Peer review is a key component of scientific publication. While imperfect, numerous studies have demonstrated that peer review improves the quality of manuscripts.1,2,3,4 There have been several interventions to improve peer review quality that have yielded mixed results, for example, blinding reviewers to author identity, using statistical checklists, or conducting reviewer training.5 Several studies have shown that reviewer ratings have low inter-rater reliability and only a limited ability to predict the eventual impact of articles.6,7,8

We at JGIM use a three-stage process. First, the co-editors in chief evaluate submissions for fit and quality. About 40% of articles are rejected at this stage. Those who pass this initial review are sent to one of the deputy editors for a secondary, in-depth screen. Deputy editors can reject the article, accept as is, or send out for external review. At each stage, we ask, “is it new, is it true, will it change practice and is the writing clear?”

We ask peer reviewers to identify scientific strengths and weakness and assess the likely impact on the field of general internal medicine and if the article is clearly written. While we ask reviewers to make recommendations regarding acceptance, we are mindful of the unreliability of this process2 and use these recommendations as only one element in what is ultimately an editorial decision. Many good papers are returned to authors with regrets, and we have rejected some important and impactful work.7 Peer reviewers, editors, and the editorial process are all fallible. We are grateful to authors who continue to submit to the journal, hoping that we finally get it right. The good news is that most articles rejected at JGIM are eventually accepted at another journal, so never say die!

JGIM could not exist without the tireless energy and effort expended by our cadre of deputy editors. We thank them for their continued, voluntary effort to improve our journal. The debt we owe our deputy editors cannot be repaid. If you have an interest in joining this exciting, passionate group, please feel free to email any of the editors.

JGIM would also like to thank the many talented people who have volunteered their time to serve as peer reviewers for the journal over the past 12 months. In 2017–2018, 958 reviewers provided a total of 1188 reviews with a mean quality score of 4.3 on a scale of 1–6 (as judged by our JGIM deputy editors). Of these, 210 provided at least two reviews, and 23 provided three or more. We are indebted to them for their service. If you are not currently reviewing for JGIM, please consider signing up at JGIM.org.

Among this group of dedicated peer reviewers, there is a group that stands out. These top peer reviewers performed at least two reviews between July 2017 and June 2018, returned all reviews within 30 days, and received a quality score of 4 or greater (out of a maximum score of 6) on all reviews. An asterisk identifies the 114 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, 2017–2018

