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Dear Reader,
Welcome to the final issue of European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics for 2021.
I wish to reflect on this year’s achievements, and to thank all those who have contributed their time and effort to guarantee the quality of the content published in the journal.
In 2021, over 70 articles have been published. The most popular of these in terms of downloads from SpringerLink have been:
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Deb S, Arrighi, S. Potential Effects of COVID-19 on Cytochrome P450-Mediated Drug Metabolism and Disposition in Infected Patients. Eur J Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 46, 185–203 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13318-020-00668-8
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Rubino CM, Onufrak NJ, van Ingen J, et al. Population Pharmacokinetic Evaluation of Amikacin Liposome Inhalation Suspension in Patients with Treatment-Refractory Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Disease. Eur J Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 46, 277–287 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13318-020-00669-7
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Veillette JJ, Winans SA, Maskiewicz VK, et al. Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of High-Dose Piperacillin–Tazobactam in Obese Patients. Eur J Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 46, 385–394 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13318-021-00677-1
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Haider MS, Ahmad T, Groll J, et al. The Challenging Pharmacokinetics of Mitotane: An Old Drug in Need of New Packaging. Eur J Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 46, 575–593 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13318-021-00700-5
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Würthwein G, Lanvers-Kaminsky C, Siebel C, et al. Population Pharmacokinetics of PEGylated Asparaginase in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Treatment Phase Dependency and Predictivity in Case of Missing Data. Eur J Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 46, 289–300 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13318-021-00670-8
The high quality of content published in European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics has been reflected in the most recent impact factor of 2.441 and CiteScore™ of 4.1. Further, European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics has published content in a timely manner, with an average time from submission to first decision of 28 days.
The COVID-19 pandemic has continued to present many challenges and I would like to thank all who have contributed to ensuring the journal has thrived despite the ongoing issues.
I would like to start by thanking the authors of the articles published in European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics over the course of 2021. The enthusiasm of all authors for their chosen fields and their willingness to contribute content to the journal are crucial for its continued success.
The quality of published articles is also testament to the diligence of the peer reviewers. I would like to acknowledge the following individuals who acted as reviewers for European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics in the last 12 months:
Armina Abbasi, USA
Theresa Aliwarga, USA
Karel Allegaert, Belgium
Sean N. Avedissian, USA
Eleni Caratzas, Greece
Francesco Celandroni, Italy
Hardik Chandasana, USA
Wansheng Chen, China
Yang Chen, USA
Ann C. Childress, USA
Ananda Chowdhury, USA
Ranjeet P. Dash, USA
Antonio D'Avolio, Italy
Subrata Deb, USA
Jasper Dingemanse, Switzerland
Sreekanth Dittakavi, India
Duygu Durna Corum, Turkey
Gamal M. El Maghraby, Egypt
Liang Feng, USA
Zara Franklin, UK
Uwe Fuhr, Germany
Ryan S. Funk, USA
Yi Gu, USA
Evren Gundogdu, Turkey
Stefan Hagel, Ethiopia
Michael D. Hambuchen, USA
Daiki Hira, Japan
Masakiyo Hosokawa, Japan
Rita Humeniuk, USA
Rohitash Jamwal, USA
Zheng Jiao, China
Ekta Kadakia, USA
Shyam Kamble, USA
Isadore Kanfer, Canada
Siva Rama Raju Kanumuri, USA
Alptug Karakucuk, Turkey
Agnieszka Karbownik, Poland
Phisit Khemawoot, Thailand
Sonia Khier, France
Birgit Koch, the Netherlands
Priyanka Kulkarni, USA
Jaewi Lee, Republic of Korea
Dominique Leveque, France
Junyi Li, USA
Song-Lin Li, China
Gaofeng Liu, China
TaoTao Liu, China
Tao Long, USA
Sophie Magreault, France
Sherif H. Mahmoud, Canada
Amélie Marsot, Canada
Naoki Matsumoto, Japan
Litaty Mbatchi, France
Robert L. Medcalf, Australia
Aleksander Mendyk, Poland
Hirokazu Nakayama, Japan
Maria Neag, Romania
Mina Nikanjam, USA
Roberto Padrini, Italy
Guoyu Pan, China
Luciana Pereira Rangel, Brazil
Ana Ruiz-Garcia, USA
Madhav Sachar, USA
Antonin Schmitt, France
Satish Sharan, USA
Abhisheak Sharma, USA
Jian Shi, USA
Jaydeep Sinha, USA
Katarzyna Socha, Poland
Rui Song, China
Kannan Sridharan, Bahrain
Nuggehally R. Srinivas, USA
Rhishikesh Thakare, USA
Dandan Tian, USA
Vijayabhaskar Veeravalli, USA
Laiyou Wang, China
Sukyung Woo, USA
Matthew Wright, USA
Xin Wu, China
Hong-Guang Xie, China
Jun Xu, Hong Kong, China
Jaydeep Yadav, USA
Yoshiaki Yamamoto, Japan
Xinning Yang, USA
Bo Zheng, USA
I am also very grateful to 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.
