As we begin a new year, the Editors take this opportunity to thank all of our reviewers who have worked tirelessly to maintain the quality and the integrity of the review process for JACC: Basic to Translational Science. Because of the breadth of scientific articles that we publish it is often challenging to find reviewers with the requisite expertise to evaluate the science that we receive. In 2021, we were again fortunate to continue to receive outstanding, timely, high-quality reviews for the papers that we sent out for peer review. Despite the seemingly insurmountable obstacles imposed by yet another grinding year of the COVID-19 pandemic, you found the time to share your wisdom and knowledge to help improve the quality of the science that we publish.
The Editors would like to give special recognition to the reviewers who went above and beyond what was asked of them, and to recognize their efforts here. The individuals listed herein (in alphabetical order) are being recognized for the timeliness and quality of their reviews, as well as the proportion of invitations accepted. Individuals with an asterisk before their name were also recognized as outstanding reviewers in 2020.
The Editors of JACC: Basic to Translational Science recognize that it takes time, effort and discernment to perform a rigorous, balanced scientific review, which—far too often—is not acknowledged with sufficient gratitude. So here we express our appreciation to all of our reviewers for your abiding efforts to advance the field of cardiovascular translational medicine.
∗Antonio Abbate, MD, PhD
Aarti Asnani, MD
Ruben Coronel, MD, PhD
Yoshihiro Fukumoto, MD
Vijay Ganta, PhD
Michael Greenberg, PhD
Bradford Hill, PhD
Ali Javaheri, MD, PhD
Peter V. Johnston, MD
Ha Won Kim, PhD
Lorrie Kirshenbaum, PhD
Issei Komuro, MD, PhD
Kory J. Lavine, MD, PhD
Jerrold H. Levy, MD
Gary Lopaschuk, PhD
∗Ali Marian, MD
Lewis Rubin, MD
∗Junichi Sadoshima, MD, PhD
∗Gaetano Santulli, MD, PhD
Joel Schilling, MD, PhD
W. H. Wilson Tang, MD
Dwight Towler, MD, PhD
Yibin Wang, PhD
∗Xander Wehrens, MD, PhD
Wende, Adam, PhD
Yifan Yuan, PhD