Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Coatings in 2017

Peer review is an essential part in the publication process, ensuring that Coatings maintains high quality standards for its published papers. In 2017, a total of 250 papers were published in the journal. Thanks to the cooperation of our reviewers, the median time to first decision was 18.5 days and the median time to publication was 49 days. The editors would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for their time and dedication in 2017:

Abdul-Aziz, Ali	Li, Guoqing
Abella, Laura Sánchez	Li, Jiantong
Ahmadkhany, Donya	Li, Xiaojun
Akafuah, Nelson K.	Li, Jichao
Akitsu, Tetsuya	Lim, Khoon
Akoshima, Megumi	Lim, Yee Fun
Albano, Marta	Lin, Chao-Sung
Al-Bataineh, Sameer	Lin, Jonqlan
Alina, Alina	Lin, Jing-Chie
Alipour, Yousef	Lin, Junren
AlMangour, Bandar	Liu, Wei-Ren
Altgen, Michael	Liu, Xu-Qing
Altmann, Brigitte	Lo Conte, Antonietta
Amendola, Roberta	López De Lacalle, Luis Norberto
Amiri, Ali	Loprencipe, Giuseppe
Ando, Yasutaka	Lorenzi, Andrea
Anicai, Liana	Lorenzo, Miguel
Anthony, Ricky	Los, Przemyslaw
Antunes, Maria Dulce	Łosiewicz, B.
Araneo, Rodolfo	Lota, Grzegorz
Araujo, Daniel	Luber, Sandra
Argia, Katsuhiko	Lukaszkowicz, Krzysztof
Arias, José L.	Lusvarghi, Luca
Arriortua, María-isabel	Łyszkowski, Radosław
Attar, Hooyar	Madasamy, Thangamuthu
Attia, Mondher Helmi	Maeda, Tomoki
Auciello, Orlando	Malakizadi, Amir
Auclair, Nicolas	Mali, S. A.
Auffermann, Gudrun	Malucelli, Giulio
Aurangzeb, Qazi	Mandracci, Pietro
Bachmann, Marcel	Mang, Tia
Baczmański, Andrzej	Mangolini, Filippo
Bahk, Je-Hyeong	Mankelevich, Yuri A.
Ballarin, Barbara	Mankey, Gary
Bampoulis, Pantelis	Mannari, Vijay
Bankiewicz, Dorota	Manthina, Venkata
Barringer, Sheryl	Manukyan, Khachatur V.
Barrios, Lleonard	Marino, Attilio
Barry, Carol	Marlow, Frank
Bartuli, Cecilia	Marszalek, Marta
Bassani, Marco	Martinelli, Elisa
Bäßler, Ralph	Martinelli, Enzo
Bastarrachea, Luis J.	Martins, Rodrigo
Bauer, Franqois	Marton, Marian
Bayer, Ilker S.	Maru, Marcia M.
Beake, Ben D.	Masuda, Yoshitake
Behnood, Ali	Matsoukas, Themis
Beliatis, Michail	Matsudaira, Mitsuo
Bella, Federico	Matsushima, Toshinori
Bellayer, Séverine Patricia	Matusiak, Malgorzata
Benco, Lubomir	Mazzotta, Francesco
Benedic, Fabien	Megaridis, Constantine M.
Berret, Jean-François	Meillot, Erick
Berto, Filippo	Mekonnen, Tizazu H.
Bertrand, Ghislaine	Memarzadeh, Kaveh
Bhandari, Khagendra	Menabue, Ledi
Bhattacharya, Sandip	Micheli, Davide
Bhowmick, Sukanta	Mikula, Marián
Bickermann, Matthias	Mills, David
Biesuz, Mattia	Minami, Ichiro
Biffi, Carlo Alberto	Minea, Alina Adriana
Binek, Christian	Mitsuishi, Masaya
Bird, Keith	Mohtadi Bonab, Mohammad Ali
Birleanu, Corina	Molin, Sebastian
Bittkau, Karsten	Momeni, Soroush
Biziks, Vladimirs	Monchau, Francine
Blanchette, Robert A.	Monetta, Tullio
Blanco-Valera, Maria Teresa	Montgomery, M.
