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Kick-off editorial for 2015: thanks to our reviewers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 February 2015

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© Cambridge University Press 2015 

The year 2014 was a great year for CNS Spectrums. Following our transition year to our new publisher, Cambridge University Press, in 2012, we have now had 2 years of publishing 6 bimonthly issues plus a seventh CME issue each December, also including the abstracts of the Annual Neuroscience Education Institute’s (NEI) Psychopharmacology Congress. The numbers of articles and pages have progressively expanded over this time, and we have alternated thematic issues with general topics issues. Although it is still too early to know how the articles from the new journal will contribute to the impact factor, it is already clear from the number of downloads that many articles are being frequently read. Some of the most popular articles in 2014 have been the review of impulsivity and compulsivity by Naomi Fineberg and colleagues, the review of treatments for bipolar depression by Roger McIntyre and colleagues, and the article on serotonergic modulation of glutamate in depression and cognition by Pehrson and Sanchez. Also, quite a bit of interest was shown in our Meta-Guidelines for Schizophrenia. A review of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) by Phil Janicak and a review of new drugs for Alzheimer’s disease by Jeff Cummings and colleagues round out a set of additional articles most downloaded last year. Another set of guidelines, for the assessment and treatment of violence, were just published late in 2014, and we are hopeful that readers will download and cite the various guidelines that CNS Spectrums is publishing along with our other key articles.

Moving ahead, there are thematic issues being published in 2015 on antidepressants and pregnancy, guest edited by Pat Finley; a second special issue on inpatient violence to follow up our highly successful first issue on this topic published in late 2014, and guest edited by Katherine Warburton; a special issue on pediatric neuroimaging, guest edited by Robert Findling and colleagues; and a special issue on binge eating disorder, guest edited by Valerie Voon, to follow up a previous set of highly popular articles on impulsivity and compulsivity published this year. Indeed, we are receiving many articles in the subject area of impulsivity, compulsivity, obsessive compulsive disorder, and violence. In addition, many articles on clinical trial results of novel psychotropic agents have been published or are in the pipeline. We will continue to publish practice guidelines at appropriate intervals.

We are very appreciative of the tireless efforts of our field editors, Carlos Zarate, Thomas Schlaepfer, and Joseph Goldberg, and the deputy editor Tom Schwartz. We thank Terry Ketter for his service, as he rotates off his field editing duties back to the editorial board. Without their help, the support of the entire editorial board, and the submissions of our authors, we could not have come this far. Of course, the many reviewers of this and any other journal are its backbone. In addition to members of the editorial board, whom we thank for shouldering a disproportionate share of the reviewing tasks, we sought many of our reviews from a number of other scholars. We wish to acknowledge our heartfelt appreciation to all those who returned reviews during 2014. Their names are listed below.

Finally, I wish also to thank Cambridge University Press. Our content editor Lisa Arrington is the heartbeat of CNS Spectrums, and her hard work and continuous advocacy for the journal keep everything on track and moving forward. Edward Carey, Catherine Paduani, and Kirk Essary in production oversee a flawless and often last-minute production operation for us. We welcome our new senior editor, Ann Avouris, to Cambridge Journals, and look forward to working with her, a consummate professional with extensive experience in this field. I am very much looking forward to the developments we foresee for CNS Spectrums in 2015 and beyond, and thank you all for your roles in helping to make building this journal possible.

CNS Spectrums 2014 peer reviewers

Sally Adams

Shannon Bader

Stefan Borgwardt

Caroline Blanchard

Carlos Blanco

Bethany Brand

Charles Broderick

Michael Browning

Andre Brunoni

Katherine Burdick

Kenneth Carpenter

André Carvalho

Leslie Citrome

Anna Comparelli

Samuele Cortese

Canice Crerand

Larry Culpepper

Michael Cummings

Lieuwe de Haan

Bernardo Dell’osso

Jose de Leon

Boadie Dunlop

Jason Elias

Mark Fillmore

Leonardo Fontenelle

Ingmar Franken

Eric Garland

Anneke Goudriaan

Jon Grant

Issachar Herman

Amy Janes

Rune Jonassen

Bengt Källén

Joshua Kantrowitz

Masaki Kato

Richard Keefe

Terry Ketter

Michael Kisicki

Audrey Klein

Lorrin Koran

Veena Kumari

Chul Lee Byung

Francisco López-Muñoz

Maartje Luijten

Sergio Machado

Michael Maher

Donatella Marazziti

Patrick McGrath

James Megna

José Menchón

Jonathan Meyer

Jean-Louis Millot

David Mischoulon

Eline Moller

John Monahan

Jorge Mota-Pereira

Liam Nestor

Humberto Nicolini

Susan Ochoa

Lewis Opler

Michael Palfreyman

Stefano Pallanti

Jayendra Patel

Lars Henning Pedersen

Diego Pizzagalli

George Proctor

Alan Schatzberg

Frederike Schirmbeck

Lianne Schmaal

Louise Sharpe

Nadine Revheim

Fabian Saleh

David Sarwer

Christopher Slobogin

Frank Tarazi

Albert Umberto

Michael Vitacco

Andrew Waters

Jiansong Xu

Scott Zeller

Alessandro Zuddas