Dear Reader,
As we reach the final issue of Clinical Pharmacokinetics 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 Pharmacokinetics. Over 100 articles have been published; the most popular of these, in terms of downloads from SpringerLink, have been:
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Facius A, Marostica E, Gardiner P, Watz H, Lahu G. harmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Modelling to Characterize the Tolerability of Alternative Up-Titration Regimens of Roflumilast in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary DiseaseP. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2018 Aug;57(8):1029-1038. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40262-018-0671-4.
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Yoneyama K, Schmitt C, Kotani N, Levy GG, Kasai R, Iida S, Shima M, Kawanishi T. A Pharmacometric Approach to Substitute for a Conventional Dose-Finding Study in Rare Diseases: Example of Phase III Dose Selection for Emicizumab in Hemophilia A. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2018 Sep;57(9):1123-1134. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40262-017-0616-3.
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Hey JA, Yu JY, Versavel M, Abushakra S, Kocis P, Power A, Kaplan PL, Amedio J, Tolar M. Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Safety of ALZ-801, a Novel Prodrug of Tramiprosate in Development for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2018 Mar;57(3):315-333. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40262-017-0608-3.
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Kasichayanula S, Grover A, Emery MG, Gibbs MA, Somaratne R, Wasserman SM, Gibbs JP. Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Evolocumab, a PCSK9 Inhibitor. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2018 Jul;57(7):769-779. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40262-017-0620-7.
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Chen G, Højer AM, Areberg J, Nomikos G. Vortioxetine: Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Drug Interactions. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2018 Jun;57(6):673-686. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40262-017-0612-7.
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de Man FM, Goey AKL, van Schaik RHN, Mathijssen RHJ, Bins S. Individualization of Irinotecan Treatment: A Review of Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Pharmacogenetics. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2018 Oct;57(10):1229-1254. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40262-018-0644-7.
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Klünder B, Mohamed MF, Othman AA. Population Pharmacokinetics of Upadacitinib in Healthy Subjects and Subjects with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Analyses of Phase I and II Clinical Trials. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2018 Aug;57(8):977-988. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40262-017-0605-6.
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Schultze-Mosgau MH, Höchel J, Prien O, Zimmermann T, Brooks A, Bush J, Rottmann A. Characterization of the Pharmacokinetics of Vilaprisan: Bioavailability, Excretion, Biotransformation, and Drug–Drug Interaction Potential. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2018 Aug;57(8):1001-1015. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40262-017-0607-4.
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Ayalasomayajula S, Langenickel T, Pal P, Boggarapu S, Sunkara G. Clinical Pharmacokinetics of Sacubitril/Valsartan (LCZ696): A Novel Angiotensin Receptor–Neprilysin Inhibitor. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2018 Jan;57(1):105-123. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40262-017-0558-9.
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van der Zwan M, Baan CC, van Gelder T, Hesselink DA. Review of the Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Alemtuzumab and Its Use in Kidney Transplantation. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2018 Feb;57(2):191-207. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40262-017-0573-x.
Social media sharing of information is becoming more 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:
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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.
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Hey JA, Yu JY, Versavel M, Abushakra S, Kocis P, Power A, Kaplan PL, Amedio J, Tolar M. Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Safety of ALZ-801, a Novel Prodrug of Tramiprosate in Development for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease.
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Cojutti P, Pai MP, Pea F. Population Pharmacokinetics and Dosing Considerations for the Use of Linezolid in Overweight and Obese Adult Patients.
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Bilbao-Meseguer I, Rodríguez-Gascón A, Barrasa H, Isla A, Solinís MÁ. Augmented Renal Clearance in Critically Ill Patients: A Systematic Review.
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Tängdén T, Cojutti PG, Roberts JA, Pea F. Valganciclovir Pharmacokinetics in Patients Receiving Oral Prophylaxis Following Kidney Transplantation and Model-Based Predictions of Optimal Dosing Regimens.
