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https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01719-9 OPEN Thank you to all of our reviewers in 2020

5314 individual reviewers contributed to the peer review process at Communications Biology in 2020. We acknowledge and thank each of them here.

Communications Biology received more than 3000 research and review article submissions last year, of which over 1700 were sent for external review. In all, 5314 individuals gave their time to ensure a fair and thorough peer review process in the uniquely challenging year that was 2020. These individuals are recognized below in alphabetical order by surname. We are truly grateful to all of our reviewers. Journal staff take full responsibility for any misspellings, omissions, or other errors.

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Xin Liu Christian Lunetta Filipe Maia John Markley David Mayerich Xio Liu Vladimir Lunin Helder Maiato Giorgos Markou William Mayhan Ya-Wen Liu Oleg Lunov Isabella Maiellaro Sylvie Marleau Dominique Mazier Yan Liu Chongyuan Luo Jessica Maiers Ines Marques Yuval Mazor Yang Liu Hong Luo Bernardo Mainou Wesley Marques Raja Mazumder Zhiwei Liu Jian-Hua Luo Richard Mains Nicholas Marra Pawel Mazur Zhiyong Liu Jie Luo Sourav Maity Gary Marsat Linas Mazutis Andy Liwang Kaijun Luo Michelle Maiworm Deborah Marsh Roberta Mazzieri Timur Liwinski Ming Luo Barbara Majello Lee Marshall Pietro Mazzoni Marcela Lizano Weibo Luo Sebastian Major Alexander Marson Alison Mcafee Anne Ljungars Yun Luo Sharmistha Majumdar Alberto Martín-Serra James Patterson Mcall- Catherine Llanes Pradeep Luther Katarzyna Majzner Esperanza Martínez- ister Ana Lleo Corinne Lutomski Tak Mak Romero Tim Mcallister Manuel Llinás Svetlana Lutsenko Wing Cheung Mak Megan Martik Jordan Mccall Stephanie Lo Peter Lwigale Takashi Makino Andrew Martin Ryan Mcclure Jason Locasale Iseult Lynch Tomoko Makishima Brent Martin Bruce Mccollister Daniel Lodge Kristen Lynch Carolina Makowski Carlos Martin Alistair Mccormick Kristopher Lofgren Karen Lyons Hannah Malcolm Craig Martin Chris Mccrum Ryan Logan Michael Lyons Maria Maldonado David Martin David Mcculley Jacelyn Loh Artem Lysenko Pedro Maldonado Frank Martin Megan Mcdonald Po-Ru Loh William Lytton Hélène Malet Stephen Martin Robert Mcdonald Timothy Lohman Dmitry Lyumkis Assumpció Malgosa T. John Martin Jennifer Mcdonough Ingrid Lohmann Erich Malkemper Ana Martin-Hernandez Noel Mcelvaney Josef Loidl Ari Pekka Mähönen Krishna Mallela Jose Martinez-Navio James Mcfarland Martijn Lolkema Miia Mäkelä James Mallet Alessandra Martini Matthew Mcginley Giovanna Lombardi Marlo Möller Craig Malloy Anna Martner Jenny Mcguire Fanxin Long Christian Möllmann Alexander Malogolovkin Venkat Maruthamuthu Leeanne Mcgurk Hannah Long Susann