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Congratulations: 84 Editorial Board Members of Metabolism and Target Organ Damage Named Among the World's Top 2% of Scientists in 2026

Published on: 13 Oct 2026 Viewed: 48

On October 7, 2026, Stanford University researchers and Elsevier released the 2026 update of the World's Top 2% Scientists database, which assesses researchers' citation impact across disciplines.

We are pleased to announce that 84 Editorial Board members of Metabolism and Target Organ Damage (M&TOD) are included in at least one of the two 2026 impact rankings. This recognition reflects their research contributions and the breadth of expertise represented on the journal's Editorial Board.

Career-Long Impact Ranking

ID	Name	Institution	Country/Region	Position
1	Lonardo, Amedeo	Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Modena (-2023)	Italy	Editor-in-Chief
2	Guan, Youfei	Dalian Medical University	China	Editor-in-Chief
3	Byrne, Christopher D	University of Southampton	UK	Honorary Editor-in-Chief
4	Targher, Giovanni	University and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona	Italy	Honorary Editor-in-Chief
5	Angrisani, Luigi	School of Medicine and Surgery - “Federico II” University of Naples	Italy	Associate Editor
6	Baffy, Gyorgy	Harvard Medical School	USA	Associate Editor
7	Fargion, Silvia R	Policlinico Hospital	Italy	Associate Editor
8	Santulli, Gaetano	City University of New York - School of Medicine	USA	Associate Editor
9	Tiribelli, Claudio	Fondazione Italiana Fegato-ONLUS	Italy	Associate Editor
10	Weiskirchen, Ralf	RWTH University Hospital Aachen	Germany	Associate Editor
11	Bataller, Ramon	University of Barcelona	Spain	Editorial Board Member
12	Bellentani, Stefano	Italian Liver Foundation	Italy	Editorial Board Member
13	Berzigotti, Annalisa	University of Bern	Switzerland	Editorial Board Member
14	Bloomgarden, Zachary T	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	USA	Editorial Board Member
15	Chan, Wah Kheong	Universiti Malaya	Malaysia	Editorial Board Member
16	Chen, Chen	The University of Queensland	Australia	Editorial Board Member
17	Cortez-pinto, Helena	Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte	Portugal	Editorial Board Member
18	Dufour, Jean-François	Centre for Digestive Diseases	Switzerland	Editorial Board Member
19	Emanuele, Enzo	2E Science	Italy	Editorial Board Member
20	Eslam, Mohammed	Westmead Hospital and University of Sydney	Australia	Editorial Board Member
21	Fabbri, Leonardo M	University of Ferrara	Italy	Editorial Board Member
22	Fan, Jiangao	Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University Medical School	China	Editorial Board Member
23	Ge, Guangbo	Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine	China	Editorial Board Member
24	Gerber, Lynn H	Inova Health System	USA	Editorial Board Member
25	Giorgino, Francesco L	University of Bari Aldo Moro	Italy	Editorial Board Member
26	Guaraldi, Giovanni	University of Modena and Reggio Emilia	Italy	Editorial Board Member
27	Kim, Donghee	Stanford University School of Medicine	USA	Editorial Board Member
28	Lai, Chihcheng	Chi Mei Medical Center	Taiwan	Editorial Board Member
29	Lavie, Carl J	University of Queensland School of Medicine	USA	Editorial Board Member
30	Li, Jianjun	Beijing Fuwai Hospital	China	Editorial Board Member
31	Lin, Ligen	University of Macau	China	Editorial Board Member
32	MacHado, Mariana	Hospital de Vila Franca de Xira	Portugal	Editorial Board Member
33	Malaguarnera, Lucia	University of Catania	Italy	Editorial Board Member
34	Mantovani, Alessandro	University and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona	Italy	Editorial Board Member
35	Nagy, Laura E	Case Western Reserve University	USA	Editorial Board Member
36	Portincasa, Piero	University of Bari Aldo Moro	Italy	Editorial Board Member
37	Roncucci, Luca	University of Modena and Reggio Emilia	Italy	Editorial Board Member
38	Sinacore, David R	Congdon School of Health Sciences at High Point University	USA	Editorial Board Member
39	Singal, Ashwani Kumar	University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine	USA	Editorial Board Member
40	Stefan, Norbert	Institute of Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases (IDM) of the Helmholtz Center Munich	Germany	Editorial Board Member
41	Stremmel, Wolfgang R	Medical Center Baden-Baden	Germany	Editorial Board Member
42	Wong, Robert J	Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System	USA	Editorial Board Member
43	Wong, Vincent Wai Sun	The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Editorial Board Member
44	Xiong, Xingjiang	China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences	China	Editorial Board Member
45	Yu, Minglung	Kaohsiung Medical University	Taiwan	Editorial Board Member
46	Zhang, Kezhong	Wayne State University School of Medicine	USA	Editorial Board Member
47	Zheng, Minghua	The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University	China	Editorial Board Member
48	Zhou, Huiping	Virginia Commonwealth University	USA	Editorial Board Member
49	Lau, George	Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital	China	Editorial Board Member
50	Mahmoud, Ayman M	Manchester Metropolitan University	UK	Young Editorial Board Member

