
Biomedicines 6.081 Q1 • Medicine, Research & Experimental
• Pharmacology & Pharmacy 
• Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
International Journal of Molecular Sciences 5.924 Q1 • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Q2 • Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Pharmaceuticals 5.863 Q1 • Pharmacology & Pharmacy
• Chemistry, Medicinal
Journal of Fungi 5.816 Q1 • Mycology
• Microbiology
Nutrients 5.719 Q1 • Nutrition & Dietetics
Biosensors 5.519 Q1 • Chemistry, Analytical
• Instruments & Instrumentation
Q2 • Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Marine Drugs 5.118 Q1 • Chemistry, Medicinal
• Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Biology 5.079 Q1 • Biology
Nanomaterials 5.076 Q1 • Physics, Applied
Q2 • Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
• Materials Science, Multidisciplinary 
• Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Viruses 5.048 Q2 • Virology
Journal of Personalized Medicine 4.945 Q1 • Medicine, General & Internal
• Health Care Sciences & Services
Metabolites 4.932 Q2 • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Biomolecules 4.879 Q2 • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Remote Sensing 4.848 Q1 • Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Q2 • Remote Sensing
• Imaging Science & Photographic Technology 
• Environmental Sciences
Gels * 4.702 Q1 • Polymer Science
Antibiotics 4.639 Q2 • Infectious Diseases
• Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Toxins 4.546 Q1 • Toxicology
• Food Science & Technology
Vaccines 4.422 Q2 • Immunology
• Medicine, Research & Experimental
Molecules 4.412 Q2 • Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
• Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Foods 4.350 Q2 • Food Science & Technology
Polymers 4.329 Q1 • Polymer Science
Journal of Clinical Medicine 4.242 Q1 • Medicine, General & Internal
Toxics 4.146 Q2 • Toxicology
• Environmental Sciences
Catalysts 4.146 Q2 • Chemistry, Physical
Microorganisms 4.128 Q2 • Microbiology
Membranes 4.106 Q1 • Polymer Science
Q2 • Engineering, Chemical
• Materials Science, Multidisciplinary 
• Chemistry, Physical
Genes 4.096 Q2 • Genetics & Heredity
Fermentation * 3.975 Q2 • Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease * 3.948 Q2 • Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Plants 3.935 Q1 • Plant Sciences
Life 3.817 Q2 • Biology
Diagnostics 3.706 Q2 • Medicine, General & Internal
Current Oncology 3.677 Q3 • Oncology
Materials 3.623 Q1 • Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering
Q2 • Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
• Chemistry, Physical 
• Physics, Applied 
• Physics, Condensed Matter
Sensors 3.576 Q1 • Instruments & Instrumentation
Q2 • Chemistry, Analytical
• Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Pathogens 3.492 Q2 • Microbiology
Agronomy 3.417 Q1 • Agronomy
• Plant Sciences
Chemosensors 3.398 Q2 • Instruments & Instrumentation
• Chemistry, Analytical
Q3 • Electrochemistry
Land 3.398 Q2 • Environmental Studies
Brain Sciences 3.394 Q3 • Neurosciences
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 3.390 Q1 • Public, Environmental & Occupational Health (SSCI)
Q2 • Public, Environmental & Occupational Health (SCIE)
• Environmental Sciences (SCIE)
Tomography 3.358 Q2 • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Fractal and Fractional * 3.313 Q1 • Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications
Sustainability 3.251 Q2 • Environmental Sciences (SCIE)
• Environmental Studies (SSCI)
Q3 • Green & Sustainable Science & Technology (SCIE)
• Green & Sustainable Science & Technology (SSCI)
Water 3.103 Q2 • Water Resources
• Environmental Sciences
Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research 3.049 Q3 • Business
Energies 3.004 Q3 • Energy & Fuels
Agriculture 2.925 Q1 • Agronomy
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 2.899 Q2 • Geography, Physical
• Computer Science, Information Systems
Q3 • Remote Sensing
Micromachines 2.891 Q2 • Instruments & Instrumentation
• Physics, Applied
Q3 • Chemistry, Analytical
• Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Coatings 2.881 Q2 • Materials Science, Coatings & Films
• Physics, Applied
Q3 • Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Children 2.863 Q2 • Pediatrics
Processes 2.847 Q3 • Engineering, Chemical
Separations 2.777 Q3 • Chemistry, Analytical
Insects 2.769 Q1 • Entomology
Animals 2.752 Q1 • Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
• Veterinary Sciences
Symmetry 2.713 Q2 • Multidisciplinary Sciences
Atmosphere 2.686 Q3 • Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
• Environmental Sciences
Applied Sciences 2.679 Q2 • Engineering, Multidisciplinary
• Physics, Applied
Q3 • Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
• Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Photonics 2.676 Q2 • Optics
Buildings * 2.648 Q2 • Construction & Building Technology
• Engineering, Civil
Healthcare 2.645 Q2 • Health Policy & Services (SSCI)
Q3 • Health Care Sciences & Services (SCIE)
Minerals 2.644 Q2 • Mining & Mineral Processing
• Mineralogy
• Geochemistry & Geophysics
Forests 2.634 Q1 • Forestry
Crystals 2.589 Q2 • Crystallography
Q3 • Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Entropy 2.524 Q2 • Physics, Multidisciplinary
Diversity 2.465 Q2 • Biodiversity Conservation
Q3 • Ecology
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 2.458 Q2 • Oceanography
• Engineering, Marine 
• Engineering, Ocean
Medicina 2.430 Q2 • Medicine, General & Internal
Machines * 2.428 Q2 • Engineering, Mechanical
Q3 • Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Electronics 2.397 Q3 • Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
• Computer Science, Information Systems 
• Physics, Applied
Fishes * 2.385 Q2 • Fisheries
• Marine & Freshwater Biology
Metals 2.351 Q2 • Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering
Q3 • Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Horticulturae * 2.331 Q1 • Horticulture
Veterinary Sciences * 2.304 Q1 • Veterinary Sciences
Universe 2.278 Q3 • Physics, Particles & Fields
• Astronomy & Astrophysics
Mathematics 2.258 Q1 • Mathematics
Magnetochemistry 2.193 Q3 • Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
• Chemistry, Physical 
• Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Current Issues in Molecular Biology 2.081 Q4 • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Actuators 1.994 Q3 • Instruments & Instrumentation
• Engineering, Mechanical
Aerospace * 1.659 Q2 • Engineering, Aerospace

* Journals given their first Impact Factor in 2021

Source: 2020 Journal Impact Factors, Journal Citation Reports ® (Clarivate, 2021)

21 June 2021
Recruiting Editorial Board Members for Foods

In order to better categorize papers published within the journal, Foods is looking to expand its Editorial Board to cover areas that need additional representation by the current team. If you are interested in serving as an Academic Editor on the Editorial Board or would like to recommend potential candidates, please reach out to us.

The main responsibilities and benefits of Editorial Board Members are as follows:

  1. Prescreen submissions and make decisions on whether they should be rejected or accepted for processing, and suggest additional reviewers if necessary;
  2. Review a couple of manuscripts per year;
  3. Lead at least one Special Issue in your particular field of expertise every two years;
  4. Suggest some interesting topics for the journal;
  5. You may publish open access papers with discounts;
  6. All Editorial Board Members have the chance to obtain sponsorship for the conferences that they organize or attend.

28 April 2021
Book BuilderCompile a Customized E-Book from Your Favorite MDPI Open Access Content

MDPI Books recently released Book Builder, a new online tool to conveniently arrange, design and produce an eBook from any content published in MDPI journals. Book Builder offers two functions: on the one hand (1) Selections, available to every registered user of MDPI; on the other hand (2) Special Issue Reprints, which can be used exclusively by Guest Editors of Special Issues.

Selections

In just a matter of a few clicks, all users are now able to assemble books from MDPI articles and receive instantaneous feedback in the form of a fully produced and compiled book (PDF), which can be downloaded or ordered as print copy. Selections can include any paper published with MDPI, picking and combining content from different journals and special issues.

This way, the user may for example choose to compile an ebook focusing around a particular topic, or assemble articles from a group of others.

 

We invite you to make yourself familiar with the new tool! The Book Builder can be found here: https://www.mdpi.com/books/book_builder.

Special Issue Reprints

The Book Builder allows Guest Editors of MDPI journals to create a reprint from a successfully completed Special Issue or Topical Collection in book format. If you are a Guest Editor for an MDPI journal, you can use the new tool  to create an PDF document which includes all articles published in the Special Issue as well as a book cover and table of contents.

For Special Issues containing a minimum of 5 articles, the Guest Editor can request its publication on the MDPI Book platform. Published reprints are assigned an ISBN and DOI.

In addition to the PDF copy of the Reprint Book, as a token of our gratitude, MDPI offers every Guest Editor one (1) complimentary print copy (via print-on-demand). All contributors benefit from a discount on orders of any additional print copies, to share with colleagues or libraries or others.

 



Why choose MDPI Books?

In line with our organization's values, MDPI Books publishes all content in open access, promoting the exchange of ideas and knowledge in a globalized world. MDPI Books encompasses all the benefits of open access—high availability and visibility, as well as wide and rapid dissemination. MDPI Books are distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License, meaning as an author you retain the copyright for your work. In addition, with MDPI Books you can complement the digital version of your work with a high-quality printed counterpart.

If you are interested in editing a book volume or series, or have a monograph manuscript to be considered for publication, please submit your proposal online and look at our Information for Authors.

Contact: Laura Wagner, MDPI Books Manager (email)

15 April 2021
MDPI Celebrates Company Milestone With 25th Anniversary Page
"We exist to help scientists achieve their own objectives"


In June of this year, MDPI will celebrate the 25th anniversary of its foundation. To mark this significant milestone, we have created a 25th Anniversary page on our website that evokes the development of our company over the past quarter-century.

MDPI has been a pioneer of Open Access publishing ever since the concept was first created.

In a wide-ranging interview, our CEO Delia Mihaila reflects on the company’s 25th anniversary and its contribution to the world of scientific publishing.

Delia considers how MDPI has evolved since starting life in 1996 as a visionary ‘project’ run out of an apartment in Basel, Switzerland, by Dr. Shu-Kun Lin. A chemist who was passionate about the long-term preservation of rare chemical sample, Dr. Lin was determined to help scholars publish their findings as quickly as possible and make their research results available to as wide a readership as possible worldwide. That determination remains unchanged 25 years later.

Today, MDPI is an international organization with over 4,000 employees based on three continents and in ten countries, and ranks among the world's top four academic publishers.

MDPI's mission is to accelerate access to new scientific research, delivering insight faster for researchers worldwide. Read more here about the company's remarkable success story and what the Open Access publishing model can offer the global scientific community.

2 April 2021
Welcoming New Members to the Editorial Board of Foods

We are pleased to announce that the following researchers have joined the Editorial Board of Foods.

  • Prof. Dr. Andreas L. Lopata
    Molecular Allergy Research Laboratory, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, Australian Institute of Tropical Health & Medicine, James Cook University, Douglas, QLD 4811, Australia
    Interests: tropomyosin; shellfish; shrimp; mollusc; food allergy; parvalbumin; fish allergy; IgE antibody; food allergen; seafood

  • Prof. Dr. Monique Lacroix
    INRS—Armand-Frappier, Health & Biotechnology Centre, INRS, Laval City, QC, Canada
    Interests: irradiation; food safety; nutrition; polyphenols; probiotics; bio-based packaging; active edible coating and packaging

  • Prof. Dr. Giuseppina Marilia Tantillo
    Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
    Interests: food safety; food hygiene; food microbiology; chemical risk in foods; commercial fraud

  • Prof. Dr. Hanne Christine Bertram
    Department of Food Science, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
    Interests: foodomics; metabolomics; nuclear magnetic resonance; nutrition; endogenous metabolism; gut health; functional ingredients; animal-based foods; dietary protein; meat science; water mobility; NMR relaxometry

We wish them every success in their new positions.

Further details concerning the Editorial Board can be found here:

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/foods/editors.

17 March 2021
COVID-19 | Academic Resources in Foods

The COVID-19 pandemic has aroused the interest of researchers and the general public in viruses, including food researchers. This is an excellent opportunity to increase our knowledge about viruses and the ways for understanding the effects of COVID-19 on human health related to food. Thus, the editors shared some papers and Special Issues to invite you to participate and follow up on the new publications!

Published Papers: https://www.mdpi.com/search?q=COVID-19+&journal=foods

Special Issues:

10 March 2021
Journal Selector: Helping to Find the Right MDPI Journal for Your Article


At MDPI, we strive to make your online publication process seamless and efficient. To achieve this, our team is continuously developing tools and features to make the user experience useful and convenient.

As the number of academic papers continues to grow, so does the need to analyze and work with them on a large scale. This prompted us to design a new feature aimed at helping researchers find journals that are relevant to their publication by matching their abstract topic. In this regard, we designed a similarity model that automatically identifies the most suitable academic journals for your paper.

We are pleased to introduce Journal Selector, a new feature that measures similarity in academic contexts. By simply entering the title and/or abstract into our Journal Selector, the author will see a list of the most related scientific journals published by MDPI. This method helps authors select the correct journals for their papers, highlighting the time of publication and citability.

The methodology is known as representation learning, where words are represented as vectors in hyperspace. Representation helps us differentiate between different concepts within articles, and in turn, helps us identify similarities between them.

We used an advanced machine learning model to better capture the semantic meanings of words. This helps the algorithm make better predictions by leveraging scientific text representation. In turn, this ensures high precision, helping authors decide which journal they should submit their paper to.

The goal is to support authors to publish their work in the most suitable journal for their research, as fast as possible, accelerating their career progress.

Contact: Andrea Perlato, Head of Data Analytics, MDPI (email)

26 December 2020
Foods Editorial Board Members Are Recognized as the 2020 "Highly Cited Researchers"

We are pleased to announce that eight academic editors who have made an impact on the journal Foods through their remarkable contributions as editorial board members are being recognized as 2020 Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate. This corresponds to being in the top 1% of the most cited researchers for that publication year.

Prof. Dr. Colm O'Donnell
University College Dublin, Ireland

Prof. Dr. Daniel Granato
Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Finland

Dr. Declan J. Bolton
Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ireland

Dr. Didier Dupont
INRAE, L'Institut Agro, France

Prof. Dr. Eric A. Decker
University of Massachusetts, USA

Dr. Francisco J. Barba
Universitat de València, Spain

Dr. Isidra Recio
Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Alimentación (CIAL, CSIC-UAM), Spain

Prof. Dr. Jose Angel Perez-Alvarez.
Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche, Spain

15 December 2020
MDPI adopts C4DISC principles to improve diversity and inclusion in scholarly communications

MDPI is proud to adopt the principles of the Coalition for Diversity & Inclusion in Scholarly Communications (C4DISC) to support building equity, inclusion, diversity, and accessibility in scholarly communications.

The C4DISC represents organizations and individuals working in scholarly communications and is focused on addressing issues of diversity and inclusion within the publishing industry.

MDPI’s Managing Editors encourage the Editors-in-Chief and Associate Editors to appoint diverse expert Editorial Boards. This is also reflective in our multi-national and inclusive workplace. We are proud to create equal opportunities without regard to gender, ethnicity, geographic location, sexual orientation, age, disability, political beliefs, religion, or socio-economic status. There is no place for discrimination in our workplace and editors of MDPI journals are to uphold these principles in high regard.