Boeffel, Christine	Moraczewski, Krzysztof
Boichot, R.	Morávková, Zuzana
Bolelli, Giovanni	Moreau, Christian
Bonet, M.	Moskal, G.
Borderon, Caroline	Motz, Guenter
Bormashenko, Edward	Mucha, Jacek
Böttger, P. H. Michael	Müller-Buschbaum, Peter
Boudouvis, Andreas G.	Munz, Richard J.
Bourham, Mohamed	Musil, Jindřích
Bourikas, Kyriakos	Muszynski, Larry
Boxman, Raymond L.	Mutyala, Kalyan
Bradley, Layne	Nag, Manoj
Brantley, William A.	Nakamura, Takashi
Breidenstein, Bernd	Nakayama, Keiji
Briois, Pascal	Nakazawa, Hideki
Brischke, Christian	Näkki, Jonne
Brown, Ian	Naoe, Takashi
Brychcy-Rajska, Ewa	Narciso, Javier
Brycki, Bogumił	Nasrollahi, Amir
Buonocore, Francesco	Nawani, Pranav
Buskens, Pascal	Nazarov, Andrej P.
Caggiano, Antonio	Nedfors, Nils
Cai, Feng	Nedved, Brian T.
Calvo-Guirado, José Luis	Nejad, Mojgan
Camerlingo, Carlo	Nemes, Norbert M.
Camões, Aires	Newkirk, Joseph W.
Candamano, Sebastiano	Nguyen, Tuyen
Cantisani, Giuseppe	Nie, Mengyan
Caporali, Stefano	Nikolaidis, Nikolaos
Carlen, Edwin T.	Nishikawa, Hiroaki
Carmona-Quiroga, Paula	Noman, Muhammad Tayyab
Carneiro, Joaquim	Nomani, Junior
Caro, Silvia	Nonomura, Kazuteru
Carosio, Federico	Noor, Nuruzzaman
Carretero, Claudio	Nóvoa, X. Ramón
Caschera, Daniela	Obraztsov, Alexander N.
Casella, Innocenzo	Obrosov, Aleksei
Cassidy, John	Oh, Min-Wook
Cempura, Grzegorz	Ohmagari, Shinya
Cen, Yinjie	Ojala, Niko
Cesano, Federico	Okino, Tatsufumi
Chandra, Sanjeev	Olaru, Mihaela
Chang, Chih-Yu	Oliveira, Henrique
Chang, S.Y.	Omrani, Emad
Charitidis, Costas A.	Orbulov, Imre
Chen, Yung-I	Orejon, Daniel
Chen, Chiachung	Ortega, J. Marcos
Chen, Yi	Öte, Mehmet
Chen, Chun-Cheng	Otomo, Junichiro
Cheng, Yang-Tse	Ouerghi, Abdelkarim
Cheng, Chiu-Ping	Paja̧ķ, Paulina
Cheong, In Woo	Pakdel, Esfandiar
Cherng, Jyh-shiran	Panagopoulos, C. N.
Chiarello, Gian Luca	Pane, Salvador
Chinh, Nguyen Quang	Panek, Milos
Cho, Kuk Young	Parisi, Cristian
Chockchaisawasdee, Suwimol	Park, Seung Koo
Chrissopoulou, Kiriaki	Park, Sun Hong
Christofides, Panagiotis D.	Parnell, Andrew J.
Christophe, Vial	Pasetto, Pamela
Chyrvony, Vladimir	Pastore, Roberto
Cimpean, Anisoara	Paul, S.
Ciofani, Gianni	Pedersen, Henrik
Claudine, Filiâtre	Pedraza Diaz, Fernando
Climent, Miguel Ángel	Pedzich, Zbigniew
Coelho, Luis	Peeters, Floran
Coelhoso, Isabel	Pekkarinen, Joonas
Cojocaru-Mirédin, Oana	Pelosi, Claudia
Colagiorgi, Angelo	Penkov, Oleksiy V.
