Over the past year, Exploration of Medicine has achieved an increasing impact and larger number of citations. We sincerely thank everyone’s great support! At the beginning of 2023, we are thrilled to announce and recognize the winners of “Highly Cited Paper Award 2022” to show our appreciation to those authors.

Criteria for Selection and Award:

● Original Articles and Reviews published in 2020-2022;

● Both regular and special issue submissions are considered;

● Citations are counted according to Web of Science (WOS) in 2022;

● Prize for the author team: 300-1,000 USD, certificate of “Highly Cited Paper Award”;

● Prize for the corresponding Guest Editor(s): 100-300 USD.

Winning Papers:

● PNPLA3 gene and kidney disease

Alessandro Mantovani, Chiara Zusi

● Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and type 2 diabetes: pathophysiological mechanisms shared between the two faces of the same coin

Carlo Acierno, Alfredo Caturano, Pia Clara Pafundi, Riccardo Nevola, Luigi Elio Adinolfi, Ferdinando Carlo Sasso

Special Issue: Exploring NAFLD/NASH

● Sex differences in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: hints for future management of the disease

Noel C. Salvoza, Pablo J. Giraudi, Claudio Tiribelli, Natalia Rosso

Special Issue: Exploring NAFLD/NASH

Congratulations! We believe these articles will be more shining in the future.

In the following year, we will continue to set “Highly Cited Paper Award” to recognize the related authors. On behalf of the Editorial Board and Editorial Office, we warmly welcome more outstanding researchers to participate in and contribute to the journal. Our thriving journal is always open to you!