Müller Stefano Mammola Asier Marzo Campbell Mcinnes John Long Annette Müller-Tau- Si Ming Man Stefania Masci Aaron Mckenna Allison Lopatkin benberger Balachandran Manava- Cecilia Mascolo James Mckenna Jose Maria Lopez Ayala Christian Münch lan Robin Maser Gian-Luca Mclelland Diana Lopez-Barosso Boxue Ma Nicholas Mancuso Rosalinde Masereeuw Elizabeth Mcmillan Manuel Lopez-Cabrera Eric Ma Susanne Mandrup Ameya Mashruwala M. Windy Mcnerney Purificacion Lopez- Jian Ma Giovanni Manfredi David Masopust Nathan Mctigue Garcia Jianzhu Ma Serghei Mangul Jon Massey Gareth Mcvicker Dmitry Los Qiufu Ma Angelika Manhart Dana Mastrovito Maria Medalla Shaun Lott Shuyi Ma Sridhar Mani Naoki Masuda Diego Medina Jizhong Lou Tao Ma Ani Manichaikul Ruturaj Masvekar Irene Meester Yonggen Lou Xiaojing Ma Richard Mann Irina Matei Christina Megli Swarnali Louha Yu-Qiang Ma Hanna Mannell Joaquin Mateo Shahid Mehmood Antoine Louveau Marzena Maćkowiak Jaan Mannik Abed Mathagu Samina Mehnaz Julien Louys Mohammad Ma'aitah Michael Manson Marion Mathelié-Guin- Devang Mehta Michael Love Yuichi Machida Nahal Mansouri let Matthias Meier Connie Lovejoy Maro Machizawa Ivan Manzini Ulrike Mathesius Francesco Meinardi Jonathan Lovell David Machugh Angelo Mao Debra Mathews Silke Meiners David Lovinger Sara Macias Fangyuan Mao Michael Mathews Joyce Meiring Marta Lovino Charles Mackay Kangshan Mao Paul Mathews Giuseppe Melacini Aloysius Low Joel Mackay Youdong Mao Sarah Mathews Christian Melander Noel Lowndes Cameron Mackereth Frederic Maps Iain Mathieson Carmen Melendez- Jia-Hong Lu Annette Macleod Adam Mar Anukriti Mathur Vasquez Kun Ping Lu Lesley Macneil Eric Maréchal Ramkumar Mathur Emmanuel Mellet Mingyang Lu Sonya Macparland Antonio Maraver Vartika Mathur Stephano Mello Yingchang Lu Charlotte Madore Claire Marceaux Takashi Matozaki Jack Mellor Zheng Lu Katsumi Maenaka Vanessa Marcelino Rebecca Matsas Adam Melvin Zhi Lu Steven Maere D. Blaine Marchant Kunihiro Matsumoto Raoul-Martin Memme- Wolfgang Lubitz Ignacio Maeso Asaf Marco Shoji Matsumura sheimer Elizabeth Lucas Jules Magda Thomas Maresca Toshiya Matsushima Fangang Meng Kelsey Lucas Alessandro Magli David Margolis Patrick Matthias Jia Meng Enrico Luchinat Giovanni Maglia Abelardo Margolles Jelle Matthijnssens Qinbing Meng Alessandro Luciani Enrico Magnani Daniel Margulies Steffi Matthyssen Weihua Meng Fabio Luciani Jenny Magnes David Margulies Julie Maupin-Furlow Benedetta Mennucci Vivian Lui John Maher Valeria Marigo Francesco Maura Mitra Menon Dieter Lukas Ahmed Mahfouz Riccardo Marioni Andrew Maurer Alexander Mentzer Marcin Lukaszewicz Magdy Mahfouz Encarnita Mariotti- Claudia Mauri Karen Menuz Maria Lukina Moe Mahjoub Ferrandiz Madelon Maurice Jean-Louis Mergny Victoria Lund Ana Teresa Maia David Mark Welch Harold May Felipe Merino

