“Peer review is faith-based (not evidence-based), slow, wasteful, ineffective, largely a lottery, easily abused, prone to bias, doesn’t detect fraud and irrelevant.”

—Richard Smith, former BMJ editor, remarks to the Royal Society, 20 April 2015

Peer review in academic publishing has come under increasing scrutiny. Richard Smith’s accusations of haplessness and irrelevancy are not universally embraced; however, a growing number of scholars and thought leaders have increasingly questioned accepted practices and supported alternatives, some of which call into question the basic assumptions of the current peer review process. For example, ArXiv now has over 1 million research papers in Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science and similar subjects stored in an electronic archive. There is no peer review process; it is up to the reader to assess the integrity of the methods and conclusions. Other projects have emphasized so-called “objective” peer review focusing on technical soundness rather than importance or originality;1 community peer review conducted via a preprint depository; an open collaborative process in which a group of peer reviewers share critiques and sign the final review jointly; and granting authors “ownership” of peer reviews, which can then be shared with subsequent journals to which the paper is submitted.2

At JGIM, our take on peer review mirrors Churchill’s view of democracy: it is the worst form of scientific quality assurance except for all the others that have been tried. We are fully aware that our review process is not flawless (and in fact we have shown using our own data that it is not),3,4 nor are we averse to experimentation (our cooperative venture with the Annals of Internal Medicine is one example: articles reviewed and rejected by Annals can, at the authors’ discretion, be sent directly to JGIM along with the Annals peer reviews). However, we continue to believe that our outstanding group of JGIM reviewers and deputy editors add value to the process of selecting and preparing manuscripts for publication.

In 2014–2015, JGIM reviewers volunteered their time and expertise to review about one-third of the approximately 1,500 manuscripts JGIM receives each year. During this period, 845 reviewers provided a total of 1061 reviews with a mean quality score of 4.35 on a scale of 1–6 (as judged by JGIM Deputy Editors). Of these, 191 (25 more than last year) provided at least two reviews and 24 provided three or more. We are indebted to them for their service.

Among this group of dedicated peer reviewers, there is a group of top performers who stand out. Reviewers included in this group performed at least two reviews between July 2014 and June 2015, returned all reviews within 30 days, and received a quality score of four or greater on all reviews. An asterisk identifies the 101 reviewers who met these criteria. We congratulate them on their service to the academic community and thank them for their efforts on behalf of the journal.

In our first “From the Editor’s Desk” in January 2010, we wrote: “In steering the journal forward…we will be guided by the principle that JGIM is a journal for generalists committed to improving the world in which they practice and teach. Thus, we will seek to publish data derived from settings where real patients live and real doctors practice, as well as reviews and tools that clinicians and educators can use to do their jobs more effectively, efficiently, and humanely.” We remain committed to this vision and hope that you, our readers, will join us by continuing to submit to, review for, read, and respond to JGIM. Whether in print or on-line, JGIM is your journal and we need to hear from you. Send us an e-mail and share your thoughts on the future of peer review, medical journalism, and general internal medicine.

