Announcements

MDPI’s Young Investigator Awards recognize promising junior researchers, acknowledge their contributions, and enhance communication among scientists. We are proud to present the winners for the year 2021 in the “Medicine & Pharmacology” category. The winners were selected by the journals’ editors.

We warmly congratulate the awarded young investigators for their outstanding contributions. MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.

Biomedicines:

• Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong
• Mateusz Maciejczyk, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland

Current Oncology:

• Matteo Lambertini, University of Genova, Italy

Dentistry Journal:

• Helen Rogers, Newcastle University, UK

Healthcare:

• Amir Karami, University of South Carolina, USA

Journal of Clinical Medicine:

• Andrea Palermo, Campus Bio-Medico University, Italy

Journal of Personalized Medicine:

• Simone Di Franco, University of Palermo, Italy
• Catriona Hippman, University of Calgary, Canada

Medicina:

• Veeru Kasivisvanathan, University College London, UK
• Andrea Cortegiani, University of Palermo, Italy; University Hospital Policlinico Paolo Giaccone, Italy

Pharmaceutics:

• Qi Zhou, Purdue University, USA

We are proud to recognize the winners of MDPI’s 2021 Travel Awards in the “Medicine & Pharmacology” category for their outstanding presentations and to present them with the prize.

MDPI journals regularly offer travel awards to encourage talented junior scientists to present their latest research at academic conferences in specific fields, which helps to increase their influence.

The winners mentioned below were carefully selected by the journal editors based on an outline of their research and the work to be presented at an academic conference.

We would like to warmly congratulate the Travel Awards winners for the year 2021 and wish them the greatest success with their future research endeavors. MDPI will continue to enhance communication among scientists.

Biomedicines:

• Soheil Saeedi, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Dentistry Journal:

• Shawn Alexander Hallett, University of Michigan, USA

Medicines:

• Claire Albert, Yale University, USA

Pharmaceuticals:

• Raquel Filipa da Costa Viveiros, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal
• Patrick Jim Küppers, University Hospital Bonn, Germany

In order to acknowledge our reviewers, who so generously dedicate their time to reviewing papers, and demonstrate diligence, professionalism, and timeliness when reviewing manuscripts, MDPI journals regularly offer outstanding reviewer awards to scholars who participate in the peer-review process.

We are proud to recognize winners for the year 2021 in the “Medicine & Pharmacology” category for their outstanding contributions among extensive competition by presenting them with an Outstanding Reviewer Award.

We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all of the winners on their achievement. MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.

Cancers:

• Antonio G. Solimando, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
• Chenghui Li, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA
• Joaquim Carreras, Tokai University, Japan
• Pierfrancesco Franco, University of Turin School of Medicine, Italy
• Laurentiu Pop, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA

Current Oncology:

• Margaret Fitch, University of Toronto, Canada
• Caroline Mariano, BC Cancer Agency, Canada; University of British Columbia, Canada

Healthcare:

• Naser Alsharairi, Griffith University, Australia
• Peter W. Choate, Mount Royal University, Canada
• Qin Xiang Ng, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Journal of Clinical Medicine:

• Giulio Francesco, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
• Sebastian Schnaubelt, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
• Olga Kislitsina, Northwestern University, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, USA

Journal of Personalized Medicine:

• Onofrio Laselva, University of Foggia, Italy
• Ping-Hsun Wu, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan
• Vladimir Vladimirov, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
• Mauro Giuffrè, University of Trieste, Italy

Medical Sciences:

• Erika Palmieri, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, USA

Tomography:

• Anjul Khadria, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA

The purpose of our Best Paper Awards is to promote and recognize the most impactful contributions published within MDPI journals.

The editors of each journal carefully selected reviews and research papers through a rigorous judging process based on criteria such as the scientific merit, overall impact, and the quality of presentation of the papers published in the journal last year.

We are honored to present the winners in the “Medicine & Pharmacology” category, who were selected amongst extensive competition, and congratulate the authors for their outstanding scientific publications.

MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.

Antibiotics:

• “Antimicrobial and Synergistic Effects of Commercial Piperine and Piperlongumine in Combination with Conventional Antimicrobials”

by Eunice Ego Mgbeahuruike, Milla Stålnacke, Heikki Vuorela and Yvonne Holm

Antibiotics 2019, 8(2), 55; doi:10.3390/antibiotics8020055

• “Antibiotic Discovery: Where Have We Come from, Where Do We Go?”

by Bernardo Ribeiro da Cunha, Luís P. Fonseca and Cecília R. C. Calado

Antibiotics 2019, 8(2), 45; doi:10.3390/antibiotics8020045

Dentistry Journal:

