Dear Reader,

As we approach the end of 2015, and publish our final issue of Drugs & Aging for the year, the editors and production staff at Adis would like to reflect on another successful year’s achievements and pay thanks to all those who have contributed their time and effort to guarantee the exceptional quality of our content.

We are delighted to have seen the conclusion of formalities surrounding the joint venture of Springer Science+Business Media with Nature Publishing Group, Palgrave Macmillan, Macmillan Education in early May. Substantial ground has already been made in the integration of business within the resulting Springer Nature company and we at Adis look eagerly toward the future, as the benefits of the collective expertise and capabilities of Springer Nature carry us forward.

The majority of our journals saw a rise in ISI impact factor against the previous year. Drugs & Aging increased 13 % to 2.838. Among other rises, most notably, BioDrugs increased by 41 % to 2.989; the European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics increased 19 % to 1.563; CNS Drugs increased by 17 % to 5.113; Targeted Oncology increased 16 % to 4.000; Pediatric Drugs increased 15 % to 1.975; and Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy increased a further 12 % to 2.891, having already jumped 53 % in the preceding year. We hope to build upon these gains, once more, in 2016.

The Adis Book programme has grown substantially and 20 new titles will have been published over the course of the year. Over 50 further titles are currently in development with leading academics, internationally, and we continue to add more to the list. Our thanks, again, to all who have submitted these valuable proposals to date.

We offer our sincere thanks to all authors who have contributed articles to Drugs & Aging over the course of 2015. Their skill and dedication are critical to the continued publication of the journal. The world-class quality of published articles is, similarly, testament to the significant efforts of the peer reviewers, whose commitment ensures that our content is held to the highest possible standard. In addition to the members of our Honorary Editorial Board, we would like to thank the following individuals who acted as reviewers for articles published in Drugs & Aging in 2015:

Dag Aarsland, Norway

Ivo Abraham, USA

S. Faisal Ahmed, UK

Steven M. Albert, USA

Karel Allegaert, Belgium

Claudia B. Alonzo, Argentina

Elena Alvarez Barco, Ireland

Ute Amann, Germany

Kristen Anderson, Australia

David M. Aronoff, USA

Majda Azermai, Belgium

C.J. Bacon, UK

Lodovico Balducci, USA

Vishal Bali, USA

J. Simon Bell, Australia

Tim G. Berger, USA

Sverre Bergh, Norway

Sunil Bhandari, UK

B. Bongue, France

Alice Bonner, USA

D. Bonnet-Zamponi, France

Douglas Borchman, USA

M. Bradley, USA

Massimo Breccia, Italy

Henry Brodaty, Australia

Olivier Bruyere, Belgium

Daniel Budman, USA

Pierre R. Burgel, France

Michael Burke, USA

Shirley H. Bush, Canada

Debra A. Butt, Canada

Stephen Byrne, Ireland

Turkay Cakan, Turkey

Natalie Callander, USA

Miguel Camafort Babkowski, Spain

Guy Cammu, Belgium

L. Campana, Italy

Bruce C. Campbell, Australia

Noll L. Campbell, USA

Victoria Cardona, Spain

Joan Carles, Spain

Matthew J. Carpenter, USA

S. Castaigne, France

Ronald Lynel Castelino, Australia

Angela G. Catic, USA

D. Catovsky, UK

V.G. Chel, The Netherlands

Timothy F. Chen, Australia

Antonio Cherubini, Italy

Vanna Chiarion-Sileni, Italy

Helen Y. Chu, USA

Flavia Cicuttini, Australia

Maria C. Cid, Spain

Barbara Clyne, Ireland

Giuseppe Colloca, Italy

Elisio Costa, Portugal

Alfonso J. Cruz-Jentoft, Spain

David C. Currow, Australia

Naval Daver, USA

Ornella De Pita, Italy

Michel Delforge, Belgium

Giuseppe Derosa, Italy

James A. Desborough, UK

Rachel Dew, USA

Andreas Diamantopoulos, Norway

Adolfo Diez Perez, Spain

Juan Ding, USA

Roger R. Dmochowski, USA

Tan N. Doan, Australia

Michael J. Dooley, Australia

Antonios Douros, Germany

Magnus Ekström, Sweden

James M. Ellison, USA

Karl Fagerstrom, Sweden

Martin R. Farlow, USA

B. Farrell, Canada

Michele Faulkner, USA

F. Ferrara, Italy

D.M. Fick, USA

Terry S. Field, USA

Chris Fox, UK

Edward Franek, Poland

C.R. Freeman, Australia

H. Frohnhofen, Germany

Robert P. Gale, USA

Doron Garfinkel, Israel

Thomas Gary, Austria

Helen Gaskell, UK

Serge Gauthier, Canada

Theresa W. Gillespie, USA

Natasha Gisev, Australia

Danijela Gnjidic, Australia

Tamasine C. Grimes, Ireland

Adalsteinn Gudmundsson, Iceland

Najib Haboubi, UK

Britta Haenisch, Germany

Ian Hamilton-Craig, Australia

John Haughney, UK

Tim Heise, Germany

Amelia T. Henriques, Brazil

Nathan Herrmann, Canada

Gábor Holló, Hungary

Samantha A. Hollingworth, Australia

S.H. Hong, USA

Melanie-Jayne R. Howes, UK

Ruth E. Hubbard, Australia

Carmel M. Hughes, UK

Maarten C. Hulshof, The Netherlands

Stuart H. Isaacson, USA

Jun Iwamoto, Japan

Esa Jamsen, Finland

Tiffany Jessop, Australia

Natali Jokanovic, Australia

Helgi Jonsson, Iceland

Vanessa Jordan, New Zealand

Robin L.P. Jump, USA

Billingsley Kaambwa, Australia

Hiroshi Kaji, Japan

Sven R. Kantelhardt, Germany

Morten A. Karsdal, Denmark

Dan I. Kaufer, USA

H. Kersten, Norway

Hege Kersten, Norway

Sarah R. Kingsbury, UK

Heidi Klepin, USA

David C.M. Kong, Australia

Vassilis Koutkias, France

Edeltraut Kröger, Canada

Marius E. Kraenzlin, Switzerland

Virginia B. Kraus, USA

Sunil Kripalani, USA

Dieter D. Kunz, Germany

Daniel Kurnik, Israel

Hussam Kutbi, USA

Guna Laganovska, Latvia

Joep Lagro, The Netherlands

Olivier Lamy, Switzerland

Maryse Lapeyre-Mestre, France

David Le Couteur, Australia

Sangseak Lee, Republic of Korea

Michael Lensing, Norway

Paula E. Lester, USA

Victoria C. Leung, Canada

T.D. Levine, USA

Berglind Libungan, Sweden

T.P. Links, The Netherlands

Heinz Ludwig, Austria

Brian C. Lund, USA

Helmut Madersbacher, Austria

Maureen G. Maguire, USA

Louise Mallet, Canada

César Margarit, Spain

Kim A. Margolin, USA

David J. Margolis, USA

Pablo Martinez-Martin, Spain

Alexander Marx, Germany