The quality of articles published in the journal is also reflected in its most recent impact factor (4.464). Clinical Pharmacokinetics is currently ranked 29th in the ‘Pharmacology and Pharmacy’ category (of 261 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 Clinical Pharmacokinetics 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 Pharmacokinetics in the last 12 months:
Nurul Azrin Abd Rahman, Australia
Khaled Abduljalil, UK
Marine L. Andersson, Sweden
Upendra A. Argikar, USA
Ashraf Z. Badros, USA
Kyun-Seop Bae, Republic of Korea
Pedro Baptista, Portugal
April M. Barbour, USA
Imke H. Bartelink, USA
Hanneke Berkhout, The Netherlands
Brookie Best, USA
Elena Bignami, Italy
Alan V. Boddy, Australia
Claudio Borghi, Italy
Olof Breuer, Sweden
Thierry Buclin, Switzerland
Giuseppe Buonocore, Italy
Gilbert J. Burckart, USA
David M. Burger, The Netherlands
Lisa Burry, Canada
Elisa A. M. Calvier, The Netherlands
Dario Cattaneo, Italy
Matthew A. Cerny, USA
Himika Chawla, India
Shang-Chiung Chen, USA
Manoranjenni Chetty, UK
Mikkel Christensen, Denmark
Hu Chuanpu, USA
Yumi Cleary, Switzerland
Piergiorgio Cojutti, Italy
Angela Colbers, The Netherlands
Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau, France
Kingsley P. Coulthard, Australia
Colleen M. Craig, USA
Lissandra D. Lago, Belgium
André Dallmann, Switzerland
Pieter A. J. G. De Cock, Belgium
Amparo de la Peña, USA
Elizabeth C. M. de Lange, The Netherlands
Florian Deisenhammer, Austria
Rong Deng, USA
Antonello Di Paolo, Italy
Lei Diao, USA
Jeroen Diepstraten, The Netherlands
Michael Dolton, Australia
Thomas Dorlo, The Netherlands
Erwin Dreesen, Belgium
Julie Brumer, Dumond, USA
Thomas Eissing, Germany
Laure Elens, Belgium
Douglas J. Eleveld, The Netherlands
Jeffrey Fisher, USA
William Fissell, USA
Kevin J. Freise, USA
Martin F. Fromm, Germany
Adam Frymoyer, USA
Uwe Fuhr, Germany
Yutaka Fujiwara, Japan
Masahide Fukudo, Japan
Genevieve M. Gabb, Australia
Tushar Garimella, USA
Eva Germovsek, Sweden
Gavin Giovannoni, UK
Daniel Gonzalez, USA
Mathangi Gopalakrishnan, USA
Harry J. M. Groen, The Netherlands
Henk-Jan Guchelaar, The Netherlands
Neeraj Gupta, USA
Howard Gurney, Australia
Mao Hagihara, Japan
Maarja Hallik, Estonia
Manuel Haschke, Switzerland
Tim Heise, Germany
Stefanie Hennig, Australia
Dennis A. Hesselink, The Netherlands
Jennifer Hibma, USA
Akihiro Hisaka, Japan
Zhe-Yi Hu, USA
Alwin D. R. Huitema, The Netherlands
William Griffith Humphreys, USA
Dymphy Huntjens, Belgium
Margarita Inavova, USA
Magnus Ingelman-Sundberg, Sweden
Evelyne Jacqz Aigrain, France
Zheng Jiao, China
Tobias Kanacher, Germany
Jatinder Katyal, India
Michael B. Kays, USA
Ron Keizer, Sweden
Frieder Keller, Germany
Jennifer J. Kiser, USA
Gilbert Koch, Switzerland
Hannu Kokki, Finland
Jill Kolesar, USA
Elke H. J. Krekels, The Netherlands
Tai Ning Lam, Hong Kong
José M. Lanao, Spain
Cecile J. Landmark, Norway
Chooi Yeng Lee, Malaysia
Florian Lemaitre, France
Francis Levi, UK
Nuria Lloberas, Spain
Ngu Lock-Hock, Malaysia
Janel Long-Boyle, USA
Michael Lyons, USA
Donald E. Mager, USA
Iftekhar Mahmood, USA
Pierre Marquet, France
Amélie Marsot, Canada
Dai Maruyama, Japan
Jeannine McCune, USA
Raja Mehanna, USA
