Dear Reader,


Welcome to the final issue of Drugs & Aging for 2020. This year has presented many challenges and, on behalf of the Section Editors and myself, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all who have contributed to ensuring the journal has thrived despite the extraordinary circumstances that the medical and science communities, and the world in general, have faced.

I would like to start by thanking the authors of the articles published in the journal over the course of 2020. The enthusiasm of all authors for their chosen fields and their willingness to contribute content to Drugs & Aging are crucial for the journal’s continued success.

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 contributed as reviewers for the journal in the last 12 months:

Wilco Achterberg, the Netherlands

Annette L. Adams, USA

Hiroshi Aikata, Japan

Nagham Ailabouni, New Zealand

Steven M. Albert, USA

Mahesan Anpalahan, Australia

A. Apostolidis, Greece

Simone Appenzeller, Brazil

David J. Back, UK

Amal M. Badawoud, Saudi Arabia

Tara Baetz, Canada

Stephen C. Bain, UK

Capucine Baldini, France

Lodovico Balducci, USA

Alyssa Bautista, USA

Matthias Behrends, USA

Vincenzo Belcastro, Italy

J. Simon Bell, Australia

Kathleen Bennett, Ireland

G.K. Bertsias, Greece

Gabriella Bettelli, San Marino

Vanessa Bianconi, Italy

Delia Bishara, UK

Julie Bobitt, USA

Richard W. Bohannon, USA

Sinthia Z. Bosnic-Anticevich, Australia

Giovanni L. Botto, Italy

Wendy Bower, Australia

Helen J. Boyle, France

Tim B. Braemswig, Germany

Henry Brodaty, Australia

Douglas Bruce, USA

Shirley H. Bush, Canada

Stephen Byrne, Ireland

Cathal A. Cadogan, Ireland

Pilar Calvo, Spain

Noll L. Campbell, USA

Linda L. Cardozo, UK

Kevin V. Carlson, Canada

Ronald L. Castelino, Australia

Angela G. Catic, USA

Sankha Shubhra Chakrabarti, India

Jennifer Clemente, USA

Kevin Cowart, USA

Peter Crome, UK

Alfonso J. Cruz-Jentoft, Spain

Karl Csaky, USA

Eduardo Cumbo, Italy

Mark D. Danese, USA

Raoul Daoust, Canada

Rita Del Pinto, Italy

Jean-Pierre Devogelaer, Belgium

Francesco Di Gennaro, Italy

Roger R. Dmochowski, USA

Myrna B. Dolovich, Canada

Amitha Domalpally, USA

Mai H. Duong, Australia

Richard P. Dutton, USA

Marieke M. Ebbens, the Netherlands

Angelique Egberts, the Netherlands

Hanne Ehrlinder, Sweden

Mohamed H. Elnaem, Malaysia

Ahmed El-Zawahry, USA

Tesfahun C. Eshetie, Australia

Karel Everaert, Belgium

Kathleen A. Fairman, USA

C. Falandry, France

Jian Hai Fang, China

Mehdi Farshchian, USA

Edward Faught, USA

Leslie Fecher, USA

Claudio Feliciani, Italy

Fabian Finkelmeier, Germany

Aoife M. Fleming, Ireland

Bradley A. Fritz, USA

Nicholas Fuggle, UK

Paolo Gallo, Italy

Pietro Gareri, Italy

Shiva Gautam, USA

Eric C.T. Geijteman, the Netherlands

Bilun Gemicioglu, Turkey

Piet Geusens, the Netherlands

Laura Ghezzi, USA

Sudeep Gill, Canada

Alex Gomelsky, USA

Fabio Gomes, UK

Brian M. Grosberg, USA

George T. Grossberg, USA

Florent Guerville, France

Ihab Hajjar, USA

Adrija Hajra, USA

Genevieve M. Hale, USA

Rasheeda K. Hall, USA

Chelsea E. Hawley, USA

Maria Heinrich, Germany

Sean Hennessy, USA

Peter P. Herbison, New Zealand

Nathan Herrmann, Canada

Shoshana J. Herzig, USA

Joanne Man-Wai Ho, Canada

Raffaele A. Incalzi, Italy

Hiroshi Ishii, Japan

Raimo Isoaho, Finland

Jan G. Jakobsson, Sweden

Michael W. Jann, USA

Tiffany Jessop, Australia

Ted Johnson, USA

Gerard A. Kalkman, the Netherlands

Gizat M. Kassie, Australia

Koji Kawakami, Japan

Maarit J. Korhonen, Finland

Casey G. Kowalik, USA

H. Kuo, Taiwan, Republic of China

Antonio S. Laganà, Italy

Clément Lahaye, France

Larkin Lamarche, Canada

Christian Lampl, Austria

Maryse Lapeyre-Mestre, France

A.J. Larner, UK

Carl J. Lavie, USA

David Le Couteur, Australia

Jae Ho Lee, Republic of Korea

Nattawut Leelakanok, Thailand

Willem F. Lems, the Netherlands

George Liamis, Greece

Amy M. Linsky, USA

Guoqiang Liu, China

Phillip A. Low, USA

Brian C. Lund, USA

