Announcements

Conference: RSNA 2023
Organization: The Radiological Society of North America
Date: 26–29 November 2023
Place: McCormick Place, 2301 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60616 USA
Booth: #1103

The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) is a non-profit organization. RSNA’s annual meeting provides radiology professionals and industry partners with endless opportunities to learn, connect, exchange ideas, and see the latest technology in action. This year’s theme—Leading through Change—focuses on how radiology professionals can be intentional and proactive while leading teams and organizations through change.

The following MDPI journals will be represented as exhibitors:

• Diagnostics;
• JPM;
• Tomography;
• JCM;
• Osteology;
• Radiation;
• Cancers.

If you are attending this conference, please feel free to start a conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit the following website: https://www.rsna.org/annual-meeting.

We are pleased to announce that five new scholars have been appointed Editorial Board Members (EBMs) of Tomography (ISSN: 2379-139X). We wish our new members success in both their research and the development of the journal.

Further details about the Editorial Board can be found at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/tomography/editors.

Tomography is recruiting prestigious scholars from around the world to join their Editorial Board. To apply for this position, recommend potential candidates, or request further information, please contact the Tomography Editorial Office ([email protected]) with the following two files attached:

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

Tomography Editorial Office

MDPI is committed to supporting the academic community, nurturing talent and advancing science. Awards are an important part of the research landscape and play a vital role in helping academics gain recognition, especially young researchers as they embark on new research avenues.

In 2022, our journals presented a total number of 394 Awards, including Travel Awards, Young Investigator Awards, Best PhD Thesis Awards, Best Paper Awards, and Outstanding Reviewer Awards, with several winners announced for some of the awards. The total prize sum amounted to just under 580,000 Swiss francs (CHF), or approximately 650,000 US dollars. Overall, more than 720 scholars were awarded.

The majority of the awards were dedicated to young researchers in relatively early stages of their careers. This encompassed 66 of the afore-mentioned Travel Awards, 60 Young Investigator Awards, supporting research projects and conference attendance, as well as 51 Best PhD Thesis Awards. Additionally, 113 Best Paper Awards were given by our journals. The selection committees were entrusted with identifying the most impactful and novel research and review articles published in their journal within a given year.

MDPI will continue its support and recognition for the academic community moving forward, sponsoring new awards across disciplines. To learn more about all the awardees and their research projects in your field of study, please visit the following pages:

To explore more MDPI awards, please click here.

MDPI’s Young Investigator Awards recognize promising young researchers, acknowledge their contributions, and enhance communication among scientists. We are proud to present the winners for the year 2022 in medicine and pharmacology. The winners were selected by the journals’ Award Evaluation Committee.

We would like to warmly congratulate the awarded young investigators for their outstanding contributions. MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.

Biomedicines:

• Yuyan Jiang, Stanford University, USA
• Billy Wai-Lung Ng, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

Cancers:

• Ashleigh Poh, The Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute, Australia
• Miranda Fidler-Benaoudia, University of Calgary, Canada

Current Oncology:

• Bishal Gyawali, Queen’s University, Canada

Healthcare:

• Shahnawaz Anwer, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

JCM:

• Jan Bednarsch, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany

JPM:

• Anda Mihaela Naciu, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Italy
• Jerome Lechien, University of Mons, Belgium

Pharmaceuticals:

• Daniele Bertoglio, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Pharmaceutics:

• Gregor Fuhrmann, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

TropicalMed:

• Haley Adcox, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA

About MDPI Awards:

In order to support the academic community, especially young researchers, and enhance communication among scientists, MDPI journals regularly offer various awards to researchers in specific fields. These awards, serving as a source of inspiration and a form of recognition, help to promote the influence of talented individuals who have made outstanding achievements and are making significant contributions to the advancement of their fields.

For more MDPI awards, please click here.

We are proud to recognize the winners of MDPI’s 2022 Travel Awards in medicine and pharmacology category for their outstanding presentations.

MDPI journals regularly offer Travel Awards to encourage talented junior scientists to present their research at academic conferences in specific fields, which helps to enhance their influence.

The winners mentioned below were carefully selected by the journal editors based on an outline of their research and the work to be presented at an academic conference.

We would like to congratulate the winners of the 2022 Travel Awards and wish them success with their future research endeavors. MDPI will continue to enhance communication among scientists.

Antibiotics:

• Filip Jansåker, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
• Vanessa Silva, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal

Cancers:

• Diego de Miguel Perez, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA
• Luigi Russo, Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Italy

Current Oncology:

• Sneha Sethi, University of Adelaide, Australia
• Xiyin Wang, Indiana University School of Medicine, USA

Dentistry Journal:

• Sonia Nath, University of Adelaide, Australia
• Konstantina Kritikou, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania

Diagnostics:

• Adrien Holzgreve, The University Hospital of Munich, Germany

Hemato:

• Antonella Padella, Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori "Dino Amadori" - IRST S.r.l., Italy

JCDD:

• Susanna Cooper, St. George’s University of London, UK
• Renée Tillie, Maastricht University Medical Center, the Netherlands

JCM:

• Max Lennart Eckstein, University of Bayreuth, Germany
• Lorenzo Bertani, University of Pisa, Italy

Pharmaceutics:

• Yuxue Cao, University of Queensland, Australia
• Flávia Sousa, Italian Institute of Technology, Italy

About MDPI Awards:

In order to support the academic community, especially young researchers, and enhance communication among scientists, MDPI journals regularly offer various awards to researchers in specific fields. These awards, serving as a source of inspiration and form ot recognition, help to promote the influence of talented individuals who have made outstanding achievements and are making significant contributions to their fields.

See more MDPI awards, please click here.

In order to acknowledge our reviewers, who so generously dedicate their time to reviewing papers and demonstrate diligence, professionalism, and timeliness when reviewing manuscripts, MDPI journals regularly offer outstanding reviewer awards to scholars who participate in the peer-review process.

We are proud to recognize the winners for the year 2022 in medicine and pharmacology for their outstanding contributions among the extensive competition by presenting them with an Outstanding Reviewer Award.

We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all of the winners on their achievements. MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.

