As another year at JGIM draws to a close, we want to thank and acknowledge the many talented people who have served as peer reviewers for JGIM over the past 12 months. With our team of volunteer peer reviewers, we have been able to continue to provide content that is of high quality and relevance to our audience of clinicians, educators, researchers, and leaders in general internal medicine. With their help, our impact factor increased for a fifth straight year in 2013, to a historic high of 3.423; in addition, we were pleased to see that we were ranked first in the Google Scholar listing of primary health care publications in 2013.
Peer review remains an imperfect process, but despite its flaws, traditional peer review seems here to stay, and few leading journals or editors are pushing for its demise. So while the idea of mandatory sharing of data sets and post-publication review appeals to our sense of transparency and fairness, for now we will continue to rely on our large panel of expert volunteer peer reviewers (and outstanding Deputy Editors) to help ensure the quality and fidelity of what we publish.
JGIM relies on a dedicated group of peer reviewers to examine findings, scrutinize methods, and help authors improve their work. In 2013–2014, JGIM reviewers volunteered their time and expertise to review about one-third of the approximately 1,500 manuscripts JGIM receives each year. During this period, 883 reviewers provided a total of 1,067 reviews with a mean quality score of 4.3 on a scale of 1–6 (as judged by JGIM Deputy Editors). Of these, 166 provided at least two reviews and 16 provided three or more. We are indebted to them for their service.
Among this group of dedicated peer reviewers, there is a group of top performers who stand out. Reviewers included in this group performed at least two reviews between July 2013 and June 2014, returned all reviews within 30 days, and received a quality score of four or greater on all reviews. An asterisk identifies the 81 reviewers who meet these criteria. We congratulate them on their service to the academic community and thank them for their efforts on behalf of the journal.
JGIM Reviewers, 2013–2014
Aagaard, Eva
Abbott, Jean
Abrahamson, Jennie
Abrams, Gary
Adepoju, Omolola*
Agha, Zia
Ahluwalia, Sangeeta
Ahmed, Faruque
AlSnih, Soham
Alexander, G.Caleb
Alexander, Kamila
Alfandre, David
Alperin, Peter
Alvarez, Carlos
Amiel, Jonathan
Amir, Shahzada
Ancker, Jessica
Andersen, UllaOvergaard
Anderson, Heather
Andrews, Alice*
Angstman, Kurt
Annapureddy, Narender
Antoniu, Sabina
Applegate, Kimberly
Arampatzis, Spyridon(Spiros)
Arney, Jenifer
Asch, Steven
Ashton, Carol
Aslakson, Rebecca
Atlas, Steven
Augustine, Sarah
Ayub, Bilal
Bachmann, Cadja
Bae, JayPatrick
Baer, Heather
Bagley, Sarah
Balan, Horia
Balasubramanian, Bijal
Bamberger, Josh
Banegas, Matthew
Banerjea, Ranjana
Bardach, Naomi
Barley, Elizabeth
Barry, Declan
Barsuk, Jeffrey
Basch, Peter
Bashook, Philip
Bates, Carol
Bates, David
Bates, Katherine
Batra, Sachin
Bauer, Amy
Baughn, Daniel
Beasley, John
Beck, Arne
Becker, William
Bedimo, Roger
Beidas, Rinad
Beidas, Sary*
Bellows, Jim
Belson, David*
Benzer, Justin*
Bergman, Jonathan
Berliner, Adam
Berlowitz, Dan
Bernardy, Nancy
Bertisch, Suzanne
Berz, Jonathan
Bevans, Margaret
Beverly, Elizabeth
Beverly, Elizabeth
Bharmal, Nazleen
Bhatnagar, Deepa*
Bhattarai, Mukul
Bhavsar, Nrupen
Bhushan, Sujata
Bischof, Gallus
Blaum, Caroline
Bleich, Sara*
Blonigen, Daniel
Bloom, Erika*
Blumenthal-Barby, Jennifer*
Boat, Thomas
Bodnar, Timothy
Bodurtha, Joann
Bollinger, Mary
Bonny, Olivier
Borden, William*
BorgXuereb, Christian
Borges, Nicole
Bostwick, Wendy
Bosworth, Hayden
Boult, Chad
Boutwell, Amy
Bowlus, Christopher
Brackett, Charles
Bradley, Arlene
Braithwaite, RonaldScott
Breu, Anthony
Brody, Howard
Brooks, Elizabeth
Broxterman, Jane
Bruce, Martha
Bulchandani, Deepti
Bump, Gregory
Burgess, James
Burke, Jessica
Burke, Michael
Burke, Nancy
Burnett, Jason*
Burton, Rachel*
Byrne, SharonK.
