The year 2022 has been significant for Soft Science (SS). Thanks to the great effort and contributions made by authors, Editorial Board Members, reviewers, webinar supporters, readers, as well as the Editorial Office staff, SS has achieved remarkable results and progress in the past year.
We are pleased to announce that Soft Science officially becomes a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Please see details at: https://publicationethics.org/members/soft-science
The Second Youth Editorial Board meeting of Soft Science (SS) was successfully held on October 25, 2022. Twenty-four Youth Editorial Board members (YEBMs) participated in the meeting.
iCANX2022 Summit was successfully held from April 26 to April 29, 2022. After fierce competition and strict evaluation by the judging committee, ten students won first place in Outstanding Student Paper Award.
On April 14, 2022, Elsevier released the list of "Highly Cited Chinese Researchers 2021". Five Editorial Board members and one author of Soft Science(SS) have been included in the list.
We are pleased to announce we are going to award the annual Best Paper of Soft Science. All papers will be considered after two years, for example, the papers published from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021 will be announced in March 2023.
The First Editorial Board meeting of Soft Science (SS) was successfully held on March 25, 2022. Fourteen Editorial Board members participated in the meeting.
As 2021 comes to an end, I, on behalf of all colleagues of Soft Science (SS), thank you for the strong support you provided to SS in 2021. I wish you a very Happy, Successful, Prosperous, and Healthy New Year, and look forward to your greater support in 2022.
On November 16, 2021, Clarivate Analytics announced the list of “Highly Cited Researchers 2021”. Six Editorial Board Members of Soft Science (SS) are on the list. Hereon, all Editors of the SS are extending warm congratulations to these scholars on being selected to the list of “Highly Cited Researchers 2021” by Clarivate Analytics.
To provide young scholars with an active academic exchange platform for exchanging ideas with each other and influential experts in soft science and engineering, the Editorial Office of Soft Scienceis now recruiting global Youth Editorial Board members through self-recommendation and selection by the Editorial Board.
On March 26, 2021, the new journal Soft Science was officially released online. Soft Science is an international peer-reviewed, open access online journal launched by OAE Publishing Inc., which is expected to become the flagship high-impact journal in materials science.