Announcements

1. “Effects of Coffee and Its Components on the Gastrointestinal Tract and the Brain–Gut Axis”
   by Amaia Iriondo-DeHond, José Antonio Uranga, Maria Dolores del Castillo and Raquel Abalo
   Nutrients 2021, 13(1), 88; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13010088
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/1/88
2. “Priming for Life: Early Life Nutrition and the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis”
   by Anna Ratsika, Martin C. Codagnone, Siobhain O’Mahony, Catherine Stanton and John F. Cryan
   Nutrients 2021, 13(2), 423; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13020423
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/2/423
3. “Current Evidence and Possible Future Applications of Creatine Supplementation for Older Adults”
   by Darren G. Candow, Scott C. Forbes, Ben Kirk and Gustavo Duque
   Nutrients 2021, 13(3), 745; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13030745
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/3/745
4. “Coffee Consumption and All-Cause, Cardiovascular, and Cancer Mortality in an Adult Mediterranean Population”
   by Laura Torres-Collado, Laura María Compañ-Gabucio, Sandra González-Palacios, Leyre Notario-Barandiaran, Alejandro Oncina-Cánovas, Jesús Vioque and Manuela García-de la Hera
   Nutrients 2021, 13(4), 1241; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13041241
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/4/1241
5. “Anti-Inflammatory and Immunomodulatory Properties of Fermented Plant Foods”
   by Roghayeh Shahbazi, Farzaneh Sharifzad, Rana Bagheri, Nawal Alsadi, Hamed Yasavoli-Sharahi and Chantal Matar
   Nutrients 2021, 13(5), 1516; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13051516
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/5/1516
6. “Diet and Nutrition in Gynecological Disorders: A Focus on Clinical Studies ”
   by Sadia Afrin, Abdelrahman AlAshqar, Malak El Sabeh, Mariko Miyashita-Ishiwata, Lauren Reschke, Joshua T. Brennan, Amanda Fader and Mostafa A. Borahay
   Nutrients 2021, 13(6), 1747; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13061747
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/6/1747
7. “Comparative Assessment of the Acute Effects of Whey, Rice and Potato Protein Isolate Intake on Markers of Glycaemic Regulation and Appetite in Healthy Males Using a Randomised Study Design”
   by Helena Tiekou Lorinczova, Sanjoy Deb, Gulshanara Begum, Derek Renshaw and Mohammed Gulrez Zariwala
   Nutrients 2021, 13(7), 2157; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13072157
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/7/2157
8. “Effects of Probiotic NVP-1704 on Mental Health and Sleep in Healthy Adults: An 8-Week Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial”
   by Hyuk Joo Lee, Jung Kyung Hong, Jeon-Kyung Kim, Dong-Hyun Kim, Seok Won Jang, Seung-Won Han and In-Young Yoon
   Nutrients 2021, 13(8), 2660; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13082660
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/8/2660
9. “Microbiota’s Role in Diet-Driven Alterations in Food Intake: Satiety, Energy Balance, and Reward”
   by Allison W. Rautmann and Claire B. de La Serre
   Nutrients 2021, 13(9), 3067; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13093067
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/9/3067
10. “Manipulation of Dietary Intake on Changes in Circulating Testosterone Concentrations”
    by Amit Zamir, Tavor Ben-Zeev and Jay R. Hoffman
    Nutrients 2021, 13(10), 3375; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13103375
    Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/10/3375
11. “Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Exposure Combined with High-Fat Diet Supports Prostate Cancer Progression”
    by Ozan Berk Imir, Alanna Zoe Kaminsky, Qian-Ying Zuo, Yu-Jeh Liu, Ratnakar Singh, Michael J. Spinella, Joseph Irudayaraj, Wen-Yang Hu, Gail S. Prins and Zeynep Madak Erdogan
    Nutrients 2021, 13(11), 3902; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13113902
    Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/11/3902
12. “The Role of Diet, Alcohol, BMI, and Physical Activity in Cancer Mortality: Summary Findings of the EPIC Study”
    by Esther Molina-Montes, Esther Ubago-Guisado, Dafina Petrova, Pilar Amiano, María-Dolores Chirlaque, Antonio Agudo and María-José Sánchez
    Nutrients 2021, 13(12), 4293; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13124293
    Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/12/4293

We are pleased to announce the launch of a new initiative—the MDPI Special Issue Mentor Program.