Caceres, Cesar
Campion, Thomas
Carlin, John
Carnahan, Ryan
Carrera, PricivelMelendez
Carroll, Patrick
Carter, Barry*
Casalino, Lawrence
Caudill, Timothy
Chamie, Karim
Chang, AnnaMarie
Chang, Emiley*
Chang, Evelyn*
Charns, Martin
Chasin, Lauren
Chauhan, Veeraish
Chen, Moon
Chen, Qi
Chen, Yen-Yuan
Cheney, Ann
Cheng, Jennifer
Cherfane, Cynthia
Chichra, Astha
Chiou, Howard
Chiovaro, Joseph
Chireau, Monique
Chit, Ayma
Chodos, Anna*
Chongnarungsin, Daych
Choo, Esther
Chopra, Vineet
Chou, Calvin
Chow, Lisa
Christensen, Ronald
Chung, Arlene
Chung, Bowen
Clancy, Dawn
Clement, Fiona
Cole-Kelly, Kathy
Coles, Lisa
Concato, John
Conner, Kyaien
Connor, Denise
Connor, Edward
Cook, Philip
Cook, Scott
Cooke, Colin
Cooke, Molly
Cooley, Susan
Cooperberg, Matthew
Cordasco, Kristina
Corsonello, Andrea
Cosmi, Benilde
Coughlin, Janelle
Courtenay, Molly
Coyne, Philip
Crane, Elizabeth
Critchfield, Jeff
Crosson, Jesse*
Crotty, Bradley
Cruz, Marisa
Cuffee, Yendelela
Cunningham, John
Curlin, Farr
Curran, Geoffrey
Cusack, Caitlin
Czarnogorski, Maggie
Daniel, Kathryn
Danis, Marion
Das, Avash
Dash, Chiranjeev
David, Stephanie
Davis, Elizabeth
Davis, Margot
Davis, Terry
DavisGiardina, Traber
Day, Susan
DeBruin, Marijn
DeFer, Thomas*
DeFer, Thomas
DeWitte, Luc
Dean, Shannon
Defriese, Gordon
Dehlendorf, Christine
Dekoven, Mitchell*
DemotesMainard, Jacques
Denneson, Lauren
Deshpande, Abhishek
Devidi, Manjari
Deyo, Richard
Dhaliwal, Gurpreet
Didwania, Aarati
Dolan, Bernard
Dorsey, Ray
Doyle, Brian*
Drekonja, Dimitri
Dresselhaus, Timothy
Drummond, Karen*
Duan, Naihua
Dubbert, Patricia
Duberstein, Paul
Dugoff, Eva
Durand, Daniel
Eberhardt, Mark
Effiong, Andem*
Egerman, Robert
Eggers, Paul
Ehret, Georg
Eliason, Michele
Ellis, Randall
Ellner, Andrew
Engelman, Kimberly
Erickson, Steven
Ericsson, Charles
Essi, David
Estrada, Carlos
Etchegaray, Jason
Etz, Rebecca
Evans, Barbara
Evans, David
Farber, Neil
Fazio, Sara
Feingold, Kenneth
Felter, Elizabeth
Fernald, Douglas
Feroli, E.Robert
Finder, Stuart
Finset, Arnstein
Fish, Jason
Fitzpatrick, Stephanie
Fix, Gemmae
Flanigan, Carolyn
Fleurence, Rachael
Flint, Lynn
Fogel, Sarah
Forrest, Christopher
Forrest, George
Frader, Joel
Franco, Kathleen
Freeman, Joshua
French, Dustin
French, Dustin
Fried, Ethan
Friedberg, Mark
Frisse, Mark
Fullerton, Cliff
Funderburk, Jennifer
Fung, Cha-Chi
Fung, Constance
Fuster, Daniel*
Gabel, Jon
Gadgil, Meghana
Galanter, William*
Gallo, Joseph
Garza, MaryA.
