Peer review is an essential part in the publication process, ensuring that Brain Sciences maintains high quality standards for its published papers. In 2017, a total of 160 papers were published in the journal. Thanks to the cooperation of our reviewers, the median time to first decision was 26 days and the median time to publication was 58.5 days. The editors would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for their time and dedication in 2017:
| Abhishek Desai | John Magnotti |
| Adel Helmy | John Rolston |
| Adrian Parke | Jon Henner |
| Agnieszka Fiszer | Joohyung Lee |
| Akassoglou Katerina | José Rouillard |
| Akiko Tamasaki | Josep Esteve-Romero |
| Alan Dorval | Josephine Barnes |
| Alan G. Finkel | Joshua Park |
| Alan Winston | Judith S. Miller |
| Alcy R. Torres | Julie A. Grieco |
| Alejandro López Tobón | Julie Gros-Louis |
| Alessandro Didonna | Julio Ortega |
| Alessandro Tonacci | Jyoti Mishra |
| Alexander U. Brandt | Karolina Moustopoulou |
| Allen L. Ho | Kate Karelina |
| Amanda M. Brown | Kathryn M. Yorkston |
| Amanda Seidl | Kathy Carter |
| Amy Mandaville | Kathy Mountjoy |
| Ana Ledo | Katsuhiko Nishimori |
| André A. Fenton | Katsura Takano |
| Andre Strydom | Kavitha Yaddanapudi |
| Andreas Luft | Kaylah Lalonde |
| Andreas Schulze | Kevin C. Brennan |
| Andrej Kral | Kevin J. Black |
| Andres M. Lozano | Kevin Schalinskie |
| Andrew Bagshaw | Kirsten R. Müller-Vahl |
| Andrew C. Talk | Kylie Bailey |
| Andrew J. Solomon | Laraine Winter |
| Andrew Post | Larisa Poluektova |
| Andriy Temko | Larry Abel |
| Ángel Romero Martínez | Lee Campbell |
| Angela Narayan | Leena Mohapatra |
| Anita Riecher-Rössler | Leher Singh |
| Ann B. Ragin | Leonard Verhagen Metman |
| Anna Fogdell-Hahn | Lesley Jones |
| Anna J. Esbensen | Leslie Swanson |
| Anne Beemelmanns | Leyan Xu |
| Anne Dezetter | Lili-Naz Hazrati |
| Anouk Y. J. M. Smeets | Lin Zhu |
| Anthony Akkari | Lindsay D. Nelson |
| Anthony R. Mawson | Lisa Wise-Faberowski |
| Antonella Scorziello | Lise Eliot |
| Antonino F. Germano | Litofsky N. Scott |
| Antonio De Tanti | Lora Talley Watts |
| Apit Hemakom | Loren Marulis |
| Armin Fuchs | Lori-Ann R. Sacrey |
| Arthur A. Vandenbark | Luca Casartelli |
| Ashraf S. Gorgey | Luis R. Peraza |
| Athanasia Mouzaki | Lyn O’Grady |
| Atsuhiro Nakagawa | Lynn Ulatowski |
| Balapal S. Basavarajappa | Madelyn Ray |
| Barbara S. Koppel | Marcel Giezen |
| Barbara Tettenborn | Marcello Ciaccio |
| Bengt Källén | Marco Carotenuto |
| Bilal Khokhar | Marcus Chen |
| Boris Kotchoubey | Marcus Grimm |
| Brendan Rooney | Maria Cabello |
| Brent Kious | Maria Chahrour |
| Brian Christie | Maria Chiara Buscarinu |
| Brian Nils Lundstrom | Maria Christina Sergaki |
| Brooke N. Macnamara | Maria Hernandez |
| Bruce Lyeth | Maria Luca |
| Bruno Meloni | Mariko Saito |
| Bryan Duckham | Marion Ehrich |
| Bryan Howell | Marita Pruessner |
| Calvin Li | Mark B. Detweiler |
| Cameron B. Jeter | Mark R. N. Kotter |
| Camila Aquino | Markus Wettstein |
| Carlotta Zanaboni Dina | Martha Michalkiewicz |
| Carmela Bravaccio | Martijn Baart |
| Carmelo Lucio Sturiale | Martin Gerbert Frasch |
| Caroline Junge | Martin Spüler |
| Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda | Martina Ardizzi |
| Cecilia Giulivi | MARVIN R. Diaz |
| Cédric Galera | Mary Motz |