This program will enable early career researchers (who must hold a Ph.D. in a related field) to experience editing a Special Issue in MDPI journals, under the mentorship of our experienced Editorial Board Members or other experienced scientists. The mentor program will provide an excellent opportunity for early career scientists to gain editorial experience, and to cultivate their ability to edit scientific research.

The mentee’s responsibilities include:

• Proposing a Special Issue title and assisting the mentor in preparing a summary (around 200–400 words) and 3–10 keywords describing the background, importance, and goal of the Issue;
• Writing a brief promotion plan for the Special Issue;
• Preparing a list of scholars who may be interested in the Issue and personally e-mailing invitations on behalf of Guest Editors;
• Writing an editorial for the online Special Issue together with the mentor.

The mentor’s responsibilities include:

• Conducting a final check before the Special Issue is published online;
• Performing editorial control of the Special Issue and quality control of the publications, both of which must be carried out in a timely manner;
• Providing suggestions to younger scholars if they have any doubts or concerns regarding submissions;
• Organizing video calls with young scholars and the Editorial Office regularly to discuss problems and improvement suggestions for the Special Issue;
• Making and submitting decisions regarding submissions with the assistance of mentees.

Certificates and awards:
After the Special Issue closes, the Editorial Office will provide official certificates for all the mentors and early career researchers.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your Special Issue proposal to the Editorial Office of a journal you choose, and we will discuss the process (i.e., mentor collaboration, Special Issue topic feasibility analysis, etc.) in further detail. The full list of MDPI journals is as follows: https://www.mdpi.com/about/journals.

In addition to the new Special Issue Mentor Program, we will continue to welcome all Special Issue proposals focusing on hot research topics.

MDPI has just become the first open access (OA) publisher to reach the milestone of one million articles published. That is one million articles freely available to all, to circulate and build upon! We are proud to share this special moment with the global scientific community.

This landmark has been reached thanks to the immeasurable support of more than 600,000 expert reviewers, 66,000 editorial board members and 6700 hard-working colleagues across MDPI’s global offices.

Within more than 25 years of publishing, our journals received 2.1 million manuscripts and generated 4.6 million peer review reports to get to one million papers published.

Reaching the milestone of one million articles published reinforces our mission to remove any existing barriers and to make scientific research accessible to all. Since its inception, MDPI’s goal has been to create reliable processes to make science open. This is a path towards facilitating the dissemination of novel insights in scientific communities.

Regular feedback from authors and reviewers shows that our service is greatly appreciated and needed. At the same time, the feedback helps us identify areas for further improvement.

As it stands, a significant share of published research findings remain closed access. More than half of the content published with the most well-known legacy publishers stays behind a paywall, and that is not including articles published in hybrid OA journals, or made available months or years after publication.

A new policy announced by the US administration in August 2022 requires that, as of January 2026, all US federally funded research be made freely and immediately available after publication. While the new policy does not mandate articles be published under an open access license, it is aligned with the open access movement in removing all barriers to research. Similarly, some of the most advanced research institutions in the world intend to have all funded research articles published in open access by 2025.

MDPI is proud to be the leading agent of the transition to open access.

"Thanks a Million" to all the contributors!

Recently, Clarivate^TM revealed its 2022 list of Highly Cited Researchers™—individuals at universities, research institutes and commercial organizations.

The scientists who were selected into this year’s list of Highly Cited Researchers have published highly cited papers in the 11-year period from January 2011 to December 2021, with citation frequency in the top 1% of academic subjects and the same year of publication in the Web of Science^TM database. Based on Web of Science Citation data, 6,938 researchers from across the globe who have demonstrated a disproportionate level of significant and broad influence in their chosen field or fields over the last decade have been awarded Highly Cited Researcher 2022 designations. The list is truly global, spanning 69 countries or regions and spread across a diverse range of research sciences and social sciences.

According to statistics, 9 members of the Editorial Board of Nutrients (ISSN: 2072-6643) have been selected into the list of Highly Cited Researchers of Clarivate in 2022. They are being recognized for their high-quality scientific research achievements and outstanding contributions to professional fields. The Nutrients journal office sincerely congratulates all elected Editorial Board Members and hopes that they continue to have an academically productive relationship with the journal.

