Announcements

The Journal of Clinical Medicine (JCM, ISSN: 2077-0383) has been holding Editorial Board meetings since 2023. The Editorial Board meeting for the Section “Reproductive Medicine & Andrology” was held on 18 March 2024. We appreciate the Section Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Giovanni M. Colpi, for hosting this meeting. Three Editorial Board Members were in attendance. We are extremely grateful for the strong support from our Editorial Board Members, and we sincerely hope that more Editorial Board Members will be able to participate in future meetings. We would like to invite everyone to review the content of this meeting.

The meeting started with a presentation about the development of the journal, with a particular focus on the Section “Reproductive Medicine & Andrology”. The following topics were discussed:

• The journal’s history, open access policy, and author benefits;
• Journal publication statistics and analysis of author demographics (2018–2023);
• Journal awards, journal marketing activities, and journal social media promotion;
• Section EBM overview, decision-making statistics, and Section development statistics. 

The following topics were covered in the general discussion at this Editorial Board meeting:

Members made recommendations to optimize the Section, including the subdivision of subject areas into subfields. Also, the number of members should be expanded to ensure that each subfield receives adequate professional support. In addition, popular research topics were recommended. It is necessary to analyze the relationship between the changes in the journal data and the stability of the impact factor and to pay attention to the positive effect of paper quality on the impact factor. Promotion strategies for the journal should be actively explored, not only promoting the journal at various conferences to enhance visibility in the professional field, but also focusing on optimizing the visual presentation of the journal’s webpage to be more attractive to readers and authors at the visual level. Finally, it was recommended to promote the sustainable development and influence of the journal in all aspects. 

We sincerely thank the attending Editorial Board Members for their active participation. Thanks to your participation, we were able to exchange ideas face-to-face and receive timely feedback. We hope that more members will join us in the future. 

Attendee list (in no particular order):

• Prof. Dr. Giovanni M. Colpi (Section Editor-in-Chief), Andrology and IVF Center, Next Fertility Procrea, Lugano, Switzerland;
• Prof. Dr. Jens Fedder, Centre of Andrology & Fertility Clinic, Odense University Hospital, 5000 Odense, Denmark;
• Prof. Dr. Germar-Michael Pinggera, Department of Urology, Medical University Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria;
• Prof. Dr. Tom Kelsey, School of Computer Science, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9SX, UK. 

The latest official CiteScore (2023 Scopus data) for the Journal of Clinical Medicine is 5.7, ranking 80/636 (Q1) in the “General Medicine” category. The current impact factor of JCM is 3.0 (2023), ranking 59/329 (Q1) in the “Medicine, General & Internal” category. 

To access more journal statistics, please click here. 

To access more information about the Section, please visit the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jcm/sections/Reproductive_Medicine_Andrology. 

JCM Editorial Office

We extend our heartfelt congratulations to the 685 Editorial Board Members of our journals – from 39 different countries and territories – who have been recognized as Highly Cited Researchers for 2024 by Clarivate. This distinction highlights their exceptional scientific achievements and significant contributions, which transcend academic boundaries to advance global knowledge, sustainability, security, and well-being.

Clarivate's annual Highly Cited Researcher™ list identifies the most influential scientists of the past decade, whose work has had a profound and widespread impact across various scientific and social science disciplines. Their impactful papers rank among the top 1% by citations in one or more of the 21 fields analyzed within the "Essential Science Indicators," marking them as leaders in their respective domains.

"Highly Cited Researchers have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their field(s) of research," according to Clarivate. In 2024, a total of 6,886 Highly Cited Researcher designations were awarded to 6,636 individuals.

The following is a list of MDPI's Editorial Board Members named Highly Cited Researchers in 2024. We congratulate them for their achievement and their contributions to advancing knowledge in their respective fields.

The following is an interview with Dr. Nurulamin Noor:

More information about journal awards can be found at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jcm/awards.

