AJA Outstanding Paper Award of 2018

Asian Journal of Andrology (AJA) has inaugurated the "AJA Outstanding Paper Award" since 2016, to recognize the most outstanding papers published in AJA. The outstanding papers have been selected based on quality and impact of the published work, coverage of one main theme of the journal. It is our pleasure to announce that the following 20 papers have won the AJA Outstanding Paper Award in 2018:

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• Ahmad Majzoub, Sandro C Esteves, Jaime Gosálvez, Ashok Agarwal. Specialized sperm function tests in varicocele and the future of andrology laboratory. Asian Journal of Andrology 2016; 18: 205–12.
• Jonathan Shoag, Christopher E Barbieri. Clinical variability and molecular heterogeneity in prostate cancer. Asian Journal of Andrology 2016; 18: 543–8.
• Binod Kumar, Shawn E Lupold. MicroRNA expression and function in prostate cancer: a review of current knowledge and opportunities for discovery. Asian Journal of Andrology 2016; 18: 559–67.
• Seung-Hun Song, Koji Chiba, Ranjith Ramasamy, Dolores J Lamb. Recent advances in the genetics of testicular failure. Asian Journal of Andrology 2016; 18: 350–5.
• Jared M Bieniek, Andrei P Drabovich, Kirk C Lo. Seminal biomarkers for the evaluation of male infertility. Asian Journal of Andrology 2016; 18: 426–33.
• Rute Pereira, Rosália Sá, Alberto Barros, Mário Sousa. Major regulatory mechanisms involved in sperm motility. Asian Journal of Andrology 2017; 19: 5–14.
• Steven M Mooney, Mohit Kumar Jolly, Herbert Levine, Prakash Kulkarni. Phenotypic plasticity in prostate cancer: role of intrinsically disordered proteins. Asian Journal of Andrology 2016; 18: 704–10.
• Joshua Halpern, Sameer Mittal, Keith Pereira, Shivank Bhatia, Ranjith Ramasamy. Percutaneous embolization of varicocele: technique, indications, relative contraindications, and complications. Asian Journal of Andrology 2016; 18: 234–8.
• Sylvie Breton, Ye Chun Ruan, Yoo-Jin Park, Bongki Kim. Regulation of epithelial function, differentiation, and remodeling in the epididymis. Asian Journal of Andrology 2016; 18: 3–9.
• Jun Luo. Development of AR-V7 as a putative treatment selection marker for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Asian Journal of Andrology 2016; 18: 580–5.
• Luke Simon, Armand Zini, Alina Dyachenko, Antonio Ciampi, Douglas T Carrell. A systematic review and meta-analysis to determine the effect of sperm DNA damage on in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection outcome. Asian Journal of Andrology 2017; 19: 80–90.
• Ashok Agarwal, Rakesh Sharma, Luna Samanta, Damayanthi Durairajanayagam, Edmund Sabanegh. Proteomic signatures of infertile men with clinical varicocele and their validation studies reveal mitochondrial dysfunction leading to infertility. Asian Journal of Andrology 2016; 18: 282–91.
• Yu-Chen Liu, Zhi-Ming Cai, Xue-Jun Zhang. Reprogrammed CRISPR-Cas9 targeting the conserved regions of HPV6/11 E7 genes inhibits proliferation and induces apoptosis in E7-transformed keratinocytes. Asian Journal of Andrology 2016; 18: 475–9.
• Fen Yang, Lin Li, Jian-Ping Chen, Xiao-Qin Liu, Chun-Li Zhong, Yuan Yang, Yan-Feng Ren, Wei Yuan, Hong Liang, Mao-Hua Miao. Couple's infertility in relation to male smoking in a Chinese rural area. Asian Journal of Andrology 2017; 19: 311–5.
• Salvatore Sansalone, Mauro Silvani, Rosario Leonardi, Giuseppe Vespasiani, Valerio Iacovelli. Sexual outcomes after partial penectomy for penile cancer: results from a multi-institutional study. Asian Journal of Andrology 2017; 19: 57–61.
• Ryan M Dickey, Neel Srikishen, Larry I Lipshultz, Philippe E Spiess, Rafael E Carrion, Tariq S Hakky. Augmented reality assisted surgery: a urologic training tool. Asian Journal of Andrology 2016; 18: 732–4.
• Ashok Agarwal, Rakesh Sharma, Damayanthi Durairajanayagam, Zhihong Cui, Ahmet Ayaz, Sajal Gupta, Belinda Willard, Banu Gopalan, Edmund Sabanegh. Spermatozoa protein alterations in infertile men with bilateral varicocele. Asian Journal of Andrology 2016; 18: 43–53.
• Jason R Kovac, Ryan P Smith, Miguel Cajipe, Dolores J Lamb, Larry I Lipshultz. Men with a complete absence of normal sperm morphology exhibit high rates of success without assisted reproduction. Asian Journal of Andrology 2017; 18: 39–42.
• Carly A Conran, Rong Na, Haitao Chen, Deke Jiang, Xiaoling Lin, S Lilly Zheng, Charles B Brendler, Jianfeng Xu. Population-standardized genetic risk score: the SNP-based method of choice for inherited risk assessment of prostate cancer. Asian Journal of Andrology 2016; 18: 520–4.
• Yi-Ping Zhu, Zhong-Wei Jia, Bo Dai, Ding-Wei Ye, Yun-Yi Kong, Kun Chang, Yue Wang. Relationship between circumcision and human papillomavirus infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Asian Journal of Andrology 2017; 19: 125–31.