Representatives from C4DISC meet monthly, and have started to implement initiatives to shed light and improve on the lack of diversity in scholarly communications. Some of the initiatives include developing a joint statement of principles; conducting market research; providing training resources, best practices, toolkits, and documentation for our collective memberships; and establishing outreach programs, curricula, events, and publications.

The Coalition is committed to:

  • eliminating barriers to participation, extending equitable opportunities across all stakeholders, and ensuring that our practices and policies promote equitable treatment and do not allow, condone, or result in discrimination;
  • creating and maintaining an environment that respects diverse traditions, heritages, and experiences;
  • promoting diversity in all staff, volunteers, and audiences, including full participation in programs, policy formulation, and decision-making;
  • raising awareness about career opportunities in our industries to groups who are currently underrepresented in the workforce;
  • supporting our members in achieving diversity and inclusion within their organizations.

14 December 2020
Article Layout and Templates Revised for Future Volumes

At MDPI we have slightly revised the layout for articles to be published in the 2021 Volume, starting at the end of December 2020. As of today, the article templates available for download on ‘Instructions for Authors’ pages have been updated.

The most noticeable change can be found on the first page of the article, where a left-hand column has been created to include the following front matter elements: (i) the recommended citation style for the article, (ii) the publishing history, (iii) as well as the Creative Commons Attribution license used (iv) a standard note regarding affiliations. At the same time, the extra spacing on the left means the authors’ affiliations are now more clearly set apart than before. Other front matter key elements such as journal logo, article type, article title, authors, abstract and keywords remain unchanged.

The blank column on the left runs through all pages in an article; as a result, the main text is slightly more condensed, which improve reader friendliness for smaller screens. Small figures/tables are aligned on the left with standard indenture, while large figures/tables are centered and covering the full width of the page. The revised layout was applied in the article pictured below, to serve as an example:

1) Information is displayed in the left information bar.


2) In the main text, there is a blank column on the left.


3) Small tables/figures are aligned on the left, large tables/figures are centered.

11 December 2020
2020 "Highly Cited Researchers" on MDPI Journal's Editorial Boards

We are pleased to acknowledge that many academic editors who have made an impact on MDPI journals as editorial board members, editors-in-chief, or section editors, are recognized as 2020 Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate.

Highly Cited Researchers highlights the top 1% of researchers, by citations, in one or more of the 22 fields used in Clarivate Analytics Essential Science Indicators. We offer our congratulations to 279 academic editors of MDPI journals who were recognized as the most influential scholars in their fields in 2020.


Adams, Dave
Agarwal, Ravi P.
Ahn, Choon Ki
Ahn, Myung-Ju
Albrecht, Randy A.
Andersson, Dan I.
Anker, Stefan D.
Apergis, Nicholas
Ariga, Katsuhiko
Artaxo, Paulo
Balsamo, Gianpaolo
Barba, Francisco J.
Benediktsson, Jon Atli
Benelli, Giovanni
Bhatnagar, Amit
Bialystok, Ellen
Blaabjerg, Frede
Blay, Jean-Yves
Bogers, Marcel
Bolton, Declan J.
Boyer, Cyrille
Brocca, Luca
Bruix, Jordi
Buhalis, Dimitrios
Burdick, Jason A.
Byrd, John C.
Cabeza, Luisa F.
Cabrerizo-Lorite, Francisco Javier
Cai, Jianchao
Calhoun, Vince D.
Cantu, Robert C.
Cerqueira, Miguel
Chang, Jo-Shu
Chau, Kwok-wing
Chemat, Farid
Chen, Jianmin
Chen, Jun
Chen, Min
Chen, Shaowei
Chen, Wei
Chen, Wei-Hsin
Chen, Xiaofeng
Chen, Yangkang
Chen, Zhi-Gang
Chiclana, Francisco
Corella, Dolores
Cortes, Javier
Cortes, Jorge
Cummings, Kenneth Michael
Dai, Shifeng
Decker, Eric A.
DePinho, Ronald A.
Dimopoulos, Meletios-Athanasios
Dincer, Ibrahim
Du, Yihong
Dupont, Didier
Edwards, David
Ellahi, Rahmat
Ellis, Erle C.
ElMasry, Gamal
Esteller, Manel
Estruch, Ramón
Fang, Chuanglin
Fasano, Alessio
Fernandez-Lafuente, Roberto
Ferreira, Isabel
Fortino, Giancarlo
Galluzzi, Lorenzo
Galvano, Fabio
Gandomi, Amir H.
Gandomi, Amir H.
Gao, Bin
Gao, Feng
Gao, Wei
Garbe, Claus
García, Hermenegildo
Geschwind, Daniel H.
Giampieri, Francesca
Giralt, Sergio A.
Glanz, Karen
Goldewijk, Kees Klein
Gössling, Stefan
Govindan, Kannan
Granato, Daniel
Grosso, Giuseppe
Grosso, Giuseppe
Guerrero, Josep M.
Haase, Dagmar
Hagger, Martin S.
Hamblin, Michael R.
Han, Heesup
Jankovic, Joseph
Janotti, Anderson

Jiang, Hai-Long
Kalaji, Hazem M.
Kalantar-Zadeh, Kourosh
Kaner, Richard B.
Karimi, Hamid Reza
Kataoka, Kazunori
Keesstra, Saskia
Kepp, Oliver
Kerminen, Veli-Matti
Keyzers, Robert A.
Khademhosseini, Ali
Khan, Nafees A.
Kim, Ki-Hyun
Klemeš, Jiří Jaromír
Klenk, Hans-Peter
Konopleva, Marina Y.
Krammer, Florian
Krebs, Frederik C.
Kroemer, Guido
Kudo, Masatoshi
Kurths, Juergen
Kurzrock, Razelle
Kuznetsov, Nikolay V.
Kyrpides, Nikos C.
La Vecchia, Carlo
Lai, Yuekun
Lam, James
Lancellotti, Patrizio
Lee, Sangmoon
Leung, Victor C. M.
Li, Jinghong
Li, Yurui
Lindahl, José M. Merigó
Lip, Gregory Y. H.
Loh, Xian Jun
Long, Hualou
Lund, Henrik
Luo, Jingshan
Luque, Rafael
Lyons, Timothy W.
Ma, Jun
Ma, Wen-Xiu
Ma, Yanming
Maeda, Keisuke
Makarova, Kira
Mantovani, Alberto
Martín-Belloso, Olga
Martinoia, Enrico
Marzband, Mousa
Masclaux-Daubresse, Celine
Masson, Patrick
Mateos, María Victoria
Mathiesen, Brian Vad
Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof
McArthur, Grant A.
McCauley, Darren
Medlock, Jolyon M.
Melero, Ignacio
Mezzetti, Bruno
Miroshnichenko, Andrey E.
Moran, Daniel
Mueller, Lukas A.
Mueller-Roeber, Bernd
Naushad, Mu
Nemeroff, Charles B.
Nieto, Juan J.
O'Donnell, Colm
Ogino, Shuji
Olabi, Abdul-Ghani
O'Regan, Donal
Orsini, Nicola
Oswald, Isabelle P.
Ozcan, Aydogan
Pahl-Wostl, Claudia
Pang, Huan
Payne, James E.
Peng, Shushi
Perc, Matjaz
Perez-Alvarez, Jose Angel
Piquero, Alex R.
Ploss, Alexander
Postolache, Mihai
Pradhan, Biswajeet
Prinsep, Michele R.
Qian, Dong
Qu, Xiaogang
Reiter, Russel J.
Riahi, Keywan
Richter, Andreas
Rignot, Eric
Robert, Caroline
Ros, Emilio
Rosell, Rafael

Rosen, Marc A.
Rossolini, Gian Maria
Saad, Fred
Saad, Walid
Sadorsky, Perry
Sakthivel, Rathinasamy
Schwab, Matthias
Scolyer, Richard A.
Serra-Majem, Lluis
Sethi, Gautam
Seto, Karen C.
Settele, Josef
Seymour, John F.
Shi, Peng
Siano, Pierluigi
Sillanpää, Mika
Simal-Gandara, Jesus
Smagghe, Guy
Srivastava, Hari M.
Stadler, Peter F.
Sun, Fengchun
Sunderland, Elsie M.
Suzuki, Nobuhiro
Svenning, Jens-Christian
Tan, Weihong
Teixeira, José António
Thakur, Vijay Kumar
Tong, Shilu
Tornabene, Francesco
Tsao, Rong
Tukker, Arnold
Turskis, Zenonas
Uversky, Vladimir N.
van Wesemael, Bas
Van Zwieten, Lukas
Vangronsveld, Jaco
Varma, Rajender S.
Varshney, Rajeev K.
Vasquez, Juan C.
Velicogna, Isabella
Vieta, Eduard
Wade, Timothy J.
Wagner, Wolfgang
Wamba, Samuel Fosso
Wang, Chunsheng
Wang, Guoxiu
Wang, Joseph
Wang, Qi
Wang, Tao
Wang, Yuan
Wiens, John J.
Wu, Hao Bin
Wu, Hui
Wu, Tom
Wu, Zhongbiao
Xia, Xinhui
Xiao, Wenjiao
Xin, Sen
Xiong, Rui
Xu, Bin
Xu, Zeshui
Yan, Huaicheng
Yang, Bing
Yang, Hongxing
Yang, Jie
Yang, Xiao-Jun
Yin, Shen
Ying, Guang-Guo
Young, Allan H.
Yu, Guihua
Zarco-Tejada, Pablo J.
Zavadskas, EdmundasKazimieras
Zeadally, Sherali
Zhang, Fan
Zhang, Liangpei
Zhang, Qichun
Zhang, Xian-Ming
Zhang, Yue-Jun
Zhao, Guochun
Zhao, Li-Dong
Zhu, Zhe
Zhuang, Xiaodong
Zou, Quan

The full list of 2020 Highly Cited Researchers  can be accessed on https://recognition.webofsciencegroup.com/awards/highly-cited/2020/

--- Highly Cited Researchers (HCR) is a Clarivate product.

24 September 2020
New Editorial Board Members Joined Foods

We are pleased to announce that the following researchers have joined the Editorial Board of Foods.

Prof. Dr. Eric A. Decker

Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, Chenoweth Laboratory, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Interests: functional and nutritional aspects of lipids; lipid oxidation; antioxidants and chelators

Prof. Dr. Annamaria Ranieri

Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto 80, 56124 Pisa, Italy
Interests: agro industrial by-product; plant food shelf-life; nutraceuticals

Prof. Dr. Shinichi Kitamura

Laboratory of Advanced Food Process Engineering Organization for Research Promotion, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-2, Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, 599-8570, Japan

Interests: carbohydrates and lipids; global analyses of foods components, gene expression profiling of sugar and lipid metabolism; enzymatic syntheses of new functional carbohydrates and lipids; nanotechnology using carbohydrates and lipids; biological activities of carbohydrates and lipids

We wish them every success in their new positions.

Further details concerning the Editorial Board can be found here.

24 September 2020
Recruiting Editors and Volunteer Reviewers for Foods

For Recruiting Editors:

In order to better categorize papers published within the journal, Foods is looking to expand its Editorial Board in order to cover areas that need additional representation by the current team. If you are interested in serving as an Academic Editor on the Editorial Board or would like to recommend potential candidates, please reach out to us.

The main responsibilities and benefits of Editorial Board Members are as follows:

  1. Prescreen submissions and make decisions on whether they should be rejected or accepted for processing, and suggest additional reviewers if necessary;
  2. Review a couple of manuscripts per year;
  3. Lead at least one Special Issue in your particular field of expertise every two years;
  4. Suggest some interesting topics for the journal;
  5. You may publish open-access papers with discounts;
  6. All Editorial Board Members have the chance to obtain sponsorship for the conferences that they organize or attend.

For Recruiting Reviewers:

We would like to invite you to join the Reviewer Board (RB) of Foods (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/foods)

We will extend the following benefits to reviewers:

  1. The Foods Editorial Board will acknowledge all Reviewer members in its annual reviewer list through a publication/announcement in the "Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Foods" editorial on the journal website;
  2. Reviewer members who provide timely, thorough, and rigorous peer-review reports will receive a voucher that can be applied to their next publications in MDPI journals;
  3. The Board will present special recognition certificates to “Exceptional Reviewer Board Members” to thank them for their outstanding reviewing work;
  4. Reviewer members may be presented with the possibility to join the Editorial Board of the journal (subject to the approval of the Editor-in-Chief).

To apply or request further information, please contact the Foods Editorial Office (foods@mdpi.com). We look forward to hearing from you soon.

9 July 2020
Open Access Agreement Between Jisc Collections and MDPI

We are delighted to announce the establishment of our Open Access agreement with Jisc Collections, which will allow UK institutions to benefit from access to article processing charge (APC) discounts and streamlined payment workflows.

All institutions participating in the agreement will also gain access to the MDPI online submission system where they can find full article metadata and pricing information for easy identification and additional transparency.

Eligible authors affiliated with the participating institutions are prompted to choose the corresponding Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP) when they submit an article via our online submission system.

Jisc logo

About Jisc

Jisc's vision is for the UK to be the most digitally advanced education and research nation in the world. At its heart is the super-fast national research and education network, Janet, with built-in cyber security protection.  Jisc also provides technology solutions for its members (colleges, universities and research centres) and customers (public sector bodies), helps members save time and money by negotiating sector-wide deals and provides advice and practical assistance on digital technology. Jisc is funded by the UK higher and further education and research funding bodies and member institutions.

For more information, contact helen.dobson@jisc.ac.uk.

About MDPI

MDPI is a publisher of fully peer-reviewed, Open Access journals with a focus on thorough and rapid editorial processing. Its aim is to ensure that high-quality research is verified and made available to the research community as quickly as possible. MDPI stands at the forefront of the Open Access movement, having launched its first online journal Molecules in 1996. Today, MDPI is a leader in Open Access publishing with over 250 journals across all research disciplines, and all content published under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY).

For any questions about this agreement, please contact the MDPI IOAP team at ioap@mdpi.com.

29 June 2020
Updated Impact Factors Released in the Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate)

The updated citation metrics have been released in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), published by Clarivate. The recent release of the JCR includes seventy-one MDPI titles. Out of these, 18 titles are newcomers, receiving a first Journal Impact Factor which is based on citation activity in 2019: Actuators, Agriculture, Biology, Biomedicines, Biosensors, Chemosensors, Children, Healthcare, Journal of Fungi, Journal of Personalized Medicine (JPM), Land, Life, Magnetochemistry, Membranes, Pharmaceuticals, Photonics, Separations and Toxics.

  • Out of the previously listed journals, a total of 72 percent boast an increased Impact Factor.
  • 25 journals are ranked among the top 25% of journals in at least one of the categories they are ranked for.
  • Articles published in 2019 in MDPI journals account for approximately 17 percent of of articles published in gold Open Access journals covered in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI).

