MDPI Research Articles

Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Photonics in 2016

The editors of Photonics would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for assessing manuscripts in 2016.[...]

Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Computation in 2016

The editors of Computation would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for assessing manuscripts in 2016.[...]

Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Universe in 2016

The editors of Universe would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for assessing manuscripts in 2016.[...]

Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Land in 2016

The editors of Land would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for assessing manuscripts in 2016.[...]

Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Hydrology in 2016

The editors of Hydrology would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for assessing manuscripts in 2016.[...]

Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Galaxies in 2016

The editors of Galaxies would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for assessing manuscripts in 2016.[...]

Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Healthcare in 2016

The editors of Healthcare would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for assessing manuscripts in 2016.[...]

Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Societies in 2016

The editors of Societies would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for assessing manuscripts in 2016.[...]

Acknowledgement to Reviewers of JSAN in 2016

The editors of JSAN would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for assessing manuscripts in 2016.[...]

Governing Cambodia’s Forests: The International Politics of Policy Reform. Written by Andrew Cock, NIAS Press, 2016; 322 Pages. Price: Hardback $80; £50, ISBN 978-87-7694-166-6; Paperback $32; £19.99, ISBN 978-87-7694-167-3

The widespread destruction of Cambodia’s forests in recent decades saw the loss of the last major area of pristine tropical forest in Southeast Asia.[...]

Is open access the solution to increase the impact of scientific journals?

The very nature of scientific activity and information, which are meant to be shared, is the starting point in defining a scientific journal, and the criteria according to which its value and role are determined. The authors aim at analysing some criteria that define the quality of scientific journals considering their visibility and impact. The concept of open access for journals is analysed in point of its advantages and disadvantages, since it differs greatly from the subscription-based access, whether we talk about institutional or individual subscriptions. The authors are in favour of the concept of public access, considering that it gives a journal more visibility, on the condition that article processing charges are reduced. The essential condition for a journal to become renowned is to be as visible as possible. The concept of open access is beneficial, supports instruction through and for scientific research, regardless of educational level. The aim of this paper is to emphasise the modalities, specificities and bibliometric performances (percent of citable documents, impact factor and immediacy index) of open access versus subscription-based access, as well as to investigate whether the use of open access concept determines an increase of the journals' quality, study applied to the analysis of Hindawi Publishing Company journals and Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) journals.

Expression of Concern: Takai, N. and Narahara, H. Epigenetic Therapy in Human Choriocarcinoma. Cancers 2010, 2, 1683–1688

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Change of Title: Chromatography Becomes Separations

The journal Chromatography from MDPI released its first volume in 2014.[...]

First International Electronic Conference on Medicinal Chemistry (ECMC-1)

The first International Electronic Conference on Medicinal Chemistry, organized and sponsored by MDPI AG, publisher, and the Journal Pharmaceuticals, took place in November 2015 on the SciForum website. More than 200 authors from 18 countries participated in the event and was attended by 25,000 visitors who had the opportunity to browse among 55 presentations, keynotes, and videos. A short description of some works presented during that scientific meeting is disclosed in this report.

Acknowledgement to Reviewers of the Journal of Fungi in 2015

The editors of the Journal of Fungi would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for assessing manuscripts in 2015. [...]

Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Resources in 2015

The editors of Resources would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for assessing manuscripts in 2015. [...]

Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Environments in 2015

The editors of Environments would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for assessing manuscripts in 2015. [...]

Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Cells in 2015

The editors of Cells would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for assessing manuscripts in 2015. [...]

Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Proteomes in 2015

The editors of Proteomes would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for assessing manuscripts in 2015. [...]

Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Climate in 2015

The editors of Climate would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for assessing manuscripts in 2015. [...]