Peer review is an essential part in the publication process, ensuring that Social Sciences maintains high quality standards for its published papers. In 2017, a total of 158 papers were published in the journal. Thanks to the cooperation of our reviewers, the median time to first decision was 34 days and the median time to publication was 77.5 days. The editors would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for their time and dedication in 2017:
| Abel, Gillian | Kugler, Katharina |
| Ahmad, Mahyudin | Kuiper, Matthew |
| Akhtar, Zahid | Kvaal, Kari |
| Alamgir, Fahreen | Lakatos, Elena Simina |
| Aliverti, Ana | LaPorte, David |
| Alksnis, Chris | Lardier, David |
| Anastasio, Phyllis | Larsen, Britt Østergaard |
| Ardèvol, Elisenda | Leaman, Oliver |
| Ashton, Daniel | Lee, Elizabeth |
| Asiyanbi, Adeniyi P. | Lefevere, Jonas |
| Atack, Iain | Leiber, Michael J. |
| Auster, Carol J. | Leicht, Kevin |
| Bailey, Benjamin | Lertola, Jennifer |
| Bailey, Michael A | Levenson, Jill |
| Baldez, Lisa | Leventi, Chrysa |
| Banchefsky, Sarah | Lewis, Diane Wei |
| Baños, Carlos Javier | Lewis, Sarah |
| Bárcena, Elena | Lewis, Shon |
| Barnes, Rebecca | Lexchin, Joel |
| Barr, Michael | Lilenfeld, Lisa |
| Barreto, Manuela | Lingam, Lakshmi |
| Barsky, Allan | Lloyd, Natalie |
| Barth, Markus | Lockley, Tim |
| Basnyat, Iccha | Loewenthal, Del |
| Beech, Suzanne | Longman, Karen |
| Beins, Agatha | Lopez-Rocha, Sandra |
| Belcher, John R. | Loriol, Marc |
| Belloni, Milena | Ludwig, Bernadette |
| Bendick, Marc | Lutnick, Alexandra |
| Berkowsky, Ronald | Ma, Yingyi |
| Berntzen, Lasse | MacDougall, Alexandra E. |
| Berthold, Anne | Maddrell, Avril |
| Best, Amy | Madiyev, Oybek |
| Beyer, Sylvia | Magee, Chris |
| Bigler, Rebecca | Maguire, Niamh |
| Bilecen, Basak | Majic, Samantha |
| Blanchard Kyte, Sarah | Malatzky, Christina |
| Boeri, Miriam W. | Malek, Amy |
| Bombelli, Giovanni | Malik, Iftikhar |
| Bond, Emma | Maloney, Thomas N. |
| Borchert, Ingo | Manago, Adriana |
| Borochkin, Alexander | Mandakovic, Vesna |
| Bowers, Jack | Marshall, Gul Aldikacti |
| Boxer, Christie F. | Martin, Maxmillian |
| Boyle, Karen | Martinez, Stephen |
| Bradatan, Cristina | Master, Allison |
| Brandt, Diane E. | Matzat, Uwe |
| Brauer, David B. | Mayrl, Damon W |
| Breckenridge, Saylor | McBee, David |
| Brennan, Louis | McBride, Keally |
| Brents, Barb | McCall, Madhavi |
| Brisman, Avi | McCarty, Alyn |
| Brown, David | McCarty, Jessica |
| Brown, Edna | McCosker, Anthony |
| Brown, Viveka | McGinley, Jared |
| Buchanan, Steven | McGinty, Emma |
| Bucken-Knapp, Gregg | McKenzie, Jordan |
| Budryte, Dovile | McKinnon, Sara |
| Bulcroft, Rick | Medeiros, Kelsey E |
| Bustamam, Amy | Miller, Carlin |
| Butler, Allan | Miller, Luis |
| Cabello, Maria | Miller, Toby |
| Callo-Concha, Daniel | Milner-Bolotin, Marina |
| Camerino, Donatella | Mintzes, Barbara |
| Carlbom, Aje | Misra, Joya |
| Carr, James | Mohan, Vik |
| Carter, Lisa | Moreau, Julie |
| Caselli, Marco | Mosley, Jacquelyn Dee |
| Caspar, Cyril L. | Moultrie, James |
| Cassese, Erin | Mowatt, Rasul A. |
| Cassilde, Stéphanie | Munt, Sally |
| Castel, Alan | Nackerud, Larry |
| Ceylan, Rauf | Nahle, Zaher |
| Ch´ng, Eugene | Narayan, Angela |
| Chen, Xiang (Peter) | Neitz, Mary Jo |
| Cheruvallil-Contractor, Sariya | Neureiter, Michael |
| Christoffersen, Gaye | Newbold, Greg |
| Cichy, Kelly | Nguyen, Trung Thanh |
