Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Medical Sciences in 2018

Rigorous peer-review is the corner-stone of high-quality academic publishing. The editorial team greatly appreciates the reviewers who contributed their knowledge and expertise to the journal’s editorial process over the past 12 months. In 2018, a total of 114 papers were published in the journal, with a median time to first decision of 21 days and a median time to publication of 47 days. The editors would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for their cooperation and dedication in 2018:

Abdeltawab Nourtan	Beninati Prof. Simone
Abuzaid Ahmed	Benitez Arciniega Alejandra
Adamantia Liapikou	Bennett James P.
Aeddula Narothama Reddy	Berckmoes Lidewyde H.
Afolayan A. J.	Bergamini Carlo
Alcázar Bernardino	Bernardini Giulia
Allen Herbert	Bessone Fernando
Alsharairi Naser	Bhave Devayani
Amthor Helge	Bidoli Ettore
Ansa Benjamin	Bircher Johannes
Antonello Nicolini	Bittner Edward A.
Anuurad Erdembileg	Bizzaro Debora
Aranki Daniel	Björkman Anders
Archer Norm	Boix Ester
Ashish Pathak	Bolaris Michael
Aspalter Rosa	Bongaerts Brenda
Aucoin Monique	Bouchecareilh Marion
Bachmann Andre	Breen Ronan A.M.C.
Bahnson Edward	Brevern Alexandre
Balmaks Reinis	Brisbois Elizaebth
Barnes Jarrod W.	Brouwer Miranda
Barnes Neil C.	Bruisten Sylvia
Barratt Shaney	buechler christa
Barrott Jared	Buendía Roldán Ivette
Basso Manuela	Bueno Marta
Bauer Moises	Burger Michael
Butler Mark	D'Eletto Manuela
Cabrera Carlos	Delorme Vincent
Caldron Paul H.	Dembiński Artur
Calle Rubio Myriam	Dkhar Hedwin Kitdorlang
Camiciottoli Gianna	Domingo-Calap Pilar
Campoy Susana	D'Onofrio Grazia
Caneiras Cátia	Du Xingrong
Capoccia Massimo	Dženkevičiūtė Vilma
Cardenas Zuniga Roberto	Edeas Marvin
Castro Pedro	Edmonds Michael
Cavallini Giorgio	Efird Jimmy
Cavoretto Paolo	Einbinder Yael
Ceccato Adrián	Ekúndayò Olúgbémiga T.
Celano Jorcin Laura	El Aidy Sahar
Cenik Basar	Erben Mauricio F.
Ceranowicz Piotr	Errichiello Edoardo
Ceroni Dimitri	Escario José
Chakraborty Raja	Fagiolini Andrea
Chang Jer-Ming	Fernando De Rezende Luiz
Chatterjee Ishita	Finegold Sydney M.
Chauhan Smit	Fischer Matthias
Chen Yi-Ming	Forbes Louisa
Chhabra Harvinder Singh	Fortes Zuleica
Clausen Johannes	Foty Ramsey A.
Cleveland John L.	Franco Elisabetta
Coelho Camila	Frank Saša
Coluccia Mauro	Frascoli Michela
Common John	Fregoso Tomas
Conduit Russell	Funder Jonas Amstrup
Cook Alonzo D.	Gabazza Esteban C.
Coussons Peter	Gamero Ana M.
Cox Laura	Gani Federica
Cox Linda S.	García Rivero Juan Luis
Crisafulli Ernesto	Gargaro Marco
Cruz Fernanda	Garraud Olivier
Cunningham Patrick	Garssen Bert
Curry Scott	Gentile Vittorio
Curtin Paul	Gerner Eugene W.
Dakhlallah Duaa	Gerratana Lorenzo
De Brum Vieira Patrícia	Gianella Camila
De Miguel-Díez Javier	Gilmour Susan
De Nardo Pasquale	Girardis Massimo
De Paco Matallana Catalina	Giron Maria Cecilia
Gizzi Alessio	Johnson Kyle
Gniadek Agnieszka	Jones Barbara E.
Goel Peeyush	Jones Malcolm
Gomez De Agüero Mercedes	Jones Robin
Goto Yoshiyuki	Ju Xinsheng
Gray Andrew	Kamijo-Ikemori Atsuko
Gray Ben	Kanaseki Takayuki
Greenberg Charles S.	Kashiwagi Shinichiro
Grieco Domenico	Kędzierska Ewa
Gris Jean Christophe	Kelchtermans Hilde
Grohmann Ursula	Kent Brianne
Gromov Irina	Kern Janet
Gualillo Oreste	Khatir Dinah S.
Gummerson Nigel	Kieffer Nicolas
Hadžović-Džuvo Almira	Kim Soo-Youl
Hagan Christopher	Kocot Joanna
Hagen Ralf Matthias	Koltz Michael T.
Han Jayoung	Komori Teruhisa
Henry Brandon Michael	Konstantinidis Theocharis G.
Hildreth Blake	Korfei Martina
Horhat Florin George	Kornguth Steven E.
Hsieh Yi-Chen	Krishna Jyoti
Hsu Lewis	Kumar Sunil
Huang Yi	Kuroda Keiji
Hui-Ching Wu	La Favor Justin D.
Hulten Kristina G.	Labarinas Sonia
Iacono Diego	La-Beck Ninh (Irene)
Ientile Riccardo	Lanbeck Peter
Igarashi Kazuei	Lebensztejn Dariusz M.
