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As we reach the final issue of Clinical Pharmacokinetics for 2019, we wish to reflect on another successful year’s achievements, and to thank all those who have contributed their time and effort to guarantee the high quality of our content.
2019 was a successful year for Clinical Pharmacokinetics. A total 119 articles have been published; the most popular of these, in terms of downloads from SpringerLink, have been:
Concordet D, Gandia P, Montastruc JL, Bousquet-Mélou A, Lees P, Ferran A, Toutain PL. Levothyrox® New and Old Formulations: Are they Switchable for Millions of Patients? Clin Pharmacokinet. 2019 Jul;58(7):827–833. https://doi.org/10.1007/S40262-019-00747-3
Miller NA, Reddy MB, Heikkinen AT, Lukacova V, Parrott N. Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modelling for First-In-Human Predictions: An Updated Model Building Strategy Illustrated with Challenging Industry Case Studies. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2019 Jun;58(6):727–746. https://doi.org/10.1007/S40262-019-00741-9
Centanni M, Moes DJAR, Trocóniz IF, Ciccolini J, van Hasselt JGC. Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2019 Jul;58(7):835–857. https://doi.org/10.1007/S40262-019-00748-2
Kinnunen M, Piirainen P, Kokki H, Lammi P, Kokki M. Updated Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Oxycodone. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2019 Jun;58(6):705–725. https://doi.org/10.1007/S40262-018-00731-3
Granhall C, Donsmark M, Blicher TM, Golor G, Søndergaard FL, Thomsen M, Bækdal TA. Safety and Pharmacokinetics of Single and Multiple Ascending Doses of the Novel Oral Human GLP-1 Analogue, Oral Semaglutide, in Healthy Subjects and Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2019 Jun;58(6):781–791. https://doi.org/10.1007/S40262-018-0728-4
Smolders EJ, Ter Horst PJG, Wolters S, Burger DM. Cardiovascular Risk Management and Hepatitis C: Combining Drugs. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2019 May;58(5):565-592. https://doi.org/10.1007/S40262-018-0710-1
Byon W, Garonzik S, Boyd RA, Frost CE. Apixaban: A Clinical Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Review. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2019 Oct;58(10):1265–1279. https://doi.org/10.1007/S40262-019-00775-Z
Colin PJ, Allegaert K, Thomson AH, Touw DJ, Dolton M, de Hoog M, Roberts JA, Adane ED, Yamamoto M, Santos-Buelga D, Martín-Suarez A, Simon N, Taccone FS, Lo YL, Barcia E, Struys MMRF, Eleveld DJ. Vancomycin Pharmacokinetics Throughout Life: Results from a Pooled Population Analysis and Evaluation of Current Dosing Recommendations. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2019 Jun;58(6):767–780. https://doi.org/10.1007/S40262-018-0727-5
Wijnsma KL, Ter Heine R, Moes DJAR, Langemeijer S, Schols SEM, Volokhina EB, van den Heuvel LP, Wetzels JFM, van de Kar NCAJ, Brüggemann RJ. Pharmacology, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Eculizumab, and Possibilities for an Individualized Approach to Eculizumab. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2019 Jul;58(7):859–874. https://doi.org/10.1007/S40262-019-00742-8
Bækdal TA, Borregaard J, Hansen CW, Thomsen M, Anderson TW. Effect of Oral Semaglutide on the Pharmacokinetics of Lisinopril, Warfarin, Digoxin, and Metformin in Healthy Subjects. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2019 Sep;58(9):1193–1203. https://doi.org/10.1007/S40262-019-00756-2
Social media sharing of information has become important and is another metric with which to measure the reach of articles. This year the following articles published in Clinical Pharmacokinetics scored highly on the Altmetric system:
Concordet D, Gandia P, Montastruc JL, Bousquet-Mélou A, Lees P, Ferran A, Toutain PL. Levothyrox® New and Old Formulations: Are they Switchable for Millions of Patients? Clin Pharmacokinet. 2019 Jul;58(7):827–833. https://doi.org/10.1007/S40262-019-00747-3
Hauser RA, Pahwa R, Wargin WA, Souza-Prien CJ, McClure N, Johnson R, Nguyen JT, Patni R, Went GT. Pharmacokinetics of ADS-5102 (Amantadine) Extended Release Capsules Administered Once Daily at Bedtime for the Treatment of Dyskinesia. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2019 Jan;58(1):77–88. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40262-018-0663-4
