title: Editorial: in praise of scientific review officers.
authors.affiliation: ICON Development Solution (D.E.), San Antonio, Texas; Departments of Pediatrics, Medicine, Cellular and Integrative Physiology, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (R.G.M.), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202; and Section of Pediatric Diabetes and Endocrinology (J.A.K.), Baylor College of Medicine and Diabetes and Endocrinology Service, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030.
authors.forename: Dariush
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Elahi
authors.forename: Raghavendra G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Mirmira
authors.forename: Jake A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Kushner
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000592:standards*; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D017712:Peer Review, Research / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States