Dear Reader
As we approach the end of 2015, and publish our final issue of The Patient for the year, the editors and production staff at Adis wish to reflect on another successful year’s achievements and pay thanks to all those who have contributed their time and effort to guarantee the exceptional quality of our content.
We are delighted to have seen the conclusion of formalities surrounding the joint venture of Springer Science + Business Media with Nature Publishing Group, Palgrave Macmillan, Macmillan Education in early May. Substantial ground has already been made in the integration of business within the resulting Springer Nature company and we at Adis look eagerly toward the future, as the benefits of the collective expertise and capabilities of this company carry us forward.
The majority of our journals saw a rise in ISI impact factor against the previous year. Most notably, BioDrugs increased by 41 % to 2.989; the European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics increased 19 % to 1.563; CNS Drugs increased by 17 % to 5.113; Targeted Oncology increased 16 % to 4.0; Pediatric Drugs increased 15 % to 1.975; Drugs and Aging increased 13 % to 2.838; and Molecular Diagnosis and Therapy increased a further 12 % to 2.891, having already jumped 53 % in the preceding year. We hope to build upon these gains, once more, in 2016.
The Adis Book programme has grown substantially and 20 new titles will have been published over the course of the year. Over 50 further titles are currently in development with leading academics, internationally, and we continue to add more to the list. Our thanks, again, to all who have submitted these valuable proposals to date.
We offer our sincere thanks to all authors who have contributed articles to The Patient over the course of 2015. Their skill and dedication are critical to the continued publication of the journal. The world-class quality of published articles is, similarly, testament to the significant efforts of the peer reviewers, whose commitment ensures that our content is held to 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 2015:
Alyce S. Adams, USA
Koula Asimakopoulou, UK
Rebecca A. Aslakson, USA
Michelle Banfield, Australia
David G. Binion, USA
Christine Blome, Germany
Steven Blum, USA
Ana Bobinac, The Netherlands
Billie Bonevski, Australia
Nicola Bonner, UK
Charles Brackett, USA
Jessica L. Browne, Australia
John Chambers, UK
Olivier Chassany, France
Gang Chen, Australia
Edmond P. Choi, Hong Kong
Kate Claydon-Platt, Australia
Debbie Cooke, UK
S. Joel Coons, USA
David Coultas, USA
Heidi Crayton, USA
Marion Danner, Germany
Linda S. Deal, USA
Mylene Dipankui, Canada
Martin Duracinsky, France
Emily Evans, USA
Massimiliano Fabbiani, Italy
Eric Finkelstein, Singapore
Jane Fischer, Australia
Emuella Flood, USA
Christina Foss, Norway
Joe Gerald, USA
Ari Gnanasakthy, USA
Sarah L. Goff, USA
Juan Marcos Gonzalez, USA
Rosemary J. Gowran, Ireland
Karin Groothuis-Oudshoorn, The Netherlands
Isabelle Guillemin, France
Ron D. Hays, USA
Jeffrey S. Hoch, Canada
Seyed Hamzeh Hosseini, Islamic Republic of Iran
Jason K. Hou, USA
Stacie Hudgens, USA
Hayley Hutchings, UK
Pasquale Innominato, France
Asuka Kato, Japan
Sarah Kirby, UK
Nicolas Krucien, UK
Tracey-Lea Laba, Australia
Christoph Lalanne, France
Lucy Land, UK
Ha Le, Australia
France Legare, Canada
Alessandra Lugaresi, Italy
Amandine Luquiens, France
Monica Lypson, USA
Stefan A. Müller-Lissner, Germany
Kathy McGilton, Canada
Robert Brett, McQueen, USA
Julio E. Mendoza, Canada
Tito Mendoza, USA
Ollie Minton, UK
Ateesha F. Mohamed, USA
Bart Morlion, Belgium
Greg Murray, Australia
Paul Myles, Australia
Mehdi Najafzadeh, Canada
Luigi Naldi, Italy
Lauren M. Nelson, USA
Jørgen Nexøe, Denmark
Annabel Nixon, UK
Frede Olesen, Denmark
A. Simon Pickard, USA
Petra Pohl, Sweden
Lisa A. Prosser, USA
Regina Rendas-Baum, USA
Jeff R. Richardson, Australia
Jessica Robinson-Papp, USA
Rosalba Rosato, Italy
John Rose, Australia
Paul Rutter, UK
Maria Santana, Canada
Luciana Scalone, Italy
Andreas Schmitt, Germany
Eva R. Serber, USA
Laura Aubree Shay, USA
Cees Smit, The Netherlands
Mary L. Smith, USA
Tania Stafinski, Canada
Dawn Swancutt, UK
Peter M. ten Klooster, The Netherlands
Cecile M. A. Utens, The Netherlands
Marjan van der Pol, UK
Lill-Brith von Arx, Denmark
Kate White, Australia
Jennifer A. Whitty, Australia
Christopher S. Wie, USA
Celia Wills, USA
Micheal Wonder, Australia
Geoff Wong, UK
Yaling Yang, UK
Hannah Young, UK
We hope that you have found the articles published throughout 2015 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 in 2016.
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 8, 469–470 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40271-015-0152-x
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