We are pleased to announce that the website of the MDPI Sustainability Foundation has been revamped! For the past couple of months, our UX UI team and front-end developers have been working hard to launch the website in time for the opening of the Sustainability Awards nominations.

The website is not the only thing that has had a remodeling. Indeed, the format of the Emerging Sustainability Leader Award (ESLA) has been updated. ESLA is now a competition open to individual researchers or start-ups founded by researchers under the age of 35. Nominee applications will go through 2 rounds of selection until the final 3 are decided. The finalists will then be invited to give pitch presentations during the Award Ceremony to win either first place (10,000 USD) or runner-up (2 x 5000 USD).

The World Sustainability Award, on the other hand, remains the same: a total prize money of 100,000 USD is up for grabs by senior individual researchers or groups of researchers from the international research community.

Nominations for both the World Sustainability Award and the Emerging Sustainability Leader award are now open! Check out our new website for more information on how to nominate.

Scientists at Stanford University have published an update of the list of the top 2% most widely cited scientists—the World’s Top 2% Scientists.

The time node of the statistical data of this list is from 1960 to 2022, and it is divided into two lists: "Lifetime Scientific Influence Ranking" and "2022 Annual Scientific Influence Ranking". The "Lifetime Scientific Influence Ranking" assesses the comprehensive influence performance of scientists during their careers, and the "2022 Annual Influence Ranking" focuses on highlighting the academic influence of scientists in the previous year. This ranking, considered the most prestigious worldwide, is based on the bibliometric information contained in the Scopus database and includes more than 200,000 researchers from the more than 10 million scientists considered to be active worldwide, with 22 scientific fields and 176 subfields taken into account.

We are pleased to share that 111 Editorial Board Members from MDPI’s Nutrients (ISSN: 2072-6643) were featured in the World’s Top 2% Scientists list in 2022.

The latest rankings reflect the significant influence and research excellence of the scientists, who are committed to furthering their knowledge for the benefit of the world.

We would like to congratulate our Editorial Board Members on their excellent achievement and thank them for their immense contribution to the scientific progression and development of Nutrients.

1. “Effects of COVID-19 Home Confinement on Eating Behaviour and Physical Activity: Results of the ECLB-COVID19 International Online Survey”
   by Ammar, A.; Brach, M.; Trabelsi, K.; Chtourou, H.; Boukhris, O.; Masmoudi, L.; Bouaziz, B.; Bentlage, E.; How, D.; Ahmed, M. et al.
   Nutrients 2020, 12(6), 1583; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12061583
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/6/1583
2. “Strengthening the Immune System and Reducing Inflammation and Oxidative Stress through Diet and Nutrition: Considerations during the COVID-19 Crisis”
   by Iddir, M.; Brito, A.; Dingeo, G.; Fernandez Del Campo, S. S.; Samouda, H.; La Frano, M. R. and Bohn, T.
   Nutrients 2020, 12(6), 1562; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12061562
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/6/1562
3. “Human Milk Oligosaccharides: Health Benefits, Potential Applications in Infant Formulas, and Pharmacology”
   by Wiciński, M.; Sawicka, E.; Gębalski, J.; Kubiak, K. and Malinowski, B.
   Nutrients 2020, 12(1), 266; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12010266
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/1/266
4. “The Gut Microbiome, Aging, and Longevity: A Systematic Review”
   by Badal, V. D.; Vaccariello, E. D.; Murray, E. R.; Yu, K. E.; Knight, R.; Jeste, D. V.; and Nguyen, T .T.
   Nutrients 2020, 12(12), 3759; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12123759
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/12/3759
5. “Patterns of Change in Dietary Habits and Physical Activity during Lockdown in Spain Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic”
   by Pérez-Rodrigo, C.; Gianzo Citores, M.; Hervás Bárbara, G.; Ruiz-Litago, F.; Casis Sáenz, L.; Arija, V.; López-Sobaler, A. M.; Martínez de Victoria, E.; Ortega, R. M.; Partearroyo, T. et al.
   Nutrients 2021, 13(2), 300; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13020300
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/2/300
6. “Effects of a 2-Week 5000 IU versus 1000 IU Vitamin D3 Supplementation on Recovery of Symptoms in Patients with Mild to Moderate COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial”
   by Sabico, S.; Enani, M. A.; Sheshah, E.; Aljohani, N. J.; Aldisi, D. A.; Alotaibi, N. H.; Alshingetti, N.; Alomar, S. Y.; Alnaami, A. M.; Amer, O. E. et al.
   Nutrients 2021, 13(7), 2170; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13072170
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/7/2170
7. “Regulation of Neurotransmitters by the Gut Microbiota and Effects on Cognition in Neurological Disorders”
   by Chen, Y.; Xu, J. and Chen, Y.
   Nutrients 2021, 13(6), 2099; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13062099
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/6/2099
8. “Universal School Meals and Associations with Student Participation, Attendance, Academic Performance, Diet Quality, Food Security, and Body Mass Index: A Systematic Review”
   by Cohen, J .F. W.; Hecht, A. A.; McLoughlin, G. M.; Turner, L. and Schwartz, M. B.
   Nutrients 2021, 13(3), 911; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13030911
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/3/911
9. “Bovine Colostrum: Its Constituents and Uses”
   by Playford, R. J. and Weiser, M. J.
   Nutrients 2021, 13(1), 265; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13010265
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/1/265
10. “Crosstalk between Gut and Brain in Alzheimer’s Disease: The Role of Gut Microbiota Modulation Strategies”
    by Shabbir, U.; Arshad, M.S.; Sameen, A. and Oh, D-H.
    Nutrients 2021, 13(2), 690; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13020690
    Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/2/690