Antibiotics:

• Maxime Pichon, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Poitiers, France
• Violeta Popovici, Ovidius University of Constanta, Romania
• Yosra A. Helmy, University of Kentucky, USA

Cancers:

• Antonio G. Solimando, Aldo Moro University of Bari, Italy
• Linlin Guo, The Ohio State University Medical Center, USA
• Ravindra Deshpande, Wake Forest School of Medicine, USA
• Songli Zhu, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, USA
• Antonella Argentiero, IRCCS Istituto Tumori “Giovanni Paolo II” of Bari, Italy
• Camelia Coada, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Italy
• Chenghui Li, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA
• Laurentiu Pop, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA
• Muhammad Fazal Ijaz, Dongguk University, Republic of Korea
• Rafał Watrowski, University of Freiburg, Germany
• Ruben C. Petreaca, The Ohio State University, USA
• Ruchi Roy, Rush University Medical Center, USA
• Salvatore Cocuzza, University of Catania, Italy
• Santosh Kumar Singh, Morehouse School of Medicine, USA
• Sergei Boichuk, Kazan State Medical University, Russia
• Simon John Christoph Soerensen, Stanford University, USA
• Takuya Koie, Gifu University, Japan
• Teresa Rubio-Tomás, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Greece
• Teruki Nii, Kyushu University, Japan
• Tomasz Marjanski, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland

Current Oncology:

• Kristen Haase, The University of British Columbia, Canada
• Ravi Ramjeesingh, Nova Scotia Cancer Centre and Dalhousie University, Canada
• Makoto Endo, Kyushu University, Japan

Healthcare:

• Tefera Tadesse, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
• Ravi Ramjeesingh, Nova Scotia Cancer Centre and Dalhousie University, Canada
• Ryuichi Ohta, Unnan City Hospital, Japan

JCM:

• Henry Sutanto, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, the Netherlands
• José-María Sánchez-González, University of Seville, Spain
• Emmanouil Kapetanakis, General Hospital of Piraeus “Tzaneio”, Greece

JPM:

• Eleonora Topino, Libera Università Maria Santissima Assunta (LUMSA), Italy
• Rodolfo Reda, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
• Giulio Francesco Romiti, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
• Maria Gabriella Melchiorre, IRCCS INRCA—National Institute of Health and Science on Ageing, Italy
• James Walter, ¹Hines VA Hospital, USA; ² Loyola Medical Center, USA

Medical Sciences:

• Vasiliki Tsigkou, Sotiria Hospital, Greece

Pharmaceutics:

• Flavia Zacconi, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
• Bhupendra Prajapati, Ganpat University, India
• Van-An Duong, Gachon University, Republic of Korea
• Ashish Agrawal, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), India

Tomography:

• Aydin Eresen, University of California Irvine, USA

About MDPI Awards:

In order to support the academic community, especially young researchers, and enhance communication among scientists, MDPI journals regularly offer various awards to researchers in specific fields. These awards, serving as a source of inspiration and form of recognition, help to promote the influence of talented individuals who have made outstanding achievements and are making significant contributions to their fields.

See more MDPI awards, please click here.

MDPI’s Best PhD Thesis Awards aim to recognize young scholars who are deemed to have produced the most outstanding PhD thesis in their fields of research and to encourage them to continue their outstanding work and further contributions to their field.

We would like to congratulate the winners of the 2022 Best PhD Thesis Awards in medicine and pharmacology and wish them success with their future research endeavors. MDPI will continue to enhance communication among scientists.

Cancers:

• “Uncovering Novel Prognostic and Predictive Epigenetic Biomarkers in Malignant Testicular Germ Cell Tumors”

by João Pedro da Silva Machado Lobo, University of Porto, Portugal

• “Metastatic Recurrence in Colorectal Cancer Arises from Residual EMP1+ Cells”

by Adrià Cañellas Socias, University of Barcelona, Spain

Healthcare:

• “Investigating Novel Aspects of the Blood–Brain Barrier Using High-Resolution Electron Microscopy”

by Shireen Mentor, University of Cape Town, South Africa

JPM:

• “An Epidemiological Approach to Study The Interplay between Genome, Epigenome and Exposome in Women”

by Roberta Magnano San Lio, University of Catania, Italy

Pharmaceutics:

• “Intravitreal Liposomes as Ocular Drug Delivery Systems: Vitreal Interactions, Retinal Permeation and Drug Release Characteristics”

by Shirin Tavakoli, University of Helsinki, Finland

TropicalMed:

• “Microbiome-Mediated Colonization Resistance: Defense against Enteropathogens and Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms”

by Quinten Ducarmon, Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands

About MDPI Awards:

In order to support the academic community, especially young researchers, and enhance communication among scientists, MDPI journals offer various awards to researchers in specific fields. These awards, serving as a source of inspiration and form of recognition, help to promote the influence of talented individuals who have made outstanding achievements and are making significant contributions to their fields.

For more MDPI awards, please click here.

The purpose of our Best Paper Awards is to promote and recognize the most impactful contributions published within MDPI journals.

The editors of each journal carefully selected review and research papers through a rigorous evaluative process based on criteria such as the scientific merit, overall impact, and quality of presentation of the papers published in the journal.

We are honored to present the winners for the year 2022 in medicine and pharmacology, who were selected amongst extensive competition, and congratulate the authors for their outstanding scientific publications. MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.

Antibiotics:

• “Development and Challenges of Antimicrobial Peptides for Therapeutic Applications”
  by Charles H. Chen and Timothy K. Lu
  Antibiotics 2020, 9(1), 24; https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9010024

• “Antimicrobial Usage and Resistance in Companion Animals: A Cross-Sectional Study in Three European Countries”
  by Philip Joosten, Daniela Ceccarelli, Evelien Odent, Steven Sarrazin, Haitske Graveland, Liese Van Gompel, Antonio Battisti, Andrea Caprioli, Alessia Franco, Jaap A. Wagenaar et al.
  Antibiotics 2020, 9(2), 87; https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9020087

Dentistry Journal:

• “Management of Peri-Implantitis Lesions without the Use of Systemic Antibiotics: A Systematic Review”
  by Ahsen Khan, Ankit Goyal, Scott D. Currell and Dileep Sharma
  Dent. J. 2020, 8(3), 106; https://doi.org/10.3390/dj8030106

• “Associations among Primary Stability, Histomorphometric Findings, and Bone Density: A Prospective Randomized Study after Alveolar Ridge Preservation with a Collagen Cone”
  by Sigmar Schnutenhaus, Werner Götz, Jens Dreyhaupt, Heike Rudolph, Ralph G. Luthardt and Cornelia Edelmann
  Dent. J. 2020, 8(4), 112; https://doi.org/10.3390/dj8040112

Healthcare:

• “Novel Prefrontal Synthesis Intervention Improves Language in Children with Autism”
  by Andrey Vyshedskiy, Edward Khokhlovich, Rita Dunn, Alexander Faisman, Jonah Elgart, Lisa Lokshina, Yuriy Gankin, Simone Ostrovsky, Lauren deTorres, Stephen M. Edelson et al.
  Healthcare 2020, 8(4), 566; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8040566

• “The Effects of Long-Term 40-Hz Physioacoustic Vibrations on Motor Impairments in Parkinson’s Disease: A Double-Blinded Randomized Control Trial”
  by Abdullah Mosabbir, Quincy J. Almeida and Heidi Ahonen
  Healthcare 2020, 8(2), 113; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8020113

JCM:

