Announcements

World Kidney Day, this year marked on March 9th, aims to raise awareness about the importance of kidney health and reduce the global prevalence of kidney diseases. On this occasion, we would like to recommend 10 kidney-related papers published in Antioxidants (ISSN: 2076-3921) since 2020, and we hope you enjoy reading them.

1. “Chronic Kidney Disease as Oxidative Stress- and Inflammatory-Mediated Cardiovascular Disease”
by Alina Podkowińska and Dorota Formanowicz
Antioxidants 2020, 9(8), 752; https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox9080752
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/9/8/752

2. “Shikonin Induced Program Cell Death through Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species in Renal Cancer Cells”
by Ming-Feng Tsai, Shih-Ming Chen, Ann-Zhi Ong, Yi-Hsuan Chung, Pei-Ni Chen, Yi-Hsien Hsieh, Yu-Ting Kang and Li-Sung Hsu
Antioxidants 2021, 10(11), 1831; https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox10111831
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/10/11/1831

3. “Oxidative Stress Markers in Chronic Kidney Disease with Emphasis on Diabetic Nephropathy”
by Nina Vodošek Hojs, Sebastjan Bevc, Robert Ekart and Radovan Hojs
Antioxidants 2020, 9(10), 925; https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox9100925
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/9/10/925

4. “Protective Effects of SPA0355, a Thiourea Analogue, Against Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Acute Kidney Injury in Mice”
by Jung-Yeon Kim, Jaechan Leem and Hyo-Lim Hong
Antioxidants 2020, 9(7), 585; https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox9070585
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/9/7/585

5. “Hippuric Acid Promotes Renal Fibrosis by Disrupting Redox Homeostasis via Facilitation of NRF2–KEAP1–CUL3 Interactions in Chronic Kidney Disease”
by Bowen Sun, Xifan Wang, Xiaoxue Liu, Longjiao Wang, Fazheng Ren, Xiaoyu Wang and Xiaojing Leng
Antioxidants 2020, 9(9), 783; https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox9090783
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/9/9/783

6. “Sirtuins and Renal Oxidative Stress”
by Yoshio Ogura, Munehiro Kitada and Daisuke Koya
Antioxidants 2021, 10(8), 1198; https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox10081198
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/10/8/1198

7. “Catalytic Antioxidants in the Kidney”
by Yu Ah Hong and Cheol Whee Park
Antioxidants 2021, 10(1), 130; https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox10010130
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/10/1/130

8. “Dendropanax morbifera Protects against Renal Fibrosis in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats”
by Richa Sachan, Amit Kundu, Prasanta Dey, Ji Yeon Son, Kyeong Seok Kim, Da Eun Lee, Hae Ri Kim, Jae Hyeon Park, Su Hyun Lee, Jung-Hwan Kim et al.
Antioxidants 2020, 9(1), 84; https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox9010084
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/9/1/84

9. “Oxidative Stress in ESRD Patients on Dialysis and the Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases”
by Jacek Rysz, Beata Franczyk, Janusz Ławiński and Anna Gluba-Brzózka
Antioxidants 2020, 9(11), 1079; https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox9111079
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/9/11/1079

10. “Melatonin Prevents Transforming Growth Factor-β1-Stimulated Transdifferentiation of Renal Interstitial Fibroblasts to Myofibroblasts by Suppressing Reactive Oxygen Species-Dependent Mechanisms”
by Jung-Yeon Kim, Jae-Hyung Park, Eon Ju Jeon, Jaechan Leem and Kwan-Kyu Park
Antioxidants 2020, 9(1), 39; https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox9010039
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/9/1/39

MDPI is pleased to announce that we now display the co-authors’ email addresses in addition to the corresponding author’s email address on the webpage of published papers, protected by Captcha. For more information about this change, please visit the journal’s instructions for authors page. 

We believe this change will facilitate academic discussions and advance our cause of open science and research. The corresponding authors are responsible for communicating with their co-authors and indicating in our system (https://susy.mdpi.com/) if co-authors would prefer for their email addresses not to be displayed.

On 9 February 2023, Clarivate, a global leader in providing trusted insights and analytics, added the Preprint Citation Index to the Web of Science platform, streamlining the research process by allowing researchers to locate and link to preprints alongside other trusted content in the database.

