Last meeting of the HKDI Council
June 16, 2025The last meeting of the Council of the Hevesy György PhD School of Chemistry took place on June 13, 2025. The Council considered complete submissions of dissertations received by Ms. Éva Mercz on or before May 13, 2025.
Fourth edition of the Green Book of IUPAC
March 26, 2025The 4th edition, an abridged version of Quantities, Units and Symbols in Physical Chemistry, aka the IUPAC Green Book, is available as a free PDF. The Green Book is published with the objective of securing clarity and precision, and wider agreement in the use of symbols, by chemists in different countries, among physicists, chemists and engineers, and by editors of scientific journals.
The president of IUPAC on support of science
March 7, 2025IUPAC president for 2024 and 2025, Professor Ehud Keinan signed a proclamation which appeared in C&E News about funding of science. He emphasized that "to solve the global challenges of humanity we need investment in science at all levels" and that "policymakers would do well to identify and prioritize the problems but refrain from determining how to solve them".
Last meeting of the HKDI Council
March 1, 2025The last meeting of the Council of the Hevesy György PhD School of Chemistry took place on February 28, 2025. The Council considered complete submissions of dissertations received by Ms. Éva Mercz on or before February 1, 2025.
A Q1 chemistry journal looses its impact factor
January 8, 2025As reported by C&EN and Retraction Watch, the Elsevier journal Chemosphere, which still appears as a Q1 chemistry journal on the list maintained by Scimago, is one of the titles which lately lost their impact factor, managed by Clarivate (Web of Science).
Discouraging publication in certain journals
December 27, 2024A committee of scholars in Finland, called JUFO, has decided to downgrade 271 scientific journals, including a number of chemistry titles, like Atoms, Molecules, and Polymers, from the publishers Frontiers and MDPI in their quality rating system to level 0 (these papers count in Finland the same as popular articles or scientific articles that haven’t been peer-reviewed). The expectation is that this move may discourage researchers from submitting manuscripts to these journals.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
December 24, 2024May this holiday season bring enjoyment, peace, light, knowledge, and open-mindedness to all the past and present doctoral candidates and supervisors of HKDI, as well as a happy and healthy 2025.
Top 10 emerging technologies in 2024
November 20, 2024Interesting reading from IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry), the leading international organization of chemists working in academia and industry: the top 10 emerging technologies in 2024.
Last meeting of the HKDI Council
December 7, 2024The last meeting of the Council of the Hevesy György PhD School of Chemistry took place on December 6, 2024. The Council considered complete submissions of dissertations received by Ms. Éva Mercz on or before November 6, 2024.
George Olah conference
September 3, 2024The 6th edition of the George Olah Conference (OGYDI Conference), organized by the George Olah Doctoral School of BME, will take place on September 23, 2024. It is possible to apply both for oral and poster presentations, the deadline is September 13, 2024.
Opening of the academic year
August 22, 2024The opening of the academic year, allowing all doctoral candidates to meet and greet each other and those responsible for the smooth operation of HKDI, is scheduled for September 13, 2024 at 11 am (room 348). There will be plenty of opportunity and time to ask questions related to the doctoral studies at HKDI.
IUPAC Concentrate
August 21, 2024Interesting (regular) reading from IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry), the leading international organization of chemists working in academia and industry: https://mailchi.mp/iupac.org/iupac-concentrate-sample-2024-08-21?e=cbfc2ce78c.
2nd Blue Danube PhD Symposium
May 16, 2024The 2nd Blue Danube PhD Symposium will take place, as an online event, on June 5, 2024. Participation is free but requires registration.
Last meeting of the HKDI Council
May 24, 2024The last meeting of the Council of the Hevesy György PhD School of Chemistry took place on May 22, 2024. The Council considered complete submissions of dissertations received by Ms. Éva Mercz on or before April 23, 2024.
IUPAC concentrate
March 21, 2024Interesting (regular) reading from IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry), the leading international organization of chemists working in academia and industry: https://mailchi.mp/iupac.org/iupac-concentrate-sample-2024-03-21?e=cbfc2ce78c.