A Big Thank You to Our Reviewers in the Past Year!

A big thank you to our reviewers in the past year! Good reviewers are essential to the success of any journal and peer review is a major pillar of science. We are grateful to those mentioned below to have dedicated their time and expertise to help our authors improve and refine their manuscripts and support the Editor(s) in the decision making process in the past year

The following received out Top Reviewer of the Year Award:

Martin Alda, Halifax, Canada
Thomas Messer, Pfaffenhofen, Germany
Ulrich Zimmermann, Dresden, Germany

We wish all our readers, reviewers, authors and friends a happy and prosperous 2018!

Alberto Bocchetta, Cagliari, Italy
Alexander Brunnauer, Wasserburg/Inn, Germany
Alkomiet Hasan, Munich, Germany
Allan Young, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Andrea Murru, Barcelona, Spain
Andrea Pfennig, Dresden, Germany
Andreas Reif, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Ansgar Klimke, Friedrichsdorf, Germany
Asli Besirli, Istanbul, Turkey
Axel Steiger, Munich, Germany
Bjarni Sigurdsson, Reykjavik, Iceland
Cathrin Sauer, Dresden, Germany
Chin B. Eap, Prilly, Switzerland
Christian Luckhaus, Bochum, Germany
Christian Simhandl, Wien, Austria
Christine Norra, Bochum, Germany
Christine Winter, Dresden, Germany
Christoph Hiemke, Mainz, Germany
Daniel Müller, Toronto, Canada
Derek J. Fisher, Halifax, Canada
Diego Hidalgo, Barcelona, Spain
Dirk Wolter, Aabenraa , Denmark
Ekkehard Haen, Regensburg, Germany
Falk Kiefer, Mannheim, Germany
Fumihiko Ueno, Yokosuka, Japan
Fuminari Misawa, Nirasaki, Japan
Gabriele Pitschel-Walz, München, Germany
Georg Juckel, Bochum, Germany
Georg Juckel, Bochum, Germany
Georgius Schoretsanitis, Bern, Switzerland
Gerd Laux, Soyen, Germany
Gerhard Gründer, Aachen, Germany
Hideaki Tani, Tokyo, Japan
Hitoshi Sakurai, Tokyo, Japan
Holger Cramer, Essen, Germany
Hubertus Himmerich, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Ion Anghelescu, Liebenburg, Germany
Iris Sommer, Utrecht, Netherlands
James G. Barbee, New Orleans, United States
Jan Ramaekers, Maastricht, Netherlands
Janusz Rybakowski, Poznan, Poland
Jean-Pierre Lindenmayer, New York, United States
Johannes hamann, München, Germany
Johannes Rentzsch, Berlin, Germany
Johannes Rösche, Zurich, Switzerland
Karsten Henkel, Aachen, Germany
Koo Hwang, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of Korea)
Kunihiro Iwamoto, Nagoya, Japan
Maj Vinberg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Marc-Andreas Edel, Gevelsberg, Germany
Marija Vucic Peitl, Rijeka, Croatia
Markus Donix, Dresden, Germany
Martin Alda, Halifax, Canada
Martin Heinze, Neuruppin, Germany
Martin Holtmann, Hamm, Germany
Martin Schäfer, Essen, Germany
Michael Bauer, Dresden, Germany
Michael Deuschle, Mannheim, Germany
Michael Grözinger, Aachen, Germany
Michael H. Bloch, New Haven, United States
Michael P. Wilson, San Diego, United States
Michael Paulzen, Aachen, Germany
Michaela Defrancesco, Innsbruck, Austria
Nadja Freund, Bochum, Germany
Nash Boutros, Kansas city, United States
Norbert Müller, München, Germany
Norbert Wodarz, Regensburg, Germany
Oliver Pogarell, München, Germany
Orestes Forlenza, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Paraskevi Mavrogiorgou, Bochum, Germany
Paul Gard, Brighton, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Peng Xie, Chongqing, China
Rainer Wolf, Bochum, Germany
Reiji Yoshimura, Kitakyushu, Japan
Richard Drake, Manchester, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Robert Haußmann, Dresden, Germany
Samir Kumar Praharaj, Manipal, India
Serge Brand, Basel, Switzerland
Siegfried Kasper, Wien, Austria
Siegfried Kasper, Wien, Austria
Silvana Galderisi, Napoli, Italy
Sonia Villapol, Washington, United States
Stefan Gutwinski, Berlin, Germany
Stefan Heres, München, Germany
Stefan Leucht, Muenchen, Germany
Stefan Leucht, München, Germany
Stefan Unterecker, Würzburg, Germany
Stephan Köhler, Berlin, Germany
Taro Kishi, Glen Oaks, United States
Thomas Hillemacher, Hannover, Germany
Thomas Messer, Pfaffenhofen, Germany
Thomas Nickl-Jockschat, Aachen, Germany
Thomas Wobrock, Groß-Umstadt, Germany
Ulrich Hegerl, Leipzig, Germany
Ulrich Zimmermann, Dresden, Germany
Willem Verhoeven, Venray, Netherlands