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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