Peer review is an essential part in the publication process, ensuring that Actuators maintains high quality standards for its published papers. In 2017, a total of 31 papers were published in the journal. Thanks to the cooperation of our reviewers, the median time to first decision was 27 days and the median time to publication was 71 days. The editors would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for their time and dedication in 2017:
| Abidi, Khalid | Liu, Shuqin |
| Cao, Xin | Liu, Tzong-shi |
| Chasalevris, Athanasios | Maas, Jürgen |
| Cheong, Joono | Merola, Alessio |
| Coskun, Bulut | Misgeld, Berno |
| Daerden, Frank | Moriello, Lorenzo |
| Dagdeviren, Canan | Müller, Bert |
| Debéda, Hélène | Murrenhoff, Hubertus |
| Deng, Mingcong | Mystkowski, Arkadiusz |
| Di, Long | Naso, David |
| Dubois, Fabien | Nurmi, Jarmo |
| Eckert, Paulo Roberto | Oldham, Kenn |
| Felton, Samuel | Pantelis, Nikolakopoulos |
| Fu, Xin | Pesch, Alexander H. |
| Gaviria-López, Carlos Alberto | Piteľ, Ján |
| Groothuis, Stefan | Plooij, Michiel |
| Gu, Guoying | Pott, Peter |
| Han, Bangcheng | Pręgowska, Agnieszka |
| Hatzfeld, Christian | Rabenorosoa, Kanty |
| Herold, Sven | Rakotondrabe, Micky |
| Hofer, Matthias | Rauch, Erwin |
| Hondori, Hossein | Ristic, Michael |
| Hošovský, Alexander | Rosendo, Andre |
| Hunstig, Matthias | Saadeh, Mohammad |
| Hur, Deog Jae | Schneider, Ben H. |
| Jang, Sung-Hwan | Serpilli, Michele |
| Jastrzebski, Rafal Piotr | Shiao, Yaojung |
| Jiang, Dong | Siqueira, Adriano |
| Jugo, Josu | Skidmore, Jeffrey |
| Kaal, William | Stanley, Andrew A. |
| Kadumudi, Firoz Babu | Su, Chun-yi |
| Kanda, Takefumi | Suzumori, Koichi |
| Kermani, Mehrdad R. | Tadrist, Loïc |
| Kiefer, Rudolf | Takosoglu, Jakub Emanuel |
| Kim, Yeongjin | Tarisciotti, Luca |
| Knospe, Carl | Vanderborght, Bram |
| Komori, Mochimitsu | Wang, Shiqian |
| Kong, Ling Bing | Wu, Jiagang |
| Kouh, Taejoon | Yeow, Chen Hua |
| LaHaye, Matthew | Zhan, Haifei |
| Lee, Jae Shin | Zhang, Dou |
| Lee, Yong Bok | Zhao, Huichan |
| Li, Shiyang | Zhou, Jin |
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