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.
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Acknowledgement to Referees. Patient 7, 339–341 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40271-014-0101-0
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