First Impact Factors

Journal Impact Factor Rank Category Details
Actuators 1.957 31/64 (Q2) • Instruments & Instrumentation Link
Agriculture 2.072 25/91 (Q2) • Agronomy Link
Biology 3.796 19/93 (Q1) • Biology Link
Biomedicines  4.717 30/138 (Q1)
36/270 (Q1)
• Medicine, Research & Experimental
• Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Link
Biosensors 3.240 24/86 (Q2) • Chemistry, Analytical Link
Chemosensors 3.108 16/64 (Q1)
27/86 (Q2)
13/27 (Q2)
• Instruments & Instrumentation
• Chemistry, Analytical
• Electrochemistry
Link
Children 2.078 50/128 (Q2) • Pediatrics Link
Healthcare 1.916 62/102 (Q3)
45/87 (Q3)
• Health Care Sciences & Services (SCIE)
• Health Policy & Services (SSCI)
Link
Journal of Fungi 4.621 5/29 (Q1)
31/135 (Q1)
• Mycology
• Microbiology
Link
Journal of Personalized Medicine 4.433 24/165 (Q1)
10/102 (Q1)
• Medicine, General & Internal
• Health Care Sciences & Services
Link
Land 2.429 58/123 (Q2) • Environmental Studies (SSCI) Link
Life 2.991 26/93 (Q2)
109/267 (Q2)
• Biology
• Microbiology
Link
Magnetochemistry 1.947 22/45 (Q2)
109/159 (Q3)
201/314 (Q3)
• Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
• Chemistry, Physical
• Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Link
Membranes 3.094 53/143 (Q2)
129/314 (Q2)
23/89 (Q2)
• Engineering, Chemical
• Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
• Polymer Science
Link
Pharmaceuticals 4.286 49/270 (Q1) • Pharmacology & Pharmacy Link
Photonics 2.140 48/97 (Q2) • Optics Link
Separations 1.900 53/86 (Q3) • Chemistry, Analytical Link
Toxics 3.271 32/92 (Q2)
92/265 (Q2)
• Toxicology
• Environmental Sciences
Link

Updated Impact Factors

Journal Impact Factor Rank Category Details
Agronomy 2.603 18/91 (Q1)
65/234 (Q2)
• Agronomy
• Plant Sciences
Link
Animals 2.323 10/63 (Q1)
14/142 (Q1)
• Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
• Veterinary Sciences
Link
Antibiotics 3.893 23/93 (Q1)
64/270 (Q1)
• Infectious Diseases
• Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Link
Antioxidants 5.014 10/139 (Q1)
56/297 (Q1)
7/61 (Q1)
• Food Science & Technology
• Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
• Chemistry, Medicinal
Link
Applied Sciences 2.474 161/314 (Q3)
32/91 (Q2)
88/177 (Q2)
62/154 (Q2)
• Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
• Engineering, Multidisciplinary
• Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
• Physics, Applied
Link
Atmosphere 2.397 48/93 (Q3) • Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences Link
Biomolecules 4.082 98/297 (Q2) • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Link
Brain Sciences 3.332 113/271 (Q2) • Neurosciences Link
Cancers 6.126 37/244 (Q1) • Oncology Link
Catalysts 3.520 65/159 (Q2) • Chemistry, Physical Link
Cells 4.366 70/195 (Q2) • Cell Biology Link
Coatings 2.436 10/21 (Q2) • Materials Science, Coatings & Films Link
Crystals 2.404 10/26 (Q2)
165/314 (Q3)
• Crystallography
• Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Link
Diagnostics 3.110 39/165 (Q1) • Medicine, General & Internal Link
Diversity 1.402 119/168 (Q3) • Ecology Link
Electronics 2.412 125/266 (Q2) • Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Link
Energies 2.702 63/112 (Q3) • Energy & Fuels Link
Entropy 2.494 33/85 (Q2) • Physics, Multidisciplinary Link
Foods 4.092 27/139 (Q1) • Food Science & Technology Link
Forests 2.221 17/68 (Q1) • Forestry Link
Genes 3.759 53/177 (Q2) • Genetics & Heredity Link
Insects 2.220 18/101 (Q1) • Entomology Link
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) 2.849 58/193 (Q2)

32/170 (Q1)

105/265 (Q2)
• Public, Environmental & Occupational Health (SCIE)
• Public, Environmental & Occupational Health (SSCI)
• Environmental Sciences (SCIE)
Link
International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS) 4.556 74/297 (Q1)
48/177 (Q2)
• Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
• Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Link
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (IJGI) 2.239 31/50 (Q3)
18/30 (Q3)
• Geography, Physical
• Remote Sensing
Link
Journal of Clinical Medicine 3.303 36/165 (Q1) • Medicine, General & Internal Link
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 2.033 31/66 (Q2) • Oceanography Link
Marine Drugs 4.073 16/61 (Q2) • Chemistry, Medicinal Link
Materials 3.057 132/314 (Q2) • Materials Science, Multidisciplinary Link
Mathematics 1.747 28/324 (Q1) • Mathematics Link
Medicina 1.205 107/165 (Q3) • Medicine, General & Internal Link
Metabolites 4.097 95/297 (Q2) • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Link
Metals 2.117 18/79 (Q1)
185/314 (Q3)
• Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering
• Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Link
Micromachines 2.523 56/92 (Q3)
23/64 (Q2)
• Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
• Instruments & Instrumentation
Link
Microorganisms 4.152 37/135 (Q2) • Microbiology Link
Minerals 2.380 6/21 (Q2)
11/30 (Q2)
• Mining & Mineral Processing
• Mineralogy
Link
Molecules 3.267 70/177 (Q2)
141/297 (Q2)
• Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
• Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Link
Nanomaterials 4.324 89/314 (Q2)
42/103 (Q2)
• Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
• Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Link
Nutrients 4.546 17/89 (Q1) • Nutrition & Dietetics Link
Pathogens 3.018 65/135 (Q2) • Microbiology Link
Pharmaceutics 4.421 44/270 (Q1) • Pharmacology & Pharmacy Link
Plants 2.762 58/234 (Q1) • Plant Sciences Link
Polymers 3.426 16/89 (Q1) • Polymer Science Link
Processes 2.753 59/143 (Q2) • Engineering, Chemical Link
Remote Sensing 4.509 9/30 (Q2) • Remote Sensing Link
Sensors 3.275 22/86 (Q2)
77/266 (Q2)
15/64 (Q1)
• Chemistry, Analytical
• Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
• Instruments & Instrumentation
Link
Sustainability 2.576 120/265 (Q2)
26/41 (Q3)

53/123 (Q2)
6/8 (Q3)
• Environmental Sciences (SCIE)
• Green & Sustainable Science & Technology (SCIE)
• Environmental Studies (SSCI)
• Green & Sustainable Science & Technology (SSCI)
Link
Symmetry 2.645 29/71 (Q2) • Multidisciplinary Sciences Link
Toxins 3.531 21/92 (Q1)
34/139 (Q1)
• Toxicology
• Food Science & Technology
Link
Universe 1.752 18/29 (Q3)
42/68 (Q3)
• Physics, Particles & Fields
• Astronomy & Astrophysics
Link
Vaccines 4.086 57/158 (Q2)
50/138 (Q2)
• Immunology
• Medicine, Research & Experimental
Link
Viruses 3.816 12/37 (Q2) • Virology Link
Water 2.544 31/94 (Q2) • Water Resources Link

Source: Clarivate 2020, InCites Journal Citation Reports®.

22 May 2020
The 1st International Electronic Conference on Food Science and Functional Foods (Foods 2020)


We are delighted to invite you to join the 1st International Electronic Conference on Food Science and Functional Foods (Foods 2020). I hope you will agree to take part in this conference, which will enable you to share and discuss your most recent research findings with the vibrant worldwide community of scientists and technologists in the field.

Foods 2020 will revolutionize dissemination in the field with “MDPI Sciforum” for sharing research in an online environment that will preserve the same standards and structure as expected of traditional conferences but will be more inclusive by breaking the cost and time barriers that prevent participation in international conferences.

Foods 2020 will make your presentation accessible to hundreds of researchers worldwide, with the active engagement of the audience in question and answer sessions and discussion groups that will take place online. I hope you will join us in presenting your work at Foods 2020 and taking part in this thriving online experience.

Submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the conference committee. The authors of accepted contributions will be invited to produce an extended abstract for the conference proceedings along with a slide presentation of their work. Following the conference, outstanding contributions will be invited to be submitted for publication in Foods

This conference will address a variety of research topics, which reflect some of the current areas of focus. These are organized into 10 sessions, and include:

  • Novel Technologies in Food Technology
  • Food Packaging and New Packaging Materials
  • Food Preservation: Basics and Methods
  • Food Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Food Safety and Sustainable Development
  • Food Texture–Sensory Evaluation and Instrumental Measurement
  • Consumer’s Preferences and Food Choices
  • Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods
  • Innovative Food Additives and Ingredients
  • Nutrition and Health Claims

Important Dates

  • Abstract Submission: 15 August, 2020
  • Notification of Acceptance: 30 August, 2020
  • Submission of Full Manuscript to Foods: 25 October, 2020
  • Conference Date: November 10–25, 2020

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have questions.

We look forward to welcoming you at this exciting meeting online.

https://foods_2020.sciforum.net/

13 May 2020
COVID-19 Academic Resources Center


Since 1996, MDPI has been committed to supporting the research community by providing the latest research freely available and making relevant and useful research available as quickly as possible. The world is current experiencing a pandemic of COVID-19, and researchers are working extremely hard to understand it and find a cure.

The values MDPI holds strongly are particularly important at the moment, and we will continue to publish relevant, peer-reviewed research as quickly as possible in open access format. This means that it will immediately be available for researchers, health professionals, and the general public to read, distribute, and reuse. We believe that scientific advancements will be crucial to overcoming this pandemic, and will do everything we can to support researchers working looking for solutions.

COVID-19 Academic Resources Center contains a variety of information related to COVID-19 available from MDPI, including journal articles, special issues, and preprints, among others.

For more information, please visit: https://www.mdpi.com/covid-19

20 April 2020
Meet us at the 2020 IAFP (International Association for Food Protection) Annual Meeting, held in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, 25–28 October 2020.


MDPI will be attending 2020 IAFP Annual Meeting, held in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, 25–28 October 2020.

Each year, the International Association for Food Protection hosts an Annual Meeting, providing attendees with information on current and emerging food safety issues, the latest science, innovative solutions to new and recurring problems, and the opportunity to network with thousands of food safety professionals from around the globe. Held in various locations throughout North America, this meeting has grown over the years to become the leading food safety conference worldwide. IAFP 2020 will be held at the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland in Cleveland, Ohio. 

The IAFP Annual Meeting is attended by more than 3,800 of the top industry, academic and governmental food safety professionals from six continents. This renowned event owes its reputation and success to the quantity, quality, and diversity of each year’s program; the quality and relevance of exhibits sharing the latest in available technologies; leading experts speaking on a variety of timely topics; and special recognition of outstanding professionals and students for their contributions in the food safety field.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

If you are also attending this conference, feel free to stop by our booth (Booth #736). Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have. For more information about the conference, please see the following link: http://www.foodprotection.org/annualmeeting/

9 April 2020
Free Open Platforms to Support Academics During the COVID-19 Pandemic

As a leading Open Access publisher, MDPI is committed to fostering open scientific exchange in all forms across all disciplines. Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, many researchers have to stay at home and many academic conferences have been cancelled or postponed. In light of these changes, MDPI has adopted numerous initiatives that may help accelerate scientific exchange and provide support to the academics during this period.

Scholarly Community—Encyclopedia

Encyclopedia is an online reference created and curated by active scholars. It aims to highlight the latest research results as well as providing benchmark information for researchers and the general public interested in accurate and advanced knowledge on specific topics.

Comprehensive and Free Literature DatabaseScilit

Scilit is a comprehensive, free database for scientists that uses a new method to collate data and index scientific material. Our crawlers extract the latest data from CrossRef and PubMed on a daily basis. This means that newly published articles are immediately added to Scilit.

Display Academic AchievementsSciProfiles

SciProfiles is an innovative social network for researchers and scholars that is developed by MDPI. In line with our broad mission, the purpose of SciProfiles is to accelerate discovery and innovation by facilitating immediate access to research results and providing opportunities for academic networking.

Organize and Participate in Conferences OnlineSciforum

Sciforum is an event planning platform that supports open science by offering the opportunity to host and participate in academic conferences. It provides an environment for scholarly exchange, discussion of topics of current interest, building of networks, and establishing collaborations.

Post Early Versions of Research OutputsPreprints

Preprints is a platform dedicated to making early versions of research outputs permanently available and citable. We post original research articles and comprehensive reviews, and papers can be updated by authors at any time. Content on Preprints is not peer-reviewed, and feedback can be received from readers.

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MDPI remains committed to open science and open data and has signed a statement, along with more than thirty scholarly publishers, showing our intention to facilitate sharing of new research findings as early on as possible. The initiative sees publishers collectively removing barriers to new research, in the face of a global healthcare crisis.

25 March 2020
MDPI Comment on the COVID-19 Virus

The world is currently suffering from a global pandemic of the corona virus COVID-19. MDPI expresses its sympathies for all of those affected by the virus and stands in solidarity with medical staff and researchers treating patients and searching for scientific solutions.

MDPI has previously published papers covering corona viruses in addition to new papers on the current outbreak, see all papers here. In particular, Viruses has published a number of Special Issues and papers on the topic (see here, here, and here) as well as a forthcoming Special Issue.

Alongside journal articles, MDPI has been a strong supporter of preprints, which are increasingly being used to rapidly disseminate the latest research, and we run the preprint server Preprints.org. Our database of research articles, Scilit, is free to use and covers all publishers including preprint servers. New papers are often in search results within hours of publication and users can set up alerts for new papers.

Our main priority during this period has been the health and safety of staff, and we continue to allow staff to work at home and closely monitor the situation in all locations in which we work. Despite the restrictions, we continue to provide a full publication service and, by close collaboration with our editorial boards and making use our in-house teams, ensure that there are no unnecessary delays in publishing vital research. Fast and open publication has always been at the core of MDPI values and is now more important than ever.

We hope that a solution to the current situation will emerge soon. In the meantime, we will do our best to continue communicating vital research in all fields.

18 March 2020
MDPI Co-Signed Position Statement on Transformative Agreements

The advantages of the open access model of scientific publishing are being increasingly recognized in the scientific community. It allows new scientific evidence to be accessed from the moment of publication for free by anyone around the globe, boosting the impact of new research. In response, many funders, libraries and universities have been adopting new principles to accelerate the transition to open access.

Recently, “transformative agreements” have been negotiated between traditional publishers and various institutions. While increasing the number of open access papers, these agreements lack binding commitments to a full transition to open access, their conditions vary across different regions, and access is still limited for many users.

MDPI is a co-signatory of the recent position statement raising concerns about potential downsides of transformative agreements and how they may delay a full transition to open access. The statement highlights that these models “risk perpetuating current limitations on access, transparency and market competitiveness, while simultaneously facilitating excessive charges on the public purse”.

As a pioneering open access journal publisher, MDPI is the first to promote the importance of science being made available to everyone. Our peer-reviewed journals, covering diverse academic disciplines, are fully accessible to the public free of charge under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). This is why, along with other open access publishers, MDPI is a proud signatory of the position paper and is committed to contributing to the replacement of weak transitional agreements with “agreements with publishers that are already fully committed to open science and who offer full, immediate and transparent Open Access”.

Read the position paper here

16 March 2020
Encyclopedia Outstanding Contributor Awards 2020 - Open for Application

We are pleased to announce that Encyclopedia will be awarding five Outstanding Contributor Awards for researchers in 2020. The nominations and applications will be assessed by an Evaluation Committee consisting of senior scholars from the Encyclopedia Editorial Board.

