Best Reviewers Award for 2021

The DEN Open Best Reviewers Award is an annual prize which recognizes the very best reviewers for their high‐quality reviews and dedication. Over 170 scholars served as reviewers in 2021, and we are pleased to announce 20 winners who have been selected based on the following criteria:

1. Invitation acceptance rate: 80% and over.

2. Number of completed reviews: 1.5 or above; How to calculate the number of the articles reviewed:

   1. Reviews/Original Articles ——— x1
   2. Case Reports ——— x0.5

3. Top 20 reviewers whose average scores for review: eight points maximum and two points minimum, Quality (5‐point scale) + Timeliness (3‐point scale).

Review period: November 2020 to December 2021

Hideyuki Chiba Department of Gastroenterology, Omori Red Cross Hospital, Tokyo, Japan	Mitsuru Esaki Department of Medicine and Bioregulatory Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan	Toshio Fujisawa Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan	Kazuo Hara Department of Gastroenterology, Aichi Cancer Center, Aichi, Japan
Takuto Hikichi Department of Endoscopy, Fukushima Medical University Hospital, Fukushima, Japan	Yusuke Horiuchi Deparment of Gastroenterology, Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan	Tadahisa Inoue Department of Gastroenterology, Aichi Medical University, Aichi, Japan	Takuji Iwashita First Department of Internal Medicine, Gifu University Hospital, Gifu, Japan

 

Yoshihide Kanno Department of Gastroenterology, Sendai City Medical Center, Miyagi, Japan	Motohiko Kato Division of Research and Development for Minimally Invasive Treatment, Cancer Center, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan	Yoshiyasu Kono Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan	Mai Ego Makiguchi Endoscopy Division, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Kosuke Minaga Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan	Kazunari Nakahara Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan	Yousuke Nakai Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan	Hiroki Sato Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota, USA
Sho Suzuki Department of Gastroenterology, International University of Health and Welfare Ichikawa Hospital, Chiba, Japan	Yosuke Toya Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan	Shunichi Yanai Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan	Naohisa Yoshida Department of Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan