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 30 papers were published in the journal, with a median time to first decision of 13 days and a median time to publication of 34.5 days. The editors would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for their cooperation and dedication in 2018:
| Ahringer, Julie | Lawrence, Christian |
| Allen, Claire | Linker, Claudia |
| Artinger, Kristin | Liu, Aimin |
| Askjaer, Peter | Liu, Karen |
| Atukorallaya, Devi | Lupo, Giuseppe |
| Baburamani, Ana A. | Miller, Galen |
| Bijlsma, Maarten F. | Mishina, Yuji |
| Blaess, Sandra | Mukhopadhyay, Saikat |
| Bohnsack, Brenda L. | Muñoz-Chápuli, Ramón |
| Bowling, Heather | Murray, Michael |
| Candiani, Simona | Muto, Akira |
| Cao, Xinwei | Niswander, Lee |
| Cerveny, Kara | Nohno, Tsutomu |
| Chin-Sang, Ian | Ohba, Shinsuke |
| Clavel, Marie-Annick | Pacifici, Maurizio |
| Cray, James John | Padian, Kevin |
| Crompton, Tessa | Pal, Kasturi |
| De La Cova, Claire | Pan, Yongchu |
| De Navascues, Joaquin | Peuhu, Emilia |
| Dettman, Robert | Powder, Kara |
| Ekker, Marc | Relaix, Frederic |
| Fernández, Ignacio | Riobo-Del Galdo, Natalia |
| Fink, Rainer H. A. | Rocheleau, Christian E. |
| Finnell, Richard | Röper, Katja |
| Franz-Odendaal, Tamara | Rousset, Raphaël |
| Gantz, Stephanie | Sánchez-Camacho Blázquez, Cristina |
| Gassmann, Reto | Schafer, Bill |
| Geisbrecht, Erika R. | Schneider-Maunoury, Sylvie |
| Giangrande, Angela | Schwartz, Lawrence M. |
| Giniger, Edward S. | Seeger, Mark |
| Goyal, Yogesh | Shlizerman, Eli |
| Grobe, Kay | Shuler, Charles |
| Großhans, Jörg | Si, Kausik |
| Hall, David H. | Sripathy, Smitha |
| Herránz, Héctor | Sztal, Tamar |
| Hilgers, Valérie | Thor, Stefan |
| Hufnagel, Robert | Thyme, Summer |
| Iwata, Junichi | Tien, Lu-Tai |
| Johnston, Christopher | Vora, Mehul |
| Kanczler, Janos | Wang, Bang-An |
| Kappen, Claudia | Wang, Wen-Der |
| Kerosuo, Laura | Weake, Vikki M. |
| Khoshmanesh, Khashayar | Weatherbee, Scott D. |
| Korona, Dagmara | Wolman, Marc A. |
| Köster, Reinhard W. | Yelick, Pamela |
| Kwan, Kristen | Zaffran, Stéphane |
| Lacin, Haluk |