Rigorous peer-review is the corner-stone of high-quality academic publishing. The editorial team greatly appreciates the reviewers who contributed their knowledge and expertise to the journal’s editorial process over the past 12 months. In 2018, a total of 185 papers were published in Sports, with a median time to first decision of 15 days and a median time to publication of 37 days. The editors would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for their cooperation and dedication in 2018:
| Abouhossein, Alireza | Lavender, Andrew |
| Aerenhouts, Dirk | Lee, Elaine |
| Agrawal, Priyanka | Lee, Kyuwan |
| Alexander, Mathew | Li, Rui |
| Alvares, Thiago | Linthorne, Nicholas P. |
| Andersen, Catherine J. | Lochbaum, Marc |
| Andreoni, Giuseppe | Lombardi, Angela |
| Ardigo, Luca | Lorenzetti, Silvio |
| Ayllon, Fernando Naclerio | Louis, Julien |
| Aziz, Abdul Rashid | Low, Daniel |
| Badau, Dana | Lu, Louise Weiwei |
| Bailey, Chris | Ludwig, Oliver |
| Baker, Brent A. | Lugo, Ricardo Gregorio |
| Baker, Julien | Lupo, Corrado |
| Ballmann, Christopher | Lystad, Reidar P. |
| Barney, David | Maltais, Mathieu |
| Beckham, George | Maly, Tomas |
| Bergdahl, Celena Schede | Malykh, Sergey B. |
| Best, Russ | Mamen, Asgeir |
| Bonaiuto, Vincenzo | Mann, Bryan |
| Botonis, Petros | Martin, Eric |
| Boyer, Bill | Martini, Doug |
| Brazo-Sayavera, Javier | Mascherini, Gabriele |
| Brzeziński, Michał | Mastorci, Francesca |
| Buckner, Samuel | McGuigan, Mike |
| Cabri, Jan | Meinke, Peter |
| Camic, Clayton L. | Mengarelli, Alessandro |
| Camporesi, Silvia | Mercer, John A. |
| Carl, Daniel | Methenitis, Spyridon |
| Carroll, Kevin M. | Michnik, Robert |
| Carson, Fraser | Mielgo-Ayudo, Juan |
| Casal, Claudio A. | Moir, Gavin L. |
| Cholewa, Jason | Morouço, Pedro |
| Chtourou, Hamdi | Nachbauer, Werner |
| Clark, Cain C.T. | Nagahara, Ryu |
| Clarke, Neil | Naik, Ganesh R. |
| Clemente, Filipe | Nickerson, Brett |
| Collings, Paul | Nicolas, Guillaume |
| Comfort, Paul | Nikolaidis, Pantelis Theodoros |
| Cornish, Stephen | Noble, James M. |
| Coyle, Edward F. | Ocampo, Diego |
| Cramb, Robert | Ochiai, Hiroko |
| Crane, Barbara A. | Ogueta-Alday, Ana |
| Crawford, Derek | Olek, Robert |
| Crewther, Blair | Oliveira, César Chaves |
| Crowther, Robert | Olson, Michael W. |
| Cuberos, Ramón Chacón | Ortega, Félix Zurita |
| Cumming, Sean | Parnianpour, Mohamad |
| Dabbs, Nicole | Pereira, Ana |
| Dawes, Jay | Pertegal-Felices, María Luisa |
| De Paepe, Boel | Piqueras, Pedro Gómez |
| Dekker, Marloes | Praça, Gibson |
| Deli, Chariklia K. | Prieske, Olaf |
| Desai, Abhishek | Raizel, Raquel |
| Diaconu-Gherasim, Loredana R. | Ravuri, Sudheer |
| Ding, Xiaorong | Raya-González, Javier |
| Domínguez, Raul | Roberson, Donald N. |
| Drum, Scott | Roberts, Claire-Marie |
