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 38 papers were published in the journal, with a median time to first decision of 27.5 days and a median time to publication of 65.5 days. The editors would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for their cooperation and dedication in 2018:
| Alaimo, Alessandro | Mather, Carey |
| Alfirevic, Ana | Meng, Jinhong |
| Antoñanzas, Fernando | Mills, Rachel |
| Bien, Stephanie A. | Mitchell, Cassie S. |
| Boisvert, François-Michel | Moyle, Louise |
| Bonham, Vence L. | Naj, Adam |
| Burns, Katie | Navab, Mohamad |
| Butler-browne, Gillian | Nigam, Sanjay |
| Castel, Victoria | O’Rourke, Patricia Pearl |
| Cheng, Xi | Pan, Minggui |
| Chmurzynska, Agata | Patch, Christine |
| Čipak Gašparović, Ana | Perera, Minoli |
| Clementi, Emilio | Perez, Laurent |
| Codacci-Pisanelli, Giovanni | Pergament, Eugene |
| Cohen, Stephanie | Persson, Cecilia |
| Crona, Daniel | Pfau, Steven E. |
| Defesche, Joep C. | Pyles, Lee A. |
| DeLeon, Jose | Radhakrishnan, Kavita |
| DeWald, Tracy | Ragia, Georgia |
| Dijkstra, Jouke | Reynolds, Jessica L. |
| Du Preez, Ilse | Sanderson, Saskia |
| Engvall, Jan | Sandman, Lars |
| Ewing, Adam | Savoia, Carmine |
| Gagliardi, Paolo Armando | Scott, Erick R |
| Gallegos, Martha Patricia | Sharfaei, Sadaf |
| Garrison, Louis | Sharma, Atul |
| Gibson, Greg | Sharma, Naveen |
| Glueck, Charles J. | Shipman, Kate |
| Gong, Yan | Silva, Susana N. |
| Gouin-Thibault, Isabelle | Singh, Sonal |
| Goyenvalle, Aurélie | Singla, Bhupesh |
| Graber, Joel | Skinner, Debra |
| Hagenbuch, Bruno | Stewart, Alexandre |
| Hart, Steven | Taylor, Casey |
| Herraez, Elisa | Toffoli, Giuseppe |
| Hiratsuka, Masahiro | Tolstikov, Vladimir |
| Hizel, Candan | Tougeron, David |
| Hoppu, Ulla | Vafiadaki, Elizabeth |
| Hult, Kristopher J. | Van Putten, Maaike |
| Hvas, Anne-Mette | Van Schaik, Ron H.N. |
| Inamura, Kentaro | Vickers, Kasey C. |
| Janowski, Miroslaw | Villa, Chiara |
| Jirák, Daniel | Vimaleswaran, Karani S. |
| Karnes, Jason H. | Wang, Xinwen |
| Kato, Yukio | Welch, Carrie |
| Kulak, Wojciech | Williams, Janet K. |
| Lanfear, David | Wilton, Steve |
| Lazzeri, Chiara | Wojtkiewicz, Joanna |
| Lewis, Gladius | Wu, Alan |
| Li, Yvonne | Zaiss, Dietmar M.W. |
| López Fernández, Luis | Zhou, Jingying |
| Maeda, Hiroshi | Ziegelstein, Roy |