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:
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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.
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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.
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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
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Acknowledgement to Referees. Clin Pharmacokinet 59, 1487–1491 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40262-020-00958-z
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