Inamura Kentaro	Ledo Ana
Irwin David C.	Lee Chi Yan Vivian
Ito Naoki	Lee Sunjae
Ivanenko Anna	Leong Paul
Ivanenko Anna	Li Shengwen Calvin
Jabłonowski Zbigniew	Li Weijuan
Jardini Maria Aparecida Neves	Li Zhilling
Jat Parmjit S.	Lin Chih-Li
Javed Mahmood	Lin Ro-Ting
Jena Prasant Kumar	Litofsky Norman Scott
Jenkins Ian	Lleo De Nalda Ana
Jin Jiefu	Lohner Karl
Jo Helen E.	Lombardi Angela
Johnson Amy K.	Lonardo Amedeo
Łoniewski Igor	Nakamura Hitomi
Losurdo Giuseppe	Nana Andre W.
Luchetti Michele	Nandi Saikat
Lumbreras Hortensia	Naumann David N.
Luppi Fabrizio	Nikiforov Mikhail
Machado Mariana V.	Nosetti Luana
Macín Stella Maris	Nowicka Grażyna
Mackay Alex	Nowotarski Shannon
Magori Krisztian	Ohshimo Shinichiro
Malan Valerie	Okada Takashi
Malik Danish	O'Neill Thomas J.
Malojcic Branko	Orbach Daniel
Márquez-Martín Eduardo	Oredsson Stina
Masalova Olga V.	Origanti Sofia
Mascherini Gabriele	Osier Nicole
Massie Clifford	Ouburg Sander
Mastorci Francesca	Pace Fabio
Mather Carey	Pajkrt Eva
Matsufuji Senya	Palini Simone
McIntosh E. David G.	Pan Xi
Medina Roxana	Parashar Deepak
Meng Yuan Xiang	Parfrey Helen
Menzel Stephan	Park Jun-Beom
Mesquita João	Park Myung Hee
Miles Wayne Owen	Park Myung Hee
Moghadamyeghaneh Zhobin	Patwari Pallavi
Monji Akira	Pavord Ian D.
Monni Giovanni	Pawelec Graham
Moores Carly	Pedersen Kim B.
Morales Suárez-Varela María M.	Penke Botond
Morese Rosalba	Pennock Nathan
Morioka Sho	Perales Alfredo
Moriwaki Kenta	Pergament Eugene
Mortensen Eric	Perticone Francesco
Moser Othmar	Peters Eva
Motawi Tarek K.	Pistelli Francesco
Motherway Mary O’connell	Piu Saha
Moturi Sricharan	Plate Manuela
Muñoz-López Francisco	Plummer Virginia
Murai Noriyuki	Pohl Gerda
Murray Thomas Scot	Polo Ester
Myles Ian A.	Potus François
Naber Kurt G.	Poudel Barun
Powell Heather	Shah Kevin S.
Prêle Cecilia	Shahi Shailesh
Prieto-Lloret Jesus	Shander Aryeh
Proudfoot Amanda E. I.	Shantz Lisa
Punganuru Surendra Reddy	Sheu Gwo-Tarng
Raknes Guttorm	Shi Feng
Ramos Victoria	Shiao S. Pamela K.
Ramtekkar Ujjwal	Sil Payel
Ramtekkar Ujjwal	Singh Vishal
Ranque Brigitte	Sivapalan Pradeesh
Rathinasabapathy Anandharajan	Sivaprakasam Sathish
Rawstorn Jonathan C.	Skatchkov Serguei
Reimann Regina R.	Soares Raquel
Reinhardt Christoph	Sosna Justyna
Relia Sachin	Sousa Nelson
Rezaei Asghar	Srivenugopal Kalkunte
Rhee Chae-Seo	Steves Claire J.
Riccio Paolo	Storm Hanne
Rodrigues Celia F.	Sundi Debasish
Rodriguez-Revenga Laia	Szondy Zsuzsa
Rolfo Alessandro	Tabolacci Claudio
Roselli Marianna	Tao Jianning
Rossi Elena	Tarantino Giovanni
Rovers John	Tauler Pedro
Ruddraraju Kasi Viswanatharaju	Teschke Rolf
Ruiz-Pérez María Victoria	Thomas Bolaji N.
Rupérez Azahara Iris	Thomas T.J.
Safoa Martin K.	Ticconi Carlo
Saha Achinto	Tomar Dhanendra
Sahay Bikash	Torrado Egídio
Sanduzzi Alessandro	Traves Suzanne
Sankavaram Kavitha	Trosman Irina
Sapey Elizabeth	Tsilioni Irene
Savoia Paola	Tuaillon Edouard
Sawai Hirofumi	Turnbull David
Schneider Marguerite	Tvedt Tor Henrik Anderson
Schweiger Martin	Urban Jill
Scotti Marcus	Van Boven Job FM
Secchi Francesco	van Dam Anne-Marie
Seckeler Michael D.	Van Der Velde Enno
Sedic Mirela	Van Dijk Jitse
Sellarés Jacob	Van Laar Tricia
Serafini Gianluca	Van Tine Brian Andrew
Vathipadiekal Vinod	Wilson Brian
Venkatesan Thiagarajan	Wilson Erin
Vercellotti Gregory	Wingfield Thomas
Verderio Elisabetta	Xiang Dongxi
Verschoor Chris	XU QINZI
Viasus Diego	Yeh Te-Huei
Vilcinskas Andreas	Zachou Kalliopi
Vinnedge Lisa Privette	Zagon Ian S.
Volicer Ladislav	Zahedi Kamyar
Wang Peng-Hui	Zakaria Dala
Wattchow David	Zarogoulidis Paul
Webster Bonnie	Zhang Ke
Weiss Shelly	Zheng Pan
Whitfield Kyle Y.	Ziejewski Mariusz
Willis Rohan