• “Racial Disparities-Associated COVID-19 Mortality among Minority Populations in the US”
  by Donald J. Alcendor
  J. Clin. Med. 2020, 9(8), 2442; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9082442

• “Hypertension, Thrombosis, Kidney Failure, and Diabetes: Is COVID-19 an Endothelial Disease? A Comprehensive Evaluation of Clinical and Basic Evidence”
  by Celestino Sardu, Jessica Gambardella, Marco Bruno Morelli, Xujun Wang, Raffaele Marfella and Gaetano Santulli
  J. Clin. Med. 2020, 9(5), 1417; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9051417

• “Estimation of the Transmission Risk of the 2019-nCoy and Its Implication for Public Health Interventions”
  by Biao Tang, Xia Wang, Qian Li, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Sanyi Tang, Yanni Xiao and Jianhong Wu
  J. Clin. Med. 2020, 9(2), 462; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9020462

JPM:

• “Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms Affected in ALS”
  by Laura Le Gall, Ekene Anakor, Owen Connolly, Udaya G. Vijayakumar, William J. Duddy and Stephanie Duguez
  J. Pers. Med. 2020, 10(3), 101; https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm10030101

• “Postulated Adjuvant Therapeutic Strategies for COVID-19”
  by Anderson O. Ferreira, Hudson C. Polonini and Eli C. F. Dijkers
  J. Pers. Med. 2020, 10(3), 80; https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm10030080

• “Evidences of CTLA-4 and PD-1 Blocking Agents-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Cellular and Preclinical Models”
  by Vincenzo Quagliariello, Margherita Passariello, Domenica Rea, Antonio Barbieri, Martina Iovine, Annamaria Bonelli, Antonietta Caronna, Gerardo Botti, Claudia De Lorenzo and Nicola Maurea
  J. Pers. Med. 2020, 10(4), 179; https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm10040179

Pharmaceutics:

• "Manufacturing Considerations for the Development of Lipid Nanoparticles Using Microfluidics”
  by Carla B. Roces, Gustavo Lou, Nikita Jain, Suraj Abraham, Anitha Thomas, Gavin W. Halbert and Yvonne Perrie
  Pharmaceutics 2020, 12(11), 1095; https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics12111095

• “Development of Remdesivir as a Dry Powder for Inhalation by Thin Film Freezing”
  by Sawittree Sahakijpijarn, Chaeho Moon, John J. Koleng, Dale J. Christensen and Robert O. Williams III
  Pharmaceutics 2020, 12(11), 1002; https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics12111002

• “Skin Wound Healing Process and New Emerging Technologies for Skin Wound Care and Regeneration”
  by Erika Maria Tottoli, Rossella Dorati, Ida Genta, Enrica Chiesa, Silvia Pisani and Bice Conti
  Pharmaceutics 2020, 12(8), 735; https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics12080735

Pharmacy:

• “The Role of Hospital and Community Pharmacists in the Management of COVID-19: Towards an Expanded Definition of the Roles, Responsibilities, and Duties of the Pharmacist”
  by Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Muhammad Mansour, Alessandro Bonsignore and Rosagemma Ciliberti
  Pharmacy 2020, 8(3), 140; https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy8030140

• “Association of a Novel Medication Risk Score with Adverse Drug Events and Other Pertinent Outcomes Among Participants of the Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly”
  by David L. Bankes, Hubert Jin, Stephanie Finnel, Veronique Michaud, Calvin H. Knowlton, Jacques Turgeon and Alan Stein
  Pharmacy 2020, 8(2), 87; doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy8020087

About MDPI Awards:

In order to support the academic community, especially young researchers, and enhance communication among scientists, MDPI journals regularly offer various awards to researchers in specific fields. These awards, serving as a source of inspiration and form of recognition, help to promote the influence of talented individuals who have made outstanding achievements and are making significant contributions to their fields.

See more MDPI awards, please click here.

We are pleased to announce that Tomography (ISSN: 2379-139X) held a successful meeting with the journal’s Editorial Board Members on 29 June 2023, chaired by Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Emilio Quaia. With the Editorial Board Members’ suggestion and for the better development of Tomography in the future, we adjusted the aims and scope of Tomography, which are outlined below.

Aims and Scope

Mission statement: Tomography (ISSN: 2379-139X) publishes peer-reviewed original articles spanning all aspects of (bio)medical imaging in healthcare and life biological science including microscopy, ranging from basic research to clinical science, clinical applications, and innovations in imaging data science, as well as artificial intelligence.

Topics of interest: Topics of interest include the advancement of (bio)medical imaging technologies across multiple scales in space and time, including cross-sectional imaging modalities (for example: US, CT, MRI, and PET), as well as other imaging modalities (for example, bioluminescence, photoacoustic, optical and electronic microscopy, optical imaging, cryo-electron microscopy, fiber optic imaging, and optical computed tomography). Original articles on advances in biomedical imaging hardware and software, novel imaging contrast mechanisms and agents, imaging informatics, imaging analysis, and AI applications in biomedical imaging, as well as on chemical and molecular probe developments are welcome.

For more journal information, please check the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/tomography/about.

With the first issue released in June 2023, five new MDPI journals disseminating multi-disciplinary science are due to launch, which will cover the subjects of medicine & pharmacology, biology and physical sciences.

The newly launched journals will be overseen by professional Editorial Board Members and Editors to ensure an accurate and rapid publication, rigorous peer review and broad visibility.

Please feel free to browse and discover more about the new journals below.

Journal	Founding Editor-in-Chief	Journal topics (selected)
	Prof. Dr. Jun Ma, Peking University, China| Editorial | view inaugural issue	growth and development; diet and nutrients; school health promotion policies and practices; child health and care; adolescent health and wellbeing | view journal scope | submit an article
	Prof. Dr. Bernd Rehm, Griffith University, Australia | Editorial | view inaugural issue	DNA and gene synthesis; synthetic transcription factors; protein engineering; viral engineering; metabolic engineering | view journal scope | submit an article
	Prof. Dr. Varsha Gandhi, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA | Editorial | view inaugural issue	lymphatics; cancers associated with lymphocytes and lymphoblasts; lymphatic tissues; lymphoma; lymphoid leukemia | view journal scope | submit an article
	Dr. Bradley Turner, University of Melbourne, Australia | Editorial | view inaugural issue	multiple sclerosis; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; primary lateral sclerosis; atherosclerosis; systemic sclerosis | view journal scope | submit an article
	Prof. Dr. Clemens Burda, Case Western Reserve University, USA | Editorial | view inaugural issue	Gamma ray, X-ray, and UV–Vis spectroscopies; NIR/mid-infrared/Raman spectroscopy; microwave and THz spectroscopy; high-resolution gas-phase atomic, molecular, and cluster spectroscopy; MS, NMR, and EPR spectroscopy | view journal scope | submit an article

We wish to thank everyone who has supported the development of open access publishing. You are welcome to submit an application to the New Journal Committee ([email protected]) if you would like to create more new journals.