We are thrilled to share the updated Exceptional Reviewers List 2024. This program was designed to recognize and honor scholars who have delivered consistently exceptional review reports to our journal. Committed to fostering rigorous research and promoting knowledge exchange, the Journal of Clinical Medicine (JCM, ISSN: 2077-0383)recognizes the significant role our reviewers play in maintaining the quality and integrity of the articles we publish. According to surveys conducted in 2023, 91% of our authors rate the peer review process as good or excellent, thanks to our pool of excellent reviewers.

We would like to express our sincere appreciation to all of the reviewers who have generously volunteered their time and expertise to assist in the Journal of Clinical Medicine’s peer review process. Their dedication and attention to detail in evaluating manuscripts, offering valuable feedback, and contributing to academic rigor are truly commendable.

The Exceptional Reviewers List was introduced in 2024. Each quarter, we will be selecting a group of outstanding reviewers and introduce them here.

Q4:

Name: Dr. Hoon Choi
Affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 02706, Republic of Korea
Interests: cardiothoracic anesthesia; regional anesthesia; critical care; respiratory mechanics; ERAS; ischemic–reperfusion injury; organ-on-a-chip

Name: Dr. Christine M Salvatore
Affiliation: Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, United States
Interests: congenital infections; pediatric fungal infections; clinical pediatrics

Name: Dr. Kevin Döring
Affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Interests: orthopedic surgery; arthroplasty; osseointegration; tumor surgery

Name: Dr. Ana Cruz-Solbes
Affiliation: Cardiovascular Research Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY, USA.
Interests: cardiology; cardiovascular; heart failure

Name: Dr. Yu Inata
Affiliation: Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Osaka Women's and Children's Hospital, Izumi, Osaka, Japan
Interests: pediatric critical care; pediatrics; emergency care

Q3:

Name: Dr. Sun G. Chung
Affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Interests: rehabilitation medicine; muscle; low back pain; spine

Name: Dr. Daniela Radulescu
Affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
Interests: chronic kidney disease; kidney replacement therapy; kidney injury

Name: Dr. Aaron Wightman
Affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Nephrology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Interests: pediatrics; pediatric nephrology; kidney diseases

Name: Dr. Jeffrey K. Luttrull
Affiliation: Ventura County Retina Vitreous Medical Group, 3160 Telegraph Rd Suite 230, Ventura, CA, USA
Interests: retinal diseases; macular disorders; vision protection

Name: Dr. Peter Widschwendter
Affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, General Hospital Hall, Tirol Kliniken, Hall in Tirol, Austria
Interests: endometriosis; cervical cancers; laparoscopy; gynecology and obstetrics

Q2:

Name: Dr. Yuri P. Matusov
Affiliation: Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Interests: pulmonary hypertension; pulmonary vascular disease; pulmonary embolism; shock resuscitation; ARDS

Name: Dr. Yuko Ono
Affiliation: Department of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
Interests: trauma; airway management; sepsis

Name: Dr. Adam Buckholz Buckholz
Affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
Interests: autoimmune hepatitis; cirrhosis; fatty liver disease; general hepatology; hepatitis B; hepatitis C

Name: Dr. Baptiste Demey
Affiliation: Department of Virology, CHU Amiens-Picardie, Amiens, France
Interests: virology; infectious disease; polyomavirus

Q1:

Name: Dr. Carlos Rodríguez-López
Affiliation: Teaching and Research in Neurorehabilitation, Lecturer University Schools Gimbernat, University of Cantabria, La Coruña, Spain
Interests: peripheral nerve disorders and neuropathic behavior; pain in neurological patients; therapeutic exercise in neurorehabilitation; perceptual disorders after a central lesion; robotics and technology in neurorehabilitation
“As a lecturer and clinician, my main interest when reviewing papers is to be updated on developments in the neurorehabilitation field and help through my contribution to set the standards concerning solutions for people who have suffered a lesion linked to their nervous system. Also, I am very much interested in papers offering different ways to understand common signs and symptoms in the field, such as spasticity or neuropathic behavior in such conditions, as I strongly believe that understanding peripheral nerve adaptations after neurological disorder onset can shine a light on the perceptual and motor alterations we see in the clinical setting. The review process also allows me to have a broader look at my field and to get in touch with researchers worldwide, with different points of view, opening my clinical reasoning to new perspectives in neurorehabilitation.”

