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Dear Reader,
Welcome to the final issue of Drug Safety for 2020.
This year has presented many challenges and I would like to take this opportunity to thank all who have contributed to ensuring the journal has thrived despite the extraordinary circumstances that the science community, and the world in general, has faced.
I would like to start by thanking the authors of the articles published in Drug Safety over the course of 2020. The enthusiasm of all authors for their chosen fields and their willingness to contribute content to the journal are crucial for its continued success.
The quality of published articles is also testament to the diligence of the peer reviewers, whose willingness to share their expertise ensures that the journal’s content is held to the highest standard. I would like to acknowledge the following individuals who acted as reviewers for Drug Safety in the last 12 months:
Farukh Abbas, USA
Lee Aiyegbusi, UK
Halis Akturk, USA
Naama Al Mamari, Canada
Karel Allegaert, Belgium
Hanny Al-Samkari, USA
Thamir M. Alshammari, Saudi Arabia
Emily M. Altman, USA
Eduardo C. Álvarez, Spain
Carlos Alves, Portugal
Mark Anderson, USA
Heather Angus-Leppan, UK
Ippazio Antonazzo, Italy
Mudassir Anwar, New Zealand
Alejandro Arana, Spain
Jeffrey K. Aronson, UK
Esther Artime, Spain
Mark Avigan, USA
Anders Bach, Denmark
Haleh Bagheri, France
Priya Bahri, The Netherlands
Jane P. Bai, USA
Kelly Baillie, UK
Robert Ball, USA
Maria Bampa, Sweden
Juan M. Banda, USA
Anjan Banerjee, UK
Kirsten Barnes, Australia
Andrew Bate, UK
Vincent G. Bauchau, Belgium
Claudia Becker, Switzerland
Bernard Begaud, France
Elisabeth Bendstrup, Denmark
Margaret Bermingham, Ireland
Delphine Bertram, The Netherlands
Subhrojyoti Bhowmick, India
Kevin Bihan, France
Ingrid A. Binswanger, USA
Niclas Björn, Sweden
Einar S. Björnsson, Iceland
Stella Blackburn, UK
Michael Blair, USA
Charles D. Blanke, Canada
Patrick Blin, France
Olivier Bodenreider, USA
Giulia Bonaldo, Italy
John Joseph Borg, Malta
Cedric Bousquet, France
Richard D. Boyce, USA
Ian W. Boyd, Australia
Matthew J. Boyd, UK
Eva Brandl, Germany
James Bussel, USA
Anne Mobley Butler, USA
Jim Buttery, Australia
Katsiaryna Bykov, USA
Ilaria Campesi, Italy
Gianmario Candore, UK
Bruce C. Carleton, Canada
Alfonso Carvajal, Spain
Charles Catton, Canada
Lucia Cea-Soriano, Spain
Herbert S. Chase, USA
Nazia Chaudhuri, UK
Xiaoyi Chen, France
Wisit Cheungpasitporn, USA
Stefania Chiappini, Italy
Sebastien Cossin, France
Melissa M. Cushing, USA
Paola M. Cutroneo, Italy
Giovanni Damiani, Italy
Gaby Danan, France
Fernando De Andres Segura, Spain
Floriana De Angelis, UK
Cristina de la Calle, Spain
Fernando de Mora, Spain
Olatz P. de Viñaspre, Spain
Sieta T. de Vries, The Netherlands
Jessica DeFrank, USA
Poching DeLaurentis, USA
Jules A. Desmeules, Switzerland
Sophie Desmonde, France
Murthy Devarakonda, USA
Don S. Dizon, USA
Son Doan, USA
Matthew P. Doogue, New Zealand
Cécile Droz-Perroteau, France
Rohan D'Souza, Canada
Michael Dunn, USA
