Announcements

Conference: FENS Forum 2024
Date: 25–29 June 2024
Location: Vienna, Austria

MDPI will be attending FENS Forum 2024 as an exhibitor; we welcome researchers from different backgrounds to visit and share their latest ideas with us.

This conference has been organized by the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS), the Austrian Neuroscience Association (ANA) and and the Hungarian Neuroscience Society. The FENS Forum is Europe’s largest neuroscience congress, covering all areas of neuroscience from basic to translational research.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Brain Sciences;
• Journal of Clinical Medicine (JCM);
• Cells;
• NeuroSci;
• Neuroglia;
• Biomedicines;
• Neurology International;
• Behavioral Sciences;
• Psychoactives.

If you are planning on attending this conference, please do not hesitate to contact us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person at booth #1003, and answering any questions that you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit the following website: https://www.fens.org/meetings/fens-forum/upcoming-fens-forums.

We are delighted to share some highly cited papers on ophthalmology that were published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine (JCM, ISSN: 2077-0383) in 2023. In addition, some Special Issues on this topic are currently open for submission.

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

1. “iERM: An Interpretable Deep Learning System to Classify Epiretinal Membrane for Different Optical Coherence Tomography Devices: A Multi-Center Analysis“
by Kai Jin, Yan Yan, Shuai Wang, Ce Yang, Menglu Chen, Xindi Liu, Hiroto Terasaki, Tun-Hang Yeo, Neha Gulab Singh, Yao Wang et al.
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(2), 400; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12020400
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/2/400

2. “A No-History Multi-Formula Approach to Improve the IOL Power Calculation after Laser Refractive Surgery: Preliminary Results”
by Ferdinando Cione, Maddalena De Bernardo, Marco Gioia, Marianunzia Oliviero, Andrea Giuseppe Santoro, Alessandro Caputo, Luigi Capasso, Sergio Pagliarulo and Nicola Rosa
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(8), 2890; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12082890
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/8/2890

3. “Bruch’s Membrane: A Key Consideration with Complement-Based Therapies for Age-Related Macular Degeneration”
by Sarah Hammadi, Nikolaos Tzoumas, Mariantonia Ferrara, Ingrid Porpino Meschede, Katharina Lo, Claire Harris, Majlinda Lako and David H. Steel
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(8), 2870; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12082870
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/8/2870

4. “Segmentation-Assisted Fully Convolutional Neural Network Enhances Deep Learning Performance to Identify Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy”
by Minhaj Alam, Emma J. Zhao, Carson K. Lam and Daniel L. Rubin
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(1), 385; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12010385
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/1/385

5. “Detecting Macular Disease Based on Optical Coherence Tomography Using a Deep Convolutional Network“
by Jinyoung Han, Seong Choi, Ji In Park, Joon Seo Hwang, Jeong Mo Han, Junseo Ko, Jeewoo Yoon and Daniel Duck-Jin Hwang
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(3), 1005; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12031005
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/3/1005

6. “Three-Month Safety and Efficacy Outcomes for the Smaller-Incision New-Generation Implantable Miniature Telescope (SING IMT™)”
by Mario Damiano Toro, Faustino Vidal-Aroca, Marina Montemagni, Claudio Xompero, Gaetano Fioretto and Ciro Costagliola
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(2), 518; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12020518
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/2/518

7. “Complement Inhibitors for Advanced Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration (Geographic Atrophy): Some Light at the End of the Tunnel?”
by Miguel Cruz-Pimentel and Lihteh Wu
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(15), 5131; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12155131
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/15/5131

8. “Exploring the Relationship between Anti-VEGF Therapy and Glaucoma: Implications for Management Strategies”
by Qëndresë Daka, Nina Špegel, Makedonka Atanasovska Velkovska, Tjaša Steblovnik, Miriam Kolko, Burim Neziri and Barbara Cvenkel
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(14), 4674; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12144674
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/14/4674

9. “Comparison of Five Presbyopia-Correcting Intraocular Lenses: Optical-Bench Assessment with Visual-Quality Simulation”
by Grzegorz Łabuz, Weijia Yan, Isabella D. Baur, Ramin Khoramnia and Gerd U. Auffarth
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(7), 2523; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12072523
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/7/2523