Eric Matteson, USA

M.L. Mattison, USA

Donovan Maust, USA

Milka Mavija, Bosnia and Herzegovina

P.L. McCarthy, USA

Bruno C. Medeiros, USA

Els Mehuys, Belgium

Sebastiano Mercadante, Italy

Dimitri P. Mikhailidis, UK

D. Misra, USA

Amanda S. Mixon, USA

Sara Modig, Sweden

Daniela Moga, USA

Nicola Montano, Italy

Naoto Morikawa, Japan

Stephen Mulligan, Australia

Hiroyuki Murai, Japan

Joseph Mylotte, USA

Vasi Naganathan, Australia

Srinivas Nalamachu, USA

Hiroaki Naritomi, Japan

A. Nazir, USA

Rui Niimi, Japan

Prasad S. Nishtala, New Zealand

Ignazio I. Olivieri, Italy

Ragnhild Omli, Norway

Richard Oude Voshaar, The Netherlands

Robert A. Overman, USA

Maria Papaleontiou, USA

Luca Pasina, Italy

Sophie Pautex, Switzerland

Jen Perkins, USA

Gisele Pickering, France

Lourdes G. Planas, USA

Benoit Plaud, France

Daniela Poli, Italy

Juha Puustinen, Finland

Terry Quinn, UK

Lalitha Raman-Wilms, Canada

Roberta Ramonda, Italy

Olivier Rascol, France

Emily Reeve, Australia

Adam Reich, Poland

Kathryn Richardson, UK

Dudley Robinson, UK

Leonardo Roever, Brazil

Ashley Rosko, USA

Antonio A. Rossi, Italy

Gemma Rossi, Italy

Dominik Rottenkolber, Germany

Laure Rouch, France

Elizabeth E. Roughead, Australia

James L. Rudolph, USA

Carmelinda Ruggiero, Italy

Sabine Ruths, Norway

Cristin Ryan, UK

Teijo Saari, Finland

Susan Saga, Norway

L. Sailler, France

Fermin Sanchez-Guijo, Spain

Erin Sarzynski, USA

Naveed Sattar, UK

S. Savvas, Australia

Allen D. Sawitzke, USA

Jana J. Sawynok, Canada

Carmelo Scarpignato, Italy

Mark Scheepers, UK

Douglas L. Schmucker, USA

Janice B. Schwartz, USA

Eric S. Schwenk, USA

David A. Sclar, USA

Kristine A. Scordo, USA

Ian A. Scott, Australia

K. Seiter, USA

Daniel Sevilla-Sánchez, Spain

D.G. Seymour, UK

Harri H. Sievanen, Finland

Rose M.F.L. da Silva, Brazil

Mark Simmonds, UK

Victoria Siu, Canada

S.E. Skalicky, Australia

Janet K. Sluggett, Australia

I. Smith, UK

Martin Soubrier, France

Mark A. Stein, USA

Cora N. Sternberg, Italy

Nimalie Stone, USA

Jorund Straand, Norway

Brad A. Sutherland, UK

Beth S. Sutton, USA

Argiris S. Symeonidis, Greece

Anne-Marie Taburet, France

Junichi Takada, Japan

H. Keipp Talbot, USA

Edwin C.K. Tan, Australia

Maw P. Tan, Malaysia

Udaya S. Tantry, USA

Michael D. Tharp, USA

Eva Topinkova, Czech Republic

N. Torrance, UK

Claudia Trenkwalder, Germany

Georgios Tsivgoulis, Greece

Çağdaş Ünlü, The Netherlands

Laura van Buul, The Netherlands

John N. van den Anker, USA

Tischa J. van der Cammen, The Netherlands

Nathalie van der Velde, The Netherlands

Rob J. van Marum, The Netherlands

Gijs Van Pottelbergh, Belgium

Eric N. van Roon, The Netherlands

Eline Vandael, Belgium

Robert Vander Stichele, Belgium

G. Varrassi, Italy

Fabio Vescini, Italy

Edoardo Villani, Italy

Wolfgang von Renteln-Kruse, Germany

Adrian Wagg, Canada

E.H. Walters, Australia

Stuart J. Warden, USA

Richard A. Watts, UK

Ulrich Weber, Switzerland

Carroll A.B. Webers, The Netherlands

Andrew H. Wei, Australia

Charlene Weir, USA

Charles B. Whitlow, USA

Hans H. Wildiers, Belgium

Elizabeth Won, USA

L. Wyld, UK

Hilary A. Wynne, UK

Yasuo Yanagi, Japan

Tabish Zaidi, Australia

Joanna M. Zakrzewska, UK

Peter Zarb, Malta

Susan Zbikowski, USA

J. Zhang, China

Carolyn Zhu, USA

Nava Zisapel, Israel

A. Zittermann, Germany

Sasa A. Zivkovic, USA

Gilbert B. Zulian, Switzerland

We hope that you have found the articles published throughout 2015 to be both interesting and informative. The editors have appreciated the high quality of content contributed to the journal this year and look forward to keeping you up to date with topical issues in the field in 2016.

With best wishes from the staff of Drugs & Aging and all at Adis Publications.