Prize for Winners

  1. An official certificate;
  2. A cash award of 500 CHF or an MDPI discount voucher of 800 CHF.


Application Deadline

31 December, 2020 (Please send your application email with a list of all entries you contributed to our office before the deadline: office@encyclopedia.pub)

Candidate Requirements

  1. Have a Ph.D. degree;
  2. Have more than three qualified entries published in Encyclopedia in 2020.

Evaluation Standards

  1. Number of entries published in Encyclopedia in 2020;
  2. Quality of entries online (including length, figure quality, and novelty);
  3. Impact of entries (including the number of likes, discussion contents, views, and downloads).

If you are a researcher and have not yet contribute entries to Encyclopedia, please do not miss this chance to highlight your research results.

12 March 2020
Meet us at the 8th International Crop Science Congress, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, 21–25 June 2020

MDPI will be attending the 8th International Crop Science Congress, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, 21–25 June 2020.

This is a conference on Crop Science to stimulate thinking among scientists as to how advances in crop science, in all their aspects, can assist in meeting the critical diverse global challenges that lie ahead. This congress will address basic and applied aspects of plant and crop sciences as they relate to strategies to develop unique, sustainable, agricultural systems having the capacity to support animal and human health on a global scale, while being mindful of our custodial responsibilities towards the well-being of our planet Earth.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

If you are also attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth. 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.icsc2020.com/.

19 February 2020
Meet Us at the 2020 Annual Meeting of American Society for Nutrition (Nutrition 2020) in Seattle, WA, USA, 30 May–2 June 2020


(Update 5 March 2020) Note from the organizers: "Nutrition 2020 is currently proceeding as planned [...]. ASN is carefully monitoring health and safety updates and recommendations."dd

MDPI will be attending the 2020 Annual Meeting of American Society for Nutrition in Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA, USA, 30 May–2 June 2020.

At Nutrition 2020 over 3,500 of the top scientific researchers, practitioners, global and public health professionals, policy makers and advocacy leaders, industry, media and other related professionals will gather to advance nutrition science and its practical application.

Nutrition offers the latest and best nutrition research, the opportunity to present research, network with peers, and touch and see the latest products and technology in the exhibit hall.

Nutrition is an immersive nutrition experience offering the greatest minds in nutrition science, superior research, interactive exhibits, new technology, and boundless opportunities for networking in a welcoming environment.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

If you are also attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth (Booth 201). 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://meeting.nutrition.org/.

20 November 2019
Meet Us at ICoFF2019 and ISNFF2019 in Kobe, Japan, 1–5 December 2019


MDPI will be attending the 7th International Conference on Food Factors and the 12th International Conference and Exhibition on Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods (ICoFF2019 / ISNFF2019) in Kobe, Japan, 1–5 December 2019.

With the mission of promoting research into all aspects of basic and applied Food and Nutritional Science, ICoFF held its first conference in 1995 and has continued to hold every four years. ICoFF is one of the largest international conferences for researchers, scientists, professors and students in the field of food factors and their health-promoting effects. ISNFF, founded in 2007, has been focusing on the research and development on materials that can be used as functional foods.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

If you are also attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth (Booth #34). 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://icoff2019.umin.jp/index.html.

11 October 2019
Introducing SciProfiles, an Academic Social Network

MDPI is pleased to announce the release of SciProfiles, its social network platform for researchers and scholars.

The purpose of SciProfiles is aligned with MDPI’s broad mission to accelerate discovery and innovation by facilitating immediate access to research results and to serve scholars and communities by providing opportunities for academic networking.

SciProfiles also ambitions to serve as a sustainable, transparent and community-driven research evaluation system aligned with the DORA principles (https://sfdora.org/). Through their scientific profiles, academics can highlight their contribution to research communities, and measure their impact on their field, beyond publication numbers and impact factors. SciProfiles is currently a beta version and will enrich to give researchers the possibility to highlight all of their contributions to science and their scientific communities as authors, reviewers, editors, conference organizers, conference panelists, conference keynote speakers, or even as lecturers or student mentors at their University.

The classic components of popular community social networks, including follower/following, classical metrics, endorsements and recommendations (https://www.mdpi.com/about/announcements/1690), comments (https://www.mdpi.com/about/announcements/1397) are or will be very soon highlighted in SciProfiles as open science contributions.

To help increase the impact and visibility of articles and their authors to an appropriate audience, the platform offers a NewsFeed that includes recommendations of relevant content based on interests, publication history, saved searches or colleagues’ recommendations.

SciProfiles’ avatars are now being integrated on several MDPI platforms, meaning that you will directly access researchers’ profiles from any of the MDPI platforms:

MDPI's journal publishing website: www.mdpi.com
MDPI's conference hosting and management website: www.sciforum.net
MDPI's pre-print website : www.preprints.org
MDPI's knowledge sharing website : www.encyclopedia.pub
MDPI's books store: www.mdpi.com/books
MDPI's literature database : www.scilit.net

SciProfiles aims to serve scientific communities at large. It can be embedded into third-party websites and also welcomes integration of data from third-parties.

Dr. Shu-Kun Lin: https://sciprofiles.com/profile/2
Dr. Franck Vazquez: https://sciprofiles.com/profile/FranckVazquez
Dr. Martyn Rittman: https://sciprofiles.com/profile/martynrittman

9 October 2019
Meet Us at the 2019 AIChE Annual Meeting in Orlando, USA, 10–15 November 2019


MDPI will be attending the 2019 AIChE Annual Meeting in Orlando, USA, 10–15 November 2019.

The AIChE Annual Meeting is the premier educational forum for chemical engineers interested in innovation and professional growth. Academic and industry experts will cover wide range of topics relevant to cutting-edge research, new technologies, and emerging growth areas in chemical engineering.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

If you are also attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth (Booth #335). 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.aiche.org/conferences/aiche-annual-meeting/2019.

2 October 2019
Winners of the 2019 MDPI Writing Prize

We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2019 MDPI Writing Prize. Entrants were asked to write on the theme "Judging research: How should research and researchers be evaluated and rewarded?" We received a large number of excellent essays from PhD students and postdocs, and the process of shortlisting and choosing winners was not an easy one. The winners demonstrated excellent writing skills alongside interesting and thought-provoking ideas.

As last year, we will begin the process of collating all entries into a book that will be available in open access format. Alongside promoting good writing skills, we see the prize as a way to promote the voices of early career researchers within broader debates and policy discussions.

Congratulations to all of the participants and especially the winners. The winners are:

1st Prize (500 CHF):
Albin Nilsson (National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland)
[Read here]

2nd Prize (250 CHF):
Qi Zhang (Shandong University, Jinan, China)
[Read here]
Igor Ogashawara (Indiana University, Indianapolis, US)
[Read here]

3rd Prize (100 CHF):
Margaret Sivapragasam (Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Perak, Malaysia)
[Read here]
Arvind Sharma (The University of Queensland, Gatton, Australia)
[Read here]
Jose Flores-Guerrero (University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands)
[Read here]

The MDPI Writing Prize is an annual award supported by MDPI Author Services, which provides services including language editing, reformatting, plagiarism checks, and image editing.

20 September 2019
MDPI Now Gives Scholars the Possibility to Endorse and Recommend Articles

MDPI is pleased to announce the release of a new functionality giving the possibility for researchers and scholars to endorse, and formally recommend articles to their colleagues.

MDPI was an early signatory of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (https://sfdora.org/read/) which calls for improvement in how quality and impact of scholarly research outputs are evaluated, especially in moving beyond journal-based citation metrics (journal Impact Factor, Scopus Citescore, etc.).

MDPI supports the establishment of article-level impact metrics, including citations, views, downloads, and Altmetric scores. These measures serve as an impact indicator for research articles on a case–by-case basis, assessing paper on its own merit. However, these metrics are also subjective and can give a biased picture of the article impact: they do not directly reflect the quality or the intrinsic scientific value of the article.

In our view, community engagement with publications based on community-driven metrics can help to overcome this limitation. We have therefore launched an option for scholars to endorse articles, indicating their own assessment of its content and making a recommendation to their community. This follows our implementation of the open source Hypothesis commenting tool, which has been available for all articles published by MDPI for over a year (https://www.mdpi.com/about/announcements/1397). Both endorsement and commenting are available for all previously published and forthcoming MDPI articles.

In addition to potentially serving as a sustainable solution to article assessment, endorsements will help scientific communities to identify the most relevant articles, independently of the journal in which it was published.

The code for the endorsing functionality, which relies on DOIs and ORCIDs, will be made available on GitHub with an open source license.

Dr. Shu-Kun Lin, President and Founder
Dr. Franck Vazquez, Chief Scientific Officer
Dr. Martyn Rittman, Publishing Director

11 September 2019

Create an Entry in Encyclopedia to Get a 100 CHF Voucher in Publishing in MDPI Journals

Encyclopedia is pleased to announce that certain well-prepared entries are eligible for a 100 CHF voucher, which can be used for paper publication in any journals in MDPI. We believe that your contribution would be a great help in keeping up with scientific developments. Do not miss the chance to publish with us. Please clink here to find the detailed guideline.

Encyclopedia is a free online reference created and curated by active scholars. It aims to highlight the latest research results as well as provide a comprehensive record of scientific development. If you have any suggestions or questions, please feel free to contact us via office@encyclopedia.pub.

6 September 2019
Meet us at the 11th Conference of The World Mycotoxin Forum® and the XVth IUPAC International Symposium on Mycotoxins in Belfast, Northern Ireland, 14-16 October 2019

MDPI will be attending the 11th Conference of The World Mycotoxin Forum® and the XVth IUPAC International Symposium on Mycotoxins in Belfast, Northern Ireland, 14-16 October 2019.

The aim of WMFmeetsIUPAC – the world’s largest mycotoxin event – is to increase the awareness of human and animal health risks due to mycotoxin contamination. It offers a platform for the food and feed industry, science and regulatory authorities to exchange current knowledge, to promote harmonisation of food and feed safety regulations and control procedures, and to make recommendations for integrated strategies ensuring the safety and security of the food and feed supply chain.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

If you are also attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth. 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.worldmycotoxinforum.org/welcome.php

6 August 2019
Preprints Reaches 10,000 Posted Articles Milestone

We are pleased to announce that Preprints has passed the milestone of 10,000 posted preprints. We are delighted to have reached this after just over three years of operation. Our congratulations and thanks go to our authors and advisory board who have supported growth of the platform and been crucial to its operation.

You can find further details at https://www.preprints.org/announcement/show/37.

2 August 2019
DeepGreen Partnering with Publishers and Universities in Distributing Open Access Content to Institutional Repositories

Last week, the DeepGreen initiative in Germany started into an advanced test phase with the publishing partners S. Karger AG, SAGE Publishing, MDPI, Frontiers and De Gruyter, as well as 27 universities from all over Germany, from Hamburg University of Applied Sciences to University of Konstanz.

DeepGreen aims at lowering the barriers for open access publishing by automatically delivering metadata and full text publications from participating publishers to authorized repositories at German universities.

In preparation for a later live operation, the advanced test phase serves to gain experience with extensive data deliveries from publishers and also handling different repository software (including OPUS4, DSpace, EPrints, MyCoRe). DeepGreen thereby acts as a sophisticated platform, receiving articles published by authors affiliated with German universities and depositing these articles to respective university repositories, based on the affiliation metadata. For more information about DeepGreen: https://deepgreen.kobv.de

Karger AG has been a close cooperation partner of the DeepGreen consortium since 2016. S. Karger has more than 80 subscription-based and around 20 open access journals covering a wide spectrum in health science. DeepGreen will assign S. Karger articles to authorized institutions on the legal basis of German alliance and national licenses.

SAGE Publishing  was founded by Sara Miller McCune in 1965 to support the dissemination of usable knowledge and educate a global community. SAGE publishes more than 1,000 journals and over 600 new books each year, spanning a wide range of subject areas. Our growing selection of library products includes archives, data, case studies and video. SAGE remains majority owned by our founder and after her lifetime will become owned by a charitable trust that secures the company’s continued independence. Principal offices are located in Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore, Washington DC and Melbourne. SAGE Publishing has been a close cooperation partner of DeepGreen since 2016.

MDPI  is a scientific open access publisher and has been a partner of DeepGreen since 2017. MDPI comprises 205 peer-reviewed journals of various disciplines. All articles are published under a CC-BY license and are freely available without embargo period.

Frontiers  is a scientific open access publisher with 61 journals of over 600 academic disciplines. All articles are peer-reviewed and published freely available under CC-BY license.

De Gruyter  is an academic publisher with more than 700 subscription-based and open access journals of 29 disciplines. Articles provided by De Gruyter will be assigned to institutions with German alliance and national licenses.

There is promising communication with other publishers.

DeepGreen is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the consortium comprises six institutions: the Cooperative Library Network Berlin-Brandenburg, Bavarian State Library, Bavarian Library Network, University Library of the Technische Universität Berlin, University Library of Erlangen-Nuremberg and the Helmholtz Open Science Coordination Office at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences.

If you would like to know in more detail which institutions take part in the advanced test phase of DeepGreen, you can find more information here.

17 July 2019
First Basel Sustainable Publishing Forum

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

20 June 2019
Foods Receives First Journal Impact Factor of 3.011

The editors are pleased to inform that Foods has received a first Impact Factor of 3.011, as published in the 2018 Edition of the Journal Citation Reports®, released just now. Foods ranks 36th out of 135 (Q2) titles in the 'FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY' category.

Thank you to the authors, editorial board members and reviewers for their contribution in achieving this milestone for Foods.

28 May 2019
Meet US at the 2019 Annual Meeting of ASN in Baltimore, MD, USA, 8–11 June 2019


MDPI will be attending the 2019 Annual Meeting of American Society for Nutrition in Baltimore, MD, USA, 8–11 June 2019.

At Nutrition 2019, 3600 of the top scientific researchers, practitioners, global and public health professionals, policy makers and advocacy leaders, industry, media and other related professionals will gather to advance nutrition science and its practical application.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

If you are also attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth (Booth #303). 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://meeting.nutrition.org/

20 March 2019
Fostering Open Access Publishing Worldwide: New IOAP Participants in February and March 2019

We are pleased to welcome more universities from Poland, Italy, Germany, Brazil and other parts of the world to MDPI's Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP). A warm welcome to the institutions listed below, who have joined the Program in February and March this year.


James Madison University (JMU), Harrisonburg USA
Loughborough University UK
Lublin University of Technology Poland
Marquette University, Milwaukee USA
Massey University, Palmerston North New Zealand
Medical College of Wisconsin USA
Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń Poland
Poznań University of Life Sciences Poland
Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin Germany
Rothamsted Research, Harpenden UK
Santa Clara University (SCU)  USA
Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau Germany
University of Aveiro Portugal
University of Brasília Brazil
University of Duisburg-Essen Germany
University of Greifswald Germany
University of Molise Italy
University of Naples Parthenope Italy
University of São Paulo (USP) - São Carlos Institute of Physics Brazil
University of Szczecin Poland
University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn Poland
University West, Trollhättan Sweden
UTP University of Science and Technology, Bydgoszcz Poland
VTT - Technical Research Centre of Finland Finland


Authors affiliated with these institutions can now enjoy a discount on the APC for papers accepted for publication in any MDPI journal. If you would like to learn more about our program, please visit: https://www.mdpi.com/about/ioap or email us at ioap@mdpi.com.

5 March 2019
MDPI Joins Jisc’s Publications Router Service

We are delighted to announce our participation in Jisc’s Publication Router project, as of March 2019.

Publications Router is a Jisc service that automatically sends notifications about research articles to institutions' systems such as their repositories or CRISs, since May 2015. Through this agreement, MDPI will provide Jisc with daily feeds and information regarding published articles, which will be gathered by their system and delivered to institutions also registered to this service. Nearly all of our articles are published within 15 days of acceptance, so institutions will receive them quite promptly.

