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Dear Reader,
Welcome to the final issue of Drug Safety for 2022.
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.
I would like to start by thanking the authors of the articles published in Drug Safety over the course of 2022. 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 high quality of content published in Drug Safety has been reflected in the most recent Journal Impact Factor of 5.228 (placing the journal in the first quartile of the Pharmacology & Pharmacy and Toxicology categories) and CiteScore™ of 8.3 (placing the journal in the first quartile of the Pharmacology and Toxicology categories). In 2021, more than 580,000 full-text articles were downloaded. Further, Drug Safety has published content in a timely manner, with a median time from submission to first decision of 13 days.
The quality of published articles is also testament to the diligence of the peer reviewers, whose willingness to share their expertise ensures that the journal’s content is held to the highest standard. I would like to acknowledge the following individuals who acted as reviewers for Drug Safety in the last 12 months:
Juan José Abellán Andrés, The Netherlands
Ismaïl Ahmed, France
S. Faisal Ahmed, UK
Wajd Alkabbani, Canada
Karel Allegaert, Belgium
Thamir M. Alshammari, Saudi Arabia
Ghadah H. Alshehri, Saudi Arabia
Susan E. Andrade, USA
Pei San Ang, Singapore
Heather Angus-Leppan, UK
Mickael Arnaud, France
Michael Auerbach, USA
Mark Avigan, USA
Jane P.F. Bai, USA
Paolo Baldo, Italy
Juan M. Banda, USA
Yves Barmaz, Switzerland
Vera Battini, Italy
Maya Beganovic, USA
Marc L. Berger, USA
Lori J. Bernstein, Canada
Julien Bezin, France
Morgan Bharadia, Canada
Jiang Bian, USA
Stella Blackburn, UK
Dan V. Blalock, USA
Ingrid Böhm, Switzerland
John Joseph Borg, Malta
Taxiarchis Botsis, USA
Richard D. Boyce, USA
Ian W. Boyd, Australia
Axel Brandes, Denmark
Eva Brandl, Germany
Susan B. Brogly, Canada
Rose Cairns, Australia
Gianmario Candore, UK
David Carrell, USA
Alfonso Carvajal, Spain
Kiran Chaudhari, USA
Teng-Chou Chen, UK
Imti Choonara, UK
Sue A. Costa Clemens, UK
Anthony R. Cox, UK
Patricia K. Coyle, USA
Ineke Crijns, The Netherlands
Paola M. Cutroneo, Italy
Dingwei Dai, USA
Matthew Davenport, USA
Mellar Davis, USA
Sameen Desai, USA
Qian Ding, USA
Son Doan, USA
Charles Dolladille, France
Karen B. Domino, USA
Sreemanee Raaj Dorajoo, Singapore
Geneviève Durrieu, France
Rachel Eakley, USA
Brian D. Edwards, UK
Barbara Ehrlich, USA
Efe Eworuke, USA
Andreea Farcas, Romania
Giuseppe Fasolino, Belgium
Seena Fazel, UK
Michael Feher, UK
Robin E. Ferner, UK
Carmen Ferrajolo, Italy
Daniel Fife, USA
Alexander Flannery, USA
Reidar Fossmark, Norway
Yohann Foucher, France
Reynold D.C. Francisca, The Netherlands
Frederick T.W. Fraunfelder, USA
Sara Garfield, UK
Daniel Gartner, UK
Chiara Gastaldon, Italy
Peter Gates, Australia
Lucie M. Gattepaille, Sweden
David Gerrett, UK
Matthias Gijsen, Belgium
Alicia Gilsenan, USA
Thomas Goedecke, The Netherlands
Fernando Gomez-Peralta, Spain
Birgitta Grundmark, Sweden
Sinem Ezgi Gulmez, Turkey
Shruti Gupta, USA
