Announcements

1. “The Effect of Bottom Profile Dimples on the Femoral Head on Wear in Metal-on-Metal Total Hip Arthroplasty”
by J. Jamari, Muhammad Imam Ammarullah, Amir Putra Md Saad, Ardiyansyah Syahrom, Mohammad Uddin, Emile van der Heide and Hasan Basri
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4983/12/2/38

2. “Properties and Applications of PDMS for Biomedical Engineering: A Review”
by Inês Miranda, Andrews Souza, Paulo Sousa, João Ribeiro, Elisabete M. S. Castanheira, Rui Lima and Graça Minas
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4983/13/1/2

3. “Effects of Process Parameters on Structure and Properties of Melt-Blown Poly(Lactic Acid) Nonwovens for Skin Regeneration”
by Ewa Dzierzkowska, Anna Scisłowska-Czarnecka, Marcin Kudzin, Maciej Boguń, Piotr Szatkowski, Marcin Gajek, Kamil Kornaus, Magdalena Chadzinska and Ewa Stodolak-Zych
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4983/12/1/16

4. “Functionalized Antimicrobial Nanofibers: Design Criteria and Recent Advances”
by Nazirah Hamdan, Alisa Yamin, Shafida Abd Hamid, Wan Khartini Wan Abdul Khodir and Vincenzo Guarino
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4983/12/4/59

5. “Electrical Stimulation to Enhance Wound Healing”
by Saranya B. Rajendran, Kirsty Challen, Karen L. Wright and John G. Hardy
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4983/12/2/40

6. “Gold Nanoparticles: Biosynthesis and Potential of Biomedical Application”
by Ekaterina O. Mikhailova
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4983/12/4/70

7. “Physico-Chemical Properties and Biocompatibility of Thermosensitive Chitosan Lactate and Chitosan Chloride Hydrogels Developed for Tissue Engineering Application”
by Katarzyna Pieklarz, Grzegorz Galita, Michał Tylman, Waldemar Maniukiewicz, Ewa Kucharska, Ireneusz Majsterek and Zofia Modrzejewska
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4983/12/2/37

8. “Osteogenic Peptides and Attachment Methods Determine Tissue Regeneration in Modified Bone Graft Substitutes”
by George Bullock, Joss Atkinson, Piergiorgio Gentile, Paul Hatton and Cheryl Miller
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4983/12/2/22

9. “Theranostic Advances of Bionanomaterials against Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Preliminary Review”
by Mahmood Barani, Saman Sargazi, Vahideh Mohammadzadeh, Abbas Rahdar, Sadanand Pandey, Niraj Kumar Jha, Piyush Kumar Gupta and Vijay Kumar Thakur
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4983/12/4/54

10. “Long-Term Assessment of the In Vitro Corrosion Resistance of Biomimetic ACP Coatings Electrodeposited from an Acetate Bath”
by Patrycja Osak, Joanna Maszybrocka, Julian Kubisztal, Patryk Ratajczak and Bożena Łosiewicz
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4983/12/1/12

It is our pleasure to welcome the following 18 recognized researchers, who have recently joined the Editorial Board of the Journal of Functional Biomaterials (ISSN: 2079-4983).

Name: Prof. Dr. Adetola Adesida
Affiliation: Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1, Canada
Interests: cartilage; meniscus; tissue engineering; mechanobiology; stem cells; scaffolds; bioreactors; bioprinting

Name: Prof. Dr. Lorenzo Breschi
Affiliation: Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Via San Vitale, 59, 40125 Bologna, Italy
Interests: enamel–dentin adhesion; dental composites; ceramic materials; operative dentistry; dental materials

Name: Prof. Dr. Víctor Carriel
Affiliations: 1. Department of Histology and Tissue Engineering Group, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Granada, E18016 Granada, Spain
2. Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, E18016 Granada, Spain
3. International School for Postgraduate Studies, University of Granada, E18016 Granada, Spain
Interests: experimental histology; tissue engineering; biomaterials; biocompatibility; neural regeneration; histological methods and microscopy

Name: Prof. Dr. Xianting Ding
Affiliation: School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Interests: single-cell handling; drug combination optimization; biosensors for limited clinical samples; microfluidics; personalized/precision medicine

Name: Prof. Dr. Dennis Douroumis
Affiliation: Faculty of Engineering and Science, School of Science, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Chatham ME4 4TB, UK
Interests: two-dimensional/three-dimensional printing and bioprinting for regeneretive medicine; medical devices; continuous manufacturing; nanotechnology

Name: Dr. Antonietta Gatti
Affiliation: Nanodiagnostics, San Vito, Modena, Italy
Interests: nanopathology; nanotoxicology; nanodiagnostics; biomaterials and nanoparticles; functionalized and biomimetic surfaces

Name: Prof. Dr. Nathaniel S. Hwang
Affiliation: School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Interdisciplinary Program in Bioengineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Interests: immunoisolation; regenerative engineering; stem cells; biomaterials

Name: Prof. Dr. Kai Liu
Affiliations: 1. Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
2. Center for Synthetic and Systematic Biology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Interests: biosynthetic chemistry; protein engineering; biomaterials; mechanical performance; biomedicine