The feed will include the full text of the published version of record, with no embargo, so the articles can be exposed immediately for public view. They are accompanied by rich metadata, including confirmation of the immediate CC BY licence, minimising the need for any manual intervention or checking.

For more information about Publications Router, you may contact Jisc’s central helpdesk at help@jisc.ac.uk. For any queries about MDPI’s institutional agreements and collaborations, you may get in touch with MDPI’s Institutional Engagement team at ioap@mdpi.com, which would be very happy to hear from further UK institutions.

1 February 2019
2018 MDPI Top Reviewer AwardWinners Announced


Rigorous peer-review is the cornerstone of high quality academic publishing. Over 97,000 scholars served as reviewers for MDPI journals in 2018. 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 all reviewers’ names to express our gratitude. In addition, this year the “MDPI Top Reviewer Awards” are announced, to recognize the very best reviewers for their expertise, dedication, high quality, and timely review reports. We are pleased to announce the following winners of the 2018 MDPI Top Reviewer Awards:

  • Ali Behnood
  • Andrea Pezzuolo
  • Angela Gorgoglione
  • Anna D'Auria
  • Antonio D'Andrea
  • Azhar Abbas
  • Bogdan Zagajewski
  • Chunhui Chen
  • Dominika Głąbska
  • Dominika Guzek
  • Dragan Pamucar
  • Francisco J. G. Silva
  • Frank Li
  • Gianluca Serafini
  • Gyorgy Szekely
  • Haozhi Pan
  • Helvi Heinonen-Tanski
  • José Manuel Gómez-Soberón
  • Kathy Lewis
  • Klara Kosova
  • Luis N. López De Lacalle
  • M. Z. Naser
  • Malwina Tytła
  • Masoume Amirkhani
  • Matteo Ghidelli
  • Moretti Laura
  • Petra Schneider
  • Roberto Cerchione
  • Spyros Papaefthymiou
  • Ştefan Cristian Gherghina

24 January 2019
JAMS Journals: A Low-Cost Publishing Platform


Since 2010, MDPI has run its own online submission system. More recently, we have made the software, with accompanying publishing services, available to other publishers as JAMS (Journal and Article Management System). We are now delighted to announce the launch of JAMS Journals, a standardized platform for operating open access journals at low cost.

JAMS Journals provides a comprehensive service, including a shared submission website, journal websites hosted at a URL provided by the publisher, and a full production service. There is a small setup fee and the cost for each published paper is just a few hundred Swiss francs.

The platform demonstrates that running an open access journal can be straightforward and affordable. The JAMS Journals platform is suitable for

  • small publishers or groups of scholars looking to launch their own journal;
  • existing publishers or societies seeking to explore open access options;
  • publishers looking to convert an existing subscription journal to open access.

JAMS journals launches with two journals from Canadian-based publisher Etcetera Publications:

Dr AJ Al-Rajab (President of Etcetera Publications) comments:

“In the past few months, we were working on our project to launch new open access scientific journals in the field of agricultural and environmental sciences. We decided to go with JAMS for this venture because of the high quality of their services, reasonable prices, professionalism and easy communication. Our portfolio is expected to grow rapidly during 2019 to include more titles covering different areas in agriculture and environment. MDPI earned already our complete satisfaction and we are looking for a long term cooperation.”

Alongside the new platform, we continue to provide flexible, tailored journal management solutions for existing publishers. For any questions or to request a quotation, contact Dr. Constanze Schelhorn (constanze.schelhorn@mdpi.com).

24 January 2019
Popularity of Preprints Continues to Grow

2018 was a great year for preprints, with increasing numbers of authors looking to make their papers available online before peer review. Along with other preprint servers, our platform Preprints.org  saw an increase in the uptake from authors, and more than double the number of announced papers compared to 2017. In fact, we recently passed two important milestones: 8000 preprints online and 30,000 authors. 

We believe that the whole research community has the opportunity to benefit from work being available online as early as possible. We thank and congratulate our authors for supporting us to make this goal a reality.

In 2019, we will be looking carefully at how to provide better value for authors, maintain efficiency while growing in size, and make sure we remain well-connected with the research community. 

If you want to participate, you can consider screening preprints or joining our advisory board. And, of course, posting your own work.

9 January 2019
Open Access Agreement between the Austrian Academic Library Consortium (KEMÖ), the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), and MDPI

We are delighted to announce the establishment of our national Open Access agreement with the Austrian Academic Library Consortium (KEMÖ) and the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). Through this national agreement, the Austrian institutions listed below as well as FWF will cover the Article Processing Charges (APC) of manuscripts published by eligible corresponding or funded authors in MDPI journals as long as central funds are available.

All participating institutions have gained access to the MDPI online submission system where they can find full article metadata and pricing information as well as Funder and Grant ID details for easy identification and additional transparency. At the same time eligible authors are benefited from an APC discount which comes at no cost for the institutions.

Eligible corresponding authors affiliated with the participating institutions are prompted to choose the corresponding Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP) when they submit an article via our online submission system. The program will be selected automatically if authors submit their papers using their institutional email address. To claim their discount, FWF funded authors should choose the particular funder and add their Grant ID upon online submission of their manuscript. The institutions will then crosscheck the information and confirm the APC funding.

Eligible authors that have their APC covered by their institution or funder are advised to include the following sentence in their acknowledgments: "Open Access Funding by the [name of the institution/funder]".

The full text of the agreement is openly available online at: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2536007

For any questions about the agreement, please contact the KEMÖ Consortium at emedien@obvsg.at, FWF at Katharina.Rieck@fwf.ac.at, or the MDPI IOAP team at ioap@mdpi.com.

The Austrian institutions participating in this agreement are:

  • Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
  • University for Continuing Education Krems
  • University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna
  • University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria
  • University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien
  • Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences
  • International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
  • Institute of Science and Technology Austria
  • MCI Management Center Innsbruck
  • University of Graz
  • University of Linz
  • University of Salzburg
  • Graz University of Technology
  • TU Wien
  • University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
  • University of Vienna

This is our first collective agreement with a national library consortium, while the individual institutions around the world participating in our IOAP are now more than 500 - see details here: https://www.mdpi.com/about/ioap. We would be mostly interested in discussing about possible collaborations with other consortia, funders, and institutions in our mutual efforts to accelerate Open Access.

2 January 2019
Encyclopedia—the Scholarly Community Encyclopedia

We are pleased to announce the new platform Encyclopedia, which is an online reference created and curated by active scholars. It aims to highlight the latest research results as well as providing benchmark information for researchers and the general public interested in accurate and advanced knowledge on specific topics.

We encourage authors of review articles to quote and adapt the content of their published papers to create Encyclopedia entries. You can create completely new entries on topics in which you have knowledge and expertise. There is no limit on the topics or research fields. All of science and the humanities are included. Each entry will be published directly after submission.

We also have prepared a DOI application function in Encyclopedia. Once a DOI application is approved, the entry website will announce the DOI number and a pdf version with DOI information will be automatically created.

We look forward to your contributions and hope you will make use of this service. Find more about the service at: https://encyclopedia.pub/

12 December 2018
Recent Journal Additions in Scopus

We are pleased to inform that ten more of our journals (listed below) were found suitable for inclusion in Scopus over the past few months. Current articles are being indexed and the journal profiles will become available next year. With more than half of our journals covered in Scopus now, there is more choice and visibility on offer for authors than ever.

Thank you to the authors, editors and reviewers for their support of these journals!

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28 November 2018
Plants and Foods Accepted for Inclusion in SCIE (Web of Science)

We are pleased to inform the two journals Plants (ISSN 2223-7747) and Foods (ISSN 2304-8158) have been accepted for inclusion in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) in the Web of Science Core Collection, as well as Current Contents - Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences. Meanwhile, Plants continues to be listed in BIOSIS Previews.

Both journals were established in 2012 and have since made an impact in the scientific community. For example, research published in Plants has been cited more than 880 times in Scopus in 2017 and 2018 to date. Out of four hundred research articles published in Foods since inception, 33 have been cited at least ten times, according to Crossref data.

Foods and Plants are due to receive first Journal Impact Factors based on Web of Science data in next year's release of the Journal Citation Reports in mid-2019.

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The Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Web of ScienceTM, BIOSIS Previews and Journal Citation Reports are Clarivate Analytics products.

30 October 2018
Institutional Open Access Agreement between Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and MDPI


We are delighted to announce that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) is now a participant of our Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP). Authors funded by the BMGF can enjoy discounts on the APC, while the funder covers the costs of eligible articles centrally. BMGF also has access to the MDPI online submission system where they can find full article metadata and pricing information as well as Grant ID details for easy identification and additional transparency.

We hope that funded authors find the programme beneficial and we are happy to offer our IOAP to other funders that need a streamlined workflow of compliance checking and APC coverage. 

To claim their discount, BMGF funded authors should choose the particular funder and add their Grant ID upon online submission of their manuscript.

For any questions about the BMGF agreement, please contact the funder at support@chronos-oa.com or the MDPI IOAP team at ioap@mdpi.com.

2 October 2018
MDPI Welcomes Plan S

Recently, it was announced that a group of European funders supported 10 principles that will help to expand open access, known as Plan S. MDPI warmly welcomes this move as a step towards achieving more open and accessible communication of research across all disciplines. Some aspects remain to be clarified, however the details given so far match the aims and values that MDPI has held over the past two decades.

We believe that open access publishers should be active participants in discussions around Plan S, particularly regarding potential new business models and practical aspects of implementation. MDPI supports APCs as a transparent unit of payment for article publishing, however we are committed to exploring other measures and recently signed the Jussieu Call. Sustainability is a key value for MDPI, and future funding models should have at their heart the sustainability of knowledge and research dissemination. Plan S provides an opportunity for funders and publishers to directly discuss funding of open access journals in ways that are beneficial to all parties involved.

30 August 2018
MDPI establishes Open Access agreement with Qatar National Library

We are happy to announce the establishment of an Open Access (OA) agreement with Qatar National Library (QNL). QNL is committed to supporting and helping Qatar authors publish OA at no cost. Through this national agreement, QNL will cover the Article Processing Charges (APC) of manuscripts published by Qatar-based corresponding authors in MDPI journals.

Eligible corresponding authors affiliated with Qatar research centers and universities are prompted to choose QNL as part of our Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP) when they submit an article via our online submission system. The program will be selected automatically if authors submit their papers using their institutional email and/or a computer registered with the institution’s IP range. QNL will then crosscheck the information and confirm the APC funding.

Qatar authors that have their APC covered by QNL are advised to include the following sentence in their acknowledgments: "The publication of this article was funded by Qatar National Library".

For more information, please visit Open Access at QNL or email the QNL Open Access team at openaccess@qnl.qa.

31 May 2018
2017 CiteScore™ Metrics Released

The 2017 CiteScore™ data is available now, based on citation data in the Scopus® database. The current CiteScore reflects citation activity in 2017 for articles published in 2014‒2016. Please note that the list below includes journals assigned a CiteScore in this year’s release. For a full list of journals indexed in Scopus, please see our journal list.

Thirteen of our journals received a CiteScore which is in the top 10% of the distribution in at least one of the categories (marked with * in the table below), while a further 32 journals exhibit scores that are in the first quartile of the respective categories.

To access the full data for MDPI journals, please see here. More data can also be found in SJR Scimago Journal & Country Rank.

Unlike CiteScores and the widely used Journal Impact Factors, the Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) metrics are normalized in order to correct for differences in citation practices between scientific fields. Therefore, the SNIP allows direct comparison between journals specialized in different fields.

According to 2017 data, MDPI publishes six journals with an average citation impact, or SNIP, in excess of 1.500. These journals are Biomolecules, Cancers, Journal of Clinical Medicine (JCM), Marine Drugs, Remote Sensing and Sensors (see the last column in the table below).

CiteScore Data for MDPI Journals

Journal Rank (Quartile)
Category Link CiteScore 2017
2016

2015
SNIP 2017
Aerospace 43/116 (Q2) • Aerospace Engineering Link 1.23 - -  1.152
Agriculture 69/309 (Q1)

91/398 (Q1)
78/255 (Q2)
• Agronomy and Crop Science
• Plant Science
• Food Science
Link 1.93 - -  1.133
Agronomy 46/309 (Q1) • Agronomy and Crop Science Link 2.38 - -  1.115
Algorithms 22/46 (Q2)
61/125 (Q2)

60/107 (Q3)

64/114 (Q3)
• Numerical Analysis
• Computational Mathematics
• Computational Theory and Mathematics
• Theoretical Computer Science
Link 1.03 1.15 1.07  0.749
Animals 12/154 (Q1) *
48/367 (Q1)
• General Veterinary
• Animal Science and Zoology
Link 2.02 1.46 1.66  1.099
Antibiotics 6/68 (Q1) *


62/263 (Q1)
55/230 (Q1)
31/108 (Q2)
47/134 (Q2)
139/398 (Q2)
• General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
• Infectious Diseases
• Pharmacology (medical)
• Microbiology (medical)
• Microbiology
• Biochemistry
Link 2.85 1.65 -  0.975
Antibodies 43/143 (Q2)
61/164 (Q2)
85/189 (Q2)
• Drug Discovery
• Immunology and Allergy
• Immunology
Link 2.85 - -  0.844
Antioxidants 23/119 (Q1)
35/169 (Q2)
100/398 (Q2)
119/367 (Q2)
102/264 (Q2)
• Clinical Biochemistry
• Physiology
• Biochemistry
• Molecular Biology
• Cell Biology
Link 3.42 - -  1.361
Applied Sciences 48/270 (Q1)
15/66 (Q1)

31/116 (Q2)
18/53 (Q2)

151/434 (Q2)

186/535 (Q2)
• General Engineering
• Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
• Instrumentation
• Process Chemistry and Technology
• General Materials Science
• Computer Science Applications
Link 1.90 - -  0.801
Biology 12/177 (Q1)*

32/186 (Q1)


10/40 (Q1)
• General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
• General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
• General Immunology and Microbiology
Link 3.48 3.02 2.78  0.961
Biomolecules 31/398 (Q1) *
41/367 (Q1)
• Biochemistry
• Molecular Biology
Link 5.72 1.67 3.08  1.542
Biosensors 20/119 (Q1) • Clinical Biochemistry Link 3.59 2.83 2.37  1.122
Brain Sciences 47/111 (Q2) • General Neuroscience Link 2.56 - -  0.695
Cancers 26/323 (Q1) *
23/191 (Q1)
• Oncology
• Cancer Research
Link 5.82 5.02 4.07  1.567
Catalysts 32/151 (Q1)

21/46 (Q2)
• Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
• Catalysis
Link 3.23 3.44 3.45  0.954
Crystals 76/272 (Q2)

140/434 (Q2)

127/398 (Q2)

26/64 (Q2)
• General Chemical Engineering
• General Materials Science
• Condensed Matter Physics
• Inorganic Chemistry
Link 1.97 1.89 1.47  0.745
Diagnostics 49/119 (Q2) • Clinical Biochemistry Link 2.43 - -  0.788
Diversity 30/124 (Q1)

14/52 (Q2)


83/306 (Q2)
11/29 (Q2)
• Nature and Landscape Conservation
• Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
• Ecology
• Ecological Modelling
Link 2.15 2.03 1.96  1.300
Electronics 109/644 (Q1)