10. “Objective Classification of Glistening in Implanted Intraocular Lenses Using Optical Coherence Tomography: Proposal for a New Classification and Grading System”
by José Ignacio Fernández-Vigo, Bárbara Burgos-Blasco, Lucía De-Pablo-Gómez-de-Liaño, Inés Sánchez-Guillén, Virginia Albitre-Barca, Susana Fernández-Aragón, José Ángel Fernández-Vigo and Ana Macarro-Merino
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(6), 2351; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12062351
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/6/2351

11. “The Global Burden of Glaucoma: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study and Predictions by Bayesian Age–Period–Cohort Analysis”
by Yi Lin, Bingcai Jiang, Yuanqing Cai, Wangdu Luo, Xiaomin Zhu, Qianyi Lin, Min Tang, Xiangji Li and Lin Xie
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(5), 1828; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12051828
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/5/1828

12. “Efficacy Evaluation of Tissue Plasminogen Activator with Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Drugs for Submacular Hemorrhage Treatment: A Meta-Analysis”
by Xuejun He, Wenye Cao, Zhiyi Wang, Ningzhi Zhang, Kexin Xu, Lu Yu, Yiqiao Xing and Ning Yang
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(3), 1035; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12031035
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/3/1035

13. “Association between Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter and Lamina Cribrosa Morphology in Normal-Tension Glaucoma”
by Seung Hyen Lee, Tae-Woo Kim, Eun Ji Lee and Hyunkyung Kil
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(1), 360; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12010360
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/1/360

14. “Effectiveness and Safety of Xen Gel Stent in Glaucoma Surgery: A Systematic Review of the Literature”
by Carlo Enrico Traverso, Roberto G. Carassa, Antonio Maria Fea, Michele Figus, Carlo Astarita, Benedetta Piergentili, Vanessa Vera and Stefano Gandolfi
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(16), 5339; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12165339
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/16/5339

15. “Long-Term Outcomes of the PRESERFLO MicroShunt Implant in a Heterogeneous Glaucoma Cohort”
by Jens Julian Storp, Friederike Elisabeth Vietmeier, Ralph-Laurent Merté, Raphael Koch, Julian Alexander Zimmermann, Nicole Eter and Viktoria Constanze Brücher
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(13), 4474; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12134474
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/13/4474

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

We are delighted to share some highly cited papers on cardiology that were published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine (JCM, ISSN: 2077-0383) in 2023. In addition, some Special Issues on this topic are currently open for submission.

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

1. “Stent Thrombosis and Restenosis with Contemporary Drug-Eluting Stents: Predictors and Current Evidence”
by Francesco Condello, Carmen Spaccarotella, Sabato Sorrentino, Ciro Indolfi, Giulio G. Stefanini and Alberto Polimeni
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(3), 1238; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12031238
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/3/1238

2. “Left Atrial Posterior Wall Isolation with Pulsed Field Ablation in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation”
by Melanie A. Gunawardene, Gerrit Frommeyer, Christian Ellermann, Mario Jularic, Patrick Leitz, Jens Hartmann, Philipp Sebastian Lange, Omar Anwar, Benjamin Rath, Rahin Wahedi et al.
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(19), 6304; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12196304
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/19/6304

3. “The Global Burden of Valvular Heart Disease: From Clinical Epidemiology to Management”
by Gloria Santangelo, Francesca Bursi, Andrea Faggiano, Silvia Moscardelli, Pasquale Simone Simeoli, Marco Guazzi, Roberto Lorusso, Stefano Carugo and Pompilio Faggiano
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(6), 2178; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12062178
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/6/2178

4. “TAVI after More Than 20 Years”
by Adriana Postolache, Simona Sperlongano and Patrizio Lancellotti
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(17), 5645; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12175645
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/17/5645

5. “Myocardial Infarction with Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries (MINOCA): Focus on Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction and Genetic Susceptibility”
by Paolo Severino, Andrea D’Amato, Silvia Prosperi, Vincenzo Myftari, Lorenzo Colombo, Elisa Tomarelli, Alice Piccialuti, Gianluca Di Pietro, Lucia Ilaria Birtolo, Viviana Maestrini et al.
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(10), 3586; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12103586
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/10/3586

6. “The Triglyceride–Glucose Index Might Be a Better Indicator for Predicting Poor Cardiovascular Outcomes in Chronic Coronary Syndrome”
by Aslan Erdoğan, Duygu İnan, Ömer Genç, Ufuk Yıldız, Ayşe İrem Demirtola, İlyas Çetin, Yeliz Güler, Ali Fuat Tekin, Süleyman Barutçu, Ahmet Güler et al.
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(19), 6201; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12196201
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/19/6201

