Thanks to our Reviewers of 2010

Peer review is the critical element of each scientific journal. The Editors of The European Journal of General Practice would like to express their gratitude to all reviewers who have advised us on manuscripts we received in the year 2010. For me it was a pleasure to notice that last year more than 80 colleagues accepted our invitation to review a manuscript. Writing a good review report is time demanding and calls for a teacher's attitude. Thanks to your constructive comments, you have helped many authors to improve their manuscript, and you have helped us in our editorial decision making. Thus, you have contributed to raise the quality of this journal. To acknowledge this work, we have listed your names here. Many thanks to you all!

Australia: Richard MacIsaac, Jerome Sarris; Belgium: Sibyl Anthierens, Samuel Coenen, Jan Degryse, Myriam Deveugele, Paul Van Royen; Estonia: Ruth Kalda; Finland: Ari Heinonen; France: Christophe Berkhout, Marie Courbebaisse; Germany: Heinz-Harald Abholz, Attila Altiner, Martin Beyer, Alexander Elkader, Peter Godt, Wolfgang Himmel, Carsten Kruschinski, Klaus Linde, Martin Scherer, Jacob Spallek, Gudrun Theile; Greece: Efstathios Liazos, Christos Lionis, G. Zacharakis; Hungary: Peter Vajer; Israel: A. Biderman, Michal Luntz, John Yaphe; Italy: Patrizio Tatti, Giorgio Visentin; Lithuania: Egle Zebiene; Malta: Jean Soler; The Netherlands: Allard van der Beek, Jaqueline Dekker, Sandra van Dulmen, Petra Elders, Tineke van Geel, Hans Grundmeijer, Joost Hoekstra, Hèlen Koch, Hugo van der Kuy, Yvonne van Leeuwen, Peter Lucassen, Job Metsemakers, Albine Moser, Jean Muris, Jan Joost Rethans, Johannes van der Wouden, Constant van Schayck, Bernardina Wanrooij, Dick Willems; Poland: Maciek Godycki-Ćwirko, Artur Mierzecki, Elżbieta Kryj-Radziszewska; Slovenia: Mateja Bulc, Janko Kersnik, Danica Rotar Pavlič, Igor Švab; Spain: Carlos Brotons, Juan Gervas, Ana Romagosa Perez-Portabella, Miguel Roman Rodriguez; Switzerland: Thomas Rosemann; Sweden: Per Wändell; Turkey: Suna Asilsoy; UK: Iona Heath, Paul Hewitson, Peter Le Feuvre, Christian Mallen, Roger Price, Teresa Pawlikowska, Tom Sanders, Steven Short, Marc Taubert, Jose Valderas, Kathleen Watts, Daniëlle van der Windt; USA: Cory Ingram, Alan Kaplan, Ane Nofziger, Denham Ward.

If you would like to update your reviewer account, please visit http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ejgp, log in and modify your profile. If you know colleagues who would be good reviewers, please feel free to refer them to same webpage, where they can register (as ‘new user’) and complete the details of their expertise. If you have comments regarding the Journal or its peer review process, we invite you to contact the Editorial Office (Mrs Anneke Germeraad-Uriot, Editorial Assistant: [email protected]).

Thanks to Professor Michael M. Kochen, Göttingen, Germany

I would like to express my warmest gratitude to Michael M. Kochen, who has been Associate Editor for this Journal since 1995. In October 2010 he decided to resign. I have always welcomed his critical contributions to our editorial debates, since I knew they were based on many years of experience and scholarship and were motivated by a strong commitment to the cause of family medicine. Michael deserves many credits for being the backbone of this Journal from the beginning. It was Michael who argued ‘the necessity for a journal, bringing teaching and learning preferably together with research and other scientific data’ (1). During the years that have passed since then, he contributed in many ways to our Journal, not only as associate editor, but also as reviewer and author of papers and editorials. Dear Michael: thanks, take care and goodbye!