Gillian C. Hall, UK
Jesper Hallas, Denmark
Tarek A. Hammad, USA
Sebastien Haneuse, USA
K.S. Hareesha, India
Masayoshi Harigai, Japan
Lamiece Hassan, UK
Craig W. Heise, USA
Linda C. Hendriksen, The Netherlands
Robert Hermann, Germany
Adrian Hire, UK
Harry Hochheiser, USA
Corinne M. Hohl, Canada
Sung-Tae Hong, Republic of Korea
Stephanie A. Irving, USA
Chieko Ishiguro, Japan
Masao Iwagami, Japan
Lauren L. Jantzie, USA
Narumol Jarernsiripornkul, Thailand
Hendree Jones, USA
Juhaeri Juhaeri, USA
Sandra L. Kane-Gill, USA
Eun Ha Kang, Republic of Korea
Agnes Kant, The Netherlands
Sigal Kaplan, Israel
Mohammad Ehsanul Karim, Canada
Agnes S. Kim, USA
Eric Kirkendall, USA
Ty H. Kiser, USA
Roger Knaggs, UK
Kiyoshi Kubota, Japan
Jayashri Kulkarni, Australia
Tamar Lasky, USA
Elena Lazzeri, Italy
Eva K. Lee, USA
Jenneke Leentjens, The Netherlands
Marco V. Lenti, Italy
Rupert Leong, Australia
Barry M. Lester, USA
David J. Lewis, Germany
Joel Lexchin, Canada
Raymond Li, Australia
Elisangela da Costa Lima, Brazil
Junjing Lin, USA
Wen-Yang Lin, Taiwan, Republic of China
Rickard Ljung, Sweden
David T.W. Lui, Hong Kong, China
Malcolm Maclure, Canada
Francois Maignen, UK
Babita Majhi, India
Michael Makris, UK
Marek Malik, UK
Katrin Manlik, Germany
Ishak A. Mansi, USA
Raffaele Marfella, Italy
Marianthi Markatou, USA
Judith C. Maro, USA
Simon Maskell, UK
Elie Matar, Australia
Ann W. McMahon, USA
Christopher McMaster, Australia
Hemalkumar B. Mehta, USA
Ushma Mehta, South Africa
Eva-Lisa Meldau, Sweden
Hirohito Metoki, Japan
Todd A. Miano, USA
Jae Sun Min, USA
Barbara Mintzes, Australia
Eva Montane, Spain
Daniel Morales, UK
Ugo Moretti, Italy
Pedro L. Moro, USA
Domenico Motola, Italy
Tan Kit Mun, Malaysia
Monica A. Muñoz, USA
Tsuyoshi Murata, Japan
Shereen Nabhani-Gebara, UK
Mamoru Narukawa, Japan
Pantelis Natsiavas, Greece
Scott D. Nelson, USA
Victoria Newbould, UK
Prasad S. Nishtala, UK
Yoshihiro Noguchi, Japan
Seth O’Neal, USA
Sten Olsson, Sweden
Vicki Osborne, UK
David Pace, Malta
Alexandra C. Pacurariu, UK
Shanthi Pal, Switzerland
Dimitris Papanikolaou, USA
Ryan Paquin, USA
Antoine Pariente, France
Dimitrios Patoulias, Greece
Vibhu Paudyal, UK
Laura Pazzagli, Sweden
Ana V. Pejčić, Serbia
Justine Perino, France
Helen Petousis-Harris, New Zealand
Alberto Picca, France
Aimee Pickering, USA
Robert W. Platt, Canada
Elisabetta Poluzzi, Italy
Paolo Polzella, UK
Krit Pongpirul, Thailand
Steven Porter, USA
Emanuel Raschi, Italy
Wipharak Rattanavipanon, Thailand
Raj Ratwani, USA
Alexis Revet, France
Bruno Revol, France
Philip Robinson, Australia
Elena Rocca, Norway
Leàn Rolfes, The Netherlands
Elizabeth Roughead, Australia
Ana Ruigomez, Spain
Dhakrit Rungkitwattanakul, USA
Mulugeta Russom, Eritrea
Maria Esther V. Salgueiro, Spain
Malik Sallam, Jordan
Francesco Salvo, France
Emilio J. Sanz, Spain
Semra Şardaş, Turkey
Daisaku Sato, Japan
Marc H. Scheetz, USA
Jean-Michel Scherrmann, France
Sven Schmiedl, Germany
Robert Schuck, USA
David L. Scott, UK
Alex Secora, USA
Joshua M. Sharfstein, USA
Xu Shi, USA
Spyridon Siafis, Germany
Ian J. Simpson, New Zealand
Susan M. Sinclair, USA
Sonal Singh, USA