Brian D. Edwards, UK
Matthew S. Ellis, USA
Mahyar Etminan, Canada
Marc Evans, UK
Efe Eworuke, USA
Andreea Farcas, Romania
Pablo Fernandez-Penas, Australia
Robin E. Ferner, UK
Carmen Ferrajolo, Italy
Robert J. Fontana, USA
Caroline J. Foster, UK
Anthony W. Fox, UK
Thomas Frisell, Sweden
Kin-Wah W. Fung, USA
Galal Galal-Edeen, UK
Kirsten Galbraith, Australia
Lucie M. Gattepaille, Sweden
Milo Gatti, Italy
Alexander Gerbes, Germany
David Gerrett, UK
Rosa Gini, Italy
Thomas Goedecke, UK
Fernando Gomez-Peralta, Spain
Dharmesh Gopalakrishnan, USA
Amandine Gouverneur, France
Matthew Grainge, UK
Birgitta Grundmark, Sweden
Sinem Ezgi Gulmez, Turkey
Ahmet Güner, Turkey
Gery P. Guy Jr, USA
Maya B. Habre, Lebanon
Eelko Hak, The Netherlands
Gillian C. Hall, UK
Christine E. Hallgreen, Denmark
Linda Härmark, The Netherlands
Manfred Hauben, USA
Martin E.W. Hemels, The Netherlands
Séverine Henrard, Belgium
Thomas Herdegen, Germany
Nelia Hernandez, Uruguay
Samuel Heyman, Israel
Alan M. Hochberg, Switzerland
Corinne M. Hohl, Canada
Luc M.V. Hondeghem, Belgium
M. Yves Horsmans, Belgium
Daniel B. Horton, USA
Bruce P.J. Hugman, Thailand
Takuya Imatoh, Japan
Pedro Inacio, Finland
Magnus Ingelman-Sundberg, Sweden
Ambrose O. Isah, Nigeria
Irina Isakova-Sivak, The Russian Federation
Jo-Hanna Ivers, Ireland
Yogini Jani, UK
Joseph A.M. Janssen, The Netherlands
Narumol Jarernsiripornkul, Thailand
Tianze Jiao, Canada
Zhaohui Jin, USA
Reed Johnson, USA
Kerina Jones, UK
Cheng Ju, USA
Eliangiringa A. Kaale, United Republic of Tanzania
Masayuki Kaneko, Japan
Alan Kaplan, Canada
Sigal Kaplan, Israel
Igor Karp, Canada
Alison T. Kawai, USA
Susan Keam, New Zealand
Erin Kelty, Australia
Edward M. Kerwin, USA
Sandhya Khurana, USA
Dan Kibuule, Namibia
Doyoung Kim, Republic of Korea
Ty H. Kiser, USA
Peter Knapp, UK
Sonali Kochhar, USA
Eleni Kotsampasakou, UK
Vassilis Koutkias, Greece
Stephan Kraehenbuehl, Switzerland
Janet Krska, UK
Andrea Kuemmerle, Switzerland
Patrick Küry, Germany
Xavier Kurz, The Netherlands
Oliver Kuss, Germany
Thierry Landre, France
Maryse Lapeyre-Mestre, France
Dominique Larrey, France
Jillian S.Y. Lau, Australia
Ulrich Laufs, Germany
Volker Lauschke, Sweden
J.B. Layton, USA
Jeannette Lechner-Scott, Australia
Eun B. Lee, Republic of Korea
Maarit Leinonen, Finland
Jerrold H. Levy, USA
Ying Li, USA
Kueiyu J. Lin, USA
Dick Lindhout, The Netherlands
Feifan Liu, USA
Mei Liu, USA
Vincent Liu, USA
Maria Loane, UK
Kate Mackrill, New Zealand
Kelly M. Mahar, USA
Ian D. Maidment, UK
Francois Maignen, UK
Scott Malec, USA
Krzysztof Malinowski, Poland
Antonis S. Manolis, Greece
Thomas A. Marciniak, USA
Judith C. Maro, USA
Aaron Masino, USA
Patricia D-C. Mastroianni, Brazil
Géric Maura, France
Patricia McGettigan, UK
Mitchell McGill, USA
Claire K. McLintock, New Zealand
Andreas D. Meid, Germany
Brittany L. Melton, USA
Lucy Meunier, France
Jae S. Min, USA
Massimiliano Mirabella, Italy
Thomas J. Moore, USA
Daniel Morales, UK
Ugo Moretti, Italy
Takeshi Morimoto, Japan
Pedro L. Moro, USA
Andrew Mosholder, USA
Shahrul Mt-Isa, UK