1. “Nutrition, IBD and Gut Microbiota: A Review”
   by Maria Chiara Mentella, Franco Scaldaferri, Marco Pizzoferrato, Antonio Gasbarrini and Giacinto Abele Donato Miggiano
   Nutrients 2020, 12(4), 944; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12040944
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/4/944
2. “Nutrition and Sarcopenia—What Do We Know?”
   by Aravinda Ganapathy and Jeri W. Nieves
   Nutrients 2020, 12(6), 1755; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12061755
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/6/1755
3. “Plant-Dominant Low-Protein Diet for Conservative Management of Chronic Kidney Disease”
   by Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, Shivam Joshi, Rebecca Schlueter, Joanne Cooke, Amanda Brown-Tortorici, Meghan Donnelly, Sherry Schulman, Wei-Ling Lau, Connie M. Rhee, Elani Streja et al.
   Nutrients 2020, 12(7), 1931; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12071931
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/7/1931
4. “Malnutrition Screening and Assessment in the Cancer Care Ambulatory Setting: Mortality Predictability and Validity of the Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment Short form (PG-SGA SF) and the GLIM Criteria”
   by Lynette M. De Groot, Gahee Lee, Antoinette Ackerie and Barbara S. van der Meij
   Nutrients 2020, 12(8), 2287; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12082287
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/8/2287
5. “Malnutrition in Older Adults—Recent Advances and Remaining Challenges”
   by Kristina Norman, Ulrike Haß and Matthias Pirlich
   Nutrients 2021, 13(8), 2764; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13082764
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/8/2764
6. “Calcifediol Treatment and Hospital Mortality Due to COVID-19: A Cohort Study”
   by Juan F. Alcala-Diaz, Laura Limia-Perez, Ricardo Gomez-Huelgas, Maria D. Martin-Escalante, Begoña Cortes-Rodriguez, Jose L. Zambrana-Garcia, Marta Entrenas-Castillo, Ana I. Perez-Caballero, Maria D. López-Carmona, Javier Garcia-Alegria et al.
   Nutrients 2021, 13(6), 1760; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13061760
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/6/1760
7. “Priming for Life: Early Life Nutrition and the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis”
   by Anna Ratsika, Martin C. Codagnone, Siobhain O’Mahony, Catherine Stanton and John F. Cryan
   Nutrients 2021, 13(2), 423; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13020423
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/2/423
8. “Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (LCPUFAs) and the Developing Immune System: A Narrative Review”
   by Elizabeth A. Miles, Caroline E. Childs and Philip C. Calder
   Nutrients 2021, 13(1), 247; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13010247
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/1/247
9. “Obesity and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors: From Childhood to Adulthood”
   by Dorota Drozdz, Julio Alvarez-Pitti, Małgorzata Wójcik, Claudio Borghi, Rosita Gabbianelli, Artur Mazur, Vesna Herceg-Čavrak, Beatriz Gonzalez Lopez-Valcarcel, Michał Brzeziński, Empar Lurbe, et al.
   Nutrients 2021, 13(11), 4176; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13114176
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/11/4176
10. “Sarcopenia, Malnutrition, and Cachexia: Adapting Definitions and Terminology of Nutritional Disorders in Older People with Cancer”
    by Delky Meza-Valderrama, Ester Marco, Vanesa Dávalos-Yerovi, Maria Dolors Muns, Marta Tejero-Sánchez, Esther Duarte and Dolores Sánchez-Rodríguez
    Nutrients 2021, 13(3), 761; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13030761
    Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/3/761