JGIM Reviewers, 2014–2015

Abbi, Kamal Kant Singh

Abrams, Thad

Adams, E. Kathleen

Adelman Alan*

Ahmed, Faruque

Ahrweiler, Florian*

Ahsan, Irfan

Aiyer, Meenakshy

Al-Bawardy, Rasha

Albert, Steven

Alexander, G. Caleb*

Alford, Daniel

Alkhiary, Wael

Allen, Kelli

Altman, Barbara

Anker, Naomi

Annaswamy, Thiru

Antoniu, Sabina

Appelle, Nicole

Arean, Patricia

Arney, Jenifer

Aron, David

Aronson, Louise

Arora, Ashish

Arora, Vineet

Arriens, Cristina*

Aslakson, Rebecca

Astor, Brad

Attridge, Russell

Aysola, Jaya

Babaria, Palav

Bagley, Sarah

Baier, Rosa

Baik, Seong-Yi

Balan, Horia

Balasubramanian, Bijal

Bamberger, Josh

Banegas, Matthew

Banini, Bubu

Bann, Maralyssa

Barley, Elizabeth

Barnard, David

Barnett, George

Barry, Declan

Basu, Rashmita

Battaglia, Catherine*

Bauer, Amy

Bearnot, Benjamin

Becker, William

Bedimo, Roger

Beech, Bettina

Beehler, Gregory

Belue, Rhonda

Bennett, Nadia*

Berger, Jeffrey

Berger, Rebecca

Bergman, Jonathan

Berkman, Nancy

Berlowitz, Dan*

Bernardy, Nancy

Berry, Lyn*

Bishop, Tara

Black, Jeanne

Blecker, Saul

Blonigen, Daniel

Bodenheimer, Thomas

Boissoneault, Jeff*

Bonsall, Joanna

BorgXuereb, Christian

Borges, Nicole

Boscardin, Christy

Boult, Chad

Bowen, Michael

Brateanu, Andrei

Braun, Ursula

Breu, Anthony

Broadfoot, Kirsten*

Brod, Meryl

Brooks, Megan

Brown, SharonA.

Broyles, Lauren

Brummel-Smith, Ken

Buckley, John

Burge, Russel

Burgess, Jr., James

Burke, Nancy

Buscemi, Joanna

Byrne, Sharon K.

Callahan, Edward

Callen, Joanne

Campbell-Yesufu, Mobola

Canestaro, William

Carnahan, Ryan

Carrera, PricivelMelendez

Carron, Pierre-Nicolas

Cassese, Todd

Castiglioni, Analia

Caudill, Timothy

Ceballos, Rachel

Chadaga, Smitha

Chadha, Romil

Chamberland, Martine

Champion, Howard

Chan, David

Chandler, Seth

Chang, Eva*

Chang, Evelyn

Chang, Hsien-Yen

Chanprasert, Sirisak

Charness, Neil*

Chatterjee, Ranee

Chaubey, Vinod

Chen, Melinda

Chen, Moon

Chen, Peggy

Chen, Yen-Yuan

Cherfane, Cynthia

Chheda, Shobhina

Chichra, Astha

Chiou, Howard

Chiovaro, Joseph

Chireau, Monique

Cho, Hyung(Harry)

