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Best of I and R

BestNew Content Item of I and R was established with the purpose of selecting and honoring high-quality, original, and outstanding research papers published in Inflammation and Regeneration, excluding review articles, between January and December of each year. The award is presented at the annual meeting of the Japanese Society for Inflammation and Regeneration, where the first author of the winning paper receives a plaque and prize.


Best of I and R 2023

Ako Matsui (Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Japan)

Increased neutrophils in inflammatory bowel disease accelerate the accumulation of amyloid plaques in the mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease
Kaneko, R., Matsui, A., Watanabe, M. et al.

Nicole Labusek (University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany)

Extracellular vesicles from immortalized mesenchymal stromal cells protect against neonatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury
Labusek, N., Mouloud, Y., Köster, C. et al.

Tina Rauchenwald (Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria)

Preadipocytes in human granulation tissue: role in wound healing and response to macrophage polarization
Rauchenwald, T., Handle, F., Connolly, C.E. et al.

Wenbo Zhao (Shandong First Medical University (Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences), Jinan, China)

Accelerating corneal wound healing using exosome-mediated targeting of NF-κB c-Rel
Zhao, W., He, X., Liu, R. et al.






The official journal of the Japanese Society of Inflammation and Regeneration.

Annual Journal Metrics

  • Citation Impact 2023
    Journal Impact Factor: 5.0
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: 7.2
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.199
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 1.720

    Speed 2023
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 10
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 87

    Usage 2023
    Downloads: 514,127
    Altmetric mentions: 317