In 2025, JOVS reviewers continue to make outstanding contributions to the peer review process. They demonstrated professional effort and enthusiasm in their reviews and provided comments that genuinely help the authors to enhance their work.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding reviewers, with a brief interview of their thoughts and insights as a reviewer. Allow us to express our heartfelt gratitude for their tremendous effort and valuable contributions to the scientific process.

January, 2025
Flávio Hojaij, University of São Paulo, Brazil

January, 2025

Flávio Hojaij

Dr. Flavio Hojaij graduated in 1988 with a medical degree, and completed his residency in general surgery and head and neck surgery in 1993. He obtained a PhD degree in 1998. He received training at the Faculty of Medicine of University of São Paulo (FMUSP) São Paulo, Brazil. He has been working in healthcare and teaching since he got the post-doctorate in 2015. In 2024, he became an associate professor of Surgery at the Faculty of Medicine of University of São Paulo.

In Dr. Hojaij’s opinion, in addition to promoting growth, peer review also cultivates transparency and networking. He does not review subjects on which he has a strong opinion. He often reviews at most 2 papers per week. He tries not to know the origin of the papers to minimize any potential biases during peer review.

(by Lareina Lim, Brad Li)