Fanchon Bourasset, Paris, France
Soo Kyung Bae, Kyunggido, South Korea
Sagar S. Bachhav, Gainesville, FL, USA
Patrick Callery, Morgantown, WV, USA
Dario Cattaneo, Milan, Italy
Christian Cavé, Chatenay-Malabry, France
Salvatore Cisternino, Paris, France
Patrick M. Dansette, Paris, France
Jules Desmeules, Geneva, Switzerland
Padma V. Devarajan, Mumbai, India
Fawzy Elbarbry, Hillsboro, OR, USA
Robert Farinotti, Chatenay-Malabry, France
David Foster, Adelaide, Australia
Maria Jesus Garrido, Pamplona, Spain
Marko Goličnik, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Antonis Goulas, Thessaloniki, Greece
Tomasz Grabowski, Gdańsk, Poland
Olaf Grisk, Greifswald, Germany
Mounira Hamoudi, Lille, France
Sam Harirforoosh, Johnson City, TN, USA
Slobodan M. Jankovic, Kragujevic, Serbia
Vincent Jullien, Paris, France
Tony K. L. Kiang, Edmonton, AL, Canada
Ke Lan, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Guo-Fu Li, Shanghai, Yangzhou, China
Weirong Li, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Momir Mikov, Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia
Steve Mitchell, London, UK
Fathi Moussa, Orsay Cedex, France
Gian Maria Pacifici, Pisa, Italy
Roberto Padrini, Padova, Italy
Scott R. Penzak, Fort Worth, TX, USA
Wei Ren, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Michael Weiss, Halle, Germany
Kyle J. Wilby, Halifax, NS, Canada
Springer Nature has continued to support the global response to COVID-19 by making all relevant content immediately and freely available. Indeed, European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics has published a number of papers relevant to the COVID-19 pandemic that are free to access, including:
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Tarek M, Savarino A. Pharmacokinetic Basis of the Hydroxychloroquine Response in COVID-19: Implications for Therapy and Prevention. Eur J Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 45, 715–723 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13318-020-00640-6
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Thémans P, Belkhir L, Dauby N, et al. Population Pharmacokinetics of Hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 Patients: Implications for Dose Optimization. Eur J Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 45, 703–713 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13318-020-00648-y
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Deb S, Arrighi, S. Potential Effects of COVID-19 on Cytochrome P450-Mediated Drug Metabolism and Disposition in Infected Patients. Eur J Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 46, 185–203 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13318-020-00668-8
In terms of other important company initiatives, the Springer Nature ‘Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Programme’ is aiming to connect researchers who are tackling the world’s toughest challenges with practitioners in policy and business, while the ‘Women in Science’ initiative aims to help empower more women scientists to achieve scientific excellence. Finally, I am delighted to inform you that Springer Nature is now carbon neutral for its direct operations (offices, fleet and flights) and earlier this year signed The Climate Pledge, making a commitment to be Net Zero carbon by 2040.
Returning to European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, the editorial program for 2022 is well under way, and I am looking forward to bringing you many high-quality and authoritative articles over the coming year.
I thank you for your continued support.
With best wishes,
Jasbir Singh
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Acknowledgement to Referees. Eur J Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 46, 707–709 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13318-021-00732-x
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