Announcements

1. “Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 and Cardiovascular Autonomic Dysfunction: What Do We Know?”
by Giandomenico Bisaccia, Fabrizio Ricci, Vittoria Recce, Antonio Serio, Giovanni Iannetti, Anwar A. Chahal, Marcus Ståhlberg, Mohammed Yunus Khanji, Artur Fedorowski and Sabina Gallina
J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2021, 8(11), 156; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd8110156
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/8/11/156

2. “Sinus Bradycardia Associated with Remdesivir Treatment in COVID-19: A Case Report and Literature Review”
by Fotios Barkas, Chrysoula-Paraskevi Styla, Aris Bechliouli, Haralampos Milionis and Evangelos Liberopoulos
J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2021, 8(2), 18; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd8020018
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/8/2/18

3. “Physiological Age- and Sex-Related Profiles for Local (Aortic) and Regional (Carotid-Femoral, Carotid-Radial) Pulse Wave Velocity and Center-to-Periphery Stiffness Gradient, with and without Blood Pressure Adjustments: Reference Intervals and Agreement between Methods in Healthy Subjects (3–84 Years)”
by Daniel Bia and Yanina Zócalo
J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2021, 8(1), 3; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd8010003
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/8/1/3

4. “Role of Selected miRNAs as Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarkers in Cardiovascular Diseases, Including Coronary Artery Disease, Myocardial Infarction and Atherosclerosis”
by Rashid Mir, Imadeldin Elfaki, Naina Khullar, Ajaz Ahmad Waza, Chandan Jha, Mohammad Muzaffar Mir, Shamsu Nisa, Babar Mohammad, Tahir Ahmad Mir, Mohsin Maqbool et al.
J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2021, 8(2), 22; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd8020022
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/8/2/22

5. “Potential Role of eNOS Genetic Variants in Ischemic Heart Disease Susceptibility and Clinical Presentation”
by Paolo Severino, Andrea D’Amato, Silvia Prosperi, Michele Magnocavallo, Marco Valerio Mariani, Lucrezia Netti, Lucia Ilaria Birtolo, Paolo De Orchi, Cristina Chimenti, Viviana Maestrin et al.
J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2021, 8(9), 116; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd8090116
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/8/9/116

6. “Extracellular Matrix-Based Biomaterials for Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering”
by Astha Khanna, Maedeh Zamani and Ngan F. Huang
J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2021, 8(11), 137; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd8110137
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/8/11/137

7. “From Stripes to a Beating Heart: Early Cardiac Development in Zebrafish”
by Cassie L. Kemmler, Fréderike W. Riemslagh, Hannah R. Moran and Christian Mosimann
J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2021, 8(2), 17; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd8020017
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/8/2/17

8. “Peptidic Connexin43 Therapeutics in Cardiac Reparative Medicine”
by Spencer R. Marsh, Zachary J. Williams, Kevin J. Pridham and Robert G. Gourdie
J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2021, 8(5), 52; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd8050052
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/8/5/52

9. “Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior and Sleep Time: Association with Cardiovascular Hemodynamic Parameters, Blood Pressure and Structural and Functional Arterial Properties in Childhood”
by Mariana Gómez-García, Daniel Bia and Yanina Zócalo
J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2021, 8(6), 62; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd8060062
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/8/6/62

10. “Disagreement between Cardiac Troponin Tests Yielding a Higher Incidence of Myocardial Injury in the Emergency Setting”
by Peter A. Kavsak, Shawn E. Mondoux, Janet Martin, Mark K. Hewitt, Lorna Clark, Nadia Caruso, Ching-Tong Mark, V. Tony Chetty, Craig Ainsworth and Andrew Worster
J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2021, 8(3), 31; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd8030031
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/8/3/31

The Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease (JCDD, ISSN: 2308-3425) is an international, scientific, peer-reviewed, open access journal on cardiovascular medicine published monthly online by MDPI.

