Dear Reader,
As we reach the final issue of Targeted Oncology for 2018, 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.
Over 70 articles have been published; the most popular of these, in terms of downloads from SpringerLink, have been:
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Jeffrey M. Clarke et al. Immune Checkpoint Blockade: The New Frontier in Cancer Treatment
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Elvira Schmidt et al. Cabozantinib Versus Standard-of-Care Comparators in the Treatment of Advanced/Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma in Treatment-naïve Patients: a Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis
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Maximilian Hochmair. Medical Treatment Options for Patients with Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutation-Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Suffering from Brain Metastases and/or Leptomeningeal Disease
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Shivaani Kummar et al. TRK Inhibition: A New Tumor-Agnostic Treatment Strategy
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Mehran Makvandi et al. Alpha-Emitters and Targeted Alpha Therapy in Oncology: from Basic Science to Clinical Investigations
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Eric Sanchez et al. The Role of B-Cell Maturation Antigen in the Biology and Management of, and as a Potential Therapeutic Target in, Multiple Myeloma
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Smruthi Vijayaraghavan et al. Inhibiting CDK in Cancer Therapy: Current Evidence and Future Directions
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Nadia Khan et al. Targeting BCL-2 in Hematologic Malignancies
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William H. Isacoff et al. Low-Dose Continuous 5-Fluorouracil Combined with Leucovorin, nab-Paclitaxel, Oxaliplatin, and Bevacizumab for Patients with Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: A Retrospective Analysis
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Ofer Purim et al. Biomarker-Driven Therapy in Metastatic Gastric and Esophageal Cancer: Real-Life Clinical Experience
The quality of articles published in the journal is also reflected in its most recent impact factor (3.907). Targeted Oncology is currently ranked 75th in the ‘Oncology’ category (of 223 journals).
Other journals in the Adis Premier Journals Portfolio (http://www.springer.com/gp/adis) continue to prosper with substantial increases in usage year on year. In addition, this year has seen Applied Health Economics and Health Policy receive its first impact factor.
We thank the authors who have contributed articles to Targeted Oncology over the course of 2018. 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 Targeted Oncology in the last 12 months:
Elisabetta Abruzzese, Italy
Thierry Alcindor, Canada
Roberta Alfieri, Italy
Maria Alsina, Spain
Jeanny Aragon-Ching, USA
Hugo Arias-Pulido, USA
Jane Armstrong, UK
Thomas Bachelot, France
Pedro C. Barata, USA
Alexandr Bazhin, Germany
Charlotte Benson, UK
Benoit Beuselinck, Belgium
Neil Bhola, USA
Mehmet Asim Bilen, USA
Cherie Blenkiron, New Zealand
Romain Boidot, France
María Sol Brassesco, Brazil
Adam M. Brufsky, USA
Heiko Bruns, Germany
Laura Carrassa, Italy
Daniel Catenacci, USA
Gieri Cathomas, Switzerland
Anna Chalmers, USA
E. Gabriela Chiorean, USA
Bartosz Chmielowski, USA
James Cleary, USA
Diego Cortinovis, Italy
Padraig D'Arcy, Sweden
Ugo De Giorgi, Italy
Kim De Keersmaecker, Belgium
Adrianus J. de Langen, the Netherlands
Ronald de Wit, the Netherlands
Daniel J. DeAngelo, USA
Marc Denis, France
Neesha Dhani, Canada
Christian Doehn, Germany
Frede Donskov, Denmark
Daniela Dörfel, Germany
Q. Ping Dou, USA
Alexandra Drakaki, USA
Kati Erdmann, Germany
Jérôme Fayette, France
Christos Fountzilas, USA
Daichi Fujimoto, Japan
Masahide Fukudo, Japan
Junji Furuse, Japan
Udo Gaipl, Germany
Timo Gaiser, Germany
Enrique Gallardo, Spain
Hui Gan, Australia
Joan Garrett, USA
Karen A. Gelmon, Canada
Angela George, UK
Sharlene Gill, Canada
Matteo Giulietti, Italy
Ilya G. Glezerman, USA
Simone M. Goldinger, Switzerland
Michael Gough, USA
Amandine Gouverneur, France
Thomas Griffith, USA
Camille Gunderson, USA
Kilian Gust, Austria
John B.A.G. Haanen, the Netherlands
Oliver Hakenberg, Germany
Marcia Hall, UK
Jun Hanaoka, Japan
Mark L. Heaney, USA
Sarah E.M. Herman, USA
Miyoshi Hiroaki, Japan
Vincent Ho, Australia
Paul J. Hoskins, Canada
