Dear Reader,


Welcome to the final issue of Clinical Pharmacokinetics for 2020.


This year has presented many challenges and we would like to take this opportunity to thank all who have contributed to ensuring the journal has thrived despite the extraordinary circumstances that the science community, and the world in general, has faced.


We would like to start by thanking the authors of the articles published in Clinical Pharmacokinetics over the course of 2020. The enthusiasm of all authors for their chosen fields and their willingness to contribute content to the journal are crucial for its 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. We would like to acknowledge the following individuals who acted as reviewers for Clinical Pharmacokinetics in the last 12 months:


Francisco Abad-Santos, Spain

Kim AeRang, USA

Ghaith Aljayyoussi, UK

Hesham S. Al-Sallami, New Zealand

Melania M. R. Amorim, Brazil

Dominick J. Angiolillo, USA

Usman Arshad, Ghana

Anders Åsberg, Norway

Janne T. Backman, Finland

Kyun-Seop Bae, Republic of Korea

Imke H. Bartelink, The Netherlands

Julie Bertand, France

Agnieszka Bienert, Poland

Thomas C. Blevins, USA

Marta Boffito, UK

Michele Boisdron-Celle, France

Elaine Bowman, UK

John Bradely, USA

Roger J. M. Brüggemann, The Netherlands

Nuria B. Bruna, UK

Hans U. Bucher, Switzerland

David M. Burger, The Netherlands

Daniel Calabrese, USA

Emiliano Calvo, Spain

M. Victoria Calvo Hernández, Spain

Christopher T. Campbell, USA

Dario Cattaneo, Italy

Amel Chaabane, Tunisia

Sankha Shubhra Chakrabarti, India

Phyllis Chan, USA

Paul K. L. Chin, New Zealand

Xiao Gin Chu, China

Joseph Ciccolini, France

Pier G. Cojutti, Italy

Angela P. H. Colbers, The Netherlands

Susan Cole, UK

Pieter Colin, The Netherlands

Aaron M. Cook, USA

Paola Coppola, UK

Camille Couffignal, France

Perrine Courlet, Switzerland

Martin Czejka, Austria

André Dallmann, Switzerland

Jonathan J. Darrow, USA

Adam Darwich, Sweden

Dinesh de Alwis, USA

Luc De Baerdemaeker, Belgium

Mailys De Sousa Mendes, UK

Eric Decloedt, South Africa

Chaicharn Deerochanawong, Thailand

Pierre Delanaye, Belgium

Greg Deye, USA

Antonello Di Paolo, Italy

Jeroen Diepstraten, The Netherlands

Zoubir Djerada, France

Teodora Doherty, USA

Jae J. Dong, Republic of Korea

Thitima Doungngern, Thailand

Julie B. Dumond, USA

Ahizechukwu C. Eke, USA

Jeroen Elassaiss-Schaap, The Netherlands

Douglas J. Eleveld, The Netherlands

Marie-Christine Etienne-Grimaldi, France

Lanyan Fang, USA

Andras Farkas, USA

William Figg, USA

Yutaka Fujiwara, Japan

Masahide Fukudo, Japan

Keizo Fukushima, Japan

Christina Gade, Denmark

Vaibhav Gaur, India

Felix Gonzalez-Lopez de Turiso, USA

Verena Gotta, Switzerland

Sylvain Goutelle, France

Navin Goyal, USA

Rick Greupink, The Netherlands

Michael P. Gulseth, USA

Laura N. Hannivoort, The Netherlands

Robert Hermann, Germany

Dennis A. Hesselink, The Netherlands

Anthony J. Hickey, USA

Maya Hites, Belgium

Christoph P. Hornik, USA

Li-feng Hsu, Taiwan

Alfonso Iorio, Canada

Masoud Jamei, UK

Karl S. Johansson, Denmark

Siv Jonsson, Sweden

Shashank R. Joshi, India

Melanie S. Joy, USA

Marin Jukic, Sweden

Vincent Jullien, France

Mette Julsgaard, Denmark

Benjamin Kably, France

Amal Kaddoumi, USA

Ashish K. Kakkar, India

Shamir Kalaria, USA

Bishoy Kamel, Australia

Eleni Karatza, USA

Marta Karaźniewicz-Łada, Poland

Sreeneeranj Kasichayanula, USA

Michal Kaza, Poland

Edward M. Kerwin, USA

Saye H. Khoo, UK

Tony K. L. Kiang, Canada

Heidi Kidron, Finland

Peter J. Kilford, UK

Mark Kirstein, USA

Sylvia D. Klomp, The Netherlands

Frank Kloprogge, UK

Noel Knops, Belgium

Birgit Koch, the Netherlands

Hannu Kokki, Finland

Joan Korth-Bradley, USA

Walter K. Kraft, USA

Stephan Krähenbühl, Switzerland

Lisanne L. Krens, The Netherlands

Søren L. Kristensen, Denmark

Lars Küpfer, Germany

Andrea Kwa, Singapore

Elizabeth Lakota, USA

Vera L. Lanchote, Brazil

Félicien Le Louedec, France

Linzhong Li, USA

Xingang Li, China

Grazyna Lietzau, Sweden

Xiaomei I. Liu, USA

Nuria Lloberas, Spain

Janel Long-Boyle, USA

Pradeep Lukka, USA

Iain A. M. MacPhee, UK

Charles T. Makowski, USA

Jian Mao, China

Pierre Marquet, France

Amélie Marsot, Canada

Paolo Martelletti, Italy

Catia Marzolini, Switzerland

