Muscles Journal: The New Home of Muscle Followers Muscles Journal: The New Home of Muscle Followers

In recent years, the number of scientific papers focused on the study of muscle and its physiopathology has grown significantly [...]

In recent years, the number of scientific papers focused on the study of muscle and its physiopathology has grown significantly. This is not surprising, given that this tissue is fundamental for the well-being of the individual in many ways, for example, for posture, movement, and metabolism.
If we consider only the last twenty years, the increase in studies on this subject been even more marked.
Taking into consideration, for example, the PubMed index, the number of publications/years searched using the keyword "muscle" increased from 22,246 in 2001 to 49,921 in 2021.
It must be considered among this large number of publications, there are contributions from all disciplines applied to muscle, such as muscle anatomy; muscle biochemistry; muscle biology; muscle immunology; muscle pathology; muscle pharmacology; muscle physiology; and muscle toxicology etc. (Figure 1)  In recent years, the number of scientific papers focused on the study of muscle and its physiopathology has grown significantly. This is not surprising, given that this tissue is fundamental for the well-being of the individual in many ways, for example, for posture, movement, and metabolism.
If we consider only the last twenty years, the increase in studies on this subject been even more marked.
Taking into consideration, for example, the PubMed index, the number of publications/years searched using the keyword "muscle" increased from 22,246 in 2001 to 49,921 in 2021.
It must be considered among this large number of publications, there are contributions from all disciplines applied to muscle, such as muscle anatomy; muscle biochemistry; muscle biology; muscle immunology; muscle pathology; muscle pharmacology; muscle physiology; and muscle toxicology etc.   applying the keyword "muscle" and in combination with "anatomy", "biochemistry", "biology", "immunology", "pathology", "pharmacology", "physiology" and "toxicology".
Considering that muscle diseases represent a comorbid conditions associated with a multitude of genetic and acquired pathologies, it is not strange to note a significant increase in publications if we consider "muscle disease", "muscle pathology", "muscle cachexia" and "muscle sarcopenia" (Figure 2) as searching keywords. Figure 1. Number of publications indexed in PubMed from 2001 to 2021 applying the keyword "muscle" and in combination with "anatomy", "biochemistry", "biology", "immunology", "pathology", "pharmacology", "physiology" and "toxicology".
Considering that muscle diseases represent a comorbid conditions associated with a multitude of genetic and acquired pathologies, it is not strange to note a significant increase in publications if we consider "muscle disease", "muscle pathology", "muscle cachexia" and "muscle sarcopenia" (Figure 2) as searching keywords.
Recently, interest in some muscle-related topics has increased incredibly. Manuscripts with "muscle" and "sarcopenia" or "cachexia" as keywords have seen, respectively, an almost a ninety-fold and ten-fold increased amount of manuscripts/year with respect to twenty years ago. This fact clearly highlights the extent of the increase in attention in recent years of scientific research towards the well-being of muscle and its relapse into modern society.
"Muscle aging" is another topic that has seen an increase in publications of up to fivetimes in the last few years. Aging is a physiological event correlated with an increasingly elderly society, and this important aspect is particularly evident in several countries of the world [16].
Another growing topic is "muscle exercise", which has seen manuscripts quadruple/year ( Figure 2 and Table 1). This is a clear indication of how physical exercise is now considered fundamental for the well-being of the person, even in the context of prevention/treatment of various pathologies.  to 2021 applying keyword "muscle" in combination with "aging", "disease", "cachexia", "exercise", "molecular biology" and "sarcopenia".
Recently, interest in some muscle-related topics has increased incredibly. Manuscripts with "muscle" and "sarcopenia" or "cachexia" as keywords have seen, respectively, an almost a ninety-fold and ten-fold increased amount of manuscripts/year with respect to twenty years ago. This fact clearly highlights the extent of the increase in attention in recent years of scientific research towards the well-being of muscle and its relapse into modern society.
"Muscle aging" is another topic that has seen an increase in publications of up to fivetimes in the last few years. Aging is a physiological event correlated with an increasingly elderly society, and this important aspect is particularly evident in several countries of the world [16].
Another growing topic is "muscle exercise", which has seen manuscripts quadruple/year ( Figure 2 and Table 1). This is a clear indication of how physical exercise is now considered fundamental for the well-being of the person, even in the context of prevention/treatment of various pathologies.
Furthermore, advances in research with the development of -omics and methods for the study of molecular mechanisms related to the physiopathology of muscle has given a notable impetus in publications; for example, in applied biology and molecular biology (Figures 1 and 2 and Table 1).
Following these considerations, the journal Muscles [17] was born from the need to have a reference magazine among MDPI collections for all researchers that could collect studies, research and new techniques applied to the physiopathology of muscle, even from different disciplines. With the Editorial Board, I welcome all researchers to Muscles and invite them to contribute with research papers, reviews or submit Special Issue proposals.
Muscles journal is now ready to be the new home for all muscle followers.

Conflicts of Interest:
The author declares no conflict of interest.