The Preprint Citation Index will act as a bridge to connect cutting-edge preprints with peer-reviewed journal articles published within the Web of Science Core Collection. Alerts can be easily set to monitor new research across several repositories and authors will also be able to include preprints on their Web of Science Research Profile to more accurately display their various research outputs.

As of its launch, the Preprint Citation Index will provide nearly two million preprints from various repositories, including MDPI’s own Preprints.org.

MDPI's Preprints Platform – Preprints.org

To advance Open Science and the fast dissemination of research, MDPI offers researchers a free multidisciplinary preprint platform. Preprints.org accepts submissions from all research areas and offers authors high visibility, permanent archiving, article-level Metrics and immediately citable content by assigning a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to all preprints.

During submission to any MDPI journal, authors have the option to share their research as a preprint. After an initial screening, the manuscript is available online in 48 hours or less. Once online, preprints can be downloaded, shared, commented on, and cited, providing authors maximum visibility.

We invite you to join the ranks of the over 100k researchers using Preprints.org and share your research.

For more information, please visit Preprints.org.

International World Cancer Day, marked on February 4th, aims to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment. On this occasion, we would like to highlight 10 cancer-related papers published in Antioxidants (ISSN: 2076-3921) in 2022 and invite you to read them.

1. “Role of NRF2 in Ovarian Cancer”
by Giovanni Tossetta, Sonia Fantone, Eva Montanari, Daniela Marzioni and Gaia Goteri  
Antioxidants 2022, 11(4), 663; https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox11040663
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/11/4/663

2. “Brown Algae-Derived Fucoidan Exerts Oxidative Stress-Dependent Antiproliferation on Oral Cancer Cells”
by Jun-Ping Shiau, Ya-Ting Chuang, Kun-Han Yang, Fang-Rong Chang, Jyh-Horng Sheu, Ming-Feng Hou, Jiiang-Huei Jeng, Jen-Yang Tang and Hsueh-Wei Chang
Antioxidants 2022, 11(5), 841; https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox11050841
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/11/5/841

3. “Alcohol and Head and Neck Cancer: Updates on the Role of Oxidative Stress, Genetic, Epigenetics, Oral Microbiota, Antioxidants, and Alkylating Agents”
by Giampiero Ferraguti, Sergio Terracina, Carla Petrella, Antonio Greco, Antonio Minni, Marco Lucarelli, Enzo Agostinelli, Massimo Ralli, Marco de Vincentiis, Giammarco Raponi et al.
Antioxidants 2022, 11(1), 145; https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox11010145
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/11/1/145

4. “The Biphasic Effect of Flavonoids on Oxidative Stress and Cell Proliferation in Breast Cancer Cells”
by Xiaomin Xi, Jiting Wang, Yue Qin, Yilin You, Weidong Huang and Jicheng Zhan
Antioxidants 2022, 11(4), 622; https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox11040622
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/11/4/622

5. “Antiangiogenic Phytochemicals Constituent of Diet as Promising Candidates for Chemoprevention of Cancer”
by Ana Dácil Marrero, Ana R. Quesada, Beatriz Martínez-Poveda and Miguel Ángel Medina
Antioxidants 2022, 11(2), 302; https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox11020302
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/11/2/302

6. “Extracellular Vesicles and Cancer Therapy: Insights into the Role of Oxidative Stress”
by Jenni Ho, Luksana Chaiswing and Daret K. St. Clair
Antioxidants 2022, 11(6), 1194; https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox11061194
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/11/6/1194

7. “Luteolin Synergistically Enhances Antitumor Activity of Oxaliplatin in Colorectal Carcinoma via AMPK Inhibition”
by Chan Ho Jang, Nayoung Moon, Jinkyung Lee, Min Jeong Kwon, Jisun Oh and Jong-Sang Kim
Antioxidants 2022, 11(4), 626; https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox11040626
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/11/4/626

8. “Piperine Attenuates Lithocholic Acid-Stimulated Interleukin-8 by Suppressing Src/EGFR and Reactive Oxygen Species in Human Colorectal Cancer Cells”
by Shinan Li, Thi Thinh Nguyen, Trong Thuan Ung, Dhiraj Kumar Sah, Seon Young Park, Vinoth-Kumar Lakshmanan and Young Do Jung
Antioxidants 2022, 11(3), 530; https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox11030530
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/11/3/530