Petra Matalova, Czech Republic

Jeannine McCune, USA

Brooks T. McPhail, USA

Konstantin Mechler, Germany

Rajeev Menon, USA

Andrea Messori, Italy

Iris Minichmayr, Sweden

Tomoyuki Mizuno, USA

Dirk Jan A. R. Moes, The Netherlands

Brady S. Moffett, USA

Mohamed-Eslam Mohamed, USA

Patricio Molero, Spain

Jeremiah Momper, USA

Paul T. Monagle, Australia

Katalin Monostory, Hungary

Jason N. Moore, USA

Anita Mosley, USA

Ahmed Nader, USA

Gerhard Nahler, Austria

Satheeshkumar Nanjappan, India

David D. P. Nicolau, USA

Eoin D. O'Sullivan, UK

Mehdi Oualha, France

Amy B. Pai, USA

Manjunath P. Pai, USA

Lina Palaiodimou, Greece

Zinnia P. Parra-Guillén, Spain

Jignesh P. Patel, UK

Michael Paulzen, Germany

Robert C. Penland, USA

Jose E. Peris, Spain

Antoine Petitcollin, France

Henrike Potthast, Germany

Bhagwat Prasad, USA

Tacjana Pressler, Denmark

Rajith Rajoli, UK

Laura B. Ramsey, USA

Arne Reimers, Sweden

Matylda Resztak, Poland

Carlos A. Rodriguez, Colombia

Claire Roger, France

Emmanuel Roilides, Greece

Anton J. M. Roks, The Netherlands

Silvia Romano-Moreno, Mexico

Joseph E. Rower, USA

Christopher M. Rubino, USA

Michelle M. A. Rudek, USA

Teijo I. Saari, Finland

Carlos G. Santos-Gallego, USA

Shigeru S. Satoh, Japan

Kimberly K. Scarsi, USA

André J. L. Scheen, Belgium

Marc H. Scheetz, USA

Karl B. Scheidweiler, USA

Oliver Scherf-Clavel, Germany

Georgios Schoretsanitis, USA

Marcus-Hillert Schultze-Mosgau, Germany

Matthias Schwab, Germany

Sorell L. Schwartz, USA

De-Wei Shang, China

Satish Sharan, USA

Siti Maisharah Sheikh Ghadzi, Malaysia

Colby Shemesh, USA

Neal Shore, USA

Andrew M. Siedlecki, USA

Juergen Siekmann, Austria

Maaike A. Sikma, The Netherlands

Hanna Silber Baumann, Switzerland

Jaydeep Sinha, USA

David S. Small, USA

Joanna Sobiak, Poland

Edoardo Spina, Italy

Christine E. Staatz, Australia

Joseph F. Standing, UK

Frantisek Staud, Czech Republic

David Stepensky, Israel

Sophie Stocker, Australia

Flavia Storelli, USA

Michel M. R. F. Struys, The Netherlands

Eric S. Surrey, USA

Albert Suttle, USA

Mina I. Tadros, Egypt

Kunal S. Taskar, UK

Jerry Teitel, Canada

Rob ter Heine, The Netherlands

Peter G. J. ter Horst, The Netherlands

David Ternant, France

Donato Teutonico, France

Brian Tomlinson, China

Aleksi Tornio, Finland

Pierre-Louis Toutain, France

Iñaki F. Troconiz, Spain

Christopher C. J. Twelves, UK

Aart J. van der Lely, The Netherlands

Madele van Dyk, Australia

Nielka van Erp, the Netherlands

Edward T. Van Matre, USA

Erno Van Schaick, France

Niels Vande Casteele, USA

Sara R. Vazquez, USA

Gareth J. Veal, UK

Remy B. Verheijen, The Netherlands

Marta Vila-Pueyo, UK

Elisha M. Wachman, USA

Catriona J. Waitt, UK

Toshihiro Wajima, Japan

Madeline Waldron, USA

Yaning Wang, USA

Kristen Ward, USA

Roeland E. Wasmann, South Africa

Paweł Wiczling, Poland

Stefan Willmann, Germany

Robert Wilson, UK

Jean-Baptiste Woillard, France

Daniel F. B. Wright, New Zealand

Fe-Lin L. Wu, Taiwan

Jim J. Xiao, USA

Ikuko Yano, Japan

David Young, USA

Qing S. Zheng, China

Songmao Zheng, USA

Dafang Zhong, China

Tong Zhu, USA

Jeffery T. Zobell, USA

Christian M. Zwaan, The Netherlands

Juliette Zwaveling, The Netherlands


We are 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:


Fatemeh Akhlaghi, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA

Karel M. Allegaert, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Jos H. Beijnen, Utrecht University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Hans R. Brunner, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Etienne Chatelut, Institut Universitaire du Cancer Toulouse, Toulouse, France

Stephen J. Clarke, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Jennifer L. Clements, Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy, Clinton, SC, USA

Maria L. Dahl, Karolinska Institutet, Uppsala, Sweden

Neal M. Davies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Hartmut Derendorf, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

C. Lindsay DeVane, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA

Saskia N. de Wildt, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Thomas C. Dowling, Ferris State University, Grand Rapids, MI, USA

Stephen B. Dufull, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Chin B. Eap, Hopital de Cery, Lausanne, Switzerland