Colangelo, Francesco	Penney, David J.
Conner, David C.	Pereira, Elsa Maria Vaz
Coy, L. Emerson	Pérez, P.
Crane, Nathan	Pérez-Gago, María Bernardita
Cravanzola, Sara	Pervaiz, Salman
Creatore, M.	Peter, Katherine
Criscitiello, Francesco	Petric, Marko
Crisp, Ryan W.	Pham, Tung
Cwalina, Beata	Picas, J. A.
Da Silva, Francisco Gomes	Piergiovanni, Luciano
Dahal, Tulashi	Pietrzyk, Bozena
D’Amato, Roberto	Pinho, Luís
Dang, Alei	Pinto, Artur
Dang, Cuong	Pitenis, Angela A.
Darmanin, Thierry	Pizarro, Alejandro Herrero
Das, Narottam	Podgornik, Bojan
Datsyuk, Vitaliy	Poletti, Marco Gabriele
Davis, Fred	Polichetti, Tiziana
De Brito, Jorge	Politano, Antonio
De Giglio, Elvira	Poncet, Sébastien
De Meijer, Mari	Poorteman, M.
De Riccardis, Federica	Pop, Oana
Delgado Ruiz, Rafael	Pouhet, Raphaelle
Deng, Sihao	Pourrahimi, Amir Masoud
Dennington, Simon	Poverenov, Elena
Descartes, Sylvie	Pozo-Antonio, J. S.
Di Bella, Guido	Pradeep, Konda Gokuldoss
Di Cocco, Vittorio	Predoi, Daniela
Di Pierro, Prospero	Prestat, Eric
Dias, Juliana	Proietti, Noemi
Dimakis, Nicholas	Provine, J.
Dionísio, Amélia	Pulati, Nuerxida
Disfani, Mahdi M.	Qi, Guangyan
Dlouhý, Ivo	Raabe, Dierk
Dolata, Anna Janina	Rabizadeh, Taher
Dorozhkin, Sergey	Raczkiewicz, Wioletta
Drevet, Richard	Radeva, Ts.
Druffel, Thad	Ralston, Emily
Dubey, Ashish	Rao, Jeff
Dumee, Ludovic	Rao, Ashit
Dumitrescu, Iuliana	Rao, S. S.
Dutta, Shibesh	Rebohle, Lars
Dyl, Tomasz	Rechendorff, Kristian
Dzade, Nelson	Record, Marie-Christine
Dzionk, Stefan	Reehal, H. S.
Eden, Timothy J.	Refait, Philippe
Eduok, Ubong	Rehel, Karine
Egorkin, Vladimir S.	Reisner, Andreas
Ehtemam Haghighi, Shima	Restuccia, Paolo
Eklund, Per	Richter, E.
Ellahi, Rahmat	Riedl, Helmut
El-Safty, Sherif A.	Ritchie, Nicholas W. M.
Esconjauregui, Santiago	Ritter, Helmut
Eslamian, Morteza	Rizzi, Gian Andrea
Evans, Philip D.	Robinson, Sara C.
Ezugwu, Sabastine	Rodriguez, Noel
Faber, K. T.	Rodríguez Trías, Rafael
Fabisiak, Kaziemierz	Rodríguez-Alloza, Ana María
Falco, Aniello	Rodríguez-Bernaldo de Quirós, A.
Fan, Bin	Roggendorf, Hans
Fantozzi, Gilbert	Rokni, Michael Reza
Farris, Stefano	Romero, Pedro
Farrokhpanah, Amirsaman	Rosa, Roberto
Feldshtein, E.	Rosas, Omar
Felix, Manuel	Rosenkranz, Andreas
Ferrari, Michele	Rtimi, Sami
Ferraro, Davide	Ruffino, Francesco
Ferrero, Franco	Rychlik, Igor
Figueira, Rita	Saboori, Abdollah
Fiore, Vincenzo	Sadeghimeresht, Esmaeil
Fivel, Marc	Sadowski, Lukasz
Flege, Stefan	Safiuddin, Md.