We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Pascal N. Tyrrell has been appointed Section Editor-in-Chief of the “Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging” Section in Tomography (IF: 1.9, ISSN: 2379-139X).

Name: Prof. Dr. Pascal N. Tyrrell

Affiliation:
1. Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5T 1W7, Canada;
2. Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5T 1W7, Canada;
3. Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5T 1W7, Canada.

Interests: artificial Intelligence; biostatistics; machine learning; medical images

Website: https://medical-imaging.utoronto.ca/faculty/pascal-tyrrell

The following is a short Q&A with Prof. Dr. Pascal N. Tyrrell, who shared his vision for the journal with us, as well as his views of the research area and open access publishing:

1. What appealed to you about Tomography that made you want to take the role as its Section Editor-in-Chief?
The aims and scope of our journal Tomography fit my area of research perfectly! I also enjoy the fact that the journal includes both imaging and optical modalities which provides ample opportunity for cross-pollination in this interesting area of science.

2. What is your vision for the Section?
I think artificial intelligence is an inevitable technological advance that will provide incredible progress in all areas of research and development it is applied to. As a journal, we should get out in front of these advances in order to contribute and be a part of the change that is happening in the field of tomography.

3. What does the future of this field of research look like?
The future of AI in tomography is bright. What an exciting time for scientists! Be prepared for a tsunami of impactful AI research applications.

4. What do you think of the development of open access in publishing?
Open access publishing’s main advantage is free access to scientific literature (especially for researchers in developing countries) resulting in a wider readership. The biggest challenge, of course, is quality control. If done right, open access publishing will contribute to the democratization of science in a sustainable way.

We look forward to Prof. Dr. Pascal N. Tyrrell’s contribution to the continued success of the journal.

We are pleased to announce that four new scholars were appointed Editorial Board Members (EBMs) of Tomography (ISSN: 2379-139X) in May 2023. We wish our new members success in both their research and the development of the journal.

Further details about the Editorial Board can be found at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/tomography/editors.

Tomography is recruiting prestigious scholars from around the world to join our Editorial Board. To apply for this position, recommend potential candidates, or request further information, please contact the Tomography Editorial Office ([email protected]) with the following two files attached:

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

Tomography Editorial Office

The 2022 citation metrics have been released in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), and we’re pleased to announce the following results for MDPI journals:

We are thrilled to announce that 90% of our ranked MDPI journals, specifically 86 out of 96 (captured in the table below), are performing above average in Q1 or Q2. This year, Clarivate has expanded its Impact Factor (IF) awards to include journals in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), providing greater transparency for the full set of journals indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection. As a result, 111 of MDPI journals have received their first IF in 2023, with 37 journals surpassing an IF of 3.0. In total, 208 MDPI journals have been honored with an IF.

Clarivate explains that by "expanding the coverage but holding to highly selective standards, the [Impact Factor] is now a reliable indicator of trustworthiness, as well as a measure of scholarly impact, at the journal level."

Please visit our blog post where we discuss the release of the latest citation metrics with our Indexing Manager, Dr. Constanze Schelhorn, to find out what's different this time around and how to make use of different metrics available.

Note: The Journal of Personalized Medicine's Impact Factor was omitted in the original release and will be assigned separately. Please find the data on the journal webpage in due course.

Source: 2022 Journal Impact Factors, Journal Citation Reports ^TM (Clarivate, 2023)

We warmly welcome Prof. Dr. Dmitry Goldgof and Dr. Keyvan Farahani to the Editorial Board of Tomography (ISSN: 2379-139X), and we look forward to their contributions to the continued success of the journal.

Further details about the Editorial Board can be found at https://www.mdpi.com/journal/tomography/editors.

Additionally, Tomography is recruiting prestigious scholars from around the world to join our Editorial Board. To apply for this position, recommend potential candidates, or request further information, please contact the Tomography Editorial Office ([email protected]) with the following two files attached:

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

As a leading open access publisher, MDPI provides scholars with a high-quality and rich academic exchange platform by continuously expanding into new and exciting research areas.

In December 2022, MDPI launched five new journals, covering multiple subjects such as life sciences, biology, medicine and pharmacology, social sciences and humanities. These new journals are being edited by established scholars across the world.

If you are interested in creating more open access journals with us to publish cutting-edge research, please send your journal proposal application to [email protected].

MDPI is pleased to announce that we now display the co-authors’ email addresses in addition to the corresponding author’s email address on the webpage of published papers, protected by Captcha. For more information about this change, please visit the journal’s instructions for authors page. 

We believe this change will facilitate academic discussions and advance our cause of open science and research. The corresponding authors are responsible for communicating with their co-authors and indicating in our system (https://susy.mdpi.com/) if co-authors would prefer for their email addresses not to be displayed.

1. “Standardization in Quantitative Imaging: A Multicenter Comparison of Radiomic Features from Different Software Packages on Digital Reference Objects and Patient Data Sets”
by McNitt-Gray, M.; Napel, S.; Jaggi, A.; Mattonen, S. A.; Hadjiiski, L.; Muzi, M.; Goldgof, D.; Balagurunathan, Y.; Pierce, L.A.; Kinahan, P. E. et al.
Tomography 2020, 6(2), 118-128. https://doi.org/10.18383/j.tom.2019.00031
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2379-139X/6/2/118

2. “A Fully Automated Deep Learning Network for Brain Tumor Segmentation”
by Yogananda, C. G. B.; Shah, B. R.; Vejdani-Jahromi, M.; Nalawade, S. S.; Murugesan, G. K.; Yu, F. F.; Pinho, M. C.; Wagner, B. C.; Emblem, K. E.; Bjørnerud, A. et al.
Tomography 2020, 6(2), 186-193; https://doi.org/10.18383/j.tom.2019.00026
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2379-139X/6/2/186

3. “A Perspective on Cell Tracking with Magnetic Particle Imaging”
by Sehl, O. C.; Gevaert, J. J.; Melo, K. P.; Knier, N. N. and Foster, P. J.
Tomography 2020, 6(4), 315-324; https://doi.org/10.18383/j.tom.2020.00043
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2379-139X/6/4/315

4. “Radiomics Prediction of EGFR Status in Lung Cancer—Our Experience in Using Multiple Feature Extractors and The Cancer Imaging Archive Data”
by Lu, L.; Sun, S.H.; Yang, H.; E, L.; Guo, P.; Schwartz, L. H. and Zhao, B.
Tomography 2020, 6(2), 223-230; https://doi.org/10.18383/j.tom.2020.00017
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2379-139X/6/2/223