Jorge E. Machado-Alba, Colombia

Laura C. Maclagan, Canada

Allison Magnuson, USA

Branka Marinovic, Croatia

Deborah Marriott, Australia

Donovan T. Maust, USA

Ryan McGrath, USA

Andrew J. McLachlan, Australia

Matteo Megna, Italy

Graydon S. Meneilly, Canada

Masamichi Mineshita, Japan

Sara Modig, Sweden

Chi Chiu Mok, Hong Kong, China

Fiammetta Monacelli, Italy

Romain Muller, France

Vasi Naganathan, Australia

Hidemi Nakagawa, Japan

Daniel Nation, USA

Maria C. Neri, Italy

Lindsay E. Nicolle, Canada

Takeshi Nishimura, Japan

Travis J. O'Brien, USA

Tracey O'Connor, USA

Adam Olszewski, USA

Terence Ong, UK

Stephen Opat, Australia

Christoph Ostgathe, Germany

Julie M. Paik, USA

Samantha Pasca, Italy

Aikaterini Patsatsi, Greece

Giuseppe R.S. Patti, Italy

Joshua Pevnick, USA

Laura Piccio, USA

Rosalind K.E. Poortvliet, the Netherlands

Jennifer Pruskowski, USA

Hennie Raterman, the Netherlands

Gail B. Rattinger, USA

Stephanie Read, Canada

Sanika Rege, USA

Ian Reid, New Zealand

M. Cary Reid, USA

Lorenza Rimassa, Italy

Hernan Rincon-Choles, USA

Dudley Robinson, UK

Viktor Rotbain Curovic, Denmark

Elizabeth Roughead, Australia

Simon Rule, UK

Mohammed, S. Salahudeen, Australia

Rani A. Sarkis, USA

Paul Sator, Austria

Jana J. Sawynok, Canada

Bernhard Scheiner, Austria

Axel Schlitt, Germany

David L. Scott, UK

Shlomit Shachar, Israel

Eran Shavit, Israel

Tina T. Shih, USA

Jonathan Silcock, UK

Anders Sköldunger, Sweden

Manish M. Sood, Canada

Claudia Spies, Germany

Anne Spinewine, Belgium

Jacob Steinmetz, Denmark

Jorund Straand, Norway

Richard Sutton, UK

Sasha Taleban, USA

Rajesh Tampi, USA

Maw Pin Tan, Malaysia

Qutaiba Tawfic, Canada

Christine B. Teng, Singapore

Aina Teniente Serra, Spain

Wade Thompson, Denmark

Victoria Traynor, Australia

Ashok K. Tuteja, USA

Pradeep Tyagi, USA

Willy Marcos Valencia, USA

Nina van Beek, the Netherlands

Nathalie van der Velde, the Netherlands

Diana A. van Riet-Nales, the Netherlands

Robert Vander Stichele, Belgium

Eduard E. Vasilevskis, USA

Felicity C. Veal, Australia

Kirsten K. Viktil, Norway

Scott M. Vouri, USA

Yuanyuan Wang, the Netherlands

Chandanie A. Wanigatunge, Sri Lanka

Jonas Wastesson, Sweden

Martin Wehling, Germany

Jared Weiss, USA

Juanita Westbury, Australia

Hans H. Wildiers, Belgium

Bob Wilffert, the Netherlands

Srikanth Yandrapalli, USA

Masaki Yoshida, Japan

Yuzaiful M. Yusof, UK

Arnold G. Zermansky, UK


I am also extremely 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 throughout the year.

The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the importance of rapid and wide dissemination of high-quality information. Springer Nature is supporting the global response to COVID-19 by making all relevant content immediately and freely available. This includes two recent papers from Drugs & Aging relevant to the COVID-19 pandemic:

  • The Cross-Talk Between Age, Hypertension and Inflammation in COVID-19 Patients: Therapeutic Targets. Casucci G, Acanfora D, Incalzi RA. Drugs Aging. 2020 Nov; 37(11):779-785. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40266-020-00808-4. Epub 2020 Oct 21.

  • Drug-Drug Interactions and Prescription Appropriateness in Patients with COVID-19: A Retrospective Analysis from a Reference Hospital in Northern Italy. Cattaneo D, Pasina L, Maggioni AP, Giacomelli A, Oreni L, Covizzi A, Bradanini L, Schiuma M, Antinori S, Ridolfo A, Gervasoni C. Drugs Aging. 2020 Nov 5:1–9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40266-020-00812-8. Epub 2020 Nov.

The high quality of the content published in Drugs & Aging has been reflected in the most recent impact factor of 2.824 and CiteScore of 4.60, placing the journal in the 2nd quartile of the Geriatrics & Gerontology and Pharmacology & Pharmacy categories. In 2021, Drugs & Aging will continue to provide you with high interest, clinically relevant content in the field of geriatric pharmacotherapy. We thank you for your continued support.


With best wishes,


David Williamson