Dear Reader,

As we approach the end of 2016, we would like to thank all those who have contributed to Sports Medicine - Open over the past 12 months.

Firstly, we must acknowledge how much we are indebted to all of the authors who have submitted articles to Sports Medicine - Open over the course of 2016. Their skill and dedication, along with their support for this journal, are critical to the journal’s success.

The quality of the articles published is also testament to the significant efforts of the peer reviewers, whose commitment ensures that the journal’s content is held to the highest possible standard. We would like to thank the following individuals who, in addition to members of the Honorary Editorial Board, acted as reviewers for articles published in Sports Medicine - Open over the last 12 months:

Maicon Albuquerque

Brazil

Maurice Arnaud

Switzerland

Patricia Aronson

USA

Guilherme Artioli

Brazil

Greg Atkinson

UK

Todd Backes

USA

Seung-Soo Baek

Republic of Korea

Tyson Beach

Canada

Clint Bellenger

Australia

Stephen Bird

Australia

Barbara Bowsher

USA

Michel Brink

the Netherlands

Siacia Broos

Belgium

Roland Büchter

Germany

David Buzas

USA

Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas

USA

Karina Rabello Casali

Brazil

Cristina Casals

Spain

Ricardo Cassilhas

Brazil

Helmi Chaabène

Tunisia

Hamdi Chtourou

Tunisia

Francis Conidi

USA

Stephen Cornish

Canada

Robert Defraites

USA

Kevin Deighton

UK

Dominic Dellweg

Germany

David Docherty

Canada

Kenji Doma

Australia

Sladjana Dronjak-Čučaković

Serbia

Meghan Edwards

USA

Matthew Ely

USA

Damian Farrow

Australia

Peta Forsyth

Australia

Paul Freeman

UK

Victor Froelicher

USA

Thomas Gee

UK

Bruno Grassi

Italy

Tom Hazell

Canada

Genevieve Healy

Australia

Martin Hoffman

USA

Sharmin Hossain

Canada

John Hough

UK

Erin Howden

Australia

Chun-Jung Huang

USA

Jackie Hudson

USA

Florentino Huertas

Spain

Charlotte Huppertz

the Netherlands

Stefanie Hüttermann

Germany

Shigeki Izumi

Japan

Michael Jaffee

USA

Saša ŠegaJazbec

Slovenia

Bruce Jones

USA

Kelly Jones

New Zealand

Mariana Kaiseler

UK

Kristof Kipp

USA

Thomas Kjeld

Denmark

Beat Knechtle

Switzerland

Karsten Koehler

USA

Sylvain Laborde

Germany

Steen Larsen

Denmark

David Lavallee

UK

Trent Lawton

New Zealand

John Leddy

USA

Seth Lenetsky

New Zealand

Duncan Macfarlane

Hong Kong

Karin Magnussen

Denmark

Yorgi Mavros

Australia

Scott McIntosh

USA

Terry McMorris

UK

Romain Meeusen

Belgium

Régis Mestriner

Brazil

Geoffrey Minett

Australia

Lluís Mont

Spain

Colleen Muñoz

USA

Marius Myrstad

Norway

Tamas Nagy

Hungary

Fabio Nakamura

Brazil

David Nieman

USA

Onni Niemelä

Finland

Vahur Ööpik

Estonia

Sushil Pant

Nepal

Camille Perchoux

France

Noel Perkins

USA

Neal Pollock

USA

Denis Prud'homme

Canada

Joseph Purita

USA

Claudio Rafols Del Canto

Chile

Anette Ranhoff

Norway

Ulrike Rimmele

Switzerland

Rodrigo Rodrigues

Brazil

Kelly Russell

Canada

Bryan Saunders

Brazil

B. Volker Scheer

USA

Marc Scheltinga

the Netherlands

Alison Schinkel-Ivy

Canada

Stephen Simons

USA

Dean Simonton

USA

Jonathan Singer

Canada

Neil Smart

Australia

Jostein Steene-Johannessen

Norway

Urs Stöcker

Switzerland

Mogammad Sharhidd Taliep

South Africa

Marcus Taylor

USA

Matthew Tucker

USA

Luc van Loon

the Netherlands

Will Vickery

UK

Henry Williford

USA

Peter Wilmshurst

UK

Carl Woods

Australia

Léder Xavier

Brazil

Wanghong Xu

China

Julia Zakrzewski

UK

Finally, we would like to offer our sincere thanks to the members of the journal’s Honorary Editorial Board, who have acted as peer reviewers and authors, and have provided guidance on journal content, policy and processes:

Duarte Araújo

Portugal

Peter Arnett

USA

Sam Blacker

UK

Fadi Charchar

Australia

Jia Yi Chow

Singapore

Matias Costa-Paz

Argentina

Keith Davids

UK

Joel Gagnier

USA

Ruben Goebel

Qatar

John Hawley

Australia

Martin Hägglund

Sweden

Patria Hume

New Zealand

Mikel Izquierdo

Spain

Steve Kamper

Australia

Justin Keogh

Australia

Tom Loney

United Arab Emirates

Tim Meyer

Germany

Carles Pedret

Spain

Luis Prato

USA

Michael Schwenk

Germany

Alison September

South Africa

Sanjay Sharma

UK

Roy Shephard

Canada

Roberto Simão

Brazil

Keith Tolfrey

UK

Willem van Mechelen

the Netherlands

Mounir Zok

USA

We hope that you have found the articles published throughout 2016 to be both interesting and informative. We have appreciated the high quality of content contributed to the journal this year and we look forward to keeping you up to date with sport and exercise science research in the year to come.

With best wishes,

Steve McMillan & Roger Olney

Editors