9. “Ferroptosis and Its Multifaceted Role in Cancer: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Approach”
by Heshu Chen, Chenyu Wang, Zemin Liu, Xinmiao He, Wenjie Tang, Liuqin He, Yanzhong Feng, Di Liu, Yulong Yin and Tiejun Li
Antioxidants 2022, 11(8), 1504; https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox11081504
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/11/8/1504

10. “Platinum Nanoparticles: The Potential Antioxidant in the Human Lung Cancer Cells”
by Noor Akmal Shareela Ismail, Jun Xin Lee and Fatimah Yusof
Antioxidants 2022, 11(5), 986; https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox11050986
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/11/5/986

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

This program will enable early career researchers (who must hold a Ph.D. in a related field) to experience editing a Special Issue in MDPI journals, under the mentorship of our experienced Editorial Board Members or other experienced scientists. The mentor program will provide an excellent opportunity for early career scientists to gain editorial experience, and to cultivate their ability to edit scientific research.

The mentee’s responsibilities include:

• Proposing a Special Issue title and assisting the mentor in preparing a summary (around 200–400 words) and 3–10 keywords describing the background, importance, and goal of the Issue;
• Writing a brief promotion plan for the Special Issue;
• Preparing a list of scholars who may be interested in the Issue and personally e-mailing invitations on behalf of Guest Editors;
• Writing an editorial for the online Special Issue together with the mentor.

The mentor’s responsibilities include:

• Conducting a final check before the Special Issue is published online;
• Performing editorial control of the Special Issue and quality control of the publications, both of which must be carried out in a timely manner;
• Providing suggestions to younger scholars if they have any doubts or concerns regarding submissions;
• Organizing video calls with young scholars and the Editorial Office regularly to discuss problems and improvement suggestions for the Special Issue;
• Making and submitting decisions regarding submissions with the assistance of mentees.

Certificates and awards:
After the Special Issue closes, the Editorial Office will provide official certificates for all the mentors and early career researchers.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your Special Issue proposal to the Editorial Office of a journal you choose, and we will discuss the process (i.e., mentor collaboration, Special Issue topic feasibility analysis, etc.) in further detail. The full list of MDPI journals is as follows: https://www.mdpi.com/about/journals.

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

MDPI has just become the first open access (OA) publisher to reach the milestone of one million articles published. That is one million articles freely available to all, to circulate and build upon! We are proud to share this special moment with the global scientific community.

This landmark has been reached thanks to the immeasurable support of more than 600,000 expert reviewers, 66,000 editorial board members and 6700 hard-working colleagues across MDPI’s global offices.

Within more than 25 years of publishing, our journals received 2.1 million manuscripts and generated 4.6 million peer review reports to get to one million papers published.

Reaching the milestone of one million articles published reinforces our mission to remove any existing barriers and to make scientific research accessible to all. Since its inception, MDPI’s goal has been to create reliable processes to make science open. This is a path towards facilitating the dissemination of novel insights in scientific communities.

Regular feedback from authors and reviewers shows that our service is greatly appreciated and needed. At the same time, the feedback helps us identify areas for further improvement.

As it stands, a significant share of published research findings remain closed access. More than half of the content published with the most well-known legacy publishers stays behind a paywall, and that is not including articles published in hybrid OA journals, or made available months or years after publication.

A new policy announced by the US administration in August 2022 requires that, as of January 2026, all US federally funded research be made freely and immediately available after publication. While the new policy does not mandate articles be published under an open access license, it is aligned with the open access movement in removing all barriers to research. Similarly, some of the most advanced research institutions in the world intend to have all funded research articles published in open access by 2025.

MDPI is proud to be the leading agent of the transition to open access.

"Thanks a Million" to all the contributors!

We are pleased to announce that the website of the MDPI Sustainability Foundation has been revamped! For the past couple of months, our UX UI team and front-end developers have been working hard to launch the website in time for the opening of the Sustainability Awards nominations.