| Clarkson, Alex | Niehoff, Jens-Uwe |
| Cohrs, Christopher | Nieto, Juan J. |
| Colfer, Carol | Njavro, Mario |
| Colman, Ewan | North, Amy |
| Comfort, Megan Lee | Nunes, Ana |
| Connelly, Laura | Nynäs, Peter |
| Corder, Glen | O’Brien, Robert |
| Correll, Shelley J. | O’Connor, Johnny |
| Corrin, Jay P. | Obeng-Odoom, Franklin |
| Costa Lobo, Marina | Och, Malliga |
| Cotella, Giancarlo | Oikkonen, Venla |
| Cotlear, Daniel | Olga, Sanz |
| Cox, Diane | Olson-Kennedy, Johanna |
| Coxhead, Ian | Onasch, Elizabeth |
| Craiger, Philip | Ørberg, Jakob Williams |
| Crock, Mary | Ortega, Jose Antonio |
| Crofts, Penny | Osso, Dominique |
| Crosbie, Thomas | Ostashewski, Nathaniel |
| Crow, Graham | Ostwald, Kai |
| Daechsel, Markus | Paechter, Carrie |
| Dallaire, Danielle | Pajala, Antti |
| Dannecker, Petra | Paludi, Michele |
| Daulby, Lisa | Pandit, Idrisa |
| Davidman, Lynn | Panford, Kwamina |
| Davis, Kristin | Papandreou, Maria |
| De Meo, Pasquale | Paparusso, Angela |
| Dean, Sue | Pauly, Robert J. |
| Deichmann, Ute | Pavlovskaya, Marianna |
| Delavega, Elena | Pedulla, David |
| Demaria, Federico | Pelletier, Caroline |
| Dergiades, Theologos | Pereira, Liane |
| Devine, Christopher | Perry, Barbara |
| Di Marco, Donatella | Peter, Edelsbrunner |
| Didham, Robert | Peterson, Jenny |
| Diefenbach, Sarah | Pirlott, Angela |
| Diekman, Amanda | Polychroniou, Panagiotis |
| Dillon, Michael | Poteyeva, Rita |
| Dommaraju, Premchand | Pringle, Keith |
| Donohue, William | Prior, Jason |
| Doyle, Kate | Pullen, Erin |
| Drollinger, Tanya | Quinn, Sarah |
| Dron, Jon | Quraishi, Muzammil |
| Duina, Francesco | Raby, Lee |
| Dunn, Shannon | Rahbari, Ladan |
| Durante, Katherine A. | Rahim, Lily |
| Durr, Marlese | Rahman, Rahbel |
| Dwyer, Catherine | Ralston, Margaret L. |
| Dykstra-DeVette, Tiffany A. | Ramirez, Marizen |
| Eade, John | Ramirez, Paul Michael |
| Endo, Rachel | Rashid, Salim |
| Engerman, Stanley | Rendleman, C. Matthew |
| Enriquez, Roger | Reyhner, Jon Allan |
| Facca-Miess, Tina | Reyneri, Emilio |
| Faircloth, Susan | Reynolds, Kara M. |
| Falci, Christina | Rhoades, Harmony |
| Fawcett, Barbara | Ricca, Jim |
| Fedotenkov, Igor | Rice, Lauren J. |
| Fekete, Christine | Richardson, Daniel |
| Fellman, Gordie | Ridinger, Garret |
| Feyisetan, Kale | Riley, Stephen |
| Field, Laurie | Rippey, Phyllis L. F. |
| Fischl, Andrea F.R. | Robert-McComb, Jacalyn J. |
| Fitzgerald, Terence | Roberts, David |
| Fletcher, Kara | Robinson, Erin |
| Fomby, Paula | Rocha, Helena |
| Foreman, Sharon | Rocque, Michael |
| Forssell, Stephen | Rodríguez Torres, Federico |
| Fox, Mary Frank | Rotabi, Karen |
| Fraccascia, Luca | Ryan, Susan |
| Francesconi, Enrico | Sabatier, Colette |
| Freberg, Laura | Safri, Maliha |
| Friedlmeier, Wolfgang | Sahin, Abdullah |
| Fukase, Emiko | Sánchez, Mónica Romero |
| Gago De Santos, Pilar | Sanders, Teela |
| Galuszka, Patryk | Sanderson, Matthew |
| Gant, Larry M. | Sandy, Larissa |
| Garcia, Amber L. | Sarkis, Marianne |
| Garratt, Dean | Sarzynski, Andrea |
| Gattis, Maurice | Saunders, Natasha |
| George, Purnima | Scantlebury, Michael |
| Gherghina, Stefan Cristian | Schiff, Jeannette Waegemakers |
| Gibney, Raymond | Schmidt, Silke |
| Giles, David | Schmitz, Andrew |
| Giordan, Giuseppe | Schroedter, Julia H. |
| Glicksman, Allen | Schulz, Dorothy M. |
| Go, Julian | Schwok, René |
| Gökarıksel, Banu | Selby, Jennifer |
| Goldbach, Jeremy | Senior, Kate |