| Duncan, Mike | Romann, Michael |
| Ema, Ryoichi | Ruiz-Barquín, Roberto |
| Emeljanovas, Arunas | Rumney, Peter |
| Favero, Terence G. | Saavedra, Jose M. |
| Fernandes, John F.T. | Saavedra, Miguel |
| Fink, Rainer H.A. | Sæther, Stig Arve |
| Flack, Kyle D. | Sainani, Kristin |
| Flora, Colledge | Sánchez, Guillermo F. López |
| Fragkos, Konstantinos | Santos, Luis |
| Frederick, DiMenna | Sanz-Rivas, David |
| Fulford, Jonathan | Sarmento, Hugo |
| Gajewski, Jan | Satchidanand, Nikhil |
| García-García, Oscar | Schnell, Frédéric |
| Garcia-Ramos, Amador | Schubert, Matt |
| Gehlert, Sebastian | Schuermans, Joke |
| Geisler, Corinna | Schulze, Gundula |
| Gentles, Jeremy | Sekulic, Damir |
| Georgian, Badicu | Senchina, David |
| Gerdin, Göran | Shadgan, Babak |
| Gipson, Christina | Sherman, Ryne A. |
| Gómez-López, Manuel | Siceloff, Becky |
| Gómez-Piqueras, Pedro | Simović, Slobodan |
| Grygorowicz, Monika | Sinclair, Peter James |
| Hackett, Daniel | Smeuninx, Benoit |
| Hall, Eric E. | Smilios, Ilias |
| Helms, Eric R. | Smith, Johneric W. |
| Harding, Chris | Sole, Christopher |
| Harry, John R. | Spang, Christoph |
| Hart, Algerian | Stastny, Petr |
| Hassan, Amr | Stefani, Laura |
| Hassan, Amr Abdulfattah | Storey, Adam |
| Hayward, David R. | Suárez-Varela, María M. Morales |
| Healy, Robin | Suchomel, Timothy |
| Heazlewood, Ian | Suh, Young Soo |
| Herda, Ashley A. | Suzuki, Katsuhiko |
| Hildreth, Blake | Taleb, Nadine |
| Hojman, Pernille | Tessitore, Antonio |
| Hokanson, James F. | Tiidus, Peter |
| Holmstrup, Michael | Tomczak, Andrzej |
| Horiuchi, Masahiro | Torres-Unda, Jon |
| Hornsby, W. Guy | Toubekis, Argyris |
| Hosick, Peter | Traustadόttir, Tinna |
| Hurst, Christopher | Travassos, Bruno |
| Iglesias-Soler, Eliseo | Triplett, Travis |
| Ingber, Lester | Trudel, Pierre |
| Ishihara, Toru | True, Larissa |
| Iturricastillo, Aitor | Van Der Ham, Ineke |
| Jaeger, Ralf | Ventura, Jessica |
| Jones, Margaret | Vescovi, Jason D. |
| Jozwiak, Mathieu | Vicedo, Juan Carlos Pastor |
| Jurkojć, Jacek | Vickers, Brad |
| Kagawa, Masaharu | Visser, Bart |
| Kam, Lynn | Wagle, John P. |
| Kawamura, Takuji | Waller, Michael |
| Kawczynski, Adam | Warner, Martin |
| Kennedy, Michael | Watt, Peter |
| Kerhervé, Hugo | Wax, B. |
| Khoury, Dalia EI | Wiggs, Michael |
| Kim, Hyun-Duck | Wilk, Michał |
| Kim, Kil-Soo | Willems, Mark |
| Kindy, Mark | Williams, Tyler |
| Kingsley, J. Derek | Wilson, Patrick |
| Kirk, Ben | Winchester, Lee |
| Klein, Markus | Wojcik, Janet R. |
| Klika, Riggs | Woodfield, Lorayne |
| Knechtle, Beat | Wu, Bo |
| Knell, Gregory | Young, Warren |
| Konarski, Jan | Zając, Adam |
| Kraus, Kornelius | Zekanowski, Cezary |
| Kump, David | Zelei, Ambrus |
| Lake, Jason | Zemková, Erika |
| Lane, Michael | Zubiaur, Marta |
| Langford, T. Dianne | Zuckerman, Scott |