The website is not the only thing that has had a remodeling. Indeed, the format of the Emerging Sustainability Leader Award (ESLA) has been updated. ESLA is now a competition open to individual researchers or start-ups founded by researchers under the age of 35. Nominee applications will go through 2 rounds of selection until the final 3 are decided. The finalists will then be invited to give pitch presentations during the Award Ceremony to win either first place (10,000 USD) or runner-up (2 x 5000 USD).

The World Sustainability Award, on the other hand, remains the same: a total prize money of 100,000 USD is up for grabs by senior individual researchers or groups of researchers from the international research community.

Nominations for both the World Sustainability Award and the Emerging Sustainability Leader award are now open! Check out our new website for more information on how to nominate.

Recently, Clarivate^TM revealed its 2022 list of Highly Cited Researchers^TM—individuals at universities, research institutes and commercial organizations.

The scientists who were selected into this year’s list of Highly Cited Researchers have published highly cited papers in the 11-year period from January 2011 to December 2021, with citation frequency in the top 1% of academic subjects and the same year of publication in the Web of Science^TM database. Based on Web of Science Citation data, 6,938 researchers from across the globe who have demonstrated a disproportionate level of significant and broad influence in their chosen field or fields over the last decade have been awarded Highly Cited Researcher 2022 designations. The list is truly global, spanning 69 countries or regions and spread across a diverse range of research sciences and social sciences.

According to statistics, 11 members of the Editorial Board of Antioxidants (ISSN: 2076-3921) have been selected into the list of Highly Cited Researchers of Clarivate in 2022. They are being recognized for their high-quality scientific research achievements and outstanding contributions to professional fields. The Antioxidants Editorial Office sincerely congratulates all elected Editorial Board Members and hopes that they continue to have an academically productive relationship with the journal.

It is a pleasure to announce “The First International Conference on Antioxidants: Sources, Methods, Health Benefits and Industrial Applications”, to be held in Barcelona, Spain, from 10 to 12 May 2023. The conference is chaired by Prof. Dr. Alessandra Napolitano and Prof. Dr. Rosa M. Lamuela Raventos, and is organized by MDPI as well as the open access journal Antioxidants (ISSN: 2076-3921).

This event will bring together leading researchers from around the world and across the field of antioxidants, from health to food to innovative materials, to share the results of their recent studies. Over the course of the three days, internationally renowned speakers will share their current research on the health outcomes of antioxidants and oxidative stress; antioxidant enzyme systems; natural antioxidants: sources, analyses, and mechanisms of action; and natural antioxidants: sustainable methodologies for recovery and processing.

Participants will have the opportunity to give short talks, present posters on their work, and engage in stimulating discussions. Please submit your abstract before 19 December 2022. More detailed information and other important deadlines can be found in the Instructions for Authors.

In addition, an award of EUR 500 will be given to the best oral presentation, and an award of EUR 300 will be given to the best poster. Meeting attendees will also have the opportunity to publish their work in a Special Issue of Antioxidants based on the conference.

We look forward to welcoming you to this exciting event. Please feel free to pass on this announcement to colleagues of yours who may be interested.

If you have any questions or need assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us.

ICA 2023 Conference Secretariat

Scientists at Stanford University have recently published an update of the list of the top 2% most widely cited scientists—the World’s Top 2% Scientists.

The time node of the statistical data of this list is from 1960 to 2022, and it is divided into two lists: "Lifetime Scientific Influence Ranking" and "2022 Annual Scientific Influence Ranking". The "Lifetime Scientific Influence Ranking" counts the comprehensive influence performance of scientists during their careers, and the "2022 Annual Influence Ranking" focuses on highlighting the academic influence of scientists in the previous year. This ranking, considered the most prestigious worldwide, is based on the bibliometric information contained in the Scopus database and includes more than 200,000 researchers from the more than 10 million scientists considered to be active worldwide, with 22 scientific fields and 176 subfields taken into account.

We are pleased to share that 132 Editorial Board Members from MDPI’s Antioxidants (ISSN: 2076-3921) were featured in Stanford University’s list of the World’s Top 2% Scientists in 2022.

The latest Stanford rankings reflect the significant influence and research excellence of the scientists, who are committed to furthering their knowledge for the benefit of the world.

We would like to congratulate our Editorial Board Members on their excellent achievement and thank them for their immense contribution to the scientific progression and development of Antioxidants.