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7 May 2025
Cells Exceptional Reviewers List 2025
We are thrilled to share the updated Exceptional Reviewers List 2025. This program was designed to recognize and honor scholars who have delivered consistently exceptional review reports to our journal. Committed to fostering rigorous research and promoting knowledge exchange, Cells (ISSN: 2073-4409) recognizes the significant role our reviewers play in maintaining the quality and integrity of the articles we publish. We thank our pool of excellent reviewers.
We would like to express our sincere appreciation to all the reviewers who have generously volunteered their time and expertise to assist in Cells’ peer-review process. Their dedication and attention to detail in evaluating manuscripts, offering valuable feedback, and contributing to academic rigor are truly commendable.
The Exceptional Reviewers List was introduced in May 2025. Each quarter, we will be selecting a group of outstanding reviewers and introducing them here.
Q1
| Name: Dr. Wei Wen Lim Affiliation: National Heart Research Institute Singapore, National Heart Centre Singapore, 169609, Singapore |
Name: Prof. Dr. Jae-Wook Oh Affiliation: Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biotechnology, KIT, Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea |
| Name: Dr. Giovanna Liguori Affiliation: Institute of Genetics and Biophysics Adriano Buzzati Traverso, Naples, Italy |
Name: Dr. Yoichi Ezura Affiliation: Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan |
| Name: Dr. Bruno Brando Affiliation: Hematology Laboratory and Transfusion Center, Legnano General Hospital, 20025 Legnano (Milano), Italy |
Name: Dr. Benoit Miotto Affiliation: Team Epigenetics and Nuclear Functions in Human Diseases, Université Paris Cité, Institut Cochin, INSERM U1016, CNRS UMR8104, F-75014 Paris, France |
| Name: Dr. Yongqing Liu Affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA |
Name: Dr. Tomaž Büdefeld Affiliation: Centre for Human Genetics and Pharmacogenomics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Maribor, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia |
| Name: Dr. Cláudia Saraiva Affiliation: INSERM-Université Bourgogne U1231, Equipe GAD Génétique des Anomalies du Développement, Dijon, France |
Name: Prof. Dr. Gundula Schulze-Tanzil Affiliation: Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg and Salzburg, 90419 Nuremberg, Germany |
| Name: Dr. Abhishek Tyagi Affiliation: Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA |
Name: Dr. Riya Thomas Affiliation: Seattle Children's Research Institute, 1900 9th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101, USA |
| Name: Prof. Dr. Mirko Manetti Affiliation: Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Anatomy and Histology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy |
Name: Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Biagini Affiliation: Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41100 Modena, Italy |
| Name: Dr. Wenjing Zhang Affiliation: Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA |
Name: Dr. Mary Gilbert Affiliation: Office of Research and Development, Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment, US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA |
| Name: Dr. Sudeep Kumar Affiliation: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center 3333 Burnet Ave Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA |
Name: Dr. Christine Hellweg Affiliation: Department of Radiation Biology, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), 51147 Cologne, Germany |
| Name: Dr. Ignacio Torrecilla Affiliation: Department of Oncology, University of Oxford: Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK |
Name: Prof. Dr. Margaret L. Britz Affiliation: Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7005, Australia |
| Name: Dr. Sarath Babu Nukala Affiliation: Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA |
Name: Dr. Jezabel Rodriguez-Blanco Affiliation: Darby Children’s Research Institute, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Miami, USA |
| Name: Dr. Phillip Domeier Affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Name: Dr. Jose Rodriguez-Alvarez Affiliation: Department Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Institut de Neurociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain |
| Name: Dr. Michał Zarobkiewicz Affiliation: Department of Clinical Immunology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland |
Name: Dr. Béla Papp Affiliation: Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Inserm UMR 1342, Institut de Recherche Saint-Louis, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France |
| Name: Dr. Kristina Pilipović Affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia |
Name: Prof. Dr. Johannes Boltze Affiliation: School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK |
| Name: Dr. Harinarayanan Janakiraman Affiliation: Michael DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX 77030, USA |
Name: Dr. Qing Jun Wang Affiliation: College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA |
See what our reviewers say about the review process of Cells:
“The review process is well organized and straightforward. The professional editorial team provides tremendous support, making it a good experience for reviewers and authors alike.”—Prof. Dr. Johannes Boltze
“In the era of AI-powered generators, the revision undertaken by independent reviewers based on their prior work experience and accumulated knowledge is paramount to ensure the sustained flourishing of the research community.”—Dr. Tomaž Büdefeld
“As a retired senior academic, I have the time and experience to add value to the peer-review processes. It is a duty that requires considerable effort, to spot the gems as well as the glitches, by thorough analysis of data and checking all claims based on data and the literature cited. It is also a two-way conversation aimed at improving the submitted manuscripts so that any resulting publication enriches our knowledge through accurate reporting. I gain a lot out of this and hope my well-meant feedback adds value.”—Prof. Dr. Margaret L. Britz
“Reviewing for Cells is guided by a comfortable platform: Cells addresses emerging fields. Hence, I benefit by updating my scientific point of view and I feel that my comments are generally addressed.”—Prof. Dr. Gundula Schulze-Tanzil
Q2
| Name: Prof.Dr. Francis William Luscinskas Affiliation: Harvard Medical School NRB, Room 752P 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 2115, USA |
Name: Dr. Matthias Nees Affiliations: 1 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University in Lublin, ul. Chodzki 1, 20-093 Lublin, Poland; 2 Institute of Biomedicine and Western Cancer Centre FICAN West, University of Turku, 20101 Turku, Finland |
| Name: Prof. Dr. Maria Quetglas-Llabrés Affiliation: Health Research Institute of Balearic Islands (IdISBa), 07120 Palma de Mallorca, Spain |
Name: Dr. Amber Mills Affiliation: University of Pittsburgh, USA |
| Name: Dr. Kim Keeling Affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States |
Name: Dr. Hengrui Liu Affiliation: The University of Cambridge, UK |
| Name: Prof. Dr. Justin C. Konje Affiliation: Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK |
Name: Dr. Shizue Mito Affiliation: Department of Medical Education, School of Medicine, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX 78541, USA |
| Name: Dr. Victor Manuel González Suárez Affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Oviedo, Gijón 33204, Spain |
Name: Prof. Dr. Anna Silvia Pistocchi Affiliation: Università degli Studi di Milano, Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Mediche e Medicina Traslazionale, Via Viotti, 3/5, 20133, Milano, Italy |
| Name: Prof.Dr. Ken-ichi Sato Affiliation: Department of Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kamigamo-Motoyama, Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan |
Name: Dr. Quentin Lemaire Affiliation: Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8576—UGSF—Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, F-59000 Lille, France |
| Name: Dr. Jason Stumhofer Affiliation: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA |
Name: Dr. Roberta Palmour Affiliation: Department of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0C7, Canada |
| Name: Dr. Anthony Pedley Affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Carver College of Medicine, The University of Iowa, USA |
Name: Dr. Yangluowa Qu Affiliation: Ocular Surface Center, Cullen Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA |
| Name: Dr. Valentyn Oksenych Affiliation: University of Bergen, 5020 Bergen, Norway |
Name: Dr. Gaskon Ibarretxe Affiliation: University of the Basque Country (UPVEHU) Faculty of Medicine and Nursing Cell Biology and Histology Department Barrio Sarriena sn, 48940, Leioa, Spain |
| Name: Dr. Timothy Keiffer Affiliation: LSU Health Shreveport, USA |
Name: Prof. Dr. Hitoshi Sawada Affiliations: 1 Professor, Department of Food and Life Environment, College of Human Life and Environment, Kinjo Gakuin University, Moriyama-ku, Nagoya, Japan; 2 Emeritus Professor, Nagoya University, chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan |
| Name: Dr. Jens Schuster Affiliation: Uppsala Universitet, Uppsala, Sweden |
Name: Dr. Paulina Tokarz Affiliation: Department of Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, The University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland |
| Name: Prof. Dr. Lucie Germain Affiliation: Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada. Regenerative Medicine Division, CHU de Québec—Université Laval Research Centre, Québec, QC G1J 1Z4, Canada Université Laval Research Center on Experimental Organogenesis/LOEX, Québec, QC G1J 1Z4, Canada |
Name: Dr. Lenka Stixova Affiliation: Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Department of Molecular Cytology and Cytometry, Prague, Czech Republic |
| Name: Dr. Gerasimos Daras Affiliation: Agricultural University of Athens, Department of Biotechnology, Athens, Greece |
Name: Prof. Dr. Rita Payan-Carreira Affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medicine, School of Sciences and Technology, and CHRC-Comprehensive Health Research Centre, University of Évora, Portugal |
| Name: Dr. Carlos Rossa Junior Affiliation: Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho"disabled, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
Name: Dr. Nerea Cuesta-Gomez Affiliation: Alberta Diabetes Institute, Edmonton, Canada |
| Name: Dr. Yohannes Woubishet Woldeamanuel Affiliation: Mayo Clinic Arizona; Ex-Amplify Therapeutics, USA |
Name: Dr. John Woulfe Affiliation: L'Hôpital d'Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada |
See what our reviewers say about the review process of Cells:
“I work in the Cell Biology and Histology Department of EHU in Spain. I would not say I am a particularly harsh reviewer. When I perceive an honest, well-minded effort on the part of authors to address the concerns involved, provided there are not particularly serious methodological or conceptual issues, I usually give them a chance to get their manuscript published.”—Dr. Gaskon Ibarretxe
“It was a pleasure to evaluate Cells articles.”—Prof. Dr. Lucie Germain
“Engaging in review processes stimulates my curiosity about cellular and physiological mechanisms while keeping me current with emerging developments and methodological advances in my field of expertise.”—Prof. Dr. Rita Payan-Carreira
“Reviewing is a way to uphold the quality and integrity of science, while staying engaged with the latest discoveries and supporting fellow researchers in the field. I appreciate the opportunity and look forward to continuing to contribute to Cells.”—Dr. Nerea Cuesta-Gomez
“I am honored to be recognized by Cells for my peer-review contributions. Reviewing cutting-edge research in circadian medicine and biomarkers is rewarding, and I am committed to advancing scientific rigor.”—Dr. Yohannes Woubishet Woldeamanuel
Read more testimonials at https://www.mdpi.com/testimonials?type=all&journal_id=32&page_count=20.
