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Thank You, Reviewers and E-Letter Contributors!

The Annals of Family Medicine March 2021, 19 (2) 99; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2681

This year we are even more grateful than ever for our reviewers (full list of reviewers for 2020). The year 2020 tested the limits of all of us, and none more so than the frontline medical workers who provided care for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients, risking their own lives and health. Many people across primary care whom we invited to review manuscripts—often about COVID-19—wrote back that they were unable to take on any nonessential task. We thank them for their bravery, their skill, their energy.

Those who did review for us stepped up where others could not and provided us with the intellectual depth, interpretive understanding, and useful criticism without which a peer-reviewed publication cannot exist. And they did so in large numbers: this year we received 443 reviews, a record-breaking year for Annals of Family Medicine.

In addition, our Editorial Advisory Board and Associate Editors volunteered and reviewed 175 manuscripts submitted to our COVID-19 Collection, a spur-of-the-moment invention that enabled us to post up-to-the-moment preprints in rapid-fire time. For their willingness to give their time and expertise to this enterprise, we give our heartfelt gratitude.

And, as ever, the Annals is enriched by those who contributed e-letters. In 2020, we posted 43 e-letters reflecting on a wide range of published articles. Our sincere thanks to those who participated in this stimulating dialogue. You can read our most current e-letters on our homepage at www.AnnFamMed.org.

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