Visual recovery after perinatal stroke evidenced by functional and diffusion MRI.

TWO constituencies form the backbone of a journal and act as stewards of its quality. One is the Editorial Board, whose judgments on the quality of manuscripts shape a journal signifi cantly and set the tone for its direction. Equally important, but perhaps not as externally visible, is the body of external reviewers who are called upon to review manuscripts. The IEEE Transactions on Mobile Com...

Understanding what a reviewer wants helps authors write better papers and design better research studies. Central to any research study is the research question. This is the first thing the reviewer looks for. The question, or research aim, should be relevant, original and very clearly defined. The paper should also be scientifically valid; the methods should achieve the aim by addressing the q...

Wavetrain modulations upon arbitrary vertically sheared currents were thoroughly studied by Benny and his group. If the Benny asymptotic expansion becomes invalid for the range of small values of vorticity the present work is focusing upon, then it has to be shown and explained what is wrong with the Benny expansion. The same question applies to Jonhson (1976) results. The dependence of the cub...

CONTRIBUTING REVIEWERS The editors of the Journal of Trauma Management and Outcomes and BioMed Central would like to show our appreciation for the following reviewers for their time, hard work and support by reviewing manuscripts for the journal in 2013.

The editors of Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology would like to thank all of our reviewers who have contributed to the journal in Volume 10 (2014).

The Journal of Eating Disorders editorial team would like to thank all reviewers who have contributed to the journal in 2015.