Chokshi, Dave

Choo, Esther*

Chung, Arlene

Chung, Bowen

Clark, Melissa

Clarke, Robin

Clement, Fiona

Close, Sharron

Cohn, Steven

Col, Nananda

Colla, Carrie

Combs, Brandon

Commodore, Marius

Concannon, Thomas

Cooke, Molly

Copeland, Laurel

Corbett, Jr., Eugene

Coulehan, John

Coverdill, Jim

Covinsky, Kenneth

Crews, Deidra*

Croskerry, Pat

Crowley, Matthew

Cunningham, Tina*

Custers, Eugene

Davis, Katherine

Davis, Margot

Davis, Matthew

DavisGiardina, Traber

DeLissovoy, Gregory

Defriese, Gordon

Delbanco, Tom

Delva, Dianne

Denneson, Lauren

Dennis, Ashley

Detering, Karen

Devidi, Manjari

Dewland, Thomas

Dick, Andrew

Dogba, MamanJoyce

Donato, Anthony

Dorr, David

Dorsey, Rashida

Dorsey, Ray

Dorsten, Aimee-Marie

Dresselhaus, Timothy

Dubbert, Patricia

Dugoff, Eva

Dumont, Dora*

Dupras, Denise

Duru, O.Kenrik*

Dyrbye, Liselotte

Eakin, Michelle

Ecker, David

Edens, Ellen

Egerman, Robert

Eggers, Paul

Eliacin, Johanne

Elias, Thistle

Ellis, Randall

Ellner, Andrew

Elwyn, Glyn

Engel, Charles

Estrada, Carlos

Evans, David

Ewen, Edward

Fahrenholz, John

Fairfield, Kathleen

Fanelli, Daniele

Farhoud, Mahmoud

Farrell, Timothy

Fazio, Sara

Feinglass, Joe

Feingold, Kenneth

Feldman, Penny*

Feltner, Cynthia

Fiore, Robin

Fischer, Michael

Fischer, William

Fisher, Dennis

Fisher, Lawrence

Flieger, SignePeterson

Flynn, Darren

Frank, Maria

Freeman, Michael*

Fronstin, Paul

Gabel, Jon

Gadgil, Meghana

Gage, Brian

Gandham, Sherleen

Ganguli, Ishani

Gardner, Suzie

Garfield, Rachel

Garg, Kittu

Garg, Megha

Garland, Allan

Garland, Sheila

Garriss, G.Waldon*

Gatwood, Justin

Gee, Perry

Gellad, Walid

Georgiou, Andrew

Gerber, Ben

Gerteis, Margaret

Ghosh, Arnab

Ghosh, Raktim*

Giridhar, Karthik

GjørupPedersen, Charlotte

Glassman, Peter

Glauner, Kathi*

Gliatto, Peter

Gnanajothy, Rosana

Goel, Mita

Goglin, Sarah

Gold, Marsha

Goldman, Joanne

Goldszmidt, Mark

Goncalves, Ana

Gonzalez, Cristina

Gonzalez-Prats, MariaCarolina

Gonzalo, Jed*

Goold, Susan

Gove, Maria

Goyal, Manish

Graetz, Ilana*

Graff, Louis

Graham, Garth*

Grant, Sean

Greaves, Felix

Green, Beverly

Green, Michael

Greer, Raquel

Greysen, Ryan

Groman, Michelle

Grossman, Ellie

Grossman, Susan

Grove, Erik

Guerrasio, Jeannette*

Gullapalli, Nageshwara

Gupta, Arjun

Gupta, Himani*

Gupta, Reshma*

Gupta, Samir

Gurley-Calvez, Tami*

Haessler, Sarah

Hagiwara, Nao

Hahn, David

Hajjar, Joud

Hajji, Raouf

Hall, Daniel

Hall, Mark

Hall, Melinda

Halladay, Jacqueline

Haller, Dagmar

Hamilton, Alison

Hamilton, Baker

Han, Heeyoung

Hanauer, David*

Handley, Margaret

Hansen, Richard

Hanson, Janice

Harman, Stephanie

Harris, Alex

Harris, Ashley

Harrod, Molly