7. “Catheter Ablation for Tachyarrhythmias in Left Ventricular Assist Device Recipients: Clinical Significance and Technical Tips”
by Naoya Kataoka and Teruhiko Imamura
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(22), 7111; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12227111
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/22/7111

8. “Artificial Intelligence (AI) versus POCUS Expert: A Validation Study of Three Automatic AI-Based, Real-Time, Hemodynamic Echocardiographic Assessment Tools”
by Eyal Gohar, Amit Herling, Mor Mazuz, Gal Tsaban, Tomer Gat, Sergio Kobal and Lior Fuchs
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(4), 1352; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12041352
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/4/1352

9. “Clinical Usefulness of Right Ventricle–Pulmonary Artery Coupling in Cardiovascular Disease”
by Qing He, Yixia Lin, Ye Zhu, Lang Gao, Mengmeng Ji, Li Zhang, Mingxing Xie and Yuman Li
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(7), 2526; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12072526
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/7/2526

10. “Heart Failure Pharmacological Management: Gaps and Current Perspectives”
by Paolo Severino, Andrea D'Amato, Silvia Prosperi, Vincenzo Myftari, Elena Sofia Canuti, Aurora Labbro Francia, Claudia Cestiè, Viviana Maestrini, Carlo Lavalle, Roberto Badagliacca et al.
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(3), 1020; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12031020
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/3/1020

11. “Alcohol Septal Ablation in Patients with Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: A Contemporary Perspective”
by Felice Gragnano, Francesco Pelliccia, Natale Guarnaccia, Giampaolo Niccoli, Salvatore De Rosa, Raffaele Piccolo, Elisabetta Moscarella, Enrico Fabris, Rocco Antonio Montone, Arturo Cesaro et al.
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(8), 2810; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12082810
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/8/2810

12. “Neuroimaging Studies of the Neural Correlates of Heart Rate Variability: A Systematic Review”
by Patrycja S. Matusik, Chuwen Zhong, Paweł T. Matusik, Omar Alomar and Phyllis K. Stein
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(3), 1016; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12031016
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/3/1016

13. “Arrhythmic Manifestations of Cardiac Amyloidosis: Challenges in Risk Stratification and Clinical Management”
by Natallia Laptseva, Valentina A. Rossi, Isabella Sudano, Rahel Schwotzer, Frank Ruschitzka, Andreas J. Flammer and Firat Duru
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(7), 2581; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12072581
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/7/2581

14. “The Feasibility, Effectiveness and Acceptance of Virtual Visits as Compared to In-Person Visits among Clinical Electrophysiology Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic”
by Marco Valerio Mariani, Nicola Pierucci, Giovanni Battista Forleo, Marco Schiavone, Alessia Bernardini, Alessio Gasperetti, Gianfranco Mitacchione, Mariachiara Mei, Giuseppe Giunta, Agostino Piro et al.
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(2), 620; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12020620
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/2/620

15. “Hypertensive Heart Failure”
by Filippos Triposkiadis, Pantelis Sarafidis, Alexandros Briasoulis, Dimitrios E. Magouliotis, Thanos Athanasiou, John Skoularigis and Andrew Xanthopoulos
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(15), 5090; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12155090
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/15/5090

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

We are pleased to announce MDPI’s Transfer Service.

This service provides a convenient method of transferring your manuscript file, along with any reviewer comments, to another journal within our publishing portfolio.

We are committed to helping authors find the right home for their research, and we will provide authors with guidance and technical support through all stages of the transfer process. Authors will be able to choose to transfer in the following two situations:

1. Select alternative journals on submission.

2. Authors are encouraged to transfer manuscripts to other MDPI journals.

More details about the Transfer Service can be found at the following link:

https://www.mdpi.com/authors/transfer-service

In acknowledgment of the groundbreaking achievements of Professor Tu Youyou, the Nobel laureate credited with the discovery of artemisinin, MDPI is proud to announce the Tu Youyou Award. This award, inaugurated in 2016, seeks to honor scholars who excel in the fields of natural products chemistry and medicinal chemistry.