5. “Radiomic Features of Multiparametric MRI Present Stable Associations with Analogous Histological Features in Patients with Brain Cancer”
by Bobholz, S. A.; Lowman, A. K.; Barrington, A.; Brehler, M.; McGarry, S.; Cochran, E. J.; Connelly, J.; Mueller, W. M.; Agarwal, M.; O'Neill, D. et al.
Tomography 2020, 6(2), 160-169; https://doi.org/10.18383/j.tom.2019.00029
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2379-139X/6/2/160

6. “MRI-Based Deep Learning Segmentation and Radiomics of Sarcoma in Mice”
by Holbrook, M. D.; Blocker, S. J.; Mowery, Y. M.; Badea, A.; Qi, Y.; Xu, E. S.; Kirsch, D. G.; Johnson, G. A. and Badea, C. T.
Tomography 2020, 6(1), 23-33; https://doi.org/10.18383/j.tom.2019.00021
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2379-139X/6/1/23

7. “Assessment of the Prognostic Value of Radiomic Features in 18F-FMISO PET Imaging of Hypoxia in Postsurgery Brain Cancer Patients: Secondary Analysis of Imaging Data from a Single-Center Study and the Multicenter ACRIN 6684 Trial”
by Muzi, M.; Wolsztynski, E.; Fink, J. R.; O’Sullivan, J. N.; O’Sullivan, F.; Krohn, K. A. and Mankoff, D. A.
Tomography 2020, 6(1), 14-22; https://doi.org/10.18383/j.tom.2019.00023
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2379-139X/6/1/14

8. “Intraobserver Variability in Bladder Cancer Treatment Response Assessment With and Without Computerized Decision Support”
by Hadjiiski, L. M.; Cha, K. H.; Cohan, R. H.; Chan, H.-P.; Caoili, E. M.; Davenport, M. S.; Samala, R. K.; Weizer, A. Z.; Alva, A.; Kirova-Nedyalkova, G. et al.
Tomography 2020, 6(2), 194-202; https://doi.org/10.18383/j.tom.2020.00013
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2379-139X/6/2/194

9. “Stanford DRO Toolkit: Digital Reference Objects for Standardization of Radiomic Features”
by Jaggi, A.; Mattonen, S. A.; McNitt-Gray, M. and Napel, S.
Tomography 2020, 6(2), 111-117; https://doi.org/10.18383/j.tom.2019.00030
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2379-139X/6/2/111

10. “Computational Modeling of Interstitial Fluid Pressure and Velocity in Head and Neck Cancer Based on Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Feasibility Analysis”
by LoCastro, E.; Paudyal, R.; Mazaheri, Y.; Hatzoglou, V.; Oh, J. H.; Lu, Y.; Konar, A. S.; Eigen, K.v.; Ho, A.; Ewing, J. R. et al.
Tomography 2020, 6(2), 129-138; https://doi.org/10.18383/j.tom.2020.00005
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2379-139X/6/2/129

On 9 February 2023, Clarivate, a global leader in providing trusted insights and analytics, added the Preprint Citation Index to the Web of Science platform, streamlining the research process by allowing researchers to locate and link to preprints alongside other trusted content in the database.

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1. “Stability of Radiomic Features across Different Region of Interest Sizes—A CT and MR Phantom Study”
by Laura J. Jensen, Damon Kim, Thomas Elgeti, Ingo G. Steffen, Bernd Hamm and Sebastian N. Nagel
Tomography 2021, 7(2), 238–252; https://doi.org/10.3390/tomography7020022
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2379-139X/7/2/22

2. “EDNC: Ensemble Deep Neural Network for COVID-19 Recognition”
by Lin Yang, Shui-Hua Wang and Yu-Dong Zhang
Tomography 2022, 8(2), 869–890; https://doi.org/10.3390/tomography8020071
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2379-139X/8/2/71

3. “Detection of Lung Nodules in Micro-CT Imaging Using Deep Learning”
by Matthew D. Holbrook, Darin P. Clark, Rutulkumar Patel, Yi Qi, Alex M. Bassil, Yvonne M. Mowery and Cristian T. Badea
Tomography 2021, 7(3), 358–372; https://doi.org/10.3390/tomography7030032
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2379-139X/7/3/32

4. “A Radiogenomics Ensemble to Predict EGFR and KRAS Mutations in NSCLC”
by Silvia Moreno, Mario Bonfante, Eduardo Zurek, Dmitry Cherezov, Dmitry Goldgof, Lawrence Hall and Matthew Schabath
Tomography 2021, 7(2), 154–168; https://doi.org/10.3390/tomography7020014
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2379-139X/7/2/14

5. “Evaluating a Machine Learning Tool for the Classification of Pathological Uptake in Whole-Body PSMA-PET-CT Scans”
by Annette Erle, Sobhan Moazemi, Susanne Lütje, Markus Essler, Thomas Schultz and Ralph A. Bundschuh
Tomography 2021, 7(3), 301–312; https://doi.org/10.3390/tomography7030027
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2379-139X/7/3/27

6. “Honorary Authorship: Is There Any Chance to Stop It? Analysis of the Literature and a Personal Opinion”
by Emilio Quaia and Filippo Crimi’
Tomography 2021, 7(4), 801–803; https://doi.org/10.3390/tomography7040067
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2379-139X/7/4/67

7. “Evaluation of Regional Lung Function in Pulmonary Fibrosis with Xenon-129 MRI”
by Jaime Mata, Steven Guan, Kun Qing, Nicholas Tustison, Yun Shim, John P. Mugler III, Talissa Altes, Jhosep Huaromo and Borna Mehrad
Tomography 2021, 7(3), 452–465; https://doi.org/10.3390/tomography7030039
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2379-139X/7/3/39

8. “Deep Learning Using Multiple Degrees of Maximum-Intensity Projection for PET/CT Image Classification in Breast Cancer”
by Kanae Takahashi, Tomoyuki Fujioka, Jun Oyama, Mio Mori, Emi Yamaga, Yuka Yashima, Tomoki Imokawa, Atsushi Hayashi, Yu Kujiraoka, Junichi Tsuchiya et al.
Tomography 2022, 8(1), 131–141; https://doi.org/10.3390/tomography8010011
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2379-139X/8/1/11

9. “Combination of Radiomics and Machine Learning with Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging for Clinical Outcome Prognostication in Cervical Cancer”
by Ankush Jajodia, Ayushi Gupta, Helmut Prosch, Marius Mayerhoefer, Swarupa Mitra, Sunil Pasricha, Anurag Mehta, Sunil Puri and Arvind Chaturvedi
Tomography 2021, 7(3), 344–357; https://doi.org/10.3390/tomography7030031
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2379-139X/7/3/31

10. “Systematic Assessment of the Impact of DTI Methodology on Fractional Anisotropy Measures in Alzheimer’s Disease”
by Maurizio Bergamino, Elizabeth G. Keeling, Ryan R. Walsh and Ashley M. Stokes
Tomography 2021, 7(1), 20–38; https://doi.org/10.3390/tomography7010003
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2379-139X/7/1/3

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;
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• Conducting a final check before the Special Issue is published online;
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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).