Note: The list is presented in no particular order.

Single-Year Impact Ranking

ID	Name	Institution	Country/Region	Position
1	Lonardo, Amedeo	Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Modena (-2023)	Italy	Editor-in-Chief
2	Guan, Youfei	Dalian Medical University	China	Editor-in-Chief
3	Byrne, Christopher D	University of Southampton	UK	Honorary Editor-in-Chief
4	Targher, Giovanni	University and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona	Italy	Honorary Editor-in-Chief
5	Angrisani, Luigi	School of Medicine and Surgery - “Federico II” University of Naples	Italy	Associate Editor
6	Baffy, Gyorgy	Harvard Medical School	USA	Associate Editor
7	Ballestri, Stefano	Hospital of Pavullo	Italy	Associate Editor
8	Santulli, Gaetano	City University of New York - School of Medicine	USA	Associate Editor
9	Suzuki, Ayako	Duke University Medical Center	USA	Associate Editor
10	Tiribelli, Claudio	Fondazione Italiana Fegato-ONLUS	Italy	Associate Editor
11	Weiskirchen, Ralf	RWTH University Hospital Aachen	Germany	Associate Editor
12	Yang, Wah	The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University	China	Associate Editor
13	Bataller, Ramon	University of Barcelona	Spain	Editorial Board Member
14	Bellentani, Stefano	Italian Liver Foundation	Italy	Editorial Board Member
15	Berzigotti, Annalisa	University of Bern	Switzerland	Editorial Board Member
16	Bloomgarden, Zachary T	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	USA	Editorial Board Member
17	Bril, Fernando	University of Alabama at Birmingham	USA	Editorial Board Member
18	Chan, Wah Kheong	Universiti Malaya	Malaysia	Editorial Board Member
19	Chavez-Tapia, Norberto	Medica Sur Clinic & Foundation	Mexico	Editorial Board Member
20	Chen, Chen	The University of Queensland	Australia	Editorial Board Member
21	Cortez-pinto, Helena	Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte	Portugal	Editorial Board Member
22	Dufour, Jean-Francois	Centre for Digestive Diseases	Switzerland	Editorial Board Member
23	Emanuele, Enzo	2E Science	Italy	Editorial Board Member
24	Eslam, Mohammed	Westmead Hospital and University of Sydney	Australia	Editorial Board Member
25	Fabbri, Leonardo M	University of Ferrara	Italy	Editorial Board Member
26	Fan, Jiangao	Xinhua Hospital，Shanghai Jiaotong University Medical School	China	Editorial Board Member
27	Fu, Xianghui	West China Hospital of Sichuan University	China	Editorial Board Member
28	Ge, Guangbo	Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese	China	Editorial Board Member
29	Gerber, Lynn H	Inova Health System	USA	Editorial Board Member
30	Giorgino, Francesco L	University of Bari Aldo Moro	Italy	Editorial Board Member
31	Guaraldi, Giovanni	University of Modena and Reggio Emilia	Italy	Editorial Board Member
32	Henry, Linda L	The Global NASH Council	USA	Editorial Board Member
33	Keating, Shelley E	The University of Queensland	Australia	Editorial Board Member
34	Kharbanda, Kusum Kusum	University of Nebraska Medical Center	USA	Editorial Board Member
35	Kim, Donghee	Stanford University School of Medicine	USA	Editorial Board Member
36	Lai, Chihcheng	Chi Mei Medical Center	Taiwan	Editorial Board Member
37	Lavie, Carl J	University of Queensland School of Medicine	USA	Editorial Board Member
38	Lee, Yong-ho	Yonsei University College of Medicine	South Korea	Editorial Board Member
39	Li, Jianjun	Beijing Fuwai Hospital	China	Editorial Board Member
40	Lin, Ligen	University of Macau	China	Editorial Board Member
41	MacHado, Mariana	Hospital de Vila Franca de Xira	Portugal	Editorial Board Member
42	Malaguarnera, Lucia	University of Catania	Italy	Editorial Board Member
43	Mantovani, Alessandro	University and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona	Italy	Editorial Board Member
44	Martinez-Chantar, MariaLuz	Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA)	Spain	Editorial Board Member
45	Nagy, Laura E	Case Western Reserve University	USA	Editorial Board Member
46	Osna, Natalia A	University of Nebraska Medical Center	USA	Editorial Board Member