Name: Dr. Shiqi Ling
Affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
Interests: treatment and surgery of children's eye diseases; treatment and surgery of strabismus, amblyopia, and myopia; diagnosis and treatment of ocular surface diseases; corneal transplantation; amniotic membrane transplantation; limbal stem cell transplantation

Name: Prof. Dr. Gianluca Manni
Affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Medicina Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Roma, Tor Vergata, Roma, Lazio, Italy
Interests: glaucoma; clinical ophthalmology; OCT; optical coherence tomography; visual field tests; optic disk; clinical pharmacology

Name: Dr. Eftihia Polyzogopoulou
Affiliation: Emergency Medicine Department, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Interests: heart failure; acute heart failure; acute myocardial infarction; cardiac imaging

The Journal of Clinical Medicine (JCM, ISSN: 2077-0383) has been holding Editorial Board meetings since 2023. The Editorial Board meeting for the Section “Clinical Neurology” was held on 16 April 2024. We appreciate the Section Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Lindsay A. Farrer, for hosting this meeting; three Editorial Board Members were in attendance. We would like to invite everyone to jointly review the content of this meeting. We are extremely grateful for the strong support from our Editorial Board Members. Meanwhile, we sincerely hope that more Editorial Board Members will be able to participate in future meetings.

The meeting started with a presentation about the development of the journal, with a particular focus on the Section “Clinical Neurology”, and the following topics were discussed:

• The journal’s history, open access policy, and author benefits;
• Journal publication statistics and authors’ group analysis (2018–2023);
• Journal awards, journal marketing activities, and journal social media promotion;
• Section EBM overview, decision-making statistics, and Section development statistics.

At this Editorial Board meeting, the following areas were covered in the discussion:

• Section title and scope discussion: Members actively discussed and proposed a series of ideas for modification to the existing Section names, including expanding the coverage of disciplines, adding new members in specific areas, etc., and strived to make the Section settings more attractive.
• Exploration of conference promotion channels: Focusing on enhancing the visibility of the Section through various academic conferences, we propose launching Special Issues for disease-specific conferences and establishing long-term cooperative relationships with conferences. At the same time, we will pay attention to the preferred journals of cooperative conferences to plan our promotional campaigns.
• Future plans: The members reached a consensus that Special Issues could be used to attract new members and expand participation pathways for uninvolved members, which would promote the new scope of the Section, attract manuscripts, and positively influence the journal. Moreover, all the members were encouraged to contribute manuscripts.

We sincerely thank the Editorial Board Members for their active participation. Thanks to your participation, we could exchange views face-to-face and get timely feedback. We hope that more members will join us in the future.

Attendee list (in no particular order):

• Prof. Dr. Lindsay A. Farrer (Section Editor-in-Chief), Departments of Medicine (Biomedical Genetics), Neurology, Ophthalmology, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics, Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Boston, MA, USA;
• Prof. Dr. Ann-Charlotte Granholm-Bentley, Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA;
• Dr. Valerio Napolioni, School of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy;
• Dr. José Javier Miguel-Hidalgo, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, USA.

The latest official CiteScore (2023 Scopus data) for the Journal of Clinical Medicine is 5.7, ranking 80/636 (Q1) in the “General Medicine” category. The current impact factor of JCM is 3.0 (2023), ranking 58/325 (Q1) in the “Medicine, General & Internal” category.

To access more journal statistics, please click here.

To access more information about the Section, please visit the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jcm/sections/Clinical_Neurology.

JCM Editorial Office

We are delighted to share some highly cited papers from the Section “Sports Medicine” that were published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine (JCM, ISSN: 2077-0383) in 2023.