26/148 (Q1)

42/224 (Q1)

50/259 (Q1)

23/96 (Q1)
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Hardware and
Architecture
• Control and Systems Engineering
• Computer Networks and Communications
• Signal Processing
Link 2.97 - -  1.227
Energies 6/73 (Q1) *
31/192 (Q1)

103/644 (Q1)

4/16 (Q1)
47/140 (Q2)
• Control and Optimization
• Energy Engineering and Power Technology
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Energy (miscellaneous)
• Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Link 3.11 2.50 2.87  1.340
Entropy 35/202 (Q1) • General Physics and Astronomy Link 2.41 1.87 1.99  1.189
Forests 17/129 (Q1) • Forestry Link 2.31 2.06 1.76  0.990
Future Internet 132/259 (Q3) • Computer Networks and Communications Link 1.25 - - -
Games 132/187 (Q3)
78/110 (Q3)

305/418 (Q3)
• Statistics and Probability
• Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
• Applied Mathematics
Link 0.61 0.87 0.57  1.038
Genes 21/91 (Q1)
74/311 (Q1)
• Genetics (clinical)
• Genetics
Link 3.49 3.62 3.18  0.374
Geosciences 32/182 (Q1)

• General Earth and Planetary Sciences Link 1.97 1.67 1.29  0.856
Information 143/251 (Q3) • Information Systems Link 1.16 0.78 0.94  1.146
Insects 27/135 (Q1) • Insect Science Link 1.85 1.81 1.38  0.719
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) 80/478 (Q1)


34/106 (Q2)
• Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
• Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Link 2.41 2.38 2.42  0.931
International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS) 7/69 (Q1) *
61/535 (Q1)

20/163 (Q1)
9/64 (Q1)
26/151 (Q1)

89/367 (Q2)
17/46 (Q2)
• Spectroscopy
• Computer Science Applications
• Organic Chemistry
• Inorganic Chemistry
• Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
• Molecular Biology
• Catalysis
Link 3.86 3.73 3.37  0.998
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (IJGI) 79/605 (Q1)

22/82 (Q2)

13/36 (Q2)
• Geography, Planning and Development
• Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
• Computers in Earth Sciences
Link 2.10 1.62 1.52  1.062
Journal of Clinical Medicine (JCM) 10/841 (Q1) * • General Medicine Link 7.07 - -  1.535
Journal of Functional Biomaterials (JFB) 43/199 (Q1)
23/77 (Q2)
• Biomedical Engineering
• Biomaterials
Link 3.47 - -  1.344
Journal of Low Po-
wer Electronics and Applications (JLPEA)
301/644 (Q2) • Electrical and Electronic Engineering Link 1.12 0.98 0.83  0.367
Journal of Personalized Medicine (JPM) 54/189 (Q2) • Medicine (miscellaneous) Link 2.61 - -  0.944
Land 50/124 (Q2)

129/306 (Q2)
36/65 (Q3)
• Nature and Landscape Conservation
• Ecology
• Global and Planetary Change
Link 1.44 - -  0.658
Life 4/94 (Q1) *
70/561 (Q1)

40/186 (Q1)


20/80 (Q2)
• Palaeontology
• Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
• General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
• Space and Planetary Science
Link 3.16 2.95 1.68  0.935
Marine Drugs 17/146 (Q1) • Drug Discovery Link 4.58 3.83 3.66  1.537
Materials 83/434 (Q1) • General Materials Science Link 3.02 3.26 3.11  1.285
Membranes 5/18 (Q2)

15/53 (Q2)

4/10 (Q2)
• Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)
• Process Chemistry and Technology
• Filtration and Separation
Link 2.69 2.19 2.95  0.880
Metabolites 47/209 (Q1)

103/398 (Q2)
127/367 (Q2)
• Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
• Biochemistry
• Molecular Biology
Link 3.35 - -  0.925
Metals 155/434 (Q2) • General Materials Science Link 1.87 - -  0.955
Micromachines 105/554 (Q1)
154/644 (Q1)

64/224 (Q2)
• Mechanical Engineering
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Control and Systems Engineering
Link 2.31 1.83 1.78  0.987
Minerals 33/175 (Q1)


45/208 (Q1)
• Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
• Geology
Link 2.21 2.13 1.77  1.149
Molecules 4/25 (Q1)

25/172 (Q1)
18/104 (Q1)
31/163 (Q1)
30/151 (Q1)

31/146 (Q1)
55/160 (Q2)
• Chemistry (miscellaneous)
• Pharmaceutical Science
• Analytical Chemistry
• Organic Chemistry
• Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
• Drug Discovery
• Molecular Medicine
Link 3.27 3.09 2.65  1.146
Nutrients 11/255 (Q1) *
9/112 (Q1) *
• Food Science
• Nutrition and Dietetics
Link 4.35 4.29 4.07  1.403
Pathogens 38/263 (Q1)
20/108 (Q1)
9/40 (Q1)

40/164 (Q1)
110/367 (Q2)
• Infectious Diseases
• Microbiology (medical)
• General Immunology and Microbiology
• Immunology and Allergy
• Molecular Biology
Link 3.52 - -  1.166
Pharmaceuticals 14/172 (Q1) *
33/160 (Q1)
• Pharmaceutical Science
• Molecular Medicine
Link 4.12 4.90 3.64  1.370
Pharmaceutics 21/172 (Q1) • Pharmaceutical Science Link 3.68 3.83 2.68  1.092
Photonics 30/116 (Q1)
80/270 (Q2)

53/160 (Q2)
• Instrumentation
• Radiology Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
• Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Link 1.96 - -  0.817
Plants 73/561 (Q1)

48/389 (Q1)
44/306 (Q1)
• Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
• Plant Science
• Ecology
Link 3.13 - -  0.969
Polymers 17/142 (Q1)
63/359 (Q1)
• Polymers and Plastics
• General Chemistry
Link 3.30 3.74 3.37  1.213
Religions 26/389 (Q1) * • Religious Studies Link 0.56 - -  0.676
Remote Sensing 13/182 (Q1) * • General Earth and Planetary Sciences Link 4.03 3.56 3.76  1.559
Resources 19/142 (Q1)

39/261 (Q1)
• Nature and Landscape Conservation
• Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Link 2.69 - -  1.387
Scientia Pharmaceutica 92/172 (Q3) • Pharmaceutical Science Link 0.86 - -  0.513
Sensors 9/116 (Q1) *
25/160 (Q1)

100/644 (Q1)

19/104 (Q1)
113/398 (Q2)
• Instrumentation
• Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Analytical Chemistry
• Biochemistry
Link 3.23 2.78 2.21  1.550
Social Sciences 81/213 (Q2) • General Social Sciences Link 0.60 - -  0.445
Sustainability 61/605 (Q1) *

55/261 (Q1)

60/140 (Q2)
• Geography, Planning and Development
• Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
• Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Link 2.37 1.96 1.78  1.030
Symmetry 44/327 (Q1)
17/45 (Q2)

16/40 (Q2)

14/25 (Q2)
• General Mathematics
• Computer Science (miscellaneous)
• Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
• Chemistry (miscellaneous)
Link 1.32 1.12 0.95  0.802
Toxins 18/106 (Q1)

21/111 (Q1)
• Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
• Toxicology
Link 3.32 3.34 3.76  1.136
Vaccines 5/230 (Q1) *
13/263 (Q1) *
18/302 (Q1) *
11/146 (Q1) *
32/189 (Q1)
• Pharmacology (medical)
• Infectious Diseases
• Pharmacology
• Drug Discovery
• Immunology
Link 4.88 1.23 3.76  1.255
Viruses 29/263 (Q1)
16/68 (Q1)
• Virology
• Infectious Diseases
Link 3.88 3.60 3.74  1.130
Water 66/605 (Q1)

37/191 (Q1)

43/199 (Q1)
193/398 (Q2)
• Geography, Planning and Development
• Water Science and Technology
• Aquatic Science
• Biochemistry
Link 2.29 2.05 1.96  1.007

30 April 2018
Winners of the First MDPI Writing Prize

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.

23 March 2018
Check for Updates: A New Function in the Article PDF Version

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.

13 March 2018
MDPI Becoming a Member of UKSG

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.

1 February 2018
MDPI Signed the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA)

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/

25 January 2018
Meet Us at the ACS National Meeting & Exposition in New Orleans, USA, 18–22 March 2018


We will be attending the 255th ACS National Meeting & Exposition. It is an interdisciplinary forum open to anyone with an interest in Chemistry and the related disciplines. Representatives of the following open access journals will attend:

Agronomy
Applied Sciences

Beverages
Biomimetics

Biosensors
C

Catalysts
ChemEngineering
Chemosensors
Coatings
Energies
Environments
Fibers
Foods
Gels
Inorganics

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (JMSE)
Lubricants
Materials
Mathematics
Metals
Molecules
Nanomaterials
Polymers
Processes
Resources

Safety
Sensors
Separations
Sustainability
Symmetry

Toxins
Water

If you are also attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth (Booth #640). 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.acs.org/content/acs/en/meetings/national-meeting.html?sc=home_meetings_170818_mtg_NO18_od

19 December 2017
Announcing the MDPI English Writing Prize

 

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

15 December 2017
UCL Press Adopts the MDPI Editorial Platform JAMS

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

23 November 2017
New Participants in the Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP)

We are pleased to welcome new participants to MDPI's Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP), designed to help institutions manage the transition to the Open Access publishing model. Researchers affiliated with participating universites benefit from a 10% discount on the Article Processing Charges (APC) for any paper published in an MDPI journal, while the participating library or university incurs no basic fee for participating in the program.

The IOAP set of free services, provided by MDPI to institutions that sign up, include:
  • No fee for participants and no obligation to prolong after the initial 12 months. The participants may withdraw from the programme at any time, and we will also keep it free for the library for as long as they continue in the programme.
  • Authors affiliated with the university will receive a 10% discount on the APC.
  • The institution is granted free access to the MDPI submission system and can receive free alerts of new submissions to our journals.
  • By default, authors from the institution will continue to be invoiced directly unless the institution opts for central billing.
  • Auto-archiving of papers into the institutions´ repository as long as it supports SWORD 1.3.

More details about the programme and a list of our current participant institutions can be found at: https://www.mdpi.com/about/ioap

Institutions which are interested to participate may do so online at: https://www.mdpi.com/ioap-form

The following North American universities have signed up to the IOAP program recently:

Connecticut College, USA
Emory University, USA
Florida International University, USA
Johns Hopkins University, USA
Mississippi State University, USA
Northeastern University, USA
Rice University, USA
University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada
University of Rhode Island, USA
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA
University of Toronto, Canada
University of Windsor, Canada
University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA
Wellesley College, USA
West Virginia University, USA

Many prestigious institutions from Europe and Asia have joined as well:

Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation, Malaysia
Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
Gdansk University of Technology, Poland
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
Newcastle University, UK
Northumbria University, UK
Southwest University, China
Technical University of Crete, Greece
University Malaya, Malaysia
University of Antwerp, Belgium
University of Cyprus, Cyprus
University of Manchester, UK
University of Reading, UK
University of Sussex, UK
University of Warwick, UK
West Pomeranian University of Technology Szczecin, Poland

We offer a warm welcome to the new participants!

10 November 2017
Available Journal Awards at MDPI

In order to reward the academic community, especially young researchers, and enhance communication among scientists, MDPI journals regularly offer various awards to researchers in specific fields, for example, Young Investigator Awards, Travel Awards, Best Paper Awards, and Best Poster Awards, etc. The awardees range from PhD students to junior scientists.

Currently, the following 44 awards given by MDPI journals are accepting applications. Please click on the award title below to check whether you are eligible for it and start the application process.

Subject

Journal

Award

Intended Awardee

Biology & Life Sciences

Animals

Travel Award 2018

PhD students or postdoctoral researchers

Antioxidants

Travel Awards 2018

Postdoctoral researchers or PhD students

Biology

Travel Award 2018

PhD or postdoctoral fellows

Forests

2019 Travel award

Postdocs or PhD students

International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS)

Outstanding Contribution Awards 2018

Ground-breaking contribution in the fields of Molecular Biology, and Molecular Pathology

Journal of Fungi (JoF)

Travel Awards 2018

PhD graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows

Life

Travel Award 2018

PhD students or postdoctoral fellows

Metabolites

Travel Award 2018

PhD students

Pharmaceuticals

Travel Award 2018

PhD students

Toxins

Travel Award 2018

Postdoctoral fellows

Viruses

Best Oral Presentation Award 2018

Viruses 2018 participants

Viruses

Best Poster Award 2018

Viruses 2018 participants

Water

2018 Young Investigator Award

Young investigators

Chemistry & Materials Science

Biomimetics

 

Travel Award 2018

Graduate Student or Postdoctoral Trainee / Research Associate

Catalysts

Travel Award 2018

PhD students

Chemosensors

Travel Award 2018

PhD or postdoctoral fellows

Entropy

Young Investigator Award 2018

Young investigators

Fibers

2018 Travel award

Postdocs or PhD students

Magnetochemistry

Travel Award 2018

Postdocs

Materials

Travel Award 2018

PhD or postdoctoral fellows

Metals

Travel Award 2018

PhD or postdoctoral fellows

Minerals

Travel Awards 2018

PhD or postdoctoral fellows

Sensors

Travel Award 2018

PhD or postdoctoral fellows

Sensors

Outstanding Reviewer Awards 2017

Sensors' reviewers in 2017

Sensors

Young Investigator Award 2018

Young investigators

Technologies

Travel Award 2018

PhD students

Computer Science & Mathematics

Multimodal Technologies and Interaction (MTI)

Travel Awards 2018

Postdoctoral researchers or PhD students

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information(IJGI)

2018 Travel Award

Postdocs

Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks (JSAN)

Travel Award 2018

Postdoctoral fellows and PhD students

Journal of Imaging

Travel Award 2018

Postdoctoral fellows and PhD students

Engineering

Actuators

Travel Award 2018

PhD or postdoctoral fellows

Remote Sensing

Best Paper Awards 2019

Authors

Machines

Travel Award 2018

PhD or postdoctoral fellows

Micromachines

Travel Awards 2018

PhD or postdoctoral fellows

Fluids

Travel Award 2018

Postdoctoral fellows and PhD students

ChemEngineering

Travel Award 2018

Postdoctoral researchers and PhD students

Environmental & Earth Sciences

Diversity

Travel Awards 2018

Postdoctoral fellows

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH)

Best Paper Award 2018

Authors who submit from 1 Nov 2017 to 31 Oct 2018

Resources

Travel Award 2018

Postdocs or PhD students

Geosciences

Travel Award 2018

Postdoctoral fellows and PhD students

Physical Sciences & Astronomy

Galaxies

Travel Award 2018

Ph.D. students, postdoctoral fellows, or lecturers in cosmology or galaxies physics

Applied Science

Travel Award 2018

Postdocs

Medicine & Pharmacology; Public Health & Healthcare

Journal of Clinical Medicine (JCM)

2018 Travel Award

PhD or postdoctoral fellows

Medicines

Travel Award 2018

Postdocs

7 November 2017
MDPI has signed the Jussieu Call for Open Science and Bibliodiversity

The Jussieu Call aims to develop and implement alternative models to meet the aims of open science while promoting bibliodiversity. In particular it wishes to promote new business models for funding open access publication. It was drafted on the Jussieu campus in Paris by a group of French researchers and scientific publishing professionals.