Adams, E.Kathleen

Adesoye, Taiwo

Adnan, Azreen

Adsul, Prajakta

Afarideh, Mohsen

Agarwal, Krishna

Agarwal, Nitendra

Ahmed, Ali

Ahmed, Andaleeb

Akgun, Kathleen

Alba, Diana

Albert, Tyler

Allen, Heidi

Allen, Kelli

Allyse, Megan

Almehmi, Ammar

Alsabbagh, Wasem

Alvarez, Carmen

Amer, Abdulrahman

Ammannagari, Nischala

Amy, Christine

Anderson, David*

Anderson, Mary

Andrews, Mary

Andrews, Rebecca

Anstett, Tyler

Apaydin, Eric

Applebaum, Robert

Arnold, Louise

Arora, Gitanjli*

Ashworth, Julie

Assoumou, Sabrina

Athavale, Ambarish

Atkinson, Tim

Atlas, Steven

Auerbach, David

Auriemma, Catherine

Aylward, Michael

Ayyala, Manasa

Bachhuber, Marcus

Bade, Brett

Baer, Heather

Bagchi, Ann

Bagley, Sarah

Bailey, F. Amos

Bailey, Steffani

Balkrishnan, Rajesh

Banach, David*

Banderudrappagari, Rajesh

Bansal, Ankush

Barelski, Adam

Barish, Peter*

Barnas, Gary

Barnes, Geoffrey

Barnes, Hilary*

Barnett, Michael*

Barry, Declan

Barry, Michael

Bartfeld, Judith

Basu, Nisha

Bates, Sarah

Batsis, John

Battistone, Michael

Bawa, Rashmi

Becker, William*

Beckman, Thomas

Beehler, Gregory

Bender, Ryan Elizabeth

Benitez, Joseph

Benzer, Justin

Berger, Gabrielle

Bergus, George

Berkowitz, Seth*

Berlowitz, Dan

Bernhardt, Barbara*

Bernstein, Lisa

Bernstein, Steven

Berruti, Andres

Bertisch, Suzanne

Berz, Jonathan

Bhandare, Deepti

Bhanegaonkar, Abhijeet

Bhattacharya, Priyanka

Bhome, Rohan

Bilal, Usama

Birken, Sarah

BiswasRoy, Sreeja

Blagojevic-Bucknall, Milica

Blalock, Dan*

Blanchard, Janice*

Blanchard, Rebecca

Block, Lauren

Blosnich, John

Blumenthal, Daniel

Bodenheimer, Thomas

Bogowicz, Paul

Bollinger, Mary

Bonifacino, Eliana

Boudreaux, Michel

Bouldin, Erin

Bounthavong, Mark

Bowen, Deborah

Boxer, Richard

Boyd, Andrew

Bradley, Katharine

Braillard, Olivia

Brandt, Cynthia

Brantley, Erin

Brar, Jaspreet

Brauner, Daniel

Breckons, Matthew

Briot, Pascal

Brockmeyer, Diane

Broers, Barbara

Bromley, Elizabeth*

Bronstein, Janet

Brook, Robert

Brooks, Robert

Bruce, Martha

Brunner, Julian

Buchbinder, Mara

Buczko, William

Burgo-Black, Lucile

Burke, Robert*

Burke, Wylie

Butterly, John

Bynum, William

Cain, Jeff

Caines, Laurie

Campos, Claudia*

Carmichael, Kim

Carney, Patricia

Carroll, Norman

Caruso, John

Chakkalakal, Rosette

Challa, Hima

Chandra, Ramesh

Chanfreau, Catherine

Chang, Evelyn

Chatterjee, Avik

Chaubey, Vinod

Chemitiganti, Ramachandra Rahul

Chen, Kenneth

Chen, Min

Cherkin, Dan

Chi, Jeffrey

Cho, Hyung

Chokshi, Dave

Chou, Calvin

Chowdhry, Saleem

Christoph, Mary*

Christopher, Myra

Chung, Yoonkyung

Ciechanowski, Paul

Cipriano, Lauren

Clauw, Daniel

Clemons, Julia

Clough, Jeffrey

Coburn, Andrew

Coburn, Andrew

Cole, Allison

Cole, Megan

Coleman-Jensen, Alisha

Combellick, Joan

Comi, Richard

Compton, Peggy

Concato, John

Conde, Michele

Cornia, Paul*

Corral, Janet

Correa, Ashish*

Costa, Daniel

Crane, Melissa

Cremer, Miriam

Crews, Deidra

Cronkite, Ruth

Crotty, Bradley

Cummings-Vaughn, Lenise

Cunningham, Amy

Cunningham, Chinazo

Curran, Donald

Curry, William

Cvengros, Jamie

D’amore, John

Dalton, Jarrod

Damp, Julie

Damschroder, Laura

Danan, Elisheva

Daneschvar, Homayoun

Danis, Marion

Datta, Santanu

Davidson, Heather

Davis, Elizabeth

DeFer, Thomas

Deber, Raisa

Decamp, Lisa

Decker, Sandra

Denson, Joshua*

Derose, Kathryn

Derycke, Eric