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Christine Merlin Makoto Miyara Helene Morlon Shreesh Mysore Peter Nielsen Rob Mesman Eiichi Mizohata Anna Moroni Kyungjae Myung Uffe Nielsen Enrique Mesri Xian Mo Nadya Morozova Jan Niess Ilhem Messaoudi Thomas Mock Hans Morreau Bernd Nürnberg Bart Nieuwenhuis Meredith Metzger Helmout Modjtahedi Nicholas Morrell Raffael Nachbagauer Alexey Nikitin Kyle Meyer Leonhard Moeckl Edward Morris Arundhati Nag Eleni Nikolakaki Marc Meyers Arne Moeller Philip Morris Sahana Nagabhushan Johan Nilvebrant Filip Meysman Alexander Moffett Ciaran Morrison Kalburgi Guy Nir Qing-Sheng Mi Majid Mohajerani Nigel Morrison Andries Nagtegaal Noriyuki Nishida Chris Miall Helai Mohammad Alyssa Morrow Adam Naj Makiya Nishikawa Ji Miao Krithika Mohan Michael Morrow Bijan Najafi Riko Nishimura Yansong Miao Wendy Mok Danila Moscone Yusaku Nakabeppu Wataru Nishimura Silvestro Micera Dejana Mokranjac Gregory Moseley Ichiro Nakagawa William Nobis Magdalene Michael George-Lucian Moldo- Ala Moshiri So Nakagawa William Noble Martin Michaelis van Morongwa Mosothwane Takuro Nakagawa Christopher Nobles George Michalopoulos Sara Mole Emilio Mottillo Kiyohiko Nakamura Tatsuya Nobori J.P. Michaud Isabel Molina Joana Mourão Shuhei Nakamura Jean-Paul Noel Tatsuo Michiue Miriam Molina Arcas Rafael Moura Harikrishna Nakshatri Matthew Nolan Gracjan Michlewski Abolfazl Mollalo Lionel Mourey Jarlath Nally Wataru Nomura Matthew Mickens Barbara Molon David Moyes Priyanka Nandakumar Peter Nonacs Stuart Middlemiss Daniel Monaghan Masoud Mozafari Anirvan Nandy Daan Noordermeer Michihiro Mieda Samsuzzoha Mondal Jorge Mpodozis Marín Brent Nannenga Lorena Norambuena Ainhoa Mielgo Santanu Mondal Barbara Muehlemann Honami Naora Erik Norberg Adriana Migliorini Stephen Mondo Elisabetta Mueller Sahin Naqvi Trista North Maria Mihaylova Alexander Mongin Eugene Mueller Hua Naranmandura Fernando Novas Sanja Mikulovic Carrie Mongle Stephen Muench Akshay Narkar Dorota Nowak Marco Milan Véronique Monnet Paul Muhindira Steven Narod Evgeny Nudler Dragan Milenkovic Oscar Monroig Marianne Muhlebach Carla Nasca Muhammad Numan Dusanka Milenkovic Antonia Monteiro Yukio Mukai Mahmoud Nasr Alexandra Nunes Donald Miles Rui Monteiro Arnab Mukherjee Melissa Nassif Ruth Nussinov Jeremy Miller Christopher Mon- Shaeri Mukherjee Samuel Nastase Helen Nuttall Joshua Miller tgomery Srabani Mukherjee Kent Nastiuk Janet Nye Karl Miller Grant Montgomery Debabrata Mukho- Kedar Natarajan Dale Nyholt Steve Miller Stephen Montgomery padhyay Rama Natarajan Alexander Nyström Gordon Mills Cedric Montigny Vijaykumar Muley Katherine Nathanson Justin Milner Cheil Moon Florian Muller Richard Naud Edward O'Brien Rinki Minakshi Yuseok Moon Philip Mullineaux Anton Naumov John O'Brien Akira Mine Bethany Moore Barbara Mulloy Guillermo Navalon Claire O'Callaghan Geltrude Mingrone Peter Moore Gerhard Multhaup Ara Nazarian Colm O'Huigin John Minna Pippa Moore Jeanette Mumford Stephan Nebe Cecilia O'Leary Ony Minoarivelo Stuart Moore Karel Mundnich Andreas Nebenführ Jeremy O'Sullivan Marcelo Mira Torben Moos Altar Munis Leonard Neckers Sinead O'Sullivan Masanori Mishima Maximilian Mora Peris Munyaka Michal Neeman Ronan O'Toole Alexander Mishin Thierry Mora Yasuteru Muragaki Matthew Neiditch Chris Oakes Yuji Mishina Hector Mora-Montes Minae Mure Matthew Nelsen Jenny Oakley Dan Mishmar Joanna Moraczewska Marta Murgia Craig Nelson Carole Ober Monalisa Mishra Janet Moradian-Oldak Rodolfo Murillas Sacha Nelson Felix Oberhauser Padmaja Mishra Trevor Moraes Alex Murphy Jeanne Nerbonne Nagahiro Ochiai Sabyashachi Mishra Pedro Moraes-Vieira Patrick Murphy Donna Neuberg Raúl Ochoa-Hueso Bratislav Misic Aixa Morales Regina Murphy Benjamin Neuman Matthias Ochs Ralph Mistlberger Rani Moran Robert Murphy Aaron New Yoshihisa Oda Pawel Misztal Violaine Moreau Sean Murphy Robert Newberry Peter Oelschlaeger John Mitani Kelley Moremen Timothy Murphy Aaron Newman Stefan Offermanns Angela Mitchell Herman Moreno William Murphy Adam Newton Remko Offringa Christina Mitchell Lluis Morey James Murray Kim Newton Takehiko Ogawa D. Rex Mitchell Marta Morey Kevin Murray Phillip Newton Ikuo Ogiwara Diana Mitchell Lucia Morgado-Palacin Garib Murshudov Dan Nicolau Atsuo Ogura Antonina Mitrofanova Michael Morgan Mala Murthy Yvain Nicolet Jaehyeon Oh Shriyaa Mittal Diego Morgavi Dhaarini Murugan Qinghua Nie Seunghee Oh John Mittler Hideki Mori Gopinath Mur- Steven Niederer Misato Ohtani Kenji Miura Munemasa Mori uganandam Dariusz Niedzwiedzki Shigetoshi Oiki Shinji Miura Seiichi Mori Gabriella Musacchia James Nieh Hirokazu Okada Yuko Miyagoe-Suzuki Benjamin Morillon Angelika Mustroph Barbara Niehoff Ui Okada Masahiro Miyake Jumpei Morimoto Felicity Muth John Nieland Takaharu Okajima Akio Miyamoto Masahiro Morita Suresh Kumar Muthuvel Ashley Nielsen Kenji Okamoto David Miyamoto Yasu Morita Alexander Myburg Lars Peter Nielsen Hirohiko Okamura

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