The TJEM Best Citation Award 2021
Awardees

The most cited paper among original articles/case reports published by the TJEM in 2018-2019.
24 citations during 2018-2020

Title: Painless Thyroiditis and Fulminant Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in a Patient
Treated with an Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor, Nivolumab

Authors: Kanako Sakurai, Satsuki Niitsuma, Ryota Sato, Kazuhiro Takahashi,
Zenei Arihara (Tohoku J. Exp. Med. 2018; 244: 33-40)

The most cited paper among original articles/case reports published by the TJEM in 2015-2019.
116 citations during 2015-2020

Title: Systemic Immune-inflammation Index, Based on Platelet Counts and
Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio, Is Useful for Predicting Prognosis in Small Cell
Lung Cancer

Authors: Xuan Hong, Baohong Cui, Meng Wang, Zhaoyang Yang, Li Wang,
Qingyong Xu (Tohoku J. Exp. Med. 2015; 236: 297-304)

The TJEM Best Citation Award is awarded to the authors, whose original article or case report published during the previous two or five years in the Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine are the most cited in the subsequent three or six years. Awardees of the TJEM Best Citation Award are determined by the Editorial Board of the TJEM every year.

The certificate of the TJEM Best Citation Award is presented to the first author, and to all the authors in an electronic format (PDF).

The awarded first author is invited to submit either an original article, a case report or a review article to the TJEM. The manuscript should be submitted to the TJEM within one year after awarded, and will be subject to peer review. No publication fee is required.