The following is a list of articles that we believe will interest you:

1. “The Effect of High-Intensity Interval Training Type on Body Fat Percentage, Fat and Fat-Free Mass: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials”
by Fatemeh Khodadadi, Reza Bagheri, Raoof Negaresh, Sajjad Moradi, Michael Nordvall, Donny M. Camera, Alexei Wong and Katsuhiko Suzuki
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(6), 2291; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12062291
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/6/2291

2. “Effectiveness and Consequences of Direct Access in Physiotherapy: A Systematic Review”
by Marco Gallotti, Benedetta Campagnola, Antonello Cocchieri, Firas Mourad, John D. Heick and Filippo Maselli
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(18), 5832; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12185832
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/18/5832

3. “Time-Restricted Eating and Its Metabolic Benefits”
by Sneha Mishra, Patress A. Persons, Andrea M. Lorenzo, Swarna S. Chaliki and Sophie Bersoux
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(22), 7007; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12227007
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/22/7007

4. “Effect of Localized Vibration Massage on Popliteal Blood Flow”
by Devin Needs, Jonathan Blotter, Madison Cowan, Gilbert Fellingham, A. Wayne Johnson and Jeffrey Brent Feland
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(5), 2047; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12052047
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/5/2047

5. “Impacts of Whole-Body Vibration on Muscle Strength, Power, and Endurance in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”
by Raphael Gonçalves de Oliveira, Heloísa Maria Elaine Licha Coutinho, Maiara Naldi Mansano Martins, Mario Bernardo-Filho, Danúbia da Cunha de Sá-Caputo, Laís Campos de Oliveira and Redha Taiar
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(13), 4467; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12134467
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/13/4467

6. “The Evaluation of Asymmetry in Isokinetic and Electromyographic Activity (sEMG) of the Knee Flexor and Extensor Muscles in Football Players after ACL Rupture Reconstruction and in the Athletes following Mild Lower-Limb Injuries”
by Łukasz Oleksy, Anna Mika, Iwona Sulowska-Daszyk, Renata Kielnar, Zofia Dzięcioł-Anikiej, Joanna Zyznawska, Olga Adamska and Artur Stolarczyk
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(3), 1144; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12031144
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/3/1144

7. “Clinical Research Progress of Internal Brace Ligament Augmentation Technique in Knee Ligament Injury Repair and Reconstruction: A Narrative Review”
by Wenhao Lu, Zhenhan Deng, Anko Elijah Essien, Djandan Tadum Arthur Vithran, Michael Opoku, Yusheng Li and Wenfeng Xiao
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(5), 1999; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12051999
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/5/1999

8. “Epidemiology of Injuries in Men’s Professional and Amateur Football (Part I)”
by Tudor Vladimir Gurau, Gabriela Gurau, Doina Carina Voinescu, Lucretia Anghel, Gelu Onose, Daniel Andrei Iordan, Constantin Munteanu, Ilie Onu and Carmina Liana Musat
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(17), 5569; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12175569
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/17/5569

9. “The Influence of Conventional and Innovative Rehabilitation Methods on Brain Plasticity Induction in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis”
by Marta Milewska-Jędrzejczak and Andrzej Głąbiński
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(5), 1880; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12051880
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/5/1880

10. “Home-Based Preoperative Exercise Training for Lung Cancer Patients Undergoing Surgery: A Feasibility Trial”
by Pedro Machado, Sara Pimenta, Ana Luís Garcia, Tiago Nogueira, Sónia Silva, Bárbara Oliveiros, Raul A. Martins and Joana Cruz
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(8), 2971; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12082971
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/8/2971

11. “The Prevalence of Responders and Non-Responders for Body Composition, Resting Blood Pressure, Musculoskeletal, and Cardiorespiratory Fitness after Ten Weeks of School-Based High-Intensity Interval Training in Adolescents”
by Jarosław Domaradzki, Dawid Koźlenia and Marek Popowczak
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(13), 4204; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12134204
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/13/4204

