We are pleased to share the updated Pharmaceutics Exceptional Reviewers List for 2025. This program was designed to recognize and honor scholars delivering consistently exceptional review reports to our journal.

Committed to fostering rigorous research and promoting knowledge exchange, Pharmaceutics (ISSN: 1999-4923) recognizes the significant role our reviewers play in maintaining the quality and integrity of the articles we publish. According to surveys conducted in 2024, 92% of our authors rate the peer-review process as good or excellent, thanks to our pool of excellent reviewers.

We would like to express our appreciation to all the reviewers who have generously volunteered their time and expertise to assist in Pharmaceutics’ peer-review process. Their dedication and attention to detail in evaluating manuscripts, offering important feedback, and contributing to academic rigor are commendable.

The Exceptional Reviewers List was introduced in April 2025. Every quarter, we select a group of outstanding reviewers and introduce them here.

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Name: Dr. Antonio Jorge Guiomar
Affiliation: Department of Life Sciences and CERES, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Interests: biomaterials
“Reviewing articles helps me stay up-to-date with the latest research, techniques and methodologies, strengthen my critical skills and write better articles.”

Name: Dr. Stephen Fowler
Affiliation: Pharmaceutical Sciences, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland
Interests: enzymology of drug metabolism; cytochrome P450s; UGTs; drug–drug interactions, MPS/complex in vitro models for drug metabolism

Name: Dr. João Basso
Affiliations: ¹ Coimbra Chemistry Centre, University of Coimbra, Portugal; ² Bluepharma - Indústria Farmacêutica, S.A, Coimbra, Portugal
Interests: nanotechnology; pharmacokinetics; brain cancer; oral drug delivery

Name: Dr. Samanta S Gündel
Affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil
Interests: pharmaceutical nanotechnology; nanostructured drug delivery systems; targeted antitumor therapy; functionalized nanoparticles
“Reviewer primarily in the area of pharmaceutical nanotechnology, contributing with thorough, ethical, and constructive evaluations to scientific improvement and editorial quality.”

Name: Dr. Sarah Ann Thomas
Affiliation: King’s College London, United Kingdom
Interests: molecule delivery across the blood-brain and blood-cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) barriers in health and diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Human African Trypanosomiasis; the circulation of fluids in the brain and the impact of different neurovascular unit components on their flow

Name: Dr. Xipei Wang
Affiliation: Medical Research Center, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, China
Interests: pharmacometrics; pharmacokinetics; pharmacodynamics

Q3:
Name: Dr. Alberto Ospina Stella
Affiliation: Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Interests: medical science; molecular medicine; global health
Reviewer profile: Experienced reviewer and editorial board member for leading medical science journals; recognized for strengthening scientific rigor and raising the standard of excellence in global health research.

Name: Dr. Ana Rita Pereira
Affiliation: LEPABE - Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
Interests: lignin; dialysis; phenolic compounds; antioxidant; nanoparticles

Name: Natalia V. De Moraes
Affiliation: Center for Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology, Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Interests: pharmacokinetics; special populations; pharmacometrics; quantitative pharmacology

Name: Nagarjuna Narala
Affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery, School of Pharmacy, The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
Interests: dissolution; controlled drug delivery; dosage form development; pharmaceutical development; targeted drug delivery; pharmaceutical research and development; solubility; bioavailability; encapsulation

Name: Anna Froelich
Affiliation: Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Chair and Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, 3D Printing Division, 3 Rokietnicka, 60-806 Poznan, Poland
Interests: microemulsions; drug delivery; rheology; colloids; self-emulsifying drug delivery systems

Name: M. Teresa Viciosa
Affiliation: Centro de Química Estrutural, Institute of Molecular Sciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
Interests: amorphous state; dielectric relaxation; calorimetry; pharmaceutics; polymers

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Name: Dr. Yuri Dancik
Affiliation: Certara Predictive Technologies, Sheffield, UK, 1 Concourse Way, Sheffield S1 2BJ, UK
Interests: skin absorption; permeation; transdermal drug delivery; PBPK modeling

Name: Dr. Ronit Sionov
Affiliation: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Interests: cancer biology; immunology; microbiology; pharmacology; pharmaceutics

Name: Dr. Daocheng Wu
Affiliation: The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
Interests: drug delivery system; nanoparticles; biomaterials; cancer

Name: Dr. Agnieszka A. Gola
Affiliation: Wroclaw Medical University, 50-367 Wrocław, Poland
Interests: n-isopropylacrylamide; n-vinylcaprolactam; polymerization

Name: Dr. Shikai Jin
Affiliation: Gilead Sciences Inc, USA
Interests: protein folding; deep learning; protein design; enzyme engineering; biophysics

Name: Dr. Paul Pantano
Affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, United States
Interests: nanotoxicology and nanosafety

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Name: Dr. Jacinta O. Pinho
Affiliation: Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), Department of Medical Sciences, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago 3810-193 Aveiro; Portugal
Reviewer profile: Jacinta Pinho holds a Ph.D. in Pharmacy, specialty Pharmaceutical Technology, awarded by the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisboa. Currently, she is a researcher at the Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), University of Aveiro. As a researcher and author, Jacinta interests focus on lipid-based nanosystems, cancer theranostics, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection therapy, antimicrobial resistance, and One Health approach. Jacinta often collaborates with journals as a reviewer and since 2023 has completed 34 reviews, with 6 of them for Pharmaceutics. This is a very enriching experience that provides valuable insights to both authors and reviewers, helping the scientific community to share knowledge and promote research advancements.

Name: Dr. Sara Demartis
Affiliation: Institute of genetic and biomedical research (IRGB), National Research Council (CNR), Sassari, Italy
Interests: skin drug delivery; skin diseases; melanoma drug delivery; rosacea drug delivery; lipid nanoparticles; liposomes

Name: Dr. Pradeep Kumar Jaiswal
Affiliation: Texas A&M University, College Station Texas 77843, USA
Interests: medicinal chemistry; biochemistry; organocatalysis; natural product synthesis; stereoselective synthesis; electrochemistry; Ti-Li enolate chemistry; anti-infectious agents; anticancer agents; chiral methodology; nanomaterial synthesis; antitubercular agents; antimicrobial agents; antioxidant agents

Name: Dr. Weikang Hu
Affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
Interests: 3D printing; biomaterials; electrospun nanofibers; hydrogels; regenerative medicine; biomedical polymers

Name: Dr. Joanna Kołodziejczyk-Czepas
Affiliation: Department of General Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, 141/143 Pomorska, 90-236 Lodz, Poland
Interests: hemostasis; oxidative stress; antioxidants; plant-derived compounds; anticoagulants; blood platelets; biochemistry

Name: Dr. Barbara Conway
Affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK
Interests: pharmacy; drug delivery; formulation