| Charles A. Nelson | MATTHEW ROBSON |
| Chi-Chang Huang | Matthias Hohmann |
| Chloe Lane | Meera E. Modi |
| Christian P. Müller | Melanie Morrison |
| Christian Salvatore | Melanie Pina |
| Christine Winter | Melissa Barber |
| Christopher Miller | Melissa Raven |
| Christopher-James Harvey | Michael A. Ben-Avie |
| Claire O’Callaghan | Michael D. Rawlins |
| Clare Harrop | Michael Johnston |
| Claudia Maennel | Michael Perlis |
| Claudio Liguori | Michael Schaefer |
| Clea Warburton | Michael Yoong |
| Clement Hamani | Michal Mielcarek |
| Clodagh Nolan | Michel Billiard |
| Cynthia R. Gross | Mila Vulchanova |
| Damian A. Stanley | Mohd. Farooq Shaikh |
| Damian Jenkins | Mohtashem Samsam |
| Damir Janigro | Montserrat Zurrón |
| Daniel Cohen | Monty Silverdale |
| Daniel Peterson | Myra Fernandes |
| Daniel Swingley | Nafisa M. Jadavji |
| Dario D. Lofrumento | Nathanael J. Yates |
| Dario Siniscalco | Navkiran Kalsi |
| David Bar-Or | Nawei Sun |
| David Facal | Nesha Burghardt |
| David M. Fergusson | Niccolò Mora |
| David M. Schnyer | Nicholas Altieri |
| David P. Gavin | Nicole Osier |
| David R. Shprecher | Nikolaos Ziogas |
| David T. Denhardt | Nnamdi Pole |
| David W. Evans | Noémie Auclair Ouellet |
| David Wagner | Noman Naseer |
| David Ziegler | Nora Vanegas Arroyave |
| Davide Barbagallo | Núria Esteve-Gibert |
| Deane Aikins | Olaf Hauk |
| DeAnna L. Adkins | Oliver Quarrell |
| Deborah Ferguson | Onintza Sagredo |
| Denise Gobert | Owen Carmichael |
| Denise Sharon | Ozgul Gok |
| Dennis W. Vane | Paisit Paueksakon |
| Devanshi Seth | Panagiotis Bamidis |
| Devin W. McBride | Paola Rusmini |
| Dhanabalan Murali | Paolo Calabresi |
| Diego Torres-Russotto | Patricia Broderick |
| Domenico De Berardis | Patricia K. Coyle |
| Domenico Servello | Patrícia Maciel |
| Dominic Cheng | Patrizia Giannoni |
| Dora Lozsadi | Paul E. Greene |
| Douglas Weldon | Paul Gorczynski |
| Dwight Pierce | Paul Williamson |
| E. Richard Stanley | Peik Gustafsson |
| Eberhard Uhl | Peter C. Van Der Ende |
| Edward V. Quadros | Peter E. Wais |
| Edward Vul | Peter N. Steinmetz |
| Egilius L. H. Spierings | Peter Rumney |
| Eiichi Suehiro | Philip Hazell |
| Eling De Bruin | Philippe Schucht |
| Elizabeth A. Strickland | Phillip Tseng |
| Emily D. Ricketts | Phu Hoang |
| Emily Edmonds | Pierre Duquette |
| Emily S. Nichols | Pierre Roubertoux |
| Eric Braverman | Pieter J. Hoekstra |
| Eric Glasgow | Pranela Rameshwar |
| Eric Verin | Qingzhong Ren |
| Erik Sistermans | Radwa Badawy |
| Erika Skoe | Rakesh Kumar Tiwari |
| Erwin B. Montgomery | Ramon Y. Birnbaum |
| Eugene Park | Rany Makaryus |
| Fabiana Geraci | Rasheda Arman Chowdhury |
| Fabio Campanella | Ray Meddis |
| Fabio Di Domenico | Rebecca Fortgang |
| Farid Rahimi | Rebecca Park |
| Felix Jimenez-Rondan | Remy Bation |
| Felix Septianto | Renee Hollingsworth |
| Feng Geng | Reto Stocker |
| Feng Gu | Ricardo S. Osorio |
| Feng Vankee Lin | Richard C. Deth |
| Fernando L. Vale | Richard E. Mains |
| Filmer Chu | Richard Frye |
| Firas Bannout | Richard J. Youle |
| Florence Gressier | Rifai Chai |
| Florence Levy | Robert B. Michael |
| Florien Boele | Robert G. Mair |
| Florin Despa | Robert Gonzalez |
| Francesco Bartoli | Robert Kotloski |
| Francesco Carlo Morabito | Robert Lalonde |