Gaston, Gina
Gelfman, Laura
Georgiou, Andrew
Gerber, Megan
Gerrity, Martha
Gill, Christopher*
Gill, James
Given, Charles
GjørupPedersen, Charlotte
Glynn, Lisa
Goel, Mita
Goff, Sarah*
Goldsmith, Jonathan*
Goldstein, Jennifer
Gonsalves, Carol
Gonzalez, Cristina
Good, Chester
Goodie, Jeffrey
Gordon, Howard*
Gore, John
Gould, Jon
Graff, Louis
Graham, Glenn
Grande, David
Grant, Marian
Greaves, Felix
Greene, Jessica*
Greysen, Ryan
Griggs, Robert
GrochowMishuris, Rebecca
Groman, Michelle
Grootendorst, Paul
Grossman, Ellie*
Gudzune, Kimberly
Gupta, Ankur
Haas, Jennifer
Haffner, Marlene
Hagenlocker, Brian
Hahn, David
Hajjar, Joud
Hall, Mark
Hallenbeck, James
Haller, Dagmar
Halvorson, Stephanie*
Hancke, Katharina
Handley, Margaret
Hansen, Luke*
Hansen, Richard
Hanson, Janice
Harper, Michael
Harrington, Kathleen*
Harrity, Shawn
Harrod, Molly
Hart, Anita
Hartig, Jason
Hartley, Sarah
Hawkins, Eric
Hayford, Tamara
Hebert, Paul
Hector, Richard
Heidenreich, Paul
Heisey, Ruth
Heist, Brian
Hennessy, Sean
Hernandez, Jaime
Herring, Sharon
Hess, Lisa
Hess, Rachel
Hey, Spencer
Hibbard, Judith
Hiles, Megan
Himmelstein, David
Hinchey, Kevin
Hochberg, Natasha
Holt, Cheryl
Horwitz, Leora
Hosamani, Poonam
Hoskote, Sumedh
Howard, David
Hoyumpa, Anastacio
Hsu, Jeffrey
Hu, Jim
Huang, Alison
Huang, Jee-Fu
Huesch, Marco*
Hussain, Hafiz
Hussain, Tanvir
Hust, Anne
Hutton, Heidi
Hwang, Jimee
Hysong, Sylvia*
Ibrahim, Said
Idler, Ellen
Ilgen, Mark
Irukulla, PavanKumar
Iten, Anne
Iverson, Katherine
Jackson, Chandra
Jackson, George
Jackson, Sara
Jacobs, Elizabeth
Japuntich, Sandra
Jassal, Simerjot
Jecker, Nancy
Jerome, Gerald
Jervis, Lori
Johansen, Kirsten
Johnson, Heather
Jones, Christine*
Jones, Spencer
Jones, Spencer
Jornayvaz, Francois
Justice, Amy
Kahi, Charles
Kaltman, Stacey
Kamauu, Aaron
Kanade, Sandhya
Kane-Gill, Sandra
Kannan, Viji
Karliner, Leah
Karmacharya, Paras
Kasten, MaryJo*
Katon, Wayne
Katragadda, Srikanth
Katz, Mira
Kaushik, Manas
Keeney, Benjamin
Kelash, Fnu
Kelly, PatriciaJ
Kent, David
Kesselheim, Aaron
Kessler, Elizabeth*
Khair, Kate
Kharrazi, Hadi
Khattak, Muhammad
Kies, Susan
Kim, Christopher
Kim, Karen
Kim, Min
Kimberly, John
Kimmel, April
King, Paul
Kirsh, Susan
Kistler, Christine
Kizer, KennethW.
Klann, Jeffrey
Klaus, Johanna
Knight, Sara
Koegel, Paul
Koelbl, Christian
Koenig, ChristopherJ.