Groenland SL, van Nuland M, Verheijen RB, Schellens JHM, Beijnen JH, Huitema ADR, Steeghs N. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Oral Anti-Hormonal Drugs in Oncology. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2019 Mar;58(3):299-308. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40262-018-0683-0
Daskapan A, Idrus LR, Postma MJ, Wilffert B, Kosterink JGW, Stienstra Y, Touw DJ, Andersen AB, Bekker A, Denti P, Hemanth Kumar AK, Jeremiah K, Kwara A, McIlleron H, Meintjes G, van Oosterhout JJ, Ramachandran G, Rockwood N, Wilkinson RJ, van der Werf TS, Alffenaar JC. A Systematic Review on the Effect of HIV Infection on the Pharmacokinetics of First-Line Tuberculosis Drugs. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2019 Jun;58(6):747–766. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40262-018-0716-8
Ternant D, Azzopardi N, Raoul W, Bejan-Angoulvant T, Paintaud G. Influence of Antigen Mass on the Pharmacokinetics of Therapeutic Antibodies in Humans. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2019 Feb;58(2):169-187. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40262-018-0680-3
Tan CRC, Abdul-Majeed S, Cael B, Barta SK. Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Bortezomib. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2019 Feb;58(2):157-168. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40262-018-0679-9
Centanni M, Moes DJAR, Trocóniz IF, Ciccolini J, van Hasselt JGC. Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2019 Jul;58(7):835–857. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40262-019-00748-2
Bulitta JB, Jiao Y, Drescher SK, Oliver A, Louie A, Moya B, Tao X, Wittau M, Tsuji BT, Zavascki AP, Shin BS, Drusano GL, Sörgel F, Landersdorfer CB. Four Decades of β-Lactam Antibiotic Pharmacokinetics in Cystic Fibrosis. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2019 Feb;58(2):143–156. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40262-018-0678-x
Salem AH, Dave N, Marbury T, Hu B, Miles D, Agarwal SK, Bueno OF, Menon RM. Pharmacokinetics of the BCL-2 Inhibitor Venetoclax in Subjects with Hepatic Impairment. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2019 Aug;58(8):1091–1100. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40262-019-00746-4
Hermann R, Karlsson MO, Novakovic AM, Terranova N, Fluck M, Munafo A. The Clinical Pharmacology of Cladribine Tablets for the Treatment of Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2019 Mar;58(3):283–297. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40262-018-0695-9
The quality of articles published in the journal is also reflected in its most recent impact factor of 4.680. Clinical Pharmacokinetics is now ranked 30/267 journals in the ‘Pharmacology & Pharmacy’ category [Clarivate Analytics]. The Journal’s 2018 CiteScore is 4.33, with a ranking of 18/232 journals in the ‘Pharmacology [Medical]’ category [Scopus].
We thank the authors who have contributed articles to Clinical Pharmacokinetics over the course of 2019. The skill and dedication of all authors are critical to the continued publication of the journal. The quality of published articles is also testament to the significant efforts of the peer reviewers, whose commitment ensures that the journal’s content is held to the highest possible standard. We would like to thank the following individuals who acted as reviewers for Clinical Pharmacokinetics in the last 12 months:
Francisco Abad-Santos, Spain
Nurul Azrin Abd Rahman, Australia
Chiara Adembri, Italy
Jan-Willem C. Alffenaar, Australia
Hesham S. Al-Sallami, New Zealand
Wataru Ando, Japan
Anders Åsberg, Norway
Kyun S. Bae, Republic of Korea
Jacquelyn L. Bainbridge, USA
Matthew Barth, USA
Agnieszka Bienert, Poland
Sander Bins, The Netherlands
Geremia B. Bolli, Italy
Jeannet Bos, The Netherlands
Prithviraj Bose, USA
John Bradely, USA
William Bradley, USA
Elizabeth Burgener, USA
Howard A. Burris, USA
Yoseph Caraco, Israel
Dario Cattaneo, Italy
Di Chen, China
Manoranjenni Chetty, UK
Leena Choi, USA
Jeffrey J. Cies, USA
Marjon Cnossen, The Netherlands
Pier G. Cojutti, Italy
Angela P.H. Colbers, The Netherlands
Pieter Colin, The Netherlands
Jonathan Constance, USA
Camille Couffignal, France
Perrine Courlet, Switzerland
Stacy Croteau, USA
Muriel Cuendet, Switzerland
Burke Cunha, USA
Youssef Daali, Switzerland
Dorota Danielak, Poland
Kim Dao, Switzerland
Adam Darwich, Sweden
Dinesh de Alwis, USA
Wilfried de Backer, Belgium
Luc De Baerdemaeker, Belgium
