2022: A year of research in JCSM

Article: Furnishing the cachexia landscape: A year of research in JCSM

The Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle mainly publishes research on cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle wasting disorders, but also includes papers on cancer, heart failure, ageing and many other conditions. Before November 2022, there were seen to be 775,000 downloads of the articles within the journal, with the top three countries downloading articles being China, the US and Japan. The most downloaded and cited article is entitled, Cachexia as a major underestimated and unmet medical need: facts and numbers.

This review by Frohlich A et al. aimed to review the successes of the Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle in 2022.

Key learnings

The Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle has had a successful year in 2022, with over 700,000 article downloads which were accessed worldwide with a huge global audience, including China, the US and Japan. Topics ranged from cachexia to heart failure, cancer to ageing.

Reviewed by: Z. Beketova

Authors: Frohlich A, Diek M, von Haehling S, and Anker M

Published in: J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2022