IEEE Journal of Microwaves 2021/2022 Outstanding Reviewers [Review Recognition]

At IEEE Journal of Microwaves (JMW), we believe that quality reviewers deserve some extra recognition! As such, we have just established an “Outstanding Reviewers” program wherein at the end of each year, both authors and editors are solicited to search through their past papers and nominate particular reviews that made a real difference to the quality of a particular manuscript or the ability of an editor to make a decision on the true merits of a submitted paper. After considerable effort, we also convinced both the IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology Society (MTT-S) Awards Committee and the IEEE Technical Activities Board Awards and Recognition Committee chairs that we could/should recognize individuals who have gone above and beyond in evaluating manuscripts. Especially important to the JMW editor-in-chief are the recommendations of authors—many of whom had lots of extra work to do after receiving their reviewer comments—in suggesting reviews that really helped them improve their submissions. It might surprise you to hear that the authors who had to do the most work to satisfy their reviewers were the ones who made the majority of the nominations.