Dear Reader

In this the final issue of Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy for 2014, the editors and production staff at Adis would like to take the opportunity to look back on all that has been achieved in the last 12 months and to thank the people who have given their time to ensure we continue to bring you world-class content.

We are pleased to advise you of a number of positive developments involving the Adis journals in 2014. This year saw the journal portfolio increase in size with the transfer of a number of existing Springer journals into the Adis portfolio, as well as the launch of two new open access titles. These journals: Drugs - Real World Outcomes targets research using real-world data to evaluate health outcomes and inform healthcare decision-making, with a particular focus on healthcare-related ‘big data’; and Drug Safety - Case Reports, which publishes reports of any unintended or adverse effects following administration of a medicinal product, as well as cases involving ‘near misses’ or a lack of efficacy.

Several of our journals saw healthy gains in the ISI impact factor this year. The biggest gains were made by Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy, which leapt 53 % to 2.589; European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, which increased 39 % to 1.312; American Journal of Clinical Dermatology, which increased 37 % to 2.519; Targeted Oncology, which increased 25 % to 3.458; and The Patient - Patient Centred Outcomes Research, which increased 25 % to 1.957. We look forward to building on these gains in 2015.

The first six titles to be commissioned under the Adis Books programme will have been published by the years end and we are developing a robust pipeline of new titles, involving top authors from around the globe. We have appreciated the many topical proposals submitted to date.

As another year draws to a close, we would like to say a big thank you to all the authors who have contributed articles to Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy. Without their expertise and hard work we would not have been able to publish the journal. The quality of published articles also reflects the significant time and effort put in by the peer reviewers, whose dedication ensures that we continue to publish content of 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 Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy in 2014:

