A Big Thank You to our Reviewers in the Past Year!

Good reviewers are essential to the success of any journal and peer review is a major pillar of science. We are grateful to those mentioned below to have dedicated their time and expertise to help our authors improve and refine their manuscripts and support the Editor(s) in the decision making process in the past year. The following received out Top Reviewer of the Year award: Wissem Dhahbi, Qatar Mario Espada, Portugal Nicholas Evanoff, United States Kevin Giordano, United States We wish all our readers, reviewers, authors and friends a happy and prosperous new year! Prof. Donald Dengel Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Sports Medicine Georg Thieme Verlag Publisher Ali Abbasi, Iran Hakan Acar, Turkey Thomas Adams, New Zealand Ricardo Agostinete, Brazil Arnel Aguinaldo, United States Linda Juel Ahrenfeldt, Denmark Firat Akca, Turkey Orkun Akkoç, Turkey Rebakah Alcock, Australia Dan Iulian Alexe, Romania Hamid Alizadeh, Iran Ahmad Alkhatib, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Peter Alway, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Stefano Amatori, Italy Ryosuke Ando, Japan Simon Angus, Australia Pattanasin Areeudomwong, Thailand Elanna Arhos, United States Gokhan Atasever, Turkey Jan E. 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