Name: Dr. Bella Manshian
Affiliation: Biomedical Sciences Group, Translational Cell and Tissue Research Unit, Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven, B3000 Leuven, Belgium
Interests: cancer nanomedicine; infant respiratory diseases, mainly bronchopulmonary dysplasia; drug delivery systems; preclinical imaging (stronger focus on optical imaging); in vitro toxicology

Name: Prof. Dr. Carlos E. Nemcovsky
Affiliation: Department of Periodontology and Dental Implantology, School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Interests: soft and hard tissue reconstruction

Name: Prof. Dr. Joseph Nissan
Affiliation: Department of Oral Rehabilitation, School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
Interests: fixed prosthodontics; implant dentistry; aesthetic dentistry

Name: Prof. Dr. Kun Qian
Affiliation: School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Interests: materials and devices; mass spectrometry; omic analysis; clinical application

Name: Prof. Dr. Brian Rodriguez
Affiliation: School of Physics and Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin D04 V1W8, Ireland
Interests: scanning probe microscopy; functional materials; collagen; peptide nanotubes; bioprinting

Name: Prof. Dr. Yongqiang Wen
Affiliation: School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China
Interests: smart molecules and materials; DNA nanotechnology; nano biomedical and health materials

Name: Dr. Liang Yan
Affiliation: Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Interests: nanomaterials; nanomedicine; nanotoxicity; radiosensitization; radiotherapy; imaging-guided combination therapy; biomaterials; tissue engineering

Name: Dr. Mahdi Bodaghi
Affiliation: Department of Engineering, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG11 8NS, UK
Interests: mechanics of biomaterials; smart materials and structures; metamaterials; soft matters; regenerative medicine; 3D and 4D printing technologies

Name: Prof. Dr. Saravanan Muthupandian
Affiliation: Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Chennai 600077, India
Interests: antimicrobial resistance (AMR); antibacterial biomaterials; nanotheragnostic materials for AMR and cancer; biomaterials for cancer therapies; functional nanomaterials for biomedical application

Name: Prof. Dr. Anderson de Oliveira Lobo
Affiliation: Department of Materials Engineering, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Brazil
Interests: biomaterials; tissue engineering; biocompatibility of in vitro and in vivo assay polymers; bioceramics; metal alloys; spinning techniques; plasma etching; atomic layer deposition

We look forward to their contributions to the journal.

The Journal of Functional Biomaterials (JFB, ISSN 2079-4983) is currently recruiting Editorial Board Members for the following 9 Sections:

• “Bone Biomaterials”;
• “Dental Biomaterials”;
• “Antibacterial Biomaterials”;
• “Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine”;
• “Biomaterials for Drug Delivery”;
• “Biomaterials for Cancer Therapies”;
• “Cell-Biomaterial Interaction”;
• “Biomaterials and Devices for Healthcare Applications”;
• “Synthesis of Biomaterials via Advanced Technologies”.

We are currently recruiting Editorial Board Members (EBMs) for the above-mentioned Sections. Our current Board Members can be seen here, and the aim and scope of our journal can be viewed here. If you are interested in applying for this position, or if you could recommend potential candidates, please contact the JFB Editorial Office (jfb@mdpi.com) for more details.

In October 2021, our journal was accepted for coverage in Science Citation Indexed Expanded (SCIE) in the Web of Science. It is also indexed within Scopus, PubMed, and many other databases. The first impact factor for this journal will be announced by July 2022. Its CiteScore in the 2020 Scopus data was 7.3, and it was ranked Q1 in the category of "Biomedical Engineering". For more information, please visit the following website: https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21100853518.

The responsibilities of an Editorial Board Member (EBM) include the following:

• Making decisions on whether a manuscript can be accepted, based on the peer-reviewed reports that the Editorial Office collects;
• Editing a Special Issue on a topic related to your research interests when you are available;
• Promoting JFB and increasing its visibility on social media periodically or at related academic conferences.

The benefits of becoming an Editorial Board Member (EBM) include the following:

• The opportunity to publish one paper, free of charge, per year in JFB, as well as certain discounts for papers invited from your scientific network;
• A certificate recognizing you as an Editorial Board Member of JFB;
• JFB may offer sponsorship for conferences organized by you;
• JFB may offer travel grants of CHF 300–500 per year for conferences that you attend or organize.

If you are interested in becoming an Editorial Board Member of JFB, please send your application, including a full academic CV, to the JFB Editorial Office (jfb@mdpi.com). We look forward to working with you.

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.

We are pleased to inform you that the Journal of Functional Biomaterials (JFB, ISSN 2079-4983) was accepted for inclusion in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) in the Web of Science in October 2021.

The Journal of Functional Biomaterials has been publishing research on materials for biomedical use for more than ten years, and the journal is expected to receive its first Journal Impact Factor in the June 2022 release of the Journal Citation Reports.

At the same time, the Journal of Functional Biomaterials continues to be listed in Scopus, PubMed, PMC, and many other databases.