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We warmly welcome Prof. Dr. Yusuke Inoue to the Editorial Board of the Section “Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging” in Tomography (ISSN: 2379-139X), and we look forward to his contributions to the continued success of the journal.

	Name:	Prof. Dr. Yusuke Inoue
	Affiliation:	Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara 252-0374, Japan
	Interests:	hepatitis; hepatocytes; cell line; liver; biochemistry; gel electrophoresis; molecular cloning; genetics; molecular biology; transcriptomics

Further details about the Editorial Board can be found at https://www.mdpi.com/journal/tomography/editors.  

Additionally, Tomography is recruiting prestigious scholars from around the world to join our Editorial Board. To apply for this position, recommend potential candidates, or request further information, please contact the Tomography Editorial Office ([email protected]) with the following two files attached:

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

Tomography Editorial Office

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

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

We invite you to view the event recording:

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

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

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

You can find the Podcast here.

We hope you enjoy the contents!

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

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

* Journals given their first Impact Factor in 2022

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

The 2021 top 10 cited papers from the journal Tomography (ISSN: 2379-139X) are as follows:

1. “A Radiogenomics Ensemble to Predict EGFR and KRAS Mutations in NSCLC”
by Moreno, S.; Bonfante, M.; Zurek, E.; Cherezov, D.; Goldgof, D.; Hall, L.; Schabath, M.
Tomography 2021, 7(2), 154-168; https://doi.org/10.3390/tomography7020014
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2379-139X/7/2/14

2. “Non-Hemorrhagic Adrenal Infarction during Pregnancy: The Diagnostic Imaging Keys”
by Chagué, P.; Marchi, A.; Fechner, A.; Hindawi, G.; Tranchart, H.; Carrara, J.; Vivanti, A.J.; Rocher, L.
Tomography 2021, 7(4), 533-544; https://doi.org/10.3390/tomography7040046
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2379-139X/7/4/46

3. “Is It Worth Considering Multicentric High-Grade Glioma a Surgical Disease? Analysis of Our Clinical Experience and Literature Review”
by Guerrini, F.; Mazzeo, L.A.; Rossi, G.; Verlotta, M.; Del Maestro, M.; Rampini, A.D.; Pesce, A.; Viganò, M.; Luzzi, S.; Galzio, R.J.; Salmaggi, A.; Spena, G.
Tomography 2021, 7(4), 523-532; https://doi.org/10.3390/tomography7040045
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2379-139X/7/4/45

4. “Identification of Non-Traumatic Bone Marrow Oedema: The Pearls and Pitfalls of Dual-Energy CT (DECT)”
by Foti, G.; Serra, G.; Iacono, V.; Marocco, S.; Bertoli, G.; Gori, S.; Zorzi, C.
Tomography 2021, 7(3), 387-396; https://doi.org/10.3390/tomography7030034
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2379-139X/7/3/34

5. “Combination of Radiomics and Machine Learning with Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging for Clinical Outcome Prognostication in Cervical Cancer”
by Jajodia, A.; Gupta, A.; Prosch, H.; Mayerhoefer, M.; Mitra, S.; Pasricha, S.; Mehta, A.; Puri, S.; Chaturvedi, A.
Tomography 2021, 7(3), 344-357; https://doi.org/10.3390/tomography7030031
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2379-139X/7/3/31

6. “Systematic Assessment of the Impact of DTI Methodology on Fractional Anisotropy Measures in Alzheimer’s Disease”
by Bergamino, M.; Keeling, E.G.; Walsh, R.R.; Stokes, A.M.
Tomography 2021, 7(1), 20-38; https://doi.org/10.3390/tomography7010003
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2379-139X/7/1/3

7. “Radiomics for Everyone: A New Tool Simplifies Creating Parametric Maps for the Visualization and Quantification of Radiomics Features”
by Kim, D.; Jensen, L.J.; Elgeti, T.; Steffen, I.G.; Hamm, B.; Nagel, S.N.
Tomography 2021, 7(3), 477-487; https://doi.org/10.3390/tomography7030041
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2379-139X/7/3/41

8. “Identifying Robust Radiomics Features for Lung Cancer by Using In Vivo and Phantom Lung Lesions”
by Lu, L.; Sun, S.H.; Afran, A.; Yang, H.; Lu, Z.F.; So, J.; Schwartz, L.H.; Zhao, B.
Tomography 2021, 7(1), 55-64; https://doi.org/10.3390/tomography7010005
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2379-139X/7/1/5

9. “Prediction of Disease-Free Survival in Laryngeal and Hypopharyngeal Cancers Using CT Perfusion and Radiomic Features: A Pilot Study”
by Woolen, S.; Virkud, A.; Hadjiiski, L.; Cha, K.; Chan, H.-P.; Swiecicki, P.; Worden, F.; Srinivasan, A. 
Tomography 2021, 7(1), 10-19; https://doi.org/10.3390/tomography7010002
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2379-139X/7/1/2

10. “Stability of Radiomic Features across Different Region of Interest Sizes—A CT and MR Phantom Study”
by Jensen, L.J.; Kim, D.; Elgeti, T.; Steffen, I.G.; Hamm, B.; Nagel, S.N. 
Tomography 2021, 7(2), 238-252; https://doi.org/10.3390/tomography7020022
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2379-139X/7/2/22

MDPI’s Young Investigator Awards recognize promising junior researchers, acknowledge their contributions, and enhance communication among scientists. We are proud to present the winners for the year 2021 in the “Medicine & Pharmacology” category. The winners were selected by the journals’ editors.

We warmly congratulate the awarded young investigators for their outstanding contributions. MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.

Biomedicines:

• Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong
• Mateusz Maciejczyk, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland

Current Oncology:

• Matteo Lambertini, University of Genova, Italy

Dentistry Journal:

• Helen Rogers, Newcastle University, UK

Healthcare:

• Amir Karami, University of South Carolina, USA

Journal of Clinical Medicine:

• Andrea Palermo, Campus Bio-Medico University, Italy

Journal of Personalized Medicine:

• Simone Di Franco, University of Palermo, Italy
• Catriona Hippman, University of Calgary, Canada

Medicina:

• Veeru Kasivisvanathan, University College London, UK
• Andrea Cortegiani, University of Palermo, Italy; University Hospital Policlinico Paolo Giaccone, Italy

Pharmaceutics:

• Qi Zhou, Purdue University, USA

We are proud to recognize the winners of MDPI’s 2021 Travel Awards in the “Medicine & Pharmacology” category for their outstanding presentations and to present them with the prize.

MDPI journals regularly offer travel awards to encourage talented junior scientists to present their latest research at academic conferences in specific fields, which helps to increase their influence.

