Peer reviewers are essential to the scientific process, and we very much appreciate our HCMR reviewers. Articles published in a journal such as HCMR are usually reviewed by an editor and three peer reviewers in a double-blind process (i.e., the reviewers do not know who the authors are, and the authors do not know who the reviewers are). People who agree to review manuscripts are providing a significant service not only to the journal, but also to the authors and the scientific community at large. Sometimes a manuscript is of such high quality upon submission that it requires very little of the reviewers' effort and time, but most of the time even very high-quality papers benefit from close review and constructive feedback from others who are experts in the area of the author's research. Reviewers, editors, and authors don't always agree on what needs to be done to improve a paper; however, in most cases reviewers' suggestions make a paper better. The best reviews are polite and constructive in their tone, and point out a manuscript's positive aspects along with the areas for improvement. Admittedly, this can take some practice on the reviewer's part. Sometimes it is difficult to find constructive suggestions for procedures or statistics that are poorly explained, or hypotheses with unclear rationale. Reviewers' opinions about a study's contribution to the literature are essential. Often reviewers can identify a key citation that is missing from a paper's literature review, and even provide specific reference details. A good review focuses on determining if a manuscript's theoretical framework is clearly articulated, and if the research questions or hypotheses logically flow from it. HCMR is somewhat unique among health care journals in that we do require clear theoretical underpinning for empirical studies. A good review then examines the study's methods to determine if they are appropriate for the research questions, and points out any clarification that might be needed so that readers can assess the validity of methods and inferences drawn from the study. If a study's methods have a fatal flaw, constructive reviews make suggestions about how the method could be improved as the authors move forward with their work. Finally, constructive reviews evaluate the extent to which the manuscript makes good suggestions for future research, and for HCMR, the extent to which the author has translated the study's scholarly findings into practical implications. Even if editors had the time to carefully review and provide feedback for every manuscript that is submitted for publication, we still rely on the expertise and thoughtful suggestions made by our reviewers. And we are especially grateful for the wonderful HCMR reviewers who have provided this service since 2020, given that the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted so many lives, jobs, and families. We thank these reviewers and acknowledge their efforts on the following page(s).
Abdulsalam, Yousef
Ahmad, Raheelah
Al-Amin, Mona
Anderson, Ekaterina
Andrews, Diane
Anthony, Denise
Baird, Aaron
Barnes, Hilary
Barton, Michelle
Beauvais, Brad
Begun, James
Bhat, Vasanthakumar
Birken, Sarah
Blakeney, Erin
Boden, Matthew
Botting, Ingrid
Brooks, Joanna
Brown, E. Sherwood
Brunetto, Yvonne
Brusoni, Manuela
Bui, Linh
Buttigieg, Sandra
Byrne, John-Paul
Carroll, Nathan
Chilingerian, Jon
Chreim, Samia
Compagni, Amelia
Cordasco, Kristina
Coustasse, Alberto
Cronin, Cory
Dalton, Christina
Dandi, Roberto
DeLellis, Nailya
DePuccio, Matthew
DiVincenzo, Fausto
Dill, Janette
Djukic, Maja
Duncan, Carrie
Elten, Hilco
Everson, Jordan
Fareed, Naleef
Flieger, Signe
Frich, Jan
Fuji, Kevin
Garvin, Lynn
Gillis, William
Gilmartin, Mattia
Gittell, Jody
Gitto, Simone
Goodall, Amanda
Greenfield, David
Gregory, Megan
Halbesleben, Jonathon
Hansen, Claus
Harenstam, Karin
Harless, David
Harrison, Michael
Hartmann, Christine
He, Mengying
Hefner, Jennifer
Hoff, Timothy
Hogan, Tory
Holmgren, A. Jay
Hopkins, Margaret
Huang, Huang
Hurley, Vanessa
Ishqaidef, Ghadir
Jacobs, Laurie
Jegers, Marc
Jiang, Joanna
Johnson, Susan
Johnson, Christopher
Katz-Navon, Tal
Kilroy, Steven
Kim, Jungyoon
King, Robyn
King, Melissa
Kjellstrom, Sofia
Kreindler, Sara
Krumm, Andrew
Kuusio, Hannamaria
Landry, Amy
Lee, Shoou-Yih
Lee, Yuna
Leeman, Jennifer
Lemak, Christy
Lewis, Steven
Liang, Su-Ying
Liberatore, Florian
Lilius, Jacoba
Lin, Blossom
Lin, Sunny
Longo, Francesco
Lord, Justin
MacKinnon, William
MacPhee, Maura
Markossian, Talar
Mazurenko, Olena
McCaughey, Deirdre
McClelland, Laura
McCullough, J. Mac
McCurdy, Rodney
McFadden, Kathleen
Menachemi, Nir
Mohr, David
Morgan, Jennifer
Nigam, Amit
Nyaga, Gilbert
O'Connor, Stephen
Ong, Mei-Sing
Opoku-Agyeman, William
Orzano, A.
Ozaydin, Bunyamin
Ozgen Narci, Hacer
Paul, Jomon
Porter, Tracy
Raffenaud, Amanda
Ramamonjiarivelo, Zo
Rangachari, Pavani
Ranucci, Rebecca
Rattinger, Gail
Rendle, Katharine
Richter, Jason
Rinne, Seppo
Rittenhouse, Diane
Rivard, Peter
Rundall, Thomas
Sales, Anne
Scholle, Sarah
Schoor, Megan
Schultz, Carsten
Shay, Patrick
Sheard, Laura
Silvera, Geoffrey
Sinervo, Timo
Singer, Sara
Singh, Simone
Sorra, Joann
Spaulding, Aaron
Stiehl, Emily
Stock, Gregory
Stults, Cheryl
Sullivan, Jennifer
Tietschert, Maike
Touati, Nassera
Van der Kolk, Berend
Van Eijk, Carola
Vardaman, James
Vaughn, Thomas
Vest, Joshua
Walker, Daniel
Wallace, Lauren
Walsh, Michael
Wang, Virginia
Weech-Maldonado, Robert
Wells, Rebecca
Westra, Daan
Whitman, Marilyn
Williams, Eric
Winter, Vera
Wittland, Michael
Wu, Frances
Yeager, Valerie
Yount, Naomi
Yuan, Christina
Zuberi, Daniyal