Dear Reader,
As we reach the final issue of Clinical Drug Investigation 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.
2018 was a successful year for Clinical Drug Investigation. Over 115 articles have been published; the most popular of these, in terms of downloads from SpringerLink, have been:
Raffa, R.B., Pawasauskas, J., Pergolizzi, J.V., et al. Pharmacokinetics of oral and intravenous paracetamol (acetaminophen) when co-administered with intravenous morphine in healthy adult subjects. Clin Drug Investig (2018) 38:259. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40261-017-0610-4
Nunes, S.L., Forsberg, S., Blomqvist, H., et al. Effect of sedation regimen on weaning from mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit. Clin Drug Investig (2018) 38:535. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40261-018-0636-2
Goldsmith, D., Dellanna, F., Schiestl, M., et al. Epoetin biosimilars in the treatment of renal anemia: what have we learned from a decade of European experience? Clin Drug Investig (2018) 38:481. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40261-018-0637-1
Vieta, E., Montes, J.M. A Review of asenapine in the treatment of bipolar disorder. Clin Drug Investig (2018) 38:87. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40261-017-0592-2
Hu, Y., Chen, Z., Gong, Y., et al. A review of switching biologic agents in the treatment of moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis. Clin Drug Investig (2018) 38:191. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40261-017-0603-3
The quality of articles published in the journal is also reflected in its most recent impact factor (2017 impact factor 1.918).
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 Clinical Drug Investigation 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 Clinical Drug Investigation in the last 12 months:
Jad Abdallah, Lebanon
Khaled S. Abdelkawy, Egypt
Adedayo B. Adedoyin, USA
Steven M. Albert, USA
Karel Allegaert, Belgium
Ali Amidi, Denmark
Dominick J. Angiolillo, USA
Ariane G. Araujo, Brazil
Kristopher Attwood, USA
Luis Bahamondes, Brazil
Julio Bassas-Vila, Spain
Burcu Belen, Turkey
Wilma F. Bergfeld, USA
Carmen Bernal-Bellido, Spain
Jean-Baptiste Beuscart, France
Antonio Boix-Montanes, Spain
Claudio Borghi, Italy
Natale D. Brunetti, Italy
Christian Cadeddu, Italy
Amedeo F. Capetti, Italy
Jose M. Carrascosa, Spain
Juana Carretero Gómez, Spain
Dario Cattaneo, Italy
Claudio Cerchione, Italy
Amy Chan, UK
Hardik Chandasana, USA
Jongwha Chang, USA
Jaime E. Charris, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Xuwang Chen, China
Sang-Heon Cho, Republic of Korea
Imti Choonara, UK
Ananda Chowdhury, USA
Theodore J. Cicero, USA
Fabrizio D’Ascenzo, Italy
Ranjeet P. Dash, USA
Michelino de Laurentiis, Italy
Jasper Dingemanse, Switzerland
Zoubir Djerada, France
Athanassios Douzenis, Greece
Gihan Elsisi, Egypt
Laszlo Endrenyi, Canada
Abiy H. Eyakem, USA
Gianluca Fabiano, UK
Giampiero Favato, UK
Javier Fernandez-Ruiz, Spain
Michael A. Fridrik, Austria
Hitomi Fujii, Japan
Stefan Gebhardt, Germany
Armando Genazzani, Italy
Panagiotis I. Georgianos, Greece
Rafael Gorodischer, Israel
George Gourzoulidis, Greece
Ashish Goyal, USA
Tomasz Grabowski, Poland
Jordi Guitart, Spain
Yong-Long Han, China
Sam Harirforoosh, USA
Johannes Hennings, Germany
Swapnil Hiremath, Canada
Hasniza Zaman Huri, Malaysia
Noriyoshi Iriyama, Japan
Jorge Jacinto, Portugal
Youxin Ji, China
Sun-Young Jung, Republic of Korea
Reena V. Kartha, USA
Jumpei Kashima, Japan
Takumi Kawaguchi, Japan
Umut Kefeli, Turkey
Puja Khanna, USA
Charles Khouri, France
Takashi Kijima, Japan
Guido Knapp, Germany
Tsunenori Kondo, Japan
Shih-Wei Lai, Taiwan, Republic of China
Yu Jeung Lee, Republic of Korea
Yue-Chune Lee, Taiwan, Republic of China
Thankappan Lekha, India
Minghui Li, USA
Xuejun Li, China
Hua Ling, USA
Patricia Lowe, Australia
Samuel J. Mann, USA
Lyndon Mansfield, USA
Noha O. Mansour, Egypt
Dan Martinusen, Canada
T. Joseph Mattingly II, USA
Massimo C. Mauri, Italy
