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We are thrilled to share the updated Exceptional Reviewers List 2024. 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 the reviewers who have generously volunteered their time and expertise to assist in the peer review process for Children. 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.

Name: Dr. Rafat Ghanamah,
Affiliation: Special Education Department, Sakhnin College for Teacher Education, Sakhnin 3081000, Israel
Interests: autism spectrum disorders, motor learning, child development, handwriting difficulties, and creativity

Name: Dr. Maria Livia Ognean
Affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Lucian Blaga University Sibiu, Romania
Interests:  neonatology, neonatal nursing

Name: Dr. Nektaria Polychronaki 
Affiliation: First Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Aghia Sophia Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece
Interests: childhood obesity, nutritional assessment, nutritional intervention, dietary exposures, nutritional counseling
“Reviewing ensures high-quality research in childhood nutrition and obesity. I am honored to support the advancement of pediatric science and to be included in Children’s 2024 Exceptional Reviewers List.”

Name: Dr. Mateusz Zamłyński
Affiliation: Coordinator of the Pregnancy Pathology Unit, Department of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Oncological Gynecology, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
Interests: fetal therapy, maternal–fetal medicine, spina bifida, open fetal surgery, ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology
“It is a great honor for me to be a part of the team and contribute to the development of both the journal and the work of all the authors.”

Name: Dr. Iwona Maruniak-Chudek
Affiliation: Faculty of Medical Sciences, Medical University of Silesia, 40-055 Katowice, Poland
Interests: copeptin, child, neonate

Name: Dr. Laura Sparaci
Affiliation: Department of Experimental Psychology, University College London, London WC1H 0AP, UK
Interests: bioengineering tools, child behavior, embodied cognition, experimental psychology analyses, human communication, human motor skills, language development, multimodal communication, neurophysiological knowledge, philosophical theories

Name: Dr. Noelia Morán Rodríguez
Affiliation: Departamento de Personalidad, Evaluación y Psicología Clínica, Complutense University of Madrid, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
Interests: aggression, maltreatment and trauma, nervous and mental disease, psychology

Name: Dr. Stanley Sciortino
Affiliation: Genetic Disease Screening Program, California Department of Public Health, Richmond, CA 94804, USA
Interests: newborn screening

Name: Dr. Masako Ueda
Affiliation: Perelman School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Interests: cardiovascular disease risk, endocrinology, medical genetics, rare diseases

Name: Dr. Juan Carlos De La Cruz-Márquez
Affiliation: Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
Interests: doping, physiology exercise, sport, physical education, anthropometry