Dear Reader,

As we approach the end of 2015, and publish our final issue of Sports Medicine 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.

We were pleased that Sports Medicine regained its #1 ISI impact factor ranking in the sports and exercise science field this year. Furthermore, the majority of our journals saw a rise in ISI impact factor over 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 4.000; Pediatric Drugs increased 15 % to 1.975; Drugs & Aging increased 13 % to 2.838; and Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy increased a further 12 % to 2.891, having already jumped 53 % in the preceding year. We hope to build upon these gains 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 around the world, and we continue to add more to the list. Our thanks again to all who have submitted these valuable proposals to date.

We also offer our sincere thanks to all authors who have contributed articles to Sports Medicine 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 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 Sports Medicine in 2015:

Ida Beate Ø. Østhus, Norway

Grant Abt, UK

R. Agricola, The Netherlands

Ildus Ahmetov, Russian Federation

Ahmad Alkhatib, Qatar

Trevor Allen, Australia

Teatske Altenburg, The Netherlands

Ned Amendola, USA

Henning Andersen, Denmark

Giuseppe Annino, Italy

William Apró, Sweden

Duarte Araujo, Portugal

C. L. Ardern, Australia

Raul Artal, USA

Guilherme Giannini Artioli, Brazil

Christopher D. Askew, Australia

Chad A. Asplund, USA

Todd Anthony Astorino, USA

Michel Audiffren, France

D. J. Austin, Australia

Abdul Rashid Aziz, Singapore

Andrea Azzalin, Italy

O. O. Babatunde, UK

Howard D. Backer, USA

Richard Bailey, UK

Kevin Ball, Australia

Matthew Barberio, USA

Vasillis Barkoukis, Greece

Kyle Barnes, USA

Lisa M. Barnett, Australia

Martin Barwood, UK

Julio Cesa Bassan, Brazil

Fabio Nascimento Bastos, Brazil

Danie A. Baur, USA

Daniel P. Beavers, USA

Christopher Beedie, UK

Milou Beelen, The Netherlands

Bethany A. Belanger, USA

Helmi Ben Saad, Tunisia

Anne Benjaminse, The Netherlands

Kate Berz, USA

Stuart J. H. Biddle, Australia

François Bieuzen, France

Yan Bing, China

Stephen Bird, Australia

S. P. Bird, Australia

Jan Magnus Bjordal, Norway

Sam D. Blacker, UK

Steven N. Blair, USA

Anthony Blazevich, Australia

Filip Boen, Belgium

Matthieu Boisgontier, Belgium

Daniel R. Bonanno, Australia

Andrew Bosch, South Africa

Lindsay Bottoms, UK

Daniel Boullosa, Brazil

Joanna Bowtell, UK

Elizabeth Bradshaw, Australia

Serge Brand, Switzerland

Steven Bray, Canada

Jeanick Brisswalter, France

Jeri Brittin, USA

Tyler N. Brown, USA

Lee E. Brown, USA

P. H. Brubaker, USA

Jean-Frederic Brun, France

Mark Bruner, Canada

John Buckley, UK

Thomas W. Buford, USA

Timothy J. H. Bungum, USA

Nick Burd, The Netherlands

Nicholas Alan Burd, USA

Sarah J. Burkhart, Australia

Joshua Burns, Australia

Martin Burtscher, Austria

Robert Butler, USA

Chris Button, New Zealand

Priscila Cacola, USA

Michael Callaghan, UK

David B. Camarillo, USA

Silvia Camporesi, UK

Darren Candow, Canada

Daniel Cannon, USA

Marco Cardinale, Qatar

Greet Cardon, Belgium

Christopher Carling, France

François Carré, France

Douglas Casa, USA

Michael Cassel, Germany

Carlo Castagna, Italy

Gianfranco Cervellin, Italy

Anis Chaouachi, Tunisia

Dale Chapman, Australia

Jean-Claude Chatard, France

Hoi Lun Cheng, Australia

Philip D. Chilibeck, Canada

Loren Chiu, Canada

