Acknowledgement to Referees

Dear Reader,

As we reach the final issue of Drug Safety for 2017, 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.

2017 was a successful year for Drug Safety. Over 100 articles have been published; the most popular of these, in terms of downloads from SpringerLink as at September 2017, have been:

• Current Safety Concerns with Human Papillomavirus Vaccine: A Cluster Analysis of Reports in VigiBase^® . Rebecca E. Chandler, Kristina Juhlin, Jonas Fransson, Ola Caster, I. Ralph Edwards, G. Niklas Norén

• Causes of Medication Administration Errors in Hospitals: a Systematic Review of Quantitative and Qualitative Evidence. Richard N. Keers, Steven D. Williams, Jonathan Cooke, Darren M. Ashcroft

• Suspected Adverse Effects After Human Papillomavirus Vaccination: A Temporal Relationship Between Vaccine Administration and the Appearance of Symptoms in Japan. Kazuki Ozawa, Akiyo Hineno, Tomomi Kinoshita, Sakiko Ishihara, Shu-ichi Ikeda

• Safety Concerns with HPV Vaccines Continue to Linger: Are Current Vaccine Pharmacovigilance Practices Sufficient? Rebecca E. Chandler

• Transplantation for Acute Liver Failure in Patients Exposed to NSAIDs or Paracetamol (Acetaminophen): The Multinational Case-Population SALT Study. Sinem Ezgi Gulmez, Dominique Larrey, Georges-Philippe Pageaux, Severine Lignot, Régis Lassalle, Jérémy Jové, Angelo Gatta, P. Aiden McCormick, Harold J. Metselaar, Estela Monteiro, Douglas Thorburn, William Bernal, Irene Zouboulis-Vafiadis, Corinne de Vries, Susana Perez-Gutthann, Miriam Sturkenboom, Jacques Bénichou, Jean-Louis Montastruc, Yves Horsmans, Francesco Salvo, Fatima Hamoud, Sophie Micon, Cécile Droz-Perroteau, Patrick Blin, Nicholas Moore

• Evaluation of Facebook and Twitter Monitoring to Detect Safety Signals for Medical Products: An Analysis of Recent FDA Safety Alerts. Carrie E. Pierce, Khaled Bouri, Carol Pamer, Scott Proestel, Harold W. Rodriguez, Hoa Van Le, Clark C. Freifeld, John S. Brownstein Mark Walderhaug, I. Ralph Edwards, Nabarun Dasgupta

• Factors Influencing the Use of a Mobile App for Reporting Adverse Drug Reactions and Receiving Safety Information: A Qualitative Study. Sieta T. de Vries, Lisa Wong, Alastair Sutcliffe, François Houÿez, Carmen Lasheras Ruiz, Peter G. M. Mol, IMI Web-RADR Work Package 3b Consortium

• Pharmacokinetic Drug Interaction Profiles of Proton Pump Inhibitors: An Update. Ralph-Steven Wedemeyer, Henning Blume

• Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention: Safety Concerns. Raymond A. Tetteh, Barbara A. Yankey, Edmund T. Nartey, Margaret Lartey, Hubert G. M. Leufkens Alexander N. O. Dodoo

• Antipsychotic Prescribing to Patients Diagnosed with Dementia Without a Diagnosis of Psychosis in the Context of National Guidance and Drug Safety Warnings: Longitudinal Study in UK General Practice. S. Jill Stocks, Evangelos Kontopantelis, Roger T. Webb,Anthony J. Avery, Alistair Burns, Darren M. Ashcroft

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 Drug Safety scored highly on the Altmetric system:

• Current Safety Concerns with Human Papillomavirus Vaccine: A Cluster Analysis of Reports in VigiBase^® . Rebecca E. Chandler, Kristina Juhlin, Jonas Fransson, Ola Caster, I. Ralph Edwards, G. Niklas Norén

• Suspected Adverse Effects After Human Papillomavirus Vaccination: A Temporal Relationship Between Vaccine Administration and the Appearance of Symptoms in Japan. Kazuki Ozawa, Akiyo Hineno, Tomomi Kinoshita, Sakiko Ishihara, Shu-ichi Ikeda

• The Harms of Antipsychotic Drugs: Evidence from Key Studies. Thomas J. Moore, Curt D. Furberg

• Frequency and Nature of Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events in Mental Health Hospitals: a Systematic Review. Ghadah H. Alshehri, Richard N. Keers, Darren M. Ashcroft