Dewalt, Darren

Dewitt, Dawn

Diaz Del Carpio, Roberto

Dinardo, Deborah

Dobscha, Steven*

Doctor, Jason

Documet, Patricia

Dolansky, Mary

Done, Nicolae*

Dorr, David

Douglas, Vanja

Douketis, Jim

Dowell, Deborah

Drake, Jonathan

Du, Yu

Duberstein, Paul

Dumeus, Stanley

Dutton, Gareth

Dyer, Karen

Dyrbye, Liselotte

Dzeng, Elizabeth

Earnest, Mark

Eberhart, Nicole

Edelman, E. Jennifer

Eder, Milton

Edgman-Levitan, Susan

Edwards, Samuel*

Eidson-Ton, W. Suzanne

Ekpenyong, Andem

El-Kareh, Robert*

Eliacin, Johanne

Ellenbogen, Michael

Ellis, Shellie

Elwy, Rani*

Eng, Jessica

Erickson, Jeanne

Fagan, Mark

Farmer, Melissa*

Farnan, Jeanne

Feddock, Christopher

Federman, Alex

Felter, Elizabeth

Feng, Bo

Fernandez, Leonor

Fingerhood, Michael

Finkel, Madelon

Finley, Erin

Fisher, Frederick*

Fitzgerald, April

Fix, Gemmae

Fletcher, CarolE

Fletcher, Robert

Flieger, Signe Peterson

Flory, James

Flythe, Jennifer

Fox, Aaron

Frakt, Austin

Fralick, Michael

Frank, Joseph

Frank, Maria

Frankel, Richard

Franklin, Gary*

Fritz, Julie

Furman, Andrew

Gagliardi, Jane

Gajendran, Mahesh

Galanter, William

Galbraith, Alison

Gamble, John-Michael

Ganguli, Ishani

Ganz, David

Garcia, Maria*

Gardner, Rebekah

Garg, Megha*

Garla, Vishnu

Garnick, Deborah

Garrison, Scott

Gaston, Symielle*

Gawron, Lori

Gaylin, Daniel

Geha, Rabih

George, Gemy

Ghajar, Alireza*

Giannitrapani, Karleen

Gierisch, Jennifer

Girard, Donald

Giulii Capponi, Michela

Given, Charles

Glassman, Peter

Glassman, Rebecca

Gleason, Jessica*

Glied, Sherry

Glowinski, Anne

Gnanaraj, Jerome

Goldhaber-Fiebert, Sara

Goldman Rosas, Lisa

Goldstein, Karen

Goodman, Michael

Gopalan, Anjali

Gossa, Weyinshet

Grady, Christine

Graves, Kencee*

Gray, Kristen

Green, Lee

Greenblatt, Aaron

Greeson, Jeffrey

Gross, Georgina*

Grosse, Scott

Grossman, Ellie

Grover, Michael

Guihan, Marylou

Gulati, Swati

Gupta, Ankit

Gupta, Navdeep*

Gupta, Ridhi

Gupta, Sonu*

Guy, Michelle

Hagiwara, Nao

Hajek, André

Hajji, Raouf

Halalau, Alexandra

Halkar, Meghana

Hamel, Lauren

Hamer, Davidson

Hammond, W. Ed

Handel, Dan

Hansen, Ryan

Hanyok, Laura

Harmata, Rita

Harrison, R. Van

Harrison, James

Harry, Elizabeth

Hart, Laura

Hartzell, Joshua

Haw, Jeehea

Hay, Seonaid

Headrick, Jennifer

Heapy, Alicia

Hebert, Paul

Henry, Stephen

Henson, James

Heppe, Dan*

Herbst, Jeffrey*

Herbst, Jennifer*

Hess, Rachel

Hiatt, Robert

Hickner, John

Higashi, Robin

Higgins, Diana

Hilden, David

Hilton, Lara

Hirsch, Calvin

Hockenberry, Jason

Hoerster, Katherine

Hoffman, Richard

Hoggatt, Katherine*

Holmes, John

Holmes-Maybank, Keri

Holt, Stephen

Holzman, Samuel

Hong, Arthur*

Hoody, Daniel

Horberg, Michael

Horvitz-Lennon, Marcela

Howell, Joel

Hsu, Douglas

Huang, Sean Shenghsiu

Huang, Yen-Ming

Hubley, Sam

Huddle, Thomas

Hudelson, Patricia

Hughes, John

Hughesch, Joel

Hughto, Jaclyn

Hunt, Stephen

Hunter, Alan

Huo, Jinhai (Stephen)

Hussey, Peter

Hutcheon, Doug

Hyman, David

Ilgen, Mark

Imbert, Elizabeth

Indovina, Kimberly*

Ippolito, Matthew

Isenberg, Sarina

Isik, Arda

Ivlev, Ilya

Izquierdo, Adriana

Jaccard, Evrim

Jackson, Christopher

Jacobson, Gretchen

Jacobson, Peter

Jan, Arif*

Jatwani, Shraddha*

Jayes, Robert

Jegadeesan, Ramprasad

Jenkins, Tania*

Ji, Xu

Jih, Jane

Johnson, Karin

Johnson, Tracy

Johnson, William

Johnston, C Bree

Jonas, Wayne B.