Hamdi Chtourou, Tunisia

Tyler Churchward-Venne, The Netherlands

João G. Claudino, Brazil

Els Clays, Belgium

Jodie Cochrane, Australia

C. Collet, Japan

Malcolm Collins, South Africa

Dave Collins, UK

Giovanna Colombetti, UK

Paul Comfort, UK

Chad E. Cook, USA

Jérémy B. Coquart, France

Stuart Cormack, Australia

Marco Cosentino, Italy

Antonio Crisafulli, Italy

J. F. Crow, Australia

Adam Culvenor, Australia

Kevin Currell, UK

Alan Currie, UK

Keith Davids, UK

Glen Davison, UK

Stephen H. Day, UK

Peter Deibert, Germany

Eamonn Delahunt, Ireland

Francois Delvaux, Belgium

Wayne Derman, South Africa

Michaela C. Devries, Canada

Fred J. DiMenna, USA

Cyril Donnelly, Australia

Michail Doumas, UK

Eric Drinkwater, Australia

Lindsay Antonio D’Silva, UK

Jonathan Dugas, USA

Jennifer E. Earl-Boehm, USA

Conrad Earnest, USA

Pascal Edouard, France

Andrew M. Edwards, UK

L. Ehrlich-Jones, USA

Thijs M. Eijsvogels, The Netherlands

Christina L. Ekegren, Australia

Stian Ellefsen, Norway

Martin Englund, Sweden

Robert M. Erskine, UK

Nir Eynon, Australia

Kristina Fagher, Sweden

Raphael Faiss, Switzerland

Diego R. Faria, Portugal

Paulo Farinatti, Brazil

Ioannis G. Fatouros, Greece

Oliver Faude, Switzerland

S. H. Faulkner, UK

James Fell, Australia

Richard Ferguson, UK

Javier Fernández-Río, Spain

Duccio Ferrari-Bravo, Italy

Beatrice Ferry, France

Maria Fiatarone Singh, Australia

James Fisher, UK

Steven Fleck, USA

Roberta Forte, Italy

Lawrence Foweather, UK

Andrew Franklyn-Miller, Ireland

D. M. Frost, Canada

Christopher S. Fry, USA

Hugh Fullagar, Germany

Joel T. Fuller, Australia

Morgan Fullerton, Canada

Miguel-Ángel Gómez, Spain

Tim Gabbett, Australia

Marc T. Galloway, USA

Luiz Eugênio Garcez-Leme, Brazil

Andrew J. Gardner, Australia

Paul B. Gastin, Australia

David C. Gaze, UK

Klaus Gebel, Australia

Markus Gerber, Switzerland

Nancy Getchell, USA

Ariane Ghekiere, Belgium

Janelle Gifford, Australia

C. Gissane, UK

Nicholas Gist, USA

V. F. Gladwell, UK

Philip D. Glasgow, UK

Scott Goldman, USA

Paul Gorczynski, UK

Stefan Grau, Sweden

Stuart R. Gray, UK

J. M. Green, USA

Warren Gregson, UK

Joachim Große, Germany

Herb Groeller, Australia

Alain Groslambert, France

J. Robert Grove, Australia

Allison H. Gruber, USA

Amelia Guadalupe-Grau, Spain

Bruno Gualano, Brazil

Steve Guest, USA

Gaël Guilhem, France

Per Hölmich, Denmark

F. S. Haddad, UK

Gregory Haff, Australia

David Hall, Australia

Pedro Hallal, Brazil

Mats Hallgren, Sweden

Shona Halson, Australia

David Hamilton, UK

Omar Hammouda, Tunisia

Ola Hansson, Sweden

Simon Harries, Australia

Antonis Hatzigeorgiadis, Greece

Vassilia Hatzitaki, Greece

Thomas Haugen, Norway

Denis Hauw, Switzerland

Gregory W. Heath, USA

Martin Heine, The Netherlands

Tara M. Henagan, USA

Lee Herrington, UK

Morten Hesse, Denmark

Timothy Hewett, USA

Kasee J. Hildenbrand, USA

Claire Hiller, Australia

Martin D. Hoffman, USA

Graeme P. Hopper, UK

Sean A. Horan, Australia

Reed Hoyt, USA

Alan Hreljac, USA

Gerwyn Hughes, UK

Syed Robiul Hussain, UK

Tim Ingold, UK

Maura D. Iversen, USA

Jennifer Jakobi, Canada

Catherine Jankowski, USA

Rich Johnston, Australia

James Johnstone, UK

Andy Jones, UK

Leighton Jones, UK

Helen Jones, UK

Jaak Jurimae, Estonia

Eleftherios Kellis, Greece

Joanne Kemp, Australia

Thomas Kempton, Australia

Z. Y. Kerr, USA

Peter Kienbaum, Germany

Liam Kilduff, UK

Theodore King, USA

Doug King, New Zealand

