Announcements

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)

The “Family Medicine” Section of Healthcare (ISSN: 2227-9032) is recruiting Editorial Board Members. You can check the existing Editorial Board Members by visiting the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/healthcare/editors.

To apply for this position, recommend potential candidates, or request further information, please contact the Healthcare Editorial Office (healthcare@mdpi.com).

The main responsibilities of Editorial Board Members are as follows:

• Reviewing a couple of manuscripts per year;
• Making decisions on whether a manuscript can be accepted based on the reports we collect;
• Suggesting special topics or edit a Special Issue on a topic related to your research;
• Promoting the journal and increase its visibility at related academic conferences;
• Advising on the journal’s development;
• Supervising the operation of the journal.

As an Editorial Board Member, you can publish one paper per year free of charge in an open access form in Healthcare. The term of the Editorial Board Membership is two years and can then be renewed.

We are excited to welcome the following recognized researchers who recently joined the Editorial Board of Healthcare (ISSN: 2227-9032):

Name: Dr. Maria Basta
Affiliation: University Hospital of Heraklion

Name: Dr. Federico Longhini
Affiliation: Magna Graecia University

Further details about the Editorial Board can be found at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/healthcare/editors.

We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Norbert Hosten has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the Section “Health Informatics and Big Data” in Healthcare (ISSN: 2227-9032).

Prof. Dr. Norbert Hosten is a German radiologist and professor at the University of Greifswald. He was born in Düsseldorf in 1957. Hosten's work focuses on magnetic resonance imaging, interventional radiology and telemedicine. In 2008, he took over the chairmanship of "Telemedicine in the Euroregion Pomerania", an association of experts that has set itself the goal of developing and expanding telemedicine in the Euroregion Pomerania. From June 2013 to May 2015, he served as the President of the German Radiological Society for two years. In 2015, he was honored in Szczecin with the two-year Pomerania Nostra Prize of the Universities of Greifswald and Szczecin for his services to cross-border telemedicine in the Pomerania Euroregion.

The "Health Informatics and Big Data" Section will develop publications for fields such as radiomics and similar areas of work in other disciplines. Healthcare is an extremely important journal for breaking news research in a field which is developing rapidly. 

The following is a short Q&A with Prof. Dr. Norbert Hosten, who shared his vision for the journal with us, as well as his views of the research area and open access publishing: 

Healthcare is independent from medical societies. It therefore has the liberty to address problems independent from turf considerations. This, I feel, is much needed today. Especially in the field of the digitization of medicine, a more comprehensive approach is necessary, and healthcare can achieve that. 

Healthcare can cover the digitization of medicine in all its aspects—apps, the distribution of information via internet channels, etc. The digitization aspect of healthcare is what I am going to support as a Section Editor-in-Chief. This is a great challenge that I am sure will be rewarding for all of us. 

Regarding medical research, there will be a competition between big-data approaches and hypothesis-driven studies. It is fascinating to see how that will play out—and to have the opportunity to accompany it as the Section Editor-in-Chief for Healthcare. It is important to pool knowledge with the editors to achieve the broadest approach possible. 

Open access publishing is a much-needed tool in medical research. It makes publishing available to more scientists—after all, that is what its name says—and communication between scientists is enhanced.

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Prof. Dr. Norbert Hosten as the Editor-in-Chief (EiC) of the “Health Informatics and Big Data” Section, and Dr. Lorenzo Mantovani as the EiC of the “Preventive Medicine” Section. We look forward to their contributions to the continued success of Healthcare (ISSN: 2227-9032). 

Name: Prof. Dr. Norbert Hosten
Affiliation: Department of Radiology, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, 17475 Greifswald, Germany
Interests: diagnostic radiology; neuroradiology; teleradiology; digital imaging (MRI and CT); population-based imaging
Section: “Health Informatics and Big Data”

Name: Dr. Lorenzo Mantovani
Affiliation: Center for Public Health Research of the School of Medicine and Surgery, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Via Cadore 48, 20900 Monza, Italy
Interests: health technology assessment; health services research; outcomes research; cost effectiveness
Section: “Preventive Medicine”

Healthcare Editorial Office

We would like to inform you that the schedule of the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Healthcare (IECH2022) has been updated: 

• Abstract submission deadline: 13 January 2022;
• Notification of acceptance: 24 January 2022;
• Full file Submission Deadline: 8 February 2022;
• Conference date: 17 February–3 March 2022. 

This conference will provide leading scientists working in the field with an online platform on which to share their latest research and engage in exciting discussions. The main topics and sessions of the conference are: 

• Artificial Intelligence: Prof. Tin-Chih Toly Chen;
• COVID-19 Update (Diagnostics and Vaccines): Prof. Roberto Verna;
• Regenerative Medicine;
• Sport Performance: Dr. Alyx Taylor.