To make the most of this opportunity, we would like to invite you to make a submission to the Journal of Functional Biomaterials. If you have a paper on any topic within the scope of this journal, please feel free to submit it here.

We look forward to working with you in the future.

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.

In order to specifically develop different research areas and attract more high-quality papers, we are pleased to announce the addition of the following four new sections to JFB (ISSN 2079-4983), which are intended to cover all the disciplines of the field of functional biomaterials:

• Dental Biomaterials;
• Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine;
• Biomaterials for Cancer Therapies；
• Biomaterials and Devices for Healthcare Applications.

Introduction of Section Editors-in-Chief:

• Name: Prof. Dr. Gianrico Spagnuolo
  Section Editor-in-Chief of “Dental Biomaterials”
  Affiliation: Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy
  Interests: dental materials; dental surgery; restorative dentistry; and endodontics

• Name: Prof. Dr. Daniel Chen
  Section Editor-in-Chief of “Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine”
  Affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, 57 Campus Dr., Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A9, Canada
  Interests: biofabrication; tissue engineering scaffolds; mechanical properties; 3D printing

• Name: Dr. Serena Danti
  Section Editor-in-Chief of “Biomaterials for Cancer Therapies”
  Affiliation: 1. Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, Largo L. Lazzarino 2, 56122 Pisa, Italy
  Department. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
  Interests: smart biomaterials; energy harvesting; piezoelectric; electrospinning; ear; bone; cancer

• Name: Dr. John G. Hardy
  Section Editor-in-Chief of “Biomaterials and Devices for Healthcare Applications”
  Affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Materials Science Institute, Faraday Building, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YB, UK
  Interests: bioelectronics; electricity; light; magnetism; stimuli-responsive materials; silk; drug delivery; neuromodulation; tissue engineering

We warmly welcome these four scholars in the role of Section Editors-in-Chief, and we look forward to the continued success of JFB.

Rigorous peer-review is the cornerstone of high-quality academic publishing. Over 369,916 scholars served as reviewers for MDPI journals in 2020. We are extremely appreciative of all those who made a contribution to the editorial process in this capacity. At the beginning of every year, journal editorial offices publish a list of all reviewers’ names to express our gratitude. In addition, this year, the MDPI Top Reviewer Award was announced, to recognize the very best reviewers for their expertise and dedication, and their high-quality, and timely review reports. We are pleased to announce the following winners of the 2020 MDPI Top Reviewer Award:

• Adriana Burlea-Schiopoiu;
• Alban Kuriqi;
• Álvaro González-Vila;
• Alessandro Alaimo;
• Alexey Beskopylny;
• Alexander Yu Churyumov;
• Alberto Fernández-Isabel;
• Andrea Mastinu;
• Antonios N. Papadopoulos;
• Anton Rassõlkin;
• Antonio Humberto Hamad Minervino;
• Arkadiusz Matwijczuk;
• Artur Słomka;
• Baojie He;
• Bartłomiej Potaniec;
• Bojan Đurin;
• Camilo Arturo Rodriguez Diaz;
• Carmelo Maria Musarella;
• Chiachung Chen;
• Chiman Kwan;
• Cristian Busu;
• Danil Pimenov;
• Dan-Cristian Dabija;
• Delfín Ortega-Sánchez;
• Demetrio Antonio Zema;
• Denis Butusov;
• Elena Lucchi;
• Gaurab Dutta;
• Livia Anastasiu;
• M. R. Safaei.

For more information about how to become a reviewer of MDPI journals, please see: www.mdpi.com/reviewers.

UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. In 2020 the SDG Publishers Compact was launched, aimed to inspire publishers and accelerate progress to achieve the 17 goals by 2030. Members of the programme are committed to support the publication of materials that will promote and inspire actions towards SDGs.

MDPI is an eager advocate of SDGs and has already been supporting the programme by creating Special Issues and publishing a series of books on SDGs prior to joining the Compact in 2021. MDPI's Sustainability Foundation initiated the World Sustainability Awards in 2016. We fully support UN's goals to promote sustainable actions that make the world a better place for all and, as part of its commitment, we will focus our actions on SDG10: Reduced Inequalities whilst promoting all 17 SDGs. For more details, please visit the programme’s website: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sdg-publishers-compact/.

Joining this initiative was a unanimous decision. MDPI has in its core values the dissemination of science for all, breaking the wall between research access and under-represented members of the scientific community and the general population. To support this initiative further and continue to support under-represented scientists, MDPI will take a series of actions that will be announced once ready.

The first action MDPI takes is to nominate Dr. Liliane Auwerter as the coordinator of the programme. Dr. Auwerter studied Environmental Process Technology (UTFPR, Brazil), obtained her MSc degree in Water and Environmental Engineering (University of Surrey, UK) and in 2020 completed her PhD in self-healing low-friction materials for water transport (Imperial College London, UK), always focusing on diverse scientific projects that would potentially bring sustainability to industrial processes. As a student in Brazil, she engaged in volunteering activities focused on environmental education and took part in the Millennial Development Goals meetings held at the university.

For more information, please contact:
Dr. Liliane Auwerter
Scientific Officer
liliane.auwerter@mdpi.com