In 2019, we received 465 submissions from more than 43 countries, with more than ten submissions from the United States of America, China, India, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, and Canada (Fig. 1). Authors from Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Korea (south), Republic Of Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad And Tobago, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, and Vietnam also contributed manuscripts.

Fig. 1

JPHP received two or more manuscripts from 31 countries in 2019

As I have learned from Phyllis and Tony, one of the most challenging tasks is to find talented reviewers who give us advice and help the authors of promising submissions to make them better. We thank the constructive guidance and timeliness provided by 81 reviewers who completed 106 reviews over the past year. In particular, we thank our champions who crafted multiple reviews: Roy Widdus (10) and Richard Daynard (5). We would like to express our gratitude to:

Folashade AgustoKenneth KaluAmbele Judith MwameloMiriam AlvaradoBen KelleyCarles MuntanerManal Al HalabiAlexandra KulinkinaMarion NestleJohn BalbusPhilip LandriganBenjamin OosterhoffArindam BasuMiriam LaugesenBlake PolandMercedes BecerraDeAnn LazovichJennifer PomeranzYonatan Ben-ShalomRuth LevineJirair RatevosianRuth BerkelmanJohn GlasserDavid RoodmanWilliam BorLisa GualtieriLaetitia RispelDonald BundyKenneth Hartigan-GoHanna-Andrea RotherRichard ClappStephane HorelNajat SalibaEnrique CifuentesCharles JohnsonJoshua SharfsteinJennifer CoatesMahasti KahkpourBruce SnyderRyan CramerJennifer KatesSathyanarayana TamysettyAdolfo CuevasKaren KosinskiMichael TouchtonMags CurrieJoseph KyebuzibwaDuong TranJonathan DarrowHeidi LarsonCathy WalkerRichard DaynardHannah LawmanJim te Water NaudeFaran EmmanuelRichard LemenChen WeiGary FranklinMartha LivingstonWylin WilsonFrancesco FuscoMadhumita DobeKaren van UnenOmid GilanpourNaomi MannJulie WangMark GottliebAdolfo Martinez ValleRoy WiddusRazsak GyasiChris MasonSergut Wolde-YohannesCarolyn HeckmanSonia MenonMahrukh YousafDagmawi IyasuKaren MiltonFriedo ZölzerTimothy JonesElias MichaelidesGuus Zwitser