Flemming, Hans-curt	Saidi, Wissam A.
Flores-Colen, Inês	Saito, Reiko
Forsthuber, Boris	Sałaciński, Tedeusz
Fouillaud, Mireille	Salaimeh, Ahmad
Fox-Rabinovich, German	Salimi Jazi, Mehdi
Frediani, Piero	Salmi, Mika
Fu, Zhezhen	Salter, Patrick
Fuentes, Gonzalo Garcia	Samadi, Hamed
Fukuda, Takeshi	Sanmartín, Patricia
Fukumoto, Masahiro	Santamaria, Monica
Furlani, Maurizio	Santodonato, Lou
Gac, Jakub M.	Santos, Catarina
Gadala, Ibrahim M.	Sanz, A.
Galca, A. C.	Sardella, Eloisa
Galli, Giancarlo	Sarswat, Prashant K.
Gamallo, Pablo	Sassoni, Enrico
Gambardella, Alessandro	Savaloni, Hadi
Gan, Yong X.	Scendo, Mieczyslaw
Ganvir, Ashish	Ščetar, Mario
Gao, Wei	Schaber, Clemens F.
Garbarino, Gabriella	Schalk, Nina
Gardini, Davide	Schartel, Bernhard
Garrido, Miguel Ángel	Schaumann, Peter
Gebert, Anett	Schenkel, Thomas
Gellerich, Antje	Schramm, Christian
Georgiou, E. P.	Schroefl, Christof
Gharam, Ahmed	Schulz, Robert L.
Ghidelli, Matteo	Schwotzer, Matthias
Ghittorelli, Matteo	Seiler, Philipp
Ghoneim, Mohamed T.	Selyanchyn, Roman
Giapintzakis, Ioannis	Senderowski, Cezary
Gicquel, Alix	Senftleben, Arne
Gitzhofer, François	Seo, Young-Soo
Goh, Suat Hong	Sergejev, Fjodor
Gomes, Ana P.	Sesana, Raffaella
Gong, Myoung-Seon	Seubert, Christopher
González, Sergio	Shabadi, Rajashekhar
González-Martín, María-Luisa	Shabafrooz, Vahid
Goodwin, Frank	Shirvanimoghaddam, Kamyar
Gould, Benjamin D.	Shokrani, Alborz
Grajcar, Adam	Shoseyov, Oded
Grasso, Salvatore	Shtansky, Dmitry V.
Graziani, Gabriela	Shtepliuk, Ivan
Greer, Andrew I. M.	Sievenpiper, Daniel F.
Greiner, Christian	Silvestre, Clara
Griesser, Thomas	Silvestroni, Laura
Griggs, Jason A.	Simka, Wojciech
Grivel, Jean-Claude	Singh, Yogesh
Grosseau, Philippe H.	Singh, Harpal
Grunwald, Rüdiger	Singh, Harpreet
Guang, Hong	Sisti, Laura
Guilemany, Josep Maria	Škec, Leo
Ha, Chang-Sik	Skordaris, Georgios
Hadipour, Afshin	Smialek, James L.
Haider, Waseem	Smith, William B.
Haindl, Silvia	Sobaszek, Michał
Hakonen, Aron	Sobus, Jan
Hampp, Norbert	Sokołowski, Paweł
Harnois, Maxime	Solano, Francisco
Harvey, Jeremy N.	Sonderegger, Walter
Hatada, Ruriko	Song, Young Min
Hatton, Benjamin	Song, Kenan
Haubner, Roland	Song, Edward
Hauser, Adam J.	Song, Shigeng
Hawryluk, Marek	Srinivasan, Raghu
Hayakawa, Tohru	Stafslien, Shane
Hayashi, Kei	Stagon, Stephen Peter
He, Bob	Stankiewicz, Alicja
Heidelmann, Markus	Stepanov, N. D.