| Goldberg, Rachel | Setia, Maninder |
| Golder, Seana | Shambaugh, David |
| González, Alessandra | Shanneik, Yafa |
| Goodings, Lewis | Sharer, Melissa |
| Goodman, David | Shirazi, Roozbeh |
| Granberry, Phillip | Siebers, Johan |
| Granie, Marie-Axelle | Silver, Lauren |
| Greco, Marco | Simões, Pedro |
| Greenhalgh, Susan | Simpson, Genevieve |
| Grethel, Michele | Sims, Kearrin |
| Grichanik, Mark | Skilbrei, May-Len |
| Grodsky, Brian | Skowron, Andrzej |
| Grossman, Arnold H. | Smith, Michael D. |
| Guerrero, Mario | Smith, Peter |
| Guru, Surinder | Sofroniou, Anastasia |
| Hackman, Melissa | Sonnenwald, Diane |
| Hamalian, Arpi | Spencer, Leland G. |
| Hancock, Jeff | Squires, Peter |
| Hanson, Sandra | Stafford, Bruce |
| Harkness, Sarah | Steele, Logan |
| Harlow, Siobán D. | Stein, Eleanor |
| Hartner-Tiefenthaler, Martina | Steinmetz, Christine |
| Hassan, Mona | Stevens, Dan |
| Hatzopoulos, Stavros | Stiles, Erin E. |
| Hefele, Peter | Stoet, Gijsbert |
| Herbert, David | Stonard, Karlie |
| Herzig, Abbe H. | Strasser, Daniel |
| Hidalgo, Marco A | Stratford, Elaine |
| Hill, Patricia Wonch | Strozza, Salvatore |
| Hill, Susan | Su, Dejun |
| Hindert, Nicole | Sugie, Naomi |
| Hochgerner, Josef | Sundstrom, Beth |
| Holloway, Linda | Supachalasai, Chyatat |
| Holmes, Peter | Swim, Janet |
| Hoomanawanui, Kuualoha | Tacey, David |
| Howaldt, Jürgen | Taddeo, Raffaella |
| Hsieh, Raymond J. | Tavanti, Marco |
| Hsu, Hsun-Ta | Teixeira, Carlos |
| Hughes, Michael | Tettegah, Sharon |
| Hummel, Agata | Thow, Anne Marie |
| Hutchinson, Dawn | Tinios, Platon |
| Ireland, Patrick R. | Tolay, Juliette |
| Irwin, Jay | Tonra, Ben |
| Isgor, Zeynep | Torres-Reveron, Annelyn |
| Ivanova, Maria | Trani, Jean-Francois |
| Jackson, Crystal | Travers, Ann |
| Jacobsen, Karen | Tsolas, Ioannis E. |
| Janin Rivolin, Umberto | Tuija, Virkki |
| Janseen, Simon | Vagi, Kevin |
| Janská, Eva | Valtorta, Nicole |
| Janssen, R. | Van Der Meulen, Emily |
| Janusik, Laura | Vang, Cindy |
| Jennings, Laura | Vasseur, Liette |
| Jia, Fanli | Velayutham, Selvaraj |
| Jiang, Heng (Jason) | Veneti, Anastasia |
| Johnson, Devon | Verhoef, Anné Hendrik |
| Johnson, Nicole (Nicki) | Viassone, Milena |
| Jonas, Andrew | Vik, Tennley |
| Jones, Rodney P. | Waller, Richard |
| Jones, Susanne M | Ward, Eilis |
| Joseph, Nicole M. | Warfield, Marji Erickson |
| Julian, Jason | Wark, Stuart |
| Junquera, Beatriz | Warren, Patricia Y. |
| Kabir, Ananya Jahanara | Watson, Dennis |
| Kalogiannakis, Michail | Weber, Nic |
| Kanagavel, Rajalakshmi | Webman, Esther |
| Kantarci, Burak | Wei, Xuan |
| Kaoma, Kapya | Weller, Sally |
| Karjanen, David | Weng, Yen-Chu |
| Karstedt, Susanne | Westerhout, E.W.M.T. |
| Kauppi, Pekka E. | Wharton, Amy |
| Keating, Vincent Charles | White, Kate |
| Keaton, Shaughan | Whitehouse, Hilary |
| Kendal, Sarah | Wilkes, Rima |
| Kerker, Bonnie | Wilson, Leigh |
| Kerstetter, Katie | Wilson, Nicholas Hoover |
| Kettler, David | Winchester, Hilary |
| Kim, Suk-hee | Winslett, Gary |
| Kimura, Osamu | Wise, Nicholas |
| Kingshott, Brian | Wolter, Ilka |
| Klenk, Nicole L. | Woolley, Richard |
| Klinke, Ian | Wright, Eric |
| Knowles, Stephen | Yasmeen, Samina |
| Kotzab, Herbert | Yip, Andrew |
| Krewani, Angela | Yllo, Kersti Alice |
| Kricheli-Katz, Tamar | Zidan, Tarek |
| Krienert, Jessie L. | Zwingel, Susanne |
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