Award
Excellent Reviewer Award
To recognize excellence in reviewing, our journal editorial committee select the excellent reviewers of the year based on the quality, quantity and timeliness of their reviews.
List of Past Award-Winners and Reviewers
2021
Reviewers List
Masato AbeYuichi AmbeShinya AoiRyo AriizumiFumihiko AsanoGeorge CardosoYau-Zen ChangKaushik Das SharmaTirtharaj DashItsuki DoiTakahiro EndoAraya FlorenceRyusuke FujisawaShuichi FukudaShangce GaoSimon GarnierJacob GravingMaki K. HabibTomohiro HachinoTakeshi HaseTomomi HASHIMOTOMasatoshi HatanoTomohiro HayakawaRyota HayashiSebastian HerzogJeih-weih HungTatsuya IbukiKeisuke IchidaHiroyuki IizukaMasaaki IkedaNobuhiro ItoShinsaku IzumiTetsushi KamegawaYasushi KamiTomoya KamimuraShu KARUBEYoshiaki KATADAHiroyuki KawaiHunter KingHiroshi KinjoHiroyuki KitahataChun-Hsu KoKoichi KobayashiTakeshi KonnoKouji Kozakimasao kuboEcir Uğur KüçüksilleSetsuya KurahashiAnna LawniczakHee-hyol LeeFlorent LevillainMingxing LiMaierdan MaimaitiminYoshitaka MatsudaNobuto MatsuhiraMitsuharu MatsumotoYoshiyuki MatsumuraMasao MigitaMasafumi MiwaHideo MiyachiTakahisa MiyatakeNobuaki MizumotoHideyuki MizutaTakeshi Morishitatoru moriyamaKimiko MotonakaMasakazu MukaiIsaku NagaiFusaomi NagataNaohisa NagayaToshiya NakaguchiMari NakamuraToru NamerikawaKeitaro NaruseMasahiro NishiboriSatoshi NishikawaShinichi OedaKeiko OgawaToru OhiraNaoki OshiroAkimasa OtsukaTed PavlicMarcin PilatAnkit RavankarSAIFUDIN RAZALIMuhammad Juhairi Aziz SafarShinichi SagaraHitomi SaitoNorimitsu SakagamiKazunori SakuramaKazuto SasaiHiroshi SatoSatoshi SatohEri Sato-ShimokawaraHideyuki SawadaMizuho ShibataShunsuke ShigakiNoritaka ShigeiTakashi ShimadaHiroyuki ShimojiKazuro ShimokawaShuji ShinoharaKen SugawaraBin SunReiji SuzukiKenjiro TadakumaYuichiro TairaNobuya TAKAHASHIMasao TakakuRyo TakanoFumiaki TakemuraYasumasa TamuraMotoyasu TanakaMitsusuke TaramaPunnarumol TemdeeKazunori TeradaYuichiro TodaAkiyasu TomoedaKatsuyoshi TsujitaNorimichi TsumuraMatthew TurnerEiji UchibeMasafumi UchidaFumio UchikobaKazuki Umemotogentiane ventureMasayoshi WadaChun-Chieh WangFlorentin WörgötterXiongshi XuRyuhei YamadaMasahiro YamaguchiKunihito YamamoriMasahito YamamotoAkira YamawakiShiqin YangToshiyuki YasudaKeisuke YonedaYasuhiro YoshimuraZeyu Zheng
2020
Excellent Reviewer Award Winners
- Kazuyuki Ito (Hosei University, Japan)
- Norimichi Tsumura (Chiba University, Japan)
- Fusaomi Nagata (Sanyo-Onoda City University, Japan)
Reviewers List