The conference will be completely free of charge to attend, as will also be the case for scholars to upload to and present their latest work on the conference platform. 

We would like to invite those of you who have not yet submitted an abstract to do so up until 13 January 2022. Please refer to https://iech2022.sciforum.net/ for the instructions for authors. 

Event Award

The IECH Best Student Award (CHF 500) will be awarded to one student researcher. If you would like to join this competition, please submit your work to the Student Session. 

We look forward to welcoming you at the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Healthcare. 

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. You can contact us at iech-2@mdpi.com. 

Conference Secretariat

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/.

--- Highly Cited Researchers (HCR) is a Clarivate product.

Academic editors play a crucial role in leading our journals and ensuring that each article undergoes a robust and timely peer-review. With the launch of Topics this year and addition of Topic Editors to our family of academic editors, we decided it would be a good time to restructure our academic boards, thus providing more clarity and support for each role. MDPI is pleased to announce the launch of a new position—Topical Advisory Panel Member, that will replace the previous position of Topics Board Member. The Topical Advisory Panel will be comprised of early career researchers eager to gain experience in editorial work.

The main responsibility of the new members of the Topical Advisory Panel is to regularly provide support to Guest Editors, Topic Editors, and Section Board Members. The responsibilities of the Topical Advisory Panel are available here: https://www.mdpi.com/editors.

Each year, the members’ performances are evaluated, and outstanding members are promoted to the Editorial Board by the Editor-in-Chief.

To qualify as a Topical Advisory Panel Member, applicants must:

• Have expertise and experience in the field related to the journal;
• Have received a Ph.D. in the last 10 years, approximately;
• Have at least 6-8 published papers in the last 5 years as first author or corresponding author;
• Currently hold an independent research position in academia or a government institute.

If you are interested in this role, please contact the editorial office by email.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Founded in 1996, MDPI was one of the first fully Open Access publisher. Over 25 years MDPI has grown to become the largest Open Access publisher globally, publishing over 160,000 articles across more than 350 journals in 2020. At the core, MDPI was founded in response to a pressing need of fast publication and inclusion. The scholar was set at the centre of the publication process for the first time. Acting as a service provider, rather than a product provider, MDPI exists to help scientists achive their objective to disseminate research results. At MDPI, we believe scientists deserve a better service from the publishing world.

The International Open Access Week (Open Access Week), founded by the SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) Alliance and student partners in 2008, has been successfully running for 13 years. As an advocate and pioneer of open access publishing, MDPI actively responds to the call of International Open Access Week. This year’s theme of “It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity” highlights the Recommendation’s call for equitable participation from all authors and readers.

For the last 25 years, MDPI has been committed to disseminating open research. Here is a video showing MDPI’s Commitment to Equity, Inclusion and Diversity for More than 25 Years.

International Open Access Week is an important opportunity to catalyze new conversations, create connections across and between communities that can facilitate this co-design, and advance progress in the building of more equitable foundations for opening knowledge—discussions and actions that need to be continued, year in and year out. MDPI has always aimed to provide professional and efficient publishing services to scholars around the world.

Our mission is to make scientific research accessible to everyone; this year, we interview and hold discussions with open science ambassadors on how to build an equal and inclusive environment for open science. Academic editors help us collaborate with more institutions to advocate for open access ideas.

Read our anniversary blog post: "Sharing 'Collective Human Knowledge': The Benefits of Open Access Publication"

Besides this, our scientific community is a key driver of our success and MDPI’s remarkable growth. Despite the pandemic, we have prepared online conferences and workshops to gather scholars from different communities.

The Basel Sustainable Publishing online forum provides an equal opportunity for stakeholders and researchers from multi-cultural environments to exchange ideas and eliminate barriers to participation.

Conference date: 25 October 2021, online
Conference website: https://bspf2021.sciforum.net/
Main topics: MDPI discusses the current dilemma of open access science from various perspectives such as governments, libraries, and publishers, and related measures on how to change the status quo of discrimination from a global perspective.

We aim to support equality, inclusion, diversity, and accessibility in scholarly communications. We collaborate with universities and key laboratories and have scholarly communications with researchers, teachers, and students on open access workshops.

• 25 October 2021
  Energies journal and Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

• 28 October 2021
  Machines journal and State Key Laboratory of Traction Power, Southwest Jiaotong University

• 29 October 2021
  Processes journal and Beijing Institute of Technology

• 29 October 2021
  Coatings journal and Wuhan University of Technology

MDPI is committed to providing open access and high-quality publishing services for scholars and promoting rapid dissemination of academic achievements. We hope to promote the practices and policies of open access publishing and diversify the dissemination of academic achievements.