Neil King, Australia

Simon Kingham, New Zealand

Taisuke Kinugasa, Japan

Donald Kirkendall, USA

Beat Knechtle, Switzerland

Duane Knudson, USA

John Komar, UK

Eran Kopel, Israel

Stephanie Kovalchik, USA

Jesper Krogh, Denmark

Matthew Kuennen, USA

Katriina Kukkonen-Harjula, Finland

Toshiyuki Kurihara, Japan

Carlos Lago-Penas, Spain

Ian Lahart, UK

Matthias Lahner, Germany

Michael Lambert, South Africa

Robert P. Lamberts, South Africa

Danielle Lambrick, UK

Stephen J. Langendorfer, USA

Martin Langeskov-Christensen, Denmark

Thomas J. LaRocca, USA

M. Lastella, Australia

Tim Lathlean, Australia

Imed Latiri, Tunisia

Brian C. Lau, USA

Carl J. Lavie, USA

Andrew Layne, USA

L. Lazuras, UK

Hopin Lee, Australia

Nicolas Lefevre, France

Luc Leger, Canada

Stephen Legg, New Zealand

Christof Andreas Leicht, UK

Giorgio Lenaz, Italy

S. Lenetsky, New Zealand

Mari Leppänen, Finland

Li-Ming Li, China

Bo Li, China

J. Li, Germany

Bertil Lindahl, Sweden

Steven Lindley, UK

Sarah Linke, USA

Rhodri S. Lloyd, UK

R. Lockie, USA

Georgios Loizou, UK

Tom Loney, United Arab Emirates

Vitor P. Lopes, Portugal

David Revalds Lubans, Australia

Alejandro Lucia, Spain

Andrew T. Ludlow, USA

Nátalia Mariana Silva, Luna, Brazil

Tommy Lundberg, Sweden

Daqing Ma, UK

Fabiana A. Machado, Brazil

Tadhg Eoghan MacIntyre, Ireland

Nicola N. Maffulli, Italy

Daniele Magistro, Italy

Cheri D. T. Mah, USA

Andrew Maiorana, Australia

Steven K. Malin, USA

Robert Malina, USA

Laurent Malisoux, Luxembourg

Rebecca Mallinson, USA

Bryan Mann, USA

Theresa Mann, South Africa

E. Marijon, France

Goran Markovic, Croatia

Tony Marsh, USA

Paul W. Marshall, Australia

Stephen W. Marshall, USA

Pilar Martin Escudero, Spain

Andreas F. Mavrogenis, Greece

Jerry L. Mayhew, USA

Jeffrey McBride, USA

Alan McCall, France

Chris McLellan, Australia

Michael McNamee, UK

Stephen D. Mellalieu, UK

Jurdan M. Mendiguchia, Spain

Richard Metcalfe, UK

Tim F. Meyer, Germany

Dominic Micklewright, UK

Gregoire P. Millet, Switzerland

Geoffrey Minett, Australia

Marco A. Minetto, Italy

B. Mittendorfer, USA

Scott Montain, USA

Daniel Moore, Canada

Stefano Mora, Italy

Albert F. Moraska, USA

David Morgan, Australia

Jean-Benoit Morin, France

Cédric Morio, France

Michelle F. Mottola, Canada

Colleen X. Muñoz, USA

Qassim Muaidi, Saudi Arabia

Thayne Munce, USA

Toby Mundel, New Zealand

Aron Murphy, Australia

Elaine Murtagh, Ireland

Gregory Myer, USA

Fabio Yuzo Nakamura, Brazil

Vihang A. Narkar, USA

George Nassis, Qatar

Antônio José Natali, Brazil

Louise Naylor, Australia

Bjarne Nes, Norway

Thomas W. Nesser, USA

Gabriel Rodrigues Neto, Brazil

Alan Nevill, UK

Rob Newton, Australia

R. O. Nielsen, Denmark

David Nieman, USA

Sophia Nimphius, Australia

Masaki Nishida, Japan

Ailsa Niven, UK

Timothy Noakes, South Africa

R. C. Nogueira, Australia

Ken Nosaka, Australia

Alicja Nowak, Poland

Nikos Ntoumanis, Australia

James L. Nuzzo, Australia

Kathryn O’Connor, USA

Hugo Olmedillas, Spain

Karl Orishimo, USA

Benjamin Pageaux, France

Maxime Paquette, USA

Gianni Parise, Canada

Stefan M. Pasiakos, USA

Stephen Patterson, UK

Darren Paul, Qatar

Jonathan Peake, Australia

Alan Pearce, Australia

Stephen Pearson, UK

Carles Pedret, Spain

G. E. Peoples, Australia

Dominik H. Pesta, Austria

Mark Peterson, USA

Andrea Petróczi, UK

Jerrold S. Petrofsky, USA

Erich Petushek, USA

Klaus Pfeifer, Germany

Maria Francesca Piacentini, Italy

Yannis Pitsiladis, UK