Hugues Abriel, Switzerland

Enrique Alvarez, USA

Olga Anagnostou, Greece

Mohammed R. Arabestani, Iran

Thurayya Arayssi, Qatar

Mona W. Ayad, Egypt

Riyaz Basha, USA

Karl-Friedrich Becker, Germany

Anthony Bench, UK

Chris Bolton, UK

Francesco Bonella, Germany

Patrick Brophy, USA

Pasqualina Buono, Italy

Milena Cankovic, USA

Larisa H. Cavallari, USA

Anthoula Chatzikyriakidou, Greece

Dan Chen,Sweden

Timothy R. Church, USA

Janet K. Coller, Australia

Scott Collins, USA

Randy Q. Cron, USA

Roxana Daneshjou, USA

Daniel C. Danila, USA

Rudolf A. de Boer, The Netherlands

Fernando A. de Lima Marson, Brazil

Giulio Disanto, UK

Alexander Dobrovic, Australia

Mev Dominguez, Denmark

Nur Duale, Norway

Chin Eap, Switzerland

Eunice Edison, India

Aaron M. Elliot, USA

Amal S. El-Shal, Egypt

Hatem El-Shanti, Qatar

Lindsey Enewold, USA

Hana Fakhoury, Saudi Arabia

Fuad Faris, Israel

M. R. Fernando, USA

Jose-Manuel Fragoso, Mexico

Martin Frank, Germany

Martha Gallegos-Arreola, Mexico

Luca Galluzzi, Italy

Enrico Galmozzi, Italy

Lou Garrison, USA

Katalin Goda, Hungary

Anita Gondor, Sweden

Patricio González-Hormazábal, Chile

Jian Gu, USA

Ikram Guizani, Tunisia

Smail Hadj-Rabia, France

Dieter Haffner, Germany

Tomohiro Handa, Japan

Adam Handel, UK

Shuko Harada, USA

Mohammed Hashemi, Iran

Lydie I. Holla, Czech Republic

Kyung-Won Hong, Korea, Republic of

R. A. Horton, UK

Chun-Jung, Huang, USA

San-Yuan Huang, Taiwan, Republic of China

HisaeIinuma, Japan

TakeoIshii, Japan

Anna Isinger-Ekstrand, Sweden

Hussain Ismaeel, Lebanon

Marianne S. M. Issac, Egypt

Kunihiko Itoh, Japan

Kandiah Jeyaseelan, Singapore

Hong Jiang, China

Ali Karami, Iran

Karthik Kasirajan, USA

Janis Klovins, Latvia

Stacey Knight, USA

Tobia Knoch, The Netherlands

Wayne Koch, USA

Piotr Kozlowski, Poland

Marianne Kristiansen, Norway

Kutikhin Kutikhin, The Russian federation

Alejandro Lazo-Langner, Canada

Petra Leidinger, Germany

Fritz Leutmezer, Austria

Marzena A. Lewandowska, Poland

Cheng-Wen Lin, Taiwan, Republic of China

Peng Lin, USA

Thomas Lion, Austria

Yun Liu, China

Zhi Liu, China

Rajyalakshmi Luthra, USA

Reedik Mägi, UK

Andreas Menke, Germany

Marc Miravitlles, Spain

Takuya Miyazaki, Japan

Abeer Mohamed Mohy, Egypt

Mariza G. Morgardo, Brazil

Luisa Mota-Vieira, Portugal

Antonino Musolino, Italy

Gopal Nath, India

Alfons Navarro, Spain

Satoshi Nishizuka, Japan

Cathal P. O’Brien, Ireland

Shuji, Ogino, USA

Sandra O’Toole, Australia

Qishui Ou, China

Renata Paixao, Brazil

Manish Pareek, UK

George Patrinos, Greece

Roy H. Perlis, USA

Roseann Peterson, USA

Matteo Piga, Italy

Paul J. Pockros, USA

Borut Poljsak, Slovenia

Alexey Polonikov, The Russian federation

Randall Reves, USA

Malcom Richardson, UK

Charles J. Rosser, USA

Antonio Russo, Italy

Saud A. Sadiq, USA

Mohammad Saleh, Jordan

Heli Salmi, Finland

Faisal M. Sanai, Saudi Arabia

Vishnupriya Satti, India

Howard Scher, USA

E. Schiegnitz, Germany

John C. Schmitz, USA

Anna Serra, Italy

Tania A. Shakoori, Pakistan

Kiran Sharma, Canada

Leslie L. M. Shaw, USA

Lin Shen, China

Nikolas Siafakas, Greece

Michele Signore, Italy

Tim Smith, UK

Kenzo Soejima, Japan

Fengju Song, China

Hugo Sousa, Portugal

Edoardo Spina, Italy

Reuben Sutter, USA

J. W. Tang, Canada

Luba Tchertanov, France

Lay Kek Teh, Malaysia

Charlotte E. Teunissen, The Netherlands

Daniele Tibullo, Italy

Ivan Tkac, Slovakia

Jeffrey Tosoian, USA

Bogusz Trojanowicz, Germany

Konstantinos Tsilidis, UK

Sonam Tulsyan, India

C. W. Turck, Germany

R. J. H. M. van der Straaten, The Netherlands

Willeke M. C. van Roon-Mom, The Netherlands

Graham R. Wallace, UK

Wei-Shu Wang, Taiwan, Republic of China

Xiaoming Wang, USA

Atsushi Watanabe, Japan

L. Wei, China

Edyta Wieczorek, Poland

James Wilmott, Australia

Anna Wojtczak, Poland

Xiao-dong Xie, China

Xiaojing Xu, USA

Xiao Xu, USA

Jie Xu, China

Ming Yang, China

Fei Yin, China

Reiji Yoshimura, Japan

Xiaolei Zhang, USA

Shengle Zhang, USA

Dongsheng Zhou, China

Lingjun Zhu, China

Shanbeh Zienolddiny, Norway

We hope that you have found the articles published throughout 2014 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 clinical biotechnology field in 2015.

With best wishes from the staff of Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy and all at Adis Publications.