Top reviewers for Annals of Palliative Medicine from 2024
Every year, it is a great pleasure and privilege for me to recognize the most outstanding reviewers of Annals of Palliative Medicine.
Peer review remains a critical means for academic journals to evaluate the integrity and quality of submitted manuscripts (1). Each reviewer for Annals of Palliative Medicine has generously donated their time and expertise in serving as a peer reviewer. In doing so, they have enhanced the quality of the articles published in this journal, ensuring that readers and palliative care clinicians can benefit and learn from some of the leading articles in the field of palliative medicine.
Many of the reviewers for Annals of Palliative Medicine are among the leading experts in their palliative medicine fields across multidisciplinary aspects of oncology, psychology, surgery, nursing, public health, education, nutrition, sociology, ethics, and policy (2). It is with gratitude that I acknowledge everyone who has served in the peer review process for the Annals of Palliative Medicine.
Below is the list of the top Annals of Palliative Medicine reviewers for 2024 (Table 1). Each of these reviewers completed multiple peer review assignments and provided high quality and timely reviews.
Table 1
| Reviewer | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Anish Butala | Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, TRC-2 West, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA |
| Harjot S. Bhandal | Evolve Restorative Center, Santa Rosa, CA 95403, USA |
| Lucyna Kepka | Department of Radiotherapy II, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland |
| Amin Yakubov | Langone Medical Center, New York University, New York, NY, USA; NYU Clinical and Translational Science Institute, New York, NY, USA |
| Kris Mooren | Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Spaarne Gasthuis, PO Box 417 2000, AK, Haarlem, the Netherlands |
| Andrea Bianconi | Neurosurgery Unit, Department of Neuroscience, “Rita Levi Montalcini”, University of Turin, Turin, Italy |
| Jared Rex Robbins | Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center |
| Eva Oldenburger | Department of Radiation Oncology and Department of Palliative Care, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium |
| Michael A. Rubin | Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA |
| Daniel E. Roos | Department of Radiation Oncology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Rene Krause | Division of Interdisciplinary Palliative Care and Medicine, University of Cape Town, Room 2.28, Falmouth Building, Observatory 7935, South Africa |
| Tetsuo Saito | Department of Radiation Oncology, Arao Municipal Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan |
Please join me in congratulating each of these distinguished reviewers. I also extend my appreciation to everyone who reviewed articles for Annals of Palliative Medicine in 2024. While only a select group of our most excellent reviewers are named, every reviewer has been invaluable to advancing the mission of Annals of Palliative Medicine (3).
New reviewers are always welcome. If you are interested in becoming a reviewer for Annals of Palliative Medicine, please contact us at apm@amepc.org.
Acknowledgments
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Footnote
Provenance and Peer Review: This article was commissioned by the editorial office, Annals of Palliative Medicine. The article did not undergo external peer review.
Funding: None.
Conflicts of Interest: The author has completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at https://apm.amegroups.com/article/view/10.21037/apm-2025-03/coif). The author serves as the co-Editor-in-Chief of Annals of Palliative Medicine from April 2014 to April 2027. The author has no other conflicts of interest to declare.
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