The winners mentioned below were carefully selected by the journal editors based on an outline of their research and the work to be presented at an academic conference.

We would like to warmly congratulate the Travel Awards winners for the year 2021 and wish them the greatest success with their future research endeavors. MDPI will continue to enhance communication among scientists.

Biomedicines:

• Soheil Saeedi, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Dentistry Journal:

• Shawn Alexander Hallett, University of Michigan, USA

Medicines:

• Claire Albert, Yale University, USA

Pharmaceuticals:

• Raquel Filipa da Costa Viveiros, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal
• Patrick Jim Küppers, University Hospital Bonn, Germany

In order to acknowledge our reviewers, who so generously dedicate their time to reviewing papers, and demonstrate diligence, professionalism, and timeliness when reviewing manuscripts, MDPI journals regularly offer outstanding reviewer awards to scholars who participate in the peer-review process.

We are proud to recognize winners for the year 2021 in the “Medicine & Pharmacology” category for their outstanding contributions among extensive competition by presenting them with an Outstanding Reviewer Award.

We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all of the winners on their achievement. MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.

Cancers:

• Antonio G. Solimando, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
• Chenghui Li, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA
• Joaquim Carreras, Tokai University, Japan
• Pierfrancesco Franco, University of Turin School of Medicine, Italy
• Laurentiu Pop, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA

Current Oncology:

• Margaret Fitch, University of Toronto, Canada
• Caroline Mariano, BC Cancer Agency, Canada; University of British Columbia, Canada

Healthcare:

• Naser Alsharairi, Griffith University, Australia
• Peter W. Choate, Mount Royal University, Canada
• Qin Xiang Ng, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Journal of Clinical Medicine:

• Giulio Francesco, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
• Sebastian Schnaubelt, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
• Olga Kislitsina, Northwestern University, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, USA

Journal of Personalized Medicine:

• Onofrio Laselva, University of Foggia, Italy
• Ping-Hsun Wu, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan
• Vladimir Vladimirov, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
• Mauro Giuffrè, University of Trieste, Italy

Medical Sciences:

• Erika Palmieri, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, USA

Tomography:

• Anjul Khadria, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA

The purpose of our Best Paper Awards is to promote and recognize the most impactful contributions published within MDPI journals.

The editors of each journal carefully selected reviews and research papers through a rigorous judging process based on criteria such as the scientific merit, overall impact, and the quality of presentation of the papers published in the journal last year.

We are honored to present the winners in the “Medicine & Pharmacology” category, who were selected amongst extensive competition, and congratulate the authors for their outstanding scientific publications.

MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.

Antibiotics:

• “Antimicrobial and Synergistic Effects of Commercial Piperine and Piperlongumine in Combination with Conventional Antimicrobials”

by Eunice Ego Mgbeahuruike, Milla Stålnacke, Heikki Vuorela and Yvonne Holm

Antibiotics 2019, 8(2), 55; doi:10.3390/antibiotics8020055

• “Antibiotic Discovery: Where Have We Come from, Where Do We Go?”

by Bernardo Ribeiro da Cunha, Luís P. Fonseca and Cecília R. C. Calado

Antibiotics 2019, 8(2), 45; doi:10.3390/antibiotics8020045

Dentistry Journal:

• “Regeneration of the Periodontal Apparatus in Aggressive Periodontitis Patients”

by Zvi Artzi, Shiran Sudri, Ori Platner and Avital Kozlovsky

Dent. J. 2019, 7(1), 29; doi:10.3390/dj7010029

• “Treatment of Peri-Implant Mucositis with Repeated Application of Chlorhexidine Chips or Gel during Supportive Therapy—A Randomized Clinical Trial”

by Philipp Sahrmann, Cyrill Bettschart, Daniel B. Wiedemeier, Ahmed Al-Majid, Thomas Attin and Patrick R. Schmidlin

Dent. J. 2019, 7(4), 115; doi:10.3390/dj7040115

Healthcare:

• “Two-Year Use of Care Robot Zora in Dutch Nursing Homes: An Evaluation Study”

by Chantal Huisman and Helianthe Kort

Healthcare 2019, 7(1), 31; doi:10.3390/healthcare7010031

• “The Interlinked Rising Epidemic of Insufficient Sleep and Diabetes Mellitus”

by Vijay Kumar Chattu, Soosanna Kumary Chattu, Deepa Burman, David Warren Spence and Seithikurippu R. Pandi-Perumal

Healthcare 2019, 7(1), 37; doi:10.3390/healthcare7010037

Journal of Clinical Medicine:

• “Periodontitis: A Multifaceted Disease of Tooth-Supporting Tissues”

by Eija Könönen, Mervi Gursoy and Ulvi Kahraman Gursoy

Clin. Med. 2019, 8(8), 1135; doi:10.3390/jcm8081135

• “The Immunomodulatory Functions of Mesenchymal Stromal/Stem Cells Mediated via Paracrine Activity”

by Yueyuan Zhou, Yusuke Yamamoto, Zhongdang Xiao and Takahiro Ochiya

Clin. Med. 2019, 8(7), 1025; doi:10.3390/jcm8071025

• “Optimizing Detection of Kidney Transplant Injury by Assessment of Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA via Massively Multiplex PCR”

by Tara K. Sigdel, Felipe Acosta Archila, Tudor Constantin, Sarah A. Prins, Juliane Liberto, Izabella Damm, Parhom Towfighi, Samantha Navarro, Eser Kirkizlar, Zachary P. Demko, Allison Ryan, Styrmir Sigurjonsson, Reuben D. Sarwal, Szu-Chuan Hseish, Chitranon Chan-On, Bernhard Zimmermann, Paul R. Billings, Solomon Moshkevich and Minnie M. Sarwal

Clin. Med. 2019, 8(1), 19; doi:10.3390/jcm8010019

Medicina:

• “Tumor Microenvironment”

by Borros Arneth

Medicina 2020, 56(1), 15; doi: 10.3390/medicina56010015

• “Comparative Epidemiology and Resistance Trends of Common Urinary Pathogens in a Tertiary-Care Hospital: A 10-Year Surveillance Study”

by Márió Gajdács, Marianna Ábrók, Andrea Lázár, and Katalin Burián

Medicina 2019, 55(7), 356; doi: 10.3390/medicina55070356

Pharmaceutics:

• “3D Printed Pellets (Miniprintlets): A Novel, Multi-Drug, Controlled Release Platform Technology”

by Atheer Awad, Fabrizio Fina, Sarah J. Trenfield, Pavanesh Patel, Alvaro Goyanes, Simon Gaisford and Abdul W. Basit.