12. “A Randomized, Double-Blind Placebo Control Study on the Effect of a Blood Flow Restriction by an Inflatable Cuff Worn around the Arm on the Wrist Joint Position Sense in Healthy Recreational Athletes”
by Aleksandra Królikowska, Klaudia Kusienicka, Ewa Lazarek, Łukasz Oleksy, Robert Prill, Anna Kołcz, Maciej Daszkiewicz, Dariusz Janczak and Paweł Reichert
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(6), 2262; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12062262
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/6/2262

13. “Effects of a Single Session of Systemic Vibratory Therapy on Flexibility, Perception of Exertion and Handgrip Strength in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Individuals: A Quasi-Experimental Clinical Trial”
by Eliane de Oliveira Guedes-Aguiar, Redha Taiar, Laisa Liane Paineiras-Domingos, Bruno Bessa Monteiro-Oliveira, Danúbia da Cunha de Sá-Caputo and Mario Bernardo-Filho
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(9), 3241; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12093241
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/9/3241

14. “Comparing Post-Exercise Hypotension after Different Sprint Interval Training Protocols in a Matched Sample of Younger and Older Adults”
by Sascha Ketelhut, Martin Möhle, Tina Gürlich, Laura Hottenrott and Kuno Hottenrott
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(2), 640; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12020640
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/2/640

15. “Scapular Kinematics and Patterns of Scapular Dyskinesis in Rotator Cuff Tears: A Prospective Cohort Study”
by Umile Giuseppe Longo, Laura Risi Ambrogioni, Vincenzo Candela, Alessandra Berton, Daniela Lo Presti and Vincenzo Denaro
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(12), 3841;https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12113841
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/11/3841

16. “The Moderating Effects of Physical Activity on the Relationships between Child Maltreatment and Health Outcomes among Korean Adolescents: A Secondary Analysis of the 2020 Korean Children and Youth Rights Survey”
by Suryeon Ryu and Zan Gao
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(14), 4574; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12144574
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/14/4574

17. “Effects of Vibrotherapy with Different Characteristics and Body Position on Post-Exercise Recovery after Anaerobic Exercise”
by Tomasz Pałka, Marcin Maciejczyk, Olga Czerwińska-Ledwig, Łukasz Tota, Marek Bawelski, Alejandro Leiva-Arcas, Rafał Stabrawa, Przemysław Bujas, Dawid Mucha, Andrzej Wiśniewski et al.
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(14), 4629; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12144629
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/14/4629

18. “Key Considerations When Addressing Physical Inactivity and Sedentary Behaviour in People with Asthma”
by Paola D. Urroz Guerrero, Joice M. Oliveira, Hayley Lewthwaite, Peter G. Gibson and Vanessa M. McDonald
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(18), 5998; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12185998
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/18/5998

19. “The Relationship between Body Composition and Physical Activity Level in Students of Medical Faculties”
by Aleksandra Jaremków, Iwona Markiewicz-Górka, Wojciech Hajdusianek, Karolina Czerwińska and Paweł Gać
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(13), 4521; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12134521
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/13/4521

You are invited to view and submit relevant papers to the Journal of Clinical Medicine at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jcm.

JCM Editorial Office

The Journal of Clinical Medicine (JCM, ISSN: 2077-0383) held an Editorial Board meeting for the Section “Intensive Care” on 8 April 2024. We appreciate the Section Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Karim Bendjelid, for hosting this meeting; five Editorial Board Members were in attendance. We would like to invite everyone to jointly review the content of this meeting. We are extremely grateful for the strong support from our Editorial Board Members. Meanwhile, we sincerely hope that more Editorial Board Members will be able to participate in future meetings.

The meeting started with a presentation about the development of the journal, as well as the Section “Intensive Care” in particular, and the following topics were discussed:

• Journal history, open access policy, and author benefits;
• Journal publication statistics and authors’ group analysis (2018–2023);
• Journal awards, conference sponsorship, and journal social media management;
• Section EBM overview, decision-making statistics, and Section development statistics.