• “Regeneration of the Periodontal Apparatus in Aggressive Periodontitis Patients”

by Zvi Artzi, Shiran Sudri, Ori Platner and Avital Kozlovsky

Dent. J. 2019, 7(1), 29; doi:10.3390/dj7010029

• “Treatment of Peri-Implant Mucositis with Repeated Application of Chlorhexidine Chips or Gel during Supportive Therapy—A Randomized Clinical Trial”

by Philipp Sahrmann, Cyrill Bettschart, Daniel B. Wiedemeier, Ahmed Al-Majid, Thomas Attin and Patrick R. Schmidlin

Dent. J. 2019, 7(4), 115; doi:10.3390/dj7040115

Healthcare:

• “Two-Year Use of Care Robot Zora in Dutch Nursing Homes: An Evaluation Study”

by Chantal Huisman and Helianthe Kort

Healthcare 2019, 7(1), 31; doi:10.3390/healthcare7010031

• “The Interlinked Rising Epidemic of Insufficient Sleep and Diabetes Mellitus”

by Vijay Kumar Chattu, Soosanna Kumary Chattu, Deepa Burman, David Warren Spence and Seithikurippu R. Pandi-Perumal

Healthcare 2019, 7(1), 37; doi:10.3390/healthcare7010037

Journal of Clinical Medicine:

• “Periodontitis: A Multifaceted Disease of Tooth-Supporting Tissues”

by Eija Könönen, Mervi Gursoy and Ulvi Kahraman Gursoy

Clin. Med. 2019, 8(8), 1135; doi:10.3390/jcm8081135

• “The Immunomodulatory Functions of Mesenchymal Stromal/Stem Cells Mediated via Paracrine Activity”

by Yueyuan Zhou, Yusuke Yamamoto, Zhongdang Xiao and Takahiro Ochiya

Clin. Med. 2019, 8(7), 1025; doi:10.3390/jcm8071025

• “Optimizing Detection of Kidney Transplant Injury by Assessment of Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA via Massively Multiplex PCR”

by Tara K. Sigdel, Felipe Acosta Archila, Tudor Constantin, Sarah A. Prins, Juliane Liberto, Izabella Damm, Parhom Towfighi, Samantha Navarro, Eser Kirkizlar, Zachary P. Demko, Allison Ryan, Styrmir Sigurjonsson, Reuben D. Sarwal, Szu-Chuan Hseish, Chitranon Chan-On, Bernhard Zimmermann, Paul R. Billings, Solomon Moshkevich and Minnie M. Sarwal

Clin. Med. 2019, 8(1), 19; doi:10.3390/jcm8010019

Medicina:

• “Tumor Microenvironment”

by Borros Arneth

Medicina 2020, 56(1), 15; doi: 10.3390/medicina56010015

• “Comparative Epidemiology and Resistance Trends of Common Urinary Pathogens in a Tertiary-Care Hospital: A 10-Year Surveillance Study”

by Márió Gajdács, Marianna Ábrók, Andrea Lázár, and Katalin Burián

Medicina 2019, 55(7), 356; doi: 10.3390/medicina55070356

Pharmaceutics:

• “3D Printed Pellets (Miniprintlets): A Novel, Multi-Drug, Controlled Release Platform Technology”

by Atheer Awad, Fabrizio Fina, Sarah J. Trenfield, Pavanesh Patel, Alvaro Goyanes, Simon Gaisford and Abdul W. Basit.

Pharmaceutics 2019, 11(4), 148; doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics11040148

• “Mathematical Modeling of Release Kinetics from Supramolecular Drug Delivery Systems”

by Constantin Mircioiu, Victor Voicu, Valentina Anuta, Andra Tudose, Christian Celia, Donatella Paolino, Massimo Fresta, Roxana Sandulovici and Ion Mircioiu

Pharmaceutics 2019, 11(3), 140; doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics11030140

The 2021 citation metrics have been officially released in Scopus!

We are pleased to announce that 182 MDPI journals are included, of which:

● 21 journals received their first CiteScore.
● 85% of journals increased their CiteScore from 2020.
● 155 journals (85%) ranked above average, in at least one category.

The following 65 MDPI journals (36%) ranked among the top 25% of journals, in at least one category:

Source: 2021 CiteScores™ (Elsevier)

We are pleased to announce the launch of a new initiative, the Special Issue Mentor Program.

This program intends to provide an opportunity for early-career scientists to enhance their editing, networking, and organizational skills, and to work closely with our journal to gain more editorial experience. Early-career scientists who have novel ideas for new Special Issues in Antibiotics (ISSN: 2079-6382) will act as Guest Editors under the mentorship of an experienced scientist; this mentor could be a member of the Editorial Board of Antibiotics or from other well-established research institutes or laboratories.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your Special Issue proposal to the Antibiotics Editorial Office (antibiotics@mdpi.com), and we will discuss the process (i.e., mentor collaboration, Special Issue topic feasibility analysis, etc.) in further detail.

In addition to the new Special Issue Mentor Program, Antibiotics will continue to welcome all Special Issue proposals based on hot research topics.