Sandra Sirrs, Canada
Jim Slattery, UK
Grzegorz Sławiński, Poland
Brian Smith, USA
Joshua C. Smith, USA
Meredith Y. Smith, USA
Rachel E. Sobel, USA
Patrick Souverein, The Netherlands
Sushama Kattinakere Sreedhara, USA
Pasquale Stefanizzi, Italy
Stephane Steurbaut, Belgium
Danijela Stojanovic, USA
Andrew A. Stolz, USA
Loreen Straub, USA
Adam Sutherland, UK
Aaron L. Sverdlov, Australia
Suzanne Tamang, USA
Edwin C.K. Tan, Australia
Paul Tarnasky, USA
Michael V. Tatley, New Zealand
Chengwen Teng, USA
Rolf Teschke, Germany
Sandra Thiel, Germany
Paul D. Thompson, USA
Gita A. Toyserkani, USA
Thierry Trenque, France
Nhung Trinh, Norway
Gary Tse, China
Pascale Tubert-Bitter, France
Patricia M.L.A. van den Bemt, The Netherlands
Rolina D. van Gaalen, The Netherlands
Florence van Hunsel, The Netherlands
Jette A. van Lint, The Netherlands
Katia Verhamme, The Netherlands
Rodolfo Villena, Chile
Maria Vittinghoff, Austria
Erica Voss, USA
Scott M. Vouri, USA
Rika Wakao, Japan
Jia-bo Wang, China
Shirley Wang, USA
Paul B. Watkins, USA
Yonas Weldeselassie, UK
Rebecca J. Williams, USA
Ross D. Williams, The Netherlands
Antoni Wisniewski, UK
Angel Wong, UK
Jenna Wong, USA
Richard D. Wyss, USA
Yi-Hsin Yang, Taiwan, Republic of China
Kevin Yau, Canada
Satoshi Yokoyama, Japan
Kenta Yoshida, USA
Qun-Ying Yue, Sweden
René Zeiss, Germany
Tao Zhang, USA
Yiqing Zhao, USA
Esther H. Zhou, USA
Zeyun Zhou, USA
Yanmin Zhu, USA
Heinz Zoller, Austria
I am also very grateful to all members of the journal’s Honorary Editorial Board (listed below), who have acted as peer reviewers and authors, and have provided guidance on journal content, policy and processes.
G. Caleb Alexander, USA
Giuseppe Andò, Italy
Laurent Azoulay, Canada
Joanne Barnes, New Zealand
Andrew Bate, UK
David W. Bates, USA
Frank M.C. Besag, UK
Subhrojyoti Bhowmick, India
Einar S. Björnsson, Iceland
Benjamin D. Bray, UK
Nicholas Buckley, Australia
Nabarun Dasgupta, USA
Ric O. Day, Australia
Fabrizio De Ponti, Italy
Alexander N.O. Dodoo, Ghana
I. Ralph Edwards, Sweden
Antonie C.G. Egberts, The Netherlands
Adolfo Figueiras, Spain
Joshua Gagne, USA
Stephen A. Goldman, USA
Staffan Hägg, Sweden
Kenneth Y. Hartigan-Go, Philippines
Laurence Howes, Australia
David Hunt, UK
Susan Jick, USA
Stephan Krähenbühl, Switzerland
Joan-Ramon Laporte, Spain
Deborah Layton, UK
Hervé Le Louet, Sweden
James H. Lewis, USA
David F.L. Liew, Australia
Marie Lindquist, Sweden
Yoon K. Loke, UK
Yuan Luo, USA
Christopher R. Meier, Switzerland
Ronald Meijboom, The Netherlands
Peter G.M. Mol, The Netherlands
Jean-Louis Montastruc, France
Nicholas 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
Janet Sultana, Malta
Nicholas P. Tatonetti, USA
Gianluca Trifirò, Italy
Marco Tuccori, Italy
Eugene P. van Puijenbroek, The Netherlands
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 2023 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
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Acknowledgement to Referees. Drug Saf 45, 1443–1447 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40264-022-01250-8
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