Amparo de la Peña, USA
Rafael de la Torre, Spain
Jose de Leon, USA
Aurelia H. de Vries Schultink, The Netherlands
Jeroen Diepstraten, The Netherlands
Jasper Dingemanse, Switzerland
Zoubir Djerada, France
Tan N. Doan, Australia
Kevin J. Downes, USA
Julie B. Dumond, USA
Jeroen Elassaiss-Schaap, The Netherlands
Douglas J. Eleveld, The Netherlands
Maurizio Elia, Italy
Mats Enlund, Sweden
Steven R. Feldman, USA
Veronique Fremeaux, France
Freddy Frost, UK
Ken I. Fujita, Japan
Tsuyoshi Fukuda, USA
Masahide Fukudo, Japan
Eva Germovsek, Sweden
Paul Glue, New Zealand
Daniel Gonzalez, USA
Verena Gotta, Switzerland
Sylvain Goutelle, France
David J. Greenblatt, USA
Rick Greupink, The Netherlands
Morag Griffin, UK
Jeremie Guedj, France
Neeraj Gupta, USA
Andrea Hahn, USA
David M. G. Halpin, UK
R. Donald Harvey, USA
Hiddo J. L. Heerspink, The Netherlands
Nina Heldring, Sweden
James V. Hennessey, USA
Dennis A. Hesselink, The Netherlands
Akihiro Hisaka, Japan
Christoph P. Hornik, USA
Chuanpu Hu, USA
Marilyn A. Huestis, USA
Alwin D. R. Huitema, The Netherlands
Paul R. Hutson, USA
Margarita Inavova, USA
Diana Isaacs, USA
Masoud Jamei, UK
Zheng Jiao, China
Markus Joerger, Switzerland
Cecilie Johannessen Landmark, Norway
Siv Jonsson, Sweden
Vincent Jullien, France
Amal Kaddoumi, USA
Ron Keizer, Sweden
Edward Kerwin, USA
Peter J. Kilford, UK
Mark Kirstein, USA
Tomoo Kishaba, Japan
Frank Kloprogge, UK
Franziska Kluwe, Germany
Birgit Koch, The Netherlands
Gilbert Koch, Switzerland
Jean Koff, USA
Jill Kolesar, USA
Stephan Kraehenbuehl, Switzerland
Lisanne L. Krens, The Netherlands
Sriram Krishnaswami, USA
Jacek Kubica, Poland
José M. Lanao, Spain
Félicien Le Louedec, France
Chooi Y. Lee, Malaysia
Benedicte Lelièvre, France
Hendrikus J. M. Lemmens, USA
Linzhong Li, USA
Rafael Linden, Brazil
Zhijia Liu, China
Célia Lloret-Linares, France
Janel Long-Boyle, USA
Rubin Lubomirov, Spain
Cecile Magis-Escurra, The Netherlands
Anil R. Maharaj, USA
Iftekhar Mahmood, USA
Sherif H. Mahmoud, Canada
Michael Malfatti, USA
Rebecca Marsh, USA
Amélie Marsot, Canada
Joanna C. Masters, USA
Maria G. Matera, Italy
Ron A. A. Mathot, The Netherlands
Kazuaki Matsumoto, Japan
Calvin J. Meaney, USA
Sven Mensing, Germany
Robin Michelet, Germany
Neil A. Miller, UK
Iris Minichmayr, Sweden
Tomoyuki Mizuno, USA
Brady S. Moffett, USA
Massimo Morfini, Italy
Sunder Mudaliar, USA
Hussain Mulla, UK
Barbara Mulloy, UK
Mwila Mulubwa, South Africa
Ahmed Nader, USA
Florence Namour, France
Christa E. Nath, Australia
Michael N. Neely, USA
Salin Nhean, USA
Silpa Nuthalapati, USA
Shinju Obara, Japan
Marek Ochowiak, Poland
Eziafa I. Oduah, USA
Kayode Ogungbenro, UK
Melih Onay, Turkey
Ahmed A. Othman, USA
Mehdi Oualha, France
Daniele Ouellet, USA
Roberto Padrini, Italy
Amit Pai, USA
Amy B. Pai, USA
Manjunath P. Pai, USA
Hitesh Pandya, UK
John C. Panetta, USA
Sarah Parker, USA
Zinnia P. Parra-Guillén, Spain
Jignesh P. Patel, UK
Michael Paulzen, Germany
Sarah Perelli, Italy
Sheila A. Peters, Germany
Antoine Petitcollin, France
Mitch A. Phelps, USA
Italo Poggesi, Belgium
Thomas M. Polasek, Australia
Akshanth R. Polepally, USA
Richard A. Preston, USA
Alessio Provenzani, Italy
Indranil R. Rao, UK
Florence Raynaud, UK
Venkatesh Pilla Reddy, UK
Suzanne Reeves, UK
Brad Reisfeld, USA
David M. Reith, New Zealand
Lutz Renders, Germany
Ida Robertsen, Norway
Alicia Rodriguez-Gascon, Spain
Claire Roger, France
Michał Romański, Poland
Christopher M. Rubino, USA
Rovina Ruslami, Indonesia
Teijo I. Saari, Finland
Marko Sahinovic, The Netherlands
Mohammad Saleh, Jordan
Carlos G. Santos-Gallego, USA
Antonin Schmitt, France
Georgios Schoretsanitis, Switzerland
Josefine Schulz, Germany
Ute I. Schwarz, Canada
Naveed Shaik, USA
Marco Siccardi, UK
Werner Siegmund, Germany
Juergen Siekmann, Austria
Virginie Siguret, France
Alena Simalatsar, Switzerland
Fekade Sime, Australia
Ian Sinha, UK
Erik Sjogren, Sweden
Judith Smith, USA
Joanna Sobiak, Poland
Jin Woo Song, Republic of Korea
Ofer Spiegelstein, Israel
Edoardo Spina, Italy
Anand Srinivasan, India
Christine E. Staatz, Australia
Joseph F. Standing, UK
David Stepensky, Israel
Christophe P. Stove, Belgium
Michel M. R. F. Struys, The Netherlands
Albert Suttle, USA
Veronica Swystun, Canada
Mariko Takeda-Morishita, Japan
Rob ter Heine, The Netherlands
David Ternant, France
Torbjörn Tomson, Sweden
Aleksi Tornio, Finland
Pierre L. Toutain, France
Iñaki F. Troconiz, Spain
Alice Tseng, Canada