Monica A. Munoz, USA
Mehdi Najafzadeh, USA
Avindra Nath, USA
Pantelis Natsiavas, Greece
Manuela Neuman, Canada
Victoria Newbould, UK
Prasad S. Nishtala, UK
Yoshihiro Noguchi, Japan
James Nuttall, South Africa
Didier B. Nzolo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo
Comfort K. Ogar, Nigeria
Hiroyuki Ohbe, Japan
Sten Olsson, Sweden
Vicki Osborne, UK
Alexandra C. Pacurariu, UK
Nibu Parameswaran Nair, Australia
Antoine Pariente, France
Luca Pasina, Italy
Tejas Patel, India
Alyssa M. Peckham, USA
Ana V. Pejčić, Serbia
Sanne Peters, UK
Thor Petersen, Denmark
Helen Petousis-Harris, New Zealand
Carlo Piccinni, Italy
Luis Pinheiro, UK
Manel Pladevall, Spain
Roy A. Pleasants, USA
Elisabetta Poluzzi, Italy
Vladimir V. Poroikov, The Russian Federation
Anton Pottegård, Denmark
Guillermo Prada-Ramallal, Spain
Scott Proestel, USA
Livia Puljak, Croatia
Lembit Rago, Switzerland
Gerard M. Raj, India
Anup Ramachandran, USA
Emanuel Raschi, Italy
David K. Raynor, UK
Arie Regev, USA
Marc Rendell, USA
Jenna M. Reps, UK
Peter R. Rijnbeek, The Netherlands
Giuseppe Roberto, Italy
Cheryl F. Rosen, Canada
Francois Roubille, France
Elizabeth Roughead, Australia
Yoshifumi Saisho, Japan
Miloje Savic, Belgium
Lucie-Marie Scailteux, France
Stephen Schachterle, USA
Fabrizio Schifano, UK
Tania Schink, Germany
Joep H.G. Scholl, The Netherlands
Lynn M. Schriml, USA
Lavinia Schüler-Faccini, Brazil
David L. Scott, UK
Karla Seaman, Australia
Marcial Sebode, Germany
John D. Seeger, USA
Victor L. Serebruany, USA
Joshua M. Sharfstein, USA
Greene Shepherd, USA
Daniel Shepshelovich, Israel
Luwen Shi, China
Ju-Young Shin, Republic of Korea
Lee S. Simon, USA
Susan M. Sinclair, USA
Sonal Singh, USA
Helena Sköld, Sweden
Jim Slattery, UK
Amelia Smith, Ireland
Joshua Smith, USA
Karen Smith, USA
Meredith Y. Smith, USA
Rachel E. Sobel, USA
Kalyani B. Sonawane, USA
Kathrine B. Søndergaard, Denmark
Enrique R. Soriano, Argentina
Patrick Souverein, The Netherlands
Rosangela Spiga, Italy
Julia Spoendlin, USA
Olof Stephansson, Sweden
Michael Stitely, New Zealand
Kayla R. Stover, USA
Sylvia E.K. Sudat, USA
Janet Sultana, Italy
Carlos A. Tagliati, Brazil
Yoshinori Takeuchi, Japan
Michael V. Tatley, New Zealand
Peter C. Taylor, UK
Chengwen Teng, USA
Rolf Teschke, Germany
Gita Thanarajasingam, USA
Nicolas H. Thurin, France
Thierry Trenque, France
Claudia Valenzuela, Spain
Jan van Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Lionel Van Holle, Belgium
Florence van Hunsel, The Netherlands
Marije van Melle, UK
John van Stekelenborg, USA
François W.D. Venter, South Africa
Katia Verhamme, The Netherlands
L.E. Visser, The Netherlands
Andy H. Vo, USA
Viktor von Wyl, Switzerland
Suzanne Vosburg, USA
Izyan A. Wahab, Malaysia
Rika Wakao, Japan
Alexander M. Walker, USA
Susanna M. Wallerstedt, Sweden
Elaine K. Walsh, Ireland
Fusheng Wang, USA
Michelle Wang, USA
Shirley Wang, USA
Lucas D. Ward, USA
Sarah Watson, Sweden
Kara D. Weatherman, USA
Wei-Qi Wei, USA
Emmanuel Weiss, France
Almut G. Winterstein, USA
Grace L.H. Wong, Hong Kong
Thasia G. Woodworth, USA
