Dear Reader

In this the final issue of The Patient for 2014, the editors and production staff at Adis would like to take the opportunity to look back on all that has been achieved in the last 12 months and to thank the people who have given their time to ensure we continue to bring you world-class content.

We are pleased to advise you of a number of positive developments involving the Adis journals in 2014. This year saw the journal portfolio increase in size with the transfer of a number of existing Springer journals into the Adis portfolio, as well as the launch of two new open access titles: Drugs—Real World Outcomes targets research involving the use of real-world data to evaluate health outcomes and inform healthcare decision-making, with a particular focus on healthcare-related ‘big data’; and Drug Safety—Case Reports publishes reports of any unintended or adverse effects following administration of a medicinal product, as well as cases involving ‘near misses’ or a lack of efficacy.

This year saw a healthy gain in the ISI impact factor for The Patient—Patient-Centered Outcomes Research to 1.957. Our sister journal PharmacoEconomics also saw a rise to 3.338. We look forward to building on these gains in 2015.

This year saw the first book published in our Adis health economics and outcomes research book programme. We are developing a great pipeline of new titles, involving top authors from around the globe and welcome any suggestions for new titles. We have also appreciated the many topical proposals submitted to date. Please contact chris.carswell@springer.com for further information.

As another year draws to a close, we would like to say a big thank you to all the authors who have contributed articles to The Patient. Without their expertise and hard work we would not have been able to publish the journal. The quality of published articles also reflects the significant time and effort put in by the peer reviewers, whose dedication ensures that we continue to publish content of 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 The Patient in 2014:

Matthew Allsop, UK

Mark Ashworth, UK

SeungJin Bae, Republic of Korea

Rachel Baker, UK

Rachel Ballinger, UK

Katharine Barnard, UK

Michael J. Barry, USA

Ariel Beresniak, Switzerland

Jonathan Boote, UK

Charles Brackett, USA

Fay Bradley, UK

Barbara A. Brandt, USA

Rhiannon Braund, New Zealand

Anne Bredart, France

Meryl Brod, USA

Henk Broekhuizen, The Netherlands

Jessica L. Browne, Australia

Teri Browne, USA

Caroline Bulsara, Australia

Peter Burgard, Germany

Fran Carroll, UK

Symphorosa Chan, Hong Kong

Allen Cheadle, USA

Gene L. Colice, USA

Mark Collen, USA

Mary A. Cook, USA

Daniel S.J. Costa, Australia

Maarten de Wit, The Netherlands

Cyrille Delpierre, France

Arna Desser, Norway

Vakaramoko Diaby, USA,

Dana Dibenedetti, USA

Birthe Dinesen, Denmark

Susan dos Reis, USA

Jack Dowie, UK

Maya Doyle, USA

Nancy Dreyer, USA

Dominique Dubois, France,

Gregory Duncan, Australia

Emma Dures, UK

Marie Ennis-O’Connor, Ireland

Seda Erdem, UK

Paola Facchin, Italy

Deb Feldman-Stewart, Canada

Glenn Flores, USA

Julian Forder, UK

John Forman, New Zealand

Martha Funnell, USA

João Gama Marques, Portugal

Karen Gerard, UK

Andreas Gerber-Grote, Germany

Alex Ghanouni, UK

Ari Gnanasakthy, USA

Linda Gonder-Frederick, USA

Juan Marcos, Gonzalez, USA,

Lucas M.A. Goossens, The Netherlands

Scott D. Grosse, USA

Sandeep Grover, India

Ning Yan Gu, USA

Chad Gwaltney, USA

Dorte Gyrd-Hansen, Denmark

Stefan Hagmann, USA

Laetitia Hattingh, Australia

Sarah Hawley, USA

Ron D. Hays, USA

Judith Hibbard, USA

Mickaël Hiligsmann, The Netherlands

Jacqueline Hinckley, USA,

Akinori Hisashige, JAPAN

Wai Kai Hou, Hong Kong

Kirsten Howard, Australia

Ching-Lin Hsieh, Taiwan, Republic of China

Gill Hubbard, UK

Stacie Hudgens, USA

Carmel M. Hughes, UK

Waguih William, IsHak, USA

Elizabeth Jacobs, USA

Monika Janda, Australia

Roxanne E. Jensen, USA

Fabian M. Johnston, USA

Ashley Kennedy, USA

Meinir Krishnasamy, Australia

Janet Krska, UK

Grace M. Ku, Belgium

Terence Lao, Hong Kong

Andreas Laupacis, Canada

France Legare, Canada

Reiner Leidl, Germany

Jolanta Lewko, Poland

Andrew Lloyd, UK

Anna Lugnér, The Netherlands

Jennifer Lynch, UK

Axel C. Mühlbacher, Germany

Peter Makai, The Netherlands

Ludmila Marcinowicz, Poland

Nancy Marlett, Canada

Rachael Marsden, UK

Joachim Marti, Switzerland

Mona Martin, USA

Anne-Marie Martin, Ireland,

Colin Martin, UK

Louis S. Matza, USA

Paulind McCormack, UK

Stephen P. McKenna, UK

Lori D. McLeod, USA

Robert B. McQueen, USA

Emmanouil Mentzakis, UK,

Rebekah J. Moles, Australia

Rochelle Naylor, USA

Galina Nesterova, USA

Susan Newman, USA

Annabel Nixon, UK

Janneke Noordman, The Netherlands

Calogero Pagliarello, Italy

Robert Pangalila, The Netherlands

Holly Peay, USA

Elizabeth Peel, UK

Marco Pereira, Portugal

Michael P. Pignone, USA

Rodrigo Quintas, Brazil

Alex Rae-Grant, USA

Veena Raleigh, UK

Juan M. Ramos-Goni, Spain

Scott D. Ramsey, USA

Julie Ratcliffe, Australia

Dean Regier, Canada

Eduardo Remor, Brazil

Regina Rendas-Baum, USA

Deborah Richards, Australia

Jeff Richardson, Australia

Nancy Roach, USA

Melissa H. Roberts, USA

John Rose, Australia

Margaret Rothman, USA

Yaffa Rubinstein, USA

Agneta Schroder, Sweden

Jane R. Schubart, USA

Kurt Schumacher, USA

Karen Sepucha, USA

Eva R. Serber, USA

David G. Silverman, USA

Cees, Smit, The Netherlands

John Spertus, USA

Pascal Staccini, France

Joanna Starrels, USA

Anne M. Stiggelbout, The Netherlands

Elly A. Stolk, The Netherlands

Mikael Svensson, Sweden

Sheryl L. Szeinbach, USA

Wei Tang, Japan

Gregory Teague, USA

Sharon Terry, USA

Margaret J. Thompson, UK

Ingela Thylen, Sweden

Brian Tiplady, UK

Joan Trujols, Spain

Elaine Utomo, The Netherlands

Mary S. Vaughan Sarrazin, USA

Aaron Vinik, USA

Anne Wagner, Canada

Janet Wale, Australia

Amanda Wheeler, Australia

Jennifer A. Whitty, Australia

Paul Wicks, USA

Leslie S. Wilson, USA

Fernando Wilson, USA

Penny Wright, UK

Steven B. Zeliadt, USA

Wei Zhang, Canada

Lan Zhu, China

We hope that you have found the articles published throughout 2014 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 of patient-centered outcomes research in 2015.

With best wishes from the staff of The Patient, the Department of Health Policy and Management at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and all at Adis Publications.