Hart, Anita

Harter, Thomas*

Harvey, Jillian

Hassan, Benjamin

Hawwa, Nael

Hayford, Tamara

Hays, Ron

Hayward, Arthur

Heber, David

Hector, Richard

Heidenreich, Paul

Heiman, Heather*

Heintzman, John

Helfrich, Christian

Henderson, Tara

Henry, Stephen

Hermos, John

Herzig, Shoshana

Hill-Briggs, Felicia

Hilliard, Marisa

Himmelstein, David

Hinchey, Kevin

Hirsh, Adam*

Hites, Lisle

Ho, Michael

Hoadley, Jack

Hodgkin, Dominic

Hogarth, Michael

Holmes, George

Holmes, John

Holzer, Lukas

Hosamani, Poonam

Hoskote, Sumedh

Housten, Ashley

Howard, Patricia

Huang, Grace

Hull, Sharon

Hunt, Daniel*

Hunter, Beth

Huo, Jinhai(Stephen)*

Huot, Stephen

Hussain, Tanvir

Hwang, Stephen

Hyman, David

Isbister, Dong*

Ivers, Noah

Jackson, George

Jackson, Jeffrey

Jackson, Sara

Jacobson, Gretchen

Jaitly, Manasvi

James, Aimee

Jay, Melanie

Jena, Anupam*

Jensen, Kristin*

Jensen, Trevor*

Jerant, Anthony

Jerome, Gerald

Jih, Jane

Jimbo, Masahito

Johnson, Heather

Johnson, Theodore

Johnson-Martinez, Krysta

Johnston, CBree

Jones, Barbara

Jones, Christopher

Jones, Deborah

Jones, Jacqueline

Jornayvaz, Francois

Joseph, Denah

Joseph, Galen

Joynt, Karen

Jung, Jeah(Kyoungrae)*

Kabel, Allison

Kaissi, Amer

Kamal, Arif

Kamauu, Aaron

Kannan, Viji

Kaphingst, Kimberly

Kaplan, Celia

Karan, MehmetAkif

Karasik, Olga

Karmacharya, Paras

Karnes, Jason

Katragadda, Srikanth

Kean, Jacob

Keeney, Benjamin

Kegler, Michelle

Kellar, Lisa

Kennedy, Jae

Keohane, Laura*

Kernan, Walter*

Kesselheim, Aaron

Ketsche, Patricia

Keyhani, Salomeh

Kieu, Violet

King-Morris, Kelli

Kistler, Christine

Klann, Jeffrey

Knapp, Herschel

Knight, Sara

Knight, Sara*

Ko, Linda*

Ko, Michelle

Kohli, Amar

Kohlmann, Sebastian

Kolade, Victor

Kolars, Joseph

Kon, Rachel

Kones, Richard

Kong, Angela

Konjeti, VenkataRajesh

Konrad, Renata

Konrad, Thomas(Bob)

Konstantinidis, Ioannis

Koroukian, Siran

Korpaisarn, Sira

Koutoubi, Zaher

Kraemer, Ryan*

Krakower, Douglas

Krebs, Erin

Kreher, Margaret

Kreindler, Sara

Kressin, Nancy

Kripke, Clarissa

Krist, Alex

Kroenke, Kurt*

Kroth, Philip

Kruse, Gina

Ku, Leighton

Kulkarni, Tejaswini

Kumar, Abhishek

Kumar, Sanjeev

Kumar, Sumit

Kushel, Margot

Kuzel, Anton

Kuziemsky, Craig

Kvedar, Joseph

Lafata, JenniferElston

Lafrance, Jean-Philippe

Lahoti, Ankush

Lam, Christine

Lammers, John

Lampropulos, Julianna

Landon, Bruce*

Lang, Valerie

Larochelle, Jeff

Lau, Brandyn

Laugesen, Miriam

LauzonClabo, Laurie

Layton, Timothy

Learman, Lee*

Lee, Joy

Lee, Linda

Lee, Margaret

Lee, Rita

Lendon, Jessica*

Leslie, Laurel*

Lessing, Juan

Leung, YingYing

Levi, Benjamin

Levine, Carol

Levy, BarceyT

Lewis, Alyn(Martyn)

