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Welcome to the first edition of Pediatric Drugs for 2023.
As we embark on the 25th year of the journal, we wish to reflect on the very successful year that was 2022, and to thank all who have contributed their valuable time and effort to Pediatric Drugs over the past 12 months.
There were 55 articles published in issues in 2022; the most popular of these, in terms of downloads from SpringerLink, were:
Zahn J, Eberl S, Rödle W, et al. Metamizole Use in Children: Analysis of Drug Utilisation and Adverse Drug Reactions at a German University Hospital between 2015 and 2020. Pediatr Drugs 2022; 24: 45–56.
Islabão AG, Trinidade VC, da Mota LM et al. Managing Antiphospholipid Syndrome in Children and Adolescents: Current and Future Prospects. Pediatr Drugs 2022; 24: 13–27.
Eichenfield LF, Stripling S, Fung S, et al. Recent Developments and Advances in Atopic Dermatitis: A Focus on Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Treatment in the Pediatric Setting. Pediatr Drugs 2022; 24: 293–305.
Gupta A, Cripe TP, et al. Immunotherapies for Pediatric Solid Tumors: A Targeted Update. Pediatr Drugs 2022; 24: 1–12.
Ziesenitz VC, Welzel T, van Dyk M, et al. Efficacy and Safety of NSAIDs in Infants: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature of the Past 20 Years. Pediatr Drugs 2022; 24: 603–655.
Wong CK, Low MC, Kwok AC, et al. Slower Recovery with Early Lopinavir/Ritonavir use in Pediatric COVID-19 Patients: A Retrospective Observational Study. Pediatr Drugs 2022; 24: 269–280.
Magnolo N, Kingo K, Laquer V, et al. Efficacy of Secukinumab Across Subgroups and Overall Safety in Pediatric Patients with Moderate to Severe Plaque Psoriasis: Week 52 Results from a Phase III Randomized Study. Pediatr Drugs 2022; 24: 377–387.
Freriksen JJ, van der Zanden TM, Holsappel IG, et al. Best Evidence-Based Dosing Recommendations for Dexmedetomidine for Premedication and Procedural Sedation in Pediatrics: Outcome of a Risk-Benefit Analysis By the Dutch Pediatric Formulary. Pediatr Drugs 2022; 24: 247–257.
Masi, G, Pfanner C, Liboni F, et al. Acute Tolerability of Methylphenidate in Treatment-Naïve Children with ADHD: An Analysis of Naturalistically Collected Data from Clinical Practice. Pediatr Drugs 2022; 24: 147–154.
Luger TA, Hebert AA, Zaenglein AL, et al. Subgroup Analysis of Crisaborole for Mild-to-Moderate Atopic Dermatitis in Children Aged 2 to <18 Years. Pediatr Drugs 2022; 24: 175–183.
The high quality of content published in Pediatric Drugs has been reflected in the most recent Journal Impact Factor of 3.930 (placing the journal in the first quartile of the Pediatrics category) and CiteScore™ of 5.4.