Kohli, Amar
Kohlmann, Sebastian
Kon, Rachel
Kones, Richard
Koppula, Sireesha
Korenstein, Deborah
Kostas, Tia
Koutoubi, Zaher
Kraemer, Ryan
Kreindler, Sara
Kreiner, Peter*
Kripke, Clarissa
Kriston, Levente
Kroenke, Kurt
Kronish, Ian
Krupat, Edward
Ku, Leighton
Kuhn, Gloria*
Kulkarni, Tejaswini
Kullgren, Jeffrey
Kutner, Jean
Kuziemsky, Craig
Kvedar, Joseph
Lagro-Janssen, A.L.M.(Toine)
Lammers, John
Lampropulos, Julianna
Lamy, Olivier
Landon, Bruce*
Lang, Tara
Lanham, Holly
Laugesen, Miriam
Lawrence, Renee
Leas, Brian
Lee, Pearl
Lee, Robert
Lee, Shoo
LeeSmith, Judith
Leeaphorn, Napat
Lei, Pui-Wa
Leigh, J.Paul
Levy, Cari
Lewis, Carmen
Lewis, Eleanor
Leyenaar, Joanna
Leykum, Luci
Li, Alexander
Liebovitz, David
Lin, Jennifer*
Lin, Jennifer*
Lin, Kenneth
Linder, Jeffrey
Lindquist, Lee
Linzer, Mark
Lio, Peter
Liu, Vincent
Loeb, Susan
Long, Theodore
Lotan, Yair
Lott, Jason
Lovejoy, Travis
Lowry, Becky
Ludman, Evette
Lurie, Jon
Lurie, Stephen
Ly, Dan
Lyles, Courtney
Ma, Mina
Maclean, JohannaCatherine
Mahankali, Archana
Mairs-Levy, Judith
Makris, Una
Malliarakis, Kate
Mallidi, Jaya
Mallidi, Jaya
Maloney, Francine*
Malte, Carol
Mandernach, Molly
Manjourides, Justin
Mann, Devin
Manne, Mahesh*
Mansfield, Alyssa
Mantripragada, Kalyan
Margaretten, Mary
Markland, Alayne
Martinez-Gonzalez, MiguelA.
Martino, Steven
Matlock, Dan
Matthias, Marianne
Maust, Donovan*
Maxwell, Colleen
Mayhorn, Christopher
Mayhorn, Christopher
Maynard, Charles
Mcalister, Finlay
Mccabe, Mary
Mccoy, Allison
Mccullough, Laurence
Mcdaniel, Susan
Mcgaghie, William
Mclean, Thomas
Mcmillan, Sara
Mcnaughton, Candace*
Mcneal, Tresa
Mcnicholas, Colleen
Mcsherry, William
Mcwilliams, J.Michael
Meeks, Derek*
Mehta, Darshan
Meltzer, David*
Mennemeyer, Stephen
Mercer, Stewart
Merel, Susan*
Metting, Austin
Meyer, Jaimie
Meyer-Bahlburg, HeinoF.L.
