Announcement of the M&TOD 2022 Best Paper Award Recipients

We are delighted to unveil the recipients of the prestigious "Metabolism and Target Organ Damage (M&TOD) Best Paper Award 2022", acknowledging three outstanding papers.

Following a meticulous review of the published articles submitted between May 1, 2021, and December 31, 2022, the M&TOD committee has selected three remarkable papers. The first prize of US$1,000, the second prize of US$800, and the third prize of US$500 have been awarded, each accompanied by an electronic certificate signed by the Editor-in-Chief.

Listed below are the titles and corresponding authors of the awarded articles. We wholeheartedly encourage everyone to read, share, and disseminate these exceptional papers!

1. Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography for the detection of hepatic steatosis: an updated meta-analysis of observational studies.      
Corresponding Author: Prof. Giovanni Targher and Dr. Alessandro Mantovani from the University of Verona, Italy.          
Cite this article: Ballestri S, Mantovani A, Byrne CD, Lonardo A, Targher G. Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography for the detection of hepatic steatosis: an updated meta-analysis of observational studies. Metab Target Organ Damage 2021;1:7. http://dx.doi.org/10.20517/mtod.2021.05      
Free to read: https://www.oaepublish.com/articles/mtod.2021.05

2. The Fatty liver Index  (FLI) 15 years later: a reappraisal Corresponding Author:  Prof. Amedeo Lonardo from Ospedale Civile di Baggiovara, Italy.
Corresponding Author:  Prof. Amedeo Lonardo from Ospedale Civile di Baggiovara, Italy.      
Cite this article: Lonardo A, Ballestri S, Bedogni G, Bellentani S, Tiribelli C. The Fatty liver Index  (FLI) 15 years later: a reappraisal. Metab Target Organ Damage 2021;1:10. http://dx.doi.org/10.20517/mtod.2021.08      
Free to read: https://www.oaepublish.com/articles/mtod.2021.08

3. Effect of cofactors on NAFLD/NASH and MAFLD -a paradigm illustrating the pathomechanics of organ dysfunction      
Corresponding Author: Prof. Amedeo Lonardo from Ospedale Civile di Baggiovara, Italy.      
Cite this article: Lonardo A, Singal AK, Osna N, Kharbanda KK. Effect of cofactors on NAFLD/NASH and MAFLD - a paradigm illustrating the pathomechanics of organ dysfunction. Metab Target Organ Damage 2022;2:12. http://dx.doi.org/10.20517/mtod.2022.14      
Free to read: https://www.oaepublish.com/articles/mtod.2022.14

Editor: Jennifer Lee
Language Editor: Catherine Yang
Production Editor: Kenny Wu
Respectfully Submitted by the Editorial Office of Metabolism and Target Organ Damage