• Safety Concerns with HPV Vaccines Continue to Linger: Are Current Vaccine Pharmacovigilance Practices Sufficient? Rebecca E. Chandler

• Adverse Drug Reaction-Related Hospitalizations in Elderly Australians: A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study in Two Tasmanian Hospitals. Nibu Parameswaran Nair, Leanne Chalmers, Bonnie J. Bereznicki, Colin Curtain, Gregory M. Peterson, Michael Connolly, Luke R. Bereznicki

• Macrolides, Digoxin Toxicity and the Risk of Sudden Death: A Population-Based Study. Kieran L. Quinn, Erin M. Macdonald, Tara Gomes, Muhammad M. Mamdani, Anjie Huang, David N. Juurlink, For the Canadian Drug Safety and Effectiveness Research Network (CDSERN)

• Evaluation of Facebook and Twitter Monitoring to Detect Safety Signals for Medical Products: An Analysis of Recent FDA Safety Alerts. Carrie E. Pierce, Khaled Bouri, Carol Pamer, Scott Proestel, Harold W. Rodriguez, Hoa Van Le, Clark C. Freifeld, John S. Brownstein, Mark Walderhaug, I. Ralph Edwards, Nabarun Dasgupta

• Factors Influencing the Use of a Mobile App for Reporting Adverse Drug Reactions and Receiving Safety Information: A Qualitative Study. Sieta T. de Vries, Lisa Wong, Alastair Sutcliffe, François Houÿez, Carmen Lasheras Ruiz, Peter G. M. Mol, IMI Web-RADR Work Package 3b Consortium

• Causality Assessment in Pharmacovigilance: Still a Challenge. I. Ralph Edwards

The quality of articles published in the journal is also reflected in its most recent impact factor (3.435). The journal is in Quartile 1 of the all three JCR categories it is ranked in, namely Public Environmental & Occupational Health, Pharmacology & Pharmacy, and Toxicology.

Other journals in the Adis Premier Journals Portfolio (http://www.springer.com/gp/adis) continue to prosper, and this year has seen the successful launch of PharmacoEconomics - Open, the newest journal in the portfolio. The journal has published a full volume of 30 articles in its first year, plus many more online first. Following in the steps of Adis’ flagship subscription journal in the field, PharmacoEconomics, the new open-access journal focuses on cost and health outcomes associated with drugs, devices and other healthcare interventions.

We thank the authors who have contributed articles to Drug Safety over the course of 2017. 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 Drug Safety in the last 12 months:

Ivo Abraham, USA

Tove Abrahamsson, Sweden

Ismaïl Ahmed, France

Raul J. Andrade, Spain

Angelo Antonini, Italy

Andrea Arfè, Italy

Jeffrey K. Aronson, UK

Elena Arzenton, Italy

Bengt Astrand, Sweden

Alexis Baass, Canada

David J. Back, UK

Haleh Bagheri, France

David Baguley, UK

Marian K. Bakker, the Netherlands

Sheriza N. Baksh, USA

Anjan Banerjee, UK

Joan Albert Barbera, Spain

Andrew Bate, UK

Pierrick Bedouch, France

Bernard Begaud, France

Tomas Bergvall, Sweden

Delphine Bertram, France

Julien Bezin, France

Shamik Bhattacharyya, USA

Eric C. Bielefeld, USA

Susan J. Blalock, USA

Svetlana Blitshteyn, USA

John Joseph Borg, Malta

Juergen Borlak, Germany

Jacqueline Bos, the Netherlands

Alison Bourke, UK

Ian W. Boyd, Australia

Søren Brunak, Denmark

Jason Bunting, USA

David M. Burger, the Netherlands

Katsiaryna Bykov, USA

Catherine Byrne, Ireland

Alison Callahan, USA

Kathleen C.M. Campbell, USA

Giuseppina Campisi, Italy

Dolors D. Capella, Spain

Carla Carnovale, Italy

Mario Cazzola, Italy

Paul Chamberlain, France

Rebecca Ellen Chandler, Sweden

Shilin Chen, China

Seung Chik Jwa, Japan

Imti Choonara, UK

Megan Coghlan, Australia

Preciosa M. Coloma, Switzerland

Deirdre Coombe, Australia

Paola Maria Cutroneo, Italy

Gerald J. Dal Pan, USA

Gaby Danan, France

Nabarun Dasgupta, USA

Sandra de Bie, the Netherlands

Thushan de Silva, UK

Peter A. De Smet, the Netherlands

Sieta T. de Vries, the Netherlands

Dina Demner-Fushman, USA

Sherrie Jill Divito, USA

Roni Pircha Dodiuk-Gad, Israel

Bettina Katharina Doering, Germany

Sarah Donald, New Zealand

Macarius Donneyong, USA

Antonios Douros, Germany

Jon Duke, USA

Tu-Anh Duong, France

Geneviève Durrieu, France

Brian David Edwards, UK

Moses S. Elisaf, Greece

Roger Evans, Australia

Kirk E. Evoy, USA

Alexander C. Fanaroff, USA

Robin E. Ferner, UK

Carmen Ferrajolo, Italy

Daniel Fife, USA

Kristian B. Filion, Canada

Baruch Fischhoff, USA

Robert John Fontana, USA

Anthony William Fox, UK

Bryony Dean Franklin, UK

Daniel E. Freedberg, USA

Gerrit Frommeyer, Germany

Deborah Fulton-Kehoe, USA

Jason Gallagher, USA

Sara Garfield, UK

Jean-Charles Gautier, France

Paul Gavaza, USA

Julianne Gee, USA

Salvatore Gentile, Italy

David Gerrett, UK

Paul S. Gibson, Canada

Rosa Gini, Italy

Christophe Giraud-Carrier, USA

Nazli Goharian, USA

Graciela Gonzalez, USA

Claus Graff, Denmark

Aditya K. Gupta, Canada

Walter Emil Haefeli, Germany

Britta Haenisch, Germany

Katja Marja Hakkarainen, Sweden

Bob Hancox, New Zealand

Rave Harpaz, USA

Mira Harrison-Woolrych, New Zealand

Manfred Hauben, USA

Daniel B. Hawcutt, UK

Thaddaus Hellwig, USA

Maria Teresa Ferreira Herdeiro, Portugal

Steven Hirschfeld, USA

Alan M. Hochberg, Switzerland

Keith B. Hoffman, USA

James M. Hoffman, USA

Lewis B. Holmes, USA

Luc M.V. Hondeghem, Belgium

Jonathan R. Honegger, USA

Bruce Peter John Hugman, Thailand

Risto Huupponen, Finland

Krista F. Huybrechts, USA

Ambrose O. Isah, Nigeria

Irina Isakova-Sivak, The Russian Federation

Geer Mohammad Ishaq, India

Frank G.A. Jansman, the Netherlands

Kristina Johnell, Sweden

Mark Jones, Australia

Sue Jordan, UK

Johnny Abildgaard Kahler, Denmark

Keisuke Kakisaka, Japan

Helen C. Kales, USA

Bengt Kallen, Sweden

Yea-Huei Kao Yang, Taiwan

Koji Kawakami, Japan

Richard Neil Keers, UK

Peter Knapp, UK

Brian Knoll, USA

Antoniadis Konstantinos, Greece

Vassilis Koutkias, Greece

Stephan Krahenbühl, Switzerland

Paul Kubler, Australia

Marie-Laure Kurzinger, France

Shih-Wei Lai, Taiwan, Republic of China

Wan-Ju Lee, USA

Todd Lee, Canada

Haur Yueh Lee, Singapore

Rannakoe Lehloenya, South Africa

Willem F. Lems, the Netherlands

Roberto Leone, Italy

Joel Lexchin, Canada

Xiaojuan Li, USA

Jeffrey Low, USA

Lars Lundell, Sweden

Alasdair P. MacGowan, UK