1. “A Review of Micronutrients and the Immune System–Working in Harmony to Reduce the Risk of Infection”
   by Adrian F. Gombart, Adeline Pierre and Silvia Maggini
   Nutrients 2020, 12(1), 236; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12010236
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/1/236
2. “The Role of Micronutrients in Support of the Immune Response against Viral Infections”
   by Francesco Pecora, Federica Persico, Alberto Argentiero, Cosimo Neglia and Susanna Esposito
   Nutrients 2020, 12(10), 3198; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12103198
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/10/3198
3. “Nutritional Components in Western Diet Versus Mediterranean Diet at the Gut Microbiota–Immune System Interplay. Implications for Health and Disease”
   by Cielo García-Montero, Oscar Fraile-Martínez, Ana M. Gómez-Lahoz, Leonel Pekarek, Alejandro J. Castellanos, Fernando Noguerales-Fraguas, Santiago Coca, Luis G. Guijarro, Natalio García-Honduvilla, Angel Asúnsolo et al.
   Nutrients 2021, 13(2), 699; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13020699
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/2/699
4. “The Gut‒Breast Axis: Programming Health for Life”
   by Juan M. Rodríguez, Leónides Fernández and Valerie Verhasselt
   Nutrients 2021, 13(2), 606; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13020606
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/2/606
5. “Gut Microbiome Composition in Obese and Non-Obese Persons: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”
   by Mariona Pinart, Andreas Dötsch, Kristina Schlicht, Matthias Laudes, Jildau Bouwman, Sofia K. Forslund, Tobias Pischon and Katharina Nimptsch
   Nutrients 2022, 14(1), 12; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14010012
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/1/12
6. “Non–IgE- or Mixed IgE/Non–IgE-Mediated Gastrointestinal Food Allergies in the First Years of Life: Old and New Tools for Diagnosis”
   by Mauro Calvani, Caterina Anania, Barbara Cuomo, Enza D’Auria, Fabio Decimo, Giovanni Cosimo Indirli, Gianluigi Marseglia, Violetta Mastrorilli, Marco Ugo Andrea Sartorio, Angelica Santoro et al.
   Nutrients 2021, 13(1), 226; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13010226
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/1/226
7. “Dietary Factors Modulating Colorectal Carcinogenesis”
   by Filippo Vernia, Salvatore Longo, Gianpiero Stefanelli, Angelo Viscido and Giovanni Latella
   Nutrients 2021, 13(1), 143; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13010143
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/1/143
8. “Role of the Intestinal Microbiome, Intestinal Barrier and Psychobiotics in Depression”
   by Paulina Trzeciak and Mariola Herbet
   Nutrients 2021, 13(3), 927; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13030927
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/3/927
9. “Gut Microbiota, in the Halfway between Nutrition and Lung Function”
   by Christophe Espírito Santo, Catarina Caseiro, Maria João Martins, Rosário Monteiro and Inês Brandão
   Nutrients 2021, 13(5), 1716; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13051716
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/5/1716
10. 1 “Efficacy of Oral Vitamin Supplementation in Inflammatory Rheumatic Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials”
    by Yann Nguyen, Johanna Sigaux, Jean-Guillaume Letarouilly, Pauline Sanchez, Sébastien Czernichow, René-Marc Flipo, Martin Soubrier, Luca Semerano, Raphaèle Seror, Jérémie Sellam et al.
    Nutrients 2021, 13(1), 107; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13010107
    Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/1/107