We thank the authors who have contributed articles to Pediatric Drugs over the course of 2022. The skill and dedication of all authors are critical to the continued success of the journal. The quality of published articles is also testament to the significant efforts of the peer reviewers, whose commitment ensures that the journal’s content is held to the highest possible standard. We would like to thank the following individuals who acted as reviewers for Pediatric Drugs in the last 12 months:
Robina Aerts, Belgium
Masashi Akiyama, Japan
Daoud Al-Badriyeh, Qatar
Doralina L. Anghelescu, USA
Jack E. Ansell, USA
Roberto Antonucci, Italy
Ann Lisa Arulappen, Malaysia
Michael Auerbach, USA
Yaron Avitzur, Canada
Stephen Balevic, USA
Mariana Baserga, USA
Raman Baweja, USA
Anton M. Bennett, USA
Osvaldo Borrelli, UK
Sasigarn Bowden, USA
Finola Bruins, The Netherlands
Claudio Bruno, Italy
Matteo Bruschettini, Sweden
Reiner Buchhorn, Germany
Gilbert J. Burckart, USA
Luis Bustos Fernandez, Argentina
Florencia Carbone, Belgium
Fabianne A. Carlesse, Brazil
Waldemar A. Carlo, USA
Lucinda Carr, UK
Elio Castagnola, Italy
Jennifer C. Cather, USA
Manuela Cerbone, UK
Godfrey Chan, Hong Kong, China
Mary Chandran, USA
Joyce Chen, Taiwan, Republic of China
Dinesh K. Chirla, India
Julia Chisholm, UK
Imti Choonara, UK
Samuele Cortese, UK
Damien C. Croteau-Chonka, USA
Mihaela Damian, USA
Dominique Darmaun, France
Jennifer Day, USA
Lissy de Ridder, The Netherlands
Vito Di Lernia, Italy
Carmel Doyle, Ireland
Prakash Dubey, India
Diana Dubrall, Germany
Jan Dudley, UK
Friedrich Ebinger, Germany
Hirotoshi Echizen, Japan
Graham Emslie, USA
Johanna C. Escher, Canada
Susanna Every-Palmer, New Zealand
Yamen Ezaizi, USA
Laurent Favie, The Netherlands
Istvan Fedor, Hungary
Steven R. Feldman, USA
Regina Folster-Holst, Germany
Ted Chun Tat Fong, Hong Kong, China
Fabrizio Franceschini, Italy
Wayne Furman, USA
Alexander S. Gallus, Australia
Justin Godown, USA
Jennifer L. Goldman, USA
Kenneth R. Goldschneider, USA
Rachel G. Greenberg, USA
Teri Greiling, USA
Cecilia Grinsvall, Sweden
Jian-Long Guan, China
Elizabeth A. Hall, USA
Angela Hassiotis, UK
Jason A. Hayes, Canada
Mingyan Hei, China
Paula E. Heikkilä, Finland
Maria Teresa Ferreira Herdeiro, Portugal
Suzanna Hirsch, USA
Alexis E. Horace, USA
Yi-Wei Huang, Taiwan, Republic of China
Selene Huerta-Olvera, Mexico
Tim Hundscheid, The Netherlands
Anna L. Hurley-Wallace, UK
Giuseppe Indolfi, Italy
Evelyne Jacqz Aigrain, France
Naveen Jain, India
Laura L. James, USA
Zainub Jooma, South Africa
Stuart S. Kaufman, USA
Steven J. Kindel, USA
Sébastien Kindt, Belgium
Sarah Kittel-Schneider, Germany
Hannu Kokki, Finland
Maria Kourti, Greece
Usha Krishnan, Australia
Abbot Laptook, USA
Helen Laycock, UK
Zhiping Li, China
Christoph Licht, Canada
Marijn Lijffijt, USA
Miquéias Lopes-Pacheco, Portugal
Iftekhar Mahmood, USA
Mohamed Mahmoud, USA
Suvankar Majumdar, USA
Kenneth K.C. Man, UK
David Mandelbaum, USA
Anna Mania, Poland
Anshu Marathe, USA
Arthur J. Matas, USA
Sujeev Mathur, UK
Tess McPherson, UK
Kevin Meesters, UK
Jondavid Menteer, USA
Robin Michelet, Germany
Gregorio P. Milani, Italy
Jeffrey A. Mills, USA
Wendy G. Mitchell, USA
Engy Mogahed, Egypt
Sue Moloney, Australia
Maria C. Mondardini, Italy
Joaquim Monteiro, Portugal
Jaume Mora, Spain
Raysa Morales-Demori, USA
Frank Moriarty, Ireland
James Morse, New Zealand
Laura Moschino, Italy
Katalin Müller, Hungary
Simon Nadel, UK
Michael Narvey, Canada
Charlotte Naslund-Koch, Denmark
Miguel Nogueira, Portugal
