Dear Colleagues,

As the editors-in-chief of JCM, we are pleased to announce the winners of the JCM 2021 Best Paper Awards.

The awards have been granted to:

Two Reviews:
Periodontitis: A Multifaceted Disease of Tooth-Supporting Tissues
Eija Könönen, Mervi Gursoy and Ulvi Kahraman Gursoy
J. Clin. Med. 2019, 8(8), 1135; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/jcm8081135

The Immunomodulatory Functions of Mesenchymal Stromal/Stem Cells Mediated via Paracrine Activity
Yueyuan Zhou, Yusuke Yamamoto, Zhongdang Xiao and Takahiro Ochiya
J. Clin. Med. 2019, 8(7), 1025; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/jcm8071025

One research article:
Optimizing Detection of Kidney Transplant Injury by Assessment of Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA via Massively Multiplex PCR
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
J. Clin. Med. 2019, 8(1), 19; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/8010019

Each winner (corresponding author) will receive 1000 CHF and a chance to publish a paper in JCM in 2022.

We would like to congratulate the winners on their accomplishments. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated research groups of the above exceptional papers for their contributions to JCM, and thank the Award Committee for voting and helping with these awards.

Editors-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Andrès, Prof. Dr. Michael G. Hennerici, JCM