MDPI supports scholarly communities and initiatives that innovate and further promote Open Access publishing. There is a need to explore different frameworks to fund open access in ways that ensure that excessive funds are not diverted from research towards publishing. Many fair funding models already exist, and they can be further developed and extended. These include institutional support, library contributions or subsidies, premium services, participatory funding, etc. For this reason, MDPI has signed up to the Jussieu call and welcomes its aims.

More information can be found at http://jussieucall.org/ (archived here)

 

6 October 2017
Dr. Franck Vazquez, MDPI CEO, Interviewed by Scholarly Kitchen

The Society for Scholarly Publishing’s popular blog about topics in academic publishing, Scholarly Kitchen, recently interviewed MDPI’s CEO, Dr. Franck Vazquez. He shared some thoughts and information on the past and future of MDPI and open access publishing in general:

“In the long run, we aim to anchor MDPI in research communities. We recently developed and launched the preprint platform Preprints, revamped our free-to-use conference hosting platform Sciforum, and are working on other projects, such as Scilit, our bibliographic database.”

Read the full interview here.

29 September 2017
Meet Us at ASA CSSA SSSA Annual Meeting 2017 in Tampa


We will be attending the ASA CSSA SSSA Annual Meeting 2017, which will be held at Tampa Convention Center, October 22–25, 2017, representing the following open access journals:

Agronomy
Forests
Agriculture
Foods
Plants
Land
Horticulturae
Sustainability

Please come visit our stand to chat with our delegates about our journals and travel awards that you might be interested in. The Editorial Board Member of Agronomy, Professor Jerry L. Hatfield, section leader of Global Agronomy, will also be there to answer your questions about the journal and publishing. We look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have.

Conference address:
2017 ASA CSSA SSSA Annual Meeting
Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, FL, USA

Conference date:
October 22–25 2017


For more information on the conference, please visit:
https://www.acsmeetings.org/home

19 September 2017
A Warm Welcome to the New IOAP Participants

We are delighted to have welcomed 24 new participants to our Institutional Open Access Programme (IOAP) since the beginning of September this year. These are University libraries and Research Institutions located around the world; from the USA and Canada to the UK, and from Norway and Spain to Greece. Well respected Universities, such as the University of Denver, the University of Colorado Boulder, and the University of Arizona in the US, have signed up, while their researchers can now benefit from a 10% discount on the Article Processing Charges (APC) for any papers they publish in MDPI journals, at no cost for the library or the University.

We are more than happy to see the Open Access movement growing stronger and wider every day and we appreciate the vital role which librarians, repository managers, and other scholarly communications professionals play in the field. Our communication with and service to this community is, therefore, one of our principal priorities. The IOAP is our way to support academic and scientific Institutions as well as their scholars in managing, administrating, and publishing research in an Open Access world.

The IOAP set of free services, provided by MDPI to institutions that sign up, include:

  • No fee for participants and no obligation to prolong after the initial 12 months. The participants may withdraw from the programme at any time, and we will also keep it free for the library for as long as they continue in the programme.
  • Authors affiliated with the university will receive a discount on the article processing charge (APC).
  • The institution is granted free access to the MDPI submission system and can receive free alerts of new submissions to our journals.
  • By default, authors from the institution will continue to be invoiced directly unless the institution opts for central billing.
  • Auto-archiving of papers into the institutions´ repository as long as it supports SWORD 1.3.

More details about the programme and a list of our current participant institutions can be found at: https://www.mdpi.com/about/ioap

Institutions which are interested to participate may do so online at: https://www.mdpi.com/ioap-form

 The full list of the Institutions that signed up in September is as follows:

  1. University of Denver, USA
  2. University of Colorado Boulder, USA
  3. University of Arizona, USA
  4. Institute of Metrology of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  5. Middlebury College, USA
  6. Touro College, USA
  7. University of New Orleans, USA
  8. University of Leicester, UK
  9. Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, USA
  10. University of Strathclyde, UK
  11. Cranfield University, UK
  12. Hope College, USA
  13. Oregon State University, USA
  14. Drew University, USA
  15. Swansea University, UK
  16. University of South Florida, USA
  17. University of Georgia, USA
  18. Arizona State University, USA
  19. University of Southern Mississippi, USA
  20. Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Canada
  21. Grinnell College, USA
  22. Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
  23. University of Patras, Greece
  24. Public University of Navarre, Spain

23 June 2017

Congratulations for Publishing the 100,000th Peer-Reviewed Article

Congratulations to the authors Javier Monroy and Javier Gonzalez-Jimenez from Universidad de Malaga, Spain, Victor Hernandez-Bennets, Han Fan and Achim Lilienthal from Örebro University, Sweden for publishing the 100,000th peer-reviewed article.

The article is published in the Chemical Sensors section of Sensors.

GADEN: A 3D Gas Dispersion Simulator for Mobile Robot Olfaction in Realistic Environments

Evermore pressing environmental concerns have led global actors and decision-makers to search for stricter emission monitoring approaches. As part of novel monitoring systems, robots with gas and environmental sensors are a promising solution. However, validation of such robotic inspectors is expensive, time consuming, and plagued by repeatability issues. In this article, we present GADEN (the short form for Gas Dispersion Simulator for Mobile Robot Olfaction in Realistic Environments), which combines gas dispersion and robotics simulation in a common framework. Developed under the widely used Robot Operating System (ROS), GADEN enables validation of sensing strategies with gas dispersion being simulated using computational fluid dynamics and filament dispersion theory. GADEN allows simulating complex, realistic, 3D environments for reproducible testing of robotic gas sensing algorithms. Through qualitative and quantitative evaluations, we show that GADEN is a versatile and user-friendly evaluation tool and emphasize its enormous potential for the mobile robot olfaction community.

 

Read the full article here: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/17/7/1479/htm

6 June 2017
CiteScore™ Metrics Released for Scopus Journals

The CiteScore, the new citation metric for journals covered in the Scopus® database, was released on 1 June 2017, reflecting the citation activity in 2016 for articles published during the three previous years. Please note that the list below does not contain all MDPI journals covered in Scopus. For the CiteScore to serve as a reliable metric at least three volumes of articles need to be indexed in Scopus; journals which have not met this criterion have been omitted here.

Ten MDPI journals received a CiteScore which is in the Top 10% of scores in at least one of the categories, while a further 21 journals exhibit scores that are in the first quartile of the respective categories.

CiteScore Data for MDPI Journals

Journal Rank Category Link CiteScore 2016
2015

2014
Algorithms 44/112 (Q2)
49/111 (Q2)
19/42 (Q2)

52/113 (Q2)
• Numerical Analysis
• Computational Mathematics
• Computational Theory and Mathematics
• Theoretical Computer Science
Link 1.15 1.07 1.06
Animals 69/343 (Q1)
21/146 (Q1)
• Animal Science and Zoology
• General Veterinary
Link 1.46 1.66 0.74
Biology 13/92 (Q1)

34/81 (Q1)

10/75 (Q1)

• General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
• General Biochemistry, Gene-
tics and Molecular Biology
• General Immunology and Microbiology
Link 3.02 2.78 1.74
Biomolecules 234/382 (Q3)
260/353 (Q3)
• Biochemistry
• Molecular Biology
Link 1.67 3.08 1.00
Biosensors 36/118 (Q2)
209/2156 (Q1)
• Clinical Biochemistry
• General Medicine
Link 2.83 2.37 2.04
Cancers 29/196 (Q1)
27/321 (Q1)
• Cancer Research
• Oncology
Link 5.02 4.07 2.31
Catalysts 18/44 (Q2)
27/144 (Q1)
• Catalysis
• Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Link 3.44 3.45 2.17
Crystals 70/270 (Q2)

25/64 (Q2)
118/398 (Q2)
131/424 (Q2)
• General Chemical Engineering
• Inorganic Chemistry
• Condensed Matter Physics
• General Materials Science
Link 1.89 1.47 1.03
Diversity 10/41 (Q1)

9/25 (Q2)
76/291 (Q2)
24/109 (Q1)
• Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
• Ecological Modelling
• Ecology
• Nature and Landscape Conservation
Link 2.03 1.96 1.82
Energies - - Link 2.50 2.87 2.66
Entropy 51/198 (Q2) • General Physics and Astronomy Link 1.87 1.99 1.69
Forests 17/127 (Q1) • Forestry Link 2.06 1.76 1.84
Games 204/398 (Q3)
83/181 (Q2)
48/105 (Q2)
• Applied Mathematics
• Statistics and Probability
• Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Link 0.87 0.57 0.64
Genes 62/300 (Q1)
18/90 (Q1)
• Genetics
• Genetics (clinical)
Link 3.62 3.18 1.33
Geosciences 36/169 (Q1)

• General Earth and Planetary Sciences Link 1.67 1.29 1.13
Information 156/237 (Q3) • Information Systems Link 0.78 0.94 0.74
Insects 28/131 (Q1) • Insect Science Link 1.81 1.38 1.23
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) 67/446 (Q1)

31/102 (Q2)
• Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
• Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Link 2.38 2.42 2.47
International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS) 23/157 (Q1)
8/64 (Q1)
90/353 (Q1)
22/144 (Q1)

16/44 (Q1)
8/62 (Q1)
• Organic Chemistry
• Inorganic Chemistry
• Molecular Biology
• Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
• Catalysis
• Spectroscopy
Link 3.73 3.37 3.06
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 12/29 (Q2)
28/79 (Q2)

96/587 (Q1)
• Computers in Earth Sciences
• Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
• Geography, Planning and Development
Link 1.62 1.52 -
Journal of Low Power Electronic Applications (JLPEA) 301/645 (Q2) • Electrical and Electronic Engineering Link 0.98 0.83 0.83
Life 65/525 (Q1)

36/186 (Q1)

5/92 (Q1)
20/80 (Q2)
• Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
• General Biochemistry, Gene-
tics and Molecular Biology
• Palaeontology
• Space and Planetary Science
Link 2.95 1.68 1.20
Marine Drugs 18/145 (Q1) • Drug Discovery Link 3.83 3.66 3.59
Materials 63/424 (Q1) • General Materials Science Link 3.26 3.11 2.69
Membranes 103/424 (Q1) • Materials Science Link 2.19 2.95 2.42
Micromachines 173/645 (Q2)

69/211 (Q2)

113/526 (Q1)
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Control and Systems Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
Link 1.83 1.78 2.10
Minerals 45/206 (Q1)
29/167 (Q1)
• Geology
• Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
Link 2.13 1.77 -
Molecules 32/157 (Q1) • Organic Chemistry Link 3.09 2.65 2.62
Nutrients 12/247 (Q1) • Food Science Link 4.29 4.07 3.78
Pharmaceuticals 8/168 (Q1)
21/158 (Q1)
• Pharmaceutical Science
• Molecular Medicine
Link 4.90 3.64 1.92
Pharmaceutics 19/168 (Q1) • Pharmaceutical Science Link 3.83 2.68 2.46
Polymers 13/138 (Q1)
44/354 (Q1)
• Polymers and Plastics
• General Chemistry
Link 3.74 3.37 4.10
Remote Sensing 13/169 (Q1) • General Earth and Planetary Sciences Link 3.56 3.76 3.23
Sensors 25/96 (Q2)
25/159 (Q1)

124/382 (Q2)
103/645 (Q1)
• Analytical Chemistry
• Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
• Biochemistry
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Link 2.78 2.21 2.40
Sustainability 49/129 (Q2)

68/587 (Q1)

56/236 (Q1)
• Renewable Energy, Sustai-nability and the Environment
• Geography, Planning and Development
• Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Link 1.96 1.78 1.52
Symmetry 17/42 (Q2)
49/111 (Q2)
• Numerical Analysis
• Computational Mathematics
Link 1.12 0.95 1.02
Toxins 16/102 (Q1)

16/108 (Q1)
• Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
• Toxicology
Link 3.34 3.76 2.85
Vaccines 146/184 (Q4)
151/250 (Q3)
93/145 (Q3)
186/299 (Q3)
130/232 (Q3)
• Immunology
• Infectious Diseases
• Drug Discovery
• Pharmacology
• Pharmacology (medical)
Link 1.23 3.76 2.85
Viruses 15/68 (Q1)
34/250 (Q1)
• Virology
• Infectious Diseases
Link 3.60 3.74 3.80
Water 33/184 (Q1)

48/195 (Q1)
62/587 (Q1)

198/382 (Q3)
• Water Science and Technology
• Aquatic Science
• Geography, Planning and Development
• Biochemistry
Link 2.05 1.96 1.45

17 May 2017
Three New Institutional Memberships Established

Inst Member

We are pleased to announce that the Goethe University of Frankfurt, the Technical University of Hamburg (TU Hamburg-Harburg), as well as the Humboldt University of Berlin, in Germany, have joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Primary authors from these instititions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.

Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.

          

 

4 May 2017
MDPI Supports the Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC)

As an open access publisher, we are keen to support openness and transparency in the research process. Citation data is very important for assessing the value of individual papers and the contribution of researchers. As such, we support the recently launched Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC). The initiative recognizes that citations should be freely available and machine-readable. By doing so, authors gain the maximum benefit from having their work cited.

MDPI now uploads citation data with metadata uploaded to Crossref when registering digital object identifiers (DOIs) for published papers. We are delighted to take this step to support a truly open research environment.

2 May 2017
Publons Peer Review Academy Goes Live

Getting high quality review reports is critical for any journal’s editorial process. At MDPI we have put in place several measures to motivate reviewers and reward them for their work. We are proud of the quality of reviewer reports we receive and grateful for the hours put in by active researchers from across the globe.

Reviewers of MDPI’s largest journals can get recognition via Publons, a website dedicated to rewarding peer reviewers. They have now taken this one step further and launched the Publons Reviewer Academy to help train reviewers to provide useful feedback. Through the academy, researchers can be trained and tutored in various aspects of how to provide structured feedback that will be of genuine help to editors and authors. We support this initiative and recommend it to potential MDPI reviewers, especially early career researchers. See the Publons announcement for further information.

More information on reviewing for MDPI, including how to volunteer as a reviewer, can be found here.

24 April 2017
Two New Institutional Memberships Established

Inst Member

We are pleased to announce that the following universities have joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, USA and the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia. Primary authors from these instititions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.

Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.

 Trinity    UNSW

 

30 March 2017
Credit for Preprints Comments via Publons

Preprints.org is a platform run by MDPI that allows authors to make early versions of manuscripts available before peer review has been completed.

One of the major benefits of putting a preprint online is to get feedback before journal submission. Until now, however, the feedback has been on a voluntary basis. Preprints is delighted to be the first preprint server to collaborate with Publons to acknowledge substantial comments as reviews and give commentators the opportunity to receive credit for their efforts. 

When you add a comment to any article, there is a check box to click for it to appear on Publons. If you have already linked your account it will be passed on automatically. If you don't already have a Publons account, you will be contacted soon afterwards with instructions on how to create one.

We appreciate the enthusiasm and cooperation of Publons in this project and expect it to be of great benefit to authors and commenters alike.

20 March 2017
MDPI 2016 Annual Report Released

We are pleased to announce that our annual report for the year 2016 has now been published. 

It contains information regarding company and journal performance, conferences and other publishing services that we provided throughout 2016. 

To read the report in full or download a copy, please click here.

15 March 2017
Our 100,000th Article Could be Yours!

After the 20th anniversary of MDPI in 2016, we will reach another milestone this year and will publish the 100,000th peer-reviewed article in one of our 170+ open access journals.

