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 63 papers were published in the journal, with a median time to first decision of 19 days and a median time to publication of 43 days. The editors would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for their cooperation and dedication in 2018:
| Abbott, Louise | Guo, Jingshu | Palma, Giuseppe |
| Aguilar, Carme | Hayashi, Ryuji | Paolo Busardó, Francesco |
| Albano, Emanuele | Hewitt, Andrew John | Pappas, Richard Steven |
| Almeida, Agostinho | HImeno, Seiichiro | Parajuli, Durga |
| Ancona, Carla | Höckner, Martina | Parajuli, Rajendra |
| Anderson, Stacey E. | Huertas-Pérez, José Fernando | Pattabiraman, Mahesh |
| Anifandis, George | Hung, Yung-Tse | Pensieri, Sara |
| Anticó, Enriqueta | Hursthouse, Andrew | Peyton, David H. |
| Arora, Manish | Hwang, Gi-Wook | Płotka-Wasylka, Justyna |
| Avino, Pasquale | Hylander, Lars D. | Pognonec, Philippe |
| Badot, Pierre-Marie | Islam, M. Nurul | Povey, Andrew |
| Balanay, Jo Anne G. | Jenkins, Jill A. | Puddu, Paolo Emilio |
| Bansal, Kuldeep K. | Jovicic, Vojislav | Radford, Samantha A. |
| Barst, Benjamin | Julian, Tim | Ragusa, Maria Antonietta |
| Bharadwaj, Lalita | Kalinich, John | Rainieri, Sandra |
| Biegel-Engler, Annegret | Kataoka, Tomoya | Ramaiahgari, Sreenivasa C. |
| Brčić Karačonji, Irena | Katbamna, Bharti | Regmi, Bishnu |
| Bu, Kaixuan | Katsoyiannis, Ioannis | Rice, Penelope A. |
| Bustamante, Paco | Kern, Janet | Rico, Andreu |
| Cádiz-Gurrea, María Luz | Klugbauer, Norbert | Robinson, Stacey A. |
| Candiani, Simona | Koch, Wojciech | Roca, Marta |
| Caputo, Gregory A. | Kudłak, Błażej | Roig-Navarro, Antoni Francesc |
| Carlsen, Hanne Krage | Ladeira, Carina | Rolando, Carol A. |
| Caserta, Donatella | Lafforgue, Michel | Rubino, Federico Maria |
| Caudle, Michael | Laforenza, Umberto | Russo, Mario Vincenzo |
| Chappell, Grace | Lahooti, Hooshang | Sá, Rosália |
| Cheong, Yuen Ki | Larcombe, Alexander | Sager, Manfred |
| Chiang, Yi-Ting | Lauschke, Volker | Sannagowdara, Kumar |
| Choi, Kyungho | Lavado, Ramon | Santilio, Angela |
| Chyau, Charng-Cherng | Lavkulich, Les M. | Santos, Juan |
| Ciulu, Marco | Law, David | Saraiva, Nuno |
| Colosio, Claudio | Lee, Jin Heon | Satoh, Masahiko |
| Conti, Sara | Lee, Jin-Yong | Savage, Kaye |
| Correia, Manuela | Leondiadis, Leondios | Scapellato, Maria Luisa |
| Csavina, Janae | Li, Ailin | Scheepers, Paul T. J. |
| De Lourdes Gomes Pereira, Maria | Liu, Hui-Ming | Schöpfer, Jutta |
| De Matteis, Valeria | Liu, Kangze | Schreinemachers, Dina |
| De Simone, Francesco | Loudig, Olivier D. | Shimek, Jo Anna |
| Deb, Subrata | Lucena, María Isabel | Singh, Reetu R. |
| Dekker, Marloes | Lutfy, Kabirullah | Sogorb Sánchez, Miguel Ángel |
| DeLong, Gayle | M’kacher, Radhia | Solimini, Renata |
| DeSesso, John M. | Ma, Yan | Sousa, Ana Catarina |
| Draheim, Roger R. | Mansfield, Edward | Starostik, Petr |
| Dreij, Kristian | Margherita, Maioli | Stefanelli, Patrizia |
| Drews-Botsch, Carolyn | Marion, Jason W. | Stevenson, Louise |
| Dunn, Ryan J. K. | Marrs, James A. | Su, Chunming |
| Ebersviller, Seth | Martínez-Guitarte, José-luis | Sulheim, Einar |
| Edwards, Joshua R. | Mavrogonatou, Eleni | Suwazono, Yasushi |
| El Muayed, Malek | Mcmorrow, Tara | Tagg, Alexander |
| Elhaik, Eran | Mcsorley, Emeir | Takahashi, Tsutomu |
| Erythropel, Hanno | Megalofonou, Persefoni | Tao, Liming |
| Evens, Anne | Meliker, Jaymie | Tashiro, Satoshi |
| Exley, Christopher | Méndez, Loyda B. | Teodoro, João |
| Fay, Michael J. | Miller, Mark | Thèvenod, Frank |
| Ford, Dawn | Mitulovic, Goran | Thistle, Harold |
| Frias, João | Mizukawa, Hazuki | Todorova, Svetoslava |
| Friedland, Rene | Motta, Chiara Maria | Toft, Gunnar |
| Gamble, Donald S. | Moulis, Jean-Marc | Tsuji, Joyce |
| Gamet-Payrastre, Laurence | Murai, Junko | Ulisse, Salvatore |
| Garcia, João Nuno Pinto Miranda | Murkovic, Michael | Vimercati, Luigi |
| Gardiner, Philip | Mutter, Joachim | Wang, Ping |
| Gay-Quéheillard, Jerome | Myers, Sandra | Westerink, Remco |
| Gebel, Thomas | Naha, Pratap C. | Williams, Katryn |
| Geth, Richard | Nakai, Kunihiko | Wilson, Thomas |
| Ghosh, Abhijit | Nees, Matthias | Woelwer-Rieck, Ursula |
| Gillman, Ivan Gene | Nuñez, Alberto | Yan, Shengmin |
| Ginsberg, Gary | ODonnell, Greg E. | Yasukazu, Takanezawa |
| Goreham, Renee | Ordiales, Efrén García | |
| Gramss, Gerhard | Pagan, O. R. |