Abstract
We would like to thank our past and present editorial and production teams and our authors for cooperation in 2020. Despite of COVID-19 challenges in 2020, our journal has recently received acceptations to the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and in processing to Ulrichsweb & Ulrichs Periodicals Directory. The Proceedings of Shevchenko Scientific Society. Medical Sciences obtains manuscripts over the world [1-8]. The decision on their publications is based on potentially influential contents of interest to Ukrainian and other medical and healthcare professionals, scientists and medical students after successful critical peer review [9]. All of the editorial staff of The Proceedings of Shevchenko Scientific Society. Medical Sciences sincerely appreciates the authors’ contributions. Among them, the best corresponding authors (based on download counts of their articles and positive social media attention) are Dr. Sandor Szabo (American University Health Science, CA, USA) and Dr. Natalia Matolinets (Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine). In 2020, The Proceedings of Shevchenko Scientific Society. Medical Sciences has put all efforts to upgrade the Journal peer review standards, offering regular educational courses/webinars to advance their editorial credentials to better serve the professional interests of the Journal readers. The Proceedings of Shevchenko Scientific Society. Medical Sciences invited new editorial board members and experts for peer review of the manuscripts in 2020, and some of them received multiple invitations. We honestly appreciate the voluntary contribution of all of the members of the editorial team, executive, and editorial boards of PSSS MS and all reviewers as introduced below. Among reviewers, top peer reviewers (based on their contribution of 4 or more reviews) are Dr. Andriy Cherkas (Sanofi-Aventis-Deutschland GmbH – Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Dr. Nelia Oryshchyn (Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine), Dr. Vassyl Lonchyna (University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, United States).