Pharmaceutics 2019, 11(4), 148; doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics11040148

• “Mathematical Modeling of Release Kinetics from Supramolecular Drug Delivery Systems”

by Constantin Mircioiu, Victor Voicu, Valentina Anuta, Andra Tudose, Christian Celia, Donatella Paolino, Massimo Fresta, Roxana Sandulovici and Ion Mircioiu

Pharmaceutics 2019, 11(3), 140; doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics11030140

The 2021 citation metrics have been officially released in Scopus!

We are pleased to announce that 182 MDPI journals are included, of which:

● 21 journals received their first CiteScore.
● 85% of journals increased their CiteScore from 2020.
● 155 journals (85%) ranked above average, in at least one category.

The following 65 MDPI journals (36%) ranked among the top 25% of journals, in at least one category:

Source: 2021 CiteScores™ (Elsevier)

The Tomography (ISSN 2379-139X) Editorial Office is pleased to announce this open call for Special Issue proposals, to provide a group of authors with the opportunity to work on an interconnected set of papers on an innovative topic. We would like to solicit high-quality proposals, which will be evaluated through a competitive procedure on a rolling basis throughout the year.

To ensure that the topic of your proposal is within the scope of Tomography, please refer to the information on the aim and scope of Tomography at the following website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/tomography/about.

Please submit your proposals using the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journalproposal/sendproposalspecialissue/tomography#.

The following information should be provided in a proposal:

• A 150–200-word summary rationalizing the significance, novelty, technical advancements, and adherence to the scope of the journal of the proposed topic;
• A list of 5–15 keywords relating to the topic;
• A proposed submission deadline (a Special Issue will usually be open for submissions for 6–8 months);
• A list of at least eight confirmed submissions (if you do not have eight planned papers, please send your proposal to [email protected], along with a list of at least 40 potential authors in related research fields);
• A brief resume of the proposed Guest Editors together with their key information (title, name, email, affiliation, personal website, and keywords of interests).

The benefits of being a Guest Editor are as follows:

• Special discounts will be offered for your submissions and any articles you invite;
• Expanding your network by engaging with experts in the field;
• Keeping up with developments in the field;
• Increasing your own influence;
• Recognition by the promotion evaluation committee;
• If 10 or more papers are published in the Special Issue it can be published as a printable book, and each Guest Editor will receive a complimentary hard copy.

The responsibilities of being a Guest Editor are as follows:

• Refining the Special Issue’s title, scope, and schedule, and providing the required information to set up the Special Issue’s website;
• Inviting submissions;
• Promoting the Special Issue within networks on social media, personal websites, relevant networks, and any attended conferences when possible;
• Pre-checking, making decisions, and overviewing the process of manuscript submission;
• Writing an editorial when the Special Issue is successfully published.

The Editorial Office will take care of setting up the Special Issue’s website, arranging the promotional materials, and assisting with invitations to contribute papers, in addition to taking care of the rest of the administrative tasks associated with the peer review process, including inviting reviewers, collating reviews, contacting authors, and professional production before publication.

Please do not hesitate to contact the Editorial Office ([email protected]) for further details and clarification.

We look forward to receiving your proposals.

Tomography Editorial Office

We are pleased to announce a new Section entitled “Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging” in Tomography (ISSN 2379-139X, IF 3.358). The Section is currently recruiting an Editor-in-Chief.

The Section “Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging” aims to publish articles on original research based on artificial intelligence and medical imaging. Further information about the Section may be found at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/tomography/sections/artificial_intelligence_in_medical_imaging.

The Section Editor-in-Chief is responsible for the following:

• Defining the aims and scope of the Section;
• Advising on the strategic development of the Section;
• Ensuring that the published content is of high quality;
• Nominating/inviting Guest Editors and optionally providing them with the authority to make final acceptance decisions about submitted articles;
• Nominating/inviting contributors;
• Nominating and leading the Section Editorial Board;
• Promoting the journal at scientific conferences or through other venues;
• Conducting preliminary checks of submissions and making the final decision as to whether a paper can be accepted for publication following peer review and author revisions (when it suits your schedule).

The duties and benefits of acting as a Guest Editor are as follows:

• Redefining the title and scope of this Special Issue;
• Determining whether a manuscript can be accepted based on the reports we collect;
• Promoting the Special Issue and increasing its visibility at related academic conferences;
• Full/partial waivers for the publishing fee will be granted for your first submission in this Special Issue.

This upcoming Section will be an ideal venue for networking and communication among scholars in the research community, as well as a chance to establish your influence within your discipline. The relationships you develop will last beyond the publication of your Special Issue, promoting a network for future collaboration.

To apply for either position, please contact the Tomography Editorial Office ([email protected]) with the two files below attached:

• A full academic CV;
• A short cover letter that details your interest and enthusiasm for the position or your Special Issue proposal.

You are also welcome to forward the journal announcement to any colleagues or other contacts in this field who may be interested.

We are pleased to announce that nine new scholars have recently been appointed Reviewer Board Members for Tomography (ISSN 2379-139X).

We wish them every success, both in their research and in the development of the journal.

We are pleased to announce that the following six Editorial Board Members have recently joined Tomography (ISSN 2379-139X). 

Name: Dr. Elisa Baratella
Affiliation: Department of Radiology, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, 34128 Trieste, Italy
Interests: interstitial lung diseases; IPF; occupational lung diseases; sarcoidosis 

Name: Prof. Dr. Iacopo Carbone
Affiliation: Department of Radiological, Oncological and Pathological Sciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, 04100 Latina, Italy
Interests: cardiovascular imaging and oncological imaging; CMR; cardiovascular imaging; CTA; MDCT; MRI 

Name: Dr. Jasper Nijkamp
Affiliations: 1. Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, 8200 Aarhus, Denmark
2. Danish Center for Particle Therapy, Aarhus University Hospital, 8200 Aarhus, Denmark
Interests: tumor imaging; tumor segmentation; deep-learning-based image segmentation; spectral computed tomography, pathology validation of imaging, treatment response prediction; image registration 

Name: Dr. Nirbhay Narayan Yadav
Affiliations: 1. Hugo W. Moser Research Institute, The Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
2. Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Interests: MRI; neuroimaging; CEST; molecular imaging; contrast mechanisms; diffusion; cancer; metabolism; MR physics 

Name: Prof. Dr. Norbert Hosten
Affiliation: Department of Radiology, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, 17475 Greifswald, Germany
Interests: diagnostic radiology; neuroradiology; teleradiology; digital imaging (MRI and CT); population-based imaging 

Name: Prof. Dr. Ronnie Wirestam
Affiliation: Department of Medical Radiation Physics, Lund University, 221 85 Lund, Sweden
Interests: perfusion MRI methodology; dynamic susceptibility contrast MRI; cerebral oxygen extraction; cerebral oxygen metabolism; quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) for quantification of contrast agent concentration and venous oxygen saturation levels; education and training in medical physics

We wish them every success in their new position, and we look forward to their contributions to the journal. 

Further details about the Tomography Editorial Board can be found at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/tomography/editors.

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.