Sarah Mächler, Germany

Miguel-Angel Macia-Martinez, Spain

Malcolm Maclure, Canada

Hideki Maeda, Japan

Lara Magro, Italy

Francois Maignen, UK

Eugene O. Major, USA

Paloma Martínez, Spain

John McEwen, Australia

Ann W. McMahon, USA

Ushma Mehta, South Africa

Andreas Meid, Germany

Ioannis I.E. Messinis, Greece

Maja Mockenhaupt, Germany

Erika Moen, USA

Dennis G. Moledina, USA

Ugo Moretti, Italy

Yola Moride, Canada

Takeshi Morimoto, Japan

Pedro L. Moro, USA

Elaine H. Morrato, USA

Domenico Motola, Italy

Marco Mula, UK

Prakash Nadkarni, USA

Nandini Nair, USA

Antje Neubert, Germany

Paul N. Newton, UK

Hedvig Nordeng, Norway

G. Niklas Noren, Sweden

Irena Nulman, Canada

Satoshi Oizumi, Japan

Sten Olsson, Sweden

Igho Onakpoya, UK

Vicki Osborne, USA

Alexandra Cristina Pacurariu, the Netherlands

Jeffery L. Painter, USA

Shanthi Pal, Switzerland

Davide Papola, Italy

Antoine Pariente, France

Lianne L. Parkin, New Zealand

Francesco Patti, Italy

Ian D. Pavord, UK

Russell D. Poisson, USA

Gayla L. Poling, USA

Elisabetta Poluzzi, Italy

Vitali Pool, USA

Ann Marie Porreca, USA

Nicole L. Pratt, Australia

Chih-Ying Pratt, USA

Robin John Prescott, UK

Gerta Rücker, Germany

Lembit Rago, Switzerland

Emanuel Raschi, Italy

David K. Raynor, UK

Itamar Raz, Israel

Giuseppe Remuzzi, Italy

Brandon J. Restrepo, USA

Leàn Rolfes, the Netherlands

Antonio A. Rossi, Italy

Elizabeth Roughead, Australia

Jean-Claude Roujeau, France

Jonas Söderholm, Sweden

Leyla Sahin, USA

Kimie Sai, Japan

Francesco Salvo, France

Emilio J. Sanz, Spain

Abeed Sarker, USA

Brian C. Sauer, USA

Jochen Schacht, USA

Jan F. Scheitz, Germany

Fabrizio Schifano, UK

Joep H.G. Scholl, the Netherlands

Glen T. Schumock, USA

Guido Schwarzer, Germany

David L. Scott, UK

Alex Secora, USA

Jodi Beth Segal, USA

John R. Senior, USA

Stephen Senn, Luxembourg

Sepehr Shakib, Australia

Dhruv Sharma, USA

Yehuda Shoenfeld, Israel

Edgar Simard, USA

Susan M. Sinclair, USA

Sonal Singh, USA

Douglas Sipp, Japan

Flemming Skjøth, Denmark

Jim Slattery, UK

Meredith Yearsley Smith, USA

Vincent V. Soriano, Spain

Edoardo Spina, Italy

Julia Spoendlin, USA

Douglas Steinke, UK

Georg Stenberg, Sweden

Pieter Stolk, the Netherlands

Andrew A. Stolz, USA

Michael A. Stoto, USA

Jeremy S. Stultz, USA

Janet Sultana, Italy

Daisuke Tanaka, Switzerland

Hiroshi Tanaka, Japan

Yassine Taoufik, France

Michael V. Tatley, New Zealand

Katja Taxis, the Netherlands

Rolf Teschke, Germany

Frantz Thiessard, France

Camille Tlemsani, France

Sengwee Darren, Toh, USA

Shahadat Uddin, Australia

Alberto Vaccheri, Italy

A.C. van Grootheest, the Netherlands

Florence van Hunsel, the Netherlands

Hugo E. Vargas, USA

Mauro Venegoni, Italy

Yana Vinogradova, UK

Ermelinda Viola, Italy

Eric Vittinghoff, USA

Cosmin Sebastian Voican, France

Shirley V. Wang, USA

Lei Wang, USA

Paul Brent Watkins, USA

Bob Wilffert, the Netherlands

Eric Michael-Lee Williamson, USA

Rainer Winnenburg, USA

Adrian Wong, USA

Raymond L. Woosley, USA

Kunihiro Yamaoka, Japan

Elad Yom-Tov, Israel

Gaetano Zaccara, Italy

Jimmy Zeng, New Zealand

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:

G. Caleb Alexander, USA

Laurent Azoulay, Canada

Bernard Bannwarth, France

Joanne Barnes, New Zealand

David W. Bates, USA

Jean-François Bergmann, France

Frank M.C. Besag, UK

Elliot G. Brown, UK

Nicholas Buckley, Australia

Ric O. Day, Australia

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

Arnold J. Gordon, 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

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

Lynda V. Wilton, UK

Ian C.K. Wong, UK

Li Zhang, China

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 2018 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,

Nitin Joshi

Editor-in-Chief, Drug Safety