Jones, Barbara

Jones, Christine

Jonk, Yvonne

Joseph, Robert

Kahn, Talia*

Kalkhoran, Sara

Kanady, Jennifer

Kangovi, Shreya

Kanter, Genevieve

Kantor, Molly

Kaphingst, Kimberly

Kara, Areeba

Karippot, Asha

Kashaf, Susan*

Katz, Marilyn

Kavati, Abhishek

Kay, Cynthia

Kearns, Mark

Keller, Paula

Keniston, Angela

Kennedy, Jae

Kennel, Jamie*

Kertesz, Stefan

Kesselheim, Aaron

Kester, Rachel

Khanagavi, Jagadish

Khateeb, Rafina

Khawaja, Imran

KheirEddine, Kerboua

Kiefer, Meghan

Kim, Hyunjee

Kim, Sarah

Kim, Sarang

Kimball, Sarah

King, Christopher

Kinosian, Bruce

Klap, Ruth

Klein, Jared*

Kleinman, Jack

Kneeland, Patrick

Knight, Kelly

Knoepke, Christopher

Kode, Karthik

Koizumi, Shunzo

Kolehmainen, Christine

Kong, Marianna

Konjeti, Venkata Rajesh

Kookal, Krishna Kumar

Koppaka, Ram

Kormos, William

Kortsch, Daniel

Kost, Amanda

Kottke, Thomas

Kovacs, Richard

Koven, Suzanne

Kraemer, Ryan

Krakoff, Lawrence

Kralewski, John

Kreyenbuhl, Julie

Krishnan, Jerry

Kroenke, Kurt

Kuhn, Kristi

Kwolek, Deborah

Kyle, Julia

Lacour-Chestnut, Frene

Ladapo, Joseph

Lagisetty, Pooja

Lakshminarayana, Pradeep

Lam, Christine

Lamantia, Michael

Lambert, David

Landler, Matthew

Landon, Bruce

Lands, Ronald

Lantos, John

Larson, Allison

Larson, Eric

Larson, Mary Jo

Latham, Heath

Latham, Kenzie

Laurion, Victor*

Lawrence, Karen

Lawrence, Robert

Laws, Barton

Laws, M. Barton

Leasure, Emily

Lee, Jessica

Lee, Jonathan

Lee, Shoou-Yih

Lee, Thomas

Lee, WeiWei

Leeds, Ira*

Leekha, Surbhi

Lefevre, Michael

Leslie, Douglas

Lessing, Juan

Levenson, Joshua

Levin-Scherz, Jeffrey

Levine, David

Lexchin, Joel

Liaw, Winston

Liebow, Mark

Lin, Grace

Lin, Lewei (Allison)*

Lind, Bonnie

Lindenberg, Julia*

Linder, Jeffrey

Lindner, Stephan

List, Justin

Litchfield, Ian

Liu, Haiyan

Lobo, Carroline*

Locke, Kenneth

Lombardi, Angela

Longo, Lisa

Lontos, Konstantinos

Lopresti, Charles

Loskutova, Natalia

Lum, Hillary

Lund, Brian

Lyles, Courtney

Mackinney, Theodore

Mafi, John*

Mahfood Haddad, Toufik

Makam, Anil

Makdissi, Regina

Malik, Manpreet

Mandal, Jennifer

Marantz, Paul

Margolis, Karen

Martell, Bridget

Martin, Shannon*

Martinez, Ashley*

Martinez, Lisa

Mastalerz, Katarzyna

Materson, Barry J.