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We would like you to be part of this great achievement and so are offering to publish the 100,000th accepted paper free of charge.

To be in with a chance, select a journal in one of our 10 scientific subject areas and submit your paper.

Access the live tracker on published articles here.

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6 March 2017
Proteomes (ISSN 2227-7382) and Foods (ISSN 2304-8158) are now in PubMed and PubMed Central

Citations of papers published in Proteomes (ISSN 2227-7382) are now searchable in PubMed. Further, the full-text versions of the papers are archived in PubMed Central.
 
Citations of papers published in Foods (ISSN 2304-8158) are now searchable in PubMed. Further, the full-text versions of the papers are archived in PubMed Central.
 
PubMed comprises more than 25 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals in PubMed Central, and online books. It is a free resource developed and maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM).
 

 

3 March 2017
1000 Preprints Online

We are delighted that Preprints now has 1000 papers online since its launch on 3 May 2016.

For more information, see the editorial here.

 

9 February 2017
Minister and State Secretaries Visit MDPI Office at STP, Belgrade, Serbia

Earlier this week the Science Technology Park in Belgrade, Serbia was visited by Swiss Secretary of State Dr. Mauro Dell’Ambrogio, as well as Serbian Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government Ana Brnabic, State Secretary Dr. Vladimir Popovic and Mayor of Belgrade Mr. Siniša Mali.

During the visit to the STP they had a short presentation from MDPI’s CEO Dr. Franck Vazquez and IT Manager Mr. Miloš Čučulović, and further discussed important issues such as Open Access and Open education. Dr. Dell'Ambrogio said he was impressed with the potential for development and ideas for business.

For more information please see:

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7 February 2017
The 6th World Sustainability Forum: Final Press Release

Basel, 29 January 2017

The 6th World Sustainability Forum #WSF2017SA: African universities critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

Jeffrey and Sonia Sachs win first World Sustainability Award.

Universities need to take the lead in solving the greatest challenges the world faces today, particularly in Africa. They need to do this not only through education – teaching the next generation to think critically and creatively to find sustainable solutions – but also through research that cuts across a range of disciplines. To ensure these solutions are implemented, they need to partner with the private sector and with government.

This was the key message from the 6th World Sustainability Forum (WSF2017), which took place in Cape Town on 27 and 28 January 2017. Sponsored by MDPI and the journal Sustainability under the patronage of the Universities of the Western Cape (UWC), Cape Town (UCT), University of Basel and the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa, the conference was attended by key national and international speakers, including world-leading economist Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs, senior United Nations (UN) advisor and director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University.

The WSF is an annual sustainability conference which addresses research in a range of areas related to sustainable development and sustainability globally. This was the first WSF to take place on the African continent. Discussions at the 2017 conference were driven by the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) adopted as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by the UN in September 2015.

Achieving the SDGs “is the moonshot for our generation,” said Sachs. “Like the moonshot [moon landing] of the 1960s, these are tough, bold and achievable objectives.”

This is a nasty, tough world we live in, and our world agrees on very little. So when 193 governments agree on something, that is important. And when they agree on something as important as sustainable development, that is really something for us to grab hold of – that is a lifeline.”

There was agreement at the WSF that the SDGs are particularly important for Africa, and that African universities in particular have a role to play in achieving them.

Said Professor Tyrone Pretorius, vice-chancellor of UWC: “The quest for sustainable development can only be met through education. Universities today are the oil that fuels the knowledge economy.”

As part of the drive to develop academic capacity to provide the knowledge needed to meet the SDGs, WSF2017 was preceded by the 1st Postgraduate Forum on Sustainability. “A series of workshops for postgraduate education linked to WSF are important, in order to equip postgraduates with the skills necessary to promote sustainability,” said Professor Thandi Mgwebi, director for research at UWC. A second postgraduate forum will take place alongside the WSF2018 in Beijing.

This capacity development is particularly critical to Africa. Said Sachs: “African universities need to do research to find solutions to Africa’s development challenges, because no other university will.”

The UN set a target of achieving the SDGs by 2030: “I regard this as the breakthrough period to end extreme poverty on the continent,” said Sachs, “and for Africa to become one of the most dynamic centres of the world economy.”

It is a critical time for South African universities, said Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, deputy vice-chancellor for research and internationalisation at UCT: “Higher education is at a crossroads, and there is much polarisation. We need to think carefully about how this sustainable development agenda is owned by all so that it is inclusionary.”

There was also strong emphasis on public–private partnerships – for universities, business and government to work together to achieve the goals.

Said Professor Francis Petersen, deputy vice-chancellor at UCT and vice-chancellor designate at the University of the Free State: “Business sustainability has become critical, because there is increasing demand and complexity of demand on business from the natural, social and economic environment. Sustainability cannot be a standalone issue, divorced from business as usual. Sustainability needs to be embedded into business.”

Environmental crises and climate change was also high on the WSF agenda. In his keynote address, Sachs noted the irreversibility of the climate- and environmental-related challenges.

If we don’t get our act together, we lose the chance of safety,” he said.

Said Professor Mark New, pro vice-chancellor and director of the African Climate and Development Initiative at UCT: “We have a fundamental challenge in responding to climate change, and we must go further than just putting a plaster on a wound. We need to address the deep structural issues, to move from our current model of development into climate-compatible development.”

This requires researchers to find the evidence for the correct development pathways to take, and then support the ability of policymakers at all levels to enable the shift to climate-compatible development planning.”

Said Dr. Aldo Stroebel, executive director of international relations and cooperation at the NRF, in closing: “We have seen over the past two days an urgency towards the next step of thinking, that critical type of framework that we all must engage with, not only from an academic perspective, but further up into the policy environment and into rural-based environments where one can clearly see the links and effectiveness of the work.”

World Sustainability Awards

The first World Sustainability Award and the first Emerging Sustainability Leader Awards were presented by Prof. Thandi Mgwebi, Director of Research at UWC, and Dr. Franck Vazquez, CEO of MDPI, during the ceremony on 27 January 2017 as part of the gala dinner of the 6th World Sustainability Forum in South Africa.after day one of proceedings of the 2017 World Sustainability Forum South Africa.

Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs and Dr. Sonia Ehrlich Sachs are the joint recipients of the first World Sustainability Award. Jeffrey Sachs is a world-renowned economist and senior United Nations (UN) advisor and director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. Sonia Sachs is a paediatrician and public health specialist, and director of the Health Centre at the Centre for Sustainable Development, also at Columbia University.

The joint recipients of the first Emerging Sustainability Leader Award are Dr. Esther Ngumbi and Dr. Xiaosong Hu. Esther Ngumbi is a postdoctoral researcher at Auburn University in Alabama USA and serves as a 2015 Clinton Global University Mentor for agriculture. Xiaosong Hu is a professor at the Chongqing University in China and specialises in automotive control systems and mechanical engineering.

The World Sustainability Award and the Emerging Sustainability Leader Awards are funded to encourage new initiatives and developments in sustainability with the ultimate aim of fostering the transition to sustainable practices and societies.

The World Sustainability Award is funded by the MDPI Sustainability Foundation, and included a monetary prize of USD 100,000 to Jeffrey and Sonia Sachs. The Emerging Sustainability Leader Award is funded by the journal Sustainability, awarded to researchers under 40, and included a monetary prize of USD10,000.

Issued jointly by: UCT Global Strategy and Visibility, Research Office, UWC Communications & Media and MDPI AG

Conference photos are free available at: https://sciforum.net/conference/wsf-6/page/175 Photo credit: Matthias Burkhalter

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31 January 2017
Three New Institutional Memberships Established

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We are pleased to announce that the Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, the University of Manitoba, Canada and the Technical University of Cartagena, Spain, have joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Primary authors from these institutions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.

Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.

 

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27 January 2017
6th World Sustainability Forum under way in South Africa

The 6th World Sustainability Forum is currently being held at the Cape Sun Hotel until 28 January 2017. 

The Forum will showcase the work of internationally renowned researchers and include more than 150 presentations. During the conference dinner, the World Sustainability Award, associated with a US$ 100,000 prize, will be announced, as well as the Emerging Sustainability Leader Award, associated with a US$ 10,000 prize. The prizes are sponsored by the MDPI Sustainability Foundation and Sustainability, an academic open access journal by MDPI.

Here are some pictures from the forum so far:

To see the full WSF2017 program and schedule, please see here: https://sciforum.net/conference/wsf-6/page/schedule

19 January 2017
Cape Town to Host the 6th World Sustainability Forum

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Cape Town will host the 6th World Sustainability Forum at the Cape Sun Hotel on 27 and 28 January 2017. This prominent event, held for the first time in Africa, will include many illustrious South African and international experts, such as Her Excellency Graça Machel (Sustainable Development Advocate for the United Nations, Mozambique), Joyene Isaacs (HoD Agriculture Western Cape Government), Jeffrey Sachs (Columbia University, USA), Max Bergman (SRaM, University of Basel), Mark New (Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Cape Town), Frans Swanepoel (FutureAfrica, University of Pretoria) and Francis Petersen (Vice-Chancellor-designate, University of the Free State). The Forum will provide a stage for national and international debates on sustainability in South Africa, the African continent, and about international perspectives on sustainability. It brings together researchers and representatives from government and the business sector to discuss a wide-ranging set of issues associated with sustainability, including food security, water and energy scarcity, mining, poverty reduction, climate change, and urbanisation.

The next few decades will be marked by profound changes in the relationships between global economics, national societies, and the environment. We have entered what some call the Anthropocene, an age in which human activity dominates the climate and the environment. These changes will have numerous consequences on societies around the globe. South Africa and Africa will play a central role, for better or worse, in creating opportunities and risks during these changing times as Africa is profoundly influencing and being influenced by global developments.

The adoption of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in September 2015 was accompanied by what insiders considered an optimism they have not experienced in relation to UN resolutions before. The relative efficiency in the drafting, the lack of trenches between East and West, or between North and South, and the unanimity of support of the 193 countries speak volumes. In stark contrast, sustainability seems to go against a changing economic and political tide, where waves of nationalism and protectionism from some of the most powerful countries risk the wellbeing of the rest of the world. The 6th World Sustainability Forum will enable fruitful exchanges, which sensitise South African and international communities to the global urgency and specifics of sustainability.

The Forum will showcase the work of internationally renowned researchers and include more than 150 presentations. During the conference dinner, the World Sustainability Award, associated with a US$ 100 000 prize, will be announced, as well as the Emerging Sustainability Leader Award, associated with a US$ 10 000 prize. The prizes are sponsored by the MDPI Sustainability Foundation and Sustainability, an academic open access journal by MDPI. The World Sustainability Forum is preceded by the Postgraduate Forum on Sustainability, which will introduce more than 100 young scholars from South Africa and the African continent to sustainability research. Both events are organized and sponsored by the University of Cape Town, the University of the Western Cape, the University of Basel, MDPI, and by the National Research Foundation of South Africa.

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Scientific Matters: Prof Manfred Max Bergman, Social Research and Methodology Group (SRaM), University of Basel, Switzerland; Email:  max.bergman@unibas.ch

Press Accreditation and General Enquiries: Mr Matthias Burkhalter, MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland; Email: burkhalter@mdpi.com; Tel. +41 61 683 77 34 

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6 January 2017
MDPI Supports the OA2020 Initiative

MDPI is now a proud supporter of the OA2020 Initiative.

Open Access 2020 is an international initiative that aims to induce the swift, smooth and scholarly-oriented transformation of today’s scholarly journals from subscription to open access publishing.

MDPI is participating in the upcoming Berlin13 conference in March 2017, where we are contributing to the initiative by aiding in the design of the roadmap which will make OA the default publishing model.

For more information please see here.

 

5 January 2017
Three New Institutional Memberships Established

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We are pleased to announce that the University of Texas at Arlington, USA, the Harbin Institute of Technology, China and TU Darmstadt, Germany, have joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Primary authors from these institutions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.

Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.

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22 December 2016
Happy Festive Season!

Season's greetings from everyone at MDPI!

22 December 2016
Two New Institutional Memberships Established

Inst Member

We are pleased to announce that the Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Germany and the University of California, Berkeley, USA, have joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Primary authors from these instititions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.

Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.

 

  

19 December 2016
MDPI and Wellcome Trust Compliance

The Wellcome Trust has, for a number of years, required that the results of its funded projects are published in open access format. Recently it announced criteria that publishers must fulfil for publication fees to be paid by the Trust. MDPI is pleased to have been added to the list of compliant publishers.

Only publishers who have confirmed their compliance by 16 December 2016 will be eligible to receive payment of APCs by the Wellcome Trust as of 1 April 2017. For more information on the criteria and a full list of publishers that meet them, see here.

13 December 2016
Meet MDPI at the 2016 AGU Fall Meeting

MDPI is currently attending the 2016 AGU Fall Meeting (12–16 December, 2016)

If you are also attending the conference, please feel free to stop by our booth (Booth #1147) and meet the representative editors.

Conference details:

2016 AGU Fall Meeting
12–16 December 2016
Moscone Center
747 Howard St
San Francisco, CA 94103, USA

 

8 December 2016
Three New Institutional Memberships Established

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We are pleased to announce that Purdue University, USA, the Universitat Politécnica de Valencia, Spain and the Queensland University of Technology, Australia, have joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Primary authors from these instititions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.

Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.

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16 November 2016
World Sustainability Award - Final Extension

The deadline for the World Sustainability Award has been extended for one last time! You now have one more month to nominate an individual researcher, group or project! The final deadline for nominations will be December 15, 2016. 

For full details, please visit here.

11 November 2016
Three New Institutional Memberships Established

Inst Member

We are pleased to announce that the University of Minnesota, USA, the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, have joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Primary authors from these instititions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.

Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.

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4 November 2016
MDPI Joins the United Nations Global Compact

MDPI has become a member of the United Nations Global Compact to support corporate sustainability and have committed ourselves to the ten principles associated with the Compact.

Sustainability has always been at the core of MDPI’s values, starting with the collection and preservation of rare chemical samples that started in 1996 and led to the first journal, Molecules. Sustainability has become one of our flagship journals and we have supported and organized several conferences and events based on Sustainability, including the upcoming 6th World Sustainability Forum. As a global enterprise, we see it as our duty to promote responsible practices that will ensure a bright future for our planet. Given this, the choice to join the Global Compact was an easy one and we will do our utmost to fully implement it.

 

3 November 2016
MDPI Now a Member of SPARC Europe

We are delighted to announce that MDPI has become a member of SPARC Europe, an organization that works for open scholarship in Europe, including support of open access publication.

As one of the few publishers to join SPARC Europe to date, MDPI looks forward to making a contribution that puts open scholarship on a positive and sustainable path. We fully support the goals of open scholarship that allow the largest number of people possible to benefit from work of researchers in all disciplines. We hope that our membership will enable us to work with other stakeholders to find the best possible solution.

2 November 2016
World Sustainability Award Deadline Extension

The deadline for the World Sustainability Award has been extended! You now have until November 15, 2016 to nominate an individual researcher, group or project!

For full details, please visit here.

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26 October 2016
Four New Institutional Memberships Established

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We are pleased to announce that the Wuppertal Institut, Germany, the University of Girona, Spain and Central South University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, have joined MDPI's institutional membership program: Primary authors from these instititions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.

Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.

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24 October 2016
International Open Access Week 2016

Meet us during International Open Access Week 2016! We will be presenting at various locations in Europe and China. 

To get involved and for full details see the complete list of events organised by MDPI here.

 
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