Abhijeet RavankarAkimasa OtsukaAkira TsurushimaAmitava ChatterjeeAnkit RavankarAnna LawniczakAraya FlorenceBEN ABDALLAH ABDERAZEKBerkelman PeterChatklaw JareanponChia Nan KoChun-Hsu KoCunwei LuDai YingDaigo MuramatsuDaisuke KurabayashiEcir Uğur KüçüksilleEiji KonakaEiji UchibeFlorentin WörgötterFumio UchikobaFusaomi NagataFutoshi KobayashiGenki IchinoseHAKARU TAMUKOHHee-hyol LeeHideo MiyachiHideyuki SawadaHirokazu DoiHirokazu MiuraHiroki TamuraHiromitsu NishizakiHironori HiraishiHiroshi IgarashiHiroto YonenohHiroyuki IizukaHisaaki YamabaHisato FukudaHitomi SaitoHITOSHI ISAHARAIsaku NagaiIvana BudinskaJae Hoon LeeJinglu HUJon CarrJun NakabayashiJun OgawaJung-Hua ChouJunichiro Taharakanji tanakaKaoru MogushiKatsunari ShibataKatsuyoshi TsujitaKazuaki YamadaKazuhiro OhkuraKazuro ShimokawaKazuto SasaiKazuya NakanoKazuyuki ItoKeigo WatanabeKeiichiro KagawaKeiko OgawaKeiko SatoKeisuke YonedaKeita NakamuraKen SaitoKen-ichi FukuiKenji SawadaKenjiro TadakumaKenneth J. MackinKhandaker RahmanKi AndoKikuhito KawasueKimiko MotonakaKoichi KobayashiKoji InoueKunihito YamamoriMª Luz Castro PenaMaierdan MaimaitiminMaki K. HabibMamoru MinamiManabu FukushimaMasaaki IkedaMasafumi UchidaMasahiro KohjimaMasahiro NishiboriMasahiro YamaguchiMasakazu MukaiMasatoshi HatanoMasatsugu IribeMasayuki OkugawaMehrnoosh SadrzadehMichal PtaszynskiMingxing LiMizuki OkaNaoaki ItakuraNobuhiro ItoNobuto MatsuhiraNoriko HoribeNorimichi TsumuraNorimitsu SakagamiNorio IijimaNoritaka SatoNoritaka ShigeiPunnarumol TemdeeReiji SuzukiRyo AriizumiRyosuke YAMANISHIRyota HayashiRyuhei YamadaRyusuke FujisawaShangce GaoShin KamadaShin Nyeong HeoShingo TsujiShinichi InoueShinichi SagaraShinjiro UmezuShinsaku IzumiSHINYA TAKAHASHIShiqin YangShogo NonakaShoichi MaeyamaShuichi WakimotoShuji ShinoharaShun KurokawaTakayasu FuchidaTakeshi HaseTakeshi IkedaTakeshi KanoTatsuya KatoTetsushi KamegawaTetsuya KinugasaTomoharu NakashimaTomohiro YanaoToshihiro KamishimaToshinori KagawaToshiya NakaguchiToshiyuki YasudaToyomi FujitaYasushi MaeYau-Zen ChangYohei HoshinoYoshiaki KATADAYoshitaka MatsudaYouyou CongYuichiro SueokaYuichiro TairaYuichiro TodaYuki MinamiYusuke FujitaYusuke ToyodaYuta NishiyamaZeyu Zheng
2019
Excellent Reviewer Award Winners
- Akimasa Otsuka (Sanyo-Onoda City University, Japan)
- Akira Yamawaki (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
- Takeshi Hase (Medical Data Sciences office, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan)
Reviewers List
Abhijeet RavankarAkimasa OtsukaAkira YamawakiAkira YanouAnkit A. RavankarAnna LawniczakAraya FlorenceAtsushi TanakaAtsushi YamashitaBin SunCharles Ellett TaylorChatklaw JareanponChia Nan KoChun-Chieh WangChun-Hsu KoDai YingEcir Uğur KüçüksilleFlorentin WörgötterFrancois LemarchandFumiaki TakemuraFumio UchikobaFusaomi NagataFutoshi KobayashiGenki IchinoseHakaru TamukohHayato KondoHee-hyol LeeHideaki ItohHidehiro NakanoHidenao AbeHideo MiyachiHideyuki SawadaHirokazu MiuraHiroki TamuraHiromitsu FujiiHiromitsu NishizakiHiroshi IjimaHiroshi NagataHiroshi TanakaHiroto