Peer review is an essential part in the publication process, ensuring that Societies maintains high quality standards for its published papers. In 2017, a total of 38 papers were published in the journal. Thanks to the cooperation of our reviewers, the median time to first decision was 32.5 days and the median time to publication was 74 days. The editors would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for their time and dedication in 2017:
| Alemdaroğlu, Ayça | Lubberink, Rob |
| Andersen, Heidi Lene | Lupton, Deborah |
| Angelo, Hillary | Lyons, Sean T. |
| Ansa, Benjamin | Macmillan, Sebastian |
| Aponte-Parés, Luis | Manning, Nathan |
| Ashraf, Badar | McClean, Stuart |
| Assari, Shervin | McLaughlin, Hugh |
| Atukeren, Erdal | Mclaughlin, Janice |
| Bader, Barbara | Menjívar, Cecilia |
| Bainbridge, John (Jay) K | Migliavacca, Mauro |
| Baran, Mette L. | Moro-Egido, Ana I. |
| Barranco Ruiz, Yaira | Murphy, Emma |
| Baumgarth, William P. | Nguyen, Cuong |
| Behnia, Behnam | Nie, Peng |
| Bergdahl, Celena Schede | Nierling, Linda |
| Bergh, Andreas | Nisticò, Rosanna |
| Berkowsky, Ronald | Nunes, Sara |
| Blázquez, Maribel | Ostlund, Britt |
| Boan, David | O'Toole, Therese |
| Bulkeley, Kim | Oyewole, Samuel |
| Butler, Michelle | Pallas, Christopher L. |
| Campos, Joana | Parham, Susan |
| Cappa, Francesco | Parr, Sadie |
| Cheng, Jia | Pattusamy, Murugan |
| Civit Balcells, Anton | Pecchioni, Loretta |
| Coddington, Kate | Pérez-Zepeda, Mario Ulises |
| Cuthill, Fiona | Pes, Giovanni Mario |
| Das, Ranjana | Price, Dan |
| Delgado, Paulo | Rainsford, Emily |
| DeLong-Bas, Natana J. | Redshaw, Sarah |
| Dias, Sofia B. | Rieger, Janice |
| Dinham, Adam | Riggio, Heidi R. |
| Doevendans, Kees | Rivas, Carol |
| Dykstra-DeVette, Tiffany A. | Roberts, Ken |
| Edwards, Geoffrey | Rogowski, Robert |
| Edwards, Kathy | Russell-Mundine, Gabrielle |
| Ensign, Prescott C. | Sabatinelli, Stefania |
| Eriksson, Charli | Salvia, Rosanna |
| Fabbre, Vanessa | Sassi, Paola |
| Falcus, Sarah | Scheel, Inger |
| Firmino, Horacio | Schlag, Paul |
| Fletcher, Thomas | Schwab, Keri |
| Flynn, Michael | Schwartz, Joseph |
| Forrest, Walter | Senior, Kate |
| Fox, Nicole | Serpa, Sandro |
| Gallistl, Vera | Setia, Maninder |
| Goltz, Dustin Bradley | Silva, Julio Andrade |
| Gomberg-Muñoz, Ruth | Simplican, Stacy Clifford |
| Granados Sanchez, Jesus | Smith, Mark |
| Granberry, Phillip | Sosa, Asenet |
| Griebling, Tomas L. | Soytemel, Ebru |
| Gustafsson, Nils | Stefanone, Michael A. |
| Gustafsson, Susanne | Steinberg, Stacey |
| Hadjileontiadou, Sofia | Tanggaard, Pernille |
| Hand, Martin | Tellidis, Ioannis |
| Harrison, Sarah | Thielke, Stephen |
| Hart, Algerian | Thompson, Jill |
| Harvey, Jack | Treviranus, Jutta |
| Hiramoto, Mie | Tzoumakis, Stacy |
| Holcombe, Sarah | Urschler, David |
| Hovgaard, Gestur | Van Den Bos, Kees |
| Jensen, Irene | VAN HOYE, Aurélie |
| Johner, Randy | Vertinsky, Patricia |
| Jörg, Frederike | Villalobos, Cristóbal Macías |
| Kaufman, David | Villeneuve, Michelle |
| Kelly, Erin | Watts, Paul |
| Kempas, Ilpo | Weiner, Dana |
| Kidron, Carol | Wells, Yvonne |
| Kluka, Darlene | Wesseler, Justus |
| Krymkowski, Daniel | Wiedemann, Florian |
| Lamarche, Larkin | Wijk, Katarina |
| Lechner, Clemens | Willems, Catherine |
| Legrand, Timothy | Williamson, Howard |
| Li, Manyu | Wolbring, Tobias |
| Limborg, Hans Jørgen | Wolff, Lili-Ann |
| Loos, Eugène | Yazdani, Amin |
| Low, Jacqueline |
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