Prize:

• CHF 100,000 in total (If there is more than one winner, the prize will be divided equally amongst the winners);
• An award medal for each winner.

Who should be nominated?

• Scientists with outstanding achievements and contributions in the fields of natural products chemistry and medicinal chemistry.

Who can submit a nomination?

• Academic research institutes
• Universities
• Academic societies

Any personal nominations are not accepted.

How do I submit a nomination?
Candidates’ institutional affiliations need to submit their nominations for final candidates to the Tu Youyou Award Team directly by email after internal screening, and each institution can only nominate a maximum of two candidates for each edition of the Tu Youyou Award. Please note that the nominations cannot be modified once they are submitted and confirmed by the Tu Youyou Award Team.

Required nomination materials:
Nomination Form (Download)

Schedule:
Nomination deadline: 31 December 2024;
Winner announcement: 30 April 2025.

Contact:
Tu Youyou Award Team (tuyouyouaward@mdpi.com)

More information can be found on the Tu Youyou Award official website. For any inquiries, do not hesitate to contact the Tu Youyou Award Team.

MDPI Romania sponsored four events over the month of April, contributing author training sessions to each event.

The NutriSciLabs 2024 conference was held at the Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy on 12 April 2024. Organized by the Association of Students from the Faculty of Pharmacy Studies, the conference aimed to enhance students’ academic writing and research skills, and bolster their confidence in participating in the academic world. Ioana Paunescu, journal relations specialist for MDPI Romania, led the training session. Paunescu first outlined MDPI’s history and core values, then explained academic writing techniques, ethics, and similarity percentages. The presentation covered the entire editorial process, highlighting the amount of attention paid to details throughout manuscript processing. Paunescu also discussed common errors that authors make while writing, and how to avoid such errors.

On 13 April 2024, the NextGEN 2.0 Student Conference took place at the Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca. NextGen Healthcare organized this event with the university’s European Students’ Society to discuss European and international current affairs. MDPI Romania contributed an author training session called Steps of the Publication Process. Irina Codruta Zaharia, journal relations specialist, began the session with a general introduction of MDPI before diving into different article types, different layout formats, possible journals to submit to, the MDPI submission checklist, and the MDPI editorial process. By explaining the fundamentals of writing and publishing academic papers, Zaharia imparted valuable industry knowledge to the curious minds present. Participants were eager to engage with Zaharia in the subsequent Q&A session.

Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, the International Conference “Students for Students” has long been a gathering place for undergraduate and postgraduate students of all nationalities to present their work and exchange ideas with each other. This year’s conference was held on 18 April 2024, with MDPI Romania contributing an author training session called The World of Open Access. Key speakers included Dr. Norbert Kiss from MDPI Romania and Prof. Dragos Horvath from Strasbourg University. Dr. Kiss discussed the history of open access, differences between open access publishing and traditional publishing, and implications for open access in the future. Attendees expressed keen interest in the subject, approaching Dr. Kiss with questions about academic publishing as well as his career trajectory.

Most recently, on 26 April 2024, MDPI Romania sponsored the National Symposium of Students from Geology and Geophysics Faculties. The AAPG Students Chapter at the Babes-Bolyai University organized this event as an opportunity for geology students from all Romanian universities to present their work and confer with other researchers. Dr. Kiss gave his lecture The World of Open Access at this event as well.

MDPI is thankful to all the participants, speakers, and organizers who attended these events. Through their enthusiasm and dedication, these events were great successes.

MDPI will be attending the 61st ERA Congress, which will be held from 23 to 26 May 2024 in Stockholm, Sweden.

The ERA Annual Congress remains committed to advancing the understanding and treatment of kidney disease to improve the well-being of patients. Our aim is to disseminate knowledge with a focus on clinical assessment and treatment, with the overarching theme for this year being “Rethinking Kidney Health and Transforming Kidney Care”. The ERA 2024 will also mark the 60th anniversary of the ERA Registry. Four special sessions (Creative Labs), organized by the ERA Registry group, will provide insight into their expertise and knowledge.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• JPM;
• JCM;
• Kidney and Dialysis;
• Cells;
• Children;
• CIMB;
• Genes.

If you plan on attending this conference, feel free to stop by our booth. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have.

For more information about the conference, please visit the following link: https://era-shop.interplan.de/.