YonenohHiroyuki KawaiHiroyuki KitahataHisaaki YamabaHitoshi ArisumiHitoshi IsaharaJun KobayashiJun NakabayashiJun OgawaJung-Hua ChouKanji TanakaKatsuhiko KajiKatsuyoshi TsujitaKazuaki YamadaKazuhiko GotoKazuhiro OhkuraKazuhiro TakemotoKazumasa YamamotoKazuo OhmiKazutoshi SasaharaKazuyuki ItoKeisuke IchidaKeisuke YonedaKeita NakamuraKeitaro NaruseKen-ichi FukuiKenichi KouraiKenji SawadaKenjiro TadakumaKimiko MotonakaKouji HaradaKunihito YamamoriMaki K. HabibMaki SugimotoManabu FukushimaMario KoeppenMasafumi MiwaMasafumi UchidaMasahiro NishiboriMasahiro YamaguchiMasahiro YokomichiMasahito YamamotoMasakazu MukaiMasao YokotaMasaru TeranishiMasashi MatsuokaMasato IshikawaMasayasu AtsumiMichal PtaszynskiMichinori HatayamaMinija TamosiunaiteMitsuharu MatsumotoMizuho ShibataNaohisa NagayaNaoki OshiroNobuhiro OkadaNobuto MatsuhiraNobuya TakahashiNorimichi TsumuraNorimitsu SakagamiNoritaka SatoNoritaka ShigeiOlarn WongwiratOsamu FukudaOsamu SatoPunnarumol TemdeeReiji SuzukiRyo AriizumiRyota HayashiRyuhei YamadaRyuta OzawaSaifudin RazaliSatoru AikawaShigetomo KimuraShimpei MatsumotoShin KamadaShingo MabuShingo TsujiShinjiro UmezuShinsaku HiuraShinsuke KajiokaShogo AraiShoichi MaeyamaShu KarubeShuichi WakimotoSoichi OgishimaTadachika OzonoTadanao ZanmaTakashi OhtaniTakashi SatoTakashi TsunakawaTakashi WatanabeTakaya AritaTakayasu FuchidaTakeshi HaseTakeshi IkedaTakeshi KanoTakeshi KonnoTakeshi MorishitaTakuto SakumaTatsushi TokuyasuTetsushi KamegawaTetsuya HoyaThomas HannaganTirtharaj DashTohgoroh MatsuiTomokazu Takahashitoru moriyamaToshinori KagawaToshiya NakaguchiToshiyuki YasudaToyomi FujitaTsuyoshi SuzukiWei QiXianglong WanXu An WangYasuhiro TakayamaYasumasa TamuraYau-Zen ChangYi ZuoYohei HoshinoYorinori KishimotoYoshihiko KayamaYoshitaka KuwataYuichi AmbeYuichiro SueokaYuichiro TairaYuichiro TodaYuji SatoYukio HoriguchiYuta NishiyamaYuta SugiuraZeyu Zheng
2018
Excellent Reviewer Award Winners
- Maki K. Habib (American University in Cairo, Egypt)
- Fusaomi Nagata (Sanyo-Onoda City University, Japan)
- Kenji Sawada (University of Electro-Communications, Japan)
Reviewers List
Akimasa OtsukaAkio DoiAkira YamawakiAkira YanouAmitava ChatterjeeAnkit RavankarAraya FlorenceArit ThammanoAssel AkzhalovaAtsuko MutohAtsushi TanakaChengyou CuiChia Nan KoChun-Chieh WangChung-Hsin HuangChun-Hsu KoEcir Uğur KüçüksilleEiichiro TanakaEiji UchibeFlorentin WörgötterFumiaki TakemuraFumihiko SakaueFumio UchikobaFusaomi NagataFutoshi KobayashiGenki IchinoseHee-hyol LeeHideaki HaneishiHideo ArakiHideo MiyachiHidetaka IkeuchiHideyuki SawadaHiroaki TakeharaHiroki TamuraHironobu SatoHironori HiraishiHiroshi OhtakeHiroyuki NishiyamaHiroyuki SuzukiHisato FukudaIsaku NagaiIvana BudinskaJangmyung LeeJayashri BangaliJeih-weih HungJoo Kooi TanJun