Hitoshi Echizen, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Tokyo, Japan

Andrea N. Edginton, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

Erik Eliasson, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Albert Ferro, King’s College London, London, UK

Bruce Green, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Sam Harirforoosh, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, USA

Georg Hempel, Wilhelms-Universität Munster, Muster, Germany

Charlotte Kloft, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Catherijne A. J. Knibbe, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands

Jörn Lötsch, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany

Bernd Meibohm, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN, USA

France Mentré, Universite Paris Diderot, Paris, France

Gerd Mikus, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Gene D. Morse, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA

Pertti J. Neuvonen, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Federico Pea, University of Udine, Udine, Italy

Emilio Perucca, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Johannes H. Proost, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

MichaelS. Roberts, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Amparo Sánchez Navarro, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

Catherine M. T. Sherwin, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Susan Tett, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Michel Tod, Université Lyon, Paris, France

Daniel J. Touw, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Vijay V. Upreti, Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA

John N. van den Anker, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC, USA

Teun van Gelder, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Markus Zeitlinger, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria


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. Indeed, Clinical Pharmacokinetics has published the following papers relevant to the COVID-19 pandemic that are free to access:

  • Cojutti PG, Londero A, Della Siega P, Givone F, Fabris M, Biasizzo J, Tascini C, Pea F. Comparative population pharmacokinetics of darunavir in SARS-CoV-2 patients vs. HIV patients: the role of interleukin-6. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2020;59(10):1251–60. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40262-020-00933-8.

  • Zeitlinger M, Koch BCP, Bruggemann R, De Cock P, Felton T, Hites M, Le J, Luque S, MacGowan AP, Marriott DJE, Muller AE, Nadrah K, Paterson DL, Standing JF, Telles JP, Wölfl-Duchek M, Thy M, Roberts JA, PK/PD of Anti-Infectives Study Group (EPASG) of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases (ESCMID). Pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics of antiviral agents used to treat SARS-CoV-2 and their potential interaction with drugs and other supportive measures: a comprehensive review by the PK/PD of Anti-Infectives Study Group of the European Society of Antimicrobial Agents. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2020;59(10):1195–1216. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40262-020-00924-9.

  • Smit C, Peeters MYM, van den Anker JN, Knibbe CAJ. Chloroquine for SARS-CoV-2: Implications of its unique pharmacokinetic and safety properties. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2020;59(6):659–69. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40262-020-00891-1.


The high quality of the content published in Clinical Pharmacokinetics has been reflected in the most recent Impact Factor™ of 4.604 (placing the journal in the top quartile of the ‘Pharmacology & Pharmacy’ category) and CiteScore™ of 8.8 (placing the journal in the top quartile of the ‘Pharmacology [Medical]’ category). Further, Clinical Pharmacokinetics has published content in a timely manner, with an average time from submission to first decision of 33 days.


In 2021, Clinical Pharmacokinetics will continue to provide you with high interest, clinically relevant content in the field of clinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. We thank you for your continued support.


With best wishes,

Amitabh Prakash and Anton van Rensburg