Eiki Ichihara, Japan
Toshihiko Imamura, Japan
William H. Isacoff, USA
Joon Jeong, Republic of Korea
Rachelle W. Johnson, USA
Oscar Juan, Spain
Ian R. Judson, UK
Solene-Florence Kammerer-Jacquet, France
Niki Karachaliou, Spain
Kyoung-Mee Kim, Republic of Korea
Daniel Krappmann, Germany
Günter Krause, Germany
Thomas Krivak, USA
Ruprecht Kuner, Germany
Athanassios Kyrgidis, Greece
Theodore Laetsch, USA
Christel Larbouret, France
Justin Lathia, USA
Igor Latorzeff, France
Christophe Le Tourneau, France
Michael Lee, Republic of Korea
Karl D. Lewis, USA
Ben Li, USA
Sara López-Tarruella, Spain
Jonathan Loree, Canada
Brigette Buig Yue Ma, Hong Kong
Patrick Ma, USA
Stephan Macher-Goeppinger, Germany
Anantha Marisetty, USA
Maurie Markman, USA
Benjamin Maughan, USA
Felicity May, UK
Andrew L. Mellor, UK
Yasuhiro Miki, Japan
Ryuichi Mizuno, Japan
Goutam Mondal, USA
Varun Monga, USA
Elena Monti, Italy
Yong Wha Moon, Republic of Korea
Alessandro Morabito, Italy
Deborah Mukherji, Lebanon
Leonhard Müllauer, Austria
Barbara Muz, USA
Sylvie Négrier, France
Tomas Neilan, USA
Carsten Utoft Niemann, Denmark
Maria Carmen Ochoa, Spain
Daniel Olive, France
James F. O'Mahony, Ireland
Egbert Oosterwijk, the Netherlands
Mateusz Opyrchal, USA
Mitsuhiko Osaki, Japan
Tanmay Panchabhai, USA
Elisavet Paplomata, USA
Wendy Parulekar, Canada
Timothy J. Price, Australia
Andrew Protheroe, UK
Ofer Purim, Israel
Suzanne Quartuccio, USA
Guilherme Rabinowits, USA
Luis E. Raez, USA
Jörg Reichrath, Germany
Jin Kyung Rho, Republic of Korea
Richard Riedel, USA
Hanno B. Riess, Germany
Sylvie Rottey, Belgium
Gael Roue, Spain
Hatem Sabaawy, USA
Kazuko Sakai, Japan
Eric Santoni-Rugiu, Denmark
Scott M. Schuetze, USA
Susanne Sebens, Germany
Lorenzo Sempere, USA
Cesar Serrano, Spain
Toshio Shimizu, Japan
Kimihiro Shimizu, Japan
Hiroshi Soda, Japan
Cinzia Solinas, Belgium
Halfdan Sørbye, Norway
Srikala Sridhar, Canada
Birgit Strobl, Austria
Yu Sunakawa, Japan
Shunji Takahashi, Japan
Haruhiko Takeda, Japan
Daniel Taussky, Canada
Diego Tesauro, Italy
Antoine Thiery-Vuillemin, France
Khin Thway, UK
Yusuke Tomita, Japan
Tiffany Troso-Sandoval, USA
Selma Ugurel, Germany
Ulka Vaishampayan, USA
Alexander C.J. van Akkooi, the Netherlands
Michiel van der Heijden, the Netherlands
Anke van Erp, the Netherlands
Nielka van Erp, the Netherlands
Brian van Tine, USA
Anna Varghese, USA
Arndt Vogel, Germany
Derek Wainwright, USA
Eunice Wang, USA
Medhi Wangpaichitr, USA
Andreas Wicki, Switzerland
Jean-Baptiste Woillard, France
Rin Yamaguchi, Japan
Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Japan
Jianming Ying, China
Yoshihito Yokoyama, Japan
Tatsuya Yoshida, Japan
Renato Zambello, Italy
Marjorie G. Zauderer, USA
Viola Zhu, USA
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:
Gabriel N. Hortobagyi, Houston, TX, USA
Jean-François Morère, Paris-Nord, France
J.O. Armitage, Omaha, NE, USA
J.R. Berenson, West Hollywood, CA, USA
J.-Y. Blay, Lyon, France
T. Buchler, Prague, Czech Republic
A.-L. Cheng, Taipei, Taiwan
F. Ciardiello, Napoli, Italy
J. Desai, Melbourne, Australia
S. Faivre, Clichy, France
M.M. Fukuoka, Osaka, Japan
G. Giaccone, Washington, DC, USA
F.A. Greco, Nashville, TN, USA
P. Grivas, Seattle, WA, USA
V.C. Jordan, Houston, TX, USA
J.M. Kirkwood, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
H.-J. Lenz, Los Angeles, CA, USA
R. Liang, Hong Kong
T. Macarulla, Barcelona, Spain
W.P. McGuire, Richmond, VA, USA
M.J. McKeage, Auckland, New Zealand
A. mita, Los Angeles, CA, USA
M. Mita, Los Angeles, CA, USA
A.G. Papavassiliou, Athens, Greece
S. Peters, Lausanne, Switzerland
C.C. Porta, Pavia, Italy
S. Qin, Nanjing, China
E. Raymond, Paris, France
N. Reguart, Barcelona, Spain
O. Rixe, Albuquerque, NM, USA
H. Rizos, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
C. Rolfo, Baltimore, MD, USA
H.-J. Schmoll, Halle, Germany
N.A. Shonka, Omaha, NE, USA
D. Soulières, Montréal, Québec, Canada
J. Tabernero, Barcelona, Spain
G. Tortora, Verona, Italy
E. Van Cutsem, Leuven, Belgium
J.E-L. Wong, Singapore
We do hope that you have found the articles published throughout the year in Targeted Oncology to be interesting and informative. The editorial schedule for 2019 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,
Martin Chopra
Editor
Targeted Oncology
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Acknowledgement to Referees. Targ Oncol 13, 669–672 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11523-018-0607-9
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11523-018-0607-9