KobayashiJung-Hua ChouJunichiro TaharaKaoru SugitaKatsuhiro HondaKatsunari ShibataKatsutoshi YoshidaKazuaki YamadaKazuhiro OhyamaKazunori SakuramaKazuro ShimokawaKazuto SasaiKazuya NakanoKazuyuki ItoKeiichiro KagawaKeiko SatoKeisuke IchidaKeisuke YonedaKeita NakamuraKeitaro NaruseKen NaitohKen SaitoKenji SawadaKikuhito KawasueKimiko MotonakaKiyotaka IzumiKohei SonodaKoichi KobayashiKoichi KuritaKunihito YamamoriKuo-Lan SuMaki K. HabibManabu FukushimaMasaaki IkedaMasaaki NagaharaMasafumi HashimotoMasahide KanekoMasahiro HoguroMasahiro NishiboriMasahiro YamaguchiMasakazu MukaiMasaki YamakitaMasao YokotaMasaru TeranishiMathew ZuparicMauro CamposMinao KukitaMing-Ni WuMingxing LiMinija TamosiunaiteMoritoshi YasunagaNaohisa NagayaNaoyuki KubotaNobuto MatsuhiraNobuya TakahashiNorimichi TsumuraNoritaka SatoNoritaka ShigeiOsamu FukudaOsamu SatoPanfeng ShuPunnarumol TemdeeRene LacherRyo AriizumiRyuhei YamadaRyusuke FujisawaSakorn MekruksavanichSatoru ShibataSatoshi NishikawaSatoshi SatohShimpei MatsumotoShingo MabuShingo TsujiShinichi SagaraShinjiro UmezuShinsaku HiuraShinya AoiShu MatsuuraShudai IshikawaShun-ichi AzumaSoichi OgishimaSubha FernandoTakahiro EndoTakashi MatsuoTakayasu FuchidaTakeshi HaseTakeshi MorishitaTaro FujikawaTatsuo UnemiTatsuya KatoTetsuya KinugasaTetsuya Morizonotomoe entaniTomohiro YamaguchiTomohiro YanaoTomoji ToriyamaToshiya NakaguchiToshiyuki YasudaTota MizunoToyomi FujitaUkrit WatchareeruetaiXianglong WanYasuo EbaraYasushi KamiYau-Zen ChangYohei HoshinoYorinori KishimotoYoshihiko KayamaYoshihiro KaiYoshitaka MatsudaYuichi AmbeYuichiro TairaYusuke ToyodaYuta UmezuYu-Yi FuYves LepageZeyu Zheng
2017
Excellent Reviewer Award Winners
- Hideo Miyachi (Tokyo City University, Japan)
- Yuichiro Taira (Sojo University, Japan)
- Shinjiro Umezu (Waseda University, Japan)
- Reiji Suzuki (Nagoya University, Japan)
Reviewers List
Addie IrawanAijun BaiAkimasa OtsukaAkira YamawakiAkira YanouAndreas KalckertAsaji SatoChannarong PuchongkawarinChia Nan KoChun-Chieh WangChun-Hsu KoDaisuke KurabayashiDanail StoyanovEcir Uğur KüçüksilleEiji UchibeEtsuro ShimizuFilippo GrassiaFrancesco ZanlungoFumiaki TakemuraFumio UchikobaFusaomi NagataFutoshi KobayashiHee-hyol LeeHideaki ItohHidenao AbeHideo ArakiHideo MiyachiHideyuki SawadaHiroaki TakeharaHiromi WatanabeHironori HiraishiHiroshi OhtakeHiroshi TanakaHiroyuki MinamiHiroyuki NagatakiHisato FukudaHoo Chang ShinIsaku NagaiIvana BudinskaJayashri BangaliJiro OkudaJorge SalesJun KinugawaJun KobayashiJung-Hua ChouJunichiro TaharaKaoru MogushiKaoru SugitaKatsunari ShibataKatsunori MizunoKatsunori ShimoharaKazuo OhmiKazuro ShimokawaKazuyuki ItoKeigo WatanabeKeisuke YonedaKeita NakamuraKen NaitohKen SaitoKenichi KouraiKenji SawadaKenneth J. MackinKhandaker RahmanKiyoshi