IJMBS Receives its First Impact Factor: A New Landmark

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Welcome to the third issue of Volume 15 of the Ibnosina Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. The issue has a variety of articles, including a viewpoint, a review, four original articles, and a Letter to the Editor. Elkhammas and colleagues presented their views on the status and challenges of medical education in Libya as an example of the 21st century’s impact on a developing country. The review article Nasr Anaizi describes the impact of uric acid on human health beyond gout and kidney stones. The four original articles address different issues. First, Aledany and colleagues assessed hypogonadism among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with male erectile dysfunction. Second, Anthony Eni et al described the spectrum, clinicopathologic profile, and p16 expression pattern of nonmalignant cervical tissues in Enugu in South-East of Nigeria. Third, Shafe Shadhar Thahab studied the predictors of hypothyroidism after thyroid lobectomy in Iraq. Finally, Mohamed Idhris studied the research status and future trends of angioplasty: a bibliometric analysis in CiteSpace. In a letter to the editor, Rissardo and Caprara elaborated the neuroprotective effect of metformin. We hope the contents will be of interest to our readers. As this issue was going to print, we have just received important news that represent a major land mark for the journal. We have just heard that Ibnosina Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences as an indexed journal in the Web of Science has received its maiden impact factor of 0.2 by Clarivate Analytics. We hope that this step will now encouragemore academics and institutions to submit more articles to the Journal. We are very grateful to the publisher and the authors, reviewers and editors over the years.