Raymond L. Woosley, USA
Yonghui Wu, USA
Kunihiro Yamaoka, Japan
Srikanth Yandrapalli, USA
Laura M. Yates, South Africa
Xiaoxv Yin, China
Zhijun Yin, USA
Satoshi Yokoyama, Japan
Seng Chan You, Republic of Korea
Rebecca M. Zash, USA
Xian Zhou, Australia
Yitian Zhou, Sweden
Focke Ziemssen, Germany
I am also very grateful to all members of the journal’s Honorary Editorial Board (listed below), who have acted as peer reviewers and authors, and have provided guidance on journal content, policy and processes.
G. Caleb Alexander, USA
Laurent Azoulay, Canada
Joanne Barnes, New Zealand
David W. Bates, USA
Frank M.C. Besag, UK
Nicholas Buckley, Australia
Nabarun Dasgupta, USA
Ric O. Day, Australia
Fabrizio De Ponti, Italy
Alexander N. O. Dodoo, Ghana
I. Ralph Edwards, Sweden
Antonie C. G. Egberts, The Netherlands
Stephen J.W. Evans, UK
Adolfo Figueiras, Spain
Joshua Gagne, USA
Stephen A. Goldman, USA
Staffan Hägg, Sweden
Kenneth Y. Hartigan-Go, Philippines
Laurence Howes, Australia
David Hunt, UK
Susan Jick, USA
Stephan Krähenbühl, Switzerland
Kiyoshi Kubota, Japan
Joan-Ramon Laporte, Spain
Deborah Layton, UK
Hervé Le Louet, France
James H. Lewis, USA
Marie Lindquist, Sweden
Yoon K. Loke, UK
Christopher R. Meier, Switzerland
Ronald Meijboom, The Netherlands
Peter G.M. Mol, The Netherlands
Jean-Louis Montastruc, France
Nichoals Moore, France
G. Niklas Norén, Sweden
Munir Pirmohamed, UK
Ruth L. Savage, New Zealand
Nigam Shah, USA
Rashmini R. Shah, UK
Saad Shakir, UK
Neil Shear, Canada
Olav Spigset, Norway
Nicholas P. Tatonetti, USA
Gianluca Trifirò, Italy
Marco Tuccori, Italy
Eugene P. van Puijenbroek, The Netherlands
Ian C.K. Wong, UK
Li Zhang, China
The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the importance of rapid and wide dissemination of high-quality information. Springer Nature is supporting the global response to COVID-19 by making all relevant content immediately and freely available. Indeed, Drug Safety has published a number of papers relevant to the COVID-19 pandemic that are free to access.
The high quality of the content published in Drug Safety has been reflected in the most recent impact factor of 3.442, placing the journal in Q1 of Public, Environmental & Occupational Health category and in Q2 of Pharmacology & Pharmacy and Toxicology categories. Drug Safety has published content in a timely manner, with an average time from submission to first decision of 15 days.
We do hope that you have found the articles published throughout the year in Drug Safety to be interesting and informative. The editorial schedule for 2021 is well under way, and we are looking forward to bringing you many high-quality and authoritative articles over the coming year. I thank you for your continued support.
With best wishes,
Nitin Joshi
Editor-in-Chief, Drug Safety
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Acknowledgement to Referees. Drug Saf 43, 1195–1199 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40264-020-01019-x
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