Mathioudakis, Alexander G.*

Mattocks, Kristin

Mbah, Olive

Mcadam-Marx, Carrie*

Mccall-Hosenfeld, Jennifer

Mccarthy, AnneMarie

Mcclellan, Mark*

Mcconeghy, Kevin

Mccullough, Megan

Mcgillicuddy, Morgan*

Mcginnis, Kathleen

Mcintyre, Caley

Mcmahon Jr., Laurence

Mcnamara, Megan

Mcnicoll, Lynn

Mcwhorter, Ketrell

Medarametla, Venkatrao

Mehrotra, Ateev

Mehta, Kathan

Mehta, Neil

Meissner, Paul

Melzer, Anne*

Mendel, Peter

Menon, Anish

Merchant, Chandni

Meredith, Lisa

Merlin, Jessica

Meseeha, Marcelle

Meyers, David

Miake-Lye, Isomi*

Miller, Franklin

Mills, Lynnea

Miner, Sarah

Mints, Gregory

Mittadodla, Penchala

Mixon, Amanda

Modha, Kunjam

Mohan, Babu

Mohan, Deepika

Moin, Tannaz

Moise, Nathalie*

Montori, Victor

Morain, Stephanie

Morasco, Benjamin

Moreau, Jessica

Morgan, Robert

Morone, Natalia

Morris, Megan

Mosher, Hilary

Moss, Karen

Mourad, Michelle

Mueller, Michael

Mueller, Stephanie

Mukamel, Dana

Mull, Nikhil

Mundt, Marlon

Murimi, Irene

Murphy, Daniel

Murphy, Edward

Murphy, Jennifer

Murphy, Martina

Murray, Kenny*

Murray Horwitz, Mara

Nair, Devika

Nair, Jayamohan

Nambiar, Sudheer

Nambudiri, Vinod

Nandagopal, Lakshminarayanan

Nandiwada, Deepa Rani*

Narayan, K. M. Venkat

Nelson, Nick

Neufeld, Jonathan*

Neuner, Joan

Newby, Celeste

Newman, Jeff

Ng, Henry

Nguyen, Oanh

Nguyen, Theresa

Nichols, Linda

Nielsen, Craig

Nothelle, Stephanie

Ntzani, Evangelia

Nutan, Fnu

Núñez, Julio

O’dorisio, Nathan

O’malley, Ann

Ohri, Ritika

Oldfield, Benjamin*

Olivieri, Jason

Olshansky, Brian

Opole, Isaac

Opotowsky, Alexander

Orkaby, Ariela*

Orlander, Jay

Otis, John

Ott, Brian

Pace, Lydia*

Page, Stephanie

Painter, Jacob*

Paje, David

Palamara, Kerri

Pandey, Soumya

Pandit, Anjali

Paranjape, Anuradha

Parish, David

Park, Yoon Soo

Parks, Anna

Pasha, Amirala

Pasupula, Deepak Kumar

Patchett, David

Patel, Jignesh

Patel, Kanan

Patel, Mukundkumar

Paul, Vishesh

Pearlman, Robert

Pell, Jonathan

Pels, Richard

Penfold, Robert

Penney, Lauren*

Penrod, Joan

PerezJolles, Monica

Perissinotto, Carla

Petersen, Carolyn*

Petersen, Nancy

Petrillo, Laura*

Pfoh, Elizabeth*

Phelan, Sean

Phillips, Russell

Picchioni, Michael

Pierce, Cason

Pincavage, Amber

Pineda, Jessica*

Pittman, Patricia

Potter, Jennifer

Prabhakaran, Prasanth

Presley, Caroline

Press, Valerie

Priyanka, Priyanka

Probst, Marc

Pronk, Nico

Psek, Wayne*

Pullalarevu, Raghavesh

Puri, Isha

Quinn, Roswell

Rabatin, Joseph

Radhakrishnan, Archana

Radomski, Thomas

Raebel, Marsha

Raffel, Katie

Raggio, Greer

Ramachandran, Ambili

Ramakrishnan, Praveen

Rana, Aadia

Rao, Shobha

Rasheed, Khalid

Ratanawongsa, Neda

Raue, Patrick

Raven, Maria

Ray, Kristin

Razack, Saleem

Read, Andrew

Reddy, Ashok

Reddy, Krishna

Reed, Mary*

Reese, Jennifer

Regenstein, Marsha

Reinke, Lynn

Reuben, David

Rhee, Greg

Rhoades, Dorothy

Rhodes, Ramona

Ridgely, M Susan

Rinne, Seppo

Ripp, Jonathan

Roberts, Eric*

Robertson, Christopher

Robinson, Jehni

Rodriguez, Michael

Rollman, Bruce

Rosen, Marc*

Rosenbaum, Sara

Rosenbloom, Samuel

Rosenblum, Michael*

Rosenthal, Daniel

Rosland, Ann-Marie

Ross, Joseph

Rossom, Rebecca

Roth, Katalin

Roy, Michael

Ruben, Mollie

Rubinstein, Yaffa

Rudd, Mariah

Rudolph, Mark

Ruggero, Camilo

Ryvicker, Miriam

Saag, Harry

Sabik, Lindsay

Saigh, Orit

Sairenji, Tomoko

Salvador, Gabriel

Sampathkumar, Priya

Samuelson, Bethany

Sanders, Justin

Sandy, Lewis

Sanghai, Saket

Sangster, Janice

Sankhyan, Pratyaksha

Santhosh, Lekshmi

Santos, Michael*

Saraiya, Mona

Sarcone, Ellen

Sargsyan, Zaven

Sarkar, Urmimala

Satchidanand, Nikhil

Satre, Derek

Sattari, Maryam

Saudan, Patrick

Saunders, Robert

Saxe, Joanne

Schafhalter-Zoppoth, Ingeborg*

Schapira, Marilyn

Schectman, Joel*

Schiff, Gordon

Schnittker, Jason

Scholcoff, Cecilia*

Scholl, Isabelle

Schott, Christopher

Schreiner, Andrew

Schuwirth, Lambert

Schwartz, Mark

Seaman, Aaron

Seay, Julia

Segal, Gad

Seligman, Hilary

Selvin, Elizabeth

Sen, Aditi

Sethi, Jasobanta

Shaffer, Kelly

Shah, Ashish

Shah, Asif

Shah, Niyati*

Shah, Sachin

Shahraz, Saeid*

Sharma, Rashmi

Shaw, Jonathan

Shaw Tronieri, Jena*

Sheets, Kent

Sheets, Nathan

Shekelle, Paul

Shen, Megan

Sherman, Karen*

Shlamovitz, Gil

Shrestha, Sundar

Shroff, Swati

  1. *Superior Reviewer, defined as ≥ 2 reviews, quality score no lower than 4 of 6 on any single review, no review returned past 30 days