To develop different research areas and continue to attract high-quality papers, the Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease (JCDD) is recruiting Section Editors-in-Chief (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jcdd/sections) for the following Sections:

• “Basic and Translational Cardiovascular Research”;
• “Cardiac Development and Regeneration”;
• “Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease”;
• “Acquired Cardiovascular Disease”;
• “Electrophysiology and Cardiovascular Physiology”;
• “Genetics”;
• “Epidemiology, Lifestyle, and Cardiovascular Health”;
• “Imaging”;
• “Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease”;
• “Cardiovascular Clinical Research”;
• “Cardiac Surgery”.

The Section Editor-in-Chief is responsible for ensuring the scientific quality of a particular Section of a journal and is expected to oversee the growth and development of the journal Sections and its Board Members.

Responsibilities of the Section Editor-in-Chief include the following:

• Setting the scope and direction of the Section;
• Advising on the strategic development of the Section;
• Maintaining oversight of the editorial process for individual manuscripts in their Section (mainly by making the final decision regarding whether a paper can be published after peer review and revisions);
• Inviting distinguished scientists to join the Editorial Board;
• Suggesting topics for Special Issues;
• Coordinating the Section Editorial Board and stimulating their contributions to the journal;
• Promoting JCDD and increasing its visibility at academic conferences;
• Understanding, leading, and upholding MDPI’s peer review guidelines and ethics guidelines.

Please find more details at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/editors#Editorial_Board_Responsibilities.

As a Section Editor-in-Chief, you will have the unique opportunity to network and communicate with scholars in the cardiovascular community, building long-term relationships and establishing your influence within your discipline. Appointed members will also receive an Editor Certificate confirming this role. In addition, you will have the opportunity to publish two papers per year free of charge in any of our journals. The term for this position is two years and can be renewed.

If you are a researcher in a related field and are passionate about participating in the publication of cutting-edge research, please do not hesitate to get in touch about joining the JCDD Editorial Board. To apply for this position, please contact the JCDD Editorial Office (jcdd@mdpi.com) with the following two files attached:

• A full academic CV;
• A short cover letter that details your interests and enthusiasm for the position.

JCDD Editorial Office

Peer Review Week began 19 September 2022 under the theme of “Research Integrity: Creating and Supporting Trust in Research”. Through various blog articles, podcast, and webinar, we discussed this crucial subject throughout the week, celebrating the essential role peer review plays in maintaining research quality.

To begin, we held a Webinar on the topic. Professor Peter W. Choate and Dr. Emmanuel Obeng-Gyasi joined Dr. Ioana Craciun, one of MDPI’s scientific officers, for an in-depth discussion.

We invite you to view the event recording:

During the week, the MDPI Blog in a series articles highlighted how good Peer Review safeguards research integrity. The following topics were covered:

• Peer Review Week 2022
• Research Integrity
• What We’ve Learned About Peer Review Reports
• 4 Steps to the Perfect Peer Review Report
• How to Write the Perfect Peer Review Report: An Interview
• Inviting Great Peer Reviewers

In a new edition of Insight Faster, an MDPI podcast, we were delighted to talk to the co-chairs of the Peer Review Week committee, Jayashree Rajagopalan (Senior Manager of Global Community Engagement for CACTUS) and Danielle Padula (Head of Marketing and Community Development at Scholastica) to get their take on this year’s event and its related topics.

You can find the Podcast here.

We hope you enjoy the contents!

The 2021 citation metrics have been released in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), and we’re pleased to announce the following results for MDPI journals:

For more information on Impact Factors and what it means to index academic journals, please visit our related blog posts.

* Journals given their first Impact Factor in 2022

Source: 2021 Journal Impact Factors, Journal Citation Reports ^TM (Clarivate, 2022)

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 the Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease (JCDD, 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 JCDD or from other well-established research institutes or laboratories.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your Special Issue proposal to the JCDD Editorial Office (jcdd@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, JCDD continues to welcome all Special Issue proposals based on hot research topics.