Heim, Daniel	Stewart, David M.
Heimann, Robert	Straumal, Boris
Henda, Redhouane	Sturtevant, Blake
Hernández, Simelys	Su, Chunming
Hess, Dennis W.	Suh, Jin-Yoo
Hinds, Gareth	Sun, Kien Wen
Hippler, Rainer	Surmenev, Roman A.
Hiziroglu, Salim	Surzhenkov, Andrei
Ho, Wei-Yu	Suzuki, Jon
Hogan, Tim	Szala, Mirosław
Hosseinpour, Saman	Szczygieł, Bogdan
Hou, Xianghui	Szekely, Gyorgy
Houng, Boen	Szilágyi, Imre Miklós
Hover, Kenneth Clark	Szwajka, Krzysztof
Howell, Bob	Tadanaga, Kiyoharu
Hristoforou, Evangelos	Tae, Heung-sik
Hsi, Chi-Shiung	Takahashi, Hidekazu
Hsu, Cheng-Hsun	Takasu, Akinori
Hsu, Jin-Cherng	Talbot, Jan
Hung, Kuo-Yung	Tang, Fujian
Hunt, Heather K.	Tang, Chunjiu
Hur, Jaehyun	Taniguchi, Masahiro
Hussain, Babar	Taruta, Seiichi
Hwang, WanSik	Tatsuoka, Hirokazu
Hwang, Chao-Lung	Tatullo, Marco
Hwang, Jiun-Ren	Teischinger, Alfred
Ibáñez, Maria	Telang, Abhishek
Ibrahim, Ahmed	Telegdi, Judit
Iglesias Victoria, Patricia	Tenne, Reshef
Imre, Balázs	Tereshina, E. A.
Inoue, Go	Thévenon, Marie France
Iribarren, José Ignacio	Thimont, Yohann
Isa, Fabio	Tiwari, Ashutosh
Ishiguro, Hitoshi	Tiwari, Jitendra N.
Jackson, Mark	Todaro, Luigi
Jafari, Sajjad	Tomašegović, Tamara
Jagdale, Pravin	Tondi, Gianluca
Jajam, Kailash	Torgersen, Jan
Jaluria, Yogesh	Toro, Roberta G.
Janas, Dawid	Torrey, Jessica D.
Jang, Ho Won	Tosello, Guido
Jang, Tae-Sik	Townsend, Troy K.
Janssen, Guido	Trammell, Scott A.
Jayaprakash, M.	Trotta, Francesco
Jedelsky, Jan	Tsai, Che-Wei
Jeong, Hoon Eui	Tsoi, James
Jerby, Eli	Tung, Tran Thanh
Jha, Kshitij C.	Tungatarova, Svetlana
Ji, Qingmin	Tuononen, Ari Juhani
Jia, Ru	Turón, Pau
Jiang, Lijun	Uchikoshi, Tetsuo
Jiang, Xuchuan	Uglov, V. V.
Jin, Peng	Uhlmann, Eckart
Johansson, Jimmy	Ur, Soon-Chul
Johnson, Scooter D.	Urban, Petr
Joshi, Rakesh	Uzunlar, Erdal
Joshi, Shrikant V.	Vaiana, Rosolino
Jun, Yongseok	Vardelle, Armelle
Jung, Yeon-Gil	Vega, Victor
Kaczynski, Roman	Velasco Ortega, Eugenio
Kadakowa, Jun-ichi	Vereshchaka, A. A.
Kahvecioglu Feridun, Ozgenur	Vicenzo, Antonello
Kaish, A. B. M. Amrul	Vidor, Fábio F.
Kakarla, Raghava Reddy	Viespe, Cristian
Kalisz, Małgorzata	Vignali, Valeria
Kalkur, T. S.	Villa, Elena
Kameoka, Satoshi	Vitale, Alessandra
Kamiya, Kazuhide	Vitelaru, Catalin
Kan, Chi-wai	Vivo, Paola
Kanellopoulos, Antonios	Vizureanu, Petricǎ
Kanematsu, Hideyuki	Voisey, Katy T.