Lewis, Carmen

Lewis, Eleanor

Licata, Angelo

Linder, Jeffrey

Lindquist, Lee

Linsky, Amy*

Linzer, Mark

Lipner, Rebecca*

Liss, David*

Liston, Beth

Loke, Yoon

Long, Theodore

Loo, Lawrence

Lovejoy, Travis*

Lubarsky, Stuart

Luu, Ngoc-Phuong

Lyles, C.Alan

Lyles, Courtney

Maclaren, Robert

Macy, Eric

Madan, Shivank

Madigan, David

Magidson, Jessica

Mahankali, Archana

Makdissi, Regina

Makris, Una

Malayala, Srikrishna

Malik, Ashima

Malliarakis, Kate

Manda, Jayaprakash

Mantel, Jessica

Mantripragada, Kalyan

Manubay, Jeanne

Margaretten, Mary

Mark, Barbara

Martinez, Lisa

Maruthur, Nisa

Mathews, Benji*

Matthias, Marianne

Matusiewicz, Alexis

Mavis, Brian

May, Win

Mayer, Victoria

Maynard, Charles

Mazmanian, Paul*

Mccaffery, Kirsten

Mccarthy, Martin

Mcgill, Darryl*

Mckinney, Katherine*

Mcmahon, Graham

Mcnabney, Matthew

Mcnair, Peter

Mcnary, Scot

Mcneal, Tresa*

Mcqueen, R.Brett

Mehrotra, Ateev

Mehta, Darshan

Menear, Matthew

Mengeling, Michelle

Menon, Jyothi

Merlin, Jessica

Merrill, Joseph

Meyer, Robert

Michaelidis, Constantinos

Mihailovic, Aleksandra

Miller, Carla

Miller, David

Millman, Alexander

Ming, Tai-Seale

Mink, Pamela

Miranda, Jeanne

Mitchell, Suzanne

Mittelstadt, Brent

Mittler, Jessica

Mody, Purav

Mohammad, Amir*

Moheet, Amir

Moore, Donald

Moore, Justin

Moore, Thomas

Morar, Nicolae

Morasco, Benjamin*

Moreland, Christopher

Moreno, Gerardo

Moriates, Christopher

Morse, Diane

Moseley, Kathryn

Mosher, Hilary

Moskowitz, David

Msaouel, Pavlos

Mukaetova-Ladinska, Elizabeta

Mummadi, Srinivas

Mungas, Dan

Murphy, Mark

Murugiah, Karthik

Myers, Ronald

Mylopoulos, Maria

Nagaraja, Vivek

Nall, Ryan

Narang, Jatinder

Nardino, Robert

Nash, William

Ndumele, Chima

Nebeker, Jonathan

Neill, Richard

Nemeth, Attila

Nesbit, Suzanne

Ney, John

Nguyen, Hien

Nguyen, Oanh*

Nicholas, Lauren

Nielsen, Matthew*

Novak, Laurie*

O'brien, Bridget*

O'brien, MaryAnn

O'brien, Matthew

O'connor, Alec

O'glasser, Avital*

O'malley, Ann

O'rourke, Paul

O'sullivan, Patricia

Odden, Andrew

Okafor, Chukwumeka

Oliva, Elizabeth

Olson, Andrew*

Olson, Douglas

Ono, Sarah

Otaki, Junji

Otis, John

Ourth, Heather

Outcalt, Samantha

Oza, Sandra

Pakanati, Krishna

Pal, Aroop

Palacio, Ana

Paluri, Ravi

Panchabhai, Tanmay

Pandey, Ambarish

Pantalone, David

Paolo, Anthony

Papadakis, Maxine

Paranjape, Anuradha

Parasramka, Saurabh

Parker, Lisa

Parker, Melissa

Parthasarathy, Sujaya

Patel, Isha

Patel, Jignesh

Patel, Kushang

Patel, Toralben

Patel, Urvashi

Pathak, Ranjan

Peikes, Deborah

Permpalung, Nitipong

Pernod, Gilles

Perrier, Arnaud*

Peters, Max

Pfeffer, Michael

Pfoh, Elizabeth*

Pham, Jimmy

Philippe, Jacques

Phillips, Russell

Piller, Linda

Pincus, Harold

Pirraglia, Paul

Pittas, Anastassios

Platts-Mills, Timothy

Poddar, Kanhaiya

Poghosyan, Lusine

Ponor, IlenaLucia

Ponte, Belen

Poses, Roy

Potter, Jennifer

Powell, Rhea

Prislin, Michael

Pruijm, Menno

Pullalarevu, Raghavesh

Putnam, Philip

Quddus, Abdullah

Raebel, Marsha

Rahmathulla, Gazanfar

Raijmakers, Natasja

Rajasekhar, Anita

Ramani, Subha

Ramirez, Amelie

Rao, Madhu

Ratanawongsa, Neda

Ravi, Sujan

Raymaker, Dora*

Razafsha, Mahdi

Razouki, Zayd*

Reardon, Claudia

Reddy, Ashok

Reddy, Ashwin

Redley, Bernice

Rees, Eliot