The Sections “Antibiotics in Animal Health”, “Antibiotic Therapy in Infectious Diseases”, “Antimicrobial Materials and Surfaces” and “Antibiofilm Strategies” were launched recently to provide a platform for related articles and improve our competitiveness. Now we are recruiting Editorial Board Members for these new Sections, and we look forward to your applications.

The main responsibilities of the Section Editorial Board Members are as follows:

• Supervising the quality of papers in the Section (when we have new submissions to the Section);
• Acting as or recommending a Guest Editor for a Special Issue on a topic related to your research interests;
• Providing any conference/society cooperation recommendations.

This position is open to experts on antibiotics. To apply for this position, recommend potential candidates, or request further information, please contact the Antibiotics Editorial Office (antibiotics@mdpi.com) or Managing Editor, Ms. Chole Lu (chloe.lu@mdpi.com).

Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382, https://www.mdpi.com/journal/antibiotics) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal published online by MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. The journal has been indexed by the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE: Web of Science), Scopus, and other databases. Citations are available on PubMed; full texts are archived in PubMed Central. Antibiotics has a Journal Impact Factor of 4.639, ranking 26/92 (Q2) in the "Infectious Diseases" category and 75/275 (Q2) in the "Pharmacology & Pharmacy" category in the Web of Science.

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Krisztina M. Papp-Wallace from the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center has been appointed Associate Editor for the journal Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382).

We are also pleased to announce the appointment of new Section Editors-in-Chief for recently established Sections. Dr. Serena Riela from the University of Palermo Viale delle Scienze will serve as the section Editor-in-Chief for “Antimicrobial Materials and Surfaces”; Prof. Dr. Max Maurin from the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Grenoble Alpes will serve in this role for “Antibiotics in Animal Health”; Dr. Wolf-Rainer Abraham from the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research will fill this position for “Antibiofilm Strategies”; and Dr. Mehran Monchi from the Centre Hospitalier de Melun will serve in this role for “Antibiotic Therapy in Infectious Diseases”.

We are confident that with the guidance of our new Associate Editor and Section Editors-in-Chief, we will continue to improve the reputation and quality of Antibiotics.

The year 2021 marks the 10th anniversary of Antibiotics (ISSN: 2079-6382), a peer-reviewed open access journal on antibiotics. Antibiotics has published more than 1500 papers by more than 8500 authors. We value the contributions made by authors and reviewers. To celebrate this 10th anniversary, we launched a series of themed Special Issues. We warmly welcome you to read these Special Issues. All articles can be accessed online for free. You are also welcome to share this message further with your peers. Please find the information regarding these Special Issues below.

Anniversary Special Issues

“10th Anniversary of Antibiotics—Feature Papers” (Edited by Prof. Dr. Nicholas Dixon)
“10th Anniversary of Antibiotics—New Resources and Strategies in the Search for Antimicrobials” (Edited by Prof. Dr. Jesus Simal-Gandara, Prof. Dr. Lillian Barros and Prof. Dr. Miguel A. Prieto Lage)
“10th Anniversary of Antibiotics - Recent Advances in Antibiotic Biosynthesis” (Edited by Prof. Dr. Manuel Simões)
“10th Anniversary of Antibiotics — Recent Advances in Rational Antimicrobial Use” (Edited by Dr. Albert Figueras)
“10th Anniversary of Antibiotics—Recent Advances in Bacteriophage Therapy” (Edited by Prof. Dr. Adelaide Almeida)
“10th Anniversary of Antibiotics—Recent Advances in Plant-Derived Antibiotics” (Edited by Prof. Dr. William N. Setzer and Dr. Noura Dosoky)
“10th Anniversary of Antibiotics—Recent Advances in Pharmacodynamics of Antibiotics” (Edited by Prof. Dr. Federico Pea)
“10th Anniversary of Antibiotics—Recent Advances in Antibiotic and Antibiotic Resistance Research in Food” (Edited by Prof. Dr. David Rodríguez-Lázaro and Dr. María Ugarte Ruiz)
“10th Anniversary of Antibiotics - Recent Advances in Novel Antimicrobial Agents” (Edited by Prof. Dr. Carlos M. Franco)
“10th Anniversary of Antibiotics–Recent Advances in Antimicrobial Peptides” (Edited by Dr. Jean-Marc Sabatier and Prof. Dr. Zhijian Cao)

It is our great honor to congratulate the Editorial Board Members and Editors in MDPI's journals who have been distinguished as 2021 Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate, according to Web of Science data. We herewith express our gratitude for the immense impact the named researchers continue to make on scientific progress and on our journals' development.

Clarivate's annual list of Highly Cited Researchers^TM identifies the most highly cited scientists for the past decade. Their impactful papers are among the top 1 per cent in the citation distribution of one or more of 22 fields analyzed in the "Essential Science Indicators", distinguishing them as hugely influential among their peers.

The full list of 2021 Highly Cited Researchers  can be accessed at the following webpage in the Web of Science^TM https://recognition.webofscience.com/awards/highly-cited/2021/.

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