At this Editorial Board meeting, the following areas were covered in the discussion:

• Strategies for Improving the Impact Factor: The impact factors of the current 35 Sections (including the “Intensive Care” Section) need to be analyzed and accurate plans for development were made, including focusing on high-quality manuscripts, writing a year-in-review article, strengthening the preliminary examination process, and paying attention to the quality of peer review.
• Development Plans for the “Intensive Care” Section: Our desire to actively participate in significant academic conferences and establish connections with relevant societies was expressed. In addition, consideration was given to diversifying the types of papers, attaching great importance to basic scientific research. In the ICU field, cardiovascular and respiratory systems, liver function, nutrition, and metabolism are very important; we should organize online expert conferences where authoritative experts in the industry are invited to discuss clinical issues, form consensus expert opinions, and compile them into high-quality papers.
• Promotion and Other Suggestions: Editorial Board Members exchanged different promotion ideas, and some members agreed to promote the journal during academic conferences. It was suggested that we control the rationality of the number and composition of Editorial Board Members, which should be small and precise, covering various professional fields and regions.

We sincerely thank the Editorial Board Members for their active participation. Thanks to your participation, we could exchange views face-to-face and get timely feedback. Here, we sincerely thank every member for their hard work and academic support. We hope that more members will join us in the future, and we look forward to your valuable suggestions, as they push us to work together, continue to move towards a higher level of development, and make greater progress.

Attendee list (in no particular order):

• Prof. Dr. Karim Bendjelid (Section Editor-in-Chief), CardioVascular Unit, Intensive Care Division, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland;
• Prof. Dr. Davide Alberto Chiumello, ¹Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, San Paolo University Hospital, Milan, Italy; ²Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy; ³Coordinated Research Center on Respiratory Failure, University of Milan, Milan, Italy;
• Dr. Banwari Agarwal, ¹Intensive Care Unit, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK; ²Institute for Liver & Digestive Health, University College London, London, UK; ³Liver Failure Group, Institute for Liver and Digestive Health, University College London, London, UK;
• Prof. Dr. Luca Brazzi, Department of Surgical Science, University of Turin, Torino, Italy;
• Prof. Dr. Peter Markus Spieth, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany;
• Dr. Francesco Corradi, Department of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.

The latest official CiteScore (2023 Scopus data) for the Journal of Clinical Medicine is 5.7, ranking 80/636 (Q1) in the “General Medicine” category. The current impact factor of JCM is 3.0 (2023), ranking 58/325 (Q1) in the “Medicine, General & Internal” category.

To access more journal statistics, please click here.

To access more information about the Section, please visit the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jcm/sections/Intensive_Care.

JCM Editorial Office

We are delighted to share some highly cited papers on endocrinology and metabolism that were published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine (JCM, ISSN: 2077-0383) in 2023. In addition, some Special Issues in the Section “Endocrinology & Metabolism” are currently open for submission. The following is a list of articles and Special Issues that we believe will interest you.

1. “Association between the Prognostic Nutritional Index and Chronic Microvascular Complications in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus”
by Gulali Aktas
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(18), 5952; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12185952
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/18/5952

2. “Triglyceride-Rich Lipoprotein Metabolism: Key Regulators of Their Flux”
by Alejandro Gugliucci
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(13), 4399; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12134399
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/13/4399

3. “Sexual and Reproductive Outcomes in Obese Fertile Men with Functional Hypogonadism after Treatment with Liraglutide: Preliminary Results”
by Sandro La Vignera, Rosita A. Condorelli, Aldo E. Calogero, Rossella Cannarella and Antonio Aversa
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(2), 672; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12020672
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/2/672

4. “A Comprehensive Summary of the Current Understanding of the Relationship between Severe Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, and Inflammatory Status”
by Razvan-Marius Ion, Melania Sibianu, Adina Hutanu, Felicia Gabriela Beresescu, Daniela Tatiana Sala, Mocian Flavius, Ancuta Rosca, Calin Constantin, Alexandra Scurtu, Renata Moriczi et al.
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(11), 3818; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12113818
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/11/3818

