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16/01/2026

What does it take to make an open access book truly discoverable?

Removing the paywall is just the start. The real work lies in indexing, archiving, and strategic dissemination, ensuring research reaches the right audiences and stays findable for years to come.

Our latest blog breaks down how it all works.

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15/01/2026

This Reprint highlights recent advances in the integration of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) for Earth observation and geospatial research. Over the past decades, these technologies have evolved significantly, becoming essential tools for position...

14/01/2026

📚 60 Open Access Books published

MDPI Books has made another step forward with 60 Open Access books published.

This milestone reflects the continued development of MDPI’s Open Access book publishing activities and the growing role of MDPI Books within the wider MDPI publishing ecosystem.

Through peer-reviewed monographs, edited volumes and textbooks across a broad range of disciplines, MDPI Books extends MDPI’s established Open Access model to long-form academic scholarship, with all titles freely available online.

Thank you to the editors, authors and teams who have contributed to building and shaping MDPI Books.

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13/01/2026

This reprint presents a collection of recent contributions addressing the urgent challenges posed by neurodegenerative diseases. In more detail, it explores therapeutic convergence through natural products, drug repurposing, and biomolecular targets, while also examining specific topics like the sel...

09/01/2026

🎉 10,000 Reprints and counting

MDPI Books has reached a major milestone: 10,000 published reprints.

This achievement reflects the strong collaboration between our Journals and Books teams and the growing role of reprints in making high-quality, Open Access research more visible and accessible.

Thank you to the editors, authors, and teams who have contributed to building and shaping the reprints program.

🔗 Read more about this milestone and the evolution of the reprints program: https://brnw.ch/21wYWER

MDPI Books publishes peer-reviewed academic open access books. Monographs and edited books, stand alone or as book series & reprints of journal collections.

08/01/2026

Nutritious and safe food is one of the main contributors to the health of society. The first step to keep food nutritious and safe is the quality of the raw material. The quality of the raw material supplied to the industry affects the final quality of the product obtained. Therefore, the cultivatio...

05/01/2026

SDG 16 brought politics into the development agenda.

This open access book by Rajendra Baikady explores what peace, justice, and strong institutions mean for sustainable development and their impact on policy, practice, and global governance.

Free to read and download → https://brnw.ch/21wYQ1N

30/12/2025

This Reprint presents the state-of-the-art research progress in the field of carbon-based nanomaterials applied in water and wastewater treatment.This Reprint brings into the spotlight contemporary research on the development and exploration of carbon materials in water and wastewater treatment, dis...

19/12/2025

🪥Your mouthwash isn't winning the fight.

Dental plaque resists brushing, antimicrobials, and even your immune system. And as oral pathogens grow more drug-resistant, the old playbook is failing.

Antimicrobial Alternatives Against Resilient Oral Biofilms takes a different approach, examining what actually works against these stubborn microbial communities.

Edited by Aida Meto, this new open access book brings together in vitro, ex vivo, and clinical evidence on next-generation compounds targeting resistant bacteria and fungi, including S. aureus, P. aeruginosa, and C. albicans.

If you're researching oral infections, AMR, or novel therapeutics, this is primary literature you can build on, grounded in experimental and clinical evidence.

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As dentistry advances, novel compounds and tools are being developed to maintain oral health and/or treat dental/periodontal infections. Dental caries (tooth decay) requires proper management to avoid this disease and, eventually, tooth extraction.Extensive literature documents the pathogenic role o...

15/12/2025

⚡ DC/AC Converters: Analysis, Modeling and Design Consideration
A new Open Access monograph by Nikolay Hinov

How do modern inverter systems achieve efficiency and reliability across applications?

This monograph explores DC/AC converters through a unified analytical and modeling approach, covering current source, voltage source, and resonant inverter topologies. It connects electromagnetic theory with practical design, offering a clear view of how different operating modes shape real-world performance.

With a strong focus on simulation-based analysis, the book brings together numerical models, time-domain waveforms, and case studies developed using MATLAB/Simulink and LTspice—bridging academic research and applied power electronics.

A valuable resource for graduate students, researchers, and engineers working in power electronics and energy systems.

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This monograph presents a comprehensive and structured study of DC/AC converters, focusing on the fundamental typescurrent source inverters (CSIs), voltage source inverters (VSIs), and resonant inverters (RIs). The book offers a unified analytical and modeling framework, enabling detailed investigat...

13/12/2025

The Environment & Earth Sciences Competition deadline is approaching.

Submit your proposal by 14 December for the opportunity to publish an Open Access monograph at no cost.

👉 Submit here: https://brnw.ch/21wYk8L

12/12/2025

🚪Ge Dora — Timeless Thresholds
A new Open Access book by Nishan Rasanga Wijetunge

What stories can a door tell?
This richly illustrated book explores 66 domestic doors from Sri Lanka, tracing how architecture reflects culture, history, and everyday life across time. Blending visual storytelling with thoughtful analysis, Ge Dora invites readers to see thresholds not just as design elements, but as quiet witnesses to social change.

A compelling read for architects, researchers, and anyone curious about how built spaces carry meaning.

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This richly illustrated volume explores 66 distinctive doors from Sri Lankan homes, spanning from pre-modern traditions to the modern contemporary era. Each door is examined not only for its architectural characteristics, but also through a phenomenological lens that reveals the political, economic,...