| Francesco Rigoli | Robert R. Hansebout |
| Francisca S Rodriguez | Robert T. Mallet |
| Francisca S. Rodriguez | Rocco Salvatore Calabro |
| Franco Gemignani | Rodger J. Elble |
| Frank Flemisch | Rodrigo Noseda |
| Frédéric Causeret | Romain Vuillefroy De Silly |
| Frederik Steyn | Rosella Abeti |
| Fredrik Karlsson | Rosemary Sheehan |
| Friedemann Paul | Rupsa Datta |
| Fulvio Lauretani | Russell Schachar |
| Gabriel G. De La Torre | Ryan A. Stevenson |
| Gabriela G. Werner | Samuel Frank |
| Ganesh Naik | Sandy Shultz |
| Garnett P. McMillan | Sanjay Maggirwar |
| Gary Simon | Sarah Bayless |
| Gayannée Kedia | Sarah Hellewell |
| Geon Ho Bahn | Sarah Lageman |
| Georg Widhalm | Sarah Rabbitt |
| George Chrousos | Scott R. Schroeder |
| George Opie | Sebastian Gluth |
| Georgios Paslakis | Shashi S. Seshia |
| Gholson Lyon | Shervin Assari |
| Giacomo Vivanti | Shraddha Rege |
| Gianluca Serafini | Shyam Seetharaman |
| Giordano D'Urso | Signy Sheldon |
| Giovanni Assenza | Siobhain M. O'mahony |
| Giri Kumar Chandaka | Soledad Zarate |
| Glen Bergeron | Sonja Scholz |
| Gordon Harper | Sonya L. Jakubec |
| Gregory Fricchione | Sophia Frangou |
| Gregory Heath | Stan Kutcher |
| Gregory P. Mueller | Stéphanie Chambaron-Ginhac |
| Guennadi Saiko | Stephen Holland |
| Gurudutt Pendyala | Stephen Honeybul |
| H. Lee Swanson | Stephen R. Jackson |
| Hans Van Der Steen | Stephen Sawcer |
| Hans-Gert Bernstein | Steven A. J. Chamuleau |
| Harrison C. Walker | Steven Passmore |
| Hasse Walum | Susan J. Nicolson |
| Heather Bowling | Susan Jerger |
| Hideya Kodama | Susann M. Brady-Kalnay |
| Hiran Thabrew | Su-Youne Chang |
| Hiroaki Wakimoto | Sven Kroener |
| Hirokazu Doi | T. Dianne Langford |
| Holly Bowen | Taku Hatano |
| Hon Wah Lee | Tatjana Aue |
| Hong Jiao | Terri Pogoda |
| Hovagim Bakardjian | Thanh Dang-Vu |
| Howard Chertkow | Thérèse M. Jay |
| Howard Prentice | Thomas Heinbockel |
| Ilya Bezprozvanny | Thomas W. Weickert |
| Inga D. Neumann | Tilman Hensch |
| Ingvild Saksvik-Lehouillier | Timothy J. Crow |
| Isaac T. Schiefer | Timothy Rittman |
| Itoh Yasuhiro | Tobias Derfuss |
| J. Leigh Leasure | Tobias S. Andersen |
| Jacqueline E. Reznik | Töres Theorell |
| Jaishankar Bharatharaj | Trinidad Montero-Melendez |
| Jake Neumann | Trishna Patel |
| James Adams | Ulrich Palm |
| James O'Callaghan | Vicki L. Kristman |
| James R. Couch | Victor Rivera |
| Jannette Rodríguez-Pallares | Victor V. Dyakin |
| Jared W. Young | Victoria M. Leavitt |
| Javier Ortuño-Sierra | Vincent R. Harley |
| Jayashri Ghosh | Vincenzo Guidetti |
| Jean R. Hughes | Vincenzo Natale |
| Jean-Philippe Langevin | Virginia V. W. McIntosh |
| Jennifer Beer | Vishwanath Sankarasubramanian |
| Jennifer L. Lyons | Wenchao Zhou |
| Jennifer Rodger | Wendy O. Kalberg |
| Jeroen L. A. Pennings | Wilhelm Mistiaen |
| Jérôme Brunelin | William D. Kearns |
| Jérôme Devy | Wissam Deeb |
| Jerzy Bodurka | Wolfgang Mann |
| Jessica Robin | Woo-Yang Kim |
| Jia Cheng | Xiaobing Yuan |
| Jie Shi | Xueni Pan |
| Jill Crittenden | Yadvinder Ahi |
| Jinyuan Wang | Yang Zhang |
| Joachim Fandrey | Ye Xiong |
| Jodi M Heaps | Yuan-Pin Lin |
| Joerg Wischhusen | Yuri Bozzi |
| Johanna Bick | Yvonne Hoeller |
| John Gruzelier | Zhuo Xing |
| John L. Woodard |
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