Kang, Hyun Wook	Volkmer, Thomas
Kappera, Rajesh	Voronov, Andriy
Karapanagiotis, Ioannis	Vranceanu, Diana M.
Karolus, Malgorzata	Waite, Matthew M.
Karpov, Sergey	Wang, Xiaohan
Kartopu, Giray	Wang, An Ni
Kasisomayajula, Subramanyam	Wang, Mingchao
Katz, Jonathan I.	Wang, Yan
Kawai, Toshiyuki	Wang, Dawei
Keraudy, Julien	Wang, Zhangwei
Kessler, Sylvia	Wang, Zuankai
Kim, Kikang	Wang, S. C.
Kim, Kyungmok	Warcholiński, Bogdan
Kim, Hyun-Joong	Ward, Liam
Kim, Kwang Ho	Warmuzek, Malgorzata
Kim, Young Dok	Wendrock, Horst
Kim, Seung-Jin	Weng, Qunhong
Kioseoglou, George	Więckiewicz, Mieszko
Kiryukhantsev-Korneev, Ph. V.	Williams, Gareth
Kitada, Atsushi	Willis, David A.
Kitajou, Ayuko	Wilson, Cheryl
Ko, Young Gun	Wlodarczyk, Renata
Kobata, Junpei	Wohl, Christopher J.
Koivuluoto, Heli	Woodward, Robert T.
Kolan, Krishna	Woodward, David
Köliö, Arto	Worley, S. D.
Komarasamy, Mageshwari	Xotta, Giovanna
Kordás, Krisztián	Xu, Xiaochuan
Kordesch, Martin E.	Xu, Zelin
Kot, Marcin	Yahiaoui, Riad
Kovaleva, Marina	Yamaguchi, Satoshi
Kowalczuk, Marek M.	Yan, Dayun
Kowalska, Ewa	Yang, Hongta
Krim, Jacqueline	Yang, Chung-Wei
Křivý, Vít	Yang, Qiaoqin
Krolczyk, Grzegorz	Yao, Hui
Kroll, Peter	Ye, Haitao
Krystofiak, Tomasz	Yeh, Chun-Liang
Krzanowski, James E.	Yi, Long
Ksiazek, Marzanna	Yim, Changyong
Kudryashov, Sergey I.	Yoo, Chung-Yul
Kuhn, Erik	Yoshitakez, Tsuyoshi
Kumar, Abhishek	Yu, Chang-Feng
Kusinski, Jan P.	Yu, Hak Ki
Kuznetsov, Vyacheslav	Yue, Zhongren
Kwon, Tae-yub	Wang, Yuxin
Kyratsis, Panagiotis	Zagula-Yavorska, M.
Kyziol, Karol	Zakutayev, Andriy
Labat, Beatrice	Zanella, Caterina
Ladmiral, Vincent	Zangari, Giovanni
Laguna-Bercero, Miguel A.	Zeinert, Andreas
Lambert, Paul	Zemek, Josef
Lammertink, Rob G. H.	Zeng, Hongjun
Lampke, Thomas	Zhan, Haifei
Lancellotti, Isabella	Zhang, Tao
Large, Matthew	Zhang, Guang’an
Laurenti, Marco	Zhao, Lidong
Le, Duy	Zhirkov, Igor S.
Lee, Sunwoo	Zhou, Jinming
Lee, Seungsin	Zhou, J.
Lee, Kee Sung	Zhu, Taishan
Lee, Cheng-chung	Zhu, Yakun
Lee, Heesoo	Zimoch-Korzycka, Anna
Lee, Sangmin	Zuhlke, Craig A.
Leem, Jung Woo	Zuzuarregui, Ana
Leo, Marco	Zyła, Gaweł
Levingstone, Tanya J.