ISSN 2196-5625 CN 32-1884/TK
2024 MPCE Editorial Board Meeting was successfully held in Seattle, WA, USA during the IEEE PES General Meeting in July 2024. Editorial board members and experts from China, USA, UK, Spain, Portugal, Canada, Greece, Italy, Denmark, New Zealand, etc. attended the meeting.
The meeting included a welcome speech addressed by the Editor-in-Chief, MPCE annual work report, publication schedule of special sections, publicity activities and promotion plans, as well as a discussion session. Prof. Chongqing Kang, Director of Department of Electrical Enginnering, Tsinghua University, hosted the meeting.
The Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Yusheng Xue, Academician of the Chinese Acadamy of Engineering and Honorary President of State Grid Electric Power Research Institute, warmly welcomed all associate editors that attended this meeting. In his welcome speech, Prof. Xue congratulated MPCE for keeping ranking in JCR Q1 (Impact Factor 5.7), and thanked all editorial board members for their hard work and support. He also welcomed new associate editors for joining the MPCE editorial board. Finally, he wished MPCE greater progress in the coming years.
Following Prof. Xue's speech, the Senior Editorial Advisor to Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Bikash Pal (Imperial College London, UK), made MPCE 2023-2024 annual working report. The excellent associate editor awards were also announced. Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Xue, presented the awards to the winners.
Next, the Vice-Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Antonio Gomez-Exposito (University of Seville, Spain), introduced the special sections published in the last few years and publication plan for 2025. He called on associate editors to give more valuable suggestions for special sections.
Vice-Editor-in-Chief, Prof. C. Y. Chung (The Hong Kong Polytechnical University, China), introduced MPCE promotion activities in the past year. He thanked the associate editors that contributed in this work, and proposed further suggestions and schedules for journal promotion.
Finally, the associate editors and experts had discussions regarding special sections, paper quality and length, peer-review workflow, journal features, international promotion, etc.
The meeting gathered valuable suggestions from international experts that helped MPCE improve quality as well as international influence.