The Journal of Clinical Medicine (JCM, ISSN: 2077-0383) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal published semimonthly online by MDPI, where you have free and unlimited access to the full text of all the published articles. JCM is honored to present a collection of papers authored by the winners of the Best Paper Award for the year 2022, who were selected amongst extensive competition, and we congratulate the authors for their outstanding scientific publications.

We invite you to read the best papers published in 2022 below:

1. “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
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/8/2442

2. “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
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/5/1417

3. “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
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/2/462

In addition, we have collected all papers from the Best Paper Award’s authors community from 2019 to 2023, as listed below. You are welcome to read and share them.

1. “BK Polyomavirus Virus Glomerular Tropism: Implications for Virus Reactivation from Latency and Amplification during Immunosuppression”
by Donald J. Alcendor
J. Clin. Med. 2019, 8(9), 1477; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm8091477
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/8/9/1477

2. “Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors in Human Disease: A Comprehensive Update”
by Jessica Gambardella, Angela Lombardi, Marco Bruno Morelli, John Ferrara and Gaetano Santulli
J. Clin. Med. 2020, 9(4), 1096; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9041096
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/4/1096

3. “Modulation of SERCA in Patients with Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Treated by Epicardial Thoracoscopic Ablation: The CAMAF Study”
by Celestino Sardu, Gaetano Santulli, Germano Guerra, Maria Consiglia Trotta, Matteo Santamaria, Cosimo Sacra, Nicola Testa, Valentino Ducceschi, Gianluca Gatta, Michele D' Amico et al.
J. Clin. Med. 2020, 9(2), 544; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9020544
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/2/544

4. “Efficacy of the New Inotropic Agent Istaroxime in Acute Heart Failure”
by Imma Forzano,Pasquale Mone, Gaetano Mottola, Urna Kansakar, Luigi Salemme, Antonio De Luca, Tullio Tesorio, Fahimeh Varzideh and Gaetano Santulli
J. Clin. Med. 2022, 11(24), 7503; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11247503
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/11/24/7503

5. “Long-Term Prognosis among COVID-19 Patients: The Predictive Role Played by Hyperinflammation and Arrhythmic Disorders in Fatal Outcome”
by Domenico Cozzolino, Ciro Romano, Celestino Sardu, Riccardo Nevola, Giuseppina Rosaria Umano, Luca Rinaldi, Luigi Elio Adinolfi, Christian Catalini, Aldo Marrone and Maurizio Municinò et al.
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(17), 5691; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12175691
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/17/5691

6. “Association between Renal Function at Admission and COVID-19 in-Hospital Mortality in Southern Italy: Findings from the Prospective Multicenter Italian COVOCA Study”
by Raffaele Galiero, Vittorio Simeon, Giuseppe Loffredo, Alfredo Caturano, Luca Rinaldi, Erica Vetrano, Giulia Medicamento, Maria Alfano, Domenico Beccia and Chiara Brin
J. Clin. Med. 2022, 11(20), 6121; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11206121
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/11/20/6121

7. “Effect of Hyperglycemia on COVID-19 Outcomes: Vaccination Efficacy, Disease Severity, and Molecular Mechanisms”
by Celestino Sardu, Raffaele Marfella, Francesco Prattichizzo, Rosalba La Grotta, Giuseppe Paolisso and Antonio Ceriello
J. Clin. Med. 2022, 11(6), 1564; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11061564
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/11/6/1564

8. “Point-of-Care Diagnostic Tests for Detecting SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Real-World Data”
by Matteo Riccò, Pietro Ferraro, Giovanni Gualerzi, Silvia Ranzieri, Brandon Michael Henry, Younes Ben Said, Natalia Valeryevna Pyatigorskaya, Elena Nevolina, Jianhong Wu, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi et al.
J. Clin. Med. 2020, 9(5), 1515; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9051515
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/5/1515

9. “Forecasting COVID-19-Associated Hospitalizations under Different Levels of Social Distancing in Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy: Results from an Extended SEIR Compartmental Model”
by Chiara Reno, Jacopo Lenzi, Antonio Navarra, Eleonora Barelli, Davide Gori, Alessandro Lanza, Riccardo Valentini, Biao Tang and Maria Pia Fantini
J. Clin. Med. 2020, 9(5), 1492; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9051492
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/5/1492