5. “From Innate Immunity to Metabolic Disorder: A Review of the NLRP3 Inflammasome in Diabetes Mellitus”
by Iris Maria Nițulescu, George Ciulei, Angela Cozma, Lucia Maria Procopciuc and Olga Hilda Orășan
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(18), 6022; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12186022
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/18/6022

6. “Real-World Retrospective Study into the Effects of Oral Semaglutide (As a Switchover or Add-On Therapy) in Type 2 Diabetes”
by Riccardo Candido, Sara Gaiotti, Fabiola Giudici, Barbara Toffoli, Federica De Luca, Valerio Velardi, Alessandra Petrucco, Chiara Gottardi, Elena Manca, Iris Buda et al.
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(18), 6052; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12186052
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/18/6052

7. “The Burden of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Adolescents with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Case–Control Study”
by Aikaterini Giannouli, Vasiliki Efthymiou, Marianna Konidari, Iliana Mani, Leon Aravantinos, Spyridon P. Dourakis, Aristeidis Antoniou, Efthymios Deligeoroglou and Flora Bacopoulou
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(2), 557; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12020557
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/2/557

8. “Diagnosis and Non-Invasive Treatment of Obesity in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Review of Guidelines”
by Michał Łuniewski, Beata Matyjaszek-Matuszek and Monika Lenart-Lipińska
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(13), 4431; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12134431
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/13/4431

9. “Exercise and Weight Management: The Role of Leptin—A Systematic Review and Update of Clinical Data from 2000–2022”
by Gilmara Gomes de Assis and Eugenia Murawska-Ciałowicz
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(13), 4490; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12134490
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/13/4490

10. “Mirabegron, a Selective β3-Adrenergic Receptor Agonist, as a Potential Anti-Obesity Drug”
by Anna Maria Dąbrowska and Jarosław Dudka
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(21), 6897; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12216897
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/21/6897

11. “Associations between Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index and Diabetes Mellitus Secondary to Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma”
by Guanhua Chen, Chunlu Tan, Xubao Liu, Xing Wang, Qingquan Tan and Yonghua Chen
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(3), 756; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12030756
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/3/756

12. “Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Programs—From Proof-of-Concept Trials to National Intervention and Beyond”
by Jaakko Tuomilehto, Matti Uusitupa, Edward W. Gregg and Jaana Lindström
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(5), 1876; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12051876
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/5/1876

13. “Evaluation of Adjuvant Antibiotic Loaded Injectable Bio-Composite Material in Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis and Charcot Foot Reconstruction”
by Catalina Solano, Marie Chicaud, Stessy Kutchukian, Luigi Candela, Mariela Corrales, Frédéric Panthier, Steeve Doizi and Olivier Traxer
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(9), 3239; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12093239
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/9/3239

14. “Significance of Umbilical Cord Leptin Profile during Pregnancy in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”
by María del Mar Roca-Rodríguez, Pablo Ramos-García, Cristina López-Tinoco and Manuel Aguilar-Diosdado
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(14), 4756; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12144756
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/14/4756

15. “Differential Association of Sex Hormones with Metabolic Parameters and Body Composition in Men and Women from the United States”
by Tomasz Stompór, Marcin Adamczak, Ilona Kurnatowska, Beata Naumnik, Michał Nowicki, Leszek Tylicki, Agata Winiarska and Magdalena Krajewska
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(14), 4783; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12144783 
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/14/4783

Special Issues:
“Type 2 Diabetes and Complications: From Diagnosis to Treatment” Guest Editor: Dr. Matteo Monami Submission deadline: 15 February 2025	“Endocrine Tumors: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management” Guest Editors: Dr. Jules T. Zhang-Yin, Dr. Francesco Dondi and Dr. Emmanouil Panagiotidis Submission deadline: 31 March 2025

You are invited to view and submit relevant papers to the Journal of Clinical Medicine at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jcm.