Allison Norton, USA
Seigo Okada, Japan
Christine Olbjørn, Norway
Maryam Oskoui, Canada
Belén Pérez Solans, USA
Clare E. Pain, UK
Lilian Palma, Brazil
Michael Perch, Denmark
B. Ryan Phelps, USA
Maria Pokorska-Śpiewak, Poland
Andi A.W. Ramlan, Indonesia
Laura B. Ramsey, USA
David M. Reith, New Zealand
Michael J. Rieder, Canada
Claudio Romano, Italy
Jumpei Saito, Japan
Ryuichi Sakate, Japan
Neha Santucci, USA
Miguel Saps, USA
Markus Schmugge, Switzerland
Siti Maisharah Sheikh Ghadzi, Malaysia
Dror Shouval, Israel
Tor T. Shwayder, USA
Jose Maria Sistac Ballarín, Spain
Ajoke Sobanjo ter Meulen, USA
Daniela C. Souza, Brazil
Monika Sparber-Sauer, Germany
Alessandro Squizzato, Italy
Ashley Stark, USA
Blanka Stiburkova, Czech Republic
Matthew L. Stoll, USA
Michael V. Tatley, New Zealand
Celine Thibault, Canada
Paul S. Thornton, USA
Caroline Tianeze de Castro, Brazil
Paolo Tomasi, The Netherlands
Rosa Torres, Spain
Van L. Tran, USA
Helmut Trimmel, Austria
Ivana Trivic, Croatia
Andrea Trombetta, Italy
Daniel S. Tsze, USA
Stefano Tumini, Italy
Tim Ulinski, France
Benjamin Ungar, USA
Wendy van der Wekken-Pas, The Netherlands
Steven Van Laecke, Belgium
David van Mater, USA
Benedetto Vitiello, Italy
Yukihiro Wada, Japan
Charlotte M. Walter, USA
Forrest Williamson, USA
Stefan Willmann, Germany
Marco Yamazaki‐Nakashimada, Mexico
Jingjing Ye, USA
And, of course, 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:
Karel Allegaert, Leuven, Belgium
Marina Aloi, Rome, Italy
John Berkenbosch, Louisville, KY, USA
Frank M. C. Besag, London, UK
Stan L. Block, Bardstown, KY, USA
Andrew Bush, London, UK
Rolando Cimaz, Florence, Italy
Saskia de Wildt, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Kevin J. Downes, Philadelphia, PA, USA
L. Lee Dupuis, Toronto, ON, Canada
Geneviѐve Durrieu, Toulouse, France
Brian Eley, Cape Town, South Africa
Susanna Esposito, Parma, Italy
Carmen Ferrajolo, Napoli, Italy
Robert L. Findling, Baltimore, MD, USA
Dominic Fitzgerald, Westmead, Australia
Teresa Giani, Milan, Italy
Jennifer E. Girotto, Hartford, CT, USA
David A. Gremse, Mobile, AL, USA
Andreas H. Groll, Münster, Germany
Scott A. Halperin, Nova Scotia, Canada
Gregory L. Holmes, Burlington, VT, USA
Daniel B. Horton, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Gregory L. Kearns, Little Rock, AR, USA
Nai Ming Lai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Lynne Levitsky, Boston, MA, USA
Stuart M. MacLeod, Vancouver, Canada
Christoph Male, Vienna, Austria
Antje Neubert, Erlangen, Germany
Terry Nolan, Parkville, Australia
Michael E. Pichichero, Rochester, NY, USA
Michele Ramien, Calgary, Canada
Emmanuel Roilides, Thessaloniki, Greece
Catherine M. Sherwin, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Robert Sidbury, Seattle, WA, USA,
William M. Splinter, Ottawa, Canada
John van den Anker, Washington, DC, USA
Diana A. van Riet-Nales, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Karen D. Wagner, Galveston, TX, USA
Hervé Walti, Paris, France
Ian C. Wong, London, UK
C. Michel Zwaan, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
We hope that you have found the articles published throughout 2022 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 pediatric pharmacotherapy field in 2023.
With best wishes from the staff of Pediatric Drugs.
Rod
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Acknowledgement to Referees. Pediatr Drugs 25, 1–4 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40272-022-00552-9
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