Russell K. McAllister, USA
Natalie Medlicott, New Zealand
Kevin Meesters, Belgium
Jae Sun Min, USA
Roberto Minutolo, Italy
Tsuyoshi Mitsuishi, Japan
Jeremy J. Moeller, USA
Caroline F. A. Moreira-Nunes, Brazil
Ion G. Motofei, Romania
Stefanie H. Müller, Germany
Nisha Nanaware-Kharade, USA
Beatrice Nardone, USA
Timothy Nguyen, USA
Hoa Q. Nguyen, USA
Jing Niu, USA
Silpa Nuthalapati, USA
Takamasa Ohki, Japan
Shunsuke Ono, Japan
Yukinori Ozaki, Japan
Alberto Palazzuoli, Italy
Harish S. Parihar, USA
Napa Parinyanitikul, Thailand
Inwhee Park, Republic of Korea
Francesca Pasi, Italy
John D. Pauling, UK
Lev Pavlovsky, Israel
Alyssa M. Peckham, USA
Fuxing Pei, China
John F. Peppin, USA
Francesca Poggio, Belgium
Elisabetta Poluzzi, Italy
Koen B. Pouwels, The Netherlands
Emőke Rácz, The Netherlands
Mark H. Rapaport, USA
Umberto Restelli, Italy
Oliver Riedel, Germany
Mothaffar F. Rimawi, USA
Donna R. Rivera, USA
Matteo Ruggeri, Italy
Jianzhong Rui, China
Akinori Sairaku, Japan
Yoshifumi Saisho, Japan
Luis Sargento, Portugal
Filippo M. Sarullo, Italy
Andrea Savarino, Italy
Hans-Joachim Schmoll, Germany
Angel Sesar, Spain
Abdul Naveed Shaik, USA
De-Wei Shang, China
Satish Sharan, USA
Joseph J. Shatzel, USA
Lawrence D. Sher, USA
Jian Shi, USA
Lizheng Shi, USA
Kwang-Hee Shin, Republic of Korea
Lee P. Shulman, USA
David M. Simpson, USA
Mark W. Sonderup, South Africa
Konstantinos Stavropoulos, Greece
Naeti Suksomboon, Thailand
Muzeeb Syed, USA
Yoshinori Takeuchi, Japan
Dandan Tian, USA
Rodrigo M. Tonella, Brazil
Lucio Tremolizzo, Italy
Kimihiko Urano, Japan
Pietro Vajro, Italy
John N. van den Anker, USA
Joris J. Van den Bossche, Belgium
Jing Wang, USA
Li-Quan Wang, China
Zhiyu Wang, China
Chana Weinstock, USA
Yu-Wen Wen, Taiwan, Republic of China
Karn Wijarnpreecha, USA
Kyle J. Wilby, Qatar
William W.L. Wong, Canada
Jing Wu, China
Hong-Guang Xie, China
Satoru Yamada, Japan
Hirosuke Yamaji, Japan
Li Yang, China
Umit Yasar, Turkey
Chao Zhang, China
Qian Zhao, China
Ming Zhong, China
Focke Ziemssen, Germany
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:
E. Battegay, Basel, Switzerland
E. Beghi, Milan, Italy
L. Bertilsson, Stockholm, Sweden
H. Bhally, Auckland, New Zealand
B. Brüggenjürgen, Berlin, Germany
S.G. Carruthers, Lisburn, Northern Ireland
A. Chiricozzi, Pisa, Italy
E. Christophers, Kiel, Germany
K. Detyniecki, New Haven, CT, USA
M. J. Eadie, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
D. E. Furst, Los Angeles,CA, USA
H. Giamarellou, Athens, Greece
S. Goutelle, Lyon, France
Y. Hamamoto, Osaka, Japan
P. D. Home, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
E. Jouanjus, Toulouse, France
N. M. Kaplan, Dallas, TX, USA
T. K. L Kiang, Edmonton, ALB, Canada
G. L. Kearns, Kansas City, MO,USA
F. K. Knop, Hellerup, Denmark
J. Lötsch, Frankfurt, Germany
G. Maconi, Milan, Italy
H. I. Maibach, San Francisco, CA, USA
A. Marcellusi, University of Rome, Rome, Italy
T. O. Morgan, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
G. L. Morris III, Milwaukee, WI, USA
F. M. Muggia, New York, NY, USA
M. Narukawa, Tokyo, Japan
N. Pérez Álvarez, Barcelona, Spain
E. Perucca, Pavia, Italy
E. Raschi, Bologna, Italy
G. Sani, Rome, Italy
S. K. Sarin, New Delhi, India
S. C. Schachter, Boston, MA, USA
M. Schmitt-Egenolf, Umeå, Sweden
T. L. Skaer, Spokane, WA, USA
C. Staatz, Woolloongabba, QLD, Australia
A. M. Taburet, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France
G. Trifirò, Messina, Italy
P. Tugwell, Ottawa, ONT, Canada
D. Veritti, Udine, Italy
V. T. Wong, Hong Kong, China
D. Wright, Dunedin, New Zealand
B. Wu, Shanghai, China
H. Zhao, Beijing,China
We do hope that you have found the articles published throughout the year in Clinical Drug Investigation 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,
Jasbir Singh
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Acknowledgement to Referees. Clin Drug Investig 38, 1085–1088 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40261-018-0728-z
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40261-018-0728-z