JCM Editorial Office

The Journal of Clinical Medicine (JCM, ISSN: 2077-0383) held an Editorial Board meeting for the Section “Sports Medicine” on 27 March 2024. We appreciate the Section Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Naama W. Constantini, for hosting this meeting, with two Editorial Board Members in attendance. We would like to invite everyone to jointly review the content of the meeting at that time. We are extremely grateful for the strong support from the Editorial Board Members. We are actively promoting the construction of the Section and expanding the number of Editorial Board Members.

The meeting started with a presentation on the development of the journal, as well as the Section “Sports Medicine” in particular, and the following information was presented:

• The journal’s history, open access policy, and author benefits;
• Journal publication statistics and authors group analysis (2019–2023);
• Journal awards, conference sponsorships, and journal social media management;
• Section EBM overview, decision-making statistics, and section development statistics.

At this Editorial Board meeting, the following details were covered in the discussion:

• Regarding reviewers: we have reached a consensus to keep inviting outstanding and highly proficient professionals as reviewers; they are capable of providing valuable suggestions, which can effectively improve the quality of the papers;
• Upgrading the peer review interface: the Editorial Board Members proposed some possible ideas for the improvement of the editorial process, enabling reviewers and Academic Editors to convey their suggestions with enhanced flexibility;
• Section topics and organization: the Editorial Board Members pointed out that mental health in sports medicine is a hot topic that could be suitable for a new Special Issue; we will actively organize and create a relevant Special Issue and welcome submissions on related topics; they are satisfied with the current departmental organization and are willing to assist in identifying new EBM candidates when needed; EBMs also agreed and supported holding an exchange meeting every six months.

We sincerely express our gratitude to all the Editorial Board Members who participated in this meeting. They provided positive suggestions regarding our reviewer and peer review system and recommended popular topics. Looking ahead, we anticipate attracting outstanding senior reviewers and authors and publishing high-quality articles with our manuscript-handling services. We look forward to having more Editorial Board Members attend future meetings and offer their valuable advice to the journal in the future. We are convinced that our collective efforts will enable the “Sports Medicine” Section to thrive.

Attendee list (in no particular order):

• Prof. Dr. Naama W. Constantini (Section Editor-in-Chief), Heidi Rothberg Sports Medicine Center, Jesselson Integrated Heart Center, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel;
• Dr. Anna Maria Malagoni, Vascular Diseases Center, University Hospital of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy;
• Dr. Andrea Ermolao, Sport and Exercise Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.

The latest official CiteScore (2023 Scopus data) for the Journal of Clinical Medicine is 5.7, ranking 80/636 (Q1) in the “General Medicine” category. The current Impact Factor of JCM is 3.0 (2023), ranking 58/325 (Q1) in the “Medicine, General & Internal” category.

To access more journal statistics, please click here.

To access more information about the Section, please visit the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jcm/sections/Sports_Medicine.

JCM Editorial Office

MDPI would like to invite all experts recognized in their fields to attend the webinar organized by the Journal of Clinical Medicine (JCM, ISSN: 2077-0383), entitled “Stress, Rhythms Dysregulation and Bipolar Spectrum: Virtual Reality-Based Interventions to Improve Related Conditions”. The webinar aims to explore new perspectives regarding stress, rhythm dysregulation, and the bipolar spectrum, with a focus on novel treatments, such as virtual reality-based interventions to improve cognitive functions and related psychosocial conditions. 

We look forward to seeing you at the webinar “Stress, Rhythms Dysregulation and Bipolar Spectrum: Virtual Reality-Based Interventions to Improve Related Conditions”.

Title: Stress, Rhythms Dysregulation and Bipolar Spectrum: Virtual Reality-Based Interventions to Improve Related Conditions
Date: 20 November 2024
Time: 15:00 CET
More information: https://sciforum.net/event/JCM-11

This is a free webinar. Following registration, you will receive a confirmation email on how to join the webinar. Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized.

Unable to attend? Register anyway, and we will let you know when the recording is available for viewing.

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Program

Relevant Special Issue:
“Stress, Rhythms Dysregulation and Bipolar Spectrum”
Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Mauro Giovanni Carta and Dr. Giulia Cossu
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2025