NaemuraKiyota HashimotoKiyotaka IzumiKoichi KobayashiKunihito YamamoriLorenzo PiaMaki K. HabibMalachy EatonManabu FukushimaManabu OhtaMasafumi UchidaMasahide KanekoMasahiro HoguroMasahiro NishiboriMasahiro YamaguchiMasahiro YokomichiMasakazu MukaiMasayuki OkabeMichael SprangerMichał JoachimczakMichal PtaszynskiMitsuru IkedaMohd Norzali Hj MohdMoritoshi YasunagaMoto KamiuraNaruaki TomaNobuhiro ItoNobuhiro OkadaNobuto MatsuhiraNobuya TakahashiReiji SuzukiRyusuke FujisawaSatoru ShibataSatoshi NishikawaSatoshi SatohSatoshi UekiShimpei MatsumotoShingo TsujiShinichi OedaShinichi SagaraShin-ichiro M. NomuraShinjiro UmezuShinsaku HiuraShintaro IzumiShoushan LiShu MatsuuraSigeru OmatuSteven PhillipsSusumu KanemuneTakahiro ArakawaTakashi MatsuoTakashi ShimadaTakashi TsunakawaTakaya AritaTakayasu FuchidaTakayoshi YamadaTakayuki MatsunoTakeshi HaseTakeshi KonnoTakeshi MorishitaTakeshi NishidaTakuya KidaTatsuo SuzukiTetsuo TanakaTetsushi OkaTetsuya KinugasaTetsuya MorizonoTetsuya NakatohTomohiro YanaoTomoji ToriyamaTomoyuki IshidaTomoyuki MiyashitaToru OhiraToshiya NakaguchiTsing-Iuan TsayTsuyoshi SuzukiYasuhiro TajimaYasuo EbaraYasuo YoshikawaYasushi KamiYi ZuoYohei HoshinoYoshihiko KayamaYoshihiro KaiYoshihiro NakataYoshitaka MatsudaYuichi HirokawaYuichiro Taira
2016
Excellent Reviewer Award Winners
- Kazuo Ohmi (Osaka Sangyo University, Japan)
- Kaoru Mogushi (Juntendo University, Japan)
- Toshiharu Kojima (Gifu University, Japan)
Reviewers List
Addie IrawanAkiko AizawaAkimasa OtsukaAkira YamawakiAkira YanouAsaji SatoAtsuko MutohChia Nan KoDanail StoyanovEiji UchibeEric ManleyEtsuro ShimizuFrancesco ZanlungoFumiaki TakemuraFusaomi NagataGenki IchinoseHee-hyol LeeHideaki ItohHideaki OriiHidenao AbeHideo ArakiHideo MiyachiHideyuki SawadaHiraku NishimoriHiroaki NishinoHiroshi ItoHiroshi KobayashiHiroyuki KajimotoHisaaki YamabaHisato FukudaHisato SugataHitoshi IsaharaHomayoun Mahdavi-NasabHoo Chang ShinI-Chen WuIvana BudinskaJeih-weih HungJorge SalesJun KobayashiJunichi MurataJunichiro TaharaKaijiang YuKanji TanakaKaoru MogushiKaoru SugitaKatsunori ShimoharaKazuaki YamadaKazuki TakashimaKazuo OhmiKazushi OkamotoKazutaka ShimadaKazutoshi SasaharaKazuyuki ItoKeigo WatanabeKeiko SatoKen NaitohKen SaitoKenichi KouraiKenji HashimotoKenji SawadaKenneth J. MackinKi AndoKoichi KobayashiKoichi KuritaKoichi TakeuchiKoji KagawaKoji KashiharaKumiko IijimaKunihito YamamoriKuo-Hsien HsiaLiang LiMaki K. HabibMalachy EatonMamoun NawahdahMasafumi HashimotoMasahide KanekoMasahiro NishiboriMasahiro YokomichiMasako OhiraMasao YokotaMei-Yung ChenMingxing LiMizue KayamaMoritoshi YasunagaMoto KamiuraNaoki WakamiyaNobuhiro ItoNobuhiro OkadaNobuya TakahashiNoritaka ShigeiOsamu FukudaReiji SuzukiSatoru ShibataSatoshi NishikawaSatoshi OnoSatoshi