Reid, Rachel

Reid, Robert

Reise, Steven*

Renaud, Jean-Sebastien

Rencic, Joseph

Rhoads, Kim

Richardson, Joshua

Riddle, Janet

Riggs, Kevin*

Riva, Nicoletta

Roat, Cynthia

Roberts, Daniel

Rodriguez-Monguio, Rosa*

Rodríguez, José

Rollman, Bruce

Romley, John

Roos, Marco

Rose, Susannah

Rosenbaum, Sara

Rubenstein, Jonathan

Rubenstein, Lisa

Ruchi, Rupam

Ruiz, Marco

Rush, Walter

Sabbatini, Amber

Saha, Somnath

Sahay, Anju

Said, Qayyim*

Saini, Sameer

Salloum, Ramzi

Salsman, John

Samanta, Palash

Sandhu, Gurprataap

Sateia, Heather*

Satterfield, William

Sawatsky, Adam*

Schenck, Anna

Schickedanz, Adam

Schiff, Gordon

Schoenthaler, Antoinette

Scholle, Sarah

Schover, Leslie

Schrager, Sarina

Schroeder, Steven*

Schwartz, Mark

Scialla, Timothy

SedighiManesh, Reza

Sehgal, Raj

Seixas, Azizi*

Seltz, L.Barry*

Sepucha, Karen

Sevestre-Pietri, Marie-Antoinette

Shah, Shilpa

Shahraz, Saeid

Shapiro, Nancy

Sharma, Alok

Sharma, Poonam

Shea, Judy*

Shield, Renee

Shikino, Kiyoshi

Simmons, Leigh*

Simon, Bret

Simon, Gregory*

Simpson, Tracy

Sinaiko, Anna

Singh, Hardeep

Singh, Mamta

Singh, Sonal

Singh, Sukhchain

Singhal, Aparna*

Sinsky, Christine

Sittig, Roy

Skeldon, Sean

Smer, Aiman*

Smits, Niels

Sobel, Halle

Sochalski, Julie

Solberg, Leif

Solimeo, Samantha

Solow, Elizabeth"blair"

Sommers, Benjamin

Southern, William

Spagnoletti, Carla

Spaulding, Anne

Spelman, Juliette

Springate, Beth

Squiers, Joshua

StJohn, Phil

Stankiewicz, Corrie*

Stearns, Cordelia*

Steiger, Scott

Steinberg, KennethP.

Steinberg, Michael

Steinman, Michael

Stephens, Jennifer

Stewart, Greg

Stewart, Kenda

Stewart, Nancy

Stewart, Rosalyn

Straus, Sharon

Strull, William

Sugarman, Jeremy

Sutcliffe, Kathleen*

Sutkin, Gary

Swaika, Abhisek

Swensen, Stephen

Szostek, Jason

Tahhan, Sami*

Tait, Alan

Tanaka, David

Tarn, Derjung

Tartaglia, Kimberly

Taylor, Kathryn

TenCate, Olle

Teo, Alan

Thakar, Keyur

Thissen, David

Thomas, Abey*

Thomas, Cheryl

Thomas, David

Thomas, John

Thomas, Kris

Thompson, Jennifer*

Thompson, Matthew

Thorburn, Sheryl

Tilburt, Jon

Tilford, J.Mick

Tilstra, Sarah

Tonkin-Crine, Sarah

Toomey, Sara

Trivedi, Neil

Tsai, Alexander

Tsilidis, Konstantinos

Tucker, Carole

TuckerEdmonds, Brownsyne*

Tuohey, John

Turner, Jonathan

Turner-Mcgrievy, Brie

Ubel, Peter

Urquhart, Robin

Vair, Christina*

VanSchaik, Sandrijn*

VanderWeg, Mark*

Vannoy, Steven

Vassilakis, Athina

Vellanki, Anu

Verhoef, Lise

Vieira, Edgar

Vogt, Dawne

VonKorff, Michael

Wagner, Ed

Wagner, Todd

Wakeman, Sarah

Wald, Jonathan

Wallston, Ken

Walter, Louise

Walz, Stacy

Wamsley, Maria

Wang, Clifford

Warm, Eric*

Washington, Donna

Washington, Karla

Waters, Martinique

Wayne, Diane

Weimer, Melissa

Werner, Rachel

Westfall, John

Wheeler, Margaret

Whelan, Heather

Wherry, Laura

Williams, Dustyn

Williams, Nyna

Williams, Winter*

Willig, James

Winter, Anke

Wisk, Lauren*

Witteman, Holly*

Wolff, Jennifer

Wolff, Nancy

Wolff, Tracy

Wolpaw, Dan

Wolters, Maria*

Wong, Edwin

Woodard, Lechauncy

Woodward, Jason

Wright, Arneda

Wu, Albert

Wu, Qiangen

Wu, R.Ryanne

Wübker, Ansgar

Yackel, Thomas

Yates, Scott

Yoon, Jean*

Young, Robert

Zafar, Yousuf

Zilberberg, Marya

Ziv, Elad

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