In his acceptance speech for receiving the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1982, the Swedish biochemist Sune Bergström stated ‘the literature laureate of this year has said that an author can do anything as long as his readers believe him. A scientist cannot do anything that is not checked and rechecked by scientists of this network before it is accepted’ [1]. Authors, editors, publishers, and readers alike all recognize the need for quality peer review, the necessity of the process by which each submission is ‘checked and rechecked’. At the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (JCPP) and Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH), the practice of peer review helps ensure our impressive standard for high-quality research and scientific rigour is consistently maintained.
In celebration of the strong peer review process upheld by both CAMH and JCPP and in recognition of the exceptional commitment and service to the journals carried out by our reviewers, we are proud to present the list of top reviewers for 2018.
The individuals included in the lists below have been evaluated on the number of reviews they have carried out for the journals in 2018, as well as for the quality and timeliness of their reviews. On behalf of both CAMH and JCPP, we would like to offer our sincere appreciation and gratitude to all these reviewers for their invaluable contributions; their expert analysis and feedback has allowed the journals to continue publishing outstanding research.
Top Reviewers for JCPP, 2018
| Margaret Sibley | Florida International University |
| Jed Elison | University of Minnesota |
| Meghan Miller | UC Davis MIND Institute |
| Carl Weems | Iowa State University |
| Kathryn Humphreys | Vanderbilt University |
| Payton Jones | Harvard University |
| Stephen Faraone | SUNY Upstate Medical University |
| Hans-Christoph Steinhausen | University of Zurich |
| Kathleen G. Dobson | University of Toronto |
| Anita Harrewijn | National Institute of Mental Health |
| Tony Charman | King’s College London |
| Linda J. Pfiffner | University of California, San Francisco, |
| Stephen Becker | Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center |
| Jay Belsky | University of California, Davis |
| Joel Nigg | Oregon Health & Science University |
| David Daley | University of Nottingham |
| Ted Barker | King’s College London |
| Stephen Petrill | Ohio State University |
| Michelle Martel | University of Kentucky |
| Andres Neuhaus | Charite Universitätsklinik Berlin |
| Georgia O’Callaghan | National Institutes of Health |
| James McGough | UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital |
| Megan Gunnar | University of Minnesota |
| Benjamin Lahey | University of Chicago |
| Fionneke Boss | University Medical Center Groningen |
Top Reviewers for CAMH, 2018
| Nicola Evans | Cardiff University |
| Hannah Butler-Coyne | Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust |
| Cara Young | University of Texas at Austin |
| Elin Anita Fadum | Norwegian Armed Forces Joint Medical Services |
| Cherry Hense | University of Melbourne |
| Will Mellick | Medical University of South Carolina |
| Nirbhay Singh | Augusta University |
| Helen McConachie | University of Newcastle |
| Xianchen Liu | University of Tennessee Health Science Center |
| Matthew Goodman | Alliant International University, San Diego |
| Louise Thomson | School of Medicine, University of Nottingham |
| Anthony James | University of Oxford |
| Paul McArdle | Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS |
| John Devaney | University of Edinburgh |
| Kristen Woodberry | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) |
| Jan Boehnke | University of Dundee |
| Margaret Thompson | University of Southampton |
| Adrienne Garro | Kean University |
| Tessa Reardon | University of Oxford |
| Natalie Ramos | University of California, Los Angeles |
References
[1]Sune K. Bergström – Banquet speech. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2019. Accessed: 13th September 2019. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1982/bergstrom/speech/>