Guy Plasqui, The Netherlands

Daniel Plews, New Zealand

Jelle Posthuma, The Netherlands

Michael Posthumus, South Africa

David B. Pyne, Australia

Truls Raastad, Norway

Giuseppe Rabita, France

Zsolt Radak, Hungary

Craig A. Ranson, UK

Nicholas A. Ratamess, USA

Susanne Ravn, Denmark

Kieran F. Reid, USA

Andrew Renfree, UK

Ian Renshaw, Australia

Chad Rethorst, USA

Ezequiel Rey, Spain

Ryan E. Rhodes, Canada

Elizabeth Richardson, UK

Mark Robinson, UK

James Robson, UK

André Rodacki, Brazil

R. T. Roemmich, USA

Brent Rogalski, Australia

Hamilton Roschel, Brazil

Thomas Rowland, USA

Michael Rumpf, Qatar

Keith Russell, Canada

Mark Russell, UK

Michael Ryan, Australia

Eduardo Saez de Villarreal, Spain

Craig Sale, UK

Alberto Salvadori, Italy

Jessica Salvatore, USA

Pierre Samozino, France

Jaime Sampaio, Portugal

Xavier Sanchez, UK

Øyvind Sandbakk, Norway

Francesco Sartor, The Netherlands

Bryan Saunders, Brazil

Aaron T. Scanlan, Australia

Sabine Schaefer, Germany

Bernd Volker Scheer, Germany

Brad Schoenfeld, USA

Kate Schwartzkopf-Phifer, USA

Neil Schwarz, USA

Andre Seabra, Portugal

Isaac Selva Raj, Australia

Sanjay Sharma, UK

R. E. Shave, UK

C. Sherrington, Australia

Labros S. Sidossis, USA

Arthur J. Siegel, USA

Ronald J. Sigal, Canada

Sheri Silfies, USA

Holly Jacinda Silvers, USA

Melissa Skein, Australia

Neil A. Smart, Australia

Jordan Smith, Australia

Lucas R. Smith, USA

Tim Snijders, The Netherlands

Andrew Soundy, UK

Michael Spedding, France

Andrew Speirs, Canada

Matthew Spencer, Norway

Micheil Spillane, USA

Tania Spiteri, Australia

David Spurrier, Australia

C. L. Stebbins, USA

Kathrin Steffen, Norway

Jessica Stephens, Australia

Thomas Stoeggl, Austria

K. A. Stokes, UK

Michael H. Stone, USA

Takemi Sugiyama, Australia

Fernanda Garanhani Surita, Brazil

Matthew Sweeney, Australia

Paul Swinton, UK

Ritva Taipale, Finland

Katherine Tamminen, Canada

Hirofumi Tanaka, USA

Kathryn Taylor, UK

Beth Taylor, USA

Hugoten Cate, The Netherlands

Daniel Theisen, Luxembourg

Anastasios Theodorou, Cyprus

Mario Thevis, Germany

Gaetano Thiene, Italy

Paul D. Thompson, USA

Jo Thompson-Coon, UK

A. Tiedemann, Australia

Arnt Tjonna, Norway

Daniel Tobin, Ireland

Phillip Tomporowski, USA

Bruno Travassos, Portugal

Philippe Tscholl, Switzerland

Anthony Turner, UK

Craig Twist, UK

Maarit Valtonen, Finland

Roland van den Tillaar, Norway

John van der Kamp, The Netherlands

Henk van der Worp, The Netherlands

Anthony Vandervoort, Canada

Julius Verrel, Germany

Joan Vickers, Canada

Giovanni Vinetti, Italy

I. Vuori, Finland

Kathryn R. Wagner, USA

Brian E. Walczak, USA

Gareth Wallis, UK

Birgit Wallmann-Sperlich, Germany

Darren Warburton, Canada

Connie M. Weaver, USA

Elizabeth Webster, USA

Klaas Westerterp, The Netherlands

Matthew Weston, UK

Danie W. White, USA

Michael Wilkinson, UK

Jeffrey Willardson, USA

Mark Wilson, UK

Pamela Woolner, UK

Jane E. Yardley, Canada

Susan Yeargin, USA

Simon Yeung, Hong Kong

Warren Young, Australia

Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky, USA

Gerald S. Zavorsky, USA

Bohdanna T. Zazulak, USA

Astrid Zech, Germany

Erika Zemkova, Slovakia

Christoph Zinner, Germany

James Zois, Australia

Jerzy Zoladz, Poland

Michael Zourdos, USA

We hope that you 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 sports and exercise medicine and science field in 2016.

With best wishes from the staff of Sports Medicine and all at Adis Publications.