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21 January 2025
Children Exceptional Reviewers List 2025


We are thrilled to share the updated Exceptional Reviewers List 2025. This program was designed to recognize and honor scholars who have delivered consistently exceptional review reports to our journal. Committed to fostering rigorous research and promoting knowledge exchange, Children (ISSN: 2227-9067) recognizes the significant role that our reviewers play in maintaining the quality and integrity of the articles that we publish.

We would like to express our sincere appreciation to all of the reviewers who have generously volunteered their time and expertise to assist in Childrens peer review process. Their dedication and attention to detail in evaluating manuscripts, offering valuable feedback, and contributing to academic rigor are truly commendable.

The Exceptional Reviewers List was introduced in November 2024. Each month, we will be selecting a group of outstanding reviewers and introduce them here.

2025.1

Name: Dr. Lilijana Kornhauser Cerar
Affiliation: Head of NICU, Department for Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia
Interests: infants born at the limit of viability; surfactant replacement therapy; use of rHuEPO in the prevention of anemia of prematurity; probiotics in VLGAN's; NICU quality assessment (VON)
 “I am honored to be a part of the Children's Reviewer Team. Particularly since I myself learn many new things during the review of the contributions, as well as gaining experience in objectively and constructively giving comments and suggested corrections. I am very grateful to the editors for recognizing my work and commitment and including me on the Exceptional Reviewers List.”

Name: Dr. Tamara Bastianello 
Affiliation: Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, University of Padua, Italy
Interests: language acquisition and development; attention and early executive functions; acoustic and environmental factors; linguistic input; sleep

 

Name: Prof. Dr. Jaan Toelen 
Affiliation: Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Belgium
Interests: general pediatrics; adolescent medicine; eating disorders
 “As a physician–scientist, I always appreciate the time and effort that reviewers put into my submissions to journals; as such, I try to give back to the scientific community by reviewing manuscripts as often as I can. I approach reviewing as I would like other reviewers to approach my papers; I try to be as constructive in my criticism as I can and offer suggestions to improve the paper as much as possible.”

 Name: Prof. Dr. Michalina Błażkiewicz
Affiliation: Jozef Pilsudski University Physical Education in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Interests: cerebral palsy; dorsiflexion angle; exercise equipment; gait; hinged ankle–foot orthosis; hips; inertial sensors; postural development model; propulsion; walking speed

 Name: Prof. Roxana Stegaroiu
Affiliation: Department of Oral Health and Welfare, Division of Oral Science for Health Promotion, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
Interests: oral health; prosthodontics; dental implants

 Name: Dr. Vladimir E. Martínez-Bello
Affiliation: Department of Musical, Visual, and Corporal Expression Teaching, Faculty of Teaching, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Interests: early childhood; physical activity; physical education; preschool education

 

 

Name: Dr. Katheleen J. Gardiner
Affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Intellectual and Developmental Disability Research Center, Human Medical Genetics and Neuroscience Programs, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, USA
Interests: down syndrome; drug treatments to rescue cognitive deficits

 Name: Dr. Jonathan Santoro
Affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Interests: Down syndrome; neuroimmunology; multiple sclerosis; Down syndrome regression disorder; moyamoya; vasculopathy

 Name: Prof. Inge E. Van Der Valk
Affiliation: Youth & Family Department, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Interests: divorce and separation; parental conflicts; stepchildren

 Name: Dr. Darejan (Daji) Dvalishvili
Affiliation: College of Social Work, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
Interests: adolescents; adverse childhood experiences; child maltreatment; childhood; evidence-based interventions; multidimensional poverty; program evaluation

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