Competent reviewers are essential for improving the quality of a journal. We know that reviewing manuscripts is hard, uncompensated work that is nonetheless critical to the advancement of scientific knowledge. Therefore, it was a great honor for us to select our most outstanding reviewers and to present them with this award.

The following reviewers, who have been selected to receive a Best Reviewer award in recognition of their significant contributions, devoted themselves to the Korean Journal of Spine, the predecessor of Neurospine, for 14 years. The recipients of this award were selected based on the criteria of quantity, quality, and speed.

The following five reviewers have been awarded the Best Reviewer award.

Division of Spinal Neurosurgery
Department of Neurosurgery
Chief Head, Department of Medical device industry
Gangnam Severance Spine Hospital,
College of Medicine, Yonsei University

Academic interest
Vertebral tumor, Spinal cord tumor
Degenerative spine
Cervical disease
Medical device development

Recent researches
Spinal degeneration
Medical device development and research
Ossification of spinal ligament (OPLL and OLF)

Department of Neurosurgery
Seoul National University College of Medicine
Seoul National University Hospital

Academic interest
Minimally invasive spine surgery
Curative resection of spinal tumor

Recent researches
Spinal endoscopic surgery
Analysis of nationwide data
Cost-effectiveness analysis of spinal surgery

Department of Neurosurgery
Kyung-Hee University Hospital
Kyung-Hee University College of Medicine

Academic interest
Geriatric spine
Cervical spine
Osteoporosis

Recent researches
Perioperative Results and Complications after Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Spinal Stenosis in Geriatric Patients over than 70 Years Old.
Relation of Deep Paraspinal Muscles' Cross-Sectional Area of the Cervical Spine and Bone Union in Anterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion

Department of Neurosurgery
Hallym University College of Medicine
Hallym University Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital

Academic interest
Cervical myelopathy
Degenerative spondylosis
Sarcopenia
Spinal cord injury

Recent researches
Paraspinal Muscle Injury Model in Rat.
Long Term Effect on Adjacent Segment Motion after Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy

Department of Neurosurgery
Chonnam National University College of Medicine
Chonnam National University Hospital

Academic interest
Cervical degenerative disease
Thoracolumbar deformity
Osteoporotic fracture

Recent researches
Evaluation of risk factors for Korean spinal sagittal imbalance