Michaelson, James
Michtalik, Henry
Mick, Andrew*
Miller, Benjamin
Miller, Carla
Miller, Christopher
Miller, David
Millman, Alexander
Mink, Pamela
Miranda, David
Miranda, Jeanne
Mittler, Jessica
Miura, Lisa
Mohanka, Manish
Mohr, David
Moore, Alison
Moore, Brent
Morasco, Benjamin
Morrato, Elaine
Mosher, Hilary
Mueller, Stephanie
Munson, Jeffrey*
Murphy, Mark
Murugiah, Karthik
Myers, Janet
Naci, Huseyin
Nadkarni, Girish
Naqvi, Syed
Narang, Jatinder
Nassery, Najlla
Nayar, Preethy
Nazi, Kim
Nebeker, Jonathan
Neill, Richard
Nelson, Karin
Neri, Pamela
Neshatian, Leila
Neuss, Michael
Newhouse, Robin
Nguyen, Hien
Nguyen, Long
Nguyen, Oanh*
Nicklas, Jacinda*
Nicolini, Antonello
Nicolini, Antonello
Nocon, Robert*
Noel, PollyHitchcock
Novins, Douglas
O’brien, Bridget
O’brien, Robert
O’connor, Patrick
O’malley, Ann
Odden, Andrew
Oeffinger, Kevin
Okumura, Megumi
Olayiwola, J.Nwando
Oliva, Elizabeth
Ong, Thuan
Ostermann, Jan
Othman, Hussein
Oza, Sandra
Ozonoff, Al
Painter, Elizabeth
Pal, Tuya
Palani, Gurunanthan*
Palmer, Blake
Paluri, Ravi
Parchman, Michael
Parker, Melissa
Patel, Toralben
Pathak, Himanshu*
Pathak, Swati
Patibandla, Bhanu
Patil, Ritesh
Paulus, Jessica
Pearlman, Robert
Pendharkar, Sima
Perkins, Henry
Permpalung, Nitipong
Perrier, Arnaud
Perskin, Michael
Pfeffer, Michael
Pham, Jimmy
Philibert, Ingrid
Pierce, Cason*
Pine, Michael
Platts-Mills, Timothy
Plon, Sharon
Polinski, Jennifer*
Politi, Mary*
Pomerantz, Andrew
Ponor, IlenaLucia
Ponte, Belen
Post, Jason
Powell, Rhea
Powell-Wiley, Tiffany
Prislin, Michael
Prochazka, Allan
Pruijm, Menno
Pyra, Maria
Qamar, Arman
Rabins, Peter
Raijmakers, Natasja
Rajkomar, Alvin*
Rajpura, Jigar
Ralston, James
Rantz, Marilyn
Raphael, Jean*
Ratcliffe, Temple*
Raymaker, Dora
Rector, Thomas
Reddy, Ashok
Reddy, Ashwin
Reddy, Shalini
Redley, Bernice
Rees, Eliot
Reid, Robert
Reinke, Lynn
Renaud, Jean-Sebastien
Rencic, Joseph
Reuland, Daniel
ReyesNieva, Harry
Rhoads, Kim
Rich, Eugene
Richter, James
Rid, Annette
Riddle, Janet
Rigler, Sally
Riley, Elise
Robbins, Craig
Roberts, Daniel
Rodberg, Leonard
Rodriguez-Monguio, Rosa
Rohatgi, Nidhi*
Roland, Martin
Rose, Susannah
Rosenbaum, Sara
Rosenblatt, Roger
Rubinstein, Yaffa
Ruhnke, Gregory
Ruiz, Marco
Rupert, Douglas
Russ, Alissa
Sabin, James
Sabri, Bushra
Sacks, Naomi
Sacristan, Jose
Sahay, Anju
Samal, Lipika
Sanchez, William
Sandhu, Gurprataap
Santa, John
Sardana, Mayank
Sarkar, Urmimala
Sass, Danielle*
Satariano, William
Sattari, Maryam*
Satterfield, William
Saudan, Patrick
Savageau, Judith
Saxon, Andrew
Schapira, Marilyn
Schaub, Kim
Schechter, Michael
Schectman, Joel
Schenck, Anna
Scheurer, Danielle
Schiff, Gordon
Schnipper, Jeffrey
Scholl, Isabelle*
Scholle, Sarah
Schrager, Sarina
Schumann, Kristina
Schwarz, Eleanor
Scialla, Timothy
Sciamanna, Chris
Scott, Suzanne
Sender, Leonard
Senn, Laurence
Sevestre-Pietri, Marie-Antoinette
Shah, Ashish
Shahraz, Saeid
Shapiro, Jean
Shapiro, Nancy
Sharma, Alok
Sharma, Poonam
Sharma, Ravi
Shaw, Eric
Shaw, Ryan
Shekelle, Paul
Sherman, Scott
Shield, Renee
Shields, Cleveland
Shih, Ya-ChenTina
Shireman, Theresa
Shirts, Brian*
Siddiqui, Mona
Sikjaer, Tanja
Silver, EllenJohnson
Simonds, Vanessa
Sims, Omar
Singh, Hardeep
Singh, Harkirat
Sivan, Y.S.