47	Ponziani, Francesca Romana	Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS	Italy	Editorial Board Member
48	Portincasa, Piero	University of Bari Aldo Moro	Italy	Editorial Board Member
49	Pouwels, Sjaak	University Hospital of Ruhr University Bochum	Germany	Editorial Board Member
50	Sinacore, David R	Congdon School of Health Sciences at High Point University	USA	Editorial Board Member
51	Singal, Ashwani Kumar	University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine	USA	Editorial Board Member
52	Stefan, Norbert	Institute of Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases (IDM) of the Helmholtz Center Munich	Germany	Editorial Board Member
53	Stremmel, Wolfgang R	Medical Center Baden-Baden	Germany	Editorial Board Member
54	Sun, Feng	Peking University	China	Editorial Board Member
55	Wang, Tiange	Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine	China	Editorial Board Member
56	Wei, Gang	Beijing Tongren Hospital	China	Editorial Board Member
57	Wong, Robert J	Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System	USA	Editorial Board Member
58	Wong, Vincent Wai Sun	The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Editorial Board Member
59	Xiong, Xingjiang	China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences	China	Editorial Board Member
60	Yang, Jichun	Peking University Health Science Center	China	Editorial Board Member
61	Yu, Minglung	Kaohsiung Medical University	Taiwan	Editorial Board Member
62	Zhang, Kezhong	Wayne State University School of Medicine	USA	Editorial Board Member
63	Zheng, Lemin	Peking University	China	Editorial Board Member
64	Zheng, Minghua	The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University	China	Editorial Board Member
65	Zhou, Huiping	Virginia Commonwealth University	USA	Editorial Board Member
66	Lau, George	Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital	China	Editorial Board Member
67	Meroni, Marica	Università degli Studi di Milano	Italy	Young Editorial Board Member
68	Scorletti, Eleonora	University of Pennsylvania	USA	Young Editorial Board Member
69	Mahmoud, Ayman M	Manchester Metropolitan University	UK	Young Editorial Board Member
70	Yang, Yoon-mee	Kangwon National University	South Korea	Young Editorial Board Member
71	Patoulias, Dimitrios Ioannis	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Greece	Young Editorial Board Member
72	Ciardullo, Stefano	University of Milano-Bicocca	Italy	Young Editorial Board Member
73	Diaz, Luis Antonio	University of California San Diego	USA	Young Editorial Board Member
74	Chen, An-Tian	Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College	China	Young Editorial Board Member
75	Nie, Xuqiang	Zunyi Medical University	China	Young Editorial Board Member
76	Cai, Xintian	Hypertension Center of People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region	China	Young Editorial Board Member
77	Fan, Xiude	Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University	China	Young Editorial Board Member
78	Shang, Anquan	Affiliated Lianyungang Clinical College of Nantong University	China	Young Editorial Board Member
79	Zhang, Weiyue	Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology	China	Young Editorial Board Member
80	Wu, Zenghong	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	China	Young Editorial Board Member
81	Ma, Liang	West China Hospital of Sichuan University	China	Young Editorial Board Member
82	Zhou, Xiaodong	The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University	China	Young Editorial Board Member

Note: Entries are grouped by editorial role, not by ranking position.

Together, these inclusions highlight the international reach of M&TOD's Editorial Board.

We congratulate all 84 recognized Editorial Board members on this recognition. We look forward to their continued contributions to the journal and to advancing research in metabolism and target organ damage.

Editor: Zoe Liu
Language Editor: Amir Khan
Production Editor: Xingyue Luo
Respectfully Submitted by the Editorial Office of Metabolism and Target Organ Damage

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