SatohShamus SmithShimpei MatsumotoShinichi SagaraShin'ichiro KanohShinjiro UmezuShudai IshikawaShuhei IkemotoSigeru OmatuSusumu KanemuneTakahiko SuzukiTakahiro OtaniTakahito TomotoTakashi MatsuoTakashi ShimadaTakashi TsunakawaTakatsugu KuriyamaTakaya AritaTakayasu FuchidaTakayoshi YamadaTakeshi NishidaTatsuhiro KonishiTatsuo SuzukiTatsushi TokuyasuTetsuya KinugasaTetsuya MorizonoTetsuya NakatohTomohiro YanaoTomoyuki MiyashitaTony MullenToru TamakiToshiharu KojimaToshihiro KamishimaTsuyoshi SuzukiYasuhiro TakayamaYasunobu HitakaYasuo EbaraYasushi MaeYau-Zen ChangYohei HoshinoYoshihiko KayamaYoshitaka MatsudaYuichi HirokawaYuichiro TairaYuki HiraiYukio NakanoYusuke ToyodaYu-Yi Fu
2015
Excellent Reviewer Award Winners
- Takashi Shimada (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
- Kunihito Yamamori (Miyazaki University, Japan)
- Ken Saito (Nihon University, Japan)
- Toru Ohira (Nagoya University, Japan)
- Mei-Yung Chen (National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan)
Reviewers List
Ada KritikosAkihiko KonagayaAkihiro HayashiAkihiro HayashiAkimasa OtsukaAkira YamawakiBart de BoerBen Abdallah AbderazekCharles Ellett TaylorChatklaw JareanponChun-Chieh WangChun-Hsu KoEcir Uğur KüçüksilleEiji UchibeFumiaki TakemuraFumihiko SakaueFusaomi NagataGakuto MasuyamaGenki IchinoseHee-hyol LeeHideaki OriiHidekazu YanagimotoHideki HashimotoHideo ArakiHideo MiyachiHiraku NishimoriHirohisa NaritaHirokazu KatoHirokazu MATSUIHiroki SayamaHironori HiraishiHiroshi OhtakeHiroshi TanakaHiroyuki MiuraIchiro HagiwaraIsaku NagaiIssei SatoIvana BudinskaJiro OkudaJorge SalesJun KinugawaJun KobayashiJunichi MurataKaoru MogushiKatsunori ShimoharaKazuki TakashimaKazuko YamasakiKazunori SakuramaKazuo OhmiKazuto SasaiKazutoshi SasaharaKazuyuki ItoKeigo WatanabeKeita NakamuraKen NaitohKen SaitoKenji SawadaKentaro GoKi AndoKoichi KobayashiKoichi KuritaKoji KagawaKoken OzakiKunihito YamamoriLidia YamamotoMaki K. HabibMalachy EatonMasafumi HashimotoMasahiro NishiboriMasaki KobayashiMasao YokotaMingxing LiMoto KamiuraNobuhiro OkadaNobuo FunabikiNobuya TakahashiNoritaka ShigeiOsamu FukudaReiji SuzukiSatoru ShibataSatoshi ItoSatoshi KitazakiSatoshi OnoShimpei MatsumotoShinichi SagaraShin-ichiro M. Nomura Shinjiro UmezuShiu-Wan HungShogo TanimuraShu MatsuuraTadashi KashimaTakaaki MushaTakahiro EndoTakahiro OtaniTakashi ShimadaTakashi TsunakawaTakaya AritaTakayasu FuchidaTakayoshi YamadaTakayuki YamadaTakeshi HaseTakeshi KonnoTakeshi NishidaTomohiro ShirakawaTomohiro YamaguchiTomohiro YanaoTomotaka ItoTomoyuki MiyashitaToru OhiraToshiharu KojimaTsunenori MineYasuhiko MorimotoYasutake TakahashiYau-Zen ChangYohei HoshinoYoshihiko KayamaYoshihiro MizoguchiYoshihiro NakataYuichiro TairaYuki TanakaYusuke ToyodaYuta Nishiyama