Slattum, Patricia
Slight, SarahPatricia
Smider, Nancy
Smith, Alexander
Smith, Dustin
Smith, Jeffrey
Smith, Susan
SmithRyan, Mandy
Snyder, John
Solimeo, Samantha
Solow, Elizabeth
Soyemi, Kenneth
Spatz, Erica
Stano, Miron
Starks, Sarah
Starrels, Joanna
Stefan, Mihaela*
Stehno-Bittel, Lisa
Steinman, Michael
Sterling, Madeline
Stewart, Greg
Stewart, Kenda
Stewart, Nancy
Stineman, Margaret
Stoecker, Charles
Strassels, Scott
Street, Richard
Stuart, Bruce
Suchak, Niharika
Sussman, Daniel
Suter, Lisa
Tabak, Ying
Tai-Seale, Ming
Tak, HyoJung*
Tan, Xi*
Tang, Joyce
Tangri, Navdeep
Tanielian, Terri
Tanikella, Rajasekhar
Taylor, Erin
Taylor, Kathryn
Teagarden, J.Russell
Tedaldi, Ellen
Terry, Amanda
Thakar, Keyur
Theobald, Cecelia*
Thomas, Edwidge
Thomas, John
Thomopoulos, Konstantinos
Thompson, Debbe
Thompson, Matthew
Thompson, Simon
Thorburn, Sheryl
Thorpe, JaneHyatt
Tice, Jeffrey
Tilford, J.Mick
Tilstra, Sarah
Todorova, Irina
Toh, Sengwee
Tohme, Fadi
Tonkin-Crine, Sarah
Tonorezos, Emily
Tourchi, Ali
Tsui, Judith
Tuepker, Anais
Turner, Jonathan
Turner-Mcgrievy, Brie
Tyler, Denise
Urquhart, Robin*
Usmani, Ashar
Vaidya, Rakhee
VanDenBerg, Stephanie
VanZanten, Marta
Vandyke, Amy
Vannoy, Steven
VargasBustamante, Arturo
Vazirani, Sondra
Velagapudi, VenuMadhav
Vig, Elizabeth
Vogel, Victor
Vogeli, Christine
Vokes, Tamara
Volerman, Anna
Volk, Robert
VonMackensen, Sylvia
Wachterman, Melissa
Walji, Muhammad
Waltz, Thomas*
Walz, Stacy
Wang, Chen-Pin
Wang, Chen-Pin
Wang, Xiaoyun
Ward, Nicholas
Waters, Martinique
Waters, Teresa
Webb, Susan
Wee, Christina
Weingardt, Ken
Weisman, David
Weissmann, Peter*
Weitlauf, Julie
Whelan, Heather
Wieland, Mark
Williams, Nyna*
Williams, Stephen
Willke, Richard
Wilsey, Barth
Wilson-Stronks, Amy
Winer, Karen
WitkoskiStimpfel, Amy
Witteman, Holly
Wolff, Jennifer
Wones, Robert
Woodward, Jason
Woodward, Robert
Wright, Scott
Wu, Qiangen
Wu, R.Ryanne
Wu, Shin-Yi
Wyer, Peter
Wynia, Matthew
Wübker, Ansgar
Xierali, Imam
Yackel, Thomas
Yacoub, Rabi*
Yalcinkaya, Emre
Yan, Grace
Yates, Scott
Yellowlees, Peter
Yen, Irene
Yoon, John
Young, Gary
Young, Robert
Yousaf, Farhanah
Yunyongying, Pete*
Zafar, Yousuf
Zafrir, Barak
Zaniello, Benjamin*
Zedan, Haya
Zeliadt, Steven
Ziegelman, David
Zilberberg, Marya
Zipkin, Daniella*
Ziv, Elad
Zivin, Kara
Zucker, Deborah*
*Superior Reviewer, defined as having completed two or more reviews, with a quality score no lower than four out of six on any single review, and no review returned past 30 days
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Kravitz, R.L., Feldman, M.D. Peer Review: The Year in Review. J GEN INTERN MED 29, 1567–1573 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-014-3058-8
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