Dr Guido F. Herrmann (Right),Vice President, Managing Director of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and Prof. Alexander Wai, Vice President (Research & Development) of PolyU has signed the MOU on Jan 18 to realize the objective of publishing the world-class journal “Eco-mat”
PolyU and John Wiley and Sons, Inc. joined hands to contribute to successful international publication, in order to enhance PolyU’s global reputation and expand the academic frontiers to Wiley’s reader population in scientific research.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (Wiley) on 18 January 2018 to strengthen the relationship between the two parties and carry out comprehensive strategic cooperation to realize the objective of jointly publishing a World-class journal "EcoMat" in the areas of Energy and Environment.
The MOU was signed between PolyU Vice President (Research and Development), Prof. Alexander Wai, and Vice President & Managing Director of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Dr Guido F. Herrmann. Under the MOU, both parties would fully take advantage of their developments in terms of academic resources, scientific researches, journal publications, and international conferences in order to contribute to successful publications and exchanges in global contexts.
The collaboration between PolyU and Wiley in academic publications and conferences have flourished on various fronts in the past years. In 2014, PolyU organized the first and only special issue for Wiley's flagship journal Advanced Materials, to showcase the strength of materials research in Hong Kong. Later, PolyU continued to participate in the organization of special issues for Advanced Function Materials and Small, two most well-known journals in Advanced Materials. Last year, PolyU co-organised the 3rd Small Science Symposium with Wiley in Hong Kong, under the theme of Flexible and Wearable Devices.