Nielka van Erp, The Netherlands
Anne van Rongen, The Netherlands
Jurgen Venitz, USA
Alexander A. Vinks, USA
Mark S. Wainwright, USA
Madeline Waldron, USA
Xinting Wang, China
Larissa Wenning, USA
Sebastian G. Wicha, Germany
Brian A. Willis, USA
Jean B. Woillard, France
Harvey Wong, Canada
Christine Xu, USA
Xinning Yang, USA
Ikuko Yano, Japan
Yanke Yu, USA
Markus Zeitlinger, Austria
Liang Zhao, USA
Songmao Zheng, USA
Tong Zhu, USA
Victoria C. Ziesenitz, Switzerland
In addition, we would like to thank the members of the journal’s Honorary Editorial Board, who have acted as peer reviewers and authors, and have provided guidance on journal content, policy and processes:
Fatemeh Akhlaghi, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA
Karel M. Allegaert, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Gail D. Anderson, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Jos H. Beijnen, Utrecht University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Hans R. Brunner, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Etienne Chatelut, Institut Universitaire du Cancer Toulouse, Toulouse, France
Mei-Ling Chen, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA
Stephen J. Clarke, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Jennifer L. Clements, Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy, Clinton, SC, USA
Maria L. Dahl, Karolinska Institutet, Uppsala, Sweden
Neal M. Davies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Hartmut Derendorf, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
C. Lindsay DeVane, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
Saskia N. de Wildt, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Thomas C. Dowling, Ferris State University, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Stephen B. Dufull, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Chin B. Eap, Hopital de Cery, Lausanne, Switzerland
Hitoshi Echizen, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Tokyo, Japan
Andrea N. Edginton, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Erik Eliasson, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Albert Ferro, King’s College London, London, UK
Bruce Green, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Sam Harirforoosh, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, USA
Georg Hempel, Wilhelms-Universität Munster, Muster, Germany
Roger W. Jellife, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Charlotte Kloft, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Catherijne A. J. Knibbe, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
Jörn Lötsch, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany
Bernd Meibohm, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN, USA
France Mentré, Universite Paris Diderot, Paris, France
Gerd Mikus, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Gene D. Morse, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
Pertti J. Neuvonen, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Federico Pea, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
Emilio Perucca, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Johannes H. Proost, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
MichaelS. Roberts, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Amparo Sánchez Navarro, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
Catherine M. T. Sherwin, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Susan Tett, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Michel Tod, Université Lyon, Paris, France
Daniel J. Touw, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Vijay V. Upreti, Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
John N. van den Anker, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC, USA
Teun van Gelder, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
We do hope that you have found the articles published throughout the year in Clinical Pharmacokinetics to be interesting and informative. The editorial schedule for 2020 is well under way, and we are looking forward to bringing you many high-quality and authoritative articles over the coming year.
With best wishes,
Amitabh Prakash & Anton van Rensburg
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Acknowledgement to Referees. Clin Pharmacokinet 58, 1505–1510 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40262-019-00839-0
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