Peer review is an essential part in the publication process, ensuring that Metabolites maintains high quality standards for its published papers. In 2017, a total of 64 papers were published in the journal. Thanks to the cooperation of our reviewers, the median time to first decision was 18 days and the median time to publication was 47.5 days. The editors would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for their time and dedication in 2017:
| Aasly, Jan | Lee, Hsin-Chen |
| Aldini, Giancarlo | Lin, Randy Bin |
| Allaway, David | Lindström, Mikael |
| Allen, Doug | Liu, Yang |
| Alpert, Andrew | Llabrés, Mercè |
| Amato, Jussara | López, M. G. |
| Amos, Ruth I.J. | Luchinat, Claudio |
| Anton, Gabriele | Ma, Xiaochao |
| Arita, Masanori | Mangalagiu, Ionel |
| Aru, Violetta | Marchetti, Philippe |
| Barlow, Christopher | Mardinoglu, Adil |
| Barupal, Dinesh | Mason, Shaun |
| Baumbach, Jörg Ingo | McConville, Malcolm |
| Beccaria, Marco | Mendes, Marta V. |
| Behrends, Volker | Mielcarek, Michal |
| Board, Mary | Millet, Oscar |
| Boros, Laszlo | Momken, Iman |
| Brozinski, Jenny-Maria | Mor, Marco |
| Bruce, Clinton R. | Murtola, Teemu |
| Bruggeman, Frank | Naito, Yuji |
| Brundin, Patrik | Orlandi, Rosaria |
| Bueschl, Christoph | Palsson, Bernhard Ø. |
| Câmara, José | Park, Sangkyu |
| Campos, Bruno | Park, Junyoung O. |
| Cao, Mingshu | Parrino, Vincenzo |
| Cappello, Tiziana | Pechlivanis, Alexandros |
| Chappell, Joseph | Pérez, Sandra |
| Checa, Antonio | Petras, Daniel |
| Chekmeneva, Elena | Phillips, David |
| Chen, Chi | Pietropaoli, Anthony P. |
| Cheng, Yuan-Bin | Pinker, Katja |
| Chetwynd, Andrew | Piva, Terrence |
| Chianese, Giuseppina | Porcar, Manuel |
| Chmurzynska, Agata | Portais, Jean-Charles |
| Christians, Uwe | Prudent, Michel |
| Corbet, Cyril | Qin, Zhiqiang |
| Cox, I. Jane | Rachek, Lyudmila |
| Cox, James | Raftery, Dan |
| Culeddu, Nicola | Reshkin, Stephan Joel |
| Cuperlovic-Culf, Miroslava | Rey-Stolle, Fernanda |
| D’Archivio, Angelo Antonio | Roberto, Consonni |
| D'Alessandro, Angelo | Rochat, Bertrand |
| Daskalaki, Evangelia | Rogers, Simon |
| De La Fuente, Macarena I. | Rosebrock, Adam P. |
| Demarquoy, Jean | Rotili, Dante |
| Denko, Nicholas | Röttger, Richard |
| Derfuss, Tobias | Rovnyak, David |
| Desouza, David | Roznere, Ieva |
| Dixon, Robert Brent | Salim, Vonny |
| Dragsted, Lars Ove | Sanchez, Laura |
| Driscoll, James J | Sanchez Alcazar, José A |
| Duchemin, Sandrine | Santucci, Annalisa |
| Duncan, Sylvia | Schefold, Joerg C. |
| Dunphy, Brendon John | Schena, F. P. |
| El-Aneed, Anas | Simón-Manso, Yamil |
| Elena-Herrmann, Bénédicte | Sone, Hideko |
| Ellis, Robert P. | Spiess, Antje |
| Fanizzi, Francesco P. | Stefanon, Bruno |
| Fasulo, Salvatore | Stokić, Edita |
| Frizzell, Norma | Stringer, Kathleen A. |
| Gatti, Laura | Su, Huabo |
| Geng, Feng | Sullivan, Lucas |
| Gesell, Andreas | Surguchov, Andrei |
| Gilli, Francesca | Suzuki, Takafumi |
| González-Domínguez, Raúl | Svastova, Eliska |
| Gopalan, Venkat | Swiezewska, Ewa |
| Gowda, G. A. Nagana | Taïeb, David |
| Greaves, Ronda | Taiti, Cosimo |
| Gu, Haiwei | Tang, Yinjie |
| Halama, Anna | Taylor, Matthew |
| Halbedel, Sven | Thakur, Sunitha B |
| Hamilton, Joshua J. | Thomaidis, Nikolaos S. |
| Han, Beomsoo | Tiziani, Stefano |
| Harper, James | Tolstikov, Vladimir |
| Hernandez-Hierro, José Miguel | Tsunoda, Makoto |
| Hoene, Miriam | Turano, Paola |
| Huang, Hao | Van Velzen, Ewoud J. J. |
| Iorio, Egidio | Verpoorte, Robert |
| Jaumot, Joaquim | Volmer, Dietrich |
| Jayawardana, Kaushala | Von Elert, Eric |
| Jimenez Del Val, Ioscani | Wahli, Walter |
| Johansson, Pär I. | Watanabe, Miki |
| Jourdan, Fabien | Watson, David |
| Joyce, Susan A. | Weljie, Aalim |
| Junker, Bjoern | Wendt, Christine |
| Kato, Yasumasa | West, Caroline |
| Keijer, Jaap | Whiteson, Katrine |
| Kellogg, Josh | Williams, Stephen |
| Kelly, Rachel S. | Williamson, Mike |
| Khetani, Salman | Wilson, Thomas |
| Kim, Young-Mo | Wong, Ka-Chun |
| Kim, Jayoung | Xu, Yun |
| Koller, Martin | Yetukuri, Laxman |
| Konhilas, John | Yokoo, Hiroki |
| Kouremenos, Konstantinos | Yoon, Seongkyu |
| Kriebardis, Anastasios G. | Yu, Fang |
| Krššák, Martin | Yu, Jian |
| Kudłak, Błażej | Zalubovskis, Raivis |
| Lalk, Michael | Zanghellini, Jürgen |
| Latendresse, Mario | Zucker, Jeremy |
| Lee, Do Yup |
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