Rajeev Menon, USA
Rajendar Mittapalli, USA
Dirk J. A. R. Moes, The Netherlands
Loqman A. Mohamed, USA
Miriam Mooij, The Netherlands
Ganesh S. Moorthy, USA
R. Morgan, USA
Juraj Morky, Slovakia
Johan Mouton, The Netherlands
Hussain Mulla, UK
Ahmed Nader, Qatar
Kimberly L. Nealy, USA
Michael N. Neely, USA
Mitsuaki Nishikimi, Japan
Thomas D. Nolin, USA
William Oetting, USA
Pedro Oliveira, Portugal
Ahmed A. Othman, USA
Manjunath P. Pai, USA
Konstantinos Papamichail, USA
Ankit K. Y. Parikh, Australia
Jotam Pasipanodya, USA
Francesco Patti, Italy
Michael Paulzen, Germany
Charles A. Peloquin, USA
Vidya Perera, USA
Antoine Petitcollin, France
Akshanth R. Polepally, USA
Rana Rais, USA
Gopala K. Rangan, Australia
Jahidur Rashid, USA
Mark J. Ratain, USA
Margareta Reis, Sweden
Giuseppe Remuzzi, Italy
Marc Rendell, USA
Lutz Renders, Germany
Jason A. Roberts, Australia
Xavier Roblin, France
Marco Rocchi, Italy
Claire Roger, France
Antonio Roman, Spain
Ana Ruiz-Garcia, USA
Rovina Ruslami, Indonesia
Mark Samaan, UK
Kimberly K. Scarsi, USA
André J. L. Scheen, Belgium
Antonin Schmitt, France
Georgios Schoretsanitis, Switzerland
Gianluca Sferrazza, Italy
Anita Shah, USA
Joanne Louise Sharp, UK
Mohamad Shebley, USA
Hong Shen, USA
Qiang Shi, USA
Marco Siccardi, UK
Fekade Sime, Australia
Mahipal Sinnollareddy, Australia
Cesare R. Sirtori, Italy
Stephen G. Sligar, USA
Ryan M. Smith, USA
Joanna Sobiak, Poland
Andrew A. Somogyi, Australia
Kevin M. Sowinski, USA
Christine E. Staatz, Australia
Joseph F. Standing, UK
Neeltje Steeghs, The Netherlands
Derrick Stobaugh, USA
Elin M. Svensson, Sweden
Carlyn Tan, USA
Daniel A. Tatosian, USA
Tomohiro Terada, Japan
David Ternant, France
Alison H. Thomson, UK
Dick Tibboel, The Netherlands
Huybrecht T’Jollyn, Belgium
Jaszianne Tolbert, USA
Robert Townsend, USA
Iñaki F. Troconiz, Spain
Andrew Udy, Australia
Marta Ulldemolins, Spain
Jashvant D. Unadkat, USA
Richard Upton, Australia
Erik van Maarseveen, The Netherlands
Niels Vande Casteele, USA
Jurgen Venitz, USA
Charles Venuto, USA
Alexander A. Vinks, USA
Swantje Voller, The Netherlands
Madeline Waldron, USA
Neal J. Weinreb, USA
Werner Weitschies, Germany
Larissa Wenning, USA
Eric Wenzler, USA
Sebastian G. Wicha, Germany
Jean-Baptiste Woillard, France
Christian Woloch, France
Harvey Wong, Canada
Lei Wu, USA
Zenhua Xu, USA
Ikuko Yano, Japan
Wendy Yeh, USA
Susumu Yokoya, Japan
Emily Yu, Canada
Lei Zhang, USA
Wei Zhao, China
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, 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. Duffull, 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
Mary H. Ensom, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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. Jelliffe, 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, 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 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,
Amitabh Prakash & Anton van Rensburg
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Acknowledgement to Referees. Clin Pharmacokinet 57, 1477–1481 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40262-018-0724-8
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40262-018-0724-8