The Journal of Clinical Medicine (JCM, ISSN: 2077-0383) held an Editorial Board meeting for the Section “Epidemiology & Public Health” on 6 March 2024. We appreciate the Section Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Francisco Guillen-Grima, for hosting this meeting; four Editorial Board Members were in attendance.

The meeting started with a presentation about the development of the journal as well as the Section “Epidemiology & Public Health”, with the following information being presented:

• Journal history, publication statistics, distribution of scholars (2018–2023), the benefits of open access, journal awards, conference sponsorship, and promotion on social media;
• Geographical distribution of the Section’s Editorial Board Members, decision-making statistics, and Section statistics.

The meeting mainly discussed the Section scope, popular topics (such as AI and machine learning in medicine), feature paper contributions and invitations by the Editorial Board Members, the direction of article types, social media promotion, and conference suggestions.

Based on the discussion, the journal plans to update the Section webpage (in progress), fortify feature paper contributions from the Editorial Board Members, keep an eye on popular topics and research fronts, be more present at conferences (such as the European Public Health Association Conference, etc.), and try different social media platforms (YouTube, etc.) to strengthen journal promotion.

We thank every Editorial Board Member and the academics for their support. We look forward to receiving more suggestions to continue our progress together.

Attendee list (in no particular order):

• Prof. Dr. Francisco Guillen-Grima (Section Editor-in-Chief), University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain;
• Dr. Giampiero Mazzaglia, University of Milan-Bicocca, 20900 Monza, Italy;
• Prof. Dr. Gabriel Chodick, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel;
• Prof. Dr. Frank Klawonn, Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, Wolfenbuettel, Germany;
• Prof. Dr. Eleni Jelastopulu, University of Patras, University Campus, Rio, Greece.

The latest official CiteScore (2022 Scopus data) for the Journal of Clinical Medicine is 5.4, ranking 137/830 (Q1) in the “General Medicine” category. The current Impact Factor of JCM is 3.9 (2022), ranking 58/167 (Q2) 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/Epidemiology_Public_Health.

The Journal of Clinical Medicine (JCM, ISSN: 2077-0383) held an Editorial Board Meeting for the Section “Gastroenterology & Hepatopancreatobiliary Medicine” on 1 March 2024. Professor Doctor Hidekazu Suzuki, the Section Editor-in-Chief, had an engaging conversation with the Editorial Board Members Professor Doctor Pieter Hindryckx, Professor Doctor Stephen Riordan, and the journal relations team.

The meeting started with a presentation about the development of the journal, as well as the Section “Gastroenterology & Hepatopancreatobiliary Medicine”, with the following information being presented:

• The journal’s history, publication statistics, distribution of scholars (2018–2023), the benefits of open access, journal awards, conference sponsorship, and promotion on social media;
• The geographical distribution of the Section’s Editorial Board Members, decision-making statistics, and Section statistics.

The meeting chaired by Professor Doctor Suzuki mainly addressed the following points:

• The Impact Factor and citations of the Section and the journal;
• Article type: in addition to original articles, comprehensive review papers and guidelines will be encouraged. Excellent case reports on rare diseases and papers with videos or high-quality tables/figures will also be considered for submission;
• Hot topics: recommendations by Editorial Board Members within the Section, such as AI and its application in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), endoscopy, etc.;
• Manuscript processing: papers’ topic distribution, paper lengths, the reviewer database, reviewer vouchers, acceptance/rejection rates;
• Journal promotion: we discussed enhancing the journal’s advertising and describing author benefits in social media posts;
• Conferences/meetings: enriching of the geographical distribution of our conferences, the proposal of an offline board meeting, and suggestions for the board’s meeting frequency (quarterly or half yearly).

We would like to thank every Editorial Board Member and contributing academics for their support. We look forward to receiving more suggestions so that we can continue our progress together.

Attendee list (in no particular order):

• Prof. Dr. Hidekazu Suzuki (Section Editor-in-Chief), Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan;
• Prof. Dr. Pieter Hindryckx, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium;
• Prof. Dr. Stephen Riordan, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Due to time-zone differences, some Editorial Board Members were unable to attend this meeting.

The latest official CiteScore (2022 Scopus data) for the Journal of Clinical Medicine is 5.4, ranking 137/830 (Q1) in the “General Medicine” category. The current Impact Factor of JCM is 3.9